Glaucoma
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Remedy |
Characteristics Symptoms |
Patient Worse by |
Patient Better by |
| Aconitum Napellus | A state of fear, anxiety; anguish of mind and body Physical and mental restlessness, fright Acute, sudden, and violent invasion, with fever Does not want to be touched Sudden and great sinking of strength Complaints and tension caused by exposure to dry, cold weather, draught of cold air, checked perspiration, also complaints from very hot weather First remedy in inflammations, inflammatory fevers Serous membranes and muscular tissues affected markedly Burning in internal parts; tingling, coldness and numbness Tension of arteries; emotional and physical mental tension explain many symptoms Its action is brief and shows no periodicity; its sphere is in the beginning of an acute disease and not to be continued after pathological change comes Eyes red, inflamed; feel dry and hot, as if sand in them Lids swollen, hard and red Aversion to light Vomiting, with fear, heat, profuse sweat and increased urination Thirst for cold water Bitter taste of everything except water Intense thirst Drinks, vomits, and declares he will die Menses too profuse, with nosebleed, too protracted, late Nightmare Nightly ravings Anxious dreams; long dreams, with anxiety in chest Sleeplessness, with restless and tossing about Starts up in sleep |
In warm room In evening and night Lying on affected side From music From tobacco-smoke Dry, cold winds |
In open air |
| Belladonna | Active congestion, furious excitement, perverted
special senses, twitching, convulsions and pain Always is associated with hot, red skin, flushed face, glaring eyes, throbbing carotids, excited mental state, hyperæsthesia of all senses, delirium, restless sleep, convulsive movements, dryness of mouth and throat with aversion to water, neuralgic pains that come and go suddenly Heat, redness, throbbing and burning No thirst, anxiety or fear Violence of attack and suddenness of onset Throbbing deep in eyes on lying down Pupils dilated Eyes feel swollen and protruding, staring, brilliant; conjunctiva red; dry, burn; photophobia; shooting in eyes Ocular illusions; fiery appearance Sensation as if eyes were half closed Loss of appetite Averse to meat and milk Great thirst for cold water Desire diminished Menses increased; bright red, too early, too profuse; very offensive and hot Sleep restless, crying out, gritting of teeth Screams out in sleep Sleeplessness, with drowsiness Starting when closing the eyes or during sleep Sleeps with hands under head |
Touch Jar Noise Draught After noon Lying down |
Semi-erect |
| Gelsemium | General prostration Dizziness, drowsiness, dullness, and trembling Slow pulse, tired feeling, mental apathy Paralysis of various groups of muscles about the eyes, throat, chest, larynx, sphincter, extremities, etc Muscular weakness Complete relaxation and prostration Lack of muscular co-ordination General depression from heat of sun. Sluggish circulation Vision blurred, smoky Dim-sighted; pupils dilated and insensible to light Orbital neuralgia, with contraction and twitching of muscles Bruised pain back of the orbits One pupil dilated, the other contracted No thirst Cannot get fully to sleep |
Damp weather Fog Before a thunderstorm Emotion, or excitement Bad news Tobacco-smoking When thinking of his ailments At 10 am |
Bending forward By profuse urination Open air Continued motion Stimulants |
| Osmium | Glaucoma; with iridescent vision Violent supra and infra-orbital neuralgia; violent pains and lachrymation Green colors surround candle-light Increase in intra-ocular tension, dim sight, photophobia |
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| Phosphorus | Tall, slender persons, narrow chested, with thin,
transparent skin, weakened by loss of animal fluids, with great nervous
debility, emaciation, amative tendencies Great susceptibility to external impressions, to light, sound, odors, touch, electrical changes, thunder-storms Suddenness of symptoms, sudden prostration, faints, sweats, shooting pains Sensation as if everything were covered with a mist or veil, or dust, or something pulled tightly over eyes Black points seem to float before the eyes Patient sees better by shading eyes with hand Fatigue of eyes and head even without much use of eyes Green halo about the candlelight Letters appear red. Pain in orbital bones. Paresis of extrinsic muscles Thirst for very cold water Hunger soon after eating Sour taste and sour eructations after every meal Belching large quantities of wind, after eating Very fetid stools and flatus; long, narrow, hard, like a dog's Lack of power in males; irresistible desire; involuntary emissions, with lascivious dreams Menses too early and scanty-not profuse, but last too long Leucorrha profuse, smarting, corrosive, instead of menses Great drowsiness, especially after meals Vivid dreams of fire; of hæmorrhage; lascivious dreams Goes to sleep late and awakens weak Short naps and frequent wakings |
Touch Physical or mental exertion Twilight Warm food or drink Change of weather From getting wet in hot weather Evening Lying on left or painful side During a thunder-storm Ascending stairs |
In dark Lying on right side Cold food Cold Open air Washing with cold water Sleep |
| Physalis | Languor and muscular weakness Throbbing pain, heavy over eyes in forehead Vertigo, hazy feeling When walking, every jar seems repeated in the head Memory weakness Desire to talk constantly |
Cold camp evening After going heated |
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| Spigelia | Is especially adapted to anæmic, debilitated,
rheumatic, and scrofulous subjects Stabbing pains Very sensitive to touch Parts feel chilly; send shudder through frame Pain beneath frontal eminence and temples, extending to eyes ; semi-lateral, involving left eye; pain violent, throbbing; worse, making a false step Eyes feel too large; pressive pain on turning them Pupils dilated; photophobia; Severe pain in and around eyes, extending deep into socket Craving for hot water which relieves |
From touch Motion Noise Turning Washing Concussion |
Lying on right side with head high Inspiring |
| Atropium | Great dryness of throat, almost impossible
to swallow Everything appears large Motes over everything On reading, words run together; double vision, all objects seem to be elongated |
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| Aurum Metallicum | Hopeless, despondent, and great desire to commit
suicide; every opportunity is sought for self-destruction Palpitation and congestions Extreme photophobia Great soreness all about the eyes and into eyeballs Double vision; upper half of objects invisible Eyes feel tense; sees fiery objects Violent pains in bones around eye Pains from without inward; sticking pains inward Appetite and thirst increased, with qualmishness Urine turbid, like buttermilk, with thick sediment Sleepless Sobs aloud in sleep Frightful dreams |
In cold weather When getting cold Many complaints come on only in winter From sunset to sunrise |
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| Bryonia | The general character of the pain here produced
is a stitching, tearing; worse by motion, better rest; these
characteristic stitching pains, greatly aggravated by any motion, are found
everywhere Mucous membranes are all dry The Bryonia patient is irritable; has vertigo from raising the head, pressive headache; dry, parched lips, mouth; excessive thirst, bitter taste, sensitive epigastrium, and feeling of a stone in the stomach; stools large, dry, hard Affects especially the constitution of a robust, firm fiber and dark complexion, with tendency to leanness and irritability Physical weakness, all-pervading apathy Complaints apt to develop slowly Cannot sit up; gets faint and sick Glaucoma; Pressing, crushing, aching pain; sore to touch and when moving themNausea and faintness when rising up Abnormal hunger, loss of taste Thirst for large draughts Urine red, brown, like beer; scanty, hot Menses too early, too profuse; worse from motion, with tearing pains in legs; suppressed, with vicarious discharge or splitting headache Drowsy; starting when falling asleep |
Warmth Any motion Morning Eating Hot weather Exertion Touch Right side Evening Open air Warm weather after cold days Warm drinks |
Lying on painful side Pressure Rest Cold things |
| Causticum | Tearing, drawing pains in the muscular and fibrous
tissues Broken down seniles Suits preferably dark-complexioned and rigid-fibered persons Restlessness at night, with tearing pains in joints and bones, and faint-like sinking of strength. T skin is of a dirty white sallow Emaciation due to disease, worry, etc, and of long standing Burning, rawness, and soreness Sparks and dark spots before eyes Vision impaired, as if film were before eyes Greasy taste Aversion to sweets Feels as if lime were burned in stomach Worse after eating fresh meat; smoked meat agrees Loss of sensibility on passing urine Menses cease at night; flow only during day; delayed, late Leucorrha at night, with great weakness |
Dry, cold winds In clear fine weather Cold air From motion of carriage |
In damp, wet weather Warmth Heat of bed |
| Cedron | Particularly useful in tropical or in damp, warm,
marshy countries Adapted to persons of a voluptuous disposition, excitable, nervous temperament Shooting over left eye Severe pain in eyeball, with radiating pains around eye, shooting into nose Supra-orbital neuralgia periodic |
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| Cocainum | Sensation as if small foreign bodies or worms
were under the skin Glaucoma, increased tension, decreased corneal sensibility; eyes staring, expressionless Loss of appetite for solid food Likes sweets Restless, cannot sleep for hours after retiring |
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| Colchicum | The parts are red, hot, swollen Tearing pains; worse, in the evening and at night and from touch Great prostration, internal coldness, and tendency to collapse Shocks as from electricity through one half of body Bad effects from suppressed sweat Dreams of mice Pupils unequal; left pupil contracted Variations in visual acuity Lachrymation worse in open air; violent tearing pain in eyes Dim vision after reading Spots before eyes The smell of food causes nausea even to fainting, especially fish Profuse salivary secretion Craving for various things, but is averse to then when smelling them, seized them with nausea Thirst for effervescent, alcoholic beverages |
Sundown to sunrise Motion Loss of sleep Smell of food In evening Mental exertion |
Stooping |
| Comocladia Dentata | Throbbing pains worse by heat Glaucoma, sense of fullness; eyeball feels too large; motion of eyes aggravates; worse, near warm stove; feels as if pressed outward. Sees only glimmer of light with left eye |
Touch Warmth Rest Night |
Open air Scratching By motion |
| Crocus Sativus | Tingling in various parts Frequent and extreme changes in sensations and mental conditions Anger with violence followed by repentance Drowsiness and lassitude; better by literary labor Appearance as of electric sparks in eyes Must wipe eyes as if mucus or water were in them Feeling in eyes as after violent weeping Sensation as if she had been looking through too sharp spectacles Eyes feel as if in smoke Pupils enlarged and react slowly Sensation as if cold air was rushing through eye Threatened glaucoma; embolism of arteria centralis retinal Menses dark, viscid, too frequent and copious, black and slimy |
Lying down Hot weather Warm room In morning Fasting Before breakfast Looking fixedly at an object |
In open air |
| Eserine | Pupils contracted Twitching of lids, soreness of eyeballs, blurring of vision after using eyes, pains around eyes and head |
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| Magnesium Carbonica | Is frequently indicated in children; whole body
smells sour, and disposed to boils Broken-down, "worn-out" women, with uterine and climacteric disorders With numbness and distension in various, parts and nerve prostration Sensitive to the least start, noise, touch, etc Effects of shock, blows, mental distress Sense of numbness; nerve prostration Intense neuralgic pains Pain above margin of right orbit Blank motes before eyes. Desire for fruit, acids, and vegetables Eructations sour, and vomiting of bitter water Craving for meat Sleep unrefreshing; more tired on rising than on retiring |
Warmth of bed Change of temperature Cold wind or weather Every three weeks Rest |
Warm air Walking in open air |
| Nux Vomica | The typical Nux patient is rather thin, spare,
quick, active, nervous, and irritable; does a good deal of mental work; has
mental strains and leads a sedentary life, found in prolonged office work,
overstudy, and close application to business, with its cares and anxieties. Seeks stimulants, coffee, wine, possibly in excess; or, again, he hopes to quiet his excitement, by indulging in the sedative effects of tobacco Takes preferably rich and stimulating food; wine and women play their part to make him forget the close application of the day Is pre-eminently a male remedy An irritable, nervous system, hypersensitive and over-impressionable Zealous fiery temperament Easily chilled, avoid open air, etc Always seems to be out of tune; inharmonious spasmodic action Photophobia; much worse in morning Smarting dry sensation in inner canthi Infra-orbital neuralgia, with watering of eyes Sour taste, and nausea in the morning, after eating Flatulence Sour, bitter eructations Nausea and vomiting, with much retching. Ravenous hunger, especially about a day before an a Desire for stimulants; loves fats and tolerates them well Difficult belching of gas Wants to vomit, but cannot Frequent calls to urinate; little and often Menses too early, lasts too long; always irregular, blood black with faint spells Sexual desire too strong |
Morning Mental exertion After eating Touch Spices Stimulants Narcotics Dry weather Cold |
From a nap, if allowed to finish it In evening While at rest In damp, wet weather Strong pressure |
| Opium | Insensibility of the nervous system, the
depression, drowsy stupor, painlessness, and torpor, the general
sluggishness and lack of vital reaction Sopor; heavy, stupid sleep; stertorous breathing Sweaty skin Dark, mahogany-brown face Depressed higher intellectual powers, lessened self-control and power of concentration, judgment; stimulated imagination Eyes half-closed, dilated; pupils insensible, contracted.; staring glassy Hungry; no desire to eat Great drowsiness; falls into a heavy stupid sleep Loss of breath on falling asleep Very sleepy, but cannot go to sleep; distant noise, cocks crowing, etc, keep him awake Dreams of cats, dogs, black forms Bed feels so hot cannot lie on it Pleasant, fantastic, amorous dreams Constant desire to uncover Hot perspiration over whole body except lower limbs |
Heat During and after sleep |
Cold things Constant walking |
| Prunus Spinosa | Bursting pain in right eyeball shooting like
lightning through the brain to occiput Sudden pain in left eye as if it would burst, better by lachrymation Eyes feel as if bursting Ineffectual effort to urinate; hurriedly impelled to urinate; the urine seems to pass as far as glans, and then returns and causes pain in urethra Must press a long time before urine appears |
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| Rhus Tox | Tearing asunder pains; motion always
"limbers up" the Rhus patient, and hence he feels better for a time from a
change of position Swollen, red, dematous eyes P Eye painful on turning it or pressing, can hardly move it Profuse gush of hot, scalding tears upon opening lids Want of appetite for any kind of food, with unquenchable thirst Bitter taste Nausea, vertigo, and bloated abdomen after eating Desire for milk Great thirst, with dry mouth and throat Drowsy after eating Dark, turbid, high-colored, scanty urine, with white sediment Menses early, profuse, and prolonged, acrid Dreams of great exertion Heavy sleep, as from stupor Sleepless before midnight |
During sleep Cold, wet rainy weather and after rain At night During rest Drenching When lying on back or right side |
Warm, dry weather Motion Walking Change of position Rubbing Warm applications From stretching out limbs |