Neuralgia
Vergleich: Capsaicin.
Siehe: Schmerz + Krankheiten
[T. Cooper]
Thuj.
[Boericke]
Hecla lava: Facial
neuralgia from carious teeth and after extraction.
[Dr. K.N. Mathur]
Mania from suppressed neuralgia: Cimic.
Intermittent Neuralgia of well defined
periodicity, i.e. nervous pains of well defined duration, which come at a
certain time and disappear at a certain time every day,
Chinin-s. a
specific of the first degree, which never failed me, unless the patient had
before taken Chinin-s. in massive doses.
Acute pain: in neuralgias/inflammation of a serous
membranes/colic. Local modalities are good to prescribe on in the first
instance.
[Dr.
Adolphe Lippe]
Rhod.: Severe
neuralgic pains of an alarming character
[D.M. Borland]
Consider the acute neuralgia: the character of
the pain and the circumstances > or <, its cause/its situation.
It is exactly the same in serous inflammations;
it is partly on the situation but more on the character of the pain and the
circumstances which modify it that one prescribes.
With colic same (gallstone, intestinal or renal
colic) little attention to the situation but very much more to the character of
the pain and what modifies it.
Neuralgie gefährdete Menschen
können sich durch Einreiben mit Aconit Schmerzöl wa vor Wind und Wetter schützen.
Ohrenschmerz ‡ Aconit
Ohrentropfen [Aconitum napellus/Camphor/Lavandulae aetheroleum/Quarz wa] ‡
Acute pain: in neuralgias/inflammation
of one of the serous membranes/colic. Local modalities are good to prescribe on
in the first instance. [D.M. Borland]
Consider the acute neuralgia: the character of
the pain and the circumstances > or <, its cause/its situation.
It is exactly the same in serous inflammations;
again it is partly on the situation but more on the character of the pain and
the circumstances which modify it that one prescribes.
With colic same (gallstone, intestinal or renal
colic) little attention to the situation but very much more to the character of
the pain and what modifies it.
Die besonders bei Kindern häufig auftretenden fieberhaften Ohrenschmerzen, wo heftig bohrende Schmerzen in den Ohren vorkommen, die auch plötzlich zur
anderen Seite überschießen - Spenglersan Kolloid M - in Verbindung mit Spenglersan Kolloid G wirkt schlagartig und schnell.
Acute facial
neuralgia: PAIN in sharp stabs/or twinges of pain running up
the course of the nerve, coming on from any movement of the muscles of the
face, << draught of air, with superficial tenderNESS over the effected
nerve, > warmth (applied)/firm supporting pressure.
Gaul: inflammatory
rheuma and neuralgia (head and face)
Mag-p: r. side
(not dental neuralgia)
Coloc: left side.
Spig: Orbital neuralgia,
with much more sharp stinging pains "As if a red hot needle were stuck
into it" radiates out over the course the nerve. (After it has been
touched there is a strange cold sensation in the affected area).
Post-herpetic neuralgia: ordinary shingles
neuralgia where the patient comes with acute burning pain along the course of
the intercostal nerve and gives a history that has had a small crop of
shingles, very often so slight that he paid little or no attention to it.
Mag-p with Mag-p modalities.
Ran-b: History of
herpes/SHARP shooting pains ext. along the course of the intercostal
nerve/painful area is SENsitive to touch induces pain or </CONscious of any
weather change that will cause the neuralgia to return.
Mez: Same distributions
of pain as Ran-b and same modalities, - aggravation in wet weather/affected
area is SENsitive to any cold draught/to any bathing with cold water, pain very
troublesome at night, and with a marked hyperaesthesia over the affected area.
Supra-orbital (= above
eyes) neuralgia after sinus trouble: Chinin-s. Post-herpetic pains: Ran-b. Ars.
Merc. and Coffee for faceache [Constantine Hering,
M. D.]
Sciaticas:
Classical symptoms: acute pain down the sciatic nerve, < any
movement/SENsitive to cold/more comfortable if kept quite and warm, then it
depends which leg is involved what drug I give.
Mag-p.: for r.
sided sciatica. Coloc.:.for
left sided sciatica.
Kali-i: UNcomfortable the
longer they keep still/have to start moving/warm-blooded/< warm (warmth of
bed)/> moving about.
Rhus-t: Wie
Kali-i. + chilly patient/sensitive to damp and cold and more comfortable when
moving about.
Gnaph.: pain + NUMB with the
pain and tenderness over the sciatic nerve more marked than any other remedy.
Plb-met: pain + NUMB with
the pain and tenderness over the sciatic nerve + CONstipation.
Comparison Gnaphalium +
Coloc. + Cham. + Mag-p.
+ Rhus-t.
Hepatic or renal
colic:
Acon: 1st
attack only/PAIN and drives crazyand terrifies/feels frightfully cold, very
anxious, faints sitting or standing up/cannot bear the room being hot.
Bell: repeated attacks,
short in duration/developing quite suddenly, stopping + a feeling of fullness
in the epigastrium/attacks induced, or << by fluids, + flushing of the
face/dilated pupils/full bounding pulse.
Chel.: Liver symptoms
for some time, just vague discomfort/slight fullness in the r. hypochondrium, a
good deal of flatulence, intolerance of fats, and who is losing condition,
becoming sallow and slightly yellow. Develops an acute hepatic colic, with
violent shoot of pain going right through to the back (1. angle of
the r. scapula, 2. a constant ache in the
hepatic region, 3. another violent colicky attack). Attacks relieved by HOT
application/drinking of water as hot as can be swallowed.
Berb: USEful in renal or
gallstone colics. Pain radiates in all directions (1. l., 2. r.). Acute urging
to urinate with pain at urination. << any movement/distress/a pale,
earthy looking complexion.
Morgan pure
Darmnosoden
Herzschmerz: Cact. Lach.
Cimic. Kalm. Lycps. Spig.
Renal colic: the urine
is as a rule rather suggestive/commonly not blood-stained, but contains a quantity
of greyish-white deposit which may be pure pus, but mostly contains pus and a
quantity of amorphous material usually phosphates, sometimes urates. Although
it is a very dirty looking urine it is surprisingly inoffensive.
Ip.: Intense nausea
Morgan pure
Darmnosoden
Acute abdominal colic: think of
either Coloc. or Mag-p. Both often useful for colic in any area, uterine,
intestinal, bile ducts, or renal-it does not matter which it is.
These remedies almost identical with PAIN,
patients doubled up with pain/relieved by external pressure and by heat. Colics
are intermitting/spasms of pain which come up to a head and then subside.
Coloc.: prefers steady,
hard pressure/ always IRritable/IMpatient, wants something done at once, wants
immediate relief, and is liable to be violently angry if the relief is not
forthcoming/slightly coated tongue (the digestive tract is upset). <<
cold/likes hot applications, not so extremely sensitive to cold air in its
neighbourhood. tends to giddiness (turning more especially to the left).
Mag-p.: more
relief from rubbing/not the same degree of irritability, patient is distraught
because of the intensity of the pain rather than violently angry/tongue is
usually clean. << cold/SENsitive to a draught on the affected area. No
giddiness. Pain results of exposure to cold (dysmenorrhoea/abdominal colic).
Dios: ViolENT, spasmodic
colic coming on quite suddenly, rising up to a height, then subsiding. Some
relief from applied heat. Tossing to get relief. Contradicted to Coloc and
Mag-p. (doubled up) is hyper-extended;
In gallbladder attacks, in a few intestinal
colics, and in a case of violent dysmenorrhoea. I have never tried it in a
renal case. Where you get that extreme extension of the spine you can give
Dios. without asking any further questions.
Ip.: Pain
MORE cutting than the acute spasmodic pain occurring in most other drugs. +
intense nausea which each spasm of pain with clean tongue.
Menses colic: Ip.:
Violent dysmenorrhoea, rather warm-blooded and with the spasm of pain often described
as cutting pain in the lower abdomen. Get hot and
sweaty and deadly
sick so that cannot stand up and < movement. A perfectly clean tongue and a
normal temperature = very often Ip. Even tends to
dysmenorrhoea
altogether.
Intestinal colic: Lyc.:
colic + by violent abdominal flatulence (stuck in various
pockets/post-operative/in region of caecum = Blinddarm)/r. down towards the r.
iliac fossa and spread over to the l. side/rumbling and gurgling/eructation with
sour taste/pain in the back > passing urine/bit emaciated patient with a
rather sallow, pale complexion.
Raph: colic + by violent
abdominal flatulence (stuck in various pockets/mostly localized in one definite
area/< 16 - 20 h./post-operative/paralytic)/a small area coming up in one
place/becoming harder and chancing place/a little flushed/no eructations.
Op.: colic + by violent abdominal flatulence
(stuck in various pockets/mostly localized in one definite
area/post-operative/paralytic)/apt to be a definite area of distention („As if
everything simply churned up to one point and could not get past it “/ “As if
something trying to squeeze the intestinal contents past some obstructing band
“/ “As if something being forced through a very narrow opening “/Heat with
colic (wants to push the blankets off). Distension likely to be in
the centre of the abdomen rather than in the r.
iliac fossa/very common in a paralytic ileus. (SENsitive to noise).
Podo: hepatic colic
mainly/miserable and depressed, almost disgusted with life. helpful in
intestinal colics + acute diarrhoea with Podo modalities. infectious
gallbladder/max. temperature in the morning (< 7 h.) and not in the evening. Jaundice. Pain not
definitely localized in the gallbladder area/more in the epigastrium as a
whole/tends to spread across from the middle of the epigastrium towards the
liver region. Twisting towards the liver region. < taking food. After pain
soreNESS in liver region/> stroking the liver lying down.
Zahnschmerz Repertorium +
Zahnarztbesuch
‡ Das Aconit
Schmerzöl wa kommt unter anderem bei
schmerzhaften Verspannungen zum Einsatz. Welche Qualität bringt das Trägeröl
bei diesem Arzneimittel ein? ‡
Acute facial
neuralgia: PAIN in sharp stabs/or twinges of pain running up
the course of the nerve, coming on from any movement of the muscles of the
face, << draught of air, with superficial tenderNESS over the effected
nerve, > warmth (applied)/firm supporting pressure.
Hep.: mostly
right-sided, due perhaps to exposure to cold winds. Remember the mental
irritability and hasty speech and action, as characteristic.
Mag-p.: r.
Side (not dental neuralgia)
[Kent]
Ox-ac.
[T.F Allen MD]
Mez.: In herpes zoster extremely
valuable (after-pains). Violent neuralgia of the face and head following herpes
zoster.
Coloc: left side.
Spig: Orbital neuralgia,
with much more sharp stinging pains "As if a red hot needle were stuck
into it" radiates out over the course the nerve. (After it has been
touched there is a strange cold sensation in the affected area).
Post-herpetic neuralgia: ordinary shingles
neuralgia where the patient comes with acute burning pain along the course of the
intercostal nerve and gives a history that has had a small crop of shingles,
very often so slight that he paid little or no attention to it.
Mag-p.: with
Mag-p. modalities. [Dr. Dorothy Shepherd] specific; <: r. side/cold; >:
heat/pressure;
Ran-b: History of
herpes/SHARP shooting pains ext. along the course of the intercostal
nerve/painful area SENsitive to touch (pain or <)/ CONscious of any weather
change causes the neuralgia to return.
Mez.: Same distributions of
pain as Ran-b and same modalities, - aggravation in wet weather/affected area
is SENsitive to any cold draught/to any bathing with cold water, pain very
troublesome at night, and with a marked hyperaesthesia over the affected area.
Supra-orbital (=
above eyes) neuralgia after sinus trouble: Chinin-s. Post-herpetic pains: Ran-b:.
Ars.
Merc. and Coff. for faceache
[Boericke]
Hecla.: Facial neuralgia from carious teeth and after extraction
[C. Hering]
Cluster Kopfschmerz: Cinnb.
[G. Vithoulkas]
Ran-b: für Intercostalneuralgien, l. Seitig;
[Dr. K.N. Mathur]
Mania from suppressed neuralgia: Cimic.
[Dr. E.P. Anshutz]
Visc.: in gouty and rheumatic complaints (tearing). It is also very
effective in different neuralgias of a gouty or rheumatic origin, as in
ischias, prosopalgia, periostitis (tearing pains in the ears) and otitis. It is
a sovereign remedy in rheumatic deafness.
[Dr. Baehr and others]
Acon. .Acts better in high potencies in neuralgia.
It is almost specific for facial neuralgia.
[J.D. Buck]
Mag-p.: the anti-spasmodic remedy, has
proved effective in otalgia neuralgica and in the neuralgic pains of the head
and face, associated with the acute inflammation of the tympanum, also in spasm
of the tensor tympani muscle and muscles of the pharynx.
[Dr. Dorothy Shepherd]
There is a history of repeated vaccinations; recurrent chronic neuralgia
of long-standing duration following within a short period of an unsuccessful
vaccination. Face ache arising from left cheek-bone near the ear ext. through
teeth to nose, through temples into head. Painful spots burn like fire and are
sensitive to the sun rays.
[Grimmer]
Paeon.
[Farokh Master]
The way all allopathic pharmacopoeia boasts about their strong and effective
painkillers, in homoeopathy we also have some very reliable, strong and
effective painkillers.
The biggest advantage of using homoeopathic remedies as painkillers is
that they are without side effects, they are not habit forming and at the same
time they cure the disease completely.
Today I will be discussing common painkillers
used in homoeopathy.
Trigeminal
neuralgia (supra orbital branch of the trigeminal nerve) and the characteristic symptom is
neuralgia < slightest motion or < slightest anxiety.
Costochondral
neuralgia is where you get the typical pain in the chest but there is
actually no angina pectoris.
Acon. .This is the most common medicine used in my
practice; Pain increases and decreases with the sun.
Pain increases and decreases with the sun:
Glon. Kalm. Kali-bi.
Aconite neuralgias usually appear suddenly.
Pain may appear suddenly: Acon. Bell. Nit-ac.
Puls.
Pain in the benumbs the affected part: Acon.
Cham. Plat-met. Verb.
Pain is extremely intolerable; the patient just
cannot bear the pain: Acon. Coff. Cham. Nux-v.
Pain comes like lightening and is very violent:
Acon. Arn. Rhus-t.
Pain usually extends in different directions
like upwards or downwards or crosswise.
There are different types of pain described in
Aconite but mostly you will get a feeling as if the pain is from a blow: Acon.
Arn. Cina and Ruta.
Pain can be burning or bursting but the
lightening type of pain is very characteristic of Acon. Coloc. Kalm.
Pain usually + formication: Acon.
Pain + numbness: Kalm.
Pain can be also pressing, “As if two parts
were pressed together or pressing within outwards” Acon.
Pain can be shooting or like (hot) needles.
Acon.
Pain like cold needles: Agar. Ars. Aur-met.
Aeth. Lach. Rhus-t. Spig.
Rheumatic or gouty pain affecting different
joints of the body: Acon.
Pain in usually comes in very dry or cold
weather and always < during pregnancy: Acon. Cimic.
In such a situation. The pain can be in the
bones, muscles, glands, ligaments, joints, nerves.
Cancerous pain: Acon. Euph. Cit-ac. Calc-act.
After Amputation: Acon. All-c. Hyper. Staph.
Whenever you prescribe Aconite correctly according to the symptoms the
pain reduces in few minutes.
Pains < at night/pressure/touch/dry, cold
weather;
> rest and in open air;
The mental symptom that supports Aconite pain
are great anxiety or the agonizing fear, the person may scream or moan and it
gives an impression of terror.
Bell.: develops pain coming suddenly Nit-ac. Glon.
Pain may go gradually like Hyper. or it may go
away suddenly like Kali-br. Phyt.
Belladonna has: gradual disappearance as well as (very) sudden
disappearance.
Pain of Belladonna can resemble pain of Acon., but
the burning pain is very characteristic for Bell., other pains are boring,
drawing, gnawing.
Burning as from hot charcoal like in Apis,
Tarent. is one of the golden key notes of Belladonna.
The pain can be bursting, compressing,
cramping, lightening or neuralgic.
Many times the neuralgic pain of Bell. + colic
pain: Coc-i. Plb-met.
Pain of Bell. may also come in form of waves as
Plat-met. or Sep.
It is also one of the good remedies in
homoeopathy for growing pains of young children especially in the night when
they scream with pain in middle of the night.
DD.: Guai. Ferr-acet. Ph-ac.
Pains of Belladonna can be < during menses
and it can affect different parts of the body like bones, muscles, ligaments,
glands or hollow organs,
but many times you will see that in Bell., the
pain occurs in paralyzed parts like in Coc-i. Helon.
Pain may also come on uncovered parts like in
Kali-c.
In Belladonna, the body becomes hot to touch
and you may see some amount of redness in streaks in different parts of the
body.
The neuralgia of Bell. always gets < in the heat of the sun or when
the person gets heated, draft of air on the head, any noise, after any jarring,
touch, pressure and motion.
The neuralgias of Belladonna are usually better
by light covering and not with a very heavy covering.
Belladonna usually has < afternoon and >
by taking rest in the bed like in Aconite.
Talk very fast whenever there is neuralgia, an
important concomitant in some chronic cases of Belladonna. They are very
restless like Ars. and there is lot of moaning
Cham.:
Many pains of Chamomilla come after
anger/during fever/during menses/during sleep. The pains can be very violent as
in Merc. and Nux-v.
Pains in Chamomilla are wandering and usually
becomes < in stormy weather.
Different types of pain in Chamomilla and it could be benumbing like
Aconite, it could be burning or crampy pain. Many times I have seen that people
have intolerable pain during fever like Ars. and Coff.
Most of the pains < emotions or emotional upheavals especially anger,
< has night aggravation (neuralgias) in the ear when the child wakes up at
night crying and holding the ear,
<: wind/taking/cold drinking coffee/consumption of alcohol or narcotics/he
pain, heat aggravates the pain. Even if you look at the person and if you touch
the affected part it can cause severe pain.
Chamomilla pains usually >: cold
application/being carried/sweating a lot;
At the level of mind the person gets vexed on every trifle and the child
needs to be carried and needs to be petted and wants to be clinging all the
time with piteous moaning this is what Kent described the picture of a
Chamomilla child. In adult he cannot bear anyone near him during pain like Bryonia.
Coff.: neuralgias of different types; usually pain comes suddenly and
disappears suddenly: Phyt. Mez. Rhus-t. Nit-ac.
The pain is choking or bursting and the pains always come with excitement,
like Cantharis. The pains are usually intolerable and has a strong relationship
with menses (before menses, during menses or after menses), and any type of
noise < pain: Ther. Canth. So you will see that Canth. comes very close to
Coff. in neuralgias.
Pain comes during fever in the form of waves;
Pains can extend all over the body like Ign.
Valer. and Meny. Pain can be anywhere but more common in the muscles, joints,
organs, head or anywhere.
Many times the pain of Coffea are so
intolerable that it drives the person to despair. < at night/mental
exertion/noise/cold windy weather/;
Coffea has got a strong night aggravation of
the pain. Person is always > warmth/lying down/sleep.
At the level of mind a person usually trembles,
faint very easily or they are in the state of despair.
Coloc.: One of the best remedy for neuralgias.
Pain < morning as soon as the person wakes
up: Bry. Sulph.
Pains always < after anger: Chamomilla.
Pain usually appears very suddenly and can disappear gradually or can
appear gradually and disappear gradually also. The most important modality
usually < after coitus:
Cupr-met. Graph.
The type of the pain could be cramping, cutting, digging, biting, boring
and neuralgic but usually neuralgic pain + colic or it can be a pressing pain,
pinching pain or as if somebody has screwed together: Stront-c.
Pains are usually > walking: Rhus-t. Tub.
> warmth: Mag-p.
A useful remedy for pains of cancers, sciatica,
headache, migraine and gout.
A strong affinity for tendons: Ruta, Rhus-t.
Bry. Kalm.
With an abdominal pain then it causes the patient to bend double with
lot of restlessness, twisting, turning to obtain the relief and much > hard
pressure. More the pressure > pain in Coloc., more the heat > the pain in
Mag-p.
At the time of colic the patient becomes
extremely irritable on being questioned.
If you see an acute case of Colocynth with
pain, don’t question him too much because otherwise he will become quite angry
or he will feel quite offended.
If it’s a sciatica pain then the patient feels the pain as if like a
screwed in a vise and he lies on the affected side. The pain in sciatica
usually is shooting or lightening, shocks down the whole limb.
Usually it’s left sided sciatica in Colocynth.
It is also useful for trigeminal neuralgia, the
pain radiates to the eye and there is excessive chilliness. Face becomes
distorted and cheeks are cold to touch.
The pains < any motion and anger. During the
pain the person always wants to walk about, he is disinclined to talk or
disinclined to even answer anybody.
They are extremely thirsty patients; this is
very important concomitant which I have confirmed in my practice for Coloc.
[Harris Ruddock]
Severe darting, stabbing, or burning pain along a nerve trunk or its
branches, chiefly affecting those of the head and face, recurring in paroxysms,
at regular or irregular intervals.
1. Facial Neuralgia: Bell. Ars. Acon. Coloc.
Spig. Phos.
2. Gastrodynia and Enteralgia: Nux-v. Ars. Coloc.
4. Neuralgia of the heart: Bell. Cact. Spig. Verat-v.
5. Sciatica.:
Ars. Coloc. Acon. Rhus-t.
6. Pleurodynia: Ran-b. Arn. Acon. Ars. Cimic.
8. From mechanical injuries: Arn. Acon.
[KS Gopi]
Homeopathy for NEURALGIA,
Trigeminal neuralgia. Causes and symptoms of Trigeminal neuralgia.
Neuralgia: an intense burning or stabbing pain caused by irritation of
or damage to a nerve. The pain is usually brief but may be severe. Often “As if
shooting along the course of the affected nerve”.
Different types of neuralgia occur depending on the reason the nerve has
been irritated. Neuralgia can be triggered by a variety of causes: tooth decay,
eye strain, or shingles
(= caused by the herpes zoster virus). Pain is usually felt in the part
of the body that is supplied by the irritated nerve.
Trigeminal neuralgia is a condition that affects trigeminal nerve.
Excruciating, shooting stabbing pain in area of distribution of trigeminal
nerve.
What is the Trigeminal Nerve?
A cranial nerve responsible for sensation in the face and motor
functions such as biting and chewing.
Nerve has three major branches: the ophthalmic nerve, the maxillary
nerve, and the mandibular nerve .
Ophthalmic nerve – The ophthalmic nerve supplies branches to the cornea,
ciliary body, and iris; to the lacrimal gland and conjunctiva; to the part of
the mucous membrane of the nasal cavity; and to the skin of the eyelids,
eyebrow, forehead and nose.branches and distribution of trigeminal nerve.
Homeopathy treatment for trigeminal neuralgia
Maxillary nerve -It comprises the principal functions of sensation from
the maxillary, nasal cavity, sinuses, the palate and subsequently that of the
mid-face, and is intermediate, both in position and size, between the
ophthalmic nerve and the mandibular nerve.
Mandibular nerve – is the largest of the three divisions of the
trigeminal nerve. In general, the mandibular nerve supplies the lower face for
sensation over the mandible (attached teeth/the temporomandibular joint (TMJ),
and the mucous membrane of the mouth as well as the anterior two-thirds of the
tongue)
Trigeminal neuralgia most commonly involves the middle branch (the
maxillary nerve) and lower branch (mandibular nerve) of the trigeminal nerve.
Causes of Trigeminal Neuralgia ?
Irritation of the nerve due to
adjacent artery, vein, tumor, cyst etc.
Physical damage to the nerve:
This could be the result of injury, a dental or surgical procedure, or
infection.
Multiple sclerosis –
Demyelization (destruction of myelin sheath) occurs due to auto-immune disease.
Myelin sheath is the insulating covering of the nerve.
Clinical features of Trigeminal Neuralgia
Unilateral facial pain:
paroxysmal, severe shooting or stabbing (like an electric shock).
Burning pain in area of
distribution of nerve.
Pain lasts several seconds (in
rare cases, several minutes) and may appear up to 100 times per day
Typically shoots from mouth to
the angle of the jaw on the affected side in most cases.
Occurs either at rest or
triggered by movements such as chewing, talking or touch (e.g., brushing teeth,
washing face); becomes worse with stimulation.
Pain is unilateral but may
affect both sides.
Facial spasms may occur
Psychological distress due to
severe pain.
Severe depression with
suicidal tendencies
Diagnosis of Trigeminal Neuralgia
Clinical symptoms are major
tool for diagnosis of Trigeminal neuralgia including history duration and
extension of pain.
Dental X-Ray is recommended to
rule out dental caries.
Other investigation such as
MRI is suggested in some cases.
Conventional Treatment of
Trigeminal Neuralgia
Trigeminal neuralgia is
usually managed conservatively. Drug of choice is carbamazepine
Surgery is indicated if
conservative treatment is not sufficiently effective. In cases of symptomatic
trigeminal neuralgia, treatment of the underlying condition should be
considered.
Subsequent coexisting
conditions (e.g., depression) should be managed as appropriate.
Homeopathic Remedies & Homeopathy Treatment for Trigeminal Neuralgia
Homeopathy treats the person as a whole. It means that homeopathic
treatment focuses on the patient as a person, as well as his pathological
condition. The homeopathic medicines are selected after a full individualizing examination
and case-analysis, which includes the medical history of the patient, physical
and mental constitution etc.
A miasmatic tendency (predisposition/susceptibility) is also often taken
into account for the treatment of
Trigeminal neuralgia. The medicines given below indicate the therapeutic
affinity but this is not a complete and definite guide to the treatment of this
condition. The symptoms listed against each medicine may not be directly
related
to this disease because in homeopathy general symptoms and
constitutional indications are also taken into account for selecting a remedy.
To study any of the following remedies in more detail, please visit our Materia
Medica section. None of these medicines should be taken without professional
advice.
Commonly indicated for Trigeminal Neuralgia:
Aconite
Colocynth
Ignatia
Spigelia
Chelidonium
Gelsemium
Agaricus
Argentum nitricum
Magnesia phosphorica
Calcarea carbonica
Bell.:
There are violent cutting
pains coming on towards evening, most violent about midnight; the paroxysms of long
duration and there are symptoms of vascular excitement;
The pains radiate to temples,
ears and nape; are worse from noise, motion , jar, chewing, cold air, etc., and
are relieved by absolute rest and warmth.
The pains come and go suddenly
and hyperaesthesia marks the remedy.
Ars.:
The more purely nervous the
affection the more effective is Arsenicum.
It has the well-known
intermitting burning, stinging, hot needle-pain, the distressed countenance,
the restlessness and the periodicity.
Holds the first place in
neuralgias (malarial origin, neuralgias from influenza or simple debility with
great aggravation at approach of night, and > external heat.
The pain is severe and drives
the patient from place to place.
It suits especially
infra-orbital forms with a Hippocratic countenance during the attack.
Plat-met.:
A useful remedy where there is
a constrictive pain, numbness, profuse lachrymation, worse at night and at
rest.
The pains are cramping,
causing numbness and tingling; pain at the root of the nose or in the other
part of the body as if squeezed in a vise.
The pains also increase
gradually and decrease gradually.
Neuralgias from hollow teeth,
especially suitable to old people with a mouth full of hollow stumps, which
pain violently at times.
Platinum suits especially
hysterical subjects who have profuse, thick, black exhausting menses.
Mez.:
Skin symptoms, affections of
bones, and neuralgias most important, especially about teeth and face.
This remedy is indicated by
the spreading character of the pains, and the aggravation from warmth; they are
accompanied with chilliness and sensitiveness.
Violent neuralgia about face and teeth,
running towards ear, at night; worse, eating; better near hot stove. Roots of
teeth decay.
There is a stupefying pressure
and the pains are worse at the midnight hours.
After the attack there is a
numbness remaining.
Verb.:
Has a pronounced action on the
inferior maxillary branch of the fifth pair of the cranial nerves; on the ear;
and respiratory tract and bladder.
Neuralgia affecting zygoma,
temporo maxillary joint, and ear (Menyanthes), particularly of left side, with
lachrymation, coryza, and “As if parts were crushed with tongs”.
Talking, sneezing, and change
of temperature aggravate the pains; also, pressing teeth together.
Pains seem to come in flashes,
excited by least movement, occurring periodically at same hour in morning and
afternoon each day.
Vorwort/Suchen Zeichen/Abkürzungen Impressum