Neuralgia
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Vergleich: Capsaicin.
Siehe: Schmerz + Krankheiten
[Anthroposofisch]
Apis / Rhus toxicodendron comp. Anregung der
Wärmeorganisation bei akuten schmerzhaften Muskelverspannungen mit
neuralgiformer/entzündlicher
Komponente (akute Schmerzzustände
bei Wirbelsäulenerkrankungen wie Lumbo-Ischialgien, Muskelrheuma.
[Vermeulen]
Magnsiums
[Didier Grandgeorge]
Der neuralgische Schmerz: Mag-p.
kennt Krämpfe lösen, ähnlich wie Colocynthis. Der Krampf > Wärme.
Der Kranke klagt ununterbrochen
und schläft nicht mehr (Bauch-/Zahn-/Mensesschmerzen);
[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. Cannaboid Mag-p.
Ohrenschmerz ‡ Aconit
Ohrentropfen [Aconitum napellus/Camphor/Lavandulae aetheroleum/Quarz wa] ‡
[Dr. Baehr and others] acts better in high potencies in neuralgia. It is
almost specific for facial neuralgia.
1st to 3rd potency for congestive condition. 3x in
the first stage of coronary occlusion. 6th potency for sensory
affections. 30th in bad cold, cough and fever.
In sleeplessness and tossing about 30th. (Boericke)
Headache:
Acute pain: [D.M. Borland] in
neuralgias/inflammation of one of the serous membranes/colic. Local modalities
are good to prescribe on in the first instance.
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). Mag-p with Mag-p
modalities.
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.
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.]
Krebs:
Renal pain.
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.
Gaul:
inflammatory rheuma and neuralgia (head and face)
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;
[E.A. Farrington]
Kalmia and Kreosote are useful in
neuralgia (burning pains).
Mag-p.: neuralgia which occurs regularly each
night.
Mez.: neuralgia in
the cheek-bone or over the left eye. The pains leave numbness and they are <
warmth.
[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.
[Dr. Dorothy Shepherd]
Thuj.: neuralgia always has a history of repeated
vaccinations. Recurrent chronic neuralgia of long-standing duration, following
within a short period of a
vaccination. Face ache arising
from left cheek-bone extending through teeth to nose, and through temples into
head. Painful spots burn like fire and sensitive to the sun’s rays.
Mag-p.: almost a specific for facial neuralgia. It
has cured more face aches than almost any other medicine. It has neuralgia of
the face, < right side/cold, > heat and pressure;
Coloc.: pains come on after an altercation. If the patient gets angry and
indignant his self-love has been wounded, and his pride hurt and he gets mad
about it and broods over it. Then violent neuralgia follows.
Spig.: neuralgia + stitching, burning, tearing
pains in temple and forehead, extending to the eyes, < on motion, <
towards evenings, < from stooping, from hard pressure, loud noise. >
lying down/gentle and prolonged pressure.
Stann-met.: neuralgia begins when the sun rises,
increases gradually until noon, gradually diminishes and ceases at sunset. A
pain like to the pulling of a string, gradually increasing and gradually
diminishing.
Mag-c.: often overlooked in neuralgia. In many cases
where Mag-p. is given and fails, Mag-c. was really the right remedy. In one
patient the pain came on after sitting in a railway carriage with an open
window for several hours. Pain <: cold air/cold applications/touch/sitting
down.
Acon.:after exposure to dry cold wind. Pain agonizing, patient tossing
anxiously from side to side in bed is sure she is very near death. If you get
this acute restlessness and fear of death accompanying facial neuralgia, give a
dose of Aconite.
Verbascum neuralgia, <: left side of the face/after talking/motion of
the jaws/change of temperature/daytime/from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., the pains seem to
come on in flashes.
Some Tips from R. W. Nelson, M.D., Circa 1882
Anasarca — All kinds of dropsy, with a sinking feeling at the pit of the
stomach. Apocynum can.
When a tendency exists to miscarry in the third month – Sabina
Abscess — Induration and suppuration of the lymphatic or glandular system
in any part of the body. To mature abscesses when desired, and reduce excessive
suppuration to moderate limits. Silicea 30x.
Acidity— Of the stomach with aphthae – Sulphuric acid 30x.
Heartburn, with unconquerable sleep after dinner, with cutting pain
across the hypogastrium from right to left. Lycopodium 30x.
Varicose veins of the leg. Hamamelis, internal and external.
Prolapsus Ani – When moderate pressure at stool causes prolapsus,
lgnatia amasra.
With constipation -Aesculus hip.
Retention of urine in the new born. Aconite or Hyoscyamus every hour
till relieved. Two or three doses will be sufficient.
Rhagades (fissures, cracks, or linear scars in the skin, especially at
the angles of the mouth and nose) – Graphites.
Yellow Fever — Prophylactic in: Crotalus hor.
Vertigo: When lying down and turning over in bed. Conium
Vertigo falling forward after stooping – Silicea
Vertigo with singing in the head. Sanguinaria]
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