Showing posts with label eyes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label eyes. Show all posts

Monday, October 26, 2009

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Homeopathy and Eye Problem Part 28

Symptoms:

Especially in the daylight and sunshine, Headache, the light of the candle seeming to be dark and to flicker.

Suggested Medicine:

Euphrasia

Symptoms:

Intolerance to daylight, re, inflamed and swollen eyelids.

Suggested Medicine:

Graphites

Symptoms:

Eyes dazzled and irritated by candle-light in the evening, in candle-light in the evening can see nothing on the table.

Suggested Medicine:

Lycopodium

Symptoms:

Especially on walking in morning, Can hardly open eyes, light causes headache.

Suggested Medicine:

Nat sulph

Symptoms:

Eyes dazzled by daylight, Night-blindness, Halo around a lamplight.

Suggested Medicine:

Sulphur

Saturday, October 24, 2009

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Homeopathy and Eye Problem Part 27

Photophobia:
It is the intolerance of light to eye.

Symptoms:

Excessive Photophobia, or a strong desire for light, Black spots and mist before the eyes.
Suggested Medicine:
Aconite

Symptoms:

Photophobia, Worse in warm room, suddenly becomes far-sighted
Suggested Medicine:
Argent nit

Symptoms:

Excessive sensitiveness to light, especially daylight
Suggested Medicine:
Arsenic alb

Symptoms:

Photophobia with conclusive movement of the eyes when light strikes them, Light seems to be surrounded by a halo of various colors.
Suggested Medicine:
Belladona

Symptoms:

Photophobia with pale red color of the ball of the eye.
Suggested Medicine:
Conium

Thursday, October 22, 2009

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Homeopathy and Eye Problem Part 26

Symptoms:

Rheumatic Iritis, with tension and much pain in eyes, Intense aching pain in the eyeballs, relief from pressure and worse from slightest motion and especially at night.
Suggested Medicine:
Cimicifuga

Symptoms:

Rheumatic form, Burning, tearing and shooting pain in the eyes, Worse in the evening and at night, Better by firm pressure, A bluish white ring around the cornea.
Suggested Medicine:
Colocynth

Symptoms:

Affecting superficially structures of the eye, Reacting very tardily to light, and the aqueous humor is cloudy from the admixture of the products of inflammation, Pains burning, stinging, shooting in character, are worse at night and are attended with this acrid Lachrymation.
Suggested Medicine:
Euphrasia

Symptoms:

Indicated during the later stage of the disorder, whether syphilitic or not, Corneal ulcer, which reads to perforate rather than to spread superficially, Indolence of the ulceration, Redness attending the inflammation is either absent or very deficient, There is little or no Photophobia.
Suggested Medicine:
Kali bich

Symptoms:

Either rheumatic or traumatic, Pains shoot through the eyes to the back of the head, Profuse flow of hot tears, Pain worse at night, especially after midnight and in damp weather, Marked Photophobia, Lids swollen and spasmodically closed, In some cases, the inflammation may suppurate.
Suggested Medicine:
Rhus tox

Symptoms:

Chronic Iritis in Psoric patients, after suppression of eruptions, Pain worse at night, Hypopion, Relapsing cases.
Suggested Medicine:
Sulphur

Wednesday, October 21, 2009

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Homeopathy and Eye Problem Part 25

Iritis:
It is the contractile or movable curtain within the eye, which widens or contracts the pupil to admit or to exclude the rays of light, Inflammation of the iris is called Iritis. Iritis may be syphilitic, traumatic, rheumatic, arthritic or serous.

Symptoms:

In the very beginning, after exposure to cold, dry wind, with great heat, burning, dryness in eyes, especially in young, robust individual, irits of traumatic origin (caused by external injury).
Suggested Medicine:
Aconite

Symptoms:

Rheumatic and traumatic Iritis.
Suggested Medicine:
Arnica

Symptoms:
Burning pains worse after midnight, better from warm applications.
Suggested Medicine:
Arsenic alb

Symptoms:
Early stages, caused by a cold, redness and throbbing pain in eye and head, Pain in eye comes and goes suddenly, Photophobia.
Suggested Medicine:
Belladona

Symptoms:
Rheumatic Iritis, Sharp shooting pains in the eye, Pains worse from moving the eyes and on stooping as if everything would press out of the forehead.
Suggested Medicine:
Bryonia

Monday, October 19, 2009

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Homeopathy and Eye Problem Part 24

Cataract:
It is the opacity in crystalline lens of the eyes, or of its capsule, causing partial or total blindness. It is generally considered incurable by the administration of internal remedies. But there are cases on record, cured under Homeopathic treatment. The disease however being very poor in symptoms, the selection of homeopathic remedies adapted to the different forms of cataract is undoubtedly very difficult. The disease can hardly be removed in old people, by internal remedies. However, the treatment can eradicate the disease in young patients, prognosis being more favorable the younger a patient and the less advanced the malady.

Symptoms:

When dependent upon uterine disorders and climaxis or hepatic affections.

Suggested Medicine:

Sepia

Symptoms:

From suppression of foot-sweat, Defective nutrition and after inflammation of eyes.
Suggested Medicine:
Silicea

Saturday, October 17, 2009

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Homeopathy and Eye Problem Part 23

Symptoms:

Obscuration of the crystalline lens (cataract), From left to right, Previous disposition to furuncles.
Suggested Medicine:
Mag carb

Symptoms:

Cataracta virinis, Granular (fatty) cataract with arcus senilis, of young persons.
Suggested Medicine:
Phosphorus

Thursday, October 15, 2009

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Homeopathy and Eye Problem Part 22

Symptoms:

Scrofulous individuals, Sensation of coldness in the eyes, Constitutional symptoms of the remedy e.g. cold damp feet, disposed to grow fat, take cold readily, head sweats profusely, slow in movement etc., Stony cataract in arthritic patients.
Suggested Medicine:
Calc Carb

Symptoms:

Stony cataract in arthritic patients.
Suggested Medicine:
Calc flour

Symptoms:

Constant inclination to touch and rub the eye, in order to relieve a pressure in it.
Suggested Medicine:
Causticum

Symptoms:

Aching pains in the balls of the eyes, Cramp like pulling in the eyes, Opacity of cornea.
Suggested Medicine:
Cannab sat

Symptoms:

In old people, from contusion.
Suggested Medicine:
Conium

Symptoms:

Can see better on a dark day.
Suggested Medicine:
Euphrasia

Symptoms:

After typhoid and from suppressed menses.
Suggested Medicine:
Lycopodium

Wednesday, October 14, 2009

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Homeopathy and Eye Problem Part 21



Cataract:
It is the opacity in crystalline lens of the eyes, or of its capsule, causing partial or total blindness. It is generally considered incurable by the administration of internal remedies. But there are cases on record, cured under Homeopathic treatment. The disease however being very poor in symptoms, the selection of homeopathic remedies adapted to the different forms of cataract is undoubtedly very difficult. The disease can hardly be removed in old people, by internal remedies. However, the treatment can eradicate the disease in young patients, prognosis being more favorable the younger a patient and the less advanced the malady.

Symptoms:

Right eye affected, Dryness, Black spots before eyes, Burning in eyes.

Suggested Medicine:

Ammon Carb

Symptoms:

Scrofulous inflammation with phlyctenuale and ulcer of cornea, Sparks before the eyes in the dark.

Suggested Medicine:
Baryta carb

Symptoms:
After acute inflammation of the eye.

Suggested Medicine:
Belladona

Tuesday, October 13, 2009

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Homeopathy and Eye Problem Part 20

Twitching of eyelids:
It is the condition in which eyelids start quivering.

Symptoms:

Twitching in eyeballs, Even twitching in facial muscles.
Suggested Medicine:

Agarcius

Symptoms:

Twitching of the orbicularis muscles.
Suggested Medicine:
Cicuta

Symptoms:

Twitching in the upper lid, especially left, Symptoms aggravated in the morning, Especially suited women and hysterical men, Must wink and wipe the eyes frequently as if a film of mucus were over them.
Suggested Medicine:
Crocus

Friday, September 25, 2009

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Homeopathy and Eye Problem Part 19

Symptoms:

Iritis, especially of syphilitic origin, Severe boring pains above the brows, Burning, throbbing pains in the eyes, or of the bones around the eyes, in the direction from within outwards, Better from rest and pressure, Iritis after the abuse of Mercury.
Suggested Medicine:
Asafoetida

Symptoms:

Scrofulous ophthalmia, Ulceration and great vascularity of cornea, Profuse scalding Lachrymation, eyes sensitive to light and touch, Better from pressure, Syphilitic, particularly suyphilitico-mercurial Iritis, with sore bruised sensation around the eyes, as if in the bones, Pain worse from touch, Perceive pain in eyeball from without inwards, Cervical glands enlarged and inflamed, Pannus, Hemiopia, Can see only lower half, upper half of objects as if covered with a dark body, Objects seem to be double or mixed up.
Suggested Medicine:
Aurum

Symptoms:

Sudden and violent congestion and inflammation of eyes. Eyes bright swollen, dry, hot burning, great intolerance of light, severe pains, Sensation as if the eye is enormously swollen, Affecting the right eye, more than the left.
Suggested Medicine:
Belladona

Symptoms:

Burning pains and vomiting follows, useful after operations on the eye.
Suggested Medicine:
Bryonia

Symptoms:

Scrofulous ophthalmia-swelling and redness of the lids, profuse Lachrymation, itching in the margins of lids, great intolerance of light, General symptoms are more important i.e. Sweaty head, cold, clammy feet, skin pale and flabby, bloated hard abdomen , A very good remedy for opacity of the cornea.
Suggested Medicine:
Calc carb

Symptoms:

Eyelashes turn inwards instead of outwards and irritate the eyeball, especially at the outer canthus, Dry, gummy exudation on the eyelashes, Morning agglutination, Tendency to wild hairs.
Suggested Medicine:
Borax

Symptoms:

When the patient is farsighted, Objects seem to be far off, Eyes as if loose in their sockets, In old people, dimness of sight while reading, but relieved by rubbing the eyes.
Suggested Medicine:
Carbo animalis

Symptoms:


Neuralgic pain of the eye, Severe shooting pain of the left eye, Clock-like periodicity of the pains.
Suggested Medicine:
Cedron

Thursday, September 24, 2009

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Homeopathy and Eye Problem Part 18

Ophthalmia and other affections:
It is the inflammation of the eye, especially of the conjunctiva, being the lining of the eyelids and the external coat of the eyeball. It may be of catarrhal, scrofulous, rheumatic, arthritic syphilitic, or gonorrheal origin.


Symptoms:
Ophthalmia following surgical operations, or resulting from a foreign body in the eye, Indicted in the beginning of many inflammatory affections of the eye, especially those arising from exposure to dry, cold winds, with great deal of heat, dryness and burning in the eye, Excessive sensitiveness and sensation of sand in the eye, Great intolerance of light, Aching in eyeballs, as if they would be forced out.
Suggested Medicine:
Aconite

Symptoms:
Sharp lancinating pain in and over the eyes, Supraorbital pain shooting up to the top of the head, Neuralgic pain as a reflex symptom from uterine or ovarian diseases.
Suggested Medicine:
Actea R

Symptoms:
One of the most characteristic symptoms is twitching in the eye, eyelids, and facial muscles, (most important remedy for spasm of the eyelids), Spasms of the lids and muscles of the eyes, especially the internal recti, little blister on cornea, Canthi red, itch an burn, Many symptoms worse when walking in the open air.
Suggested Medicine:
Agaricus

Symptoms:
Acute catarrhal opthalmia, with profuse, non-excoriating Lachrymation, Left eye worse, with redness of the eyeball, Copious watery excoriating discharge from the nose, Euphrasia is just the opposite i.e. excoriating discharge from the eyes but bland discharge from the nose), Worse in the evening and in warm room , Better in open air, Itching, burning and biting in the eye.
Suggested Medicine:
Allium cepa

Symptoms:

Chronic diseases, especially those of a catarrhal character, Asthenopia from irritated conjunctiva, Granular lids, Chronic Blepharitis, Paralysis of the upper lid, Sensation of burning and dryness in the lids, Nocturnal agglutination of lid and diurnal Lachrymation, Sensation of pressure and heaviness on the eyes, Great dryness of the mucous membranes so that the eyelids feel stiff and crack, Loss of power in the internal rectus.
Suggested Medicine:
Alumina

Symptoms:

Muscular Asthenopia from overstraining the eyes by prolonged use with appearance of yellow spots on looking at white objects, Eyes weak and watery after reading or using them at fine work, Burning and dryness in eyes, Myopia, Cataract.
Suggested Medicine:
Ammonium crb

Symptoms:

Scrofulous opthalmia, Canthi especial affected, more particularly outer Canthi, soreness of outer Canthi,, Redness and inflammation of the eyelids, Slight oozing of the skin near the external angle of the eye, Especially suited to infants and children, more particularly to children who are fretful, the most characteristic symptom, which may or may not be present, being a thick milk-white coating of the tongue, Opthalmia worse from being near a warm coating of the tongue, Ophtalmia worse from being near a warm stove, threat is from radiated heat, Chronic sore eyes of children.
Suggested Medicine:
Antim crud

Symptoms:

Rheumatic or arthritic opthalmia, Also gonorrheal opthalmia, Red, inflamed eye, Pain as of a bruise in the eyeball, especially on touching it, Shooting, burning and smarting in the internal Canthi.
Suggested Medicine:
Antim tart

Symptoms:

Most characteristic symptom-edematous swelling of eyelids, especially bag-like puffy swelling under the eyes, Pain burning, stinging and sore, Opthalmia-acute catarrhal or after eruptive diseases, Conjunctiva red, Puffy, chemotic, Great relief of pain already described, from cold water, Great sensitiveness of the eyes to light., Less tendency to the formation of pus, If erysipelatous, the lids are bluish red, looking watery, as if semitransparent, aggravation in the evening and forepart of night, Staphyloma, Pannus, Asthenopia
Suggested Medicine:
Apis

Symptoms:

Inimical to Apis, should not be used before or after Apis, Edematous swelling of the lids, true chemosis, hot, gushing Lachrymation, Formation of pus, highly characteristic, Lids erysipleltous, dusky red and together with the cheeks, studded with small watery vesicles, Pains usually of a drawing tearing character, although in erysipelas they may be burning or stinging, but with more itching than Apis, Eyelids often fell heavy and stiff, pains worse at night, particularly after midnight, warmth relieves.
Suggested Medicine:
Rhus tox

Symptoms:

Purulent opthalmia, Pus thick, yellow, bland and profuse, Opthalmia neonatorum, pus thick, yellowish an bland and profuse, Especially called for after the failure of Pulsatilla or one of the mercuries, Symptoms ameliorated from cold air and water and worse by warmth, Absence of objective, symptoms i.e. the patient complains of little or no trouble, Ulceration of cornea in infants, Opacity of cornea, Clusters of blood vessels extend from inner canthus to corneal border.
Suggested Medicine:
Argent nit

Symptoms:

Inflammation of eyes and lids, with burning pain, worse after midnight, better from warm applications, mental restlessness, corrosive Lachrymation, edematous eyelids, Chronic granulated lids, ulcer on the cornea, Yellowish color of the sclerotic, Excessive intolerance of light, Scrofulous cases.
Suggested Medicine:
Arsenic alb

Thursday, September 17, 2009

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Homeopathy and Eye Problem Part 17

Blepharospasm:
The eyelids are violently and persistently closed. It is nearly always associated with intolerance of light and discharge of tears.


Symptoms:
Spasm of eyeballs and of the facial muscles, Generally the best remedy.
Suggested Medicine:
Agaricus

Symptoms:
Spasm, distortion and convulsions of the eyes.
Suggested Medicine:
Belladona

Symptoms:
Convulsive movements of the eyes, Eyes closed, when opening them they move about.
Suggested Medicine:
Cuprum

Wednesday, September 16, 2009

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Homeopathy and Eye Problem Part 16

Styes:
It is a deviation of the visual axes. The axis of one eye being directed to the object desired to be seen, while that of the other is turned too much inwards (internal squint) or outwards (Outer squint). The cause may be shortening of the internal or external rectus, paralysis or nervous disturbances. It is only in the case of squint caused by shortening of the recti, that surgical interference is required.

Symptoms:
Squint when turned to right.
Suggested Medicine:
Alumina

Symptoms:
When turned in left, after Ophthalmia, or overstrain by close work.
Suggested Medicine:
Calcarea carb

Symptoms:
For internal squint
Medicine suggested:
Cyclamen

Symptoms:
For external squint.
Suggested Medicine:
Natrum mur

Symptoms:
Squint when on alternate days
Suggested Medicine:
China sulph

Symptoms:
After convulsion, Periodic.
Suggested Medicine:
Cicuta

Symptoms:
For Morbid winking.
Suggested Medicine:
Agaricus

Symptoms:
For Morbid winking (Better in open air)
Suggested Medicine:
Euphrasia

Symptoms:
Morbid winking while reading
Suggested Medicine:
Belladona

Symptoms:
Morbid winking while reading, Better in open air
Suggested Medicine:
Crocus

Symptoms:
Morbid winking in sunlight.
Suggested Medicine:
Mircurialis

Tuesday, September 8, 2009

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Homeopathy and Eye Problem Part 10

Styes:
It is a small inflammatory tumor near the edge of the eyelid.

Symptoms
Especially indicated in Styes on upper eyelid, Itching, burning, and swelling of lids, In the beginning the Styes disappear promptly under the action of this medicine.
Suggested Medicine:
Pulsatilla

Symptoms
When there is much inflammation, great sensitiveness of lids to touch, Unhealthy skin, slightest injury causing suppuration, When suppuration is inevitable, When there is a tendency to reappearance of the Styes.
Suggested Medicine :
Hepar sulph

Symptoms
When dry, hard lumps are left behind, or when the sate does not suppurate and break, but remains a hard nodule, Other indications being nightly agglutination of lids, biting and burning in inner Canthi, Itching of the margins of lids.
Suggested Medicine:
Staphisagria

Symptoms
Indicated for hardened Styes, and when there is violent burning and stinging in the lids and profuse Lachrymation in open air
Suggested Medicine:
Thuja

Saturday, September 5, 2009

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Homeopathy for Eyes Problems Part 8

Vision-Defect
It is defect in vision while looking at distant objects. When the defect is of great degree, the patient holds print near to the eyes to distinguish letters. The defect is curable by the administration of proper homeopathic remedy. In case of failure, use suitable glasses, selected by competent optician.

Symptoms
Short-sighted from overtaxing the eyes, Worse after exerting them Pains in the eyes after overtaxing them and from fine work, Must take exertion to distinguish letter when reading.
Suggested Medicine:
Carbo veg

Symptoms
Myopia due to spasm of the ciliary's muscles, Vision blurred, misty, Eyes weak and painful, Disturbed accommodation, Approximation of far point and also of near point (the accommodation recovers before the pupil), Double vision.
Suggested Medicine:
Physostigma

Symptoms
Tension (Spam) of accommodative apparatus of eyes, Vision disturbed, Vision dim, restored suddenly, Distant objects appear blurred, Swimming of distant objects.
Suggested Medicine:
Jaborandi

Friday, September 4, 2009

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Homeopathy for Eyes Problems Part 7


Dacryo-Cystitis:

It is an acute inflammation of the lachrymal sac and is very painful, swelling sometimes extending to cheek, eyelids, and conjunctiva. After a few days, when the inflammatory symptoms subside, pus escapes and the opening heals, When the affection becomes chronic, a fistulas opening (fistula lachrymatis) is formed through this thin muco-purulent discharge come s out and there is constant Lachrymation, In sever cases ulceration may develop.
Here is a list of some medicines as per symptoms.

Symptoms:
In the beginning, inflammation of the lachrymal sac, with great heat, burning, shooting pains and fever, caused by cold, dry wind.
Suggested Medicine:
Aconite

Symptoms:
Inflammation of the lachrymal duct, great intolerance of light, aggravation after 3 P.M.
Suggested Medicine:
Belladona

Symptoms:
Discharge profuse, Carancula swollen, standing out like a lump of red flesh.
Suggested Medicine:
Argentum nit

Symptoms:
Profuse, thick yellow, acrid discharge, Frequent inclination to blink.
Suggested Medicine:
Euphrasia

Symptoms:
When pus has formed, Great sensitiveness to touch and to cold.
Suggested Medicine:
Hepar sulph

Symptoms:
Thin excoriating discharge, Night aggravation.
Suggested Medicine:
Merc sol

Symptoms:
When pus is forming and a fistula is being developed particularly indicated when there is a pressure and heaviness, like lead, in occiput.
Suggested Medicine:
Petroleum

Symptoms:
Discharge profuse, and bland, Amelioration in open air and in cool place.
Suggested Medicine:
Pulsatilla

Symptoms:
Swelling of right lachrymal gland and sac, Skin inflamed, Sensitiveness to cold air, Better from warmth, wants covering.
Suggested Medicine:
Kali bich

Thursday, September 3, 2009

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Homeopathy for Eyes Problems Part 6


Bleeding from the eyes
Symptoms:
Blood exudes from eyes, Bleeding from every outlet of the body, yellow color of the eyes, Yellowness of the skin, Great prostration from such bleeding, Blood dark, fluid uncoagulable.

Suggested Medicine
:
Crotalus horridus

Sympto
ms
Bleeding from the eyes, Blood with charred straw sediment, Cold clammy skin, Ailments of the left side markedly pronounced.

Suggested Medicine::

Lachesis

Symptoms:
Bleeding from eyes, Eyes inflamed with redness of the sclerotica,yellowish color and ecchymosis of sclerotica, intolerance of light worse mornings.

Suggested Medicine:
Nux Vomica

Symptoms:
Eyes surrounded by blue rings, lids puffy, swollen, Discharge of blood from eyes or any mucous outlet, Heat and burning sensation in eyes, especially in external Canthi.

Suggested Medicine:

Phosphorus

Wednesday, September 2, 2009

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Homeopathy for Eyes Problems Part 5

Symptoms:
Great heaviness of the eyelids, can hardly open them or keep them open, Ptosis accompanied by thick speech, One can hardly speak.
Suggested Medicine:
Gelsemium

Symptoms:
Heaviness and stiffness of lids, as if paralyzed, Paralytic rigidity of the lids, Caused by getting wet or working in wet weather, of rheumatic origin.
Suggested Medicine:
Rhus tox

Symptoms:
Lids hand down as if paralyzed, Eyes half open and turned upwards, and snoring, Eyes red inflamed.
Suggested Medicine:
Opium

Symptoms:
Lids inclined to close as from paralysis, Ptosis accompanied by menstrual irregularity.
Suggested Medicine:
Sepia

Symptoms:
Sensation of stiffness around the eye, and in the eyelids, of rheumatic origin.
Suggested Medicine:
Kalmia

Tuesday, September 1, 2009

Homeopathy for Eyes Problems Part 4

Ptosis (drooping):
It is the paralysis of the eyelids.


Symptoms:
Paralysis of the upper lids, especially left, pressure on the eyes rendering it impossible to open them, Dryness, burning, dim sight, Sensation of sand in the corner of the eye, Aggravation of symptoms in the evening and at night.

Suggested Medicine:
Alumina

Symptoms:
Inclination to close the eyes, lids seem heavy, even paralysis of upper eyelids, especially of right side difficulty in opening the eyes, with a sensation as if the eyes were swollen, Ptosis of rheumatic or Psoric origin.

Suggested Medicine:
Arnica

Symptoms:
Pain as from a bruise in the eyes, with difficulty in opening or inability of open the eyelids at night, Dryness and inflammation the eyelids.
Suggested Medicine:
Cocculus