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Homeopathy and Eye Problem Part 12

Symptoms
Blepharitis, thick crust on lids, Canthi red as blood, Carancula swollen, standing out like a lump of red flesh, Clusters of intensely red vessels extend from inner canthus to cornea.
Suggested Medicine:
Argent nit

Symptoms
Eyelids swollen, red edematous, stinging or burning pain, or no pain at all, Relief from cold water, Intense Photophobia and increased Lachrymation.
Suggested Medicine:
Apis

Symptoms
Eyelids edematous, often completely closing the eye, Corrosive tears, making the lids and cheeks sore, Burning, relieved by heat.
Suggested Medicine:
Arsenic alb

Symptoms
Swelling and redness o lids, with heat and burning, Great intolerance of light.
Suggested Medicine:
Belladona

Symptoms
Lids red, hard and swollen, especially indicated in scrofulous, potbellied children who sweat much about the head.
Suggested Medicine:
Calc carb

Symptoms
Redness, burning and swelling of the eyelids, which itch in the daytime and stick together at night, Edges covered with scabs or scales or are ulcerate, Constant winking of lids, Lachrymation profuse, burning and very acrid, Constant Coryza, Tendency to accumulation of sticky mucus on the cornea.
Suggested Medicine:
Euphrasia

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Homeopathy and Eye Problem Part 11

Blepharitis:
It is the inflammation of the eyelids.

Symptoms
In the beginning, Inflammation caused by dust, injury, cold especially dry cold, eyes red and inflamed, Heat and burning in eyes, Lids feel dry, hard and heavy, Sensitive to air, fever with dry hot skin and thirst.
Suggested Medicine:
Aconite

Symptoms
Red inflamed eyelids, Slight oozing of the skin near the external angle of the eye, In obstinate cases, especially indicated in fretful children, Pustules on the ciliary's margins.
Suggested Medicine:
Antim Crud

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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

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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

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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

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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

Symptoms
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

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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

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

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Homeopathy for Eyes Problems Part 3

Symptom (s)
Aching in and over eyes, after straining the eyes over fine works.
Suggested Medicine:
Ruta

Symptom (s)
Enlargement of the eye-ball, with protuberance of the Cornea.
Suggested Medicine:
Staphyloma


Symptom (s)
Opacity of the cornea, Scrofulous inflammation, Swelling of lids, Macula cornea covering pupil, bluish, consequently much obscuration of sight.
Suggested Medicine:
Cad sulph

Symptom (s)
Opacity of cornea milky white or bluish, After acute symptoms to remove the corneal opacity and the chronic thickening of the eyelids.
Suggested Medicine:
Calc carb

Symptom (s)
Cornea densely opaque and vascular, and specks on the cornea., Weakness and confusion of sight, Cramp-like drawing in the eye.
Suggested Medicine:
Cannabis sat


Symptom (s)
Cornea vascular or surrounded by a grayish opacity.
Suggested Medicine:
Merc sol

Symptom (s)
Opacities of the cornea following repeated and long-lasting attacks of inflammation of that membrane, Granular lids.
Suggested Medicine:
Zinc sulph

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Homeopathy for Eyes Problems Part 2

Symptom (s)
Objects Look Yellow Spasmodic twitching of the orbicular muscules, Twitching in the muscles of the face, From irritation of worms in the intestine.

Suggested Medicine:
Cina

Symptom (s)
Blurring of vision relieved by winking Frequent inclination to blink.

Suggested Medicine:
Euphrasia

Symptom (s)
Muscular Asthenopia, with weakness of especially the external rectus.

Suggested Medicine:
Gelsemium

Symptom (s)
In nervous hysterical females, From onanism.

Suggested Medicine:
Ignatia

Symptom (s)
Muscular Asthenopia, Muscles feel stiff and drawn and pain on moving them, Headache associated with eyestrain.

Suggested Medicine:
Natrum mur

Symptom (s)
Asthenopia in nearsighted persons, Eyes feel weak with lachrymator, Sight blurred, Drawing and twisting sensation in eyes.

Suggested Medicine:
Physostigma

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Homeopathy for Eyes Problems ..Part 1

Asthenopia :

It is the inability to maintain the adjustment of the eye for short distances, for a sufficient period without fatigue. First of all, correct the defect by suitable glasses, and then select the remedy on the basis of symptoms.
A list of commonly used medicines is as under.

Symptom (s)
From Overuse temporarily relieved by cold water.

Suggested Medicine:
Aconite.

Symptom (s)

Muscular Asthenopia Can not fix the eyes long even on distant objects, Twitching of lids and sometimes even of facial muscles.

Suggested Medicine:
Agaricus

Symptom (s)

Stinging pain and Lachrymation : Better from cold applications.

Suggested Medicine:
Apis

Symptom (s)

Weakness of Ciliary's Muscles Eyes feel hot and dry, Asthenopia for want of accommodation, Eyes feel strained even from coarser kinds of work.

Suggested Medicine:
Argent Nit

Symptom (s)
Fatigue and Pain from using the Eyes On looking at near objects they become indistinct and blurred.

Suggested Medicine:
Calc carb

Symptom (s)

Letters run together when Reading Agglutination of the left eye in morning,Lachrymation in wind , Pain in eye when reading, Worse from candle light.

Suggested Medicine:
Chelidonium

Eye Problems and Tissue Salts

Here is a list of Tissue Salt helpful in Eye problems.

Ferr. Phos:
Suits well for any kind of inflammation with pain and redness and in three first stage before pus formation. It cures conjunctivitis, retinitis in the acute stage when the inflammation is dry with the eyes blood shot. Photophobia worse from artificial lights needs this remedy. For granular eyelids use it as local application. It is used in painful styes.

Mag. Phos:
Cures ptosis of the eyelids. It is a best remedy in neuralgia of the eye. Pain is relieved by warmth and aggravated by cold. It is useful in spasmodic squinting and twitching of the eyelids. The patient sees sparks and colours before the eyes. It is beneficial in contracted pupils, retinitis pigmentosa, ciliary’s and supra-orbital neuralgia.

Nat. Mur:
Cures corneal blisters and granulated eyelids with or without tears. The discharge is watery, clear mucus. There appear white spots on the cornea. It is useful in the beginning of cataract, glaucoma and iritis. It is a useful remedy in blocking of the tear ducts.

Nat. Phos:
Is indicated when the discharge is yellow and creamy in conjunctivitis. Lids are glued together in the morning. Burning, lacrimation, scrofulous ophthalmia, squints due to worms, boring pain of rheumatic origin in the eyes call for the use of this remedy.

Nat. Sulph:
Is highly recommended in the granular conjunctivitis. It has photophobia in ophthalmia. There is yellowness in the conjunctiva. Hypopyon requires this sulph.

Silcea:
Is a good medicine for suppurative styes. It cures deepseated abscess of the cornea. Cures boils and cystic tumors around the eyelids. It is very useful in scrofulous ophthalmia and cures corneal opacity, hypopyon, photophobia, etc.

Cal. Fluor:
Is the best remedy in cataract. It cures indurations in the lids. Flickering and sparks before the eyes, partial blindness, dimness of vision from overstraining the eyes calls for this remedy.

Cal. Sulph:
Is administered in deep ulcers on the cornea. It has thick and yellow pus. It cures pustular trouble of the eye and is useful in keratitis, conjunctivitis and ophthalmia neonatorum.

Cal. Phos: Is useful in checking the cataract. It is proved useful in dry inflammation during dentition. Eye troubles of rachitic and scrofulous children call for Cal. Phos.