Lithium [Lith-c]
Hemiopia; amaurotic affection of the eye, when caused by reading, fine, sewing and other steady applications of the eyes; sunlight blinds him in the streets; VANISHING OF THE RIGHT HALF OF WHATEVER SHE LOOKED AT; relieved by eating and sleep.
Lycopodium [Lyc]
Hemeralopia; night-blindness coming on at early evening; hemiopia; vision veiled; weakness of vision after typhus; during writing vision would suddenly disappear, as if a dark cloud passed before the eyes. Amaurosis from aneurysm of the central artery of retina; eyes hot, dim, wide open, fixed and insensible to light; obscuration of sight as from feathers before eyes.
Mercurius [Merc]
Amaurosis in left eye, when walking in the fresh air and frequently momentary loss of sight; black motes and points; much (<) from heat or the glare of fire; cutting, stinging or aching pains in the eyes, especially when exerting them, dilated, unequal, even insensible pupils.
Millefolium [Mill]
Like a mist before eyes, not near the eyes, but at a distance; sensation of too much blood in the eyes.
Natrum-ars [Nat-ar]
Vision weakened from poor condition of health; objects blur when he looks at them for a short while; feels as if he must close his lids to protect his weak eyes; he cannot open lids as wide as usual.
Natrum-mur [Nat-m]
Amblyopia and amaurosis; pupils contracted dependent on menstrual disorders in the chlorotic; double vision or sees only one-half of an object, cannot see the right side of an object; frequent obscuration of sight, when stooping, walking, reading, writing, etc.; frequent lachrymation and spasmodic closing of lids.
Nitrum [Kali-n]
Transitory blindness; rainbow colors around light; colored wheels before eyes; burning in eyes; lachrymation and aversion to light, especially in the morning, after washing in cold water.
Nux-vomica [Nux-v]
Atrophy of the optic nerve; paresis of ocular muscles, (<) from stimulants or tobacco, vision impaired by dissipation; photophobia, (<) in the morning; violent pressure in the eyes, after using them ever so little; dilated pupils.
Opium [Op]
Amblyopia, pupils dilated and insensible to light; eyes burning,
hot and dry; sensation as if the eyes were too large for the orbits.
Phosphorus [Phos]
Amblyopia from loss of fluids, also in Bright’s disease; green halo around the candle; aching in eyes, forehead and orbits, sudden paroxysms of nyctalopia, or sensation as if things were covered with a green veil; eyes sensitive to light, ((>)) in twilight; retinal hyperaemia.
Physostigma [Phys]
Partial blindness, on attempting to write he is unable to see a line; dimness of vision; nystagmus.
Plumbum [Plb]
Retinitis albuminuria; sclerosis of optic disk, its outline hazy, disk prominent and bluish-white; strabismus; diplopia; ptosis; pupils unequally dilated; transient amaurosis, often starting in right eye, and deafness, complicating head affections; cloudiness before eyes, including one to rest them.
Pulsatilla [Puls]
Amblyopia from suppression of any bloody discharge; from metastasis of gout or rheumatism; from gastric derangement; with heart disease; with coexisting diminished hearing; diminished sight especially on getting warm from exercise; blindness at twilight and sensation as if the eyes were bandaged; shining of flashing rings before eyes; mistiness of sight or sensation as if dimness could be removed by wiping; frequent and copious lachrymation.
Ruta [Ruta]
Green halo around light in the evening; mistiness of sight, with complete obscuration at a distance; muscae volitantes; aching and boring pains in the eyes when using them, particularly fine work; lachrymation in open air.
Secale [Sec]
Diplopia and triplopia; obscuration of sight; pain in eyes, with feeling as if they were spasmodically rotated; pupils dilated; skin dry and brittle.
Sepia [Sep]
Dimness of sight, particularly when reading or writing; contraction of pupils; gauze, black spots or stripes before the eyes; photophobia in day time; aching pains over the eyeballs.
Silicea [Sil]
Amblyopia from abuse of stimulants in nervous, sensitive persons; day-blindness, with sudden appearance of furuncles; daylight dazzles eyes; occasional lightning-like flashes in eyes and a feeling as if sometimes obscured vision, with nervous sensations in head; a persistent black speck before eye; momentary loss of sight, with uterine affections, pregnancy, lactation; dim vision after suppressed foot-sweats, after diphtheria.
Stramonium [Stram]
Hemeralopia; illusions in colors, often dark less often blue and red; oblique double vision; light dazzles, shuns light; pupils dilated, or insensible and immovable to light; loss of sight and hearing.
Sulphur [Sulph]
Retinitis caused by overuse of eyes, congestion of optic nerve; blindness after suppressed skin diseases; halo around gas or lamplight; unequal or dilated or insensible pupils; dimness of sight from the light of the sun or when the weather is warm and sultry; sudden paroxysms of nyctalopia; white spots or black points before the eyes; profuse lachrymation in open air and dryness of eyes in the room.
Terebinth [Ter]
Amblyopia potatorum, with dull, aching pain in the back and dark urine; pain in and over eye, (<) at night and towards morning.
Thuja [Thuj]
Amblyopia; blurred sight, ((>)) from rubbing; aching back into the head; the eyes are dim in the open air and when reading; weak eyes; floods of light before the eyes, mostly yellow; when looking into the light of day sees white spots like bottles of water moving about.
Veratrum-alb [Verat]
For hemeralopia; sparks or black spots before the eyes, particularly on rising from the bed or from the chair’ PROFUSE LACHRYMATION, with burning, cutting, or feeling of dryness; diplopia, photophobia, etc.
Veratrum-vir [Verat-v]
Dimness of sight; walking brings on blindness, with fainting; dilated pupils; diplopia; immense circles of a green color appear around the candle, which, as vertigo comes on, turn to red; when closing the eyes, vertigo; after loss of vital fluids.
Zincum [Zinc]
Periodic and temporary amaurosis and amblyopia, occurring during severe attacks of headache and passing away with the headache; pains (<) at the root of the nose, as if it would be pressed into the head; constant weariness if eyes; vanishing of sight, with absence of ideas; yellow, blue and green wheels before eyes, with drowsiness and a wretched look.
Dr. Samuel Lilienthal was the author of many great books including “Homeopathic Therapeutics”. For many years, with the support of Dr. Constantine Hering, he was the editor of the North American Journal of Homeopathy. Dr. Lilienthal passed away on February 2nd 1891 in San Francisco.