Epistaxis



Mercurius [Merc]

Bleeding preceded by pressure around the head, as from a band;nosebleed from coughing and during sleep;BLOOD HANG DOWN LINK BLACK ICICLES AFTER COAGULATING in nose (Croc., kali bi); glandular swelling, sore mouth, etc., helminthiasis.

Mezereum [Mez]

Bleeding from right nostril in the evening before going to sleep; blood bright-red; trickling of blood from right nostril.

Millefolium [Mill]

Excessive nosebleed in congestions to chest and head; piercing pains from eyes to root of nose blood bright-red, arterial, flowing without apparent cause.

Moschus [Mosch]

Nosebleed with paleness of face and painting, one cheek hot without redness, t he other red without heat.

Natrum-mur [Nat-m]

Nosebleed with stooping or when coughing at night; very frequent and blowing much clotted blood from the nose.

Natrum-sulph [Nat-s]

Nosebleed during menses stops and returns often, especially early in. the morning; nosebleed before menses bright-red, sometimes also while sitting, even at night in bed.

Nitric-acid [Nit-ac]

Exhausting epistaxis of venous blood;gums swollen and dark red, easily bleeding, (<) by water and washing, from weeping, at night and in the morning;stitches, as from a splinter in the nose, on touch; acrid watery discharge from nose.

Nux-moschata [Nux-m]

Nosebleed, blood dark; black; over sensitiveness of smell.

Nux-vomica [Nux-v]

Epistaxis from suppressed haemorrhoidal flow, (<)mornings, proceeded or accompanied by frontal headache, red cheeks and cephalic congestion;during sleep;blood usually dark.

Phosphorus [Phos]

Nosebleed while straining at stool or early in the morning in tall, slim girls at the age of puberty;severe epistaxis during diphtheria, following detachment of the membrane from the nose;profuse bleeding from nose,. often accompanied by profuse sweat;bloody streams in the morning in tall, slim girls at the age of puberty;severe epistaxis during diphtheria, following detachment of the membrane from the nose;profuse bleeding from nose, often accompanied by prophase sweat;bloody streaks in the nasal mucus.

Pulsatilla [Puls]

NOSEBLEED FROM SUPPRESSED MENSES, blood partly fluid and partly clotted, intermitting in intensity, (<) by going into a warm room or in a recumbent position. Nose bleed with dry coryza in anaemic women whose course are scanty, late or suppressed.

Rhus-tox [Rhus-t]

Frequent nosebleed, almost only when stooping, at stool or from exertion;at night or in the morning; blood coagulates quickly, of a bright color.

Sarsaparilla [Sars]

Epistaxis with feeling as if smell bubbles were bursting in the nose; bleeding from each nostril, when blowing nose, light-colored blood.

Secale-corn [Sec]

DARK, THIN BLOOD FLOWS STEADILY with great prostration and thready pulse due to previous bleeding; in old people or drunkards or in young feeble women.

Sepia [Sep]

Epistaxis during pregnancy or child, or in women suffering from uterine disorders in whom the menses were absent for sometime, especially if brought about by a fall or blow on ]the nose (Arnica,Cicuta), and frequently recurring at the least touch of the nose; bright-red flow suddenly appearing and as suddenly disappearing, in the morning and also several times during the day.

Silicea [Sil]

Profuse epistaxis;l drops of blood fall from the nose at times, on stooping, by picking inside of nose; at dinner; profuse, dark- red flow from right nostril with relief of headache.

Spigelia [Spig]

Violent nosebleed with endocarditis (Cart)sneezing, with discharge of bloody mucus in the morning after walking.

Stramonium [Stram]

Black haemorrhage from nose, followed by warm sweat and general relief;nosebleed, dark, in pumps; in whooping-cough.

Sulphur [Sulph]

Nosebleed at 3 P.M. (Bryonia, 3 A.M.), with vertigo and great soreness of nose to touch; nosebleed just before and after menses; clotted blood is always discharged on blowing nose. Great disposition to epistaxis.

Sulphuric-acid [Sul-ac]

Oozing of dark, thin blood from nose (Crotal); evenings, (<) from smelling coffee, while sitting or standing; old people;septic states; dark-brown froth issuing from nostrils.

Tarentula-hisp [Tarent]

Profuse epistaxis, blood black, each drop coagulating and sinking at once like a bullet, to the bottom of the vessel and forming a large black clot; while washing face drops of blood fall from left nostril.

Veratrum-alb [Verat]

Nosebleed before menses (Thea) during sleep at night; face pale, body cold, pulse slow, intermittent.

Vinca-minor [Vinc]

Frequent nosebleed, distressing dryness and heat of the nose, extending into the frontal sinuses.

Zincum [Zinc]

Nosebleed for a short time on blowing nose, after dinner, followed by stupefaction of forehead, as from apoplexy, with swimming of objects before eyes; frequent blowing of blood from nose.

Samuel Lilienthal
Dr. Samuel Lilienthal (1815-1891) was from Germany, and became a pioneer homeopath in America. He received his Doctor of Medicine Degree from the University of Munich in 1838. After he moved to the United States, he was hired as Professor of Clinical Medicine at New York College for Women, and also as Professor of Mental and Nervous Diseases at the New York Homeopathic College.
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.