Meningitis Cerebrospinal


Homeopathy treatment for Meningitis Cerebrospinal from the Homeopathic Therapeutics by Lilienthal. Homeopathic remedies for the treatment of Meningitis Cerebrospinal…


AEthusa-cyn [Aeth]

Vertigo, a disposition to coma, obstinate vomiting present from the onset; tearing; lancinating, stinging, and beating pains all over the head and in occiput;eyes staring; pupils dilated and insensible; face pale and collapsed; WEIGHT IN OCCIPUT; tearing, beating, drawing, in nape of neck; epileptiform convulsions.

Agaricus [Agar]

Great weight in head, especially in forehead and temples, with delirium and coma; drawing pains in occiput; painful sensitiveness of thee scalp; stiffness of the nape of thee neck and back; violent pains all along the spine, with stiffness and soreness; convulsive attack.

Ammonium-carb [Am-c]

Complete prostration from the very start or during second stage, stupor, surface of body cyanotic and cold; pulse week; aversion to water.

Apis-mell [Apis]

STUPOR FROM EFFUSION ( OP FROM CONGESTION); Oedema of face; pupils dilated, cold surface and cold extremities; screaming and crying out with a piercing shriek; no thirst for water but craves milk; which agrees; scanty urine with frequent desire to pass it; tongue red, dry, cracked; brain feels tired a if gone to sleep, burning and throbbing in head, (<) by touch, motion and stooping, (>) by pressing head firmly with hands; stiffness in back of neck; chest oppressed; SENSE OF SUFFOCATION AS IF HE COULD NOT BREATHE AGAIN; stabbing pain in occiput; and obscuration of sight, apathy and indifference, prostration. (Abstain from hot bath or pack)

Argentum-nit [Arg-n]

VIOLENT HEADACHE, VERTIGO, photophobia, could before eyes, double vision; eyeballs floating in mucus; deafness or fulness and ringing in ears. pale and emaciated face; lips and nails blue; white coated tongue or dry, hard and black, sordes on teeth; cannot talk; wants to drink sweet things; stools and urine pass unconsciously; oppressed breathing; wants to bee covered and yet wants the windows open for fresh air; cannot move himself. Sopor with constant murmuring, can only be raised with difficulty, and when partially roused the half-opened eyes shut again; thee whole left side is weak; emaciation; constant trembling of hands, jerking of single muscles; epileptiform convulsions.

Arnica [Arn]

Coma somnolentum with delirium and carphologia; cringes when touched anywhere, even during unconsciousness; great soreness all over; sensation like a heavy weight shooting and pressing in both temples; weakness of cervical muscles, do not support the head steadily; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE VERY SENSITIVE TO TOUCH AND PRESSURE;formication in extremities; excessive diuresis; ecchymosis; exhaustion.

Arsenicum [Ars]

Vertigo and great weight in head, with humming in ears; sensation as if brain were loose and dashed against skull when moving; scalp sensitive and painful; photophobia or amblyopia; roaring in ears; spasmodic grinding of teeth; face pale and ashy; tongue dry, trembling; thirst for little water often; anxious breathing; diarrhoea; tensive stiffness of neck as restless anguish; coma; tetanic spasms.

Baptisia [Bapt]

Bruised and painful feeling at the base of the brain and upper part of spinal cord; rolling of head from one side=de to the other; a constant biting on the fingers and constant motion of the feet, unconsciously done by the patient; wandering pains in all limbs; with dizziness; feels stiff and sore all over; pit of the stomach to pressure; constipation; paresis of extremities; livid spots all over the body.

Belladonna [Bell]

Stupefying stunning headache, from the neck into the head, with heat and pulsation in it, head inclined to been backward, even before spasmodic retraction occurs, as it relieves the pain, convulsive shaking and bending of the head backward; spasmodic distortion of face and lips; grinding of teeth; inclination to bite; retention of urine; or involuntary micturition; heat of the upper part of the body and coldness of extremities general hyperaesthesia of all the senses; renewal of the spasm by touch or light; violent delirium alternating with coma.

Bryonia [Bry]

Bursting headache; stiffness of neck, great pain in joints and limbs, not allowing with coma.

Cactus [Cact]

ANGUISH AT THE HEART, and lacerating pains in the nape of the neck; dimness of sight; pulsation and buzzing in ears; faint spells; rigidity of limbs.

Camphora [Camph]

Constrictive pain at the base of brain, the head bending to one or the other side; throbbing in cerebellum synchronous with pulsations; deathly paleness; lockjaw; oppression of chest; violent cramps in stomach and limbs; chills severe; cold, clammy sweats;pulse small; weak and slow; TETANIC SPASMS; the limbs rigidly extended; head inclined sideways or retracted.

Cannabis-ind [Cann-i]

Vertigo on rising with stunning pain in back part of head; fixed gaze; dilated pupils; sensitive to sounds;cold face with drowsy and stupid look; anguish in chest; with great oppression; pin across shoulders and spine; paralysis of lower extremities and right arm; convulsions; emprosthotonos; with loss of consciousness; stupor, collapse;pale clammy and insensible skin; feeble; irregular pulse.

Cantharis [Canth]

Second stage, with great restlessness and activity of mind; amorous frenzy, priapism, violent lancinating pains deep in brain, especially occiput; eyes dull, sunken, pale, wretched face with expression of terror, pain and despair, tearing in left cervical muscles, tearing from neck towards vertex; tearing in left limb;squeezing and contraction in front of chest; impending breathing,(>) on lying down; whole body feels as if crushed to pieces; spasmodic constriction of throat and sphincters; dysuria, retention or suppression of urine, universal tetanic spasm, trembling, fainting, coma, general coldness and collapse.

Cicuta-vir [Cic]

Vertigo, with reeling as if things were moving to and from like a pendulum, moaning and howling; disposition to be frightened; grinding of teeth; diplopia; dilated or contracted pupils; dumbness; deafness; dyspnoea; ashy paleness; or bluish puffed face; cramp in cervical muscles, with inability to move the head after it has been turned in any direction; stiffness of neck not permitting the head to be turned; tension and soreness of the muscles, with retracted head; tonic spasms of cervical muscles; trembling of limbs;convulsions with cries; pressing together of the jaws; numbness and distortion of the limbs;opisthotonos; violent sudden jerks through the head, arms and legs, after fits of insensibility and immobility; GASTRALGIA WITH VOMITING, painful distention of abdomen, and spasm of pectoral muscles; perfect deafness; loss of speech.

Cimicifuga [Cimic]

Pain in every part of the head, especially in vertex and occiput, extending to shoulders and down the spine, with delirium similar to mania a potu; eyes dull and sensitive to pressure, with visions; conjunctiva red; with lachrymation; pupils dilated; foul breath, swollen tongue, fuligo, dryness of throat, with constant desire to swallow; general malaise, with nausea and vomiting, urine pale and copious; colicky pains; muscular twitchings, frequently changing location, profuse clod sweat all over the body, with very quick pulse, excessive muscular soreness, great sensitiveness to touch and motion,(<) from any motion.

Cocculus [Cocc]

Violent headache, with vomiting, vertigo and semi-consciousness, headache as if the eyes would be torn out, and violent pains in the forehead;INTENSE OCCIPITAL IN LOWER PART OF THE OCCIPUT, IN NAPE OF NECK, (<) by turning head back, sensation as if back of head were alternately opening and shutting; CONVULSIVE TREMBLING OF HEAD, face pale and wallow, but puffy and bloated; spasmodic oppression of chest, respiration heavy and laborious, [painful stiffness of the cervical muscles; weakness of the cervical muscles, he has to lean his head against something; miliary eruptions;fainting fits; epileptiform and hysterical convulsions; paralysis, thick, heavy speech.

Crot. [Crot-h]

Pains in all extremities, terrible headache, pain as from a blow on the occiput, paleness of face as in faintness;unquenchable burning thirst; vomiting preceded by faintness; painfulness in pit of stomach; dyspnoea, with anxiety, thirst, nausea, diarrhoea, heartbeat feeble; painful paralytic sensation in extremities.

Cuprum-acet [Cupr-acet]

Affects specially the spinal cord; congestion of brain, with convulsive motions of extremities, cannot hold the head up; eyes dim; lustreless sunken, with blue rings around; sad, depressed features, dry mouth, great thirst for cooling drinks; nausea, vomiting, and torpid stool; nervous trembling;with very great acuteness and sensitiveness of the senses; clonic spasms, beginning at the periphery;sleep or coma, paralysis of all muscles of the back up to the neck.

Digitalis [Dig]

HEART’S ACTION IRREGULAR AND LABORED; delirium like mania a potu; great pressure and weight in head; violent lancinating pains, especially in vertex and occiput;when sitting or walking the head falls backward, as if ANTERIOR MUSCLES WERE PARALYZED; convulsive efforts to vomit, vomiting, with coldness, prostration and fainting; stiffness in the nape and side of neck; tearing sharp stitches, aching and cutting pains in nape of neck; convulsions, with retraction of the head, syncope and collapse of vital powers,

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.