Neuralgia


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


Abrotanum [Abrot]

NEURALGIA OF HEAD AND STOMACH, from change of disease or metastasis; burning, tearing, darting pains,, at night, sensation as if the stomach were hanging or swimming in water; sharp and severe pain across chest, (>) in region of heart; anxious and depressed.

Aconite [Acon]

From exposure to dry, cold winds, violent congestion of thee affected part, especially the face, which is red and swollen, driving patient nearly to despair (<) at night; pains burning, lancinating, pulsating, tingling, benumbing., as if asleep; hyperaesthesia of all nerves, especially of sight and hearing; sleeplessness and restlessness, although motion aggravates.

Ammonium-mur [Am-m]

SCIATICA (<) WHILE SITTING, (>) WHILE WALKING AND ENTIRELY RELIEVED WHEN LYING DOWN; tearing, stitching, pains from ulceration in heels, (<) at night in bed, by rubbing; neuralgic pains in stumps

of amputated limbs, pain in left hip, as if tendons were too short, which makes him limp when walking, while sitting there is gnawing referred to the bones.

Apis-mell [Apis]

Pains MIGRATING from place to place, sudden jerks through the joints and other parts; frequent loss of all strength, with a trembling sensation.

Argentum-met [Arg-m]

Spasmodic pains in various parts of body; pains in head gradually increasing to acme and then suddenly ceasing, mostly left side; vertigo; spasmodic twitching of heart-muscles, (<) when lying on back.

Arnica [Arn]

Intercostal neuralgia simulating pleurisy, (<) by cough and breathing; singing and pricking in affected parts, with restlessness, so that he has to stir about constantly, (<) by noise or from slightest exertion.

Arsenicum [Ars]

MALARIAL NEURALGIA, recurring periodically, mostly in face and often resisting other remedies; burning tearing pains, especially at night, and even during sleep, nearly driving the patient crazy; great anguish, excessive weakness, has to lie down, affected parts feel cold;(<) during rest, after prolonged exercise, at night in bed or after rest; (>) from outside heat.

Belladonna [Bell]

Right side, paroxysm, after gradually increasing to an intolerable acuteness, ceases suddenly (Argentum met., stann., gradual increase and gradual decrease); lancinating burning pain; (<) by motion, noise, light, shock or contract,; daily attack from noon to midnight; congestion of head, with bright-red face and delirium; hasty speech and words roll out in profusion; hasty drinking; (Hepar): (<) lying down, from fresh air or a draught; (>) sitting up.

Bryonia [Bry]

Neuralgic pains, left side of face and head, pressing, tearing, shooting pains, as if from subcutaneous ulceration, (<) mornings after moving, from motion,(<) by hard pressure, as when lying on affected side, and from cold applications; water tastes bitter; rheumatic disposition, great irascibility.

Cactus-grand [Cact]

NEURALGIC PAINS AS SOON AS PATIENT MISSES HIS ACCUSTOMED MEAL; excitement increases pain, especially headache; periodicity, pains returning at same hour every day, but NON-MALARIAL.

Capsicum [Caps]

Burning pungent pains, especially in face, (<) from slightest draught of air, whether warm or cold; patient of lax fibre with want of bodily irritability.

Causticum [Caust]

Lancinating pains, (<) by carriage-riding and by the least contact; paroxysmal tearing pains from occiput upward and forward, over vertex; often several attacks during day.

Cedron [Cedr]

Malarial neuralgia, usually supraorbital and in eye, which burns as if it were on fire, recurring regularly at same hour daily, neuralgic pains post-coitum; pains (<) during menses.

Cepa [All-c]

Neuralgic pains, like a long thread in face, neck or elsewhere, worse evenings, unbearable pains in the cicatrix of amputated limbs (Ammonium mur).

Chamomilla [Cham]

Shooting, tearing, pulsating pains; with sensation of torpor in affected parts; excessive impressionability, so that least pains become unbearable and faints easily away; face puffy, one cheek red, the other pale; hot sweat of head and hair; crying, crossness, irritability, Neuralgia from abuse of Magnesia.

Chelidonium [Chel]

Excessive lachrymation in right supra-or infra-orbital neuralgia, tears fairly gush out and eyes cannot bear the light. Neuralgia after injuries, where Arnica is not well borne; pains gradually increase and gradually decrease (Stannum); hepatic neuralgia.

China [Chin]

Malarial or other neuralgia, typical in their return, (<) from slightest touch or draught of cold air; excessive sensitiveness of skin; torpor and paralytic weakness of affected parts; pressive pains with hot flushes over face; nightly restlessness; infra – orbital neuralgia of either side.

Chininum-ars [Chin-ar]

VIOLENT NEURALGIC PAINS IN LEFT MAMMARY REGION, as if were torn out with tongs, (<) by motion and going upstairs, or about right temple and eye; pains come and go quickly, sometimes several times a day; restless, constantly changing position at night, particularly as soon as pillow becomes warm.

Chininum-sulph [Chin-s]

Neuralgic in head, eyes, around eyes, in face; great periodicity, pains return with great regularity; periodical cervical neuralgia; at 4 p.m. violent pain in lateral muscles of neck, which seem to be swollen and contracted, head is heavy and giddy and he wants to lie down; sciatic neuralgia.

Cimicifuga [Cimic]

Neuralgia of any part of body as REFLEX FROM UTERINE OR OVARIAN DISEASE; sensation of heat on top of head just back of the centre; feeling as if top of head would fly off; sharp, lancinating and neuralgic pains like electric shocks in and over eyes; supra-orbital pains, shooting up to the top of head; great anxiety; dread of undertaking anything, even ordinary work; high- graded nervousness, cold perspiration on hands, numbness of whole

body especially of arms.

Clematis [Clem]

ILIO-SCROTAL NEURALGIA, violent tearing pains in testicles and seminal cord, especially left side; retracted testicle feels bruised.

Cocculus [Cocc]

Hyperaesthesia of all thee senses, the least noise or jar or motion is painful; great lassitude of the whole body; it is an exertion to stand firmly; hysterics with sadness.

Coffea [Coff]

Pains unbearable, feels perfectly discouraged, cries and throws himself about; fear of fresh air and of the least noise; excessive weeping and lamentations over trifles; fainting.

Colchicum [Colch]

Left-sided prosopalgia; paralytic weakness of muscles.

Colocynthis [Coloc]

Great tenderness on pressure over posterior spinous processes of all cervical and first dorsal vertebrae, pressure there brings on neuralgic pains; neuralgia affecting the ganglionic and sensory nerves, causing colic, vomiting and diarrhoea, following violent emotions, as anger and indignation; painful retraction of testicle with shocks through it.

Croton-tigl [Croto-t]

BRACHIALGIA, shooting, tearing pains extending the whole length of limb, inability to move or to lie down, (<) at night, preventing sleep, but (>) after sleep; least attempt to stir causes pain to reappear with great violence; arm becomes paralyzed and feels like a very heavy weight; weakness and bruised feeling through whole body.

Cuprum [Cupr]

Twitchings in upper and lower contraction of muscles; stitching, rending and drawing pains; cramps in limbs which may be cyanotic; spasmodic pains with crawling and weight in head, burning and stitching in forehead and temples, (<) by touch, with spasmodic contraction of jaw-bones.

Dioscorea [Dios]

HYPERAESTHESIA OF SPINAL CORD OR REFLEX IRRITATION; severe drawing, writhing pains in sacral region and bowels; radiating upward and downward until whole body and even fingers and toes become enveloped in. spasms so severe as to elicit shrieks; SCIATICA, (<) when moving right limb or on sitting up, (>) when lying still; sharp pains in various parts of body and limbs darting from place to place; numbness and paralysis.

Ferrum-met [Ferr]

OMODYNIA (in spring), affecting both deltoid muscles, of a constant drawing, tearing, laming pain, (<) in bed, must get up and walk about, from moving arm; downward shooting pains in upper arm, least movement of hip-point, (<) evening till midnight, can hardly put foot down, but pain lessens while walking, cramps in soles of feet and toes, with painful contraction of toes, cramps in calves of legs at night; oversensitiveness to pain; restless sleep at night.

Ferrum-phos [Ferr-p]

Congestive neuralgia from chill or cold, with pain as if a nail being driven in, accompanied by flushed face, burning or diffused heat, feeling of weight and pressure, acute cases of rheumatic paralysis.

Gelsemium [Gels]

Terrible neuralgia in upper portion of spinal cord, passing through upper portion of brain and ending with a severe pain in forehead and eyeballs, (>) bending head forward, (<) lying; cardiac neurosis, with deficient power and action; hysterical palpitation in plethoric women;acute sudden darting pains along single nerve branches in almost any part of the body; myalgia from overexertion, temporary relief from brandy.

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.