Photophobia


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


Arsenicum [Ars]

Sensitive to light, especially sunlight; shuts her eyes as if she could not keep them open, everything appears green.

Belladonna [Bell]

Halo of various colors around the flame; red spots, mist, or darkness before the eyes, diplopia and decrease of sight.

Cina [Cina]

Suitable to scrofulous children, that wet their beds frequently, and to onanists.

Conium [Con]

Pale redness of the eyeball, with congested vessels of the conjunctiva, suitable to scrofulous subjects.

Euphrasia [Euphr]

Headache, the light of the candle seeming to be dark and to flicker.

Graphites [Graph]

Chronic ophthalmia with excessive photophobia and red swollen eyelids.

Ignatia [Ign]

Pressure in the eyes, with lachrymation, and without any other perceptible symptoms.

Lac-defloratum [Lac-d]

Great photophobia, even candle light unbearable; dim sight, can only see lights, not objects.

Natrum-sulph [Nat-s]

Aversion to light with the terrible photophobia, can hardly open eyes, light of room causes headache, distress and many pains.

Pulsatilla [Puls]

Bright circle around the candle-light, with dimness of sight as if through something than can be rubbed off; diplopia, or obstruction of sight.

Staphisagria [Staph]

Blackness or scintillations before one’s eyes, or flames, especially at night, or halos around the candlelight, with dimness of sight.

Veratrum [Verat]

Black motes or sparks before the eyes, with diplopia.

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.