(See also "NEURALGIA" under "NERVOUS SYSTEM")
Magnesia Carb: Facial neuralgia occurring for three to four days after a week or so. It has shooting pains. Neuralgia of the left side of the face; during night driving him out of bed; better by keeping in constant motion and worse by stopping motion.
Colocynthis: Pains brought on by excitement or vexation which come
in waves and are better from heat, from pressure and are worse during
rest. Left sided neuralgia. Distortion, of face during pain. Pain in the
cheek. bones, infra-orbital nerve.
Belladona: Violent pains with red face, flushing eyes, hot head and
great sensitiveness of the part to touch. Right sided neuralgia caused by
cold.
Magnesia Phos: Tearing and shooting pains like lightning along the
nerves which are relieved by heat and pressure. Violent supra-and
infra-orbital pains.
Cedron: Supra-orbital neuralgia when the periodicity is well marked.
Mezerium: When the pains are relieved by heat of stove (no other heat
applied wet or dry relieves) and aggravated after eating. Pain in the left
cheek running towards the ear, worse during night.
Lachesis: When the pain is in the shin bone.
Valeriana: When the pain is aggravated during rest.
Aconite N: Pain with tingling of the affected parts.
Spigelia: Left sided with severe burning and sticking pains which are
intolerable.
Sulphur: Facial neuralgia, trigeminal neuralgia, neuralgia of the fifth
cerebral nerve which supplies the face.
Colchicum: When accompanied with paralytic weakness of the
muscles but lacks the severity of Spigelia.
Syphilinum: When neuralgia is worse at night. It has also paralysis of
one side of the face. Give very high (1,000 or C.M.)
Argentum Nit: For super and infra-orbital pains.
Stannum: When the pains come in lightly, increasing gradually to a very high degree and decreasing slowly; supra-orbital.
Chamomilla: When the pain is intolerable and very severe. It is
accompanied with tooth-ache, ear-ache and pain in the neck.
Platina: Cramping pains associated with coldness and numbness.
Plantago Major: Is very useful in almost all kinds of neuralgias as a
local application of mother tincture.
Kali Iod: Excessive sensitiveness of the surface; inveterate cases;
syphilitic.
Verbascum: With intolerable drawing in the ear; pain in flashes
excited by the least movement; clenching the teeth or touching them
with the tongue; face red, acrid eructations.
Sanguinaria C: Neuralgia of face relieved by kneeling down and
pressing head firmly against floor; Pain extends to all directions from
the upper jaw.
Staphisagria: Prosopalgia. The touching of lips with spoon or fork
will cause severe pain shooting from lip to face.
