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Lids – Eyes – Chapter 5 – REPERTORY OF HERING’S GUIDING SYMPTOMS OF OUR MATERIA MEDICA By Calvin B. Knerr, M.D.

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CHAPTER 5.
EYES.

Accommodation
* Anterior Chamber * Aqueous
humor
* Brows (See
Supraorbital.) *
Canthi * Choroid
* Ciliary body * Circumorbital
* Conjunctiva * Cornea
* Eyes * Fundus
* Infraorbital * Illusions
* Iris * Lachrymal
apparatus
* Lachrymation
* Lashes * Lens
*

Lids
* Ophthalmia * Optic
nerve
* Orbit * Photophobia
* Pupils * Retina
* Sclerotica * Sight
* Supraorbital * Vitreous

Lids.
A-C
* D-H *

I-Q
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Lids :-


Indurated

(See Swollen,
Thickened.) :-
Acon., Con.,
Med.,
Nit-ac.,
Sil., Spig., Thuj.

Cellulitis, in :-

Phyt.

Secretion thin and
excoriating, worse at night :-

Merc-c.

Suppurative
choroiditis, in, in right eye, after needle operation for
cataract :-

Phyt.

Syphilitic iritis,
in :-

Thuj.


Inflammation

(blepharitis)
(See Erysipelas,
Granulated.) :-
ANT-C.,
APIS, ARG-M., ARG-N.,
Arund.,
Carb-an.,
Cocc.,
Crot-h.,
Euphr., GRAPH.,
Iris, Kali-bi.,
Kali-c., Lil-t., MERC.,
Nat-m.,
Nit-ac., PETR.,
Psor., RHUS-T.,
Sarr.,
Sars., Spig.,
STAPH.,
Stram., Sulph.,
TELL.,
Ter., Thuj.,
Uran-n.,
Vac.

Acute, with tendency to
formation of abscesses :-

Rhus-t.

Acute, with
conjunctivitis pustulosa :-

PETR.

Acute, with acrid
muco-purulent discharge :-

Euphr.

Acute, internal surface
chiefly affected :-

Psor.

Agglutination, with, in
morning :-

Sil.

Air, better in
fresh :-

Caust.

Air, worse in open, or
from constant application of cold water :-

MERC.

Burning, with, in edges
of lids, worse in afternoon

(blepharoadenitis) :-
Sang.

Calomel, since 20
years, after abuse of

(ophthalmia
tarsi) :- Merc-c.

Canthus, especially at
outer

(hereditary
syphilis) :- Syph.

Catarrhal :-

Acon.,
Chel., Iris,
Merc., Puls.

Cellulitis :-

Phyt.

Choroiditis, slight,
in :-

Ip.

Chronic :-

Graph.,
Hep., Iris, Rhus-t., Sec.,
Sep.,
Sulph.

Lower lid everted

(catarrh) :-
Apis.

After suppression of
itching on scalp :-

Ars.

Simple :-

Iris.

Caused by refractive
errors :-

Gels.

Conjunctivitis
granulosa, from, or from smallpox, with sticking and smarting in
inner canthus :-

Petr.

Coryza, in :-

Ars-met.

Coryza, with
fluent :-

Sil.

Damp place, caused or
aggravated by working in, or being in cold air :-

Sil.

Deeper structures,
of :-

Rhus-t.

Discharge :-

Serious, copious,
acrid :-

Rhus-t.

Worse in
morning :-

Cinnb.

Dryness, with :-

Spong.

With feeling of, under
upper lid, and accumulation of mucus in eye in morning :-

Sang.

With cracks
behind :-

Graph.

Errors, caused by
refractive :-

Gels.

Eruption, with
vesicular, on lids and face :-

Crot-t.

Erysipelatous :-

Apis,
Atrop.

Face, adjacent smooth
swelling on :-

APIS.

Worse in
evening :-

Rumx.


Fever, soreness, with,
in typhoid :-

Sulph.

Fires, caused by
working over, or forges :-

Merc.

Fire, from being over
a, better in cold air, and from cold applications

(ectropion) :-
ARG-N.

Fluids, in persons
debilitated by loss of animal :-

Chin.

Fog, objects seem as in
a, better on wiping eyes :-

Sil.

Food, from indulgence
in fat, or from high living, accompanied by acne of face :-

Puls.

Granular :-

(See
Granulated.)

Internal surface, of,
especially lower :-

Hep.

Internal surface, of

(chronic
granulated lids) :-
ARS.

Iritis, in :-

Arn.

Iritis, in
syphilitic :-

Zinc.

Margins,
particularly :-

GRAPH.,
Hydr., Polyg.

Margins, chronic,
of :-

Æth.,
Aur-m., Nat-ar.

Margins of lower, of,
with lachrymation :-

Puls.

Margins, of, with
biting stinging :-

Valer.

Measles, after :-

Nat-m.

Measles, after, in a
hyperopic person :-

Arg-n.

Meibomian glands,
involving :-

Hep.

Mentagra, in :-

Mez.

Morning, worse
in :-

Seneg.

Mouth, with cracked
corners of :-

Sil.

Mucus, with
accumulation of

(blepharoadenitis) :-
Sang.

Nightly

(urticaria) :-
Bov.

Ophthalmia, in
catarrhal :-

Phos.

Ophthalmia,
blepharophtalmia in, chronic, of children :-

ANT-C.

Ophthalmia,
blepharophtalmia in, when little pimples surround inflamed
eyes :-

Hep.

Ophthalmia, in
phlyctenular, accompanied by eruption on face, soreness of nose, and
swelling of upper lip :-

Merc-d.

Ophthalmia scrofulosa,
in :-

Apis.

Ophthalmia, inflamed,
in traumatic :-

Sulph.

Pain, with :-

Lach.

Phlegmonous :-

Merc.

Phlegmonous, acute,
tends toward suppuration :-

Hep.

Photophobia,
with :-

Psor.

Porrigo favosa,
in :-

Sulph.

Psoriasis on arm,
with :-

Sil.

Pustular :-

Jug-c.

Recurrent :-

Puls.

Red, painful, in
lower :-

Graph.

Red, pale, nightly
secretion of matter, which agglutinates :-

Euphor.

Right, of :-

Kali-c.,
Meph.

Right, of, in
influenza :-

Chel.

Right, from, to left,
worse in morning and during day, chronic cases, subject to
exacerbations :-

Psor.

Scrofulous :-

Bell.,
Merc-c.

Scrofulous, worse in
upper lid :-

Tell.

Smarting, with, and
dryness, especially in morning :-

Nux-v.

Spine, in curvature of,
after a fall :-

Sulph.

Styes, with :-

Puls.

Suppuration threatens,
after 1st stage, when :-

Hep.

Swelling, and, of right
upper completely closes eye

(erysipelas
bullosum) :- Verat-v.

Syphilitic :-

Merc-i-f.

Syphilitic, with
copious lachrymation :-

Nit-ac.

Thickening or swelling,
various forms, with, such as incipient phlegmona, puffiness,
stinging :-

Apis.

Tinea capitis,
with :-

Mez.

Touch, sore to :-

Hep.

Ulcerations of margin,
with :-

Euphr.

Ulcers, with
scrofulous :-

Bar-m.

Injuries :-

(See
Eyes injuries.)

Inverted :-

(See
Entropion.)

Irritable :-

(See Granulated,
Inflamed, Itching.)

Chronic condition,
young, scrofulous subjects :-

Clem.

Margins, of :-

Med.,
Nat-m.

Nasal discharge, with
severe :-

Sin-a.,
Sin-n.


Itching

(See Biting,
Burning, Granulated,
Irritation.) :-
Alumn.,
Anag., Apis, Arund., Aur-m., Bell., Bufo, Crot-t.,
Cycl.,
Euphor., Hep.,
Kali-bi.,
Nat-p.,
Petr.,
Ph-ac.,
Phos.,
Rhus-t.,
Sin-a.,
Sin-n.,
Spong.,
Vesp., Vinc.

Biting :-

Camph.

Biting, constant desire
to rub :-

Graph.

Blepharitis, in :-

ARG-M.

Burning, with profuse
acrid lachrymation :-

Euphr.

Canthi, especially
in :-

ARG-M.,
Psor.

Evening, in :-

PULS.

Corrosive :-

Agn.

Evening, worse in, in a
warm room or from a cold draught of air, better in cold, open
air :-

Puls.

Inflame, as if they
would :-

Sulph.

Inner surface, on, of
lower lid :-

Caust.

Inside, on :-

Chim.

Left, in and
around :-

Apis.

Left upper, in :-

Mez.

Light, with intolerance
of :-

Sulph.

Lower, in :-

Caust.

Margins, in :-

Am-c.,
Bry., Calc.,
Chim.,
Grat., Jatr.,
Mez., Sep.,
Staph.

Margins of lower, in,
from right to left :-

Alumn.

Margins of left,
in :-

Zinc.

Margins, of, worse on
rubbing :-

Kreos.

Margins, of,
particularly in morning :-

Carb-v.,
Nux-v.

Mercurio-syphilis,
in :-

Aur.

Morning, in :-

Nat-s.,
Sulph.

Ophthalmia, in :-

Nux-v.

Ophthalmia, with
catarrhal :-

Euphr.

Scrofulous
inflammation, in :-

TELL.

Painful :-

Calc.

Right, in lids
of :-

Asc-t.,
Vesp.

Roughness, with, of
integument :-

Graph.

Rubbing, better
from :-

Puls.

Rub them, has to, worse
on left side :-

Pall.

Rubbing, smarting
after, in lower :-

Ruta.

Spots, frequently, in
small :-

Berb.

Stye, as if a, were
forming :-

Ambr.

Swollen lids,
in :-

Rhus-t.

Upper, in :-

Croc.

Jerking

(See Quivering,
Spasm, Twitching.) :-
Agar., Cocc.,
Indg., Sulph.

Left upper, of :-

Lac-ac.

Muscular asthenopia,
in :-

Agar.

Outer corner,
in :-

Cann-i.

Scrofulous ophthalmia,
in :-

Apis.

Sleep, during :-

Rheum.

Upper, of :-

Croc.

Upper, of right :-

Par.


Livid

(See Pale.) :-
Dros.,
Lyss., Nit-ac.,
Verat.

Meibomian
glands :-

Blepharophthalmia,
involved in :-

Hep.

Enlarged :-

Rhus-t.

Hardening :-

Bad.

Infarction :-

Hep.

Inflammation :-

Coch.,
Dig., Kreos.,
Sulph.

Inflamed, with chronic
conjunctival catarrh :-

Staph.

Inflamed and
swollen :-

Euphr.

Inflamed, after
straining eyes :-

Hep.

Irritation,
sympathetic :-

Chel.

Secretion of,
increased :-

CHEL.

Secretion, increased,
in coryza :-

Ars-i.

Secretion, mucous

(ophthalmia) :-
Puls.

Suppuration, with
itching and burning :-

Phos.

Swollen :-

Æth.,
Bor., Hep.,
Sulph.

Swollen, with redness
and swelling of eyelids :-

Nicc.

Swollen and
inflamed :-

Sulph.

Swelling,
scrofulous :-

Clem.,
Phyt.

Ulceration of left
lower lid, which is swollen, nervousness :-

Colch.

Ulcerated, with scurf
on margins :-

Merc.

Motion :-

(See Closing,
Spasms.)

Difficult :-

Verat-v.

Eye, does not move
when, is touched :-

Amyg.

Open and close with
rapidity

(arachnitis) :-
Chlf.

Open and close
involuntarily in rapid succession

(chorea) :-
Mygal.

Painful, difficult and,
worse closing, better opening lids :-

Arn.

Painful, slightest
is :-

Mang.

Vertigo, causes, better
in open air :-

Mosch.


Mucus, covered
with :-

(See
Discharge.)

Neuralgia :-

(See Shooting,
Tearing.)

Nodules :-

Sil.

Nodosities :-

STAPH.

Thick, hard :-

Thuj.

Open

(See Closing,
Spasm.) :-
Amyg.,
Ant-t., Dol.,
Hydr-ac.,
Lachn., LYC.,
Lyss., Op.,
Squil.

Air, well in cool open,
cannot in house, even in dark room

(scrofulous
ophthalmia) :- Ars.

Asthma Millari, wide,
in :-

Cupr.

Bear, cannot,
to :-

Phys.

Constantly, not winking

(facial
paralysis in hemiplegia) :-
Caust.

Delirium, with :-

Crot-h.,
STRAM.

Difficulty,
with :-

Bor.,
# Carb-an.,
GELS.,
Lyc., Merc.

In chronic,
granulated lids :-

ARS.

In morning :-

Nit-ac.,
Petr., Ph-ac., Psor.,
Sep., Sul-ac.

With pain at
night :-

Cocc.

Light aggravates pain

(neuralgia) :-
Cocc-s.

With pressure :-

Ambr.

Lids pressed
down :-

Ferr.

Smarting in
morning :-

Lyc.

When tears flow over
cheeks

(prosopalgia) :-
Chel.

A flood of hot tears
spurts out :-

Con.

Eclampsia, during
paroxysm of puerperal :-

Cocc.

Effort to, causes edges
to be drawn in

(blepharitis) :-
Arg-m.

Expression, with
cheerful, sometimes laughing :-

Verat.

Feeling, pleasant, as
though they were open wider :-

Fl-ac.

Fever, in
puerperal :-

Coff.,
Coloc.

Heat, with
febrile :-

Cham.

Hordeolum, could open
but little

(hordeolum) :-
Chel.

Hydrocephalus, wide,
in :-

Apis.

Inability :-

Cham.

Inability, lies on face

(photophobia) :-
Psor.

Inability :-

Aur.

Inability, during
menses :-

Cimic.

Inability, even in dark

(scrofulous
ophthalmia) :- Sil.

Inability, with
pressure :-

Am-c.

Inability, in
prosopalgia :-

Chel.

Inability, right

(influenza) :-
Chel.

Inability, as wide as
usual :-

Ars-met.,
Nat-ar.

Involuntarily :-

Lyss.

Mania, in :-

Bell.

Night walking,
in :-

Meph.

Open and close with
sudden force

(endocarditis
rheumatica) :- Hyos.

Opening causes
headache :-

BRY.

Opening aggravates
headache in forehead, as if brain would be pressed out :-

Bell.

Open, hard to
keep :-

Ars.,
# Atrop.,
Sin-a., Sin-n.

Opening, when, also
opens mouth :-

Rhus-t.

Open, must keep, and
look into light

(puerperal
fever) :- Puls.

Retracted, too short to
cover ball :-

GUAI.,
IOD.

Right one open, left
nearly closed

(epilepsy) :-
Bufo.

Sleep, during :-

Cadm-s.

Slowly, and close
again :-

Ip.

Sneezing, opening
causes :-

GRAPH.

Spoken, when, to,
stutters and sinks again into sleep

(apoplexy) :-
NUX-V.

Stupor, with

(cholera
infantum) :- Sulph.

Swallowing, only during

(stupor) :-
Ter.

Talking, with constant,
and muttering

(typhoid
fever) :- Verat-v.

Time, at one, closed,
at another open :-

Ip.

Scarcely open before he
closes them again

(clonic
spasms) :- Arg-n.

Open and close in quick
succession :-

Agar.


Pain

(undefined) :-
Caust., Euphor.

Blepharitis, in :-

Bell.

Irritation, with,
especially of inner canthi :-

Med.

Lid, as if too dry
under upper :-

Ign.

Lids, worse shutting
eyes, from pressure of

(headache) :-
Lac-d.

Night, all :-

Vesp.

Right, in :-

Xan.


Pale

(See Livid.) :-
TELL.

Paralysis

(See Closing,
Open.) :-
CAUST.,
GELS., Guare.,
Hydr-ac., Nux-m.,
SPIG.,
Verat.,
Verat-v.

Dropping :-

Chin-b.,
Cina, GELS.,
Kali-p., Merc-i-f.,
Nux-m.

In apoplexy :-

Plb.

Typhoid, in :-

Gels.

Feels as if he had
not sense enough to lift them, with dull headache :-

Sep.

Obliged to pull them
open :-

Seneg.


Drooping :-

As if they could not
be raised :-

Arn.

Difficult and painful
to raise, in evening :-

Am-br.

Of right :-

Sulph.

As from
sleepiness :-

Syph.,
Viol-t.

Of left upper :-

Nux-v.,
Plb.


Facial erysipelas,
after :-

Sec.

Falling of
upper :-

Zinc.

Falling, with dreamy
state

(typhoid
fever) :- Nux-m.

Of upper

(sequel
to measles) :-
Caust.

As if
paralyzed :-

Sep.

Feel paralyzed

(typhoid) :-
Cocc.

On awaking in
morning, and appear to be more firmly closed, as if glued
together :-

Lyss.


Hanging down :-

Graph.

In typhoid :-

Ars.

Left, in softening of
brain :-

Bufo.

Of left lower :-

Graph.

Of upper, as if caused
by cramps of orbicularis :-

Stram.

As if paralyzed :-

Op., Spig.

Upper seems to, as if
paralyzed, especially left

(old,
dry, granulated lids) :-
Alumn.

Upper left, outer
caruncle lower :-

Phys.


Lameness, after
catching cold :-

Op.

Levator refused to
act :-

Puls.

Muscles, of all,
supplied by 3rd pair syphilis) :-

Merc-i-f.

Open, unable to,
immediately on awaking at night, could not open until she rubbed
them :-

Merl.

Partially
paralyzed :-

Bapt.,
Chlol.

Ptosis :-

CAUST.,
Con., Crot-h.,
Euphor., GELS.,
Mag-p.,
Phos.,
Sep.,
Spig.,
Syph.,
Zinc.

From congestion to
brain, after ophthalmia :-

Gels.

From exposure to cold
or wet

(rheumatic
patients) :-
RHUS-T.

Complete, from hard
coughing :-

NIT-AC.

In left

(relieved) :-
Syph.

Of left upper, with
tearing burning in left side of forehead, shooting to temple,
especially in left supraorbital ridge :-

Spig.

Of left upper :-

Arg-n., Ign.

Of outer edge of both
upper, particularly left, requiring exertion to open :-

Med.

Paralytica :-

Syph.

From sympathetic
paralysis, returning every Tuesday :-

Stann.

On right side :-

Apis, Cur., Phys.,
Rhus-t.

Partial, in
right :-

Sulph.

Of right, from
injury :-

Led.

In morning :-

Nit-ac.

Slight :-

Morph.

In morning :-

Nit-ac.

Upper, paralysis,
of :-

Dulc.,
Nit-ac.,
Plb.

Upper, of, from coal
gas :-

Sec.

Vertigo, in :-

Bapt.

Weakness :-

Chin-b.

Weakness of
upper :-

Merl.

Pressing

(See Closing,
Heaviness.) :-
Card-m.,
Cycl.,
Graph., Zinc.

Evening, in :-

Sulph.

Eye, upper lid, worse
on closing :-

Staph.

Hepatitis, in :-

Chel.

Inflammation, in
scrofulous :-

Tell.

Left middle, in :-

Chel.

Margins, with burning
of, as if a stye would form :-

Meph.

Open them, cannot, far
enough :-

Caps.

Painful, as if too
short laterally, causing sensation of pressing upon balls on closing
eyes on account of light :-

Lac-d.

Sleep, as if oppressed
with :-

Stram.

Sticking, in upper lid,
more than :-

Hep.

Swelling, with :-

Stram.

Under :-

Spong.

Upper, in :-

Chel.

Upper, painful,
beneath, on moving eyes and shaking head :-

Cham.

Upper, in, causing
bruised pain in eye :-

Acon.

Upper, in, with
compression and weight in head, better by washing face with cold
water and in open air :-

Phos.

Upper, in, especially
in morning :-

Nux-v.

Inclined to press
together from time to time :-

Croc.

Pricking :-

Aur-m., Spig.

Mercurio-syphilis,
in :-

Aur.

Scratch and rub,
causing him to :-

Sulph.

Swollen lids,
in :-

Rhus-t.

Upper, in, worse on
pressure :-

Verat.


Pulling, pain in left
lower, from outer canthus, could see lid twitch between these
points :-

Med.

Purple

(See Bluish,
Red.) :-
Colch., Nat-m.

Quivering

(See Jerking,
Spasm, Twitching.) :-
Agar.,
Carbn-s., Crot-h., Ol-an., Phos.

Fever, typhoid,
in :-

Cocc.

Left upper, in :-

Jatr.

Left, in, with
congestion of blood to head toward evening :-

Croc.

Right upper, of :-

Bell.,
Sars.

Right, of, while
reading :-

Nat-p.

Upper, in :-

Calc.,
Camph.

Upper, quivering in
left :-

ARUM-T.

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