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PTOSIS

Homoeopathic Therapeutics · Samuel Lilienthal

Alumina Alum

Upper lids, especially left, hand down as if paralyzed; inner canthi affected; burning dryness in eyes, especially on looking up; absence of lachrymation; very useful when met with in old dry cases of granulations; (<) evening and at might.

Causticum Caust

Ptosis of rheumatic origin (Rhus, from damp cold); inclination to close eyes; sensation of heaviness in upper lid as if he could not raise it easily.

Euphrasia Euphr

From exposure to cold and wet, accompanied by catarrhal symptoms of conjunctiva.

Gelsemium Gels

Ptosis associated with thick speech and suffused redness of face; eyeballs feel sore, (<) when moving eyes.

Kalmia Kalm

Sensation of stiffness in eyelids and in muscles of eyes, of rheumatic origin.

Ledum Led

Ptosis resulting from an injury, with ecchymosis of lids and conjunctiva.

Natrum mur Nat-m

Spasmodic closure of lids in conjunctivitis, discharges thin and acrid; cracks in canthi and corners of mouth; pains over eyes (<) when looking down.

Rhus-tox Rhus-t

Rheumatic diathesis when working in wet, getting feet damp or change of weather; heaviness and stiffness of lids as if it were difficult to move them; aching, drawing pains in head and face.

Sepia Sep

Ptosis associated with menstrual irregularities.

What is in this library

These titles sit beside the repertory: Allen’s Keynotes, Anshutz on the twelve tissue remedies, Boericke’s materia medica, Clarke’s Dictionary, Hering, Jones, Kent’s lectures, Nash, and Boger’s Synoptic Key. Philosophy includes Hahnemann’s Organon (5th and 6th), Kent, Close, Burnett, Haehl, Gibson Miller, Royal, J. H. Allen, and Anshutz. Clinical, therapeutics, regional works, and short remedy pictures follow the same shelf.

Chapter text is on this shelf for study: open a title, then a heading. For educational use by students and qualified practitioners. Not medical advice.

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