EYES

SYMPTOM
CONDITION
SUB-CONDITION
HERB
BLOODSHOT
General eyewash
 
Acacia leaves, Eriogonum,
Prosopis with arterial tension and bounding pulse
 
Veratrum
CATARACT
 
 
Cineraria externally
CONJUNCTIVITIS
Eyewash
 
Acacia leaves, Eriogonum, Mahonia, Pluchea,
Prosopis Acute Irritating with sharp sinus pain
 
Euphrasia
 
with mucus
Euphrasia externally
DISCHARGE
 
 
Euphrasia externally
GLAUCOMA
General, externally and internally
 
Pilocarpus
In Aged, Tired
 
Anemone pulsatilla
GOITER, EXOPHTHALMIC
From long-term functional hyperthyroidism, with tachycardia and mild dyspnea
 
Lycopus
HYPERAEMIA
 
with rhinitis, frontal headache, sneezing
Cetraria, Euphrasia
IRITIS
General
 
Grindelia
Rheumatoid
 
Bryonia, Cimicifuga
Viral
 
Anemone pulsatilla
General pain
 
Cannabis
LACHRYMITIS
 
 
Anemone pulsatilla, Asarum, Rosa
LIDS
Acute inflammation
 
Euphrasia
Styes, early stages
 
Commiphora externally, Mahonia externally, Thuja externally
Styes, fullblown
 
Anemone pulsatilla
NEURITIS
 
 
Pilocarpus
OPHTHALMIA
Acute
 
Berberis, Hamamelis, Hydrastis, Mahonia, all externally
Post-acute
 
Polygala
Chronic catarrhal
 
Mahonia externally
OPHTHALMALGIA
Secondary to any acute disorder
 
Bryonia
General
 
Anemone pulsatilla, Erigeron externally, Grindelia
Pain in top and back of eyeball
 
Piper methysticum
Dull, rheumatoid ache in orbits
 
Cimicifuga
PARALYSIS
Temporary, following migraine headache
 
Paullinia
PRESSURE
Increased intraocular
 
Anemone pulsatilla, Cannabis, Pilocarpus
STRAIN
Bruised feeling with headache
 
Cimicifuga
With eyeball pain, conjunctivitis, watery and inflamed, with "Grainy" vision
 
Anemone pulsatilla
 PREPARATION NOTE: Refer to Herbal Materia Medica for making any eyewash. When using a tincture externally in an eyewash (such as Commiphora or fresh Thuja) use five drops in a tablespoon of isotonic water.

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