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Sight – 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

Sight.

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Sight :-

Amaurotic

(See Amblyopic,
Blindness, Dim,
Weak.) :-
Anan., Ars.,
Aur., Aur-m.,
Aur-m-n., BELL.,
Bufo, CALC.,
Caps., Chin.,
CON.,
Elaps., Ferr.,
Fl-ac.,
Kali-i., Meny.,
Merc., Nat-m., PHOS.,
Plb., PULS.,
Sep., Sil.,
Stram., SULPH.,
Vib.

Appeared and ceased
coincidently with the appearance and cessation of
albuminuria :-

Plb.

Anæmia, from :-

Verat-v.

Apoplexy, after :-

Gels.

Beginning, in :-

Ant-s-aur.

Beginning, in, could
not distinguish large objects, with paresis of legs :-

Rhus-t.

Cold, from a :-

Bell.

Congestive :-

Gels.

Diplopia, with or
without, from suppressed eruption :-

Sulph.

Eruption, with scabby,
on occiput and ears :-

Psor.

Eruption, after a
sudden disappearance of an, on head :-

Sulph.

Fever, from
nervous :-

Bell.

Fever, typhoid,
after :-

Lyc.

Gutta serena :-

Aur-m-n.

Gutta serena, early
stage :-

Hell.

Headache, after
violent :-

Sep.

Headache, during
severe, passing away with headache :-

Zinc.

Hæmorrhage, especially
from, debility and exhaustion :-

Crot-h.

Incipient, especially
of left eye :-

Phos.

Left, of, eye :-

Arg-m.

Losses, by
debilitating :-

Ph-ac.

Masturbation,
from :-

GELS.

Nervous, from
debilitating, losses :-

NAT-M.

Nerve, from congestion
or irritation of optic :-

Verat-v.

Pupils, with
contracted :-

Sep.,
Zinc.

Pupils, with widely
dilated

(multiple
sclerosis) :- Phos.

Pupils, with dilatation
of :-

Gels.

Quinine, from :-

Bell.,
Gels.

Rheumatic, from,
troubles :-

Chel.

Ringworm, after
suppression of :-

Chel.

Scarlatina, after
suppression of rash in :-

Bell.

Sexual, consequent
upon, excess, especially if associated with fatty liver :-

PHOS.

Spinal irritation, 1st
right, then left eye, with :-

Chin.

Threatened :-

Caust.

In scrofulous
children :-

Dulc.

During confinement

(want
of milk) :-
Caust.

Tobacco, from :-

Nux-v.

Transient, complicating
motor palsy :-

Plb.

Years, of 7,
duration :-

PHOS.

Amblyopic

(See Amaurosis,
blindness, Dim,
Weak.) :-
Ammc.,
Anag.,
Atrop., Caps., CHIN.,
Chin-s.,
Dros., Euphr.,
Merc.,
Nat-m., Op., Ph-ac., PHOS.,
Stram.

Blow, after a, on
head :-

Arn.

Brightii, in
morbus :-

Phos.

Deafness, with :-

Puls.

Diphtheria,
after :-

Sil.

Discharge, from
suppression of any bloody :-

Puls.

Drunkards, in :-

Chin.,
Ter.

Emotion, following
strong

(during
pregnancy) :- Ant-t.

Epilepsy, in :-

Hyos.

Eruption, after
suppression of an :-

Cycl.

Eruption, from
suppressed, with or without diplopia :-

Sulph.

Eyes :-

From overexertion
of :-

Ruta.

Hysterical, from
onanism or ciliary neuralgia :-

Ign.

Fluids, after loss
of :-

CHIN.,
Crot-h., PHOS.

Gastric, from,
derangement with heart disease :-

Puls.

Gout, from metastasis
of, or rheumatism :-

Puls.

Grief, caused by, and
overuse of eyes in sewing :-

Crot-h.

Heart, with,
affections :-

Lach.

Hemiplegia, in :-

Caust.

Hæmorrhage,
from :-

Crot-h.

Hydrocephalus, in,
acutus :-

Lyc.,
Merc.

Lung, with,
affections :-

Lach.

Masturbation,
after :-

Chin.,
Phos.

Meningitis, in :-

Ant-t.

Menses, caused by
stoppage of :-

Bell.

Menses, headache and
vertigo at time, should appear, has never menstruated :-

Cycl.

Morning, better in

(amblyopia) :-
Chin.

Nervous, sensitive
persons :-

Sil.

Refraction, dependent
upon anomalies of :-

Ruta.

Retinitis, in,
apoplectica :-

Chel.

Stimulants, from abuse
of :-

Sil.

Sudden attacks, with
severe pressure in vertex and forehead from without inward, worse
afternoon and evening, amblyopia appeared as a thick cloud, worse
until she became completely blind, and then disappeared with the
pain :-

Zinc.

Sweat, from checked
foot :-

Sil.

Venereal, consequent
upon, excesses and intoxication :-

Chin.

Vision :-

With blurring of,
better by rubbing :-

Thuj.

Mistiness of sight,
with complete obscuration at a distance :-

Ruta.

Refraction normal,
vision 21/100, divergence of a 1/2 lines behind a screen, diplopia
in distance :-

Tab.

Better on a cloudy day,
or when it begins to grow dark

(tobacco
poisoning) :-
Nux-v.


Vomiting, with, and
coma

(retinitis) :-
Chel.

Weaver, in a :-

Ruta.

Asthenopic :-

Agar., Arn.,
Asar., Cinnb.,
Con., Croc., Hydr., KALM.,
Lach.,
Merl.,
Nicc.,
PHOS.,
SULPH., Tab.

Accommodative :-

Sulph.

Accommodative, with
much aching in eye after using :-

Puls.

Accommodative, with
anæmia of optic nerve, from excessive tea drinking, with neuralgia
or slight retinitis :-

Spig.

Diplopia, from
muscular :-

Nux-v.

Exhaustion, with,
dependent upon loss of semen :-

Sep.

Eyes, with aching pains
in, on looking at near objects, must close lids, worse when looking
at a near light :-

Mang.

Eyeball, with dull pain
behind, as if it would be forced out :-

Led.

Eyes, headache over,
caused by using eyes

(after
Sep.) :- Sulph.

Eye, irritability of
every tissue of, from overwork or using eyes on fine work :-

RUTA.

Eyes, from
straining :-

Acon.

Females, in hysterical,
from onanism or ciliary neuralgia :-

Ign.

Headache, with
chronic :-

Iris.

Hypermetropia,
in :-

Arg-n.

Hysterical,
weak :-

Lil-t.

Measles, sequel
to :-

Caust.

Motes, with black,
before eyes :-

Lith-c.

Muscular :-

Am-c.,
Chin.,
Mur-ac., NAT-M.,
RHOD.,
Sulph.

Paresis of
accommodation :-

Phys.

Focal distance
unequal :-

Chin.

Much more indicated
in weakness of ciliary, than of internal recti :-

Ruta.

Inability to keep
eyes fixed on reading :-

Agar.

With insufficiency of
external recti :-

Gels.

With insufficiency of
internal recti :-

Rhod.

From spinal
anæmia :-

Agar.

From general,
weakness, spinal irritation and overuse of eyes, or reflex
irritation from uterus :-

NAT-M.

From uterine
disorders :-

Agar.


Neuralgia, causes
ciliary :-

Com.

Object, shining, worse
from looking at any bright, better in twilight :-

Phos.

Pale, flabby subjects
inclined to grow fat :-

Calc.

Prostration, from
general :-

Puls.

Stitches in sewing run
together :-

NAT-M.

Symptoms, so-called,
probably dependent upon spasm of accommodation :-

Lil-t.

Symptoms not marked,
but great irritability of eye from want of tone or energy of
muscular structures, passive rather than active :-

Gels.

Uterus, dependent upon
reflex irritation from

(diplopia
hysterica) :- Sep.

Astigmatic :-

Gels., Lil-t.,
Phys.

Turns head to left when
reading, trying to look with left eye out of right glass of
spectacles, to see whole of letters B, P and D :-

Lil-t.

From granular
lids :-

Sep.

Returning in spite of
glasses, causing dull pain in back of neck and head :-

Pic-ac.


Blindness

(See Amblyopic,
Amaurotic, Dim,
Weak.) :-
Apis, Ars., BELL.,
Caust.,
Chin-s.,
Crot-h., Dig.,
Gels., Hep.,
Lyss.,
NAT-M.,
Stram., SULPH.,
Ter., Verat.

After sore
throat :-

Gels.

Ani, in
prolapsus :-

Arn.

Attacks, in :-

Mosch.

During day :-

Hep.

In concussion of
brain :-

Arn.

In typhoid :-

Gels.

Bed, after getting out
of, for 1 minute or 2 :-

Colch.

Blind, almost :-

Euphr.

Cold, after
catching :-

Acon.

Complete, in right eye
during pain

(supraorbital
neuralgia) :- Kali-bi.

Cornea, from
obscuration of :-

Apis.

Days, for 3,
amaurotic :-

Dig.

Dizziness, with :-

Gels.

Eclampsia, in
puerperal :-

Cocc.

Epileptiform, in,
spasms :-

Chin-ar.

Eyes, light does not
affect

(encephalitis) :-
Cocc.

Eye, from eruption on,
in secondary syphilis :-

Syph.

Eye, follows sudden
severe pain before right, while walking through fields covered with
snow :-

Kali-m.

Eyes, caused by pain
in, with vertigo :-

Ther.

Eyes, as if a thick
veil were before, with dull aching and feeling of weight in
eyeballs, in evening :-

Sulph.

Fainting, then :-

Calc.

Faintness, with, and
nausea

(headache) :-
Glon.

Fever, after
scarlet :-

Bell.,
Hep.

Fever, typhus,
in :-

Stram.

Forehead, with pain in,
as if head would burst, better from bandaging head tightly, worse
from light or noise

(hemicrania) :-
Lac-d.

Gaslight, not able to
see strongest, in ague :-

Nat-m.

Gastralgia, in :-

Camph.

Headache, with :-

Atrop.,
Bell.,
Caust.,
Cupr.,
Ferr-p.,
Gels., IRIS,
Lac-d., MELI.,
Nat-m., Sep.,
Stram., Zinc.

Hemicrania, in :-

Chen-a.,
Gels.

Headache, followed by,
must lie down, sight returns with increasing headache, aversion to
light and noise :-

Kali-bi.

Hearing, with
acute :-

Stram.

Hemeralopia

(night
blindness) :- Anac.,
Cadm-s., CHIN.,
Hyos., LYC.,
Stram.

Hemeralopia, with
menstrual disturbances, as if eyes were tightly bound :-

Puls.

Hemeralopia, must stop
work at 4 P.M. :-

Lyc.

Hemeralopia, with
nightly diarrhœa :-

Verat.

Hemeralopia, in a
myopic eye :-

Hyos.

Hemeralopia, during
pregnancy :-

Ran-b.

Hemeralopia,
sudden :-

Ran-b.,
SULPH.

Hemeralopia, sudden,
with severe cutting pains :-

Lyc.

Hemeralopia, sudden, 6
or 8 days before menses, every afternoon, toward sundown, increases
as night comes on :-

Verat.

Hemeralopia, with
swelling of eyes :-

Petros.

Hæmorrhage, in :-

Chin.

Hepatitis, in, eyes
open, but cannot see :-

Bell.

Hydrocephalus,
in :-

Apis,
Apoc.,
Dig.,
Hell.,
Kali-i.

Hysteria, in, from
grief :-

Gels.

Left eye :-

Of, after suppressed
itch :-

Sulph.

Can see but faint
glimmer of light with :-

Com.

Could not see
from :-

Cund.

Complete, in, for 3
years, nearly so in right

(amaurosis) :-
Elaps.

In, on awaking

(epileptoid) :-
Tarent.

Lyssa, in :-

Lyss.

Could not see anything
by day with, while at night could distinguish a light

(scrofulous
inflammation) :-
Sulph.


Lids, occasional, with
twitching of :-

Calc-s.

Lightning, after,
stroke :-

Phos.

Lying, when,
quietly :-

Verat-v.

Meningitis, in :-

Glon.

Meningitis, in
cerebro-spinal :-

Glon.,
Hydr.

Mental, in,
derangement :-

Stram.

Momentary :-

Hyos.,
Nux-m., Olnd.,
Sil.

As from
fainting :-

Phos.

Grasps head, it feels
strangely :-

Nux-m.

In morning, in
hypochondriasis :-

Arg-n.

In ophthalmia :-

Cic.

For a second :-

Lach.

With uterine
affections, in pregnancy :-

Sil.

With vertigo :-

Merc.

Motions, from
sudden :-

Verat-v.

Neuralgia, from

(dyspepsia) :-
Arg-n.

Nyctalopia

(day
blindness) :- Hell.

With sudden
appearance of furuncles :-

Sil.

In hysteria :-

Ferr.

In paroxysms :-

Phos.

Ophthalmia, in :-

Apis.

In chronic :-

Vario.

In scrofulous :-

Sulph.

Paralysis, in :-

Bell.,
GRAPH.

Partial :-

AMMC.,
Phys.

Ptosis, with :-

Gels.

Pupils, with
dilated :-

Gels.,
Stram.

Right eye, sudden
complete loss of qualitative vision of, with contracted
pupil :-

Verat-v.

In inflammatory
rheumatism :-

Puls.

Of, paralysis of optic
nerve :-

Bov.

Of, all seemed smoke
and mist, while walking through fields covered with snow :-

Kali-m.

When using eyes :-

Verat-v.


Rising, on, and
standing after sitting bent over :-

Hep.

Snow, caused by :-

Kali-m., Merl.

Stooping, on :-

Ferr-p.

Strength, with loss of,
can only distinguish light

(fainting
spells) :- Lac-d.

Stupefaction, with,
dizziness and vacancy in head :-

Kreos.

Sudden, in
childbed :-

Aur-m.

Sudden, at night, in
lead colic :-

Op.

Sudden, with violent
pain in occiput to eyes :-

Chin.

Sudden, complicating
motor palsy :-

Plb.

Sudden, after
photopsia :-

Bell.

Sudden, after scarlet
fever :-

Aur-m.

Sudden, in upper half
of visual field :-

Verat-v.

Temporary, frequent, in
amblyopia :-

Merc.

Temporary, in
cerebro-spinal meningitis :-

Glon.

Tobacco
amaurosis :-

Nux-v.

Transitory, with pain
from occiput over head to forehead and eyes :-

Petr.

Vertigo, with :-

Kalm.,
Verat.

Vertigo, with, in
evening :-

PULS.

Vertigo, with, in
ophthalmia :-

Cic.

Vertigo, with, and
dilated pupils :-

Gels.

Walking, brought on by,
with fainting :-

Verat-v.

Wink, with frequent
desire to :-

Ph-ac.


Blurred :-

(See Confused,
Dim.)

Clearer :-

Aspar., Bell.,
CHIN.,
Colch.,
Fl-ac.,
Hyos., Viol-o.

Air, in open :-

Coff.

Enjoyment, a luxurious,
in looking at some things he sees daily :-

Fl-ac.

Oversensitive :-

Bell.

Reads fine print
easier :-

COFF.

Rubbing, after,
eyes :-

Cina.

Cloudy :-

(See
Dim.)

Color blindness :-

Chlol.

Confused :-

Æth.,
Amyg., Aur.,
Gels., Glon., Nat-m., Phys.,
Pic-ac.,
Rhus-t.

Anxiety, after :-

Psor.

Delirium, with, in
diphtheria :-

Bapt.

Distant objects look as
if anterior lines were shaded with same colors

(in
inflammatory liver) :-
Gels.

Dots, as if black,
filled visual field, worse after stimulants

(amblyopia) :-
Tab.

Down, on
looking :-

Camph.

Head, in congestion
to :-

Chin.

Hysteria, in :-

Ther.,
Valer.

Menses, dysmenorrhœa,
in :-

Verat-v.

Objects appear flowing
into one another, at 3 to 4 inches distance, in strabismus :-

Calc.

Object, on looking at
an, sees only that part upon which eye is fixed, everything else
seems to swim around that point :-

Nux-v.

Window, on looking
through, everything in street appears in tumult :-

Camph.

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