In today’s materia medica tip, we shall discuss few important remedies of neuralgias. Few days back I asked my fellow colleagues, about the preferred remedy of choice when a symptom is there – Severe neuralgia in temporal region, recurring daily at same hour. The options provided were:
A) Spigelia
B) Kali cyanatum
C) Hypericum
D) Cedron
The respondents pointed out every remedy but majority opted for Cedron, and Spigelia for this condition. But the right answer is Kail Cyanatum. This symptom is picked up from Boericke’s Materia Medica which says, “Kali Cyanatum: Severe neuralgia in temporal region, recurring daily at same hour. Pain in orbital and supra-maxillary region, with screaming and loss of consciousness.”
Now let us discuss what can be the pointers for prescription of key remedies when it comes to neuralgia. Obviously, the Boericke MM says clearly when the Neuralgia of temporal region reoccurs at the same hour daily the preferred remedy of choice is Kali cyanatum. This is appended with screaming and loss of consciousness i.e. the pain is so much unbearable that the patient can even scream with this pain. At this point in time it should be compared with other important remedies like:
Spigelia: In spigelia we see a typical case of Ciliary neuralgia, a true neuritis, and not a referred pain due to other pathologies. The pain is severe around the eyes extending deep, but I have seen in my practice that if the pain is typical left sided and even covering the fronto – temporal region, spigelia is the preferred choice of remedy. In addition in many cases one can find dilated pupils (as in case of associated fevers), ophthalmic pain in rheumatic patients. The pain can have characteristic – pressive in nature and aggravates while turning eyes.
Hypericum: Hypericum is another good remedy for nerve pathologies, and let me tell you, it is most of the time used empirically in majority of the conditions having nerve symptoms, weakness and pathology. In hypericum we see facial neuralgia with lots of aches, brain fag and even neurasthenia, ie, a substantial part of the nervous system being involved. This is the reason we have lots of local symptoms in hypericum – pulling pain, tearing sensation, pain in eyes, toothache and even sadness. Here it clearly differentiates makes itself different from Kali cyanatum.
Cedron: Cedron is the key remedy for periodicity. Its keynote says it all. We see in Cedron, the pains from temples across eyes, it means it covers the pain in band. Also, neuralgic pain over whole of right side of face. Yes, the materia medica says its aggravation at about 9am for which it must be compared with Kali cyanatum. Like hypericum it has crazy feeling from pain across the forehead but not whole of the brain. Associated, you may find, numbness sensation with headache and pains. In eyes we see shooting pains and scalding lachrymation for which it must be compared with Arsenicum and Euphrasia. A remedy of repute for Supra-orbital neuralgia periodic, Iritis and choroiditis.
Thus when a neuralgia attains definitive picture, attended with modalities we have the ease of choosing a remedy. We need to give proper weightage to the causation, symptom in front of us, followed by modality and associated factors.
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