Torticollis


Homeopathy treatment for Torticollis from the Homeopathic Therapeutics by Lilienthal. Homeopathic remedies for the treatment of Torticollis…


Arsenicum [Ars]

Nape stiff as if bruised or sprained; neuralgic pains on left side of neck; cervical glands enlarged, feel like a series of hard nodules under skin.

Belladonna [Bell]

Painful swelling and stiffness of ape of neck, with cloudiness of head; inflammation and swelling of glands of neck and of back part of throat; in coughing, violent pressing pain in nape of neck, as if it would break, (<) bending head backward.

Calcarea-carb [Calc]

Stiffness and rigidity of nape of neck; pain in neck on turning head, as if a tumor would protrude there; rheumatic pains in upper cervical vertebrae. with stiff neck, especially strain from over lifting.

Colchicum [Colch]

Pressing pain or tension in cervical muscles, felt even when swallowing; rheumatic pains in neck and back, on motion.

Dulcamara [Dulc]

Neck stiff, back painful, loins lame, after taking cold, from bending head more forward; entire spine sensitive.

Lachnanthes [Lachn]

Pain and stiffness in neck, going over whole head and down nose, as if pinching nostrils together; when turning head or bending it backward, pain in nape as if from dislocations; stiff neck, head drawn to one side.

Lycopodium [Lyc]

One side of neck stiff and swollen; cervical glands swollen.

Nux-vomica [Nux-v]

Neck stiff, with heaviness from cold; tension, burning, pressure, as from a stone between scapula; sudden stitches in back when turning.

Rhus-tox [Rhus-t]

Stiff neck, with painful tension when moving, spinal membranes inflamed, from getting wet or sleeping on damp ground.

Sulphur [Sulph]

Cracking in cervical vertebrae, especially on bending backward; stiffness in neck or back; sensation as if vertebrae were gliding on over the other, when turning in bed.

Samuel Lilienthal
Dr. Samuel Lilienthal (1815-1891) was from Germany, and became a pioneer homeopath in America. He received his Doctor of Medicine Degree from the University of Munich in 1838. After he moved to the United States, he was hired as Professor of Clinical Medicine at New York College for Women, and also as Professor of Mental and Nervous Diseases at the New York Homeopathic College.
Dr. Samuel Lilienthal was the author of many great books including “Homeopathic Therapeutics”. For many years, with the support of Dr. Constantine Hering, he was the editor of the North American Journal of Homeopathy. Dr. Lilienthal passed away on February 2nd 1891 in San Francisco.