Myelitis Acute


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


Abrotanum [Abrot]

Rheumatic myelitis, suddenly appearing, sudden aching pains, (>) by motion; numbness and paralysis; disposed to lie prone from soreness all over.

Acetic-acid [Acet-ac]

PATIENT MUST LIE ON ABDOMEN TO FIND RELIEF from the pain in his back; intense and constant thirst; marked debility; passes large quantities of pale urine day and night.

Aconite [Acon]

ANAESTHESIA DOLOROSA; vertigo, reeling as if drunk, numbness of mouth and tongue, numbness and tingling sensation in arms and hands, as if the poles of a galvanic battery were being held; numbness in small of back extending into lower limbs; spasms from inflammatory spinal affections; icy coldness and insensibility of hands and feet, very restless tossing about in bed at night.

Alumina [Alum]

PAIN IN SPINE AS IF A HOT IRON HAD BEEN THRUST INTO THE PART; paralysis from spinal disease, cannot walk with eyes closed; arms feel heavy, they go to sleep; legs feel heavy, can hardly drag them, when walking he staggers and must sit down; nates go to sleep when sitting slow tottering gait, as after severe illness; during sleep the cervical muscles draw the head backward.

Anacardium [Anac]

SENSATION AS IF A BAND WERE TIED AROUND THE BODY, a feeling AS IF A PLUG WERE STUCK INTO THE SPINE, so that any motion of the body gives rise to a pain as if the plug were penetrating deeper into the body; knees feel weak, as if paralyzed and tightly bandaged, weakness of memory; heaviness of tongue as if swollen; PARALYSIS OF SINGLE PARTS; trembling and debility; tried feeling of limbs, with restlessness of body, cannot keep quiet; feels cold most of the time and prefers sunny places.

Angustura-vera [Ang]

Twitching and jerking along back like ELECTRIC SHOCKS; tension of facial muscles; lockjaw; intermittent, spasmodic breathing.

Apis-mell [Apis]

Lower posterior dorsal or lumbar region feels as if bruised; could not sit on account of most violent pains in sacrum; feels perfectly powerless; could not take hold of anything, must be fed and nursed; contractions of flexors; joints cannot be stretched, paralysis and emaciation of upper and lower limbs; several glands on neck swollen to the size of walnuts and of stony hardness.

Arsenicum [Ars]

MYELITIS DIFFUSA. Greatly oppressed breathing and anxiety; constriction and tightness of chest as if bound with a hoop; twitching, trembling, violent starting, weariness in all limbs, tetanic spasms, affect lower limbs first, extending gradually to arms, accompanied with cramps, spasmodic movements and formication; coldness of extremities; anaesthesia.

Artemisia-abrot [Abrot]

Suddenly appearing cases of spinal inflammation or chronic myelitis; SUDDEN PAINS IN BACK, (>) BY MOTION; numbness and paralysis; rheumatic patient.

Belladonna [Bell]

Shooting and gnawing pain in spinal column; stabbing, as if with a knife, from without inward, in vertebrae; drawing, burning and throbbing pain in spine; pains as if back would break, hindering motion; cramplike sensation in lumbar region; laming, drawing pressure and tearing in arms, with weakness, numbness and prickling in hands; paralysis of lower extremities, together with neck of bladder and sphincter ani; twitching and convulsions of limbs; lassitude of limbs.

Bryonia [Bry]

MYELITIS TRAUMATICA, all motion gives pain, much pain over seat of injury; great restlessness and thirst.

Cocculus [Cocc]

Great sensitiveness as if paralyzed, in, back and neck; spasmodic constriction through entire spine, (<) on motion, sensation as if very fine wires or fibres were pulling down arms to hands; numbness and paralytic feeling in arms; paralysis of lower extremities, with stiffness, numbness and bruised feeling; soles of feet go to while sitting; paralytic rigidity of extremities.

Colchicum [Colch]

Risus sardonicus, perception entirely lost, loss of speech, tongue heavy, stiff and numb, projected with difficulty; spasm of sphincter ani during or independent of defaecation, with shuddering at back; oppression of chest; violent palpitations; sudden tearing and shooting in loins; spot in sacrum feels sore as if ulcerated, very sensitive to touch; laming pains in arms that he cannot hold the lightest thing; knees stick together; can hardly walk;’ numbness of hands and feet; nervous prostration; PARALYSIS AFTER SUDDENLY SUPPRESSED SWEAT, especially foot- sweat, by getting wet.

Crot. [Crot-h]

Very little local pain, but (<) from pressure; weakness of back, oppression of chest, difficult speech, painless paralysis of extremities with numbness and coldness of affected limb.

Cuprum [Cupr]

Twitching and jerking of muscles, respiration short and oppressed, stiff lame feeling in back and lumbar region; spasms of extremities; weakness, prostration and debility.

Dulcamara [Dulc]

MYELITIS FROM IMPERFECTLY DEVELOPED EXANTHEMATA or from exposure to damp cold weather, especially during menses; every motion causes horrid pain in spine and extremities, particularly in lower cervical and upper dorsal vertebrae.

Fluoric-acid [Fl-ac]

Occipital headache, numbness in head and hands; rigidity of nape of neck; weakness and numbness in extremities.

Gelsemium [Gels]

EARLY STAGE OF MYELITIS OF THE ANTERIOR HORNS; spinal weakness from exhaustion, confusion of head, spreading from occiput to forehead; dim sight; expression of face heavy, dull, drowsy; paresis of tongue and glottis; incontinence of urine; muscles feel bruised and refused to obey the will; loss of voluntary motion.

Graphites [Graph]

 

Tremulous sensation through whole body; weakness and prostration, weakness in back and loins when walking; heaviness in legs; left hand becomes numb with formication, extending up the arms, which feel asleep; frequently feels faint, with partial loss of senses.

Hyoscyamus [Hyos]

Subsultus tendinum; spasms with coldness and diarrhoea; pinching in abdomen, exhausting diarrhoea, retention of urine or paralysis of bladder; difficulty of breathing with stitches in the sides of the chest; pain in back and stiffness and rigidity of the cervical muscles; coldness and swelling of feet, (>) from warmth, (<) evening, when looking on bright objects, when vomiting.

Kalmia [Kalm]

Constant pain in spine, sometimes worse in thee loins, with great heat and burning; sensation as if the spine would break from within outward,; aching across the loins; feeling of paralysis in sacrum; pains evening in bed, with heaviness of head; weakness and paralytic condition of limbs.

Mercurius [Merc]

Paralysis of lower extremities, of the bladder and rectum, with occasional jerks in the paralyzed parts; violent pains in spine, worse from motion, great restlessness and sleeplessness, worse at night in bed, insensibility of skin.

Nitric-acid [Nit-ac]

After spinal concussion profuse perspiration on hands and feet; sycosis.

Nux-vomica [Nux-v]

Vertigo, heavy tongue, paresis of arms, with shocks as if the blood would start from the vessels;brain and spinal cord secondarily affected, the primary source of irritation occurring in the alimentary canal; sudden loss of power in the legs in the morning, hands and feet go to sleep easily; stiffness and tension in the hollow of the knees; clothing around waist feels too tight; sensation of a girdle around waist; numbness and formication along spine and in extremities;desire to lie down; torticollis, arising from cold and due to spinal disease or from sexual excesses: (>) after an uninterrupted sleep.

Opium [Op]

General insensibility of nervous system; trembling of limbs; convulsive, spasmodic jerking of muscles; shocks through body and general coldness; cannot bear fresh air and catches cold easily; relaxation of all muscles of the limbs, with shuffling and trembling gait; paralysis of tongue and difficult articulation; paralysis of limbs; PARALYSIS OF FUNDUS OF BLADDER (not of the sphincter vesicae), and PARALYSIS OF THE INTESTINAL MUSCLES (not of the sphincters).

Oxalic-acid [Ox-ac]

MYELITIS PARALYTICA; pains occupy small longitudinal places, (<) on thinking of them; limbs stiff; dyspnoea and spasmodic constriction of chest, paroxysms of short, hurried breathing, with intervals of ease; acute pain in back gradually extending down to thighs; with great torture, seeks relief in change of position; back too weak to support the body; spinal softening, weakness about loins and hips extending down legs, with numbness and loss of power.

Petroleum [Petr]

Twitching in limbs when rising; limbs go to sleep and become stiff; aversion to open air and chilliness from it; misty sight and diplopia, nightly erections; enuresis; constant dripping of urine; hands and feet perspire easily; most ailments in occiput and neck; unsteadiness in walking.

Phosphorus [Phos]

After sexual excesses or getting wet, especially when in connection with inflammatory processes of the vertebrae; burning pain in spine; some vertebrae sore to touch; dyspnoea and cough; weakness of sight; transient vertigo, constipation with tape like dry stools; numbness and insensibility of extremities.

Physostigma [Phys]

Congestive state of paralysis of the spinal cord; congestion of spinal cord, with tetanic spasms; stiffness of neck, with a feeling of drawing and tension; back very weak, unable to stand erect; stiffness and pain going all down the spine, with inclination to bend forward, as if hard to sit up straight; limbs weary, as if after great fatigue; tremors of young people from emotional or physical disturbances.

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.