Face


Face chapter from Joseph’s Repertory, based on Boericke’s Materia Medica. Symptoms related to Face….


Abscess of gums — HECLA LAVA.

Aches in heated room — KALIUM SULPHURICUM.

Aching in facial bones, Syphilitic pustules on face — MERCURIUS SOLUBILIS.

Aching in left jaw-point — ACETICUM ACIDUM.

Acne (Juglans; Kal ars) — KALIUM BICHROMICUM.

Acne in young people — ARSENICUM BROMATUM.

Acne on chin — ICHTHYOLUM.

Acne rosacea, with violet papules on nose; worse in the spring — ARSENICUM BROMATUM.

Acne worse in summer; due to use of  cosmetics — BOVISTA LYCOPERDON.

Acne — BERBERIS AQUIFOLIUM. Acne — CROTALUS HORRIDUS.

Ailments from cutting wisdom teeth (Cheiranthus) — MAGNESIUM CARBONICUM.

All glands swollen; painful; form  abscesses — HIPPOZAENINUM.

Angioma of the face — ABROTANUM.

Angry, circumscribed flush of cheeks — ARSENICUM ALBUM.

At first ruddy glow on cheeks, afterwards death-like pallor — EUPHORBIA LATHYRIS.

Bathed in cold sweat — LOBELIA INFLATA.

Besotted expression — BOTHROPS LANCEOLATUS.

Besotted lookBALSAMUM PERUVIANUM.

Better by chewing, pressure, and external warmth — CUPRUM ACETICUM.

Bleeding of nose and gums — BOVISTA LYCOPERDON.

Bloated in morning — XEROPHYLLUM.

Bloated, swollen eyelids — AMMONIUM BENZOICUM.

Blood rushes to face; distorted — STRAMONIUM.

Blood-boils and pimples — ALUMINA.

Blotches and pimples — BERBERIS AQUIFOLIUM.

Blotchy, red appearance — KALIUM BICHROMICUM.

Blue rings around dull-looking eyes — ABROTANUM.

Blue rings around eyes — IPECACUANHA.

Blue rings around eyes–ANACARDIUM ORIENTALE.

Boils and pustules, during menses — AMMONIUM CARBONICUM.

Bones sensitive, especially beneath orbits — KALIUM BICHROMICUM.

Boring in facial bones; in angles of lower jaw — NITRI SPIRITUS DULCIS.

Bright red — ACETICUM ACIDUM.

Burning in cheek; worse, left — EUPHORBIUM OFFICINARUM.

Burning in cheeks, and vomiting, followed by lassitudeNITRI SPIRITUS DULCIS.

Burning vesicles in corners of mouth and  lips — SENEGA.

Burns at night — PRIMULA OBCONICA.

Cervical glands enlarged and indurated — HECLA LAVA.

Changes color when at rest — IGNATIA AMARA.

Cheek bones sensitive to touch — RHUS TOXICODENDRON.

Cheek swollen and painful — KALIUM MURIATICUM.

Cheeks and lips feel swollen — BOVISTA LYCOPERDON.

Cheeks hot and flushed — ACETICUM ACIDUM.

Chemosis of conjunctivaVESPA CRABRO.

Chin quivers — GELSEMIUM SEMPERVIRENS.

Choreic movements of face and hands — CINA MARITIMA.

Circumscribed redness of cheeks — BENZOICUM ACIDUM.

Clears the complexion — BERBERIS AQUIFOLIUM.

Cold crawling feeling, as if facial muscles were tight — HELODERMA.

Cold perspiration in beads on forehead — EUPHORBIA LATHYRIS.

Cold perspiration — CINA MARITIMA.

Cold sweat — CAMPHORA.

Cold sweat — HELLEBORUS NIGER.

Cold, blue, pale; covered with cold sweat–ANTIMONIUM TARTARICUM.

Coldness, creeping, and numbness, in whole right side of face — PLATINUM METALLICUM.

Collapsed, hippocratic — CUPRUM ACETICUM.

Comedones, with emaciation — ABROTANUM.

Contraction of jaws, with foam at mouth — CUPRUM METALLICUM.

Copper-colored spots — BENZOICUM ACIDUM.

Corners of mouth cracked and sore (Condur) — INDIUM METALLICUM.

Corners of mouth sore, cracked, and burn — AMMONIUM CARBONICUM.

Cramp-like pain in masseter muscle; worse, opening mouthCOCCULUS INDICUS.

Cramp-like pains — OLEUM ANIMALE AETHEREUM.

Cramps commence in face and spread over whole body — SECALE CORNUTUM.

Creeping sensation — MYRICA CERIFERA.

Crusta lactea (Calc; Viol  tric) — RHUS TOXICODENDRON.

Crusta lactea; itching, burning after washing — CALCAREA CARBONICA.

Crusty eruption around nose and mouth — LEDUM PALUSTRE.

Dark red — BALSAMUM PERUVIANUM.

Dental fistula — CAUSTICUM.

Disposition to pimples at adolescenceASTERIAS RUBENS.

Distorted, pale bluish, with blue lips — CUPRUM METALLICUM.

Distorted — OPIUM.

Distortion of mouth — CADMIUM SULPHURATUM.

Distress of teething children (Calc phos; Terebinth) — CHAMOMILLA.

Drives to distraction — CHAMOMILLA.

Dropping of lower jaw, in typhoid fever (Lach; Opium) — LYCOPODIUM CLAVATUM.

Dry heat, with red cheeks — COFFEA CRUDA.

Dry; feels constricted, as if covered with  albumin — PETROLEUM.

Dryness of fauces, throat, and mouth — SENECIO AUREUS.

Dryness of mouth and fauces — XANTOXYLUM FRAXINEUM.

Dusky face — GLONOINUM.

Dusky hue of face, with vertigo and dim  vision — GELSEMIUM SEMPERVIRENS.

Dusky red or pallid lividity of face, lips, tongue, mouth or throatMORPHINUM.

Earthy complexion — NATRIUM MURIATICUM.

Easy dislocation of jaw (Ign; Petrol) — RHUS TOXICODENDRON.

Eczema of nose — GRAPHITES.

Enlargement of maxillary boneHECLA LAVA.

Epistaxis — CONVALLARIA MAJALIS.

Epistaxis — SALIX NIGRA.

Epithelioma of lip — ACETICUM ACIDUM.

Epithelioma — KALIUM SULPHURICUM.

Eruption around mouth, with coryza — MEZEREUM.

Eruption on chin — SILICEA TERRA.

Erysipelas of face, with burning, biting heat with urinary symptoms — CANTHARIS VESICATORIA.

Erysipelas with stinging burning œdema — APIS MELLIFICA.

Erysipelas, burning and stinging — GRAPHITES.

Erysipelas; yellow blisters — EUPHORBIUM OFFICINARUM.

Erysipelas — GYMNOCLADUS CANADENSIS.

Erysipelatous inflammation of lids — VESPA CRABRO.

Erythema, beginning on face, gradually extending into the hair parts, and then spreading over whole body, taking eight days to do so; eruption glossy, rough œdematous, with burning and smarting; aggravated by touch and cold air; ameliorated by close room and sweet-oil  applications — EUPHORBIA LATHYRIS.

Excessively swollen — VIPERA BERUS.

Expression anxious, full of pain; linea nasalis marked — AETHUSA CYNAPIUM.

Expression drowsy and stupid — CANNABIS INDICA.

Expression of agony — ARSENICUM ALBUM.

Expression of terrorSTRAMONIUM.

Extends from right to left — APIS MELLIFICA.

Eyelids swollen — PRIMULA OBCONICA.

Eyes inflamed and agglutinated in morning; Red swelling of cheeks — EUPHORBIUM OFFICINARUM.

Eyes sunken, surrounded by dark rings — ACETICUM ACIDUM.

Eyes swelled and watery, burn with coryza — ARSENICUM METALLICUM.

Eyes weak, day and gas light unpleasant — ARSENICUM METALLICUM.

Face bloated; red — CHINA OFFICINALIS. Face pale–ANACARDIUM ORIENTALE.

Face very pale, blue, collapsed, coldVERATRUM ALBUM.

Facial and buccal paralysis — CURARE.

Facial muscles contracted, especially around the  mouth — GELSEMIUM SEMPERVIRENS.

Facial muscles feel stiff; twitch; face itches and  burns — AGARICUS MUSCARIUS.

Facial neuralgia from carious teeth and after  extraction — HECLA LAVA.

Facial neuralgia in cheek-bone, upper jaw, and behind right ear — CUPRUM ACETICUM.

Facial neuralgia with twitching muscles and flushed  face — BELLADONNA.

Facial neuralgia within the bones — MERCURIUS CORROSIVUS.

Facial neuralgia, throbbing, tearing, face red; worse, cold damp — SILICEA TERRA.

Facial neuralgia, with chilliness; worse,  evening — RHUS TOXICODENDRON.

Facial neuralgia; worse, shaking head and  stooping — FERRUM PHOSPHORICUM.

Facial paralysis; more left side — CADMIUM SULPHURATUM.

Features sunken — VERATRUM ALBUM.

Feeling of cobweb in face — BARYTA ACETICA.

Feeling of cobwebs — BORAX VENETA.

Feels as if albuminous substance had dried on it — ALUMINA.

Feels as if cobwebs were on it — GRAPHITES.

Feels drawn — OLEUM ANIMALE AETHEREUM.

Fevers-blistersNATRIUM MURIATICUM.

Fiery-red and flushed from least pain, emotion, or  exertion — FERRUM METALLICUM.

Fine bran-like desquamation — EUPHORBIA LATHYRIS.

Florid complexion — FERRUM PHOSPHORICUM.

Florid complexion — KALIUM BICHROMICUM.

Flushed, hot and glowing — RHAMNUS CALIFORNICA.

Flushed, hot, livid, pale; sweaty; pains in root of nose; faceache — GLONOINUM.

Flushed; cheeks sore and hot — FERRUM PHOSPHORICUM.

Flushed — SANGUINARIA CANADENSIS.

Freckles, yellow spots, pimplesNATRIUM CARBONICUM.

Freckles — TABACUM.

Froths at mouth — HYDROCYANICUM ACIDUM.

Fullness and tenderness behind angle of jaws — SANGUINARIA CANADENSIS.

Get relief from pressure (China) — COLOCYNTHIS.

Goitre — CALCAREA CARBONICA.

Grating of teeth at night — MYGALE LASIODORA.

Grayish-yellow color of face, with blue circles around eyes — LYCOPODIUM CLAVATUM.

Great sensibility of teeth — GYMNOCLADUS CANADENSIS.

Grinding of teeth in sleepCANNABIS INDICA.

Grits teeth during sleep — CINA MARITIMA.

Hanging down of lower jawOPIUM.

Hard swelling on the cheek, with pain or toothache, hard swelling on jaw- bone — CALCAREA FLUORICA.

Has relieved in inflammation of the antrum, where eye symptoms co-existed — PARIS QUADRIFOLIA.

Head jerked to one side — MYGALE LASIODORA.

Heat and perspiration of face — SAMBUCUS NIGRA.

Heat in face — SENEGA.

Heat in lips — ARNICA MONTANA.

Hectic flushSANGUINARIA CANADENSIS.

Herpes in face — ARNICA MONTANA.

Herpes — CALCAREA SULPHURICA.

Hippocratic countenance — PHOSPHORUS.

Hot and flushedMYGALE LASIODORA.

Hot and red — CANTHARIS VESICATORIA.

Hot heavy, flushed, besotted-looking (Bapt; Op) — GELSEMIUM SEMPERVIRENS.

Hot, red; circumscribed redness of cheeks — STRAMONIUM.

Humid eruption on cheeks and face  generally — DULCAMARA.

Humid eruption on facePSORINUM.

Hydroa in nose and lips; raw and sore — CONVALLARIA MAJALIS.

Icy coldness of tip of nose and faceVERATRUM ALBUM.

Incessant quivering of chin and lower jaw (Gelsem)–ANTIMONIUM TARTARICUM.

Inflammatory face-ache — AMMONIUM MURIATICUM.

Intense, circumscribed redness of cheeks — CINA MARITIMA.

Joseph Fernandez
Joseph S Fernandez started his career as an assistant in the High Court of Kerala after obtaining a master’s degree in English language and literature. Later, he opted for a banking career.
Even as a student, Joseph was deeply interested in homoeopathy and made an in-depth study of the subject. He uses his expertise for the management of an occasional minor ailment in the family or among friends. It is in this context that he decided to compile a handy and easy-to-use repertory. The task required deep study and a sentence-by-sentence analysis of Boericke’s Materia Medica. Joseph’s Repertory is the result of this work.