Homeopathic nitroglycerine: Glonoine

Another constitutional remedy used with cardiac patients is Glonoine (Nitroglycerine).
Nitroglycerine was first used in medicine by the brilliant American homeopath, Constantine Hering (1800--1880), some thirty years before it was introduced into allopathic medicine. When prepared homeopathically, this remedy is useful when there is intense palpitation with visible throbbing of the carotid arteries.
Accompanying the heart symptoms, the patient has severe pulsating headaches characterized
by a sensation of congestion and fullness. They are worse when it's hot, and they flush easily on the chest and face. They are better outside or in cool air. Likewise, if the problem is angina, there is extreme redness of the face during episodes and an attendant headache. Attacks can be triggered by exposure to the sun or by becoming overheated. This aggravation of symptoms from heat is exactly opposite to what you see in a Nux vomica patient, whose symptoms are aggravated by cold. Individualizing differences like these help the homeopath determine which medicine to prescribe. Often these differences seem subtle, and indeed would be largely irrelevant to the allopathic doctor; but to a homeopath, that which is individually characteristic of the patient's complaint is paramount.
Patients who need Glonoine may suffer from fainting episodes.
They often have a tendency toward confusion, which may be worse at night. When the heart symptoms are aggravated, they may have a tremor in the hands, which makes using them difficult.
Glonoine is considered when any symptom in the body is accompanied by throbbing and pulsation along with congestive headaches. We might also consider it for those whose cardiac complaints alternate with headache symptoms. Glonoine is known to help patients in the acute
phase of sunstroke, when the head is throbbing and bright red; they feel worse when leaning forward and better from applying cold water to the face.