Eye injuries, Cataract

Eye injuries
Scratches, abrasions, lacerations and bruising are some of the most commonly seen injuries. These cases will usually respond very well to the correct remedy, without needing any other treatment. Consider the following:
• Arnica montana – patient extremely touchy; traumatic injuries of any kind
• Calcarea sulph. – excellent for splinters or foreign bodies in soft tissue around eye
• Calendula – used internally or topically
• Conium – cataract developing after trauma
• Euphrasia – corneal edema post injury
• Ledum – bruising; blood pooling under sclera/cornea, in anterior chamber
• Staphysagria – corneal scratches/lacerations
• Symphytum – blunt trauma to eye (“Arnica for the eye”)
Entropion
This is a very painful condition, which often requires surgical correction. The following remedies may be helpful in some cases, and even prevent surgery:
• Borax – patient displays extreme noise sensitivity; fear of falling (avoids going down stairs or panics when picked up)
• Calcarea carbonica – other developmental problems present; soft, flabby, big-boned patients; slow dentition in history
Ectropion
Many cases can tighten up enough to not need surgery, and involve many of the same remedies listed above, as well as:
•Calcarea carbonica – if often needed
• Apis, Argenticum n., Mercury, Sulphur

Cataract
Some cases respond well to homeopathic treatment, especially when the total symptoms shown by the individual are included. Dr. Compton Burnett, a British homeopath in the late 1800s used various remedies, depending on the patient’s symptom totality, and had good success with many cases. He also describes five cured cases in his wonderful book, Fifty Reasons for Being a Homeopath.
Dr. Richard Pitcairn3 lists the following remedies as useful for cataract treatment: Conium (especially indicated in cataract following eye trauma, and in older patients), Silicea, Pulsatilla, Sulphur and Euphrasia.