Paralysis Homeopathic Treatment

Paralysis is defined as the loss of muscle movement and coordination in some part of the body. The loss of movement of muscles occur in systems of muscles, such as hand muscles, leg muscles, facial muscles, etc. leading to paralysis in that particular region. The loss of voluntary muscle movement is accompanied by numbness, or loss of sensation, in the affected part. Due to this, the person does not feel any pain or climatic changes like heat, cold, etc. in the paralyzed part of the body. After some time, due to paralysis, the circulation and other metabolic activities of the affected part may come to a stop. This could cause disuse atrophy, which could change the shape of the affected part. Prolonged disuse atrophy could lead to ‘death’ of the part, and the person may lose the use of it permanently, even after the condition of paralysis is treated. Paralysis could be one of the most terrible conditions that a human body can be afflicted with. A paralyzed person loses the capacity of voluntary movement in some part of the body, like the hands, legs or torso; and hence becomes an invalid. The most terrible aspect of paralysis is when the person has to become overtly dependent on someone else to accomplish the most routine of tasks. Minor paralyses can be treated and the person can become healthy again (in this case it means that the person can move all his or her body parts in a normal manner again). But treatment of major paralysis, such as loss of movement in the hands, legs or the whole torso, can be a very long and arduous process. it might require a lot of cooperation from the patient as well as the family members. Some people afflicted with paralysis remained paralyzed all through their lives, as tissue and muscle wasting can cause irreparable damage to the body. Paresis is said to be a pre-paralytic condition or mild paralysis, where muscles seem to be veryweak, but work. One should be more cautious in this state and take treatment immediately with proper diagnosis, since paresis could progress to paralysis anytime. Paralysis means total loss of function(s) in the affected part(s) / nerve(s). It is otherwise called Palsy. Here nerves abruptly quit their functions due to the compression or damage or diseases (polio, stroke, etc). The affected part will become flaccid without any muscle tone or strength. In general, voluntary muscles cannot be used.

1. Types of Paralysis || लकवा मारना पक्षाघात कितने प्रकार का होता है?

Paralysis can occur in parts (localised) or as a whole (in a generalised manner). It can occur in a partial manner or in complete manner. Sometimes, it is reversible and some times not.Depending on where the paralysis has occurred, it can be classified in the following types:-

Localised paralysis – is restricted to the parts involved – for example – Bell’s palsy, facial palsy, vocal cord palsy, wrist drop, foot drop, paralysis of one hand, paralysis of one leg, etc.
Generalised paralysis – Hemiplegia, Paraplegia, Quadriplegia, etc.
Hemiplegia – weakness and paralysis of one half of the body, i.e. one leg and one hand.
Paraplegia – weakness and paralysis of lower half of the body i.e. both the legs. Here level of lesion will be in hip.
Quadriplegia – weakness and paralysis of all the four limbs. Abdomen and chest muscles will also suffer. Here, lesion will be above thoracic vertebra, i.e. in the neck.

2. Cause of Paralysis || लकवा मारना पक्षाघात के कारण

Paralysis is always caused due to the impairment of the central nervous system, i.e. the brain and the spinal cord, or due to the impairment of the peripheral nervous system, i.e. the system of nerves radiating outwards from the brain and the spinal cord.

The following are the reasons why these nerve impairments might take place, leading to paralysis:-

(1) Strokes – Strokes are the leading cause of paralysis. Strokes are the sudden loss of function of a particular portion of the brain. Hence, the brain is not able to send reflexes or receive stimuli from the corresponding nerves. Usually strokes can cause the paralysis of arms and legs, but the torso is not affected.

Further, the stroke itself can be caused due to the loss of blood supply to the brain. The causes for this erroneous blood supply are:-

Atherosclerosis, which may result in clogging of the blood vessel carrying blood to the cranial region
Hemorrhage, which may be the rupturing of a blood vessel carrying blood to the brain
Hypertension, which increases blood pressure and makes it more difficult for blood to reach the brain
Diabetes, which also increases blood pressure and makes it difficult for blood to reach the brain

(2) Tumors – Tumors in the brain or the spinal region can cause pressure to be exerted on the blood vessels to these regions. Consequently, the blood supply to the brain and/or the spinal cord reduces, which may cause paralysis.

(3) Trauma – Trauma refers to direct injuries. These injuries could result into internal bleeding (hemorrhage), which would reduce the blood supply to the central nervous supply. Direct falls on the head or fracture of the vertebral column could cause such traumas.

(4) Multiple Sclerosis – Multiple sclerosis is a chronic ailment that causes the damage to the mucilaginous sheath that covers the nuclear sheath. Due to this the sensory and motor nerves are damages and are not able to carry impulses and bring back responses to particular parts of the body.

(5) Cerebral Palsy – Cerebral palsy is a condition that occurs in babies during their birth. If their central nervous system is impaired either during or shortly after their birth, then their coordination becomes faulty, leading to paralysis.

In addition, there are the following conditions which pertain to the malfunctioning of the spinal cord:-

(1) Slipped Disk or Herniated Disk – This happens when the vertebra of the backbone get dislocated. The fractured vertebra could cause an injury to the spinal cord, thus making the portion of the spinal cord permanently impaired.

(2) Neurodegenerative Diseases – The neurodegenerative diseases are several conditions that cause serious and permanent impairment of the nerves of the spinal cord (or the brain). These diseases are also associated with loss of memory and dementia.

(3) Spondolysis – Spondolysis is the medical term to the pain and stiffness in the joints of the vertebral column. This condition can cause impairment of the spinal cord.

The above is not a complete list, for there are much too many conditions that can cause paralysis. However, the above are the common causative factors.

3. Symptoms of Paralysis || लकवा मारना पक्षाघात के लक्षण

Symptoms usually vary depending upon the place of suffering and intensity of the affection. Intensity of suffering and its persistence also varies depending upon the health status of the person, will power and treatment.

Most often complaint starts all of a sudden i.e. sufferer wakes up with paralysis. Sometimes, some people will have warning symptoms, i.e., transient ischaemic attacks – altered sensations and functions with numbness of limb(s), headache, nausea, blurred vision, black spots, blindness in one eye, etc. for a moment or up to 24 hours. It indicates that paralysis is about to happen. This forewarning signal should be taken seriously and should be treated to escape from paralysis or disability. With onset of paralysis, sufferers commonly have the following symptoms:

Coma / loss of consciousness
Loss of memory
Loss of movement / functions of affected part(s)
Numbness or altered sensations in affected part(s) in sensing pain, temperature, touch, pressure, etc.
Loss of coordination of movement and joint sensations
Difficulty in breathing (rarely due to paralysis of chest muscles)
Difficulty in swallowing
Difficulty in speech (in case of affection of left side brain especially Broca’s area)
Bowel and bladder incontinence

Analysis of the complaints in all aspects will provide a clue about the level and extent of lesion. Commonly, t he part above the lesion will have normal functions and sensations. In case of incomplete damage, the loss of functions and sensations often vary depending upon site, position and extent of the injury.

4. Complication of Paralysis

If paralysis lasts for a long time, then the biggest danger is that of the ‘death’ of the affected part. Due to the constant depletion of blood from the affected part, the part may become seriously damaged. As a result the muscles and tissues in that part will also get wasted, leading to disuse atrophy, as mentioned earlier. In quadriplegia, the most serious form of paralysis, the person’s body becomes like the mere ‘skin and bones’ within a few months of the affliction.

Speech impairment is also a very common byproduct of paralysis. Along with speech impairment, there could be loss of auditory senses and visual senses as well. If the person is paralyzed on one side of the body (hemiplegia), then there is a great chance that the eye on that side would lose its power of sight.

Paraplegia and quadriplegia patients will often need of wheelchair for movement. Hemiplegia patients can move with walker or walking stick. The bedridden patients i.e., severe paralytic sufferers, may need to use bed pan and urine can (sometimes catheter too for passing urine) with the help of others. Dependency on others and using of wheelchair, walking stick, walker, bed pan, urine can, etc., will make the suffer more depressed than the suffering by itself. Restricted movements will create lack of social activities and depression. Also sitting and lying most of the time will cause bed sores on pressure points.

5. Diagnosis and investigations for Paralysis || लकवा मारना पक्षाघात की मूल्यांकन जाँच पड़ताल

Nerve functions and the extent of paralysis are usually analysed with parts involved, weakness, coordination of movement(s), reflexes, muscle thickness / wasting, spasticity, alteration in sensations, etc. Doctors usually go for elicitation of reflexes, nerve conduction tests and electromyography (EMG) to diagnose the complaint and to plan for treatment. The common tests required to detect, manage / treat paralytic complaints and torule out complications are:

Routine blood tests and urine tests
X-ray chest and skull (in AP view and lateral view)
Spinal radiographs (plain and contrast)
CT / MRI scan
Electroencephalography (EEG)

6. Diet Home self care Remedies for Paralysis

The diet provided for people with paralysis must be a vata pacifying diet. For balancing the vata, the following guidelines must be followed:-

Warm foods are preferable to cold foods. Eat food when it is freshly cooked.

Sweet, sour and salty are the tastes that are good for creating a balance of thevata. Avoid foods that are bitter, pungent and astringent in taste.

Nuts are very good for balancing the vata.

Rice and wheat both are okay, but barley, millet and rye must be avoided.

The fruits that you consume must be the juicier ones such as bananas, mangoes, oranges, etc. Dry fruits such as apples, figs, pears and pomegranates must be avoided.

Asparagus, okra, beet, carrot are the vegetables that must become an important part of the daily diet.

Among the meats, white meats such as poultry and fish are much better as compared to red meats such as beef, pork and mutton.

7. Best Homeopathic Treatment approach to Paralysis || लकवा मारना का होम्योपैथिक दवा से इलाज पक्षाघात होम्योपैथिक ट्रीटमेंट

In Homeopathy , if sufferers happen to take care of all the warning signs in the start-up itself, then the start on of paralysis can be halted and prevented. In all systems of medicines, early intervention and treatment always provide good prognosis and good recovery. In Homeopathy also, appropriate and early treatment provides miraculous regain of functions. Delay in treatment usually ends in muscular wasting which is difficult to revive later.

Homeopathy usually supports (stimulates) our body / immune mechanism to maintain good health by tackling any sort of disease force / agent, i.e., it improves withstanding capacity, vitality to avoid disease and its recurrences. Homeopathy can terminate paralysis in its initial stage itself, if treatment is given properly at the right time with the right medicine. With the onset of symptoms, it can also stimulate the nerve to regain its normal functions.

In contrast to all other systems that approach the disease from outside, i.e. with massage, oil applications, physiotherapy, electric stimulation and surgical repair, Homeopathy is the only system which gives importance to internal treatment.Homeopathy also cares for the patient’s feelings and

sensations. The well-selected medicine prescribed for the patients to the core of the disease will certainly stimulate the suffering nerve(s) to regain normalcy and remain in endurance. Homeopathy can ensure better relief / cure from paralysis without any side-effects. Any how, unlike other complaints, paresis and paralytic cases are very difficult to treat and also take a longer time to attain the state of cure, i.e., one needs to wait even to feel the marked improvement for at least a week, most often 20-40 days: patient needs patience to feel its healing touch.

8. Best Homeopathic Medicines for top Remedies for Paralysis || लकवा मारना की होम्योपैथिक ट्रीटमेंट दवा पक्षाघात सर्वश्रेष्ठ होम्योपैथिक दवा शीर्ष उपाय

Aconite [Acon]

Paralysis accompanied by COLDNESS, NUMBNESS AND TINGLING, traceable to exposure to cold, especially to dry cold winds, mostly in the beginning (Causticum when palsy became chronic), from congestion of spinal cord; arms hang down as if paralyzed from heavy blows; crampy, contractive pains in hands and fingers; jactitation of arms; trembling of lower extremities; painful sensitiveness of the body to contact; congestion of blood of single parts, causing great sensitiveness and finally paralysis.

AEsculus-glabra [AEsc-g]

Paralytic affections of lower extremities; great lameness and weakness of back; strong tendency to contraction of legs.

AEsculus-hip [Aesc]

Paralysis of upper extremities; lameness and paralytic feeling from neck down, cannot raise arms, can hardly walk, must lie down.

Agaricus [Agar]

Sense of languor as if the body were bruised and the joints dislocated; sense of weariness and weakness all down the spine; paralysis of lower limbs, with slight spasms of arms; palsy of upper and lower limbs from incipient softening of spinal cord; paraplegia from congestion of lumbar cord; VIOLENT PAINS IN ALL PARALYZED PARTS; pain in lumbar region and sacrum, (<) while sitting or during exertion in daytime; formication in upper and lower limbs as if gone to sleep; limbs cold, blue; crosswise affections. Senile tremor.

Aluminium [Alum]

Locomotor ataxia; inability to walk except when the eyes are open and in daylight; loss of sensibility of feet; numbness of heel when stepping; tearing in thighs and legs when sitting or lying, (<) at night; pain in sole of foot on stepping, as if it were too soft and swollen; drawing pains in extremities; rheumatic and traumatic paralysis in gouty patients; palsy from spinal disease; arms feel heavy and go to sleep; lower limbs heavy, can scarcely drag them; feeling of weakness in bladder and genitals; bowels in-active; mistakes in speaking; consciousness of his identity confused; strength all exhausted after walking in fresh air, with yawning, stretching, drowsiness and inclination to lie down, in fresh air, with yawning, stretching, drowsiness and inclination to lie down, which only increase the lassitude.

Ambra [Ambr]

Paralytic complaints; weakness of whole body, of the knees, as if they would give way; of feet, with loss of sensation; in the stomach, so that she must lie down; (<) after sleep, feels weak and weary, eyes feel as if the lids had been closed too tightly; great lassitude, especially mornings in bed; coldness of hands and feet, emaciation.

Anacardium [Anac]

Paralysis of single parts; sensation of weakness in arms, with trembling numbness of fingers; wavelike twitches, here and there, in the legs; knees feel paralyzed, with stiffness and great lassitude; repeated tearings in paroxysms through upper and lower limbs at the same time; sensation as of a hoop or band around the parts; want of moral feeling; paralysis, with imbecility; loss of

will, cannot control the voluntary muscles; cannot speak, only utters unintelligible words; drinks run out of the mouth; pulse slow and moderately full, body cool. After apoplexy.

Angustura [Ang]

Paralysis; weakness of the whole body, as if the marrow of the bones were stiff; affections of spinal cord and extensor muscles; twitching and jerking along the back like electric shocks; tetanic spasms, caused by contact, noise or the drinking of lukewarm water; worse from touching the affected pats; rheumatism; with paralytic conditions.

Apis-mell [Apis]

Paralysis of cerebral origin; PARALYSIS FOLLOWING DEVITALIZING AFFECTIONS, as diphtheria, typhoids, suppressed eruptions, meningeal affections; PALSY OF ONE SIDE OF BODY AND CONVULSIONS OF THE OTHER; whole nervous system under a paralyzing influence, with general feeling of lassitude and depression; limbs, especially lower, emaciated and cold to touch; shortening of tendons; coma.

Argentum-nit [Arg-n]

PARAPLEGIA FROM EXHAUSTION, resulting from concussion or alcoholic excess; hysterical and diphtheritic paralysis; locomotor ataxia with defective coordination of muscles, staggering in the dark or when eyes are closed, feeling of soreness in lumbo-sacral region, diminution of tendon reflexes and atrophy of optic nerve (Alumina metr). Lassitude of lower limbs, with dizziness as from intoxication; paralytic heaviness

and weakness of legs, he does not know where to put them, calves feel bruised as after a long journey; pain in small of back very severe when rising from a sitting posture, (>) by walking; trembling of hands so that he drops things; very nervous at night and sleep full of horrible dreams; paralytic debility of lumbar region and kidneys; faeces and urine pass unconsciously and involuntarily.

Arnica [Arn]

Paralysis in consequence of exudation within the brain or spine, of apoplexy, of concussions; of wakening diseases, of protracted intermittent fevers, of ischias; convulsions and tetanic spasms consequent upon mechanical injuries; paralysis of body (right side); jactitation of single muscles, twitching in all the limbs; oversensitiveness of the whole body, EVERYTHING FEELS TOO HARD; weary, bruised, sore, great weakness; knee-joints suddenly bend when standing, feet numb and insensible; arms weary as if bruised; painful paralysis from concussion of spine (helps to absorb the clot in the brain of the intemperate; hopeless, downcast, peevish; state of mind pitiable (Natr. m., relief by lying on something hard, though spine is sensitive to touch); (<) in damp, cold weather.

Arsenicum [Ars]

PROGRESSIVE MUSCULAR ATROPHY; trembling of limbs (in drunkards); excessive weakness and exhaustion of limbs force him to lie down; violent neuralgic tearing pain in upper and lower limbs; cannot rest on affected part, PAIN LEAST WHEN MOVING AFFECTED PART; sensation of weakness, ad if bruised, in the small of black; stiffness in spinal column, beginning in region of coccyx. Antidote to lead-poisoning.

Baryta-carb [Bar-c]

PARALYSIS FOLLOWING APOPLEXY IN OLD PEOPLE, who are childish, sensorium not clear, loss of speech, paralysis of tongue, of upper and lower extremities; weariness, constant inclination to lie down; facial paralysis and GLOSSO PARAPLEGIA in scrofulous persons, sometimes with great mental and bodily failure of development, mouth kept partly open and saliva runs out; multiple sclerosis of the brain and spinal cord.

Belladonna [Bell]

FIRST STAGE OF LOCOMOTOR ATAXIA, loss of coordination of the muscles of upper and lower limbs;l trembling in all limbs; general tremor with anxiety; paralysis of one and spasms of the other side of the body; paralytic debility of all muscles, especially of feet; disinclination and aversion to work and motion; great restlessness, with sudden startings; paralysis of right side of face; inability to speak; diplopia, amaurosis.

Bryonia [Bry]

Paralysis, generally of both sides, in rheumatic and gouty patients; (<) from motion and contact; legs so weak they will scarcely hold him, knees totter and knock together when walking.

Bufo [Bufo]

PARALYSIS AGITANS; weak memory, idiotic; great weakness of extremities; trembling and heaviness of limbs; restless movements of limbs and body; twitching of whole body increasing rapidly in severity; great weakness, fainting.

Cadmium [Cadm-s]

Painful drawing in face, inability to close eyes, distortion of mouth to one side, difficulty in talking and swallowing; from catching cold after failure of Causticum

Calcarea [Calc]

Spinal paralysis from frequent wettings, or the result of exhausting sweats, of loss of animal fluids, of sexual excesses, causing weakness of back and threatening motor paralysis or locomotor ataxia; great weakness, especially mornings; palsy of upper extremities to the fingers with coldness; great weariness, unable, to walk; trembling of body during puberty in leucophlegmatic people.

Cannabis-ind [Cann-i]

Paralysis with tingling in affected parts (Aconite, Staphysagria); TREMBLING WITH MENTAL WEAKNESS, especially of lower limbs and right arm; intensely violent pains on attempting to walk, as if he trod on a number of spikes, with stiffness and tired aching in both knees; great desire to lie down.

Carbo-veg [Carb-v]

Paralytic weakness of fingers with seizing anything (Natr. m.); trembling hands when writing; limbs go to sleep easily; numbness of the parts on which one lies; oversensitiveness of nerves from loss of fluids; paroxysms of pain caused by the slightest contacts, and gradually increasing to a great height.

Caulophyllum [Caul]

Paraplegia from retroversion and congestion of womb after childbirth, with partial loss of sensation in affected limbs; emaciation, anaemia and general debility.

Causticum [Caust]

CHRONIC PARALYSIS from dry, cold weather, especially during the intense cold of winter, OF SINGLE PARTS OR SINGLE NERVES, as of facial nerve, ptosis; paralysis of tongue when deglutition and speech are more or less destroyed; palsy of lips; glosso- pharyngeal palsy, sometimes involving vocal cords; hemiplegia of opposite side of body as the sequela of apoplexy; gradually appearing palsies; pains in paralyzed parts increase when lameness decreases; one-sided paralysis, especially of flexor muscles; SENSIBILITY MOSTLY INTACT; catarrhal and rheumatic conditions; suppressed chronic eruptions; weeping mood, hopelessness, fear of death.

Chelidonium [Chel]

Limbs feel paralyzed; when bending forward or backward tearing- pressing pain in back, as f vertebrae were being broken asunder; paralytic pressure in upper arm, and weakness in thigh and leg.

China [Chin]

Paralysis from loss of fluids, after arsenical poisoning, onanism: numbness of parts on which he lies.

Cicuta [Cic]

Paralysis from concussion of the brain; violent spasmodic pains, paroxysmal, in paralyzed lower limbs, with involuntary trembling during remission; painful feeling of stiffness in the muscle of the lower limbs; frequent involuntary jerking and twitching in limbs, followed by complete loss of power; deadness of fingers; bruised sensation on many parts of the body; mental torpor.

Cina [Cina]

Paraplegia with unnatural hunger; drawing-tearing pans along whole spine; paralytic pain in left thigh, near knee; coldness of hands and feet with thirst.

Cocculus [Cocc]

Paralysis of face, tongue and of pharynx, so that he has to speak slowly and has difficulty in swallowing; paraplegia, rheumatic lameness from small of back downward; thighs feel paralyzed and bruised; flatulency most troublesome at night, preventing sleep; great repugnance to food and drink; HYSTERICAL PALSY with headache, vertigo, sensation of seasickness, weakness, fainting fits and beating of heart; paralytic weakness of cervical muscles; paralytic affections arising in small of back after taking cold, with cold feeling in extremities and oedema of feet; spasmodic constriction through whole length of spine, especially on motion; anxious, apprehensive disposition.

Colchicum [Colch]

LOSS OF SENSIBILITY OF TONGUE, the first symptom in Colchicum paralysis; lameness after suddenly checked sweat, particularly, foot sweat, by getting wet all over; difficult to lift the feet or to go upstairs, uncertain gait; all muscles of voluntary motion, especially those of arms and legs, paralyzed; tearing twitches, like electric shocks, through one side of body with sensation of lameness.

Conium [Con]

PARALYSIS FROM PERIPHERY UPWARD TO SPINAL CORD AND MEDULLA OBLONGATA; palsy after concussion of spine; paralysis after diphtheria; palsy of old people, especially old women; general paralysis of involuntary muscles, weakness of legs and tottering gait; PAINLESS LAMENESS; muscular palsy without spasms; vision good for fixed objects, but accommodation sluggish; humid tetters. ACUTE ASCENDING SPINAL PARALYSIS (case of Socrates).

Crot. [Crot-h]

Paralysis following apoplexy, particularly right side; glosso- pharyngeal; post-diphtheritic; dementia paralytica; painless palsies of limbs, with numbness and great coldness of affected parts.

Cuprum [Cupr]

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SPINAL SCLEROSIS; paralysis after chorea, apoplexy or typhoid and typhus; paralysis of lower extremities after abscess of psoas muscle; motor paralysis with atrophy and contractions or choreic automatic movements, sensibility normal; congestion in chest, palpitation of heart, pulse slow, weak and small; eyes closed when opening them, eyeballs move about, eyelids twitch; icy coldness of feet or burning in soles of feet; paralysis ascendens from periphery to center.

Curare [Cur]

Nervous debility from loss of fluids after exhausting illness; debility of the aged, great failure of strength; no pain or any other ailment; general motor palsy, no pain; eyes haggard,

sunken; (<) by dampness, change of weather, cold wind.

Dulcamara [Dulc]

Worse from cold damp weather, or by sudden changes from hot to cold weather; paralysis of tongue with impaired speech; paresis and hyperaemia of spinal cord from lying on damp cold ground; palsy of bladder from the same cause, urine offensive and loaded with mucus; incipient paralysis of lungs i n old people from same causes or(<) by them; urticaria from gastric troubles, (>) from cold air; paralyzed arms feel icy-cold.

Ferrum [Ferr]

After great loss of vital fluids, oversensitiveness to pain; laxness and weakness of all muscles, with emaciation, dyspepsia and cold extremities; easily tired out by walking, (>) from moving and walking slowly about, but weariness forces him to lie down.

Formica-rufa [Form]

Paralysis from spinal affections; languid feeling of whole system, with pain in all limbs, accompanied by chills and horripilations along spine; legs feel as if she had no power in them, sore and tired; sensation across abdomen as if bruised below navel, and tired feeling in back: want of memory, fearful and apprehensive.

Gelsemium [Gels]

FUNCTIONAL PARALYSIS OF MOTOR NERVES, leaving sensory ones normal, or hyperaesthetic. Infantile paralysis, complete relaxation of entire muscular system; sensation of heaviness in limbs, muscles weak and unable to obey the will, feel bruised and cold; tingling, creeping, crawling; ptosis associated with thick speech and suffused redness of face, eyeballs sore, (<) on moving eyes; dysphagia and aphonia from muscular failure. FIRST STAGES OF LOCOMOTOR ATAXIA with so-called neuralgic or rheumatic pains in extremities, (>) motion; paraplegia, unsteady gait and trembling of hands when lifting them up; post-diphtheritic palsies; mental exertions cause a sense of helplessness from brain weakness; paralytic and spasmodic symptoms from reflex irritation; (>) from

stimulants.

Graphites [Graph]

Affections of MEDULLA OBLONGATA; numbness and deadness, with coldness of the fingers of both hands, extending as far as middle of upper arm; coldness and numbness of face; great vertigo and blindness with prostration; countenance pale and haggard; emaciation without perceptible cause. Chronic eczema.

Hepar [Hep]

Paralysis from suppressed eruptions or after mercurial poisoning; oversensitiveness to pain; stitches and rheumatic pains in back; spinal irritation; Bright’s disease.

Hydrocyanic-acid [Hydr-ac]

Paralysis of lower limbs, with upper; limbs paralyzed and remain in any position they are placed; great weakness and exhaustion; paleness and coldness of surface; formication of epigastric region and of limbs; pulse and heartbeat intermit.

Hyoscyamus [Hyos]

PARALYSIS AGITANS AFTER SPASMS, trembling of arms and hands; fingers look and feel too thick; cold hands and feet; stupid and drowsy; fingers look and feel too thick; cold hands and feet; stupid and drowsy; paralysis of sphincter ani et vesicae.

Ignatia [Ign]

Hysterical paraplegia, after great mental emotion and night- watching in the sick-chamber, languor and trembling of limbs; taciturn and resigned.

Ind. [Indg]

Stiffness and dull aching all over, especially right side, (<) when beginning to move, after resting and after meals; distress in stomach after eating ever so little.

Kali-carb [Kali-c]

Paralytic weakness, with cramps in hands and fingers, also in hip-joints; paresis with trembling, frequent and violent vertigo, sudden attacks of unconsciousness, totters as if intoxicated, better in fresh air; arms feel numb and cold, covered with purple spots; faint and weak after a walk, limbs go to sleep even after a meal.

Kali-iod [Kali-i]

Paralysis from syphilitic or mercurial rheumatism, after spinal meningitis.

Kali-phos [Kali-p]

Paralysis dependent on exhaustion of nerve-power in RECENT CASES, as after diphtheria; laming, paralytic pains in limbs, most during rest, (>) from motion without exertion, especially felt rising from sitting or on beginning to move.

Lachesis [Lach]

Paralysis, left side, after apoplexy or cerebral exhaustion; tingling prickling in limbs; trembling of hands in drunkards; awkward stumbling gait; head heavy as lead, (<) about occiput, with vertigo; flushes of heat.

Lathyrus [Lath]

MOTOR PARESIS OF LOWER EXTREMITIES, with tremulous tottering gait, abductors more attacked than adductors, sensibility remaining intact or even hyperaesthetic, (<) in rainy weather; no pains; emaciation of lower limbs; (<) when standing or walking, (>) when lying down; tendon reflexes exaggerated; no atrophy.

Ledum [Led]

ASCENDING PARALYSIS FROM FEET UPWARD; rheumatic palsy of hip- joint; numbness and formication of all limbs; emaciation of suffering parts; oedema of body; purplish spots over body, like petechiae; lack of vital heat.

Lycopodium [Lyc]

Paralysis with formication of affected limbs; excessive

flatulency from torpor of intestinal canal; great prostration; mental, nervous and bodily weakness; great emaciation and internal debility.

Magnesia-phos [Mag-p]

PARALYSIS AGITANS, involuntary shaking and trembling of hands and limbs, or of head; muscular paralysis from a disturbed or diseased condition of motory nerve fibres.

Manganum [Mang]

PARAPLEGIA; paresis begins in lower extremities, he staggers, inclines to run forward when he tries to walk; great weakness and weariness all over; tenderness of bones in general; weak memory.

Mercurius [Merc]

PARALYSIS COMMENCES IN UPPER EXTREMITIES AND RUNS DOWNWARD; paralysis agitans; mercurial tremor; twitching of arms and legs; tearing; stinging rheumatic and arthritic pains; rigidity and immobility of the limbs, through they can be easily moved by others; legs paralyzed in spinal meningitis; general malaise of mind and body.

Natrum-bicarb [Nat-bic]

Feeling as if her right side and arm would become paralyzed, (<) while sitting, (>) on motion, pressing and rubbing.

Natrum-mur [Nat-m]

Paralysis of flexors, after diphtheria, intermittents, sexual excesses and violent fits of passion; paralytic condition of lower limbs; painful contraction of hamstrings; oversensitiveness of pain to touch, and still relief by lying on something hard; great weakness and relaxation of all physical and mental vigor from exertion; hysterical debility; emaciation, especially around neck; marasmus.

Natrum-phos [Nat-p]

Legs weak from the knee down; legs give way under the when she walks.

Nux-moschata [Nux-m]

Paralysis, with cramps and trembling, tongue, eyelids, oesophagus; staggers on walking, falls often; weakness of small of back and knees; hysteria.

Nux-vomica [Nux-v]

PARALYSIS LABIO-GLOSSO-PHARYNGEA; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; paralysis from apoplexy, or cerebral softening, from sexual excesses, abuse of alcohol, after mental overexertion, combined with sedentary habits; after poisoning by arsenic, after spasms, or diphtheria; parts cold, numb, emaciated; sick-headache, with dimness of vision, sour bitter vomiting with oversensitiveness of all the senses; paralysis from exhaustion of the spinal cord, spinal anaemia, reflex para and hemiplegia, or white softening, or where paresis of the motor nerve-centres remains after all signs of irritation have passed away; incomplete paralysis; power of motion not entirely gone, but impeded by painful twitchings and spasmodic contraction whenever the affected part is exercised; sensation small of back as if lame; paralysis of arm, with violent jerks in it, as if the blood would start, out of the veins; staggering walk, when he walks he drags his feet, cannot lift them up; numbness and deadness of lower legs, coldness of the paralyzed parts; paralysis of the bladder in old men; great debility of nervous system, with oversensitiveness of all the senses, in drunken people; worse from motion and slight touch but strong pressure relieves (China); mercurial tremors.

Oleander [Olnd]

FUNCTIONAL PARALYSIS (Gelsemium), implicating sensory and motory nerves; painful stiffness and paralysis of limbs; anaesthesia of whole body; trembling of knees when standing and of the hands when writing; vertigo a long time before paralysis sets in; no pains.

Opium [Op]

Paralysis, with insensibility after apoplexy, in drunkards or old people; weakness, numbness and paralysis of the legs and arms; stupefying sleep; the patient is dull, stupid as if drunk; retained stool and urine; want of vital reaction, body cold, stupor.

Oxalic-acid [Ox-ac]

SCLEROSIS OF POSTERIOR COLUMN; pains shooting down from the cord to the extremities, especially lower ones, stiffness of limbs, dyspnoea, followed by a peculiar general numbness, approaching to palsy; back feels too weak to support the body; jerking pains; confined to small spots, lasting only a few seconds; pain in small longitudinal spots; paroxysms of dyspnoea.

Phosphorus [Phos]

LOCOMOTOR ATAXIA with much burning along spine; great tingling and formication along spine and in affected extremities; during first stage extreme sexual excitement. DUCHENNE’S PSEUDO- HYPERTROPHIC PARALYSIS, in repose painless twitching of the muscles, and when they stopped easily excited again by contact. PROGRESSIVE SPINAL PARALYSIS, with partial contraction of the affected muscles, formication and tearing in limbs; anaesthesia with increased heat; periodically returning, unbearable pains in spine, preventing walking; heaviness and sensation of fatigue, especially when ascending steps; pains in soles of feet, as if she had walked too much with sensation as if they were asleep; great irritability and nervousness (Zincum met.). PARALYSIS OF BLADDER, caused or (<) by excessive loss of animal fluids, as semen. HEMIPLEGIA, facial, aphasic paralysis from thrombosis of left middle cerebral artery or from pressure upon spinal cord (scoliosis).

Phosphoric-acid [Ph-ac]

Cerebro-spinal exhaustion from overwork, causing heaviness of limbs, numbness and vertigo; back and legs weak and burning; formication.

Physostigma [Phys]

PARALYSIS AGITANS from excessive spinal irritation, intellect remaining normal; rigidity of muscles, burning and twinging sensations, with numbness of feet and hands and other pars of body; crampy pains in hands; sudden jerking of limbs on dropping off to sleep; tremors of young persons from emotional or physical overwork; staggering gait as if drunk; feeling of weakness, as if paralyzed, from occiput down spine and legs, which fee as if asleep.

Picric-acid [Pic-ac]

PARALYSIS FROM CEREBRO-SPINAL SOFTENING; during first stage intense occipital headache after severe mental effort, congestion of spine with tonic and clonic spasms, keeps his legs wide apart when standing, looks steadily at objects as if unable to make them out, followed by paresis. BRAIN-FAG, limbs become too weak to support the body. WILL-POWER AS IF SUSPENDED; wasting palsy.

Plumbum [Plb]

PROGRESSIVE MUSCULAR ATROPHY, pains in atrophied limbs, alternating with colic; MULTIPLE CEREBRO-SPINAL SCLEROSIS, tremors followed by paralysis; extensor muscles more affected then flexors; paralysis preceded by mental alienation, painful contractionsof the limbs and cramps of the muscles, and by shooting and tearing pains; palsy of tongue and of organs of speech; wrist-drop; paralytic weakness

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