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Top Homeopathic Remedies for Scleritis 

Sclera is the white, outer, tough fibrous protective layer of the eyeball. Scleritis refers to intense inflammation and redness of this white portion of the eye. It is a serious inflammatory disease of the eye. Homeopathic medicines for scleritis help reduce inflammation and redness in the white part of the eye to help manage the condition. Homeopathic medicines for scleritis

Homeopathic Medicines for Scleritis 

Homeopathic medicines are very effective to symptomatically manage cases of scleritis. With this they work wonderfully to relieve its symptoms including eye pain, tenderness of eyes., excessive tearing from eyes (lachrymation), photophobia (sensitivity to light), double vision, irritation in eyes and blurred / dim vision. Homeopathic medicines for treating scleritis are of natural origin so help to manage it very safely without any side effects.

For Eye Pain

Kalmia – For Eye Pain Worse from Eye Movement

Homeopathic remedy Kalmia is prepared from fresh leaves of plant Kalmia Latifolia commonly known as mountain laurel. This plant belongs to family ericaceae. It is helpful for cases where eye pain gets worse from eye movement.  The pain may be drawing or stitching. With this itching in eyes may also be felt. If eyes are rubbed, stinging sensation tends to arise. It is also indicated for right sided eye pain that extends to the forehead. 

Spigelia – For Eye Pain on Movement

Spigelia is prepared from plant Spigelia Anthelmintica commonly known as pink – root. This plant belongs to family loganiaceae. It is well indicated for eye pain on movement and profuse watering from eyes. The pain may be pressive, sharp, stabbing, excruciating in nature in cases needing it. The pain may extend to the head from eyes. Eyes may also be sensitive to touch. There is excessive watering from the affected side. The eyes are also very red. 

Cocculus Indicus – For Sharp, Shooting Eye Pain

Cocculus Indicus is prepared from seeds of a plant named Indian cockle. The family of this plant is menispermaceae. It is useful for sharp, shooting pain in eyes. The vision may also be dim with this. Sensitivity to light is another attending symptom. For using this medicine mainly left sided sclera is mostly inflamed.

Bryonia – For Painful, Tender, Sensitive Eyes

Bryonia is prepared from the root of the plant Bryonia Alba having the common name white bryony and wild hops. This plant belongs to the family cucurbitaceae. Its use is made when there is pain in eyes along with sensitiveness and tenderness to touch the eyes. It is indicated for pressing, crushing, sharp needle-like pain in eyes. The pain is worse from the motion of eyes. Along with eye pain there is sometimes pain in teeth and face. Watering from eyes in day and aversion to sunlight are other symptoms.

Hepar Sulph – For Sensitive, Sore, Bruised to Touch Eye

This medicine is indicated when eyes feel sensitive, sore, bruised to touch. The sclera is violet red. Eyes are intolerant to light. There is dimness of vision while reading. Watering from eyes is also present with above symptoms. 

For Redness of Sclera 

Belladonna – For Redness with Pain

Belladonna is prepared from plant deadly nightshade belonging to family solanaceae. It is well indicated when white of the eyes are red. With this eye pain is marked. For using it pain in the eyes is violent deep. Sometimes pain may be throbbing, shooting, pressive, stinging or burning in nature. Eyes are also sensitive and intolerant to light. Other symptoms that appear are double vision and dimness of vision. It is also useful to relieve headaches.

Aconite – For Deep Redness of Sclera

Aconite is prepared from plant Aconitum Napellus commonly named monkshood. This plant belongs to family ranunculaceae. It is beneficial when the sclera is deeply red. With this there is watering from eyes. Itching in eyes may also appear. Sensitivity to light accompanies. Shooting, tearing pain in eyes can also arise.

Merc Sol – For Stitching, Cutting Eye Pain

Merc Sol is useful when there is redness of sclera along with stitching, cutting pain in eyes. The pain is most worse when exerting eyes. Other than this there is profuse watering from eyes and sensitivity to light.

For Sensitivity to Light (Photophobia)

Arsenic Album – For Intense Sensitivity to Light

This medicine is well-indicated when there is intense sensitivity to light along with deep redness of sclera. Eyes are sensitive to sunlight. With this pulsating, throbbing pain in eyes is usually felt. This pain gets worse from moving eyes.

Nux Vomica – For Light Sensitivity with Stitching Pain

Nux Vomica is a prominent medicine for light sensitivity along with stitching pain in the eye. The light sensitivity is worse in the morning. The white of the eye is bright red. With this there is watering from the affected eye. Dimness of vision is there. Tearing pain in eyes can arise.  

Graphites – For Sensitivity and Watering from Eyes

Graphites is an excellent medicine where there is great sensitivity to light and watering from eyes. Eyes are sensitive to daylight. There is profuse watering from eyes. Another symptom is pain in the eye that extends to the head.

For Excessive Tearing 

Euphrasia – For Profuse Tearing

Euphrasia is prepared from plant Euphrasia Officinalis having a common name  eye – bright. This plant belongs to family scrophulariaceae.  It is beneficial for persons who have excessive tearing from their eyes. Along with this they may have light sensitivity and dimness of vision. They may also have cutting, stitching pain in the eyes. Itching in the eyes is yet another symptom.

Psorinum – For Excessive Flow of Hot Tears

Psorinum is most indicated when there is excessive flow of hot tears from the eyes. It is attended with soreness of the eyes with desire to close them frequently. Sharp pain in eyes and aversion to light are other accompanying symptoms.

Thuja – When Eyes are Full of Tears

Thuja is prepared from green twigs of plant Thuja Occidentalis commonly known as Arbor Vitae. This plant belongs to family coniferae. This medicine is excellent where eyes are full of tears and eyes are blood red. Along with this there is constant pain in the eyes. Pain worsens from bright light. Vision also feels dim. There is also double vision. Intolerance to light and tenderness of eyes are the rest of the symptoms experienced by persons requiring this medicine. It works well for both acute as well as chronic scleritis. 

For Blurred / Dim Vision

Gelsemium – For Dim Vision

Gelsemium is prepared from the bark of the plant Gelsemium Sempervirens. This plant belongs to family loganiaceae. It is effective to manage complaints of blurred or dim vision. Persons needing it also have eye pain, aversion to light, and double vision along with blurring of vision.

Kali Iod – For Blurred Vision and Profuse Watering

Its use is indicated when there is blurred vision and profuse watering from eyes. Sensitivity to light is present with this in most cases needing it.

For Double Vision (Diplopia)

Merc Cor – For double vision

Merc Cor is significant medicine when there is double vision. Excessive sensitivity to light is also felt. With this there is shooting, tearing pain in eyes. Pain is severe at night time. 

Aurum Met – For Double Vision and Constant Watering 

Aurum Met is a wonderful medicine for cases where a person complains of double vision and constant watering from eyes. There are complaints of stitching, burning pain in eyes. The sclera is red and the eyes are very sensitive to touch. Extreme light sensitivity is also there. 

For Eye Irritation

Natrum Mur 

Natrum Mur works well when irritation of eyes is prominent. There is also an itchy burning sensation in the eyes. The eyes are red with lachrymation (watering from eyes). Sensitivity to bright light, mainly sunlight is present. Lastly there is dimness of vision and double vision along with the above symptoms.

For Rheumatic Scleritis

Chininum Mur 

This medicine is specifically indicated for scleritis in case of rheumatic joint inflammation. The symptoms indicating its use are pain in eyes, tearing from eyes, and sensitivity to light. 

 Scleritis Following Eye Injury

When scleritis follows eye injury then the prominent medicines to deal with it are Aconite, Arnica, Ledum Pal and Symphytum. These medicines help to recover from effects of injury and reduce inflammation, redness of the eye. They also help to bring relief in the pain and soreness in the eye in these cases in a very effective manner.  

 Causes and Risk Factors 

The exact reason behind it is unknown. But there are theories that suggest it is autoimmune in origin where the body’s immune cells attack and destroy the body’s own healthy tissues. In scleritis T-cells (that are normally meant to fight and destroy disease causing organisms that enter the body) start to attack and destroy eye’s scleral cells. The reason why the T-cells start this destruction is not clear yet. 

Women are at more risk of developing scleritis as compared to men. Persons having any of the following conditions are at risk of developing scleritis:Rheumatoid arthritis – It is an inflammatory disorder of autoimmune origin causing joint inflammation with pain, swelling and stiffness of joints.

Sjogren’s syndrome – An autoimmune disorder that mainly presents with dry eyes and a dry mouth.

Systemic lupus erythematosus – In this immune system attacks healthy tissues of the body in many of the body parts.

Scleroderma – A group of diseases in which the skin and connective tissues tighten and harden

Wegener’s granulomatosis – A disorder that causes inflammation of the blood vessels

Inflammatory bowel disease – It includes crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis. In this there is long term inflammation of the lining of the gastrointestinal tract.

Infection or Trauma / injury to the eye

Symptoms 

The main symptom of scleritis is severe eye pain. The eye pain gets worse from eye movement. The pain may extend to face, head, or jaw. The eyes may also be tender to touch. There is marked redness of white of the eye (sclera). The sclera may also have purple or bluish tinge in some cases. Other symptoms that appear are excessive tearing from eyes (lachrymation), photophobia or sensitivity to light and decreased / blurred vision. In case of posterior scleritis eye pain from eye movement, double vision, deep – seated headaches and irritation in eyes appear.

Types of Scleritis 

It has broadly two types – anterior and posterior.

Anterior scleritis: in this the front portion of sclera is inflamed and it is the most common form of scleritis. In most of the cases it is related to an underlying autoimmune disease. It further has following  types:

Diffuse scleritis – it is very common and easily treatable. In this there is inflammation of sclera throughout the front part.

Nodular anterior scleritis –  in this there is formation of one or more immobile, firm tender nodules in sclera

Necrotizing anterior scleritis with inflammation (it is the most serious one) and necrotizing anterior scleritis without inflammation.Posterior scleritis – In this type the back portion of sclera is inflamed.  It is rare form of scleritis. In this usually no autoimmune disease is related. It can cause complications like retinal detachment and angle closure glaucoma

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Comments

  1. Danijela Markovic says:

    Hi, my mom have a scleritis in right eye. And pain in the had and right ear. She treared with steroids. Pain in a head get started when she got Phizer vaccine because of Covid.
    Thank you.

  2. I have been diagnosed with scleritis of the left eye and was treated with steroids that have not helped much. After 30 days of steroids I still have inflammation though the pain is gone. I am a true homepathy believer . Please suggest a remedy.

  3. I have all the symptoms of scleritis in my left eye. I wear gas permeable contacts. I had 1 day on the 10th of Dec. Today its back.

  4. Pat thompson says:

    Hi! I am 70 years old with severe scleritis and retina damage. My eye specialist say there’s nothing else to do for that I am vision except remove the eye. I have had lifelong rheumatoid arthritis. What do you think could help pain?

  5. Any medicine for episcleritis

  6. Sir myself ashvani my wife has suffering from scelratis and she is 38yrs old plz help me

  7. Alzaste it’s good for sclerotic

  8. HII MAM AND SIR IAM KAILASH MY AGE 40 AND NODULER SCLERTIE SPROBLAM 25 YEAR AND ALSO BE LOT OF DOCTER AND MY REDNE SAN WHITE BOWL REDENES AND PAN KNEE AN DHANDCE AN ALOPATIES MAIDISNE STORID TABLETS NA DEYE DROP NO RESULT

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