Homeopathic medicines for oversensitiveness to touch, along with their key indications: 🤲 Rubric: Skin – Sensitive to touch This rubric appears in most repertories (Kent, Synthesis, Murphy) and includes remedies where the skin or nerves react strongly to even light contact. 🌿 Key Remedies & IndiRead more
Homeopathic medicines for oversensitiveness to touch, along with their key indications:
🤲 Rubric: Skin – Sensitive to touch
This rubric appears in most repertories (Kent, Synthesis, Murphy) and includes remedies where the skin or nerves react strongly to even light contact.
🌿 Key Remedies & Indications
1. Lachesis- Cannot bear tight clothing; sensitive to pressure; worse on left side; highly irritable and talkative
2. Chamomilla- Oversensitive to pain and touch; especially in children; angry and inconsolable
3. Cina- Cannot bear slightest touch; irritable, especially in children; reacts with spasms
4. Causticum- Burning sensation on skin; sensitive to touch and cold; ailments from grief
5. Coffea Cruda- Nerves hypersensitive; intolerant to touch, smell, and noise; sleeplessness from excitement
6. Nux Vomica- Oversensitive to stimuli; irritable; touch aggravates pain and mood
7. Phosphorus- Sensitive to odors, light, and touch; emotionally open and easily startled
8. Colchicum- Sensitive to odors and touch; nausea from smell of food; skin hypersensitive
9. Asarum Europaeum- Sensitive to slightest noise or touch; even thought of touch causes shivering
10. Carcinosin- Sensitive to reprimand, touch, and emotional stimuli; perfectionist tendencies
11. Silicea- Sensitive to cold and touch; delicate constitution; shy and withdrawn
12. Hepar Sulph- Painful sensitivity to touch; even slight pressure causes intense pain; worse from cold air
🧠 Mental & Emotional Correlates
Oversensitivity to touch often accompanies:
– Emotional fragility (e.g., Phosphorus, Carcinosin)
– Irritability and anger (e.g., Chamomilla, Nux Vomica)
– Grief or suppressed emotions (e.g., Causticum, Ignatia)
In homeopathy, the direction of pain—such as pain moving from left to right—is a key symptom used to select the most appropriate remedy. This directional modality can help differentiate between similar remedies. Here are some homeopathic medicines known for left-to-right pain progression: 🔄 HomeopatRead more
In homeopathy, the direction of pain—such as pain moving from left to right—is a key symptom used to select the most appropriate remedy. This directional modality can help differentiate between similar remedies. Here are some homeopathic medicines known for left-to-right pain progression:
🔄 Homeopathic Remedies for Pain Moving Left to Right
1. Lachesis
– Keynote: Pain or symptoms begin on the left side and move to the right.
– Commonly used for:
– Throat infections (left tonsil affected first)
– Neuralgia
– Rheumatic pains
– Modalities:
– Worse after sleep
– Worse from heat
– Better from discharges (e.g., menstruation)
2. Spigelia
– Often used for neuralgic pains, especially facial or head pain.
– Pain may start on the left side of the head or face and extend to the right.
– Modalities:
– Worse from touch and motion
– Better from lying with head high
3. Lycopodium
– Though more commonly associated with right-sided symptoms, Lycopodium can also be indicated when symptoms start on the left and move to the right, especially in abdominal or liver complaints.
– Modalities:
– Worse from 4–8 p.m.
– Better from warm drinks
🧠 Why Direction Matters in Homeopathy
See lessHomeopathy emphasizes individualized treatment, and directional symptoms like “left to right” help refine remedy selection. These patterns are part of the modalities—factors that aggravate or relieve symptoms—and are crucial in matching a remedy to a patient’s unique symptom picture.