Facial neuralgia can be an incredibly distressing and painful condition, often striking without warning and affecting day-to-day life. Many people are now seeking gentle, natural approaches to manage nerve pain, and homeopathy offers a range of remedies tailored to individual symptoms. Whether your discomfort began after exposure to cold winds or you’re troubled by sharp, shooting pains, homeopathic treatments such as Aconitum, Belladonna, Causticum, Magnesia Phosphorica, Spigelia, and Verbascum may provide much-needed relief. On this page, you’ll discover how these remedies are selected and used, helping you make informed decisions about your personal care naturally and holistically.
Dr Hussain Kaisrani – DHMS, BHMS, BSc, MS ST (UK)
ACONITUM
Facial neuralgia after exposure to cold wind. Sudden onset.
AGG.: becoming cold, drafts, warmth, lying on painful side, left side.
Intense pains. Often after change of temperature or exposure to cold air.
BELLADONNA
Congestion, heat in head or face. Red face. Heat of the face with cold feet.
AGG.: motion, jar, right side.
AMEL.: pressure, lying in the dark.
CAUSTICUM
One sided pain after exposure to cold dry weather.
Development of symptoms may be slow, gradual.
AGG.: wind, drafts, right side.
AMEL.: warmth, rubbing, cold applications.
MAGNESIA PHOSPHORICA
Facial neuralgia, especially right-sided. It controls very well the neuralgic pains. Pain occurs in unbearable paroxysms. Pains are cramping, shooting, spasmodic, sharp, cutting; they come and go suddenly.
AGG.: right side, touch, cold applications, cold air, drafts.
AMEL.: local heat, pressure, rubbing.
SPIGELIA
Prosopalgia: mostly left sided, with tearing, shooting, burning into eye, malar bone and teeth ; periodical ; from morning till sunset, < at noon ; < from motion or noise ; with lachrymation, ciliary neuralgia, palpitation ; cheek dark red. (Hering)
AGG.: left side, open air, touch, motion, noise, jar, stooping.
AMEL.:pressure, warmth.
VERBASCUM
Has a pronounced action on the inferior maxillary branch of
the fifth pair of the cranial nerves; on the ear; and respiratory
tract and bladder (Boericke).
AGG.: left side, talking, eating, draft, motion, pressure.
AMEL.: motion, walking.
