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21 For the drooping of the eyelids resulting from paralysis, one should study Agaricus, Plumbum, Senega and Causticum. Tiny spots found on the cornea are a specific sign of Senega. Silicea is very useful in the treatment of corneal ulcers. Calcarea Fluor is also deeply related to eye ailments. The pain in the eyes on sudden exposure to cold should be treated with Spigelia. For further details, please read under Spigelia. Neuralgic pain in the eye responds very well to Lac Felinum which is prepared from cat’s milk. Pain in the eyes, redness, watering, increasing discomfort on opening and closing the eyes and pain on reading, should ideally be treated with Strontium Carb. If the symptoms are more marked in the right eye, such as blurring of vision, or weakness of the eyesight with discharge, then Tarentula should be used. When dark spots appear before the eyes, and there is dimness of the eyesight on opening the eye, with piercing pain and burning, then Natrum Carb should be used. Besides the above, the following chapters should also be studied: Argentum Nitricum Lilium Tig Aurum Metallicum Lycopodium Baryta Carb Medorrhinum Borax Mercurius Calcarea Fluor Millefollium Calcarea Sulphurica Muriatic Acid Chininum Ars Natrum Carb Cicuta Virosa Natrum Phos Cocculus Natrum Sulph Crotalus Nitric Acid Cuprum Phosphorus Cyclamen Pulsatilla Glonoine Rhus Tox Graphites Sanguinaria Hydrastis Senega Kali Carb Sulphur Lachesis Zincum Metallicum Ledum Zincum Sulph