Styes

Choose:  If all the stye symptoms are not present for a given remedy, choose the remedy that most closely matches your symptoms.

Dosage:  If symptoms came on fast, take 30C every four hours for up to 3 doses.  If symptoms are less severe, 30C twice a day for 2 or 3 days* or 3C-6C daily up to 10-14 days.** Or, see the Dosage Chart.

• When symptoms improve, stop taking the remedy.  
• If no improvement, or symptoms get worse, stop taking the remedy.

Notes: 

• If a self-selected remedy – however well indicated – doesn’t help and your symptoms are not resolving, you need to seek medical expertise.

Symptoms	Remedy
Primary remedy Stye, often on upper eyelid Yellowish discharge Eyelids/lashes stick together Better: cold compress in open air Worse: evening View Remedy	Pulsatilla
Hard, recurring styes No pain May arise after nervous exhaustion Firm cyst may remain after infected stage View Remedy	Staphysagria
Stinging and burning Entire lid may be red and swollen Better: cold applications Worse: warm applications View Remedy	Apis mellifica
Early stages Red, hot, throbbing pain Sensitive to light and touch Worse: warm applications View Remedy	Belladonna
Feels like sand in the eye Agglutination Worse: wind sunlight Better: open air View Remedy	Euphrasia
Eyelids dry, may be cracked Painful, but not tender to touch Thick yellow discharge View Remedy	Graphites
Eyelids red, itchy Hard stye Agglutination of eyelids Drooping eyelid This person generally likes vigorous exercise View Remedy	Sepia
Tender to touch May have a splinter sensation Worse: cold air cold applications View Remedy	Hepar sulphuris calcareum
Styes near the corner of the eye Recurring styes Sensitive to light Agglutination at night Worse: 4-8pm View Remedy	Lycopodium
Burning/stinging Red eyelids Yellow or white discharge Eyelashes may fall out near stye Recurrent styes This person tends to be warm blooded Worse: warm applications View Remedy	Sulphur
Greatly swollen May feel stiff Lower lid Better: warm applications View Remedy	Rhus toxicodendron

References

Castro, Miranda. The Complete Homeopathy Handbook, St. Martin’s Press, New York, NY, (1990), pp. 193.

**Cummings S, Ullman D.  Everybody’s Guide to Homeopathic Medicines. 3d Ed. Tarcher/Putnam NY. 1997: pp. 249-52.

Hershoff, Asa.  Homeopathic Remedies.  Penguin Putnam, NY.  2000; pp. 158-59.

Kent, James T.  Repertory of the Homoeopathic Materia Medica, 6th American Ed.  B Jain, Publ, India. 2000: p. 266.

*Jonas, Wayne, Jacobs, Jennifer.  Healing with Homeopathy. Warner Books, NY. 1996: pp. 230-35.

Lockie, Andrew.  The Family Guide to Homeopathy. Simon & Schuster, NY. 1989: pp. 165-66.

Morgan, Lyle.  Homeopathic Medicine: First-Aid and Emergency Care.  Healing Arts Press, VT. 1989: p. 89.

Murphy, Robin. Homeopathic Clinical Repertory, 3d ed. RR Donnelly & Sons, Va. 2005: p. 664.

Murphy, Robin. Nature’s Materia Medica, 3rd Ed. Lotus Health Institute, VA. 2006.

Phatak, SR.  A Concise Repertory of Homeopathic Medicines, 4th Ed.  B Jain, Publ, India. 2017: pp. 134-35.