Vertigo

Vertigo (from the Latin vertō "a whirling or spinning movement") is a subtype of dizziness, where there is a feeling of motion when one is stationary. The symptoms are due to an asymmetric dysfunction of the vestibular system in the inner ear.

Vertigo Causes

Vertigo can be caused by problems in the brain or the inner ear.

• Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) is the most common form of vertigo and is characterized by the sensation of motion initiated by sudden head movements or moving the head in a certain direction. This type of vertigo is rarely serious and can be treated.
  
• Vertigo may also be caused by inflammation within the inner ear (labyrinthitis or vestibular neuritis), which is characterized by the sudden onset of vertigo and may be associated with hearing loss. The most common cause of labyrinthitis is a viral or bacterial inner ear infection.
  
• Meniere's disease is composed of a triad of symptoms including: episodes of vertigo, ringing in the ears (tinnitis), and hearing loss. People with this condition have the abrupt onset of severe vertigo, fluctuating hearing loss, as well as periods in which they are symptom-free.
  
• Acoustic neuroma is a type of tumor of the nerve tissue that can cause vertigo. Symptoms include vertigo with one-sided ringing in the ear and hearing loss.
  
• Vertigo can be caused by decreased blood flow to the base of the brain. Bleeding into the back of the brain (cerebellar hemorrhage) is characterized by vertigo, headache, difficulty walking, and inability to look toward the side of the bleed. The result is that the person's eyes gaze away from the side with the problem. Walking is also extremely impaired.
  
• Vertigo is often the presenting symptom in multiple sclerosis. The onset is usually abrupt, and examination of the eyes may reveal the inability of the eyes to move past the midline toward the nose.
  
• Head trauma and neck injury may also result in vertigo, which usually goes away on its own.
  
• Migraine, a severe form of headache, may also cause vertigo. The vertigo is usually followed by a headache. There is often a prior history of similar episodes but no lasting problems.
• Complications from diabetes can cause arteriosclerosis (hardening of the arteries) which can lead to lowered blood flow to the brain, causing vertigo symptoms.

Repertory of vertigo

For vertigo, with anxiety: Bell., Caust., Coff., Nux m., Rhod.; 

dimness before the eyes: Acon., Agar., Arn., Bell., Bufo, Calc., Carb. an., Cic., Cimicif., Cycl., Gels., Hep., Hyosc., Ign., Merc., Nitr. ac., Nux v., Phyt., Puls., Robin.,

loss of consciousness: Ang., Bar., Bor., Carb. an., Caust., Chin., Con.

gastric ailments, nausea, vomiting: Acon., Alet., Alum., Arn., Bell., Bufo, Bry., Calc., Chin., Cocc., Collins., Diosc., Hep., Hydrast.,;  palpitation of the heart: Cact., Glon., Hydrast., Lachn., Puls., Plat.; 

headache: Acon., Bell., Bufo, Cact., Carbol. ac., Camph., Cocc., Gels., Glon.,  Ars., Asa., 

fainting: Alet., Apis, Bry., Cham., Croc., Euphor, Lob., Magn. carb., Nux m., Nux v.,

  
In the morning hours: Calc., Nux v., Rhus, Phos., Natr. m.; evening: Bell., Cycl., Lach., Puls., Sep.

noon: Calc. phos., Chin., Ham., Mancin., Phos., Stront., Zinc.;  afternoon: AEsc., Amb., Benz. ac., Bry., Chel., Crot. tigl., Cycl., Diosc., Eup., Fer., Glon., Natr. m., Puls., 

Lying down: Apis, Ars., Aur., Cycl., Lac defl., Merc., Nux m., Nux v., Petr., Phos., Rhod., Staph.;

 in bed: Lac defl., Magn. mur., Petr., Phos., Nitr. ac., Sep., Staph.;  lying on back: Alum., Sulph.;
on waking: Natr. m., Phos.;  on going to bed: Ptel.; in sleep: Sil.; 

at night: Amm. carb., Calc. carb., Clem., Ham., Natr. carb., Natr. m. (midnight), Phys., Rhod., Sil., Spong., Tarent., Ther.; when rising up in bed or from a seat: Acon., Arn., Ars., Bar., Bell., Bry., Cact., Calc. carb., Calc. phos., Cann. Ind., Carb. v., Comocl., Con., Form., Gnaph., Hydr. ac., Lach., Merc., Natr. sulph., Nux v., Petr., Phos., Phyt., Rhus, Sabad., Selen., Sumbul, Triost.

 When walking: Apis, Arn., Ars., Aur., Bell., Bor., Berb., Calc. phos., Cann. sat., Canth., Caps., Coca, Con., Euphor., Fer., Ipec., Lil., Leptan., Led., Lyc., Merc., Natr. m., Nitr. ac., Nux v., Petr., Phel., Phos., Phos. ac., Phyt., Picr. ac., Ptel., Puls., Ran., Sep., Spig., Sulph., Tell.; ascending: Aloe, Ant. crud., Ars. hydrog., Bor., Bov., Calc., Cainca, Dig., Duboisin; steep stairs: Coca; descending: Acon., Amm. m., Arg. met., Bor., Carbol. ac., Con., Fer., Gins., Merc. per., Merc., Phys., Rhod., Ruta, Sab., Sulph., Veratr.;
in fresh air: Agar., Amb., Cycl., Cocc., Nux m., Nux v., Sil.

 Stooping: Acon., Alum., Apis, Bar., Bapt., Bell., Bry., Carb. v., Cobalt., Glon., Hydr. ac., Kalm., Lach., Led., Lyc., Meph., Merc. per., Mosch., Petr., Puls., Sumb., Ther.; looking down: Kalm., Oleand.; on kneeling: Magn. carb.

  
With an empty stomach: Calc., Chin., Iod., Phos.; when eating: Amm. m., Form., Magn. carb., Magn. mur., Petr., Phos., Sil.; during dinner: Calc. phos., Hep., Magn. mur., Oleand.; after eating: Aloe, Calc., Cham., Grat., Lyc., Merc., Natr. m., Nux v., Phos., Psor., Puls., Rhus, Sel., Sep., Sulph., Tarent.; after dinner: Acon., Coloc., Eryng., Fer., Magn. sulph., Nux v., Petr., Phos., Zinc.; on rising from dinner: Phos., Phys.; while walking after dinner: Cocc.; when drinking: Lyc., Sep.; after drinking: Magn. carb., Sep.; after smoking: Brom., Gels., Sil.; after drinking coffee: Cann., Mosch., Nux v.; during constipation: Chin.. Crotal.; before stool: Lach.; during: Cobalt Zinc.; after: Lach., Phos., Zinc.

 With headache: Acon., Ars., Carbon. sulph., Coca, Fer., Fluor. ac., Form., Frax., Gels., Glon., Picr. ac., Sulph.; during pain in forehead: Ars., Grat.; from rush of blood: Eug., Glon., Grat.; on moving: Arn., Carb. v., Kali bi., Meph., Samb., Sulph.; turning head suddenly: Calc., Coloc., Lac. ac., Staph.

 During menses: Calc. phos., Caust., Hyosc., Graph., Lyc., Phos.; after menses: Graph., Nux v., Phos.; during climaxis: Aloe, Con., Lach., Nitr. ac., Phos. ac., Sang., Sep., Ust.

  
From mental exertion: Agar., Alet., Calc. carb., Calc. phos., Cimicif

when reading: Amm. carb., Arn., Par. q.;  writing: Kali carb., Rhod.;  after animated talking: Bor.; 

while studying: Natr. phos.Revolving vertigo: Aloe, Arn., Anac., Bry., Cupr., Cycl., Fer., Nux v., Phos.

 Stupefying vertigo: Agar., Apoc., Arg. nit., Bell., Ars., Calc. carb.,  Hyosc., Kreos., Lyssin, Sil.; 

in morning: Agar.; on rising: Sil.; in house: Staph.; in open air, when walking: Stann. Staggering: Acon., Nux v., Plat., Rhus;  as if intoxicated: Arg. nit., Bry., Caust. Cocc., Curare, Ham., Hyosc.,

  
With trembling and uneasiness: Ars., Calc., Ign., Phos. morning, on rising from bed: Natr. m.; after wine: Natr. carb.; fainting: Ars., Chin., Lac defl., Natr. m., Nux v., Phos.When vomiting: Ars., Ipec., Nux v., Puls., Veratr.

 With inclination to fall forward: Agar., Arn., Alumen, Alum., Caust., Calc. ac., Chel., Cic., Elaps, Fer. ac, Kalm., Led., Lyc., Magn. mur., Magn. sulph., Mang., Natr. m., Petr., Phel., Phos., Puls., Ran., Rhus, Ruta, Sabad., Sarsap., Sil., Spig., Sulph., Tarax.; backward: Bell., Brom., Bry., Chin., ., Rhod., Rhus, Sil., Spig., Spong., Stram.; sideways: Arg. nit., Benz. ac., Bor., Cann. sat., Caust., Con., Dros., Euphr., Ipec., Mez., Rheum, Sil., Scill., Sulph., Tarax., Zinc.; to right side: Acon., Ars., Calc. ac., Carb. an., Euphor., Fer., Grat., Lac defl., Lyssin, Phell., Ruta, Sil.; to left side: Anac., Aur., Bell., Bov., Calc. ac., Cic., Con., Dros., Eup. purp., Euphor., Lach., Merc. per., Mez., Natr. carb., Natr. salicyl., Sil., Spig., Spong., Sulph., Zinc.;

 in general: Acon., Agar., Arn., Ars., Bell., Cocc., Coloc., Con., Crot., Dros., Euphor., Fer., Kreos., Lac., , Puls., Ran., Rheum, Rhod., Rhus, Ruta, Sabad., Scill., Sil., Spig., Spong

Homoeopathic medicine for vertigo

Ranunculus bulbosus

 Vertigo, as if he would fall on leaving the room and going in the air; sudden attack of vertigo in the occiput when walking, as if he would fall, followed by violent tearing in the right temple; dizziness in the head making it difficult to think, with the sensation in the head as if it would be enlarged and distended.

Robinia pseudacacia 

 Vertigo and dulness of the head, in whatever posture it is placed; sensation as if the brain revolved around itself, and also all before it, especially when lying down; vertigo, with unsteadiness and nausea; vertigo and sensation of whirling in the brain, and loss of sensibility of the skin; no feeling when being pinched; vertigo, with obscuration of sight, and sensation as if something rolls about in the head; somnolence and snoring.

Tarentula hispanica

 Different kinds of vertigo, and so severe that it makes him fall down to the ground without losing consciousness; vertigo, malaise, belching, nausea, bloating of the stomach, gagging and efforts to vomit, with vomiting of food; vertigo after breakfast, with a bad taste in the mouth; headache, with giddiness, when fixing the sight on any object; dizziness, with severe pain in the cerebellum, accompanied with incomplete erection of the penis, and formication of the soft palate.

Conium This remedy suits especially the vertigo of the aged and that arising from excesses an all over use of tobacco. Also that form due to cerebral anaemia. There is a sensation when the person looks steadily at an object as if turning in a circle. Vertigo on rising up or going down stairs, with great debility and inclination to sleep. There is a numb feeling in the brain as if stupefied , worse turning over in bed.
Ferrum metallicum  This remedy suits anaemic vertigo, which is worse when suddenly rising from a sitting or lying position. It comes on when going down hill or on crossing water, even though the water be smooth.
Cocculus   Has its principal action on the solar plexus, and vertigo which is connected with digestive troubles suites this remedy, and it develops into the neurasthenic type with occipital headache and lumbo-sacral irritation. There is a flushed face and hot head, worse sitting up and riding in a carriage;it is also worse after eating.
Cinchona    Has a gastric vertigo associated with weakness or anaemia. Also vertigo from debility, looses of fluids, etc. Nux vomica and Pulsatilla may be needed in gastric vertigo. Phosphorous, says Dr. William Boericke, "displays great curative powers in every imaginable case of vertigo, especially in nervous vertigo when caused by nervous debility, sexual abuse, occurring in the morning with an empty stomach, with fainting and trembling."
Rhus toxicodendron   This remedy suits vertigo, especially in old people, which comes on as soon as the patient rises from a sitting position. It is associated with heavy limbs is probably caused by senile changes in the brain.
Causticum    Is suitable to vertigo preceding paralysis. There is a tendency to fall forward or sideways; there is a great anxiety and weakness in the head. It corresponds, therefore, to the vertigo and weakness in the head. It corresponds, therefore to the vertigo of organic brain diseases.
Argentum nitricum   Vertigo, with debility and trembling, is curable by this remedy when there is much mental confusion and a sense of expansion. It seems as if houses would fall on him when he is walking through the street. It also suits vertigo from diseases of the brain and eyes.
Theridion    Has a purely nervous vertigo, especially on closing the eyes; it is accompanied with nausea and is greatly intensified by noise or motion.