Euphrasia Officinalis

(Express the juice from the whole plant, and mix the recent juice with equal parts of alcohol. Towards the end of summer the juice is frequently so tenacious that the plant has to be stamped into a fine, homogeneous pap, to be diluted with alcohol, before the juice can be extracted.)

The following few symptoms show that this plant de- serves the name it bears, and that it ought not to have been neglected by modern physicians,

A small portion of the drop of the tincture is quite sufficient at a dose.

According to Noack and Trinks, Euphrasia is an excel- lent remedy in ophthalmia catarrhalis, rheumatica and scroph-

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ulosa ; ophthalmia with sanguineous lachrymation, intolerable pain, itching burning ; cutting or boring pain ; ulcers on the cornea ; specks upon the cornea ; opacity of the cornea ; cica- trices of the cornea ; lachrymation with fine stinging, and eye- gum in the canthi ; traumatic ophthalmia. Fig-warts. Moist cough, being a remainder of influenza. Cramp in the calves.

EUPHRASIA.

The following symptoms are from Hahnemann :

(Obtusion of the head, and a pressure in the outer and up- pe: part of the head.) Heat in the head with pressure. Heat in the forehead, with headache in the temple.

Jerking of the upper and lower eyelids towards one another. — 5. Light seemed to him darker. The light seemed to vacillate and to burn at times with a bright, at times with a dark flame. The eyes are painful when exposed to the glare or the light, as when one has not slept enough. Contractive pressure in the eye when walking in the open air. Occasional smarting in the eyes ; acrid lachrymation. — 10. Eyegum in the inner canthi, even in day time.

Stitches in the lower teeth. (Beating in two teeth, after and between meals.)

Flat taste in the mouth. Eructations tasting of the in- gesta.

Distention of the abdomen, but apparently not from flatu- lence before dinner.

Stool every day, but hard and scanty. Pressure in the region of the anus, when sitting.

(Stitching in the fig-warts, even when sitting ; worse when walking ; when touching them they feel sore and burning.) (itching sensation in the fig-warts.) — 20. ■

Cough most violent in day-time, with mucus in the chest, which cannot be got loose. Cough only in day-time. Has no breath when coughing, almost as in hooping-cough. La: bored breathing, even in a room. — 25,

Sensation in the arms as if they had been to sleep.

Stitching in the left hip-joint when walking. Jerking stitching in the left knee when walking. Tension from the outer ankle, near the tendo Achillis, to the calf, when walking and sitting.

Excessive yawning when walking in the open air. Drow siness in the day, although he had slept well the previous night. Weariness in day-time ; nevertheless he only fell asleep at two o'clock in the night following ; three nights in succes- sion.

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Fit, three mornings in succession : he wakes at every mo- ment, at three o'clock in the night, falls into a sort of stupor at six o'clock without dreams ; immediately on waking from that stupor, he feels a pressure in the upper part of the chest, his head becomes giddy and heavy ; he feels moreover nauseated, and sweat breaks out all over his body ; the vertigo increases at every motion, even small ; he inclines to fall to one side ; all his limbs are weak and tremulous ; the upper part of the body feels too heavy when rising from the bed, as if the limbs could not support it ; the fit gradually decreases until noon ; want of cheerfulness during the fit.

Constant chilliness. Internal chilliness the whole forenoon ; in the afternoon he is attacked with violent chilliness of both arms, they were quite cold. — 35. Sweat in the night while sleeping, going off when waking two nights in succession. Three nightjj in succession sweat all over the body while asleep, the sweat, especially on the chest, having an acrid smell, (chilliness, when rising from the bed.)

Lazy, hypochondriac ; the objects around him had no charm for him.

OBSERVATIONS OP OTHERS.

(Fluent coryza) with violent headache, as if bruised or a sort of painful dreariness in the head, obliging him to lie down sooner than usual, although the head felt worse after lying down. (a. 14 h.) Long-lasting, piercing pricking in the right temple, (a. 7 h.) Fine prickings in the outer parts of the left temple, (a. ^ h.) A few sharp stitches in the right side of the forehead, (a. i h.) — 5. Sharp, tearing stitches in the left side of the left occiput, in rest and motion, early in the afternoon, (a. G-^-h.) Aching pain in the outer part of the head, especially in the forehead, (a. 2 h.) When blowing the nose, sensation of painful dreariness in the head, and painful- lness of the inner parts of the nose ; he had to blow the nose very lightly, (a. 15 h.)

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Ear : Violent boring pain in the inner right ear, in the re- gion of the tympanum, as if from within outwards, (a. 7 h.) Painful tension in the inner left ear. (a. 6 h.)

Stiffness of the left cheek when talking and chew- ing, with a feeling of heat and single shootings through the same. (a. 6 h.) Pustules on the nasal wings, (a. 1^ h.)

Jaws and Teeth : Drawing pain in the upper jaw in a transverse direction, (a. 2k h.) Prickings in the left lower jaw, from behind forwards, impeding mastication, (a. 7 h.) Violent stitches from behind forwards, below the right lower jaw, near the neck, going off speedily when touching the parts, (a. 8i h.) Fine stitches in the chin, together with a eeling of internal heat in that same part. (a. i h.) Violent bleeding of the gums. (a. 1 h.) — 30. He frequently in rupts himself to begin the period in a different manner, whereas his speech was usually very coherent.

Taste and Appetite : Bitter taste in the morning, from smoking tobacco, (a. 52 h.) Nausea from the usual smoking, tastes bitter and acrid, (a. 14 h.) Hunger without an appe- tite at noon. (a. 54 h.) Hiccough, (a. 5 min.)

35. A few fine stitches below the pit of the stomach, in the evening when sitting, during an inspiration and expiration, (a. 15 h.) Painless grumbling in the abdomen, as when one is hungry and empty, (a. 1^ h.) A sort of oppression in the abdomen, a sort of burning-press- ing pain in a transverse direction, in rest or motion, (a. 5|^ h. Pinching in the abdomen, in short paroxysms, (a. 3, 4 h.) Colic, for seven hours, (a. 2 h.)

40. Frequent micturition, (a. | h.) Frequent emission of clear urine, (a. 2 h.)

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like retraction of the genital organs, accompanied with pres- sure above the os veneris, in the evening when in bed.

Lower Extremities : Violent prickings in the anterior muscles of the right thigh when standing, (a. i h.) Stitching drawing from the upper part of the thigh into the groin, most violent when sitting, (a. 48 h.) Voluptuous itching in the fore part of the thigh, only when walking in the open air, obHging him to scratch, after which the part becomes pairjful. (a. 9^- h.) — 70. Weariness in the knees, as if he had walked too much. (a. 4 h.) Painful tension in the ham-strings, when walking, as if they were too short, (a. 3 h.) Continual bor- ing stitches in the tibia, from below upwards, (a. 1^ h.) Pain in the periosteum of the left tibia, moving up and down, when sitting, (a. 2^ h.) Cramp-pain in the calves, with sensation of heaviness, when standing a long time.

(a. 2^ h.) — 75. In the evening, when walking, voluptuous itching in the right calf, obliging one to scratch, (a. 12 h.) Cracking in the outer ankle of the left foot, when treading. Tickling, creeping in the left toes ; rubbing makes the part feel painful, (a. 2 h.)

General Symptoms : Shooting, itching stitches here and

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there, the whole night ; he tosses about in his bed, and cannot get warm. Great weakness in the whole body, especially the lower limbs ; walks with great difficulty, the whole third day.

Moral Symptoms:— 90. Taciturn, and want of disposition to talk, the whole day.