A well-known grass in the East Indies, cultivated on the Markarentas Islands for its medical use ; the root is aromatic and stimulating or dia- phoretic. Proved and introduced by Dr. L. J. Houat in Nouvelles Donnees, second series, translated in Criterio iledico, 1869, wol. 10, p. 183, and by S. Lilien- thal, in North American Journal of Homoeopathy, 1870, vol. xviii, p. 176; again in Allen's Encyclopedia, Vol. 1, p. 330. S. Lilienthal's indications in his masterly treatise on Ski7i Diseases have been inserted as cured symptoms. ^ Mind. Gray humor, with disposition to laugh and sing. Sadness, sheds tears easily. Hypochondriasis and dread of society. 2/7 , ANANTHERUM MURICATUM. Restlessness, irritability and suspicion. Ungovernable jealousy. Self esteem. Blunted intellect and loss of memory. Monomania for doing the same thing and frequenting the same places. Delirium, idiocy, mania. ^ Sensorium. Vertigo with cerebral congestion, red face and tendency to fall backwards. Drunkenness and staggering. Vertigo with weakness in back and legs, unable to remain upright. Vertigo with contraction and digging in inner canthi of eyes, extending into brain. ^ Inner Head. I l Burning, lancinating, pulsating headache, most r. side, forehead and temples, with nausea, vomiting and great heaviness of the eyes. I I Neuralgic pain in temples, with sensation as if pointed irons were thrust in, producing fits of craziness ; << afternoon and night, from noise, light and motion. As if head was crushed. Heaviness and weakness of the head, with pressure in occiput, lets head drop to one side. As if something turned round in the head, with pains in the stomach, great appetite, colic, venereal desire, chills and choking. As if he had water in the head, < when walking. As if the brain were laid bare and cold air passed over it. As if heavy objects and balls moved about in head; < at night and lying on r. side. Cramps and cold chill in head. Pains piercing the brain like steel arrows from forehead to nape of back. Headache -< in afternoon : from noise, motion and light. * Outer Head. Itching and heat in head extending to face. Nervous trembling of head. ■ Herpes and ulcers on scalp with compact, thick, humid scabs and prurigo. Large tumors like lupia suppurate and form ulcers. Protuberances like exostoses, on sinciput and temples. ® Sight and Eyes. Photophobia, light produces itching in eyes. Pupils contracted or dilated, has to wink in order to dis- tinguish objects. Amaurosis. The images of objects are retained in an annoying manner. Black points, muscse volitantes and fiery circles before eyes. Everything seems excessively bright and shining. ANANTHERUM MURICATUM. 278 Sensation of a great weight on eyelids which keeps them closed. Dull, dim, wild, wandering eyes, without expression. Heat, burning, pressure, tickling, pricking and painful stitches in eyes. Swelling and pain as if an abscess would form in r. eye. Spasmodic contraction of eyes, which remain turned upward. Yellowness of sclerotica. Inflammatory swelling and ulceration of margin of lids, with inability to separate them. Inverted lids. Swelling and ulceration of lachrymal glands. ■ Growths like warts and lupia on eyebrows. ^ Hearing and Ears. Heat in ears, pulsation, as of abscesses. Digging stitches ; discharge of purulent matter. Copious ear-wax ; sensation of dirt or spongy substance which swells up. Tissues in lobes ; burning crusty eruption, inability to lie on