A native of Europe, naturalized in North America. Inhabits fields and waste places; the tall stems and leaves are woolly, flowers yellow on a cylindrical ppike. The alcoholic tincture is prepared from the fresh plant, chop[ ed and pounded to a pulp. Proved Ly Hahnemann, Gross, Hartmann, Langhammer, Mossdorf, R. A. M L., vol. 5. Clinical Authorities.— ifijrrame, Miiller, B. J. H., vol. 21, p. 19; Deafness, Gushing, A. H. O., 1876, p. 563; Prosopalgia, Battmann, Gersung, Riick. Kl. Erf., vol. 5, p. 196; Berridge, Hom. Eev., vol. 16, p. 495; Y., Riick. Kl. Erf., vol. 1, p. 436; Facial neurahjia, Gersung, B. J. H., vol. 11, p. 299; Nocturnal enuresis (2 cafres). Gushing, N. E. M. G., vol. 8, p. 548 ; Cough, Kurtz, Hirsch, Riick. Kl. Erf., vol. 5, p. 697 ; Hirsch, K A. J. H., vol. 4, p. 337. * Mind. Diminished memory ; it was with great difficulty he could recall thoughts he had just had. Excited phantasies, especially of a sensual nature. Excessive joy with laughter. Very fretful and morose without cause ; desire and incli- nation for work ; he finds satisfaction in having people about him, and in talking with them. Anxious mood all day ; more lively toward evening. Depressed all day, all his efforts and hopes seem un- availing. Indifferent to things to which he is usually attentive. Disinclination for work. Distraction of mind ; different trains of thought and phan- tasies throng upon him. ^ Sensorium. Vertigo : on pressing 1. cheek, while supporting head ; sudden as from pressure on whole head. Dulness of head. ^ Inner Head. Dull painful heaviness of head. Violent pressure in whole forehead. Pressing stupefying headache, especially affecting both sides of forehead, in every position. Incessant pressure from within outward, in forehead, espe- cially between eyebrows ; > on stooping. Head dull and confused, as if everything would press out at forehead. Slow hammering in 1. frontal eminence. Sticking in 1. frontal sinus. 441 VERBASCUM THAPSUS. Intermittent, fine needlelike stitches in 1. side of forehead. Violent, slowly appearing and disappearing stitch extend- ing from within outward in 1. frontal eminence. Benumbing drawing in 1. frontal eminence in a draft of air. Violent benumbing, pressing inward in 1. side of frontal bone. Intermittent pressure and beating near 1. frontal eminence. Deep, sharp, intermittent stitches between 1. frontal emi- nence and parietal eminence. Violent intermittent deep sticking behind 1. parietal emi- nence. Violent stupefying pressure deep in r. frontal eminence on going from cold into warmth. Pressing headache on crown. Tension in 1. side of vertex, which gradually becomes a sharp pressure, at same time 1. ramus of lower jaw seems pressed against upper jaw. Burning and prickling in 1. temple. Pressure from behind forward in 1. temple. I I Dull pressure in articular eminence of temporal bone, just in front of 1. ear. Sharp, benumbing, knifelike stitches just above r. temple. A pressing pain in r. temple. I I Benumbing, sticking piercing, deeply in r. temple while eating, < by external pressure; after a few hours is ex- tended into upper teeth of same side like a tearing. I I Sensation as if both articular eminences of temporal bones were violently pinched and crushed together with pincers. Sticking jerking, externally, first in 1. temple, then in r. Jerking pressure in 1. half of brain. A^iolent pressing, but very transient pain, extending from within outward in whole r. half of brain, which gradu- ally diminishes. Tearing pressure in r. half of brain. Benumbing pressure in whole 1. side of head and face. I I Pressing, long-drawn stitch from behind forward, through 1. hemisphere of brain. Stitch in 1. side of occiput. Pressing pain in occiput. Violent pressure in r. occipital protuberance. Tingling in head while walking. I I Migraine of twenty years' standing; peculiar sympa- thetic affection of ear on affected side ; at height of headache, which mainly consisted in pressure and pinch- ing in temple and z3'goma, there commenced an intoler- able drawing in ear, with a sensation as if something stopped it up, < moving jaw and masticating. VERBASCUM THAPSUlS. 442 ^ Sight and Eyes. Pupils dilated. A short-sighted person became still more short-sighted; could scarcely recognize objects a yard away, on account of watery dimness of vision ; objects seemed indistinct and enlarged, daylight less bright. Pressing pain above 1. orbit. Heat in eyes and sensation of contraction of orbits. ^ Hearing and Ears, i Difficult hearing, as if ears closed, as if something had fallen before ear, I I Numbness in 1. ear. A tearing stitch in 1. ear, while eating. I I Painful tearing and drawing in 1. ear, extending inward. Tearing stitches in front of 1. ear, extending downward. I I Sensation as if 1. ear would be drawn inward. I I Sensation as if something stopped ears; first 1. then r. Violent tearing within r. ear. Sudden pressure, with a violent stitch behind r. ear, dis- appears gradually. Sensation as if ear (nose and larynx) were stopped up when reading aloud. Deafness caused by water filling ears (oil of Verbascum thapsus). "^ Smell and Nose. Sensation of stoppage in nose, larynx and ears which does not affect hearing, while reading aloud. ■ Painful coryza from frontal sinuses, with hot, burning, profuse lachr3'-mation, ^ Upper Face. Violent pressure on r. malar bone. Intermittent, frightful sticking in 1. malar bone. ■ Sensation as if one were violently pressing upon 1. malar bone as far as ear, < by pressure with hand, frequently during day, in evening before going to bed, and in morning on waking. I I Tension in 1. malar bone, in articular elevation of tem- poral bone, and in frontal eminence, on going into open air, and in a draft of air. I I Benumbing, intermittent pressure in upper margin of 1. malar bone. I I Dull, pressing-sticking sensation in 1. zygoma. 1 I Whole cheek becomes involved in a dull pressure in 1. articulation of jaw, and on pressure becomes a benumb- ing tension. ■ Facial neuralgia, like a crushing with tongs, often occurs twice a day. I I For two years almost constant pain in face; lightning- like pain shoots over r. side of face on talking, sneezing, biting hard, or touching teeth with tongue; attacks < in morning, lasting from ten minutes to an hour; tear- 443 VERBASCUM THAPSUS. ing, twitching, stitching, frequently intolerable pain from r. temple to angle of mouth ; during attacks face red, head hot, belching of wind, expectoration of tena- cious saliva, severe vertigo, pressing, tearing pains in 1. side of head. 1 I Prosopalgia, 1. side, < at exit of supraorbital nerve, tearing cutting pains from thence to forehead, zygoma and cheek, and during height of paroxysm affecting also r. side; painful spots very sensitive to touch, not entirely lost during free periods; attacks appear about 9 A.M., attain their height about noon, then gradually diminish in intensity until 4 p.m., and disappear; dur- ing attack eyes dim, dull, look smaller than usual, par- ticularly 1. eye, which is swollen, face red, sees as if through a fog; despondency ; pain < from least motion. I I For two days dull hot pains in r. face, and shooting from r. face into r. eye ; r. face swollen and watery swelling below r. eye; r. eye waters, and partly closed from swelling under it; tensive pain in vertex, > on sitting up; face pain < from a draft of air; cause, expo- sure to cold air after perspiring. I I Facial neuralgia; seemed mad with agony, howling, inarticulate sounds. I I Left-sided prosopalgia seated in supraorbital nerve. ^ Lower Face. ' ' Violent tension in integuments of chin, masseter muscles and throat. I I Pressing pinching pain on side of lower jaw. ^" Teeth and Gums. Tearing in large molars of r. lower jaw. Intermittent tearing in small molars of 1. lower jaw. *' Taste and Tongue. Root of tongue brown, with a flat, nauseous taste in forenoon. Tongue brownish-yellow, coated with tenacious mucus, without a bad taste. Flat taste for some time after dinner. Flat taste with an offensive odor to breath, with brownish- yellow coated tongue in morning. ^^ Inner Mouth. Salt water collects in mouth. *^ Throat. ' iVery severe pain in throat on swallowing; had it many years. "Appetite, Thirst. Desires, Aversions. Hunger without appetite throughout day; nothing is relished, yet he wishes to eat. Unquenchable thirst. '^ Hiccough, Belching, Nausea and Vomiting. Hiccough. Eructations: bitter, qualmish ; tasteless; empty. ^^ Scrobiculum and Stomach. Pressure in stomach. Sensation of great emptiness in pit of stomach, which dis- appears with a rumbling below 1. ribs. VERBASCUM THAPSUS. 444 *^ Hypochondria. Incessant rumbling and gurgling in region beneath 1. ribs. A deep, sharp stitch in 1. side where ribs cease. Sticking pinching in r. hypochondrium. '^ Abdomen. Sharp intermittent stitches in 1. side above navel. Intermittent dall sticking in 1. side beneath navel, < on bending body forward after eating. Abdomen tympanitic, followed by frequent rumbling in region beneath 1. ribs, which caused violent eructations. Acute, deep, knifelike stitches in r. side of lower abdomen, above pubis. Intermittent dull needle stitches in r. side, by navel. Tearing sticking in abdomen extending downward. . Pain in abdomen extending low down, causing spasmodic contraction of sphincter ani and a transient desire for