Viola Odorata

Viola odorata, Linn.

Natural order , Violaceae.

Common name , Violet.

Preparation , Tincture of plant in flower.

Authority. (Gross, Archiv. für Hom., 8, Part 2, p. 182.) 1 , Hahnemann; 2 , Gross; 3 , Stapf.

Morbid fantasies; fantasies come to him, he makes an effort to grasp them, but before he can do so they disappear (after eight hours), [3] .

Sadness changing to gloomy despondency, [3] .

Aversion to talking, gloomy and hypochondriac mood, with weakness of memory (after one hour and a half), [3] .

Aversion to all music, especially the violin, [3] . Special sharpness of mind, lasting a long time, [3] .

Increased activity of mind for half an hour (after one hour); followed by difficult reflection for an hour (after one hour and a half), [3] . Very great intellectual and emotional activity, with constant weak memory, followed by headache (after nine hours), [3] .

Confusion of thought; when he attempted to express his thoughts by words they immediately disappeared, and some strange thoughts took their place, and he could not recall the former, [2] .

Disconnected thoughts thronged one upon the other, none of which he was able to grasp; but his judgment remained good, because he knew how little he would be understood if he expressed his thoughts; on this account he kept quiet, yet for the most part was unable to express any of his fantasies even by a word, [3] . [10.]

He seems able to recognize only half an idea; he puts it in the proper place but cannot hold to it; he makes great effort to grasp the other half, but at the same moment half of another incomplete idea presses upon him, and so on; thoughts chase one another, but he always has only half a thought which he cannot hold to and cannot think out; his judgment, however, remains, he recognizes morbid fantasies, but cannot help them; therewith he looks like one meditating and despondent, [3] .

Momentary vanishing of thought, [2] .

Weakness of memory; when he reaches a period in reading he has already forgotten what the beginning of the sentence was, [2] . Great weakness of memory for twenty-four hours, [3] .

Vertigo; everything in the head seems to whirl around, even while sitting , [2] . Heaviness of the whole head, the cervical muscles seem very weak , [2] .

Dull confused headache, [3] .

Dull headache, with cramp in one eye, with vision of a fiery tremulous half circle, [3] . Drawing in the left frontal eminence (after a quarter of an hour), [2] .

A prickling in the forehead from rush of blood (after eleven minutes), [2] . [20.] Tension in the occiput and forehead (after three-quarters of an hour), [2] .

Tension of the scalp of the occiput, even when not moving, though worse on bending the head forward and backward; a painful sensation which compels him to wrinkle the frontal muscles, lasting several days, [3] .

Eye.

Burning pain in the left eye, [3] .

Heat and burning in the eyes, [3] .

Tension beneath the eyes, [3] . Lids.

The eyes close, [1] . Cramplike spasms in the eyelids, extending to the malar region, especially of the left side, [2] .

It seems to him as though each of the eyeballs were compressed from both sides (after one hour and a half), [2] .

Pupil. [30.]

Pupils contracted (after one hour), [3] .

He is obliged to hold objects somewhat nearer than usual in order to see distinctly (after two hours), [3] .

The contours of letters are not sharply defined while reading, they seem to run together, [3] .

Illusion of vision; at the point to which he looks he seems to see a half point, which then becomes a tremulous light, constantly more fiery, and at last looks like a half circle and a zigzag fiery appearance following a serpentine course, which at last becomes weaker, and gradually disappears; with this the white of the eye looks red (after eight hours and a half), [3] .

Ear.

Drawing and tension in the left ear rather externally, [2] .

Rushing and ringing in the ears, [3] .

Numb feeling in the tip of the nose, as if it had been beaten, and the blood were pressing out, [3] .

Tension, which at times extends to the upper half of the face, especially of the nose, thence to the forehead and temples, as far as the ears, alternating with a similar sensation in the occiput and cervical muscles , [2] . Pressure on the malar bone, [2] .

Violent drawing pressure from the malar bone to the temples, immediately, [3] . Tearing pain in the left lower jaw, extending up to the ear, [3] .

Tearing in the teeth of the right lower jaw (after ten minutes), [2] .

A sensation in the hard palate, as if it were completely dried up, [2] .

Constipation for two days; he has inclination but nothing results, [1] .

Extremely unusual nocturnal emission, which does him no good; followed by headache, [1] .

Respiratory Organs. [50.] Short breath, [3] . Respiration is scarcely noticed, inspiration and expiration are difficult; it is most painful on expiration, with great apprehension, associated with violent beating of the heart (after eight hours and a half), [3] .

Frightful oppression of the chest and dyspnoea, with pain in the chest as from a stone lying upon it, [3] .

Jerking drawing in the cervical muscles, near the nape of the neck, extending downward, in the evening, while lying on the opposite side, [1] .

Trembling of the limbs , [2] .

Cramplike pain in the first joint of the left index finger, even during rest (after five minutes), [2] . Sticking in the tip of the middle finger (after a quarter of an hour), [3] .

[60.]

Relaxation of all the muscles, [3] .

Bruised pain in all the bones of the body, in the morning in bed, after waking, which disappears after rising, [1] .

Transient burning, here and there, on the body; it seems like a drawing-together in a small spot, and burning like a small transient flame, while sitting during the day, as well as while lying at night, [1] .

Symptoms recurred equally in all positions, were mild yet more definitely felt than from other drugs, [2] .

Forehead hot, [3] . Febrile shivering, [3] . [70.] Nightsweat, [1] .

( Moving head backward and forward ), Tension in scalp of occiput.