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Cichorium intybus, Linn. Nat. order , Compositae; Common name , Chicory.

Preparation , Trituration or tincture of the dried root.

Authority. Cattell, "Provings," B. J. of H., 11, 520.

General heaviness.

Drowsiness.

Headache

Sensation of weight at stomach and great indisposition to bodily and mental exertion.

Want of energy.

Bowels relaxed.

SUPPLEMENT: CICHORIUM.

Authority. 2 , J.

W.

Slater, Lancet, 1855 (2), p. 379, effect on a young man from roasting chicory.

Unable to read at night, not from an outward irritation, but, as he phrased it, from a feeling of "deadness" in the eyes, [2] .