Habitat Moist pastures and waste places in mountainous districts, Central and Southern Europe, Russia, Scandinavia, and Central Asia

ClarkePreparation Tincture of whole plant with root when beginning to flower.

Sources 19 entries across 17 books: Boericke, Kent, Clarke, Hering, Allen …

Inner Head ► Sunstroke, especially from sleeping in the rays of the sun. ► Brain affection of children, with violent pain in head and oversensitiveness of eyes ; or lying stupefied, with vomiting, bowels constipated. ► Congestion anxiety, with heat and redness of the face, or pale face ; carotids pulsate strongly ; pulse full, strong, or small and quick ; worse toward evening. ► Ebullition, with anxiety. ► Fulness and heaviness in the forehead, as if the whole brain would start out through the eyes. ► Beating and shooting in the head. ► Crampy sensation over the root of the nose, feels as if he would lose his sense ; suppressed catarrh. ► Headache, as if the brain were moved or raised ; worse during motion, drinking, talking or sunlight. ► Burning, as if the brain were moved by boiling water. ► On going into a warm room, forehead feels as if compressed. ► Pressure in forehead, temples and top of head. ► Headache, with increased secretion of urine.

Eyes ► Aversion to light, particularly sunlight ; light dazzles the eyes. ► Optical illusions in dark colors or black. ► Flickerings make him anxious, fears he might touch people passing by. ► Eyes protruding, staring, distorted. θ Apoplexy. θ Asthma. θ Tetanus. ► Pupils contracted, then dilated. ► Eyes red, inflamed, vessels deep red, burning, pressive shooting pains, especially on moving the balls ; no discharge ; conjunctivitis from exposure to cold, dry winds. ► Violent pains, intense congestion ; ophthalmia from suppressed gonorrhoea. ► Upper half of the eyeball sore when moved. ► Profuse lachrymation, with intense pain. ► Conjunctivitis from cinders or other foreign bodies. ► Lids hard, red, swollen, feel tense ; hot, dry, burning and sensitiveness to air ; cold water relieves the dry heat.

Stomach ► Pressure in the pit of the stomach, as from a weight ; after repeated vomiting sensation of a cold stone there. ► Burning from stomach, up through the oesophagus to mouth. ► Sudden excruciating pain, with gagging, retching, vomiting of blood, gasping ; cold sweat on forehead ; congestion of mucous lining of stomach. θ Stage of desquamation in scarlatina. ► Region of stomach sensitive to touch.

Female Sexual Organs ► Ovaritis, painful urging to urinate ; high fever ; also after the menstrual flow is suddenly checked. ► Prolapsus uteri, occurring suddenly, with inflammation, bitter vomit, cold sweat, or dry, hot skin. ► Metritis, sharp shooting pains, abdomen exceedingly tender. ► Menses : generally too late, diminished, but too protracted ; plethoric females who lead a sedentary life ; tendency of blood to head and chest ; profuse, with nosebleed ; suppressed by fright, with vexation. ► Leucorrhoea copious, tenacious, yellowish. ► Labor-like pressing in the womb ; has to bend double, but relieved in no position. θ Dysmenorrhoea. ► Uterine hemorrhage active, much excitability, giddy, cannot sit up, fear of death.

Lungs ► Haemoptysis : blood comes with an easy hawking, hemming or slight cough ; expression of anxiety ; great fear of death ; palpitation ; quick pulse ; stitches in the chest, caused by mental excitement ; exposure to dry, cold air ; after wine. ► Stitches about the chest ; cannot lie on the right side ; only on the back, dry hacking cough. θ Pleurisy. ► Lancinating through the chest, with dry heat, difficult breathing, often violent chill. ► Pressure, weight and burning under sternum.

Neck And Back ► Tearing in nape of neck. ► Painful stiff neck, worse moving the neck ; pains down the neck to the right shoulder. ► Bruised pain between the shoulders. ► Drawing, tearing pain in the scapulae. ► Pain in the back prevents his taking a deep inspiration. ► Stiffness of the back. ► Crawling in the spine, as from beetles formication. ► Numbness of small of back, extending into lower limbs. ► Cutting pain in circles from spine to abdomen. ► Pain in the small of the back, especially at last lumbar vertebrae as if beaten. ► Spasms from inflammatory affections of the spine.

Limbs In General ► Bruised, heavy feeling. ► Numbness icy-coldness and insensibility of hands and feet. ► Hot hands and cold feet. ► Rheumatic inflammation of the joints worse evening and night ; intense, bright red, shining swelling of the parts, sensitive to the least contract. ► Lameness and numb-feeling in effected parts ; pain intolerable.

Sleep ► Sleepiness ; spasmodic yawning. ► Sleeplessness after midnight, with anxiety restlessness, continual tossing about ; eyes closed. ► Sleeplessness caused by fear, fright, or anxiety, with fear of the future. ► Dreams anxious, vivid.

Chill, Fever And Sweat ► Chill at the beginning violent, more in the evening after lying down, often with hot cheek and contracted pupils. ► Chilly, if uncovered or touched. ► With the chill : internal heat, anxiety, red cheeks ; body chilly, hot forehead and ears, internal heat. ► Shivering ascends from feet to chest. ► Dry heat, with thirst, sharp breathing, quick, hard full pulse. ► Covered or affected parts sweat profusely ; like to be uncovered. ► Profuse hot sweat during sleep (also in consumptives). ► Bad effects from suppressed sweat.

Skin ► Red, shining, hot swelling ; violent pains. ► Dark, miliary rash. ► Rash like measles, pains in the joints ; dry, barking cough cannot bear light ; hot, dry skin. ► Scarlet rash, with high fever. ► Spots like flea-bites ; itching unchanged by scratching. ► Erysipelas, smooth skin ; violent fever. ► Erythema from the sun's rays ; papular erythema. ► Yellow skin. θ Jaundice. ► Dryness and burning of the skin.

Complementary Coffea Cruda, Sulphur, Arnica Montana +7

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