A plant growing in moist places in Central and Southern Europe. The tincture is prepared from the fresh plant before flowering. Extensively proved by German pro vers ; also by Nicol and Spearman. See Allen's Encyclopedia., vol. 4, p. 491. Clinical Authorities. — Throbbing in temples, Berridge, Raue's Kec, 1872, J). 24; Pain in occiput, Berridge, Horn. Clinics, vol. 4, p. Ill ; Hydrocephalus, Alt- dorfer, Eaue's Eec, 1872, p. 63; Cardialgia, Raue's Rec, 1872, p. 134 ; Swelling of mesenteric glands, Hartung, Hom. Clinics, vol. 3, p. 35 ; Cholera, Wiirzler, Eiick. Ki. Erf., vol. 5, p. 475 ; Cholera infantum. Miller, Raue's Rec, 1873, p. 122. ^ Mind. Irresolute ; want of perseverance. Serious, taciturn, absorbed in reverie. iHypocliondriacal affections; melancholia. I I Great depression and disinclination to do anything. Peevish ; capricious ; constipation ; oppression of stomach after a meal, etc. ^Hypochondriasis. Ill humor, tired of life, apprehensive of the future. ■ Delirium tremens, when the delirium assumes the char- acter of anger rather than of anxiety, in subjects not yet greatly exhausted. I Hypochondriasis and hysteria arising from abdominal troubles. ; ]\Iental troubles from overweening pride. ^ Sensorium. Intoxicated feeling during and after a meal. Vertigo: with heat in head; on closing eyes; while read- ing ; on rising from a seat. I I Vertigo during and after a meal. Violent rush of blood, with throbbing in forehead; vertigo and blackness before eyes ; < by motion. I Determination of blood to head, heat and somnolence. Fulness and congestion of blood to head with peculiar biting, burning in face and other parts; languor; nau- sea; disgust for food and vertigo ; > in open air. "^ Inner Head. Sensation as if brain contracted and as if head grew smaller. Sensation of heaviness in forehead, as if brain would fall forward, with stoppage of nose. Pressure in forehead, with vertigo. ■ Throbbing in temples. 479 GRATIOLA OFFICINALIS. Heat in head after rising from stooping. Heaviness in head with nausea. ■ Headaches with peculiar biting and burning in face and other parts, languor in arms and legs, nausea, disgust for food, vertigo; > in open air. Pain in occiput on early waking, > by rising or lying prone. Pain in 1. occiput on sneezing. ■ After several days' headache, weakness, loss of appetite, etc., convulsions, followed by sopor and occasional screaming; unconsciousness; lies upon back, with low respiration; occasional sighing; gnashing of teeth ; eyes shut; pupils enlarged; slow pulse; unconscious dis- charge of feces and urine. ^Hydrocephalus. iSick headache with mental depression ; nausea, disgust for food ; giddiness > in open air ; sensation of heavi- ness in head and constriction of forehead. ^ Outer Head. Tightness in forehead with wrinkles in skin. Itching of scalp. Peculiar coldness in and about head. Frequent feeling of coldness on vertex, painful, and changing to a feeling of warmth wdien moving head. Head very sensitive to cold. ^ Sight and Eyes. Objects, even green ones, appear white. Mist before eyes, when reading or writing. Short-sightedness, with burning heat in face. I Eyes shut; pupils enlarged. ^Hydrocephalus. Eyes feel dry as if sand were in them. Itching about the eyelashes. ^ Hearing and Ears. Itching of ears. '' Smell and Wose. Pressure at upper part of nose. Smarting itching in 1. nostril. ® Upper Face. Redness of face. I Sensation of tension and tingling in face; it feels swollen. Tingling burning in malar bones. Burning heat in face, while it feels cold to hand. Every morning, for weeks, swelling of upper lip, disap- pearing after a few hours. ^^ Teeth and Gums. Teeth ache from cold. I Gnashing of teeth. f^Meningitis. " Taste and Tongue, i Tongue rough, coated with mucus. ^^ Inner Mouth. Fetid breath on waking. Accumulation of clear water in mouth, causing frequent spitting. ^^ Throat. Pain in throat obliging one to swallow constantly ; swallowing is difficult, as if throat w^ere contracted ; < during empty deglutition. Stinging in throat (1. side). GRATIOLA OFFICINALIS. 480 Phlegm in throat, with inability to throw it off. ^^ Appetite, Thirst. Desires, Aversions, i Hunger after eating, with feeling of emptiness; without appetite. Appetite for nothing but bread, A"'iolent thirst. Aversion to smoking. ^^ Hiccough, Belching, Nausea and Vomiting. Hiccough. Gulping up of bitter substances; empty retching. Nausea: > after eating, and by eructations; in afternoon. I Two attacks of vomiting in quick succession, of yellow, bitter, sour water. I Vomiting of mucous and bilious matter. ^"^ Scrobiculum and Stomach. Feeling of anxiety in epigas- trium and stomach. I Gnawing at pit of stomach after eating, as of hunger. ■ Pressure at pit of stomach, as from a stone rolling from side to side, with cramp-like drawing which mounts into chest ; at same time frequent urging to vomit and eruc- tations ; < after food. Pain in pit of stomach, spreads to upper abdomen, back, and especially kidneys ; nausea and vomiting ; peculiar sensation in abdomen and stomach. ■ Great distension of stomach after meals. Pressure in stomach after every meal. Cold feeling of stomach, as if full of water. Empty or cold feeling in stomach. I Pain in stomach, with nausea and general discomfort. I I Cramps in stomach. iCardialgia; pain commences in pit of stomach, and spreads to upper abdomen, back, and especially kidneys; vomiting ; constipation ; urine scanty, reddish, turbid, and painful to discharge. ■ Gastralgia. ^^ Hypochondria. Heating pain and burning in 1. hypochon- drium. ^^ Abdomen. Distension of abdomen in afternoon and evening. Rumbling, with nausea, eructations and vertigo ; much