Epiphegus Virginiana epiph.

A tincture is made of the fresh plant of Epiphegus Virginians, Bart.

Languid feeling. ▶ Aggravation from walking in open air; on rising from supine position. ▶ Amelioration in morning; A. after sleep. ▶ Fears death from palpitation; F. injury to her health from the drug. ▶ When writing, could not make the desired letters. ▶ Found himself using wrong words in writing. ▶ Difficulty in thinking correctly or in selecting proper words or expressions. ▶ Sensation as if something were wrong in his head, agg. forepart (morning after headache).

Headache; agg. rising up in bed; agg. working in open air. ▶ Head confused. ▶ Head full; in forepart. ▶ Pain in forepart of head; in middle of forehead; sudden, transient in middle of forehead; in right temple; left temple at night in bed, agg. rising up; left temple till bedtime; temples agg. right, leaving dull heavy pain agg. right; piercing in right temple; flying in temples; as from pressure of finger-ends in temporal fosse, from 3 P.M. till evening, agg. left side; pressing inward, in right temple. ▶ Pain in occiput; pressing outward in occiput in morning on rising, increasing till 4 P.M., then declining till 6 P.M. when it disappeared, agg. open air, motion, rising or stooping, amel. warmth of the room, eating or sleeping, with nausea. ▶ Fulness in occiput, with dizziness in forehead. ▶ Scalp feels tight during headache.

Sharp pain over centre angle of right eye. ▶ Smarting of eyes; of conjunctiva, with redness. ▶ Could not read because letters seemed blurred. ▶ Red face; cheeks, agg. left. ▶ Salivation; watery, constant spitting of clear, watery saliva. ▶ Almost constant desire to expectorate. ▶ Saliva viscid. ▶ Taste viscid; and sticky; T. bitter (secondary). ▶ Nausea. ▶ Gnawing in stomach, agg. motion, amel. eating and quiet. ▶ Acidity in stomach, with accumulation of flatus. ▶ Weight in stomach as from a cold substance. ▶ Loose stool, with griping. ▶ Stool difficult although soft. ▶ Palpitation which makes her weak. ▶ Pain in left shoulder; left knee, trembling of knees and lower limbs; of lower limbs, with weakness of them. ▶ Restless sleep, with much dreaming. ▶ Temperature lowered.

Several cures of "sick headache" are reported with the general characteristic of being caused by unusual excitement or fatigue, for example, visiting or shopping; some cases associated with nausea and vomiting.