Condensed Materia Medica

Euphrasia Officinalis euphr.

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Mind

Weakness of memory.
Confusion of the head.
Inert hypochondriacal mood, takes no interest in surrounding objects.

Sensorium

Vertigo; with heaviness of the head; with tendency to fall.

Inner Head

Dull frontal headache.
Violent beating headache.
Headache (in the evening) as if bruised, with coryza.
Stitches in the brain.
Headache, as if the head would burst, with dazzling of the eyes, from sunlight.

Eyes

Photophobia: in day and sunlight; worse in the evening; must remain in darkened room; even to spasm of the lids; with swollen agglutinated lids; thick yellow discharge between the lids.
Pressure in the eyes, on looking at the candle-light.
Pupils much contracted.
Pressive, cutting pain in the eyes, extending to the frontal sinuses.
Stitches pressure in the eyes.
Burning stitches in the eyes.
Dry pressure in the eyes, as if sleepy.
Sensations of sand in the eyes.
Spots vesicles and ulcers of the cornea.
Opacity of the cornea.
Sensation as if hair hung over the eyes and must be wiped away.
Catarrhal ophthalmia, with lachrymation and considerable mucus discharge, injection of conjunctiva, phlyctenulæ near the cornea, at the same time coryza and pain in the forehead.
Capillaries of conjunctiva enlarged.
Chemosis, acrid tears and coryza.
Profuse flow of acrid tears, with great sensitiveness to light.
Violent itching of the lids, with catarrhal ophthalmia.
Rheumatic inflammation of the eyes, almost blinding him.
Inflammation and ulceration of the margin of lids.
Pain in the eye, alternating with pain in the abdomen.
Lids swollen.
Inflammation and swelling of the meibomian glands.

Ears

Ringing in the ears.
Earache.

Nose

Profuse, bland, fluent coryza, with scalding tears and aversion to light; worse evening and during the night, while lying down.
Sneezing, with coryza.
Small red spots, like pimples, on upper right side of nose, twinging, starting pain in the nose.
Pain from right to left over the bridge of the nose; left half of face and forehead, and left eye inflamed; earache.
Flat cancer on right side of nose.

Face

Redness and heat of the face.
Rash in the face, itching in the warmth, becoming red and burning when moistened.
Stiffness of the left cheek when talking or chewing, with sensation of heat, and stitches therein.

Lower Face

Stiffness of the upper lip, as if made of wood.

Eating and Drinking

Eating: 27. Tobacco smoke: 27.

Abdomen

Frequent colic.

Stool, etc

Old flat condylomata at the anus, with severe burning; worse at a night.
Pressure in the anus while sitting; even in piles.

Urine

Too often and copious.

Male Sexual Organs

Genital organs appear drawn in; pressure above the pubes, evening.

Female Sexual Organs

Amenorrhœa, with inflammation of the eyes and ulcer on right side of the bridge of nose.
Menses painful, lasting only one hour, time regular.
Menses late, scanty and of short duration.
Condylomata, with stitches and itching, especially when walking.

Larynx

Catarrhal hoarseness.

Cough

Cough: on rising in the morning, continuing until lying down again; can scarcely get breath; tickling in the trachea, worse from tobacco smoke; better when eating; from mucous or watery vomiting; came on after hemorrhoids had disappeared; with severe coryza; eyes affected; difficult expectoration during the day; interruption of breath; no cough at night; from the smoke of wood.

Neck and Back

Cramp-like pain in the back.

Upper Limbs

Sensation in the arms as if they had gone to sleep.

Lower limbs

Cramp in calf, particularly when standing.

Position, etc

Lying down: 7, 27. Standing: 33. Walking: 23. Rising: 27.

Sleep

Sleeplessness after midnight.
Frequent awaking, as from fright.
Usually awaking as from fright.
Awakes too late.

Time

Day: 27, 40. Morning: 27. Forenoon: 40. Afternoon: 40. Evening: 3, 5, 7, 22. Night: 7, 20, 27, 37, 40.

Temperature and Weather

Generally worse in bed; better after getting out of bed.
Better our-doors; worse in-doors.
Warmth: 8. Moisture: 8.

Chill, Fever and Sweat

Chill and internal chilliness in the forenoon; external chill and coldness on the arms, in the afternoon.
Heat descending.
Attacks of heat during the day, with redness of face and cold hands.
Sweat often confined to front part of body.
Sweat during sleep at night, of very strong offensive odor, most profuse on the chest.

Sides

Left side.
Upper right, lower left side.
Right: 7, 23. Left: 7, 8. Right to left: 7. Below upwards: 43.

Sensations

Crawling, as from a fly, in one or the other limb, from below upwards in a straight line, afterwards numbness of the part.

Tissues

Swelling of the cervical glands.
Emaciation.

Contact, Injuries, etc

Bad effects from falls, contusions, or other mechanical injuries of external parts.

Skin

Warts.

Relationship

Antidotes to Euphr.: Camphor., Pulsat.