Eupatorium Perfoliatum
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General
Eupatorium Perfoliatum.
Eupatorium perfoliatum. Boneset. Thoroughwort. N. O. Compositae. Tincture of whole plant.
Clinical
Anus, herpes of. Back, pain in. Bilious fever. Bones, pains in. Cough. Dengue. Diarrhoea. Fractures. Gout. Hiccough. Hoarseness. Indigestion. Influenza. Intermittent fever. Jaundice. Liver, soreness of. Measles. Mouth, cracks of. Ophthalmia. Relapsing fever. Remittent fever. Rheumatism. Ringworm. Spotted fever. Syphilitic pains. Thirst. Wounds.
Characteristics
Eupat. perfol. is an old-world remedy, having been recommended by Dioscorides for ill-conditioned ulcers, dysentery, stings of reptiles, chronic fevers, obstructed liver. The leading characteristic for its homoeopathic use is the distressing bone-pains it causes, such as are found in connection with malarial fevers and influenza. Soreness will be found running throughout the proving: headache with soreness internally, parietal protuberances sore; with pain and soreness in eyeballs; cough with extreme soreness down trachea, soreness of chest, aching in limbs throughout the body.
A characteristic cough of Eup. perf. has > by getting on hands and knees. W. P. Defriez reports a case in point: Every winter for several years the patient had been annoyed by a dry, hacking cough, with paroxysms lasting some time, only relieved by getting on hands and knees.
Eupat. Perfol. cured. The chills of Eu. perf. begin in the small of the back, with aching in the limbs as though every bone in the body were being broken; high fever with increased aching, followed by sweat scanty or profuse; sweat > all pains except headache, which is <. Periodicity is marked.
There may be a double periodicity: Chill morning one day, evening the next. The liver is strongly affected by Eup. perfol.; bilious vomiting and diarrhoea; bilious sick-headaches; cough arising from irritation of liver. Catarrhal symptoms are prominent. Nocturnal loose cough.
Hoarseness with aching soreness of trachea. Hoarse, rough cough with scraping in bronchia. Cough with soreness, compelling the patient to hold his chest with his hands. Stiffness and general soreness.
Cannot twist body either while standing, sitting, or lying. Cannot lie in bed on account of a feeling as if every bone was bruised, causing despair, moaning, and crying out. Bone-pains of all descriptions appear under Eupat. perf. Sleepiness and yawning.
Sensation as if falling to left. Pain and extreme tenderness of left glutei muscles. Hale describes the fever of E. perfol. as follows: "The chill is nearly always in the morning, and is preceded for several hours by thirst, soreness and aching of the bones. The thirst continues during the chill and heat.
The chill is attended by nausea, vomiting of bile, intense aching and soreness in the flesh of the extremities, and often all over the body. These symptoms continue during the heat, especially the vomiting, which is often painful and incessant. The heat is apt to be prolonged until evening or into the night, and may be followed or not by sweat (with chilliness). If no sweating occurs the apyrexia is short and attended by chilliness, nausea, thirst, and debility, showing that the febrile action never altogether subsides, giving a true type of Remittent fever—a fever in which Boneset is often our best remedy, especially if occurring in summer and autumn, and is attended by very severe bilious symptoms." Lying on back < cough.
Kneeling with face towards pillow > cough. Rising up > headache. Eating = violent distressing pains which are only relieved by vomiting. There is intense thirst, but drinking cold water = shuddering and vomiting of bile.
Chilliness predominates, wants to be covered; > in house, < in open air; < after being in ice-house. I have found Eup. perf. most useful in influenza.
Relations
Bryonia is the closest analogue; but Bryonia has free sweat, and the pains make the patient keep still. Eup. perfol.—has scanty sweat, and its pains cause restlessness. Compare also: Arn., Caps., Chel., Symph., Podoph., and Lycop.; nausea from smell of food, Colch. Compatible: Nat. mur. and Sepia, which also follow well.
Mind
Feels at night as if going out of his mind
Moaning; anxiety; despondency
Very restless; cannot keep still, though wishes to.
Head
Early in morning whirling around in brain as if he had been whirled in cool screen: repeated after a short cessation
Headache with a sensation of soreness internally;
> in the house;
< when first going into the open air;
> by conversation
Headache and nausea every other morning, when awaking
Pain in occiput after lying, with sense of weight; must aid with hand in lifting head
Beating pain in forehead and occiput, after rising
Soreness and pulsation on the back part of the head
Heat on the top of the head
Violent headache, comes on before the chill rid lasts through all the stages, and is worst during the sweat.
Eyes
Painful soreness of eyeballs
Great aversion to light
Painful soreness of lids.
Nose
Coryza, with sneezing; aching in every bone.
Mouth
Paleness of the mucous membrane of the mouth
Tongue covered with white fur
Soreness of the corners of the mouth.
Stomach
Nausea from smell of food or cooking
Indigestion from alcohol, of old people
Thirst for cold water
Thirst for large draughts of cold water before and during chill
Vomiting immediately after drinking, and preceded by thirst
Nausea and vomiting of food
Vomiting after every draught
Vomiting of bile, with trembling and great nausea, causing great prostration
Tight clothing is oppressive.
Abdomen
Soreness in region of liver; on moving or coughing
Colicky pains in upper abdomen, with headache and other pains
Abdomen full and tympanitic.
Stool And Anus
Constipation, with catarrh
Morning diarrhoea
Purging stools, with smarting and heat in anus.
Urinary Organs
Dark-coloured, clear urine
Dark-brown, scanty urine, depositing a whitish, clay-like sediment
Itching of the mons veneris.
Respiratory Organs
Hoarseness
Hoarseness < mornings; soreness in trachea and bronchia
Cough with soreness and heat in bronchia; flushed face, and tearful eyes
Hacking cough in the evening
Cough from a cold, < 2 to 4 am.; excited by tickling in chest, causing tightness of chest; cough < lying on back, > kneeling with face towards pillow; scanty expectoration; painful fulness in head on coughing or blowing nose; lowness of spirits
Hectic cough, from suppressed intermittent fever
Difficulty of breathing, attended with perspiration, anxious countenance, sleeplessness
Soreness in chest;
< from inspiration
Inability to lie on the l. side
Sharp pain through r. chest on deep inspiration; feels at night as if going out of his mind; disturbed breathing frightens him.
Heart
Pressure as if heart was in too small a space
Pain, soreness, and heaviness behind sternum and in cardiac region;
< by least motion or turning body around.
Neck And Back
Beating pain in nape and occiput; better after rising
Aching pain in the back, as from a bruise
Weakness in small of back
Trembling in back during fever.
Limbs
Aching in bones with soreness of the flesh
Intense soreness and aching in limbs, as if bruised or beaten
Wrists pain as if broken or dislocated
Heat in the hands, sometimes with perspiration
Dropsical swelling of both feet and ankles
Heat in the soles of the feet, in the morning.
Skin
Jaundice.
Sleep
Stretching and yawning; yawning before chill; sleepiness with difficult breathing
Has to lie with head high
Headache on awaking.
Fever
Thirst a long time before the chill, which continues during the chill and heat
At the conclusion of the chill, vomiting of bile, or after every draught
Pain in the bones (as if broken) all over, before the commencement of the chill
Headache, backache, and thirst during the chill
During the chill and heat, throbbing headache
The chill is induced or hastened by taking a drink of cold water
Distressing pain in the scrobiculus cordis, throughout the chill and heat
Aching pains, with moaning during the cold stage
Coldness during nocturnal perspiration
Chilliness throughout the night and morning; trembling and nausea from least motion; intense aching and soreness in back and limbs; more shivering than the degree of coldness warrants
The intermittent fever paroxysm generally commences in the morning
Fever commences in morning; attended with painfulness, trembling, weakness, and soreness; but little or no perspiration
Great weakness and prostration during the fever
Headache and trembling during the heat
Vomiting of bile at the close of the hot stage
Vomiting of bile after the chill
The fever goes off by perspiration and sleep.
During the apyrexia, loose cough
When there is perspiration it relieves all the symptoms except the headache.