EUPHRASIA

EUPHRASIA. [Euphras.] Eyebright, Hahnemann, Scrophulariaceae.

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

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

► 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.

► 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, phlyctenulae 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.

► Ringing in the ears. ► Earache.

► 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.

► 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.

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

► Eating : 27. Tobacco smoke : 27.

► Frequent colic.

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

► Too often and copious.

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

► Amenorrhoea, 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.

► Catarrhal hoarseness.

► 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.

► Cramp-like pain in the back.

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

► Cramp in calf, particularly when standing.

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

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

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

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

► 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.

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

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

► Swelling of the cervical glands. ► Emaciation.

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

► Warts.

► Antidotes to Euphr. : Camphor., Pulsat.