Euphrasia Officinalis euphr.

Boger's Synoptic Key — Materia Medica

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Region

MUCOUS MEMBRANES: EYES. Nose. Chest.

Worse

SUNLIGHT. WIND. Warmth. Room. Evening.

Better

Open air. Winking. Wiping eyes.

General

Free, acrid, watery secretions. Acute catarrhs. Acrid pus.

Particulars

WATERY EYES; swimming in tears; as of a hair before them, wants to wipe them. ABUNDANT, ACRID OR HOT, SMARTING TEARS, with bland coryza; < open air, lying or coughing (Chel.); leaving a varnish - like mark. Photophobia; with spasm of lids. Pressive, cutting eye-pains. Sticky eye-gum. Red, burning -itching tarsi. Violent injection. Conjunctivitis; of measles. Thick yellow or acrid discharge from eyes. Chemosis. Chronic sore eyes. Gushes of fluent coryza. Loose cough. Easy expectoration, in day time only, less on lying down at night; (reverse - Thu.).

Related

Related: Cepa.

Keynotes and Characteristics with Comparisons of some of the Leading Remedies of the Materia Medica

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Keynote

Bad effects from falls, contusions or mechanical injuries of external parts (Arn.). Catarrhal affections of mucous membranes, especially of the eyes and nose. Profuse acrid lachrymation, with profuse, bland coryza (reverse of All. c.). The eyes water all the time and are agglutinated in the morning; margins of lids red, swollen, burning. Profuse fluent coryza in morning with violent cough and abundant expectoration, < from exposure to warm south wind. When attempting to clear the throat of an offensive mucus in the morning, gagging until he vomits the breakfast just eaten (Bry.). Profuse expectoration of mucus by voluntary hawking, < on rising in morning. Amenorrhoea, with catarrhal symptoms of eyes and nose; profuse acrid lachrymation. Menses: painful, regular, now lasting only one hour; or late, scanty, short, lasting only one day (Bar.). Pertussis: excessive lachrymation during cough; cough only in day time (Fer., Nat. m.).

Relations

Similar: to, Puls. in affections of the eyes; reverse of All. c. in lachrymation and coryza.

Aggravation

In the evening, in bed, indoors, warmth, moisture; after exposure to south wind; when touched (Hep.).

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Eyes

The eyes water all the time, as in whooping cough; when there is a constant, mild, watery exudation, whether the eyes are inflamed or not. This watery exudation is worse during a paroxysm; affections of the eyeballs in general; of the sclerotic coat; cornea; aversion to light; cataract when the eyes water a great deal; dimsightedness with this exudation.

Generalities

Pulse unchanged; cancer on the nose, with watery eyes.

Worse

In the evening; from light in general; from daylight.

Better

In the dark.

Remedies following

Conium, Nux vom., Pulsat., Phosphor., Sulphur.

Antidote

Camphor.

Homœopathic Materia Medica

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Common name

Eyebright (EYEBRIGHT)

General

Manifests itself in inflaming the conjunctival membrane especially, producing profuse lachrymation. Patient is better in open air. Catarrhal affections of mucous membranes especially of eyes and nose. Profuse acrid lachrymation and bland coryza; worse, evening. Hawking up of offensive mucus.

Head

Bursting headache with dazzling of eyes. Catarrhal headache, with profuse discharge from eyes and nose.

Nose

Profuse, fluent coryza, with violent cough and abundant expectoration.

Eyes

Catarrhal conjunctivitis; discharge of acrid matter. The eyes water all the time. Acrid lachrymation; bland coryza (Opposite: Cepa). Discharge thick and excoriating (Mercur thin and acrid). Burning and swelling of the lids. Frequent inclination to blink. Free discharge of acrid matter. Sticky mucus on cornea; must wink to remove it. Pressure in eyes. Little blisters on cornea. Opacities. Rheumatic iritis. Ptosis (Gels; Caust).

Face

Redness and heat of cheeks. Stiffness of upper lip.

Stomach

Vomiting from hawking mucus. Nausea and bitterness after smoking.

Rectum

Dysentery. Prolapse ani. Pressure down in anus when sitting. Constipation.

Female

Menses painful; flow lasts only an hour or day; late, scanty, short. Amenorrhœa, with ophthalmia.

Male

Spasmodic retraction of genitals, with pressure above pubic bone. Condyloma and sycotic excrescences. Prostatitis. Nocturnal irritability of bladder; dribbling urine.

Respiratory

Frequent yawning when walking in open air. Profuse, fluent coryza in morning, with much cough and expectoration. Influenza. Gags when clearing the throat in morning. Whooping-cough only in day-time, with profuse lachrymation.

Skin

First stage of measles; eye symptoms marked. Consequence of external injuries.

Sleep

Yawning when walking in open air. Sleepy during day.

Fever

Chilly and cold. Sweat mostly on chest, at night during sleep.

Modalities

Worse, in evening, indoors, warmth; south winds; from light. Better, from coffee, in dark.

Relationship

Antidotes: Camph; Puls. Compare: Hydrophyllum-Burr -flower--(catarrhal inflammation of eyes; hot lachrymation with itching, swollen lids, dull headache; also for effects of Poison-Oak); Cepa; Ars; Gels; Kali hyd; Sabadilla.

Dose

Third to sixth potency.

Leaders in Homoeopathic Therapeutics

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Leaders

The action of this remedy seems to center in the eyes. If you read the symptoms as laid down in "Hering's Guiding Symptoms," you would think that it would cure almost all possible affections of the eyes, acute or chronic conjunctivitis, iritis, kerato-iritis, spots, vesicles, pannus, etc., and so it will if indicated by the symptoms.

In colds with cough and severe fluent coryza it will sometimes cure, but here the choice must be made between it and Arsenicum, Cepa and Mercurius. (See Cepa for comparison).

In measles with watery eyes and fluent coryza it is sometimes the best remedy. I remember Dr. C. W. Boyce, of Auburn, N. Y., reporting great success with it in an epidemic in that city.

He cured all his cases with it. So I went for the next epidemic in my vicinity with Euphrasia, and my failure was as marked as his success. It was not the remedy for my epidemic. But I know enough not to "go it blind" that way very long, and hunted up my simillimum. Then I succeeded, too. Look out, young man, for the remedy that is recommended for all cases of any disease, or you'll "come down hard" some time.

One very prominent characteristic in eye troubles for this remedy is a tendency to an accumulation of sticky mucus on the cornea, which is removed by winking. All cases of any kind attended with photophobia and lachrymation, with or without coryza, should suggest this remedy, or at least call it to mind. In the eye affections of Euphrasia the lids are often involved. Of course this is so with other remedies, such as Arsenicum, Apis, Rhus toxic., etc. Study up. one more symptom: Cough, sometimes dry, but generally loose, worse during the day, not troublesome at night. This is important, as more coughs are < at night.

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Mind and Disposition

Inert, hypochondriacal humor, without taking any interest in things around him. Taciturn, disinclined to talk.

Head

Headache (in the evening) as if bruised, with coryza. Pulsating of the head which is felt externally. Headache with dazzling of the eyes from the light of the sun, with sensation as if the head would burst.

Eyes

Dryness and pressure in the eyes. Smarting in the eyes, as from sand. Inflammation and redness of the eye from being wounded. Stitches in the eyes (ball) from bright light. Inflammation and ulceration of the margins of the eyelids, with headache. Burning, smarting lachrymation, particularly in the wind. Swelling of the lower eyelid. Increased secretion of purulent matter and nightly agglutination of the eyes. Photophobia and pain on looking at the light. Obscuration of and pellicle over the cornea (after mechanical injuries). Bluish obscurated cornea. Fine eruption around the eyes.

Nose

Eruptions on the wings ; of the nose. Soreness and painfulness of the inner nose. Bleeding of the nose. Profuse coryza, with smarting lachrymation and photophobia, or with sneezing and discharge of mucus from the anterior and posterior nares. Profuse fluent coryza with cough and expectoration in the morning.

Face

Redness of the face. Rash on the face, itching in the heat and becoming red and burning when moistened. Stiffness and stitches in the (left) cheeks and lower jaw when talking and chewing. Stiffness of the upper lip, as if made of wood.

Mouth and Throat

Stitches in the lower teeth. Bleeding of the gums. Lameness and stiffness of the tongue and the cheeks, with impeded speech. Stuttering. Sensation of gurgling in the throat from below upwards.

Stomach and Abdomen

Hiccough. Bitter taste from smoking tobacco in the morning. Pinching in the abdomen in short paroxysms. The colic alternates ; with the affection of the eyes.

Urinary Organs

Frequent emission of clear urine.

Genital Organs

Men. Spasmodic retraction of the genital organs, with pressure above the ossa pubis (evening). The testicles are drawn up with tingling in them. Sycotic excrescence, itching, stinging, with sore and burning-pain when touched. Women. Menses at the regular period, but they last only one hour.

Respiratory Organs

Difficulty of breathing, shortness of breath. The breathing is stopped during a cough (as in hooping-cough). Stitches under the sternum, especially during an inspiration. Cough only during the day, with mucus in the chest, which cannot be detached ; mucus frequently blood streaked, thin ; expectoration only in the morning. The cough is worse when at rest or when walking in the wind.

Back

Attacks of cramp-like pain in the back.

Extremities

Upper. Painless swelling of the hand and finger-joints ; on moving. Cramp pain in the metacarpus. Numbness of the fingers. Lower. Stitches in the, hip and knee-joints when walking. Painful tension in the hamstrings ; when walking, as if they were too short. Shocks, like electric shocks, through the thigh upwards, followed by a paralytic numbness. Cramp in the legs, especially in the calf, particularly when standing. Cracking in the outer ankle of the left foot, when stepping.

Sleep

Yawning, when walking in the open air. Frequent waking (as from fright) at and after 3 A.M., lasting till 6 A.M., when he falls in a stupor, from which he wakens with many complaints.

Generalities

Cramp-like pains in various parts of the body. Shooting, itching stitches (the whole night). Crawling as of a fly in one or the other limb, from below upwards in a straight line, with numbness of the part.

Fever

Chill in the forenoon -chilliness predominating. Attacks of heat during the day, with redness of the face and cold hands. At night and during sleep, perspiration of strong and offensive smell, principally on the chest.

Skin

Consequences of blows, bruises and contusions. Condylomata, itching when walking, burning when touched.

Conditions

Aggravation in the evening.

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General

Euphrasia officinalis. Eye-bright. N. O. Scrophulariaceæ. Tincture of whole plant.

Clinical

Blepharitis. Cataract. Cold . Colic. Condylomata . Conjunctivitis. Cough. Eyes, affections of . Glandular swellings. Granular lids. Influenza. Iritis. Lachrymation. Lips, stiffness of. Measles . Nasal catarrh. Nose, cancer of. Parotitis. Phlyctenulæ. Pimples. Ptosis. Prolapsus ani. Prostate gland, affections of. Scrofula. Staphyloma. Sycosis.

Characteristics

According to Grauvogl, the "signature" of a black spot in the corolla which looks like the pupil," marked Euphrasia as an eye medicine to the ancients, and homœopathic experiments have fully confirmed its old-time reputation. Eye-symptoms appear in great variety, and the irritation extends to the skin around the eye, and to the nose, producing nasal catarrh and affections of the external nose. Hering mentions "flat cancer on right side of nose" as having come within its curative range. The catarrhal effect is prolonged into the chest, producing hoarseness and cough with profuse expectoration, "Vomiting from hawking mucus," and "vomiting breakfast on clearing throat of offensive phlegm," have been cured by Euphras . Cough after the disappearance of hæmorrhoids. In the digestive track there are: Colic, hæmorrhoids, and condylomata at anus. Sensations: as if dust or sand in eyes; as if a hair hung over eyes; as if upper lip were made of wood; stiffness of left cheek; of tongue. Ames, of Rockland, Ohio, has recorded the case of an old man, of 79, to whom he gave Euphras . 3x for lachrymation and sneezing, with the result that it relieved him, in addition, of a prostatic trouble he had had for some years, compelling him to rise frequently in the night to urinate. This led Ames to give Euphr . in other cases of prostatic trouble, with good results. As an eye-lotion Euphr . has great value, I have seen corneal opacities removed by its prolonged use. Among the noteworthy symptoms of Euphras . is "frequent yawning when walking in the open air." There is drowsiness without being able to sleep; frequent waking in the night as from fright. Lying down < coryza; > cough. Walking = stitches and itching in female sexual organs; walking in open air = yawning. < After sleep. Most symptoms are < during night and in the morning; cough > at night. > In bed; > getting out of bed. Cold air and wind = lachrymation. < From touch.

Relations

Antidoted by: Camph., Puls. Compatible: Acon., Calc. c., Con., Nux., Phos., Puls., Rhus., Sil., Sul. Compare: Æthus., Cepa (tears bland ; of Euphr., corrosive ), Apis, Arg. n., Ars., Hep., Kali bi., Kali iod., Merc., Merc. cor., Puls.; Grat., Dig., Tabac. ( Botan .)

Mind

Taciturnity, and repugnance to conversation; abstraction of mind. ─ Hypochondriacal indifference. ─ Indolence. ─ Melancholy.

Head

Confusion, and pain as from a bruise in the head (with coryza), in the evening, augmented by lying down. ─ Pressive headache, with photophobia, and heat, chiefly in the forehead; with sensation as if the head would burst. ─ Shootings in the temples and in the forehead. ─ Beating in the head, perceptible on the outside.

Eyes

Aching in the eyes. ─ Gnawing sensation in the eyes. ─ Inflammatory redness of the eyes. ─ Inflammation and redness of the eye from being wounded. ─ Inflammation of the cornea. ─ Obscuration of and pellicle over cornea (after mechanical injuries). ─ Bluish obscuration of cornea. ─ Inflammation and ulceration of the edges of the eyelids, with headache. ─ Scars from ulcers and specks in the cornea. ─ Abundant flow of corrosive tears, so as to prevent seeing, esp. when exposed to the wind. ─ Swelling and agglutination of the eyelids. ─ Swelling of the lower eyelid. ─ Smarting in the eyes, as from sand. ─ Lancinations in the eyes (ball), excited by too bright a light. ─ Eruption of small miliary pimples round the eyes. ─ Copious secretion of mucus, sometimes sanguineous, from the eyes and eyelids. ─ Dryness and pressure in the eyes. ─ Compression in the eyelids. ─ Contraction in the eyes and eyelids, which occasions winking. ─ The light seems obscure and vacillating. ─ Photophobia, esp. in daylight and in the sunshine.

Ears

Otalgia, with piercing pains in the region of the tympanum.

Nose

Purulent pimples on the alæ nasi. ─ Excoriation and painful sensibility of the nostrils. ─ Epistaxis. ─ Fluent coryza, by day; obstruction of the nose, at night. ─ Violent fluent coryza, with abundant secretion of mucus (from the anterior and posterior nares), excessive confusion in the head, corrosive tears in the eyes, and photophobia. ─ Profuse fluent coryza, with cough and expectoration in the morning.

Face

Stiffness of the cheeks when speaking and during mastication, with sensation of heat and burning pains. ─ Redness of the face. ─ Miliary eruption on the face, with sensation of burning and redness, on wetting the face. ─ Lip stiff, as if made of wood. ─ Shootings in the lower jaw and chin.

Teeth

Shooting pains in lower teeth. ─ Copious bleeding of gums.

Mouth

Stammering, and frequent interruptions in the speech. ─ Speech difficult, in consequence of a paralytic stiffness of the tongue, and of the cheeks. ─ Sensation of clucking, which mounts into the throat.

Stomach

Mawkish taste. ─ Nausea and bitterness in the mouth after smoking. ─ Risings, with taste of food. ─ Hiccough.

Abdomen

Pinchings in abdomen by short fits. ─ Pressive squeezing and burning across abdomen. ─ Colic, alternately with affections of eyes.

Stool and Anus

Evacuations hard and scanty. ─ Pressure in anus while sitting; hæmorrhoids. ─ Old flat condylomata at anus with severe burning; < at night.

Urinary Organs

Frequent and copious emission of clear urine.

Male Sexual Organs

Spasmodic retraction of the genital parts (with pressure above the ossa pubis), in the evening in bed. ─ Lancination and voluptuous itching in the glans, and in the prepuce. ─ Condyloma. ─ Retraction and tingling of the testes. ─ Sycotic excrescence, itching, stinging, with sore and burning pain when touched.

Female Sexual Organs

Menses at the regular period, but they last only one hour.

17, 18. Respiratory Organs and Chest. ─ Difficulty of breathing, shortness of breath. ─ Stitches under the sternum, esp. during an inspiration. ─ Cough only during the day, with mucus in the chest, which cannot be detached; mucus frequently blood-streaked, thin; expectoration only in the morning. ─ Cough loose during the day, dry at night. ─ Cough, esp. by day, with difficult expectoration. ─ Cough, with suspension of respiration. ─ Cough in the morning, with copious expectoration of mucus, and fluent coryza. ─ Difficulty of respiration, even when seated.

Back

Cramp-like, pressive pains in the back.

Upper Limbs

Numbness in the arms and hands. ─ Cramp-like pressive pains in the hands, and the fingers. ─ Fits of (painless) swelling in the joints of the hand, or of the fingers on moving them. ─ Cramp pain in the metacarpus. ─ Torpor of the fingers.

Lower Limbs

Shootings in the legs during repose. ─ Stitches in the hip and knee-joints when walking. ─ Tension, as from contraction of the tendons in the ham, and the tendo Achillis, on walking. ─ Sensation of heaviness and cramp-like pain in the calves of the legs, after remaining long standing. ─ Succussions (shocks, like electric shocks), which ascend along the thigh, followed by paralytic torpor of that part. ─ Cracking in the outer ankle of l. foot, when stepping.

Generalities

Cramp-like pains over the whole body. ─ Pricking in the extremities, as from a gnat, with sensation of torpor. ─ Crawling as of a fly in one or the other limb, from below upwards in a straight line, with numbness of the part. ─ Aggravation of symptoms in the evening. ─ Great drowsiness in the day, as from fatigue of the eyes. ─ Violent lancinations in different parts, which prevent sleep. ─ Shooting, itching stitches (the whole night).

Skin

Consequences of blows, bruises, and contusions. ─ Condylomata, itching when walking, burning when touched.

Sleep

Yawning, when walking in the open air. ─ Frequent waking (as from fright) at and after 3 a.m., lasting till 6 a.m., when he falls in a stupor, from which he wakens with many complaints. ─ Frightful dreams, with frequent waking and starting with fright.

Fever

Chill in the forenoon. ─ Chilliness predominating. ─ Copious nocturnal sweat.

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Mind

Weakness of memory ; confusion of the head.
Inert hypochondriacal mood, takes no interest in his surroundings.
Taciturn, disinclined to talk.

Sensorium

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

Inner head

Dull frontal headache.
Aching pain in outer part of head, especially forehead.
Dulness of head, with pressure on vertex.
Painful bewilderment in head.
Confusion and bruised pain in head.
Headache in evening as if bruised, with coryza.
Pulsating of head which is felt externally.
Violent beating headache. θ Measles.
Headache, as if head would burst, with dazzling of eyes from sunlight.
Headache, light of candle seems to be dark and to flicker
Stitches in brain.
Catarrhal headache, accompanied by profuse, watery discharge from eyes and nose.

Sight and eyes

Dreams of fire, lightning, flames, etc.
Eyes very sensitive to light, and candlelight.
Vision somewhat dim, as through a veil, in evening.
Obscuration of vision for distant objects ; while walking in open air.
Dimness of vision, the result of an hysterical condition ; profuse lachrymation.
Dimness of vision by candlelight ; the light seems to vary, sometimes burning brightly, sometimes dimly.
Right eye so weak and obscured that she feared she would not be able to sew ; after some minutes a stitch extending from forehead out of same eye, followed by disappearance of obstruction.
Obstruction of eyes, so that for half an hour he was unable to clearly distinguish objects ; everything seemed enveloped in a mist and to move ; these disappeared after three-quarters of an hour, and gave place to the usual burning.
Amblyopia, with inflammation of conjunctiva and lids.
Sudden and momentary obscuration of vision, > by winking, caused by presence of opaque mucus upon surface of cornea.
Diseased eyes, he was made almost blind.
Stitches in eyeballs from bright light.
Pressive cutting pain in eyes, extending to frontal sinuses.
Pressure and tension of the globe.
Contractive pressure in eye, whilst walking in open air.
Painful pressure in inner angle of left eye ; lachrymation.
Violent pressure in left eye, with lachrymation, it seems smaller and weaker.
Pressure in eyes, on looking at candlelight.
Dry pressure in eyes, as if sleepy.
Stitching pressure in eyes.
Burning stitches in eyes.
Burning in eyes, with lachrymation.
Frequent burning biting in eyes, obliging frequent winking ; acrid water runs from them.
Sensation as if dust or sand were in eyes.
Sensation as if a hair hung over eyes, and must be wiped away. θ Keratitis.
Disagreeable dryness in eyes.
Itching of eyes on going out, obliging frequent winking and wiping of eyes, with increased lachrymation in afternoon.
Pain in eye, alternating with pain in abdomen.
Cataract.
Pupils much contracted.
Violent pressure in right eye, extending from inner canthus, with much lachrymation ; lids seem smaller, pupil dimmer, and eye seems cold.
Pains in left eye, diminished vision ; sclerotica shows injected vessels, singly or in bundles ; conjunctiva slightly reddened ; cornea turbid, ash-colored ; iris discolored ; eye looks as if dead ; lachrymation ; sees as through a fog ; violent
periodical pains. θ Iritis.
Rheumatic iritis, with constant aching and occasional darting pain in eye, always < at night ; ciliary injection, photophobia, aqueous humor cloudy, and iris discolored and bound down by adhesion.
Kerato-iritis after injuries and surgical operations upon eye ; stitching pains ; burning, smarting lachrymation, very excoriating, causing varnished appearance of tissues with which it comes in contact ; fluent coryza ; intense photophobia.
Feeling as though cornea was covered with much mucus ; it obscures his vision and obliges him to frequently close and press lids together ; lids swollen and red.
Sudden and momentary obscuration of vision, > by winking, and caused by pressure of opaque mucus upon surface of cornea.
Hydrophthalmia anterior ; irritation of conjunctiva, resulting from bulging of cornea and circumjacent sclerotic.
Meibomian glands much inflamed and swollen ; on albuginea an inflammatory focus of a deep red color, whence proceeded fasciculi of vessels running towards middle of cornea and converging at a deep ulcer ; cornea dim and conical in form ; iris lighter in color than that of
sound eye ; pupil greatly contracted but perfectly round ; no photophobia nor morbid secretions ; pressure in eye when looking at light.
Cornea ulcerated ; ulceration red and puffy ; lids swollen, thickened, deprived of their ciliæ, and covered with small ulcerations ; large quantities of mucus, clear as tears, or thick like pus, flows constantly from eyes ; intense photophobia ; eye only painful
when exposed to light, producing burning sensation with flow of corrosive tears, and a feeling of a foreign substance in eyes ; affected eyes look smaller by half than other eyes.
Ulcers and pannus extending from above downward to centre of cornea ; slight dimness of cornea with profuse smarting lachrymation ; profuse, thick, acrid discharge ; lids thick and red ; photophobia and pains < in daylight ; blurring of eyes, > by wiping.
Keratitis pustulosa, border of cornea surrounded by small superficial ulcers.
Keratitis pustulosa, with intense photophobia and profuse purulent discharge ; hot, scalding lachrymation.
Pustules on cornea, which are very vascular ; eyes feel heavy and sleepy.
Recurrent pustular inflammation of cornea, moderate photophobia, lids covered with matter.
Inflammation of eyes, with formation of opaque spots on cornea ; great photophobia.
Opacity of the cornea after mechanical injuries ; bluish.
Spots, vesicles and ulcers of cornea ; pannus.
Catarrhal or strumous inflammation of cornea and conjunctiva.
Inflammation of right eye, with complete obscuration of cornea ; after attack of gout.
For four months, considerable photophobia of both eyes, greater in evening ; redness of sclerotic and conjunctiva ; blood vessels very numerous ; wounded by a straw.
After an injury, severe pain, inflammation, excessive lachrymation and burning ; tears felt burning ; intense fluent coryza ; thick masses accumulated in inner corner of eye ; pains < from contact of air ; surface of eye felt as if studded with warts.
Conjunctiva reddened, vesicles enlarged, mucous secretion at first diminished, but speedily increased, finally becoming purulent in character.
Chemosis, acrid tears and coryza.
Acute conjunctivitis ; after first stage, lax or ecchymosed tissue, watery mucus, or milky secretion.
Photophobia : in day and sunlight ; < in evening ; must remain in darkened room ; even to spasm of lids ; with swollen, agglutinated lids ; thick yellow discharge between lids.
Conjunctiva of lids and eyeballs red ; injected vessels running from outer and inner canthi to cornea, resembling a vascular network ; continual itching and painful sensation as of a grain of sand at outer angle ; lachrymation ; photophobia ; pain < in right
eye ; coryza, < on right side. θ Ophthalmia after a chill.
Conjunctivitis pustulosa, lids much swollen, eruption on head and profuse fluent coryza.
Catarrhal ophthalmia, with lachrymation and considerable mucous discharge, injection of conjunctiva, phlyctenula near cornea, at same time coryza and pain in forehead.
Ophthalmia with agglutination in morning ; burning, itching and smarting pain ; cold air and wind cause lachrymation, < by gaslight.
Fluent coryza with scalding tears ; aversion to light ; < in evening or during night when lying down, from glare of daylight or sun ; > in the dark.
Streaming of hot, burning tears from eyes, with great photophobia ; profuse running from nose without burning ; cough only during day. θ Measles.
Ophthalmia, eyes suffused with tears ; painful, dry ulcer on right side of bridge of nose. θ Amenorrhœa.
Granular ophthalmia, with or without pannus ; profuse lachrymation and thick discharge, excoriating lids and cheeks.
Rheumatic inflammation of eyes, almost blinding him.
Pterygium extending from inner canthus.
Ophthalmia of the new born.
Great dryness of lids and nose, so that for last five days has not been obliged to use handkerchief.
Margins of lids red, with sensation of dryness in them.
Burning and swelling of margins of lids ; distressing sensation of dryness.
Lids sensitive and swollen.
Redness and swelling of margins of lids, especially of left ; at times itching burning in them with increased watery secretion.
Lids itch and burn with profuse acrid lachrymation.
Lids much swollen, with a fluent coryza. θ Blepharitis.
Suppurating lid-margins ; constant winking of lids.
Acute inflammation of lids, with acrid muco-purulent discharge. θ Blepharitis.
Inflammation and ulceration of margin of lids.
Violent itching of lids, with catarrhal ophthalmia.
Constant desire to wink, which relieves any blurring of vision. θ Blepharitis.
Inflammation and swelling of Meibomian glands.
Secretion of tears greatly increased, eyes constantly suffused, tears overflow upon face and run down cheek.
Burning, smarting lachrymation, particularly in the wind.
Troublesome lachrymation, remaining after affection of eyes have been cured.
Fine eruption around eyes, parts look red and puffy.
Paralysis of muscles of eyes from cold.
Paralysis of third nerve.
Blurring of eyes, > by winking. θ Paralysis of motor oculi.

Hearing and ears

Ringing in ears.
Earache.

Smell and nose

Violent irritation to sneeze, without cold or apparent cause.
Sneezing, with profuse fluent coryza.
Acute coryza, in stage of serous secretion, where there is redness of conjunctiva, swelling of lids and watery eyes.
Nasal mucous membrane swollen, with abundant secretion of water, and later of a muco-purulent substance, with sneezing and some degree of dyspnœa.
Profuse coryza, with smarting, lachrymation and photophobia, or with sneezing and discharge of mucus from anterior and posterior nares ; profuse, fluent coryza, with cough and expectoration in morning ; soreness and painfulness of inner nose ; eruptions on wings
of nose ; < in open air ; head and eye symptoms < on right side.
Profuse, bland, fluent coryza, with scalding tears and aversion to light ; < evening and during night, while lying down ; after windy weather.
Profuse fluent coryza, in morning, with much cough and expectoration.
Cough with coryza, heat and sensitiveness of nose ; redness of eyes ; photophobia and lachrymation ; no cough at night, but severe in morning ; < in fresh air ; right side of head not affected. θ Bronchitis.
Pain from right to left over bridge of nose ; left half of face and forehead and left eye inflamed ; earache.
Small red spots, like pimples, on upper right side of nose, twinging, darting pain in nose.
Flat cancer on right side of nose.

Upper face

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

Lower face

Stiffness of upper lip, as if made of wood.

Taste, speech, tongue

Impeded speech from lameness and stiffness of tongue.

Abdomen and loins

Frequent colic.

Stools and rectum

Fluent, profuse coryza, with slight flow of tears and a bright red eruption upon cheek, < in afternoon and after crying ; persistent constipation ; stools in large balls, which are dry, hard, voided with great difficulty and almost tearing anal
passage.
Severe coryza ; much sneezing, profuse bland discharge from nose, watery excoriating discharge from eyes, photophobia, slight cough ; five days after administration of Euphrasia coryza had entirely subsided, but a profuse painless diarrhœa set in lasting all day, after last
stool, a prolapsus ani from which she had been suffering for nine months disappeared and did not again return.
Daily stool, but it is hard and scanty.
Pressure in anus while sitting ; hemorrhoids.
Old, flat condylomata at anus, with severe burning ; < at night.

Urinary organs

Frequent micturition.
Urine too often and copious.

Male sexual organs

Genital organs appear drawn in ; pressure above pubes, evenings.

Female sexual organs

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

Voice and larynx. trachea and bronchia

Voice somewhat hoarse, in morning.
Catarrhal hoarseness.
Irritation of larynx, impelling him to cough, followed by tensive pressure beneath sternum.
Abundant mucous secretion, with loose cough, and a loud bronchial rale.

Respiration

Deep inspiration difficult, even while sitting.

Cough

Cough with severe coryza, eyes also affected, during day a scanty expectoration with occasional difficult respiration, > at night, < again in morning with copious expectoration.
Sudden violent cough, caused by tickling in larynx, ceasing after a few seconds.
No cough at night ; as soon as he rises from bed cough begins and is so continuous he can scarcely get his breath, > when he again lies down ; constant tickling in larynx ; < from tobacco smoke ; > from eating ; can be suppressed by a sip of water.
Cough : from mucous or watery vomiting ; came on after hemorrhoids had disappeared ; with severe coryza ; eyes affected ; difficult expectoration during day ; interruption of breath ; no cough at night ; from smoke of wood.
Cough after influenza, early in morning and during day.
Whooping-cough with constant mild, watery exudation from eyes, whether inflamed or not ; < during paroxysm.
Cough on rising in morning, with abundant expectoration of mucus.
Profuse expectoration of mucus by voluntary hawking.

Inner chest and lungs

Pressive pain beneath sternum, especially in forenoon, with transient stickings here and there in chest.

Neck and back

Swelling of cervical glands.
Cramp-like pain in back.

Upper limbs

Sensation in arms as if they had gone to sleep.
Numbness of fingers.

Lower limbs

Cramp in calf, particularly when standing.

Limbs in general

Crawling as of a fly in one or other of limbs, from below upward in a straight line, with numbness of part.

Rest. position. motion

Lying down : fluent coryza < ; cough >.
Sitting : deep inspiration difficult.
Standing : cramp in calf.
Rising : cough begins.
Walking : stitching and itching in female sexual organs ; in open air, unusual yawning.
Tosses about in bed.

Sleep

Unusual yawning while walking in open air.
Tosses about in bed and cannot get warm.
Frequent waking as from fright, at night.
Sleeplessness after midnight.
Awakes toe late.
Usually < after sleep.

Time

Morning : ophthalmia with agglutination ; cough and expectoration ; coryza < ; voice somewhat hoarse ; cough <.
Forenoon : pressive pain beneath sternum.
Day : cough ; scanty expectoration ; difficult expectoration ; attacks of heat.
Afternoon : lachrymation ; fluent coryza ; external chill and coldness of arms.
Evening : headache ; photophobia < ; fluent coryza < ; pressure above pubes.
After midnight : sleeplessness.
Night : darting pain in eye < ; fluent coryza < ; severe burning at anus < ; cough < ; frequent waking as from fright ; sweat during sleep ; agglutination of lids.

Temperature and weather

Generally < in bed ; > after getting out of bed.
Better out-doors ; worse in-doors.
Open air : pain in eye < ; profuse coryza < ; cough < ; walking, unusual yawning.
Windy weather : fluent coryza <.
Cold air and wind cause lachrymation.
Cannot get warm in bed.

Fever

Chill and internal chilliness in forenoon ; external chill and coldness on arms, in afternoon.
Chill predominating.
Attacks of heat during day, with redness of face and cold hands.
Heat descending.
Sweat often confined to front part of body.
Sweat during sleep at night, of very strong, offensive odor, most profuse on chest.
Catarrhal fever when chilliness and coldness predominates, inflammation of conjunctiva with lachrymation ; hardness of hearing ; photophobia ; nightly agglutination of lids ; painful dulness and heat in head, as if head would burst ;
fluent coryza ; inner nose painful ; sneezing and copious expectoration ; cough, particularly in morning.
Symptoms of incipient measles for two weeks, but no appearance of an eruption ; tendency to a typhoid condition, with danger of inflammation of brain. θ Measles.
Chill followed by fever, pain in bones, eyes red and sensitive to light ; face and neck covered with dark spots looking like petechiæ. θ Measles.
Streaming of hot, burning tears from eyes, with great photophobia ; profuse running from nose, without burning ; cough only during day. θ Scarlatina.

Attacks, periodicity

One hour : menses lasting.
For five days : great dryness of lids and nose.
For two weeks : symptoms of incipient measles.
For four months : photophobia of both eyes.

Locality and direction

Right : violent pressure in eye ; inflammation of eye ; pain in eye ; coryza < ; head and eye symptoms < ; small red spots like pimples on upper side of nose ; flat cancer on side of nose ; ulcer on side of bridge of nose.
Left : painful pressure in inner angle of eye ; violent pressure in eye ; pain in eye, with diminished vision, redness and swelling of margins of lid ; half of face and forehead inflamed ; stiffness of cheek.
From above downward : ulcer and pannus, extending to centre of cornea.

Sensations

As if head would burst ; as if dust or sand were in eyes ; as if a hair hung over eyes ; eye looks as if dead ; as though cornea was covered with mucus ; surface of eye felt as if studded with warts ; as if grain of sand were at outer angle ;
upper lip as if made of wood ; as if arms had gone to sleep ; as of a fly crawling in either limb.
Pain : in eye ; in abdomen ; in left eye ; in forehead ; in inner nose ; over bridge of nose ; in ears ; in bones.
Severe pains : in eyes.
Pressive cutting pain : in eyes, extending to frontal sinuses.
Darting pain : in eye.
Stitching pain : in eye.
Burning stitches : in eyes.
Stitches : in brain ; in eyeballs ; in cheek ; in female sexual organs.
Stitching pressure : in eyes.
Sticking : here and there in chest.
Violent beating : headache.
Cramp : in calf.
Cramp-like pains : in back.
Twinging pain : in nose.
Burning biting : in eyes.
Bruised pain : in head.
Aching pain : in outer part of head ; in forehead ; in eye.
Violent pressure : in left eye ; in right eye.
Dry pressure : of eyes.
Painful pressure : in forehead ; in inner angle of left eye ; beneath sternum.
Pressure : on vertex ; on globe of eye ; in anus while sitting ; above pubes ; beneath sternum.
Dull frontal headache.
Painful bewilderment of head.
Smarting : in eye.
Burning : in eyes ; in anus.
Soreness : of inner nose.
Sensitiveness : of nose.
Heat : of head ; of nose ; of left cheek.
Pulsating : of head.
Tension : of the eyeball ; beneath sternum.
Dazzling : of eyes.
Dryness : of eyes ; of eyelids and nose.
Lameness : of tongue.
Stiffness : of left cheek ; of upper lip ; of tongue.
Numbness : of fingers ; of limb.
Tickling : in larynx.
Ringing : in ears.
Crawling : in one or other limb.
Itching : of eyes, of outer angle ; of eyelids ; of rash on face ; female sexual organs.
Coldness : on arms.

Tissues

Affects principally the eyes.
Emaciation.

Touch. passive motion. injuries

Touching skin produces aggravation.
Bad effects from falls, contusions, or other mechanical injuries of external parts.

Skin

Burning, formication and numbness of parts.
Shooting itching, stitches here and there all night.
Fine eruption around eyes and on nose.
First stage of measles ; catarrhal symptoms marked ; eyes inflamed, with photophobia and profuse discharge ; severe coryza with pressing pain in forehead ; cough during day.
Measles with eye symptoms, and more or less nasal and bronchial catarrh.
Intense throbbing headache, redness of eyes, photophobia, least light being intolerable, high fever, constant dry cough, evident signs of eruption about forehead and temples but no tendency to develop. θ Measles.
Warts.
Aggravation : in evening ; when touched.

Stage of life, constitution

Boy, æt. six months ; ophthalmia.
Child, æt. 1, year, Calc. carb. constitution, suffered for six months ; constipation.
Girl, æt. 2 years, treated for coryza ; prolapsus ani.
Child, æt. 3 years, whose recovery had been despaired of ; measles.
Girl, æt. 6 years, daughter of peasants, not been well since she was vaccinated, in her tenth month, nodosities and tumors on head, followed by swelling and suppuration of glands of neck ; ophthalmia.
Robust boy, æt. 14 ; ophthalmia.
Girl, æt. 16 ; blonde, nervous ; measles.
Girl, æt. 20, strong, brunette, menses regular ; ophthalmia.
Woman, æt. 22, married, robust constitution, phlegmatic sanguine temperament, after a chill ; ophthalmia.
Girl, æt. 22, light hair, blue eyes, generally nervous ; measles.
Schoolmaster, æt. 26, scrofulous during childhood, suffers from glandular swellings which occasionally suppurate ; hard swelling of nose and lip.
Gardener, æt. 50, otherwise healthy ; ulcer on cornea.
Man, æt. 52 ; paralysis of motor oculi.
Woman, æt. 53 ; ophthalmia.
Man, æt. 54 ; iritis.
Old woman, gouty ; obscuration of cornea.

Relations

Antidoted by : Camphor, Pulsat .
Compatible : Acon., Calc . (keratitis), Conium, Nux vom., Phosphor., Pulsat., Rhus tox . (parotitis) ; Silica (keratitis), Sulphur
(cataract).
Compare : Æthusa, Allium cep., Apis, Arg. nitr., Arsen., Hepar, Kali bich., Kali jod., Mercur., Merc. cor., Pulsat .

Lectures on Homoeopathic Materia Medica

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Head

Euphrasia is a short acting remedy of great usefulness in acute catarrhal affections with or without fever. Headaches that occur with coryza and eye symptoms, head aches in the evening as if bruised. Stitching pain in the head.

Headaches; as if the head would burst with dazzling of the eyes from sunlight. These are catarrhal headaches with profuse watery discharge from the eyes and nose. The eye symptoms of Euphrasia are its most prominent feature.

Catarrh condition of the eyes with copious, acrid, watery discharge with or without coryza. Cutting pain in the eyes extending into the head, pressure in the eyes as if caused by sand. Sensation of dryness, burning, biting in the eyes. Sensation of dust in the eyes. Violent itching of the eyes obliging rubbing and winking, with copious lachrymation. Pupils much contracted and much tumefaction of the mucous membrane with redness and enlarged blood vessels and smarting.

Iritis

from rheumatism or in connection with rheumatic joints. Copious thin or thick discharges. General inflammation of all the tissues of the eyes. Ulceration of the cornea. It has cured Pannus. Pustular inflammation. Opacity of the cornea after injuries of the eye. It is suitable in the most violent acute conjunctivitis. Amblyopia with inflammation of conjunctiva and lids.

Copious lachrymation and burning. The mucous membranes of the lids and eyeballs are injected, red, and vascular. agglutination of the lids in the morning. Copious, acrid lachrymation with fluent discharge from the nose during coryza. Dryness of the lids and the margins of the lids red swollen, and burning. The lids are very sensitive and swollen. The margins of the lids itch and burn.

Suppuration of the margins of the lids. Much swelling of the lids with inflammation. Fine rash about the eyes with puffiness of the lids. Blurred vision. Paralysis of the third nerve.

The next most important group of symptoms is in connection with the nose. Sneezing and fluent coryza. The discharge is bland and this occurs with acrid lachrymation. The nasal mucous membrane is swollen.

Profuse, bland, fluent, coryza. After this coryza has existed for a day or two it extends into the larynx with a hard cough. The coryza is worse during the night while lying down. The cough is worse in the daytime and ameliorated by lying down.

The remedy has a rash like measles and it has febrile symptoms; therefore, when these symptoms are duly considered, it will be seen that Euphrasia is similar to the symptoms that occur in measles. It is a wonderful medicine in measles though not so frequently indicated as Pulsatilla, owing to the fact that this combination of symptoms does not often come.

Larynx and cough

Hoarseness in the morning. Irritation in the larynx compelling him to cough, followed by pressure beneath the sternum. Abundant secretion in the larynx causing loose cough with rattling in the chest.

Deep inspiration is difficult. The cough, considered by itself, furnishes a very rare group of symptoms. Cough with copious expectoration along with or following coryza. Difficult respiration ameliorated at night while lying down.

Worse in the morning when moving about with copious expectoration. Violent cough from tickling in the larynx. No cough at night causes the remedy to resemble Bry. and Mang. The dyspnoea and cough are ameliorated by lying down. The coryza symptoms, otherwise, are worse at night and from lying down. When these symptoms occur in grippe or influenza, this becomes a very suitable remedy.

The abundance of mucus scraped from the larynx and trachea is often like the ending of bad colds. The expectoration is easy and almost without cough. It comes up without much effort. Pressive pain beneath the sternum showing that the trachea is especially involved in the catarrhal condition. The pain in the eyes is worse in the open air. The coryza is worse in the open air. The cough sometimes comes on in the open air.

Windy weather causes fluent coryza. Cold air and windy weather cause lachrymation. He is a chilly patient and cannot get warm in bed.

There is chill, fever, and sweat in this remedy. This chill predominates. The fever occurs mostly during the day with red face and cold hands. The heat descends the body. The perspiration is often confined to the front part of the body. Perspiration during sleep at night. Strange odor sometimes very offensive and most profuse upon the chest. It is especially suitable in catarrhal fever, influenza and measles.

When the symptoms agree, it will make a violent attack of measles turn into a very simple form, making the patient feel better, bring out the eruption, control the fever, and relieve the cough, coryza, and other catarrhal symptoms. Streaming, hot, burning tears with rash, photophobia, running from the nose, intense throbbing headaches, redness of the eyes, photophobia from fever, dry cough during measles.