Euphrasia

Euphrasia
(eyebright)
* 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.
- Amenorrhoea, 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 foreffects of Poison-Oak); Cepa; Ars.; Gels.;
Kali hyd.; Sabadilla.
Dose
- Third to sixth potency.