Euphrasia officinalis

as William Boericke recorded it in Homoeopathic Materia Medica, 1927

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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.

Modalities

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

Head

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

Face

Redness and heat of cheeks. Stiffness of upper lip.

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).

Nose

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

Stomach

Vomiting from hawking mucus. Nausea and bitterness after smoking.

Rectum

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

Male

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

Female

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

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.

Relationships

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.

What the other books say about Euphrasia officinalis

The same remedy read by a different author. They disagree, and the disagreements are where the remedy becomes recognisable.

Euphrasia officinalis in Allen's Keynotes — The few symptoms that, when genuinely present, point at one remedy and not its neighbours.
Euphrasia officinalis in Farrington — Lectures that teach remedies in families, by comparing them with each other.
Euphrasia officinalis in Kent — Kent teaching a class, one remedy at a time — fewer remedies, far more on each.
Euphrasia officinalis in Boger — A compressed key — the generals and the characteristic modalities, with very little narrative.

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Cite this page. William Boericke. Homoeopathic Materia Medica. 9th edition (preface dated San Francisco, June 1927). Euphrasia officinalis — General. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/books/boericke/euphrasia-officinalis. Published 1927: public domain in the US (since 2023) and in India (author died 1929). Reproduced as the author wrote it; a historical reference for students and practitioners, not medical advice.