Erythraea venusta-Centaury
- Used extensively as a fever remedy and bitter tonic (Gentiana), antimalarial and antiseptic.
- Of use in severe type of intermittent fever in hot countries; also, in influenza.
- Sore, as if bruised all over.
- Sensation of drops falling from and upon different spots.
Head
- Congested.
- Scalp feels tight; head feels as if bound; burning in eyes; buzzing in ears.
Fever
- Chill all over; worse in bed at night.
- Sensitive to cold trade-winds on Pacific Coast.
- General sore and bruised feeling; nausea and retching.
Skin
- Wrinkled like a washer-woman's.
- Scalp feels tight, as if drawn together by India-rubber.
Dose
- Tincture, in drop doses.
- Must be made from the fresh plant.
- Its medicinal properties are lost in the dry.
