EUPHRASIA OFFICINALIS

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 (Merc. 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. 
  • Amenorrhea, 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.