Kent's - Classical Homeopathy Online

uised. Stitching pain in the head. Head aches as if the head would burst with dazzling of the eyesfrom sunlight. These are catarrhal headaches with profuse watery discharge from the eyes and nose.The eye symptoms of Euphrasia are its most prominent feature. Catarrhal condition of the eyes withcopious, acrid, watery discharge with or without coryza. Cutting pain in the eyes extending into thehead, 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, withoutcopious lachrymation.Pupils much contracted and much tumefaction of the mucous membrane with redness andenlarged 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. Ulcerationof the cornea. It has cured Pannus. Pustular inflammation. Opacity of the cornea after injuries of theeye. It is suitable in the most violent acute conjunctivitis. Amblyopia with inflammation of conjunctivaand lids. Copious lachrymation and burning. The mucous membranes of the lids and eyeballs areinjected, red, and vascular.Glutination of the lids in the morning. Copious, acrid lachrymation with fluent discharge fromthe nose during coryza.Dryness of the lids and the margins of the lids red, swollen, and burning. The lids are verysensitive 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 fluentcoryza. The discharge is bland and this occurs with acrid lachrymation. The nasal mucous membrane isswollen. Profuse, bland, fluent coryza. After this coryza has existed for a day or two it extends into thelarynx with a hard cough. The coryza is worse during the night while lying down. The cough is worsein the daytime and < ameliorated by lying down>. The remedy has a rash like measles and it has febrilesymptoms; therefore, when these symptoms are duly considered, it will be seen that Euphrasia issimilar to the symptoms that occur in measles. It is a wonderful medicine in measles though not sofrequently indicated as < Pulsatilla> owing to the fact that this combination of symptoms does not oftencome. Hoarseness in the morning. Irritation in the larynx compelling him to cough, followed bypressure beneath the sternum. Abundant secretion in the larynx causing loose cough with rattling in thechest. Deep inspiration is difficult. The cough, considered by itself, furnishes a very rare group ofsymptoms. Cough with copious expectoration along with or following coryza. Difficult respirationameliorated at night while lying down. Rose in the morning when moving about with copiousexpectoration. Violent cough from tickling in the larynx. No cough at night causes the remedy toresemble < Bry.> and < Mang.> The dyspnoea and cough are < ameliorated by lying down>. Thecoryza symptoms, otherwise, are worse at night and from lying down. When these symptoms occur ingrippe or influenza, this becomes a very suitable remedy. The abundance of mucus scraped from thelarynx and trachea is often like the ending of bad colds. The expectoration is easy and almost withoutcough. IT comes up without much effort. Pressive pain beneath the sternum showing that the trachea isespecially involved in the catarrhal condition. The pain in the eyes is worse in the open air. The coryzais worse in the open air. The cough sometimes comes on in the open air. Windy weather causes fluentcoryza. 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 thisremedy. The chill predominates.The fever occurs mostly during the day with red face and cold hands. The heat descends thebody. 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 incatarrhal fever, influenza and measles. When the symptoms agree, it will make a violent attack ofmeasles turn into a very simple form, making the patient feel better, bring out the eruption, control thefever, and relieve the cough, coryza, and other catarrhal symptoms. Streaming, hot, burning tears withrash, photophobia, running from the nose, intense throbbing headaches, redness of the eyes,photophobia from fever, dry cough during measles.FERRUM ARSENICOSUM [ferr-ar] [Kent’s]Complaints in general are aggravated in the morning, on waking; afternoon; evening; night,before midnight, after midnight. Aversion to the open air; aggravation in the open air.