EUPHRASIA OFFICINALIS [Euphr]

Eye bright

Euphorbiaceae

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Fall

 

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Contusion

 

-	Mechanical injuries of external parts of eye

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Evening

 

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Warmth

 

<	Glare of day light

 

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Indoors

 

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Night

 

<	While lying down

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WIND

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In bed

 

<	When touched

 

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Moisture

 

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Room

 

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SUNLIGHT

 

<	After exposure to south wind

 

>	In darkness

 

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Open air

 

>	From coffee

 

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Winking

 

>	Wiping eyes

-	Catarrhal affections of mucus membrane, especially of eyes, nose, of upper respiratory tract

 

-	Profuse acrid lachrymation with profuse, BLAND CORYZA (reverse - Allium Cepa)

 

-	Profuse, offensive expectoration of mucus by voluntary hawking

 

-	WATERY EYES, AS IF SWIMMING IN TEARS, HOT or ACRID TEARS leaving a varnish-like mark. sensation as of a hair in eyes, wants to wipe them

 

-	Bluish cornea. Tendency to accumulation of sticky mucus on cornea - removed by winking. Chronic sore eyes

 

-	Pain in the eye, alternating with pain in abdomen

  

-	Catarrhal headache with profuse discharge from eyes and nose

  

-	COUGH ONLY IN DAYTIME (Ferr-m, Nat-m), less on lying down at night (reverse -Thuja)

  

Loose cough with excessive lachrymation. Cough appears after disappearance of haemorrhoids

  

-	Menses painful, late, scanty, short, FLOW LASTS ONLY AN HOUR OR DAY

  

-	Amenorrhoea with ophthalmia (Conjunctivitis with violent inflammation, instead of menses)

  

-	Indicated especially in eruptive fever, like mealses. Suitable in FIRST STAGE OF MEASLES where eye symptoms are marked. MEASLES with WATERY EYES and FLUENT CORYZA

  

-	Frequent yawning while walking in open air

1. Profuse acrid lachrymation with profuse bland coryza
2. Cough only in daytime
3. Menstrual flow lasts only one day or sometimes only one hour

1. Free acrid watery secretions
2. Acrid tears with bland coryza
3. Measles with watery eyes and fluent coryza
4. Cough < daytime
5. MENSES - LASTS ONLY AN hour or day

Profuse acrid lachrymation with profuse and bland coryza

-	Euphrasia has a shining face which looks as if it had been varnished. The skin of the face cracks as varnish does - Dr. H.A. Roberts

  

-	Allergy, Rhinitis, Conjunctivitis, Iritis, Chemosis, Pertussis, Measles, Hay fever, Injury to the eye

Compare: All-c, Sabad, Puls, Apis

Compatible: Acon, Calc-c, Con, Nux-v, Phos, Puls, Rhus-t, Sil, Sulph

Antidotes: Camph, Caust, Puls

Remedies that follow well: Acon, Alum, Con, Lyc, Calc-c, Merc, Nux-v, Phos, Rhus-t, Sil