VIOLA ODORATA.
Viola odorata, Linn.
Natural order
, Violaceæ.
Common name
, Violet.
Preparation
, Tincture of plant in flower.
Authority.
(Gross, Archiv. für Hom., 8,
Part 2, p. 182.) 1, Hahnemann; 2, Gross; 3,
Stapf.
MIND.
►
Morbid fantasies; fantasies come to him, he makes an effort to grasp
them, but before he can do so they disappear (after eight hours), [3]. ►
Sadness changing to gloomy despondency, [3].
► Aversion to talking, gloomy and
hypochondriac mood, with weakness of memory (after one hour and a half),
[3]. ►
Aversion to all music, especially the violin, [3]. ► Special
sharpness of mind, lasting a long time, [3].
► Increased activity of mind for half
an hour (after one hour); followed by difficult reflection for an hour
(after one hour and a half), [3]. ► Very great intellectual and emotional
activity, with constant weak memory, followed by headache (after nine
hours), [3]. ►
Confusion of thought; when he attempted to express his thoughts by words
they immediately disappeared, and some strange thoughts took their
place, and he could not recall the former, [2]. ►
Disconnected thoughts thronged one upon the other, none of which he was
able to grasp; but his judgment remained good, because he knew how
little he would be understood if he expressed his thoughts; on this
account he kept quiet, yet for the most part was unable to express any
of his fantasies even by a word, [3].
[10.] ►
He seems able to recognize only half an idea; he puts it in the proper
place but cannot hold to it; he makes great effort to grasp the other
half, but at the same moment half of another incomplete idea presses
upon him, and so on; thoughts chase one another, but he always has only
half a thought which he cannot hold to and cannot think out; his
judgment, however, remains, he recognizes morbid fantasies, but cannot
help them; therewith he looks like one meditating and despondent, [3]. ►
Momentary vanishing of thought, [2].
► Weakness of memory; when he reaches
a period in reading he has already forgotten what the beginning of the
sentence was, [2]. ► Great weakness of memory for twenty-four
hours, [3].
HEAD.
►
Vertigo; everything in the head seems to whirl around, even while
sitting, [2]. ► Heaviness of the whole head, the cervical
muscles seem very weak, [2].
► Dull confused headache, [3]. ►
Dull headache, with cramp in one eye, with vision of a fiery tremulous
half circle, [3]. ► Drawing in the left frontal eminence
(after a quarter of an hour), [2].
► A prickling in the forehead from rush
of blood (after eleven minutes), [2]. [20.] ► Tension in the occiput and forehead
(after three-quarters of an hour), [2].
► Tension of the scalp of the
occiput, even when not moving, though worse on bending the head forward
and backward; a painful sensation which compels him to wrinkle the
frontal muscles, lasting several days, [3].
EYE.
►
Burning pain in the left eye, [3].
► Heat and burning in the eyes, [3]. ►
Tension beneath the eyes, [3]. ► Lids. ►
The eyes close, [1]. ► Cramplike spasms in the eyelids,
extending to the malar region, especially of the left side, [2]. ►
Heaviness of the lids with the usual clearness of the eyes, as sometimes
when one has risen very early in the morning (after one hour and a
quarter), [3]. ► Tendency of the lids to close without
physical sleepiness, [2]. ► Ball. ►
It seems to him as though each of the eyeballs were compressed from both
sides (after one hour and a half), [2].
► Pupil. [30.] ►
Pupils contracted (after one hour), [3].
► Vision. ► It seems thick before the eyes, and
everything seems dim, [1]. ► Sharp vision, ease in looking (after nine
hours), [3]. ►
He is obliged to hold objects somewhat nearer than usual in order to see
distinctly (after two hours), [3].
► The contours of letters are not
sharply defined while reading, they seem to run together, [3]. ►
Illusion of vision; at the point to which he looks he seems to see a
half point, which then becomes a tremulous light, constantly more fiery,
and at last looks like a half circle and a zigzag fiery appearance
following a serpentine course, which at last becomes weaker, and
gradually disappears; with this the white of the eye looks red (after
eight hours and a half), [3].
EAR.
►
Drawing and tension in the left ear rather externally, [2]. ►
Pressing pain behind the left ear externally, [3]. ► Deep
transient stitches alternately beneath one or the other ear, especially
the left, [2]. ► Sticking from within outward, in the left
ear, [3]. [40.]
► Rushing and ringing in the ears, [3].
NOSE.
►
Numb feeling in the tip of the nose, as if it had been beaten, and the
blood were pressing out, [3].
FACE.
►
Tension, which at times extends to the upper half of the face,
especially of the nose, thence to the forehead and temples, as far as
the ears, alternating with a similar sensation in the occiput and
cervical muscles, [2]. ► Pressure on the malar bone, [2]. ►
Violent drawing pressure from the malar bone to the temples,
immediately, [3]. ► Tearing pain in the left lower jaw,
extending up to the ear, [3].
MOUTH.
►
Tearing in the teeth of the right lower jaw (after ten minutes), [2]. ►
A sensation in the hard palate, as if it were completely dried up, [2].
STOOL.
►
Constipation for two days; he has inclination but nothing results, [1].
SEXUAL ORGANS.
►
Extremely unusual nocturnal emission, which does him no good; followed
by headache, [1].
RESPIRATORY ORGANS.
[50.] ►
Short breath, [3]. ► Respiration is scarcely noticed,
inspiration and expiration are difficult; it is most painful on
expiration, with great apprehension, associated with violent beating of
the heart (after eight hours and a half), [3].
CHEST.
►
Frightful oppression of the chest and dyspnœa, with pain in the chest
as from a stone lying upon it, [3].
NECK.
►
Jerking drawing in the cervical muscles, near the nape of the neck,
extending downward, in the evening, while lying on the opposite side, [1].
EXTREMITIES.
►
Trembling of the limbs, [2].
SUPERIOR EXTREMITIES.
► Drawing pain in the right elbow, [3]. ►
Pressing pain in the right wrist, [3]. ► Drawing
pain on the back of the left metacarpus, extending towards the wrist, [3]. ►
Cramplike pain in the first joint of the left index finger, even during
rest (after five minutes), [2]. ► Sticking in the tip of the middle finger
(after a quarter of an hour), [3].
GENERALITIES.
[60.]
► Relaxation of all the muscles, [3]. ►
Bruised pain in all the bones of the body, in the morning in bed, after
waking, which disappears after rising, [1].
► Transient burning, here and there,
on the body; it seems like a drawing-together in a small spot, and
burning like a small transient flame, while sitting during the day, as
well as while lying at night, [1].
► Symptoms recurred equally in all
positions, were mild yet more definitely felt than from other drugs, [2].
SLEEP.
►
Yawning and stretching, without sleepiness, [3]. ► Yawning
every morning, so that the eyes fill with water, [1]. ► Sleepiness
in the eyes and lids, they will close, [2]. ► He lies
on the back at night during sleep with the left hand above the head,
contrary to habit, and with the knees bent and lying far to the side, [1].
FEVER.
►
Forehead hot, [3]. ► Febrile shivering, [3]. [70.] ► Nightsweat, [1].
CONDITIONS.
►
Aggravation. ► (Moving head backward and forward), Tension in
scalp of occiput.® 2000
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