EUPHRASIA


EUPHRASIA homeopathic remedy keynotes and indications from the Decachords by Gladstone Clarke, of the medicine EUPHRASIA …


Symptoms

      1. Acute catarrhal affections esp. of eyes and nose; profuse acrid lachrymation with profuse bland coryza (rev. Allium C.); often assoc. soreness and pressive pain behind sternum and hacking cough with free mucous expectoration; cough only during daytime, ((<)) on rising a.m.; influenza; whooping cough.

2. Conjunctivitis; acute with excessive, acrid, watery discharge; sub-acute with profuse, mattery discharge, making cheeks sore; accumulation of mucous on cornea causing frequent blinking to effect removal; photophobia; lid margins swollen, red, burning, even ulcerating.

3. Menstrual disorders; flow lasts only one hour. or late and lasting only one day.

4. Ailments resulting from falls; contusions, or mechanical injuries to external parts.

5. Modalities; ((<)) evening or on rising a.m.; indoors; warmth; south winds; (>) outdoors.

A. Gladstone Clarke
Arthur Gladstone Clarke, a christian missionary working with the North China Mission, made good practical use of the homeopathy. He learnt as a student at MSM. He published a short introduction to the use of over 100 commonly used medicines—Decachords—first published in 1925 and still in print today.