Hydrophyllum


Hydrophyllum homeopathy medicine – drug proving symptoms from Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica by TF Allen, published in 1874. It has contributions from R Hughes, C Hering, C Dunham, and A Lippe….


Introduction

Hydrophyllum Virginicum

Natural order: Boraginaceae.

Preparation: Tincture of the plant when in flower.

General symptoms

Dull headache. Eyes began to water and burn, slight itching (after fifteen or twenty minutes); this continued until I reached my boarding house. I was suffering quite severely my sister at once asked what was the matter with my eyes, and going to the glass, my eyelids were swollen and the sclerotica much injected, presenting fiery redness; there was some sensitiveness to light. These symptoms continued through the afternoon and evening, and kept me awake for some time; in the morning my eyelids were agglutinated, and on opening my eyes they were quite sensitive to the light; the burning and smarting were less, still my eyes discharged water moire or less for two or three days; the symptoms gradually subsided, and a week I was well again.

TF Allen
Dr. Timothy Field Allen, M.D. ( 1837 - 1902)

Born in 1837in Westminster, Vermont. . He was an orthodox doctor who converted to homeopathy
Dr. Allen compiled the Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica over the course of 10 years.
In 1881 Allen published A Critical Revision of the Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica.