Remedy

Euphrasia officinalis

Eyebright

8 health issues Boericke 1927

Main symptoms

Manifests itself in inflaming the conjunctival membrane especially, producing profuse watering eyes.
Patient is better in open air.
With mucus affections of mucous membranes especially of eyes and nose.
Profuse acrid watering eyes and bland runny nose (cold); worse, evening.
Hawking up of offensive mucus.

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What makes it better or worse

Worse

In eveningIndoorsWarmthSouth windsFrom light

Better

From coffeeIn dark

Symptoms by body part

Head

Bursting headache with dazzling of eyes. With mucus headache, with profuse discharge from eyes and nose.

Nose

Profuse, fluent runny nose (cold), with violent cough and abundant phlegm coughed up.

Eyes

With mucus conjunctivitis; discharge of acrid matter. The eyes water all the time. Acrid watering eyes; bland runny nose (cold). Discharge thick and excoriating. Burning and swelling of the lids. Frequent inclination to blink. Free discharge of acrid matter. Sticky mucus on cornea; must wink to remove it. Pressure in eyes. Little blisters on cornea. Opacities. Rheumatic iritis. Ptosis.

Face

Redness and heat of cheeks. Stiffness of upper lip.

Stomach

Vomiting from hawking mucus. Nausea and bitterness after smoking.

Rectum

Dysentery. Prolapse ani. Pressure down in anus when sitting. Constipation.

Female

Menses painful; flow lasts only an hour or day; late, scanty, short. Absent periods, with eye inflammation.

Male

Spasmodic retraction of genitals, with pressure above pubic bone. Condyloma and sycotic excrescences. Prostatitis. Nocturnal irritability of bladder; dribbling urine.

Respiratory

Frequent yawning when walking in open air. Profuse, fluent runny nose (cold) in morning, with much cough and phlegm coughed up. Influenza. Gags when clearing the throat in morning. Whooping-cough only in day-time, with profuse watering eyes.

Skin

First stage of measles; eye symptoms marked. Consequence of external injuries.

Sleep

Yawning when walking in open air. Sleepy during day.

Fever

Chilly and cold. Sweat mostly on chest, at night during sleep.

Listed for these health issues

Blinking of the Eyes Conjunctivitis Photophobia Tears Coryza (Acute and Chronic)Hay Fever Bronchial Cough Measles

Often compared with

Arsenicum album Gelsemium sempervirens Causticum

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