Physostigma

Calabar Bean

Eyes

William Boericke 1922

Night-blindness [Opposite: Bothrops] ; photophobia; contraction of pupils; twitching of ocular muscles. Lagophthalmus. Musca; volitantes; flashes of light; partial blindness. Glaucoma; paresis of accommodation; astigmatism. Profuse lachrymation. Spasm of ciliary muscle, 'with irritability after using

William Boericke 1922

Increasing 7nyopia. Post -diphtheritic paralysis of eye and accommodation muscles. *

Guiding symptoms

William Boericke 1922

This remedy and its active principle, Eserine, form a valuable addition to Materia Medica. Stimulates heart, raises blood pressure, and increases peristalsis. Causes contraction of the pupil and of the ciliary muscles. Induces a condition of short-sightedness. Spinal irritation, loss of motility, prostration, with very sensitive vertebrae. Fibrillary tremors. Rigidity of muscles ; paralysis. Depresses the motor and reflex activity of the cord and causes loss of sensibility to pain, muscular weakness, followed by complete paralysis, although muscular contractility is not impair^'H. Paralysis and tremors, chorea. Meningeal irritation, with rigidity of muscles. Tetanus and trismus. Eserine is used locally to produce contraction of pupil.

Head

William Boericke 1922

Constant pain on top; vertigo, with constrictive feeling of

William Boericke 1922

Pain over orbits ; cannot bear to raise eyelids. Cerebro-spinal meningitis ; general tetanic rigidity. Spastic conditions of the face-muscles.

Nose

William Boericke 1922

Fluent coryza ; burning and tingling of nos-

References

This monograph is an original summary faithful to the classical tradition. It condenses material from these public-domain sources:

James Tyler Kent, Lectures on Homoeopathic Materia Medica (1905)Primary remedy pictures; characteristic mental and general symptoms. · Public domain (USA, pre-1930 publication)
William Boericke, Pocket Manual of Homeopathic Materia Medica and Repertory (1927)Reproduced here in full — the complete classical repertory-style monographs. · Public domain (USA, pre-1930 publication)
Constantine Hering, The Guiding Symptoms of Our Materia Medica (1879–1891)Confirmed symptom aggregates behind the section organization. · Public domain
Timothy Field Allen, Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica (1874–1879)Provings background referenced by the verification tradition. · Public domain

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