Viola Odorata

Allen, The Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica, 1874, Vol. X, p. 130

Viola odorata, Linn.

Natural arder, Violacese.

Common name, Violet.

Preparation. Tincture of plant in flower.

Authority. (Gross, Archiv. fur Horn., 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)

Sadness changing to gloomy despondency

Aversion to talking, gloomy and hypochondriac mood, with weakness of memory (after one hour and a half )

Aversion to all music, especially the violin

Special sharpness of mind, lasting a long time,l

Increased activity of mind for half an hour (after one hour) ; followed by difficult reflection for an hour (after one hour and a half)

Very great intellectual and emotional activity, with constant weak memory, followed by headache (after nine hours)

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

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

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

Momentary vanishing of thought

Weakness of memory; when he reaches a period in reading he has already forgotten what the beginning of the sentence was,l

Great weakness of memory for twenty-four hours

Head p. 131

Vertigo; everything in the head seems to tvhirl around, even while sitting

Heaviness of the whole head, the cervical muscles seem very iveak

Dull confused headache

Dull headache, with cramp in one eye, with vision of a fiery tremulous half circle

Drawing in the left frontal eminence (after a quarter of an hour),l

A prickling in the forehead from rush of blood (after eleven minutes)

Tension in the occiput and forehead (after three-quarters of an hour),l

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

Eyes p. 131

Burning pain in the left eye

Heat and burning in the eyes

Tension beneath the eyes

Lids. The eyes close

Cramplike spasms in the eyelids, extending to the malar region, especially of the left side

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)

Tendency of the lids to close without physical sleepiness

Hall. It seems to him as though each of the eyeballs were compressed from both sides (after one hour and a half)

Elipil. Pupils contracted (after one hour)

Vision. It seems thick before the eyes, and everything seems dim

Sharp vision, ease in looking (after nine hours)

He is obliged to hold objects somewhat nearer than usual in order to see distinctly (after two hours)

The contours of letters are not sharply defined while reading, they seem to run together

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)

Head p. 131

Drawing and tension in the left ear rather externally

Pressing pain behind the left ear externally

Deep transient stitches alternately beneath one or the other ear, especially the left

Sticking from within outward, in the left ear

Rushing and ringing in the ears

Nose p. 131

Numb feeling in the tip of the nose, as if it had been beaten, and the blood were pressing out

Face p. 131

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

Pressure on the malar bone

Violent drawing pressure from the malar bone to the temples, immediately

Tearing pain in the left lower jaw, extending up to the ear

Mouth p. 131

Tearing in the teeth of the right lower jaw (after ten minutes)

A sensation in the hard palate, as if it were completely dried up

Stool p. 131

Constipation for two days ; he has inclination but nothing results

Sexual Organs p. 131

Extremely unusual nocturnal emission, which does him no good ; followed by headache

Respiratory Organs p. 131

_ Short breath

Respiration is scarcely noticed, inspiration and expiration are difficult; it is most painful oil expiration, with great apprehension, associated with violent beating of the heart (after eight hours and a half )

Chest p. 132

Frightful oppression of the chest and dyspnoea, with pain in the chest as from a stone lying upon it

Heart and Pulse p. 132

Jerking drawing in the cervical muscles, near the nape of the neck, extending downward, in the evening, while lying on the opposite side,h

Lower Extremities p. 132

Trembling of the limbs f

Superior Extremities p. 132

Drawing pain in the right elbow

Pressing pain in the right wrist

Drawing pain on the back of the left metacarpus, extending towards the wrist,l

Cramplike pain in the first joint of the left index finger, even during rest (after five minutes)

Sticking in the tip of the middle finger (after a quarter of an hour)

Generalities p. 132

[60-] Relaxation of all the muscles

Bruised pain in all the bones of the body, in the morning in bed, after waking, which disappears after rising,k

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 Iving at night

Symptoms recurred equally in all positions, were mild yet more definitely felt than from other drugs,k