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Euphrasia Officinalis

30C / QEuphrasia

Eyebright · "The Eye Catarrh Remedy"

euphr.PlantCommonPsoric

🎯 It acts primarily on the mucous membranes, especially of the eyes and upper respiratory tract, to treat inflammatory conditions with profuse, watery discharges.

📖 Boericke writes:

(EYEBRIGHT)

Manifests itself in inflaming the conjunctival membrane especially, producing profuse lachrymation. Patient is better in open air. Catarrhal affections of mucous membranes especially of eyes and nose. Profuse acrid lachrymation and bland coryza; worse, evening. Hawking up of offensive mucus.

👤 Constitution

•Typically indicated for individuals suffering from catarrhal conditions, particularly those with marked eye symptoms and a tendency toward profuse, watery discharges.

⭐ Key Symptoms — Give When You See

Profuse, fluent coryza, with violent cough and abundant expectoration.

nose

The eyes water all the time.

eyes

Constipation.

rectum

Menses painful; flow lasts only an hour or day; late, scanty, short.

female

Amenorrhoea, with ophthalmia.

female

Prostatitis.

male

Profuse, fluent coryza in morning, with much cough and expectoration.

respiratory

🩺 Systems & Indications

👤HEAD

Useful for headaches associated with sinus congestion and eye strain.

Bursting headache with dazzling of eyes.

Catarrhal headache, with profuse discharge from eyes and nose.

🔑 Modalities

↓Worse from

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💊 Dosage & Potency

Historical record, not a prescription. Boericke published this in 1927. It is not medical advice — consult a qualified practitioner before acting on it.

Summarised from the passage below — Boericke’s own wording is the record.

3X to 6X

Decimal

Primary Dosage

🌿 Remedy Relationships

🚫 Antidotes

Camphora →Pulsatilla Pratensis →

🔄 Compare With

Arsenicum Album →Gelsemium Sempervirens →Allium Cepa →Sabadilla →

Boericke's Materia Medica

In Boericke’s Repertory

About the repertory →

Euphrasia Officinalis is listed in 115 rubrics across 18 chapters — italicised by Boericke in 39 of them, marking the remedy as more frequently verified there.

Eyes49 Respiratory System11 Modalities10 Nose9 Fever7 Male Sexual System5 Female Sexual System4 Nervous System3 Head3 Generalities3 Stomach2 Abdomen2 Mind2 Taste1 Face1 Skin1 Urinary System1 Throat1

See all 115 rubrics for Euphrasia Officinalis →