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Hydrophyllum Virginianum
6XHydroph-vHydrophyllum Virginianum · Virginia Waterleaf · "The Virginia Waterleaf Remedy"
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🎯 Acts primarily as an irritant to the eyes, causing intense inflammation and lachrymation.
📖 Clarke writes:
Virginian Waterleaf. N. O. Hydrophyllaceae. Tincture of fresh plant in flower.
👤 Characteristics
Sphere of Action & Core States
•Botanical affinity: Hydrophyllaceae are nearly allied to the Borages
•Habitat: Grows among moist, shady rocks
•Historical use: Antidote to Rhus poisoning
•Clinical potential: Adjunct to Euphrasia
•Primary sphere: Ocular inflammation and catarrhal conditions
Leading Mental & Emotional Indicators
•Restlessness: Symptoms kept the patient awake for some time
Key Characteristics & Guiding Symptoms
•Eyes: Watering and burning
•Eyes: Slight itching
•Eyelids: Swollen
•Sclerotics: Fiery red
•Photophobia: Sensitiveness to light
•Eyelids: Agglutinated in the morning
•Lachrymation: Persistent, remaining after burning and smarting subsided
•Duration: Symptoms lasted for a week before the eyes were quite right
⭐ Key Symptoms — Give When You See
Fiery red sclerotics
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Severe burning and smarting of the eyes
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Profuse lachrymation
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Swollen eyelids
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Agglutination of lids in the morning
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Sensitiveness to light
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Itching of the eyes
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Catarrhal inflammation of the eyes
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🩺 Systems & Indications
⚙️Generals
Indicated for acute ocular inflammation characterized by burning, redness, and photophobia.
Dull headache.
Eyes began to water and burn, with 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 more or less for two or three days ;
- •the symptoms gradually subsided, and in a week I was well again..
🔑 Modalities
↓Worse from
Morning
agglutinated lids
sensitive to light
📚 Sources & References
✓ Clarke's Dictionary↗✓ Allen's Encyclopedia↗Boericke's Materia MedicaHering's Guiding SymptomsHahnemann's Materia Medica PuraKent's Materia MedicaPhatak's Concise MM
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