Viola Odorata

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Dr. S.R. Phatak describes the clinically confirmed symptoms of the homeopathic remedy Viola Odarata in his Concise Materia Medica, published in 1977….

Generalities

      Sweet Violet produces great nervous debility. Affects ears, eyes, wrists (right) and skin. Combined eye, ear and kidney symptoms. Worm affections in children. Tension. Suited to tall, thin, nervous girls. Nervous activity, then sudden exhaustion.

Worse

      Cloudy weather. Cold air. Music. Puberty. Suppressed discharges.

Mind

      Inclined to weep, without knowing why. Aversion to music, esp., violin. Childish behaviour; despondent; refuses eating; talks in low soft voice.

Head

      Tension in scalp extending to upper part of the face. Headache across the forehead, above the eyebrows; must knit the brows. Burning in forehead.

Eyes

      Pain from eyes (left) to vertex worse cough; choroiditis. Illusions of vision; fiery, serpentine circles. Cramp in eyes. Lids tend to close without physical sleepiness.

Ears

      Affection, with pain in eyeballs. Otorrhoea; recurrent; from birth. Deafness.

Nose

      Tip numb; as from a blow.

Stomach

      Craves meat.

Abdomen

      Itching at anus. Worms.

Urinary

      Urine milky with strong smell. Enuresis; in nervous children.

Female

      Dyspnoea, during pregnancy.

Respiratory

      Oppression of chest; as of weight on. Difficult breathing, anxiety and palpitation. Long lasting spells of cough during day time only; with dyspnoea.

Extremities

      Shoulders cold. Rheumatism of deltoid muscles and wrist (right) esp. in females. Trembling of limbs. Pressing pain in bones of fingers.

Sleep

      Yawning and stretching without sleepiness.

Skin

      Dry, with moist palms.

Related

      Puls; Spigelia

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S.R. Phatak
A pioneer of Homoeopathy in Maharashtra, Dr Shankar Raghunath Phatak was born on 6th September, 1896. He did his MBBS from Grant Medical College, in 1924. Started his practice but somehow not satisfied with Allopathic Treatment.

He was convinced about Homoeopathy while going through Sir William Osler's writings on 'History of Medicine' so switched over to an entirely Homoeopathic Practice in 1932. He also started working on Homoeopathic literature along with his Practice.

He has contributed immensely to homoeopathic literature. He was an ardent follower of Dr Boger. His Repertory is based on Boger's ''A Synoptic key to Materia Medica'.