A tincture is made of the fresh plant. Vinca minor, L., the lesser Periwinkle. Arthritic tearing in bones. Tremulous feeling in all Vessels; T. feeling, (<) upper limbs, with tendency to start, (<) exerting the mind. Empty feeling in various parts. Weakness. Most symptoms (>) moving in open air. Sadness, with fear of death. Lachrymose. Peevish and quarrelsome, soon followed by repentance. Headache. Pressure externally upon head. Vertigo, with flickering before eyes. Dullness of sinciput, (<) stooping when writing, with slow pressure towards eyes and dimness of eyes. Sticking in l. temples, extending towards malar-bones. Pressure in temples. Tearing in vertex, with hammering outward. Matting of the hair. Moist eruption on scalp, with vermin, especially itching at night, with burning after scratching. Corrosive itching of scalp. Itching biting on scalp, (<) vertex. Itching of eyelids, with burning and redness. On getting snuff into the there was so little secretion that he was obliged to wash it out. Vision obscured when reading, also at times when walking. Ringing and whistling in ears, with feeling of a cold wind, (<) l. ear. Tip of nose red from slightest cause. Eruption on septum, discharging a moisture which formed a light brown scab, the skin was dirty white, elevated, with a red areola. Dryness in nose, extending into frontal sinus, with heat. Itching in nose. Stoppage of nose, (<) one nostril, with discharge of much mucus through posterior nares. Nosebleed. Swelling of face, with papules. Pallor. Tearing in malar-bones. Swelling of upper lip and of corner of mouth. Itching of upper lip. Lips dry. Toothache; tearing, (>) warmth of bed. Aphthae in mouth. Salivation. Insipid taste; to all food. Hawking through the day. Ulcer in the throat (?). Sore throat with difficult in swallowing. Sensation of Valuable in many cases of threatening miscarriage; it checks the flow. Supposed to be a uterine tonic.
Clinical
Eczema of scalp and face, with offensive odor. Eczema matting the hair together. Bald spots sometimes become covered with very fuzzy hair. Crusta lactea. Menorrhagia, continuous flow, particularly at the climacteric. It is especially useful fore haemorrhages after the climacteric. Haemorrhages from fibroid tumors.