INTRODUCTION
EUP. PERF.
Bone Set; Thorough Wort; Thorough Stem; Cross Wort; Thorough Wax; Vegetable Antimony; Indian Sage; Ague Weed; Joe-Pye. See “Transaction of the American Institute of Homoeopathy.”.
COMPARE WITH.
Arn,Cham, Merc, Natr-mur, Rhus-tox, Tart-em. It alternates well with Natr-mur in intermittent fevers.
DR. GRAY.
“I have for many years applied the Eupat in cases of intermittent when there was little or no sweat at any time during the disease; and consequently, in those forms closely verging upon the remittent type.”.
FEVER.
Intermittent fever, quotidian, tertian, and quartan. The paroxysm generally commences in the morning, with nausea, from the least motion. Aching pain and soreness, as if from having been beaten in the calves of the legs, small of the back. and in the arms, above and below the elbows. Flushed face and dry hot skin, during fever. Chill at seven o’clock in the morning, preceded by thirst, and attended with moisture of the hands. Vomiting at the conclusion of the chill. Fever, with sleep and
moaning, and followed by slight perspiration. Nausea and sickness of the stomach, at the commencement of the heat, with violent, throbbing headache. Chill in the evening. Intermittent fever with a heavy chill early in the morning of one day, and a light chill about noon the next day, and so on successively. Headache and trembling during the heat. Chill, preceded by pain above the right ilium, with thirst and disposition to yawn. Pain in the bones, early in the morning, before the paroxysm. The chill is induced or hastened by talking a drink of water. Headache, backache, and thirst during the chill. Nausea as the chill goes off. Increased headache, but diminished thirst, during the heat. Aching in the bones of the extremities, with soreness of the flesh. Coldness, with a great deal of trembling, attended with nausea. Chilliness, with excessive trembling and nausea. Internal trembling, with external heat. Chilliness in the morning, heat throughout the rest of the day, but no perspiration. Coldness and stinging or pricking, as from pains, in both feet at the commencement of the chill. Aching in the bones of the extremities, in the latter part of the chill, and in the beginning of the heat. The thirst frequently commences in the night previous to the chill, in tertian ague. Chill begins at nine o’clock in the morning. Stiffness of the fingers during the chill. Soreness in the bones. Aching pain, with moaning, throughout the cold stage. Retching and vomiting of bile. Vomiting at the conclusion of the chill. Distressing pain in the scrobiculus cordis, throughout the chill and heat. Throbbing headache during the chill and heat. Violent pain in the head and back, before the chill. Inconsiderable perspiration. or none at all, after the hot stage. Fever in the fore noon, preceded by thirst early in the morning, but no chill; attended by fatiguing cough, and not followed by perspiration. Loose cough in the intermission. Cough in the previous to the paroxysm. Great weakness and prostration during the fever, with faintness from motion. The heat goes off by moderate perspiration, during sleep in the evening. Thirst throughout the night, before the paroxysm, in tertian ague. Thirst several hours before the chill. The thirst continues during the chill and heat, with vomiting after each draught of water. Vomiting of bile at the close of the hot stage. Inconsiderable perspiration after the fever. Coldness during nocturnal perspiration. Chilliness from motion. Pungent heat at tending the perspiration at night. Alternate chilliness and flashes of heat. Fever with despondency of mind, morbid sensitiveness of the skin, and sleeplessness.
HEAD.
Headache, with sensation of soreness internally. Throbbing headache and sick stomach, every other morning when first awaking. Pain in the occiput after lying, with sensation of a great weight in the part. Darting pains through the temples, with sensation of blood rushing across the head. Distress on the top and in the back part of the head. Shooting pains from the left to the right side of the head. Painful soreness in the right parietal protuberance. Heat on the top of the head, with pain, which is relieved by pressure. Thumping in the side of the head, above the right ear. Soreness and beating in the back part of the head.
EYES.
Soreness of the eye balls. Intolerance of light. Redness of the margins of the lids, with glutinous secretion from the meibomian glands. Increased lachrymation.
NOSE.
Flowing coryza. Sneezing.
FACE.
Sickly, sallow countenance. Flushed face. Redness of the cheeks, with dry skin.
MOUTH,
Paleness of the mucous membrane of the mouth. tongue coated, yellow or white. Sores in the corners in the mouth.
THROAT.
Dryness of the throat. Soreness of the fauces, with catarrh.
APPETITE.
Tastelessness of food. Want of appetite. Loss of appetite. Thirst for cold water.
STOMACH.
General shuddering, proceeding from the stomach. Sensation of fullness in the stomach. Heat in the stomach. Nausea and vomiting of food. Vomiting immediately after drinking vomiting preceded by thirst. Vomiting of bile, with trembling, attended by pain in the epigastrium, with nausea and extreme prostration, almost syncope. Distressing disposition to vomit.
ABDOMEN.
Soreness around the waist. Soreness and fullness in the region of the liver.
STOOL.
Constipation. Costiveness attending catarrh. Purging stools, with smarting and heat in the anus. Tenesmus, with a small discharge of loose stool. Morning diarrhoea. Fore or five watery stools in the day.
URINE.
Dark brown scanty urine, depositing a whitish, clay like sediment. Itching of the mons veneris.
LARYNX.
Hoarseness, with roughness of the voice. Hacking cough in the evening. Cough, with soreness and heat in the bronchia. Cough aggravated in the evening. Hectic cough from suppressed intermitted fever. Nocturnal loose cough. Hoarse rough cough, with scraping in the bronchia. Violent cough, with soreness in the chest. Cough, with flushed face and tearful eyes. Cough preceding measles. Cough, following measles. Disposition to cough, with dyspnoea.
CHEST.
Dyspnoea very great. obliging the patient to the with his head and shoulder very high. Difficulty of breathing, attended with perspiration and anxious countenance; with sleepiness. Painful irritation of the pulmonary organs, with heat in the chest. Inability to lie on the left side. Soreness in the chest, from talking a full inspiration. Deep seated pain in the left side and in the right shoulder. Grating sensation in the chest, at every deep inspiration.
BACK.
Weakness in the small of the back. Deep seated pain in the loins, with soreness from motion. Pain in the back, as from a bruise. Beating pain in the nape. Pain in the back and lower extremities.
ARMS.
Soreness and aching in the arms and fore arms. Stiffness of the arms. Painful soreness in both wrists, as if broken or dislocated. Stiffness of the fingers, with obtuseness of the sense of touch. Heat in the palms of the hands, sometimes with moisture.
LEGS.
Pain in the spot over the left hip. with soreness. Flagging of the muscles of the thigh, as if they were falling off the bone. Gouty inflammation of the left knee and the right elbow. The pains are worse from ten o’clock,A.M., until four o’clock, p.M., Stiffness and general soreness of the lower extremities, when rising to walk. Soreness and swelling of both feet when standing on them. Lameness in the right hip and lower extremity, when walking. Soreness and aching of the lower limbs. Throbbing in the right foot. Rheumatic pain on the inside of the knee. Dropsical swelling of both feet and ankles.
