PANSY-HEART’S EASE.
Introduction
(Viola, violet. Tricolor-in its wild state, the heart’s-ease combines purple, yellow and blue.)
Viola. tri., which had Hahnemann among its first provers, seems to act almost entirely upon the skin and urinary organs, the effect, perhaps, of the salicylic acid which it contains.
Symptoms
Its action ‘on the skin,” says Dearborn, “is like that of Vinca, deranging the secretions and inflaming the tissues of the scalp and face. The eruption is acute in type and course, usually resulting in sero-purulent exudations which dry into gum-like crusts, crack and give exit to a tenacious, yellowing fluid. When the scalp is affected the secretion glues the hair together in a solid mass.”
It is of great value in eczema of the scalp and crusta lactea, with matting of the hair (88), Hughes saying: “For myself, I have rarely needed any other medicine for this plague of children.”
The most pronounced symptom connected with the urinary organs is the odor of the urine, which has been likened to that voided by cats. This is noticed in many conditions calling for the remedy, including nocturnal enuresis (198).
There is a general aggravation, under Viola tri., in winter (9) and from cold air (5). I use Viola tri. 3rd.
