Cichorium

Cichorium intybus, Linn.

Nat. order , Compositæ; Common name , Chicory.

Preparation , Trituration or tincture of the dried root.

Authority.

Cattell, "Provings," B. J. of H., 11, 520.

• General heaviness.
• Drowsiness.
• Headache.
• Sensation of weight at stomach and great indisposition to bodily and mental exertion.
• Want of energy.
• Bowels relaxed.

SUPPLEMENT: CICHORIUM. Authority.

2 , J. W. Slater, Lancet, 1855 (2), p. 379, effect on a young man from roasting chicory.

• Unable to read at night, not from an outward irritation, but, as he phrased it, from a feeling of "deadness" in the eyes, 2.