Epilobium Palustre

Epilobium palustre, Linn., var . lineare, Gray; (Epilobium lineare, Muhl.; E. squamatum, Nutt.).

Natural order , Onagraceæ.

Common names , "Willow" herb (Dr. Wright), (name usually applied to Epilobium angustifolium).

Preparation , Tincture of the root.

Authority.

J. S. Wright, M.D., proving with tincture of root, 1/2 ounce first day, 1 ounce second and third days, U. S. Med. Investigator, N. S., 1, 325.

• Headache (part of S. 11).
• Face red (ninth day).
• Ptyalism (seventh and eighth days).
• In morning, throat commenced filling up; at noon, could not swallow water; larynx sore to pressure, swollen on outside, with hard lumps on both sides of larynx (sixth day).
• On an attempt to swallow water it would fly out of my nose (ninth day).
• Can swallow liquids (tenth day).
• Three loose stools (eighth day); none (ninth day).
• Urine red (ninth day).
• Hard chill commenced at 11 A.M., lasted an hour; high fever came on, with aching all over and severe headache; this lasted all night; could not sleep (fourth day). [10.]
• Fever and headache passed off, but returned in the afternoon and evening more severe, lasted all night (fifth day).
• High fever and headache all the time (sixth day).
• Dull and sleepy, but could not sleep; the saliva would choke me (eighth day).