by C.M. Boger — A Synoptic Key of the Materia Medica
Crawling; < back. .................... Vertigo; in forehead; as if drawn up and pitched forward (Calc-c.). Pressure over brows; compressing eyes. Engorged liver. Gall-stones. Pain about navel. Profuse stools; varying or of several colors. Albuminuria.
Related: Rhe.
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Evonymus Europæus appears in 4 of the 13 classic books on Similia. Each was written to do a different job — here is what each adds on this remedy, with the opening of its entry.
“Euonymus Europæus, Linn. Natural order , Celestraceæ. Common names , Spindle tree (Burning bush). Preparation , Trituration of the seeds. Authority. Dr. Graeser; a man, aged 43, took eighteen seeds one evening, and as many more next morning, fasting, Med. Jahrb. f. das Herzog. Nassau, 15 and 16 Heft, 1859. He was…”
“Spindle-tree. N. O. Celastraceæ. Trituration of dried seeds; tincture of fresh seeds. Cholera / Convulsions / Diarrhœa / Gall-stones / Headaches / Liver disorders The Celastraceæ, to which order Euonymus belongs, are closely related to the Rhamnaceæ which include the well-known purgative Cascara sagrada. A case of…”
“Vexed, peevish, out of humor, especially when his thoughts vanish while reading. Vertigo in the forepart of the head (when sitting) with mistiness of sight. Stitches in the head (left side). Obscuration of sight. Dark spots before the eyes. Tingling in the left cheek. Upper. Paralytic pain in the region of the hip…”
Kent's Repertory lists Evonymus Europæus in 84 rubrics. These are the ones where it carries the highest grade — the symptoms Kent treated as most characteristic. Most of them sit in CHEST (16), EXTREMITIES (13), HEAD (13), BACK (7), FACE (6).
