Euphrasia Officinalis appears in 12 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.
- Allen HC — The keynotes that separate this remedy from its nearest neighbours.
“Eyebright. (Scrophularaceae.) Bad effects from falls, contusions or mechanical injuries of external parts (Arn.). Catarrhal affections of mucous membranes, especially of the eyes and nose. Profuse acrid lachrymation , with profuse, bland coryza (reverse of All. c.). The eyes water all the time and are agglutinated in…”
- Allen TF — The raw proving record — symptoms as the provers reported them, unedited.
“Euphrasia officinalis, Linn. Natural order , Scrophulariaceæ. Common names , Eyebright; (Germ.), Augentrost. Preparation , Tincture of the whole plant. Authorities.”
- Boericke — The quick clinical read — keynotes, modalities and the conditions it is actually prescribed in.
“Eyebright (EYEBRIGHT) Manifests itself in inflaming the conjunctival membrane especially, producing profuse lachrymation. Patient is better in open air. Catarrhal affections of mucous membranes especially of eyes and nose. Profuse acrid lachrymation and bland coryza; worse, evening. Hawking up of offensive mucus…”
- Boger (GA) — Which general headings this remedy belongs under — the analytical scaffolding.
“EYES GLISTENING LIGHT, artificial, Agg.(Comp. Sensitive.)”
- Clarke — The widest entry — sources, provings, clinical uses, relationships and antidotes in one place.
“officinalis. Eye-bright. N. O. Scrophulariaceæ. Tincture of whole plant. Blepharitis / Cataract / Cold / Colic / Condylomata / Conjunctivitis / Cough / Eyes, affections of / Glandular swellings / Granular lids / Influenza / Iritis / Lachrymation / Lips, stiffness of / Measles / Nasal catarrh / Nose, cancer of /…”
- Hering — Graded symptoms, each weighted by how often provers and practice confirmed it.
“Eyebright. Scrophulariaceæ. Provings by Hahnemann, etc. See Allen's Encyclopædia, vol. 4, p. 254 . CLINICAL AUTHORITIES. Cataract , Rummel, A. H. Z., vol. 35, p. 205 ; Iritis , Stein, Raue's Rec., 1873, p. 70 ; Rheumatic iritis , Dudgeon, Norton's Ophthalmic Ther ; Opacity of cornea , Kretschmar, A. H. Z., vol. 1, p…”
- Kent — The mental and general picture — who the patient is, before what the remedy cures.
“Euphrasia is a short acting remedy of great usefulness in acute catarrhal affections with or without fever. Headaches that occur with coryza and eye symptoms, head aches in the evening as if bruised. Stitching pain in the head. Headaches; as if the head would burst with dazzling of the eyes from sunlight. These are…”
- Lippe (KN) — Only the symptoms Lippe considered reliable enough to prescribe on.
“Pains, as from cramp. Like arnica montana, is of approved valuation in nullifying the bad effects of contusions and other mechanical injuries subsequent to trauma. During the whole night wandering itching stitches, here and there, with great restlessness. Inflammations of the eye of paramount importance (acute and…”
- Lippe (MM) — The strict Hahnemannian reading — the symptom picture without clinical interpretation.
“Inert, hypochondriacal humor, without taking any interest in things around him. Taciturn, disinclined to talk. Headache (in the evening) as if bruised, with coryza. Pulsating of the head which is felt externally. Headache with dazzling of the eyes from the light of the sun, with sensation as if the head would burst…”
- Lippe (Red) — Keynotes with the most-trusted ones marked as red-line symptoms.
“Common name: eye-bright. Pains, as from cramp. Like Arnica Montana, is of approved valuation in nullifying the bad effects of contusions and other mechanical injuries subsequent to trauma (Arn., Ham.). During the whole night wandering itching stitches, here and there, with great restlessness. Amenorrhœa, with…”
- Nash — The comparisons — the remedy set beside the ones it is most often confused with.
“The action of this remedy seems to center in the eyes. If you read the symptoms as laid down in “Hering’s Guiding Symptoms,” you would think that it would cure almost all possible affections of the eyes, acute or chronic conjunctivitis, iritis, kerato-iritis, spots, vesicles, pannus, etc., and so it will if indicated…”
