Euphorbia Cyparissias
by John Henry Clarke — A Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica
Cypress Spurge. N. O. Euphorbiaceæ. Tincture of fresh plant.
Clinical
Erysipelas / Miliaria / Vesicles
Characteristics
The effects of E. cyparis. have been observed on persons pulling the plants and getting the juice on hands and face. It acts as an intense irritant of the skin, and produces at the same time a feeling of chilliness.
6. Face
R. cheek much inflamed, covered sparsely with fine vesicles filled with a thick white lymph; erysipelatous inflammation most marked in molar region, livid or dark red, leaving skin rough.
22. Upper Limbs
R. wrist somewhat inflamed and abundantly covered with miliary eruptions.
27. Fever
Frequent sensations of chilliness which induced her to put a shawl about her shoulders though in midsummer.