- 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 — A compiled symptom record drawing on proving reports and other named observations.
“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.)”
- Boger (Syn) — Generals and modalities in a short analytical portrait rather than a symptom list.
“MUCOUS MEMBRANES: EYES. Nose. Chest. SUNLIGHT. WIND. Warmth. Room. Evening. Open air. Winking. Wiping eyes. Free, acrid, watery secretions. Acute catarrhs. Acrid pus. .................... WATERY EYES; swimming in tears; as of a hair before them, wants to wipe them. ABUNDANT, ACRID OR HOT, SMARTING TEARS, with bland…”
- 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 /…”
- Dunham — The method — how symptoms are weighed before a remedy is differentiated.
“EYEBRIGHT. EUPHRASIA officinalis, or “ Eyebright,” is an annual, belonging to the family Scrophulariaceae. It is common in northern Europe and in England, and is found in the northern United States. The Latin, as well as the English name, shows this plant to have had popularly ascribed to it healing virtues in…”
- Farrington — The differential diagnosis — remedy families narrowed through direct clinical comparison.
“Euphrasia is particularly of use to us as a medicine acting on mucous membranes, especially the conjunctiva and the nasal mucous membrane. It has long been known as a remedy in affections of the eyes. First it produces an inflammation of the eyelids, a blepharitis. The eyelids become reddened and injected…”
- Guernsey — The leading characteristics — a compact bridge from repertory result to remedy study.
“Eyes.--The eyes water all the time, as in whooping cough; when there is a constant, mild, watery exudation, whether the eyes are inflamed or not. This watery exudation is worse during a paroxysm; affections of the eyeballs in general; of the sclerotic coat; cornea; aversion to light; cataract when the eyes water a…”
- Hahnemann (MMP) — The proving record — numbered observations closest to Hahnemann's primary materia medica.
“(Eyebright) (The freshly expressed juice of the whole plant mixed with equal parts of alcohol. The juice in the latter part of summer is often so viscid, that after pounding the plant to a fine pap of uniform consistence, it must generally be mixed up and diluted with some of this alcohol, in order to allow of the…”
- 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…”
- Hughes & Dake — The source evidence — provings and poisonings retained with their experimental context.
“EUPHRASIA . Euphrasia officinalis, L. Eye-bright. Nat. Ord., Scrophulariaceæ. I. Provings.-1 . HAHNEMANN, Mat. Med. Pura, vol. v of original , vol. i of translation. Contains 37 symptoms from self, 58 from three fellow-provers, and 2 from authors. 2. Sept. 19th, 9 a.m., 20 dr. tinct. After 1 h. slight discomfort in…”
- Kent — The mental and general picture — how Kent organizes the remedy’s historical symptom portrait.
“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 (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…”
