Evonymus europæus

by Adolph von Lippe — Text Book of Materia Medica

Mind and Disposition

Vexed, peevish, out of humor, especially when his thoughts vanish while reading.

Head

Vertigo in the forepart of the head (when sitting) with mistiness of sight.

Stitches in the head (left side).

Eyes

Obscuration of sight.

Dark spots before the eyes.

Face

Tingling in the left cheek.

Extremities

Upper. Paralytic pain in the region of the hip, around the pelvis.

Paralytic pains in the knees after sitting.

Conditions

The pains compel one to lie down; afterwards they are relieved or wander to some other part.

Evonymus europæus across the other classic books

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.

Allen TF — The raw proving record — symptoms as the provers reported them, unedited.
“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…”
Boger (Syn) — Generals and modalities in a short analytical portrait rather than a symptom list.
“Liver. Kidneys. Left to right. Eating. 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.”
Clarke — The widest entry — sources, provings, clinical uses, relationships and antidotes in one place.
“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…”

Evonymus europæus in Kent's Repertory

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).

CHEST - PHTHISIS pulmonalis - pituitous
CHEST - PHTHISIS pulmonalis - last stage
HEAD - PAIN, - stunning,stupefying - pressing
EXTREMITIES - PAIN - Knee - paralytic
MIND - WEARISOME
EXTREMITIES - PAIN - tearing - Shoulder
CHEST - ANXIETY in - Heart,region of
CHEST - PAIN - sore - bruised
HEAD - PAIN, - stitching
HEAD - PAIN, - pressing
BACK - PAIN - stitching - shooting - Lumbar region - extending - along spine in zig-zags to scapular region
EXTREMITIES - PAIN - drawing - Fingers - first - joints of - metacarpal
FACE - TINGLING - left
HEAD - PAIN, - stunning,stupefying - Forehead - eyes,over
BACK - PAIN - cutting - Dorsal region - spine
BACK - PAIN - lancinating - Dorsal region - like thrusts
CHEST - ERUPTIONS - Mammae - pustules
CHEST - PAIN - stitching - Arm,below - left
CHEST - PAIN - expectoration amel.
CHEST - PAIN - digging - Mammae - nipples - left

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