Eupatorium perfoliatum

Common name: bone-set.

Cachexia, from prolonged or frequent attacks of bilious or intermittent fevers (Ars., Chin., Ferr., Lach., Lyc., Nat-M., Puls., Sep.) (A.).

Painful soreness of eyeballs (Arn., Bell.) (N.).

ACHING PAINS AS IF IN THE BONES, WITH MOANING (N.).

Intense backache, as if beaten (Rhus-T.) (B.).

BONE-PAINS AFFECTING BACK, HEAD, CHEST, LIMBS, ESPECIALLY THE WRISTS (A.).

Calves of the legs feel as if they had been beaten (N.).

Soreness and aching of the arms and forearms (N.).

Excruciating headache, with soreness of the scalp and eye-balls, redness of the face, nausea, etc. (Bl.).

BRUISED FEELING, AS IF BROKEN, ALL OVER THE BODY (Arn., Bapt., Bellis, Nux-V., Pyrog.) (A.).

Thirst a long time before the chill, continues during the chill and heat, absent during sweat (N.).

Intense thirst, but drinking cold water causes shuddering and vomiting of bile (N.).

INTERMITTENT FEVER: THE CHILL COMMENCES ABOUT 7 OR 9 IN THE MORNING IN THE BACK, ACCOMPANIED BY THIRST, AND THERE IS INTENSE ACHING IN ALL THE BONES, AS IF THEY WERE BROKEN; THIS IS FOLLOWED BY HEAT AND AN INCREASE OF THE ACHING, AND THIS BY A SCANTY OR PROFUSE SWEAT (D.).

Canine hunger (after quinine) (A.).

VOMITS WATER OR FOOD THAT HAS BEEN TAKEN, OR BILE AS THE CHILL PASSES OFF (D.).

Chill at 7 to 9 A.M. one day, and at noon the next day (A.)

Insatiable thirst before and during chill and fever; knows the chill is coming, because he cannot drink enough.

Desire for ice-cream (Calc., Phos., Tub., Verat.) (A.).

Influenza (or La Grippe): Great soreness and aching of the entire body; hoarseness and cough, with great soreness of the larynx and chest; a great coryza and thirst, and drinking causes vomiting; the cough hurts the head and chest and the patient holds the chest with the hands (Bry.) (B.).

Prostration in epidemic influenza (La Grippe) (Ars., Phos.) (N.).

Cough decreased by getting on hands and knees (N.).

Cough: chronic; loose with hectic; chest sore, must support it with hands (Bry., Nat-C., Phos.); worse at night; following measles or suppressed intermittents (A.).

VERY RESTLESS, CAN'T KEEP STILL, ALTHOUGH THERE IS A GREAT DESIRE TO DO SO, AND IS NOT RELIEVED BY MOTION (Dr. Kl.).

Bilious effects; yellow eyes, face, vomit, etc. (Bry., Chel., Chin., Nat-S.) (B.).

Soreness and swelling of the feet (Dn.).

Tongue coated thickly yellow (Ant-C., Chel., Merc., Nux-M., Rhus-T., Spig., Sulph.) (Bt.).

Vertigo; sways to the left (Calc., Lach., Nat-M., Stram., Sulph., Zinc.) (B.).

Urine scanty, dark mahogany colour (Ha.).

Great weakness during the fever (Ant-T., Ars., Bapt., Bry., Carb-V., Ign., Mur-Ac., Nat-M., Phos-Ac., Phos., Puls., Rob., Rhus-T., Sulph.) (Dg.).

Yellow, jaundiced skin (Chel., Chin., Merc., Nat-M., Nat-S., Sep.) (R.).

Soreness in the region of the liver on moving or coughing (R.).

Scanty urine, depositing a whitish, clay-like deposit (R.).

RELATIONSHIP: Compare: Chel., Lyc., Nat-S., Podo., and Sep., in jaundiced conditions.

Is followed well by: Nat-M. and Sep.

Bry. is the nearest analogue, having free sweat, but pains keep the patient quiet; while Eup-P. has scanty sweat and pains make the patient restless.