Primula veris

▲   GENERAL

General

Cowslip. N. O. Primulaceae. Tincture of entire fresh plant.

The flowers of Prim. veris are said to be narcotic (Treas. of Bot.). "Cowslip wine" is a favourite remedy in the country for many small disorders. Cooper cured with P. ver. Ø a case of eczema of the hands after P. obc. had failed. He also cured with it eczema palmaris of years' duration in a man aet. 70. Schier, of Mentz (Univ. Hom. Ann., p. 99), proved a tincture of fresh plant including root. The duration of action is only a few days in healthy persons. The conditions in which Schier commends it, and which are borne out by the symptoms, are Threatened apoplexy, arising apart from psychic depression.

as an external application when there is no skin lesion, "as Primula veris has a certain relation with the skin. Prudence is necessary here, especially for persons with sensitive and easily vulnerable skin." The symptoms are agg. by bent position.

stooping. movement. in room.

in closed carriage. travelling by rail. agg. In open air.

Clinical

Apoplexy, threatened. Eczema. Fevers. Migraine. Neuralgia. Vertigo. Voice, affections of.

▲   RELATIONSHIPS

Compare

Compare P. obc., P. vulg., Cyclamen Europaeum ^Cycl., Anagallis Arvensis ^Anag.

▲   MIND

Mind

Happy disposition.

Stubbornness.

Heat with anxiety.

▲   VERTIGO, DIZZINESS

Vertigo

Vertigo; whirling; sensation of falling backward; as if brain moved, wanted to get out of skull; as of heavy weight on head.

▲   HEAD

Head

Fear of falling on standing up.

Fulness and heaviness of head.

Head hot with rush of blood to head; red spots on cheeks.

Hammer-like, boring, beating, sometimes dull headache, in both temples, occiput, and above forehead, agg. r. temple in morning; amel. by pressure; agg. stooping, movement travelling by rail; amel. in open air; agg. indoors.

Sensation as if band across forehead and occiput; cannot keep hat on.

Tension of skin of forehead.

Scalp

Burning itching of scalp, in r. temporal region and occiput.

▲   EYES

Eyes

Flies flying before eyes, violent vertigo as if everything revolving.

Burning and pricking pains in orbital cavities.

Sensitive to light; amel. in darkness.

▲   EARS

Ears

Buzzing and ringing in l. ear.

▲   FACE

Face

Face hot; pale.

▲   NOSE

Nose

Pressure at root of nose agg. r. side.

▲   MOUTH

Gums and teeth

Tongue clear but imprinted with teeth, papillae of edges very red.

Saliva

Salivation.

Tongue

Dull sensation in r. half of tongue and digestive tract.

▲   THROAT

Throat

Burning pains r. side of throat.

Pricking when breathing in r. side of thyroid body.

▲   CHEST

Heart

Palpitation with feeling of weakness.

Respiration

Dull sensation r. side of larynx, pharynx, tongue, and digestive tract.

Cough with burning and pricking in respiratory tracts.

Voice remarkably fine, clear, and strong, the high notes easily given out.

Sensation as if r. half of larynx stopped up.

▲   SKIN

Skin

Sensitive, easily vulnerable skin.

Itching.

▲   BACK AND NECK

Back and neck

Short, intense pain beside insertion of r. sterno-mastoid muscle. 21. Limbs.

Weight and lassitude of limbs, esp. shoulders.

Twitching in throat going to forearm, and in great toe going to calf.

Neck

Stiffness r. side of neck.

▲   ABDOMEN

Abdomen

Rumbling in bowels.

Vomiting

Tendency to vomiting.

Stomach

Sensation of emptiness and burning at orifice of stomach and in duodenum.

▲   RECTUM, ANUS, STOOL

Stool

Painless liquid stools; with malaise agg. by pressure on head.

During stool fever, goose-flesh.

After stool tenesmus.

▲   GENITALS ETC

Urine

Turbid earth-coloured urine smelling of violets or of strong urine.

Tenesmus, painful irritation of ureter.

▲   EXTREMITIES, LIMBS

Upper extremities

Burning in r. axillary joint preventing movement of r. arm amel. in bed, lying on painful part.

Pricking in fourth and fifth finger of both hands.

Itching in palms.

Burning in hollow of r. hand, in arm, esp. in l. side.

Lower extremities

Tearing in l. leg and thigh.

Sensation as if l. leg was swollen with tearing and drawing.

Itching in l. little toe.

▲   FEVER AND CHILL

Fever

Febrile excitement.

Intense heat with anxiety as if fearing a stroke of apoplexy.

Wants to get cool.

Sweat on forehead, feet and hands cold.

Head hot with red spots on cheeks.

▲   GENERALITIES

Fatigue

Weight and lassitude of limbs.

Sleep

Sleeps well with pleasant dreams.

Generalities

Beating, tearing, burning, and drawing sensations.

Trembling of hands and feet.

Malaise of head amel. in open air. agg. In bent position; by movement; in a room; riding in closed carriage.