EPIPHEGUS VIRGINIANA
Beechdrop
(EPIPHEGUS – OROBANCHE)
A treatment for sick, neurasthenic, and apprehensive headaches, specially in women, added on or made worse by means of exertion, shopping, etc. Tongue lined yellow; bitter taste. Drowsy after meals. Loose stools. Subinvolution, with painful menstruation and congestion.
Head.–Pressing ache in temples from except inwards, worse, left side. Viscid salivation, steady inclination to spit. Sick headache coming on when deviating from normal pursuits. Headaches from nerve tire triggered via intellectual or bodily exhaustion, preceded by way of hunger.
Modalities.–Worse, from working in open air. Better, from sleep.
Relationship.–Compare: Iris, Melilot; Sanguinar. Fagus-Beech-nuts–(headache and salivation; swelling on mouth; dread of water).
Dose.–First to thirtieth potency.
