Materia Medica
Viola Odorata
Violet
Has a specific action on the ear. Affects especially dark-haired patients; supra-orbital and orbital regions; rheumatism in upper parts of the body when on the Worm afcctions in children. [Teuc.] right side. Locally, for pain due to uterine fibroids. Also against snake-bites, bee-stings.
Head
Burning of the forehead. Vertigo; every- thing in head seems to whirl around. Heaviness of head, with sensation of weakness in muscles of nape of neck. Scalp tense; must nit the brows. Ten- dency to pain immediately above eyebrows. Throbbing under eye and temple. Headache across the forehead. Acts upon frontal sinuses.
Eyes
J Iea viness s of lids. Eyeball feels com- pressed. Lames before eyes. Myopia.. Choroiditis. Hllusions of vision; fiery, serpentine circles.
Ears
Shooting in I ears. Aversion to music. Roaring and tickling. Deep stitches beneath ears. Deaf- ness; otorrhaa. ' Respiratory. -- Torpor in the end of nose, as from a blow. Dry, short, spasmodic cough and dyspncea; worse in daytime.( Oppression of chest. Pertussis, with hoarsenes. Dyspnma during pregnancy. Difficult breath- ing, anxiety and palpitation, with hysteria.
Urinary
Milky urine; smells strong.
Extremities
Rheumatism of the deltoid muscle. Trembling of limbs.l Piessing pain in right rarpal and mctacarpal joints. [Ulnus.]
Modalities
IW'orse, cool air.
Relationships
Compare : Ulmus (formication feet, numb, creeping pain in legs and feet; rheumatic pains above wrists; numbness, tingling, and full sore- ness where gastrocnemius gives off its tendo) ; Chcnopo- dium (cars; serous or bloody fusion in thie labyrinth; chronic otitis media; progressive deafness to the voice, but sensitive to sounds of passing vehicles and other sounds; buzzing; absent or deficient bone conduction ; a consciousness of the ear; hearing better for shrill, high- pitched sounds than for low ones) ; Aur.; Puls.; Sep.: Cina; Cauloph. (in rheumatism of small joints.) . Dose. -- Tincture, to sixth potency. 777