HELIOTROPIUM.

Heliotropium Peruvianum, Linn.

Natural order , Boraginaceæ.

Common name , Heliotrope.

Preparation , Tincture of the whole plant, when in flower.

Authority.

Archiv. f. Hom., 19, pt. 1, p. 188.

• Headache in the forehead, like a pressure and drawing-pressing, disappearing on walking and in the open air (immediately).
• Feeling of tension in the left inner canthus, extending down into the nasal bone, as if a swelling were there; the eye seems drawn together and smaller.
• Pressure in the pit of the stomach and internal surface of the sternum, at times with fine sticking-itching externally in the same place; it is especially painful on inspiration, and the epigastric region is sore to touch; most violent after eating and in the evening.
• Pressure on the mons veneris only when sitting.
• Pressure and oppression of the external parts of the chest, without affecting breathing.
• Pain in the outer portion of the leg, above the ankle, extending up the muscles, as if the part were beaten, even when sitting.
• Itching on the tibia, with a sensation as if there were an eruption.