Cichorium
By Timothy F. Allen — The Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica
Cichorium intybus, Linn.
Nat. order , Compositæ; Common name , Chicory.
Preparation , Trituration or tincture of the dried root.
Authority.
Cattell, "Provings," B. J. of H., 11, 520.
- General heaviness.
- Drowsiness.
- Headache.
- Sensation of weight at stomach and great indisposition to bodily and mental exertion.
- Want of energy.
- Bowels relaxed.
SUPPLEMENT: CICHORIUM. Authority.
2 , J. W. Slater, Lancet, 1855 (2), p. 379, effect on a young man from roasting chicory.
- Unable to read at night, not from an outward irritation, but, as he phrased it, from a feeling of "deadness" in the eyes, 2.