Materia Medica de A a Z

PRIMULA VERIS (prim-v)

Cerebral congestion, with neuralgia; migraine; rheumatic and gouty pains.

Head

Sensation of a band around head; cannot keen hat on [Carbol ac (Carb-ac)]. Skin of forehead tense. Fear of falling when standing up. Violent vertigo, as if everything turned around. Buzzing in ears; better in open air.

Respiratory

Cough, with burning and pricking in respiratory tracts. Weak voice.

Urinary

Urine smells strongly of violets [Terebinth (Ter)].

Extremities

Right axillary muscles painful. Weight and lassitude in limbs, especially the SHOULDERS. Burning in hollow of right hand. Drawing pain in thumb and big toe.

Relationship

Compare: Cyclamen (Cycl); Ranunc (Ran-b); Oenothera (Oeno) — Evening Primrose — (exhausting, watery diarrhoea; cholera infantum; hydrocephaloid); Primula farinosa (Prim-f) - the wild Primrose — (dermatitis, especially on index fingers and thumbs).

Dose

Third potency.