Violet
General
Has a specific action on the ear. Affects especially darkhaired patients; supra-orbital and orbital regions; rheumatism in upper parts of the body when on the RIGHT side. WORM AFFECTIONS in children. [TEUC.] Locally, for pain due to uterine fibroids. Also against snake-bites, bee-stings. TENSION extends to upper half of face and ears.
Head
BURNING OF THE FOREHEAD. Vertigo; everything in head seems to whirl around. Heaviness of head, with sensation of weakness in muscles of nape of neck. SCALP TENSE; MUST KNIT THE BROWS. TENDENCY TO PAIN IMMEDIATELY ABOVE EYEBROWS. Throbbing under eye and temple. HEADACHE ACROSS THE FOREHEAD. Acts upon frontal sinuses. Hysterical attacks in tuberculous patients.
Eyes
Heaviness of lids. Eyeball feels compressed. Flames before eyes. Myopia. Choroiditis. Illusions of vision; fiery, serpentine circles.
Ears
Shooting in ears. Aversion to music. Roaring and tickling. Deep stitches beneath ears. Deafness; OTORRHOEA. Ear affections with pain in eyeballs.
Respiratory
Torpor in the end of nose, as from a blow. Dry, short, spasmodic cough and dyspnoea; worse in daytime. Oppression of chest. Pertussis, with hoarseness. DYSPNOEA DURING PREGNANCY. Difficult breathing, anxiety and palpitation, with hysteria.
Extremities
Rheumatism of the deltoid muscle. Trembling of limbs. PRESSING PAIN IN RIGHT CARPAL AND METACARPAL JOINTS. [ULMUS.]
Urinary
MILKY URINE; smells strong. Enuresis in nervous children.
Modalities
WORSE, cool air.
Relationship
Compare: ULMUS (formication in feet, numb, creeping pain in legs and feet; rheumatic pains above wrists; numbness, tingling, and full soreness where gastrocnemius gives off its tendon); CHENOPODIUM (EARS; SEROUS OR BLOODY EFFUSIONS IN THE 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.; IGN.; CINA; CAULOPH. (in rheumatism of small joints.)
Dose
First to sixth potency.