Epiphegus virginiana
Remedy of nervous headache from overwork. Headache from shopping, mental exertion, overwork. Tired, exhausted. Viscid saliva. Constant inclination to spit. Weekly headaches. Better from sleep.
Source
Prepared from the whole fresh plant of Epifagus virginiana (Orobanchaceae).
Available Potencies
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Keynote Symptoms
Nervous headache from overwork, shopping, mental exertion — the chief indication. Tired, exhausted with headache. Viscid, ropy saliva with constant desire to spit. Weekly headaches. Headache better from sleep. Pain over eyes. Suboccipital pain.
Mind & Emotional Symptoms
Exhausted from mental effort. Cannot shop without headache.
General Symptoms
Head. Worse from mental exertion, shopping, overwork. Better from sleep, rest.
Physical Symptoms
Head
Nervous headache from overwork, shopping. Weekly. Over eyes. Suboccipital. Better from sleep.
Mouth
Viscid ropy saliva. Constant desire to spit.
Modalities
Better From
Sleep, rest
Worse From
Mental exertion, shopping, overwork
Constitutional Type
Those with nervous headaches from overwork.
Clinical Indications
Nervous headache from overwork, shopping headache, viscid saliva, weekly headaches
Comparative Materia Medica
Sanguinaria has periodic headache. Natrum muriaticum has headache from sun. Gelsemium has headache with dullness.
Safety Information
Not established.
Beech drops is a parasitic plant. Non-toxic. Safe in all potencies.
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