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| Departments » Herbal Medicine » Materia Medica » Euphrasia officinalis |
Note - the monographs are provided for informational purposes only, and are not to be used for self-medication.
Euphrasia officinalis (Eyebright)
| Botanic Name | Euphrasia officinalis |
| Common Name | Eyebright, Euphrasia, Casse-lunette (French), Augentrost (German) (Grieve) |
| Family | Scrophulariaceae |
| Parts Used | Dried
Aerial Parts (Hoffmann)
Herb(Mills),(McGuffin) |
| Habitat | Alpine pastures and other grassy places throughout Britain, Europe and Asia, naturalised locally in parts of the US (Mills) |
| Constituents | Glycosides
(including acubin) (Mills),(Hoffmann)
Tannins (Mills),(Hoffmann) Resins (Mills),(Hoffmann) Volatile Oil (Mills),(Hoffmann) Mannite (Brockhampton) |
| Actions | Anti-catarrhal
(Mills),(Hoffmann)
Astringent (Mills),(Hoffmann) Anti-inflammatory (Mills),(Hoffmann) |
| Applications | As an
eyebath for conjunctivitis and other superficial eye inflammations (Mills),(Hoffmann)
Also sensitivity to light (Hoffmann) Blepharitis (inflammation of the eyelid) (Hoffmann) As a mouthwash and gargle for inflammations of the mouth and throat (Mills) Systemically for watery catarrhal conditions of nose, sinus and middle ear (Mills) Nasal catarrh and sinusitis (Hoffmann) |
| Body Systems | Respiratory, Optic, GIT |
| Dosage | 1 – 4 gm
herb tds (Mills)
1 – 4 ml tincture tds (Hoffmann) 1:1 25% 2-4mls tds (BHP) 1:5 45% 2-6mls tds (BHP) |
| Combinations | Solidago
vigaurea, Sambucus nigra, Hydrastis canadensis for catarrh (Hoffmann)
Ephedra sinica for allergic conditions where eyes are affected (Hoffmann) Hydrastis canadensis and distilled Hamamelis virginiana as an eye lotion (Hoffmann),(BHP) |
| C/I Cautions | None(McGuffin) |
| BHP S/I | Conjunctivitis (Internally & Externally) |