Cichorium
Cichorium intybus · Plant · Asteraceae
Cichorium suits individuals with low vitality who experience general heaviness, mental and physical lassitude, and weight at the stomach. There is a particular sensation of deadness in the eyes not from external irritation but from an inner functional weakness.
Key symptoms
- General heaviness of the body
- Headache
- Weight at stomach
- Great indisposition to bodily and mental exertion
- Want of energy
- Bowels relaxed
- Feeling of deadness in the eyes; inability to read at night
Cichorium intybus. Chicory. Endive. N. O. Compositæ. Tincture or trituration of dried root.
Clinical
Amblyopia. Constipation. Headache.
Characteristics
Chicory is the well-known salad, the root of which is used for mixing with coffee. It has been proved, and the following symptoms have been observed: General heaviness. Headache. Weight at stomach and great indisposition to bodily and mental exertion. Want of energy. Bowels relaxed. When taken in infusion like coffee, it acts as a gentle aperient. A chicory-roaster observed that he "could not read at night, not from any external irritation of the eyes, but from a feeling of deadness in them."
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