General Action
A volatile liquid producing, when inhaled, speedy dilatation of the capillaries in the upper part of the body-flushing of the face, heat and throbbing in the head, rapid and tumultuous action of the heart-very similar to glonoine (nitro-glycerine).
Generalities
Great desire for open air, which affords relief. General trembling and weakness follows the flushing of the head and face.
Mind
Anxiety as of impending danger.
Head
Throbbing and heat, a surging of blood. Feeling of a band, tightly bound.
Eyes
Glassy, rolling (extremely protruded, as in exophthalmic goitre, which has been relieved and even cured by this drug).
Ears
Throbbing. As if the drum were forced outward.
Face
Flushed and turgid. Feeling as if the blood would start through the skin.
Throat
Constricted sensations; collar seems too tight.
Sexual Organs, Female
Promotes menstrual flow and is often beneficial for the results of suppression (or cessation at the climacteric).
Respiratory Organs
Chest oppressed, suffocated sensation.
Heart
Precordial anxiety. Tumultuous action.
Born in 1837in Westminster, Vermont. . He was an orthodox doctor who converted to homeopathy
Dr. Allen compiled the Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica over the course of 10 years.
In 1881 Allen published A Critical Revision of the Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica.