Angustura



Drawing in head, hands, and fingers (soon after taking).

Pressure in the knees (soon after taking). Drawing, pressing pains in the joints during a walk (after one hour and a half).

Drawing and pressure in head, chest, shoulders, feet (immediately).

Drawing, pressing pains in the feet, in the muscles of the thighs, in the muscles of the upper arms, in the knees, on the edges of the feet, in the bones of the head (after rising in the morning).

Pressure in the temples, in the feet, in the maxillae, arms, several times, as from a blunt body, especially severe on the sides of the forehead and on the back on the feet (immediately).

Pressing and boring in different parts of the head, in the forehead, muscles of chest, and of the back (after eight hours).

The whole right side of the abdomen, and of the thigh and leg, seems bruised, and when walking, threatens to fall together, on account of a rheumatic drawing pain (after one and a half hours).

Stitches in the right thorax and feet (after one and a half hours).

Skin.

Itching, in the evening, in bed; after rubbing the parts, flat, very painful ulcers appear.

Irritability of the skin, with burning; she is often obliged to bare her arms.

For four days, frequent itching on different parts of the skin; scratching only slightly relieves (after one and a half hours).

Voluptuous itching of the tip of the glans, which forces one to rub, when walking in the open air (after six and a half hours).

Itching of the scrotum.

Itching pimples on the left labium major (these usually appear when the menses have been retarded some time); they burn when urinating; larger pimples on the labia minora, that itch when touched.

Itching and swelling of the genitals, without voluptuous sensation.

Itching in the genitals, obliging her to scratch, so as to draw blood; after which it abated.

Fine itching of the arms, which passes off by rubbing (after one hour).

Fine itching of the thigh, going of by rubbing (after one hour).

Sleep and Dreams.

Excessive yawning, as if she would cramp her jaws.

Frequent attacks of yawning, without any sleepiness, with a cramplike pain in the jaws.

Frequent yawning, with extension and stretching of the limbs (after twenty-four hours).

Sleep, towards morning, with dreams.

Sleepiness during dinner.

Great sleepiness in the evening, until 9 o`clock; afterwards is wide awake until after midnight.

In the evening, great physical depression, and irresistible inclination to sleep, while sitting; he sleeps one hour, with snoring, but afterwards on lying down cannot fall asleep under one hour.

When sitting and reading, he falls asleep, but is aroused by the slightest noise, and starts up, with a great chill which through and thrills through him.

Very light slumber about noon.

Restlessness at night.

Uneasy sleep.

Uneasy sleep; she often wakes, without cause.

Uneasy sleep at night, which came only towards morning; full of dreams.

Uneasy sleep, full of dreams; he did not wake, however; with emissions two nights in succession.

Wakes up in the night and cannot get to sleep again.

His sleep is interrupted by dreams until 6 o`clock in the morning; then he became wide awake, afterwards fell asleep again, and then remained sleepy until noon.

During her morning sleep she dreamt that she was in a magnetic slumber.

Vivid dreams, partly disagreeable, partly anxious; he frequently woke; on falling asleep again, he always dreamed of something else.

Confused dreams, partly of a terrifying nature.

Anxious, distressing dreams, causing her to weep much.

Fever.

Chills all over, with nausea.

At 3 p. m., shivering, with goose-flesh, abating in the open air, without thirst, for several days in succession.

Internal shivering, at 3 o`clock in the afternoon, with violent thirst, without subsequent heat, several days in succession.

Early in the morning, chilliness in the bed, without subsequent heat.

Shivering in the evening, on going to bed.

Inward chill, while externally warm to the touch.

When she removed her shawl from her neck she felt cool; if she keep it on, it was too warm.

Violent chills over the back, when walking in the room, in the forenoon (after twenty-five hours).

Much thirst, in the forenoon; an hour after, chills over the back.

Chilliness in back and extremities (in three-quarters of an hour).

Chilliness in the back, cold hands (after one and a half hours).

Chilliness over the back; and cold hands and fingers (after one hour).

Chilliness in the back and cold hands several times during the day (after one and a half hours).

Chilliness in back, cold fingers and hands, pressure in the arms; the coldness lasts over half an hour (after one and a half hours).

Chilliness over the back, cold hands and feet, pressure in the shoulders, shin-bones, for half an hour (after one and a half hours).

Chilliness over back, cold hands and feet, drawing in the forehead (after nine and a half hours).

Severe cold sensation over the back, icy-cold hands and fingers, pressure and drawing in the sides, pressure in the forehead, lassitude in the knees, drawing in the back, the whole state lasts over half an hour (after one and a half hours).

Severe cold sensation in the back, with icy-cold hands and feet, with frequent pressure in the temples, drawing in the elbows and toes, severe stitches on the inside of the left foot, spreading upward over the malleolus internus (after one hour).

The chilliness with the paroxysmal pain lasts over half an hour (after one hour).

Pains continue after the chill.

Increasing warmth over the whole body, towards evening.

Heat in the night, especially around the forehead, so that she is unable to sleep again after 3 A.M.; at 9 A.M. she has a chill.

Warmth of the whole body, towards evening, with pressive drawing in the side of the forehead with thirst (after fourth day).

Upon entering the room in the evening he feels a great heat; he knows not what to do with himself, but without thirst (after second day).

Slight heat after the chill.

In the afternoon feeling of warmth in the whole body, especially the cheeks, not without thirst (after second day).

Warmth of the body, except the head; the cheeks were cold (the latter part of this symptom was owing to the reaction of the vital principle; since the prover, before taking Angustura, had been affected with heat of the cheeks for several days).

Increased warmth of the cheeks and body, with pressive, confused headache, in the temples and sides of the forehead, towards evening, for three days in succession.

Woke up in the night, feeling increased warmth, which obliged her to throw off a portion of the bedclothes.

Mounting heat.

Alternations of warmth and chilliness during the night.

Flying warmth, alternating with shuddering.

Perspiration.

Violent perspiration at night in bed.

Conditions.- Aggravation.

(Morning), Early, uncomfortable; early, in bed, heat around head, etc.; early, after rising heaviness in forehead; early, drawing in sides of head, etc.; agglutination of eyes; early, on rising, dimness before eyes; early, diarrhoea; after rising, frequent dry cough; early, violent cough, etc.; early, in bed, stiff pain between scapulae; early, in bed, pain in small of back; after rising, pains in the feet, etc; early, in bed, chilliness.

(Forenoon), Violent chills over the back; much thirst.

(About noon), Very light slumber.

(Afternoon), Greatly excited, etc.; great animation, etc.; pressure in occiput; burning in inner half of eyes, etc.

(Towards evening), Headache; headache in forehead; warmth over whole body; warmth of cheeks, etc.

(Evening), Headache on right side, etc.; burning in inner half of eyes, etc.; pressure in right eye, etc.; hot feeling in cheeks; after lying down, toothache; during slumber, mouth full of viscid phlegm; when sitting, pain below pit of stomach; pressure upon dorsum of right hand; when sitting, pressure, etc.; in tibia;till 9 o’clock, great sleepiness; great physical depression, etc.; on going to bed, shivering.

(Night), In bed, stitch in right side; heat.

(4 P.M)., Pressure in small of back.

(3 P.M)., Shivering, etc.; internal chilliness, etc.

(9 P.M)., Chilly.

(Every second day), Sensation under the sternum, as if a sore place were being scratched.

(Open air), Vertigo; evening, headache.

(Walking in open air), lively mood; pain in abdomen; itching of tip of glans; short cough; pain in elbow-joint; stitches around tendons of the knee; prickings in left patella; burning in the tibia; drawing, etc., pain in tibia, etc.

sprained pain in right foot; excessively tired.

(Bending the thumb), Drawing around thumb-joint.

(Bending the knee), Pain in muscles of thigh.

(Crossing running water) Vertigo.

(Crossing legs), Drawing in left heel.

(At dinner), Loss of appetite; sleepiness.

(After dinner), Bitter taste in mouth, etc.

(During expiration), Pressure in both sides of chest, etc.

(Extending arms), Feeling as if a heavy weight were held in the hands.

(During inspiration), Trembling sensation internally; stitches in the last rib; pressure across right side of chest, etc.

(Deep inspiration), Dull stitch in chest.

(During intellectual labor), Feels cheerful and lively.

TF Allen
Dr. Timothy Field Allen, M.D. ( 1837 - 1902)

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.