Crawling on the top of the head externally.
Slight headache on the right side.
Headache on the left side.
Rheumatic headache, with vertigo (commonly one-sided).
Pressive headache in the parietal region and in the orbits.
Pressive, painful drawing in the left half of the skull, beginning at the ear and coming out at the top of the head (after three hours).
Headache, dull, pressive, under the parietal bone and in the region of the lachrymal fossa.
Pain in the occiput at some places, as if the hair were pulled our, or as severe electric shocks.
The scalp, as far as the eyebrows, is firmly attached to the skull, and almost immovable (after an hour and a half).
Stinging itching of the scalp, which cannot be relieved by scratching.
Eyes.
Staring eyes, denoting anguish.
Slight protrusion of the right eye; it looks more elevated and larger than the left.
Eyes sunken, glassy, with dilated insensible pupils.
Considerable swelling under the left eye.
Left eye seems more elastic and is sensitive to pressure.
(Burning in the eyes).
Burning in the eyes, without any dryness.
Pressive pain in left eye. (Stitches in the eyes).
Itching of the eyes.
Crawling over the orbits.
Cramplike tearing of the left eyebrow.
Painful, dull, intermittent pressure on the margin of the left orbit.
Occasional flow of tears, which burn like fire.
The margin of the upper eyelids, along its line of contact with the eyeball, internally, is painful when the lids are moved, as if they were too dry and a little sore.
Sharp, fine stitches in the internal canthus.
Itching of the canthi (after twenty-seven hours).
Spasmodic, pressive twitching under the left eye, on the nasal bone; they extend even over the ball of the eye.
Pressive pinching pain, confined to inner half of right eyeball.
Pressive pinching pain in the inner half of right eyeball, gradually ceasing on motion in the open air.
Pressive pain in inner half of right eyeball, and corresponding part of forehead.
Drawing pain in the right eyeball (after twenty-seven hours).
Dilatation of the pupils (after twenty-six hours).
Contraction of the pupils (after twenty-four hours).
Contraction of the pupils, with obscuration of the head.
Vision of sparks.
Ears.
Heat and burning in the lobule.
Feeling of heat externally, of the left ear, and in the cheek.
Feeling as of one ear being hot, which, however, is not the case (after one hour).
Pressure in the ear.
Intermittent pressure in both ears, in the region of tympanum, (after ten hours).
First, stitches, afterwards a tearing pain in the ears (after one hour).
Dull stitches, extending inwardly, through the internal ear (after one hour).
Dull, long stitches behind the ear.
Stitch darting through the right ear, the through the left, lastly through the eyes, with a feeling in the eyes as if they were forcibly turned upwards.
Pain, internally, in the cartilage of the left ear, as if the parts had been bruised or contused.
The hearing is much more acute (after ten hours).
Sensibly diminished hearing (after thirty hours).
Very frequent roaring in ears, even in repose.
Ringing in the left ear (after three hours).
Slight singing in right ear.
Humming of the ears.
Humming in the ears (after seven hours).
Nose.
Swelling of the nose.
Nose swollen, erysipelatous, and vesicated.
Frequent sneezing (after forty-eight hours).
Sneezing (after two and a half hours).
Sneezing.
Sneezing twice in succession, followed by a pain in the left side of the forehead, as after a violent blow.
Coryza in the evening, when going to sleep; catarrh on the chest, on waking in the morning.
Some coryza.
Violent coryza.
Frequent blowing of nose, with traces of blood.
Discharge of several drops of clear blood from the nose of first blowing it in the morning.
Frequent nose-bleed.
Frequent bleeding at the nose.
Slight epistaxis.
Severe epistaxis at night prevented sleep. (Constant burning about the borders of the nostrils, with desire to sneeze).
Feeling of heat in the nose; however, it is cold to the touch, Cramplike pain at the root of the nose (after two hours).
Dull pressure on the nasal bone, with stupefaction.
Sticking tearing pain in the nose.
The nose pains him from above downwards as if he had a violent fall upon it.
Sense as if the nostrils were ulcerated; the nose is sore within.
Itching crawling on the side of the nose, going off by rubbing (after one hour).
Feeling as if an insect were crawling near the nose; this cannot be removed by rubbing.
Face.
The countenance is much sunken.
Dry heat in the face, towards evening, extending as far as behind the ears, without any thirst, the nose being quite cold (after twenty-four hours).
Flushes of heat in the face, in the evening (after thirty- six hours).
Heat and itching in the face.
Red swelling of the right cheek, with throbbing and pinching pain, swollen lips and great heat in the head, with a cold body; the feet felt sometimes hot.
Hot, red, shining stiff swelling of the left cheek.
Redness and burning in the cheek, otherwise cool, or at any rate, not hot. (At noon, during dinner, in one cheek, perceptible warmth).
When yawning, cramplike pain in the cheek (after one hour).
Creeping over the left cheek, like a shivering without coldness, extending as far as the side of the occiput (after six hours).
Throbbing and pinching in the swollen cheek, as if two hammers beat against each other, crushing the flesh.
Twitching throbbing in the left cheek (after half an hour).
Violent trembling of the lower lip.
Swollen, thick lips.
Ulcerated corners of the mouth, with a burning pain, especially when moving those parts.
Hydroa on the lips (in one individual).
Chapped lips.
The external margin around the lips, especially the upper lips, becomes chapped, as by cold (after eight and a half fours).
Parched lips.
Burning heat in both lips, with moderate warmth of the body.
Tingling in the lips as if they had gone to sleep (after two and a half hours).
Itching of the upper lip; when rubbing it, it burns.
Pressive twitchings (intermitting tearings), in the muscles of the ramus of the ramus of the lower jaw.
Incipient paralysis of the lower jaw.
(Pain, as from bruises, in the articulation of the right jaw, when moving the jaw to and fro, early in the morning).
(after twenty hours).
Mouth.
Teeth covered with mucus (after one hour).
Wabbling and elongation of the teeth, without pain.
Pressive pain in one of the left lower incisors, which is not hollow. (Toothache, as if the teeth had been bitten out, sprained, were wabbling, throbbing; the teeth feel as if they were pressed out by the blood rushing towards them; they are, then, more painful when touched).
Pain in the teeth, as if the roots of the teeth were being scraped with a knife.
Pressure on the inferior and internal gums, as of a leaden bullet. Tearing toothache of the left molar teeth, upper row, during eating; the pain goes off after eating.
Tingling in the gums, as if they had gone to sleep.
During mastication, the gums pain as if ulcerated, especially the place under the tongue.
Tongue coated white, with a good appetite, and good taste (after two days).
Sensation of dryness on the tip of the tongue, in the palate, on the lips, with shivering over the arms and thighs (after two hours).
Burning in the tongue (anterior third), and soft palate, as from pepper, or swallowing hot liquid.
Burning of tongue and palate.
Stinging biting at the root of the tongue.
Biting sensation on the tongue (after four hour).
Sensation as of the tongue being sore (after four hours).
Fetid breath from the mouth.
Vapor fetid, coming out of the mouth during an expiration, for two days.
Dryness in the mouth.
Dryness of mouth and throat.
Dryness in the mouth with great thirst.
Dryness in the mouth without thirst.
Dryness in the mouth, early in the morning, without any thirst, the taste in the mouth is foul (after fourteen hours).
Burning scraping in the mouth and oesophagus.
Puckered feeling in the palate as of something astringent (after five hours).
Increased saliva (three hours).
Profuse saliva.
Bitter taste in the mouth.
Bitter, rather disgusting taste.
Bitter taste on swallowing the medicine.
Bitter taste in the mouth, early after waking. (Everything which he takes, tastes sour).
Putrid, slimy taste in the mouth.
Taste of rotten eggs in the mouth between the meals.
Throat.
Swelling of the submaxillary glands; they are chiefly painful when he raises or turns his head, but especially on touch (after four days).
Swelling of the submaxillary glands.
Sound of subdued whistle in the throat.
Phlegm in the throat, tastes bitter when hawked up (after twelve hours).
Burning in the back part of the throat, with a feeling of internal heat, or rather that sort of anguish which originates in heat (without any heat being perceptible externally).
Violent burning in the throat when swallowing.
Constriction in the throat.
Stinging in the back part of the throat, between the acts of swallowing.
Pressive pain of the velum pendulum palati.
Pain in the fauces, as if something hard or rough (as a crust of bread) were lodged in it, in the afternoon, when lying down; the pain passes off when rising (after six hours).
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.