AURUM



Fatigue in the arms.

Difficult movement of the arms.

Burning, stitching, and pricking in the arms.

Heat in the axillae.

Tearing tension under the axilla.

Boring in left shoulder.

Boring in left, shoulder, when sitting.

Stitching in left axilla.

Fine stitches upon the shoulder.

Soreness of shoulders, even when not touched or moved.

Burning in skin of right upper arm.

Drawing in skin of left upper arm.

Drawing pain down the left arm, on the bone, going off by motion.

Pressure on the under surface and in the middle of the right upper arm.

Pressure in the left upper arm, near the periosteum (after forty eight hours).

Tearing pressure in the anterior surface of both upper arms (after fifteen days).

Fine tearings in the left upper arm, most severe on uncovering it (after three hours).

Severe bone pains in the right elbow (200th).

Boring in right elbow joints.

Cramp like tearing in the right elbow joint.

The forearms feel heavy when at rest, but not in motion (after twelve hours).

Boring in right forearm.

Pressure on the external side of the right forearm (after twelve days).

Pressure on the anterior surface of the forearm.

Intermittent tearing pressure on the inner side of the left forearm.

Tearing in the bones of the wrist joint (after eight hours).

Cramplike tearing in the bones of the both wrists, deep in the interior, from the upper to the lower row of the carpus, especially at night, but also by day.

Stitching and pressure in wrists.

Cramplike pain in the metacarpal bones of the left hand, especially the thumb, without interfering with motion.

Tearing in the metacarpal bones.

Tension in roots of right fingers.

Boring in finger joints.

Drawing in the finger joints.

Pressure in the last joint of the left little finger, and in the right thumb-joint, during rest.

Dull tearing in the joints of all the fingers, often spreading into the phalanges (after five days).

Fine tearing in the right fingers.

Fine tearing in the anterior joint of the right thumb.

Tearing in the last joint of the left little fingers.

Tearing in the lowest joints of the right fingers (after four days).

Acute pain in the finger joints.

Lower Extremities

All the blood appeared to rush from her head into the lower extremities; they feel paralyzed and she has to sit down immediately.

Uncommon paralytic pain in the hip-joint, only when rising from a seat and walking, not when sitting.

Cramp like pain in the region of the hip, on the inner brim of the pelvis, increased by rubbing (after thirty six hours).

In the glutei muscles, a fine stitch, several times repeated; winds downwards (after sixteen hours).

Weakness of the thigh when walking.

The thigh feels paralyzed, and the tendon of the lumbar right femur, as if broken, on laying the right thigh across the left.

Cramp like drawing in the tendon of the psoas muscle, down into the thigh when sitting, going off when rising.

Pressive and tensive pain in the muscles of the left thigh when walking in the open air, relieved when sitting, but not when standing or walking in the open air, relieved when sitting, but not when standing or walking, or by touching the parts.

Tearing in the thigh as from growing, only during motion, not when sitting (after twenty four hours).

At night, when lying down, a sore place forms on the external surface of the left thigh.

When sitting, or laying the left limb across the right, the posterior muscles of the right thigh appear to be twitching.

Tottering of the knees.

Painful stiffness and sense of paralysis of the knees, both when at rest and in motion.

Simple pain, when walking, in the right knee.

Boring in left knee.

Pain in the knees as if firmly bandaged, when sitting and walking.

The right knee becomes weak from walking, so that a drawing pain is felt in it when walking, and setting the foot upon the floor (after twenty four hours).

Pressure in left knee.

Stitching and pressure in knees.

Hard, red swelling of the leg, from the malleolus to the calf, occasioned by the rubbing of the boots; going off again after a short rest.

Boring in right tibia.

Violent boring in centre of left tibia.

Dull, gnawing pain in both sides of the legs, over the malleoli, together with a few sharp stitches in the tendo Achillis when at rest; they pass off during motion (after fourteen hours).

Pressure on the left tibia, when stretching the leg.

Burning in calves.

Pressure in right ankle.

Boring in left ankle.

Tensive pressure near the right internal malleolus (after five days).

Swelling of the feet; walking is difficult.

Boring in back of right foot, toward the ankle.

Boring in back of left foot.

Drawing pain in feet.

The heels are painful, as from, as from ulceration or extravasation of blood.

Severe drawing in both heels, in the evening when going to sleep.

Violent stitches on the dorsum of the foot, behind the toes.

Pressure in the hollow of the sole of the foot, as from something hard.

Tearing pain in the posterior part of the right sole (after thirty hours).

Redness and burning of the toes.

Drawing in the toe-joints. Paralytic drawing in the right toes.

Paralytic drawing in the metatarsal bones of the big toe, as far as the tip.

Fine tearing in the right toes.

Violent stitching in right toes.

Pain as from a bruise or sprain in the last joint of the when walking.

Grinding pain in old chilblains (after one hour).

Generalities

Tremulous agitation of the nerves, as in joyous hope.

He trembles when he cannot express his anger.

(When thinking of a motion, he makes small motions without knowing it).

Inclination to move from place to place.

He is constantly impelled to be in motion, and regrets his inactivity, although he cannot do any work.

At night he could lie neither on the left nor on the right side.

Suddenly, great lassitude, in the afternoon when sitting or lying down;l he fell asleep on account of it; on waking, the had disappeared (after nine hours).

Internal emptiness and weakness of the whole body.

Early on waking, very feeble.

Early in the morning, very tired; her legs ached so that she would have liked to lie down immediately.

Mental labor wears him out; he feels exhausted.

All his sensations are fine and acute.

Excessive sensitiveness in the whole body; susceptibility sort of pain; on thinking of it, he imagines he already feels it, everything is disagreeable to him.

Comfortable feeling in the whole body (reaction).

Simple pain, or pain or pain as from a bruise, early morning, in bed, in all the joints, especially the small of the back and knees; the pain increases by lying still; and passes of after rising.

Great anguish and weakness; they think him near dying.

In the afternoon, painful drawing in the veins with exhaustion Pressure on the left side, near the lumbar vertebrae and upper border or the os innominatum.

Pecking, very rapid, almost stitching, between the thumb and the index.

Itching and burning shootings, here and there, almost like stitches.

All the joints feel bruised, early in the morning and the whole forenoon.

Pain as from bruises in the head and all the limbs, early in bed most violent when at rest; passes off immediately after rising.

Skin

Large red pimples on the face.

Painless smooth pimples on the border of the right lower lid.

Red pimples on the nose.

Pimples on the lips, with burning, stitching, pricking and much itching.

Eruption of small white pimples all over the hairy scalp with heat and itching.

Indurations under the skin, like wheals, on the leg, over the heels and behind the knees, with violent itching, which can hardly be borne when walking (eleventh day).

Small elevation on the leg and below the knee; when slightly rubbed, they change to thick, hard nodosities under the skin.

Small and large elevations on the legs and calves, looking like blotches from the stinging of nettles, burning and feeling like hard knots, of a dirty yellow color, disappearing again after a few hours, and forming less in the open air.

Eruption on the face, fine pimples, with tips filled with pus, for some hours.

Eruption of fine pimples, with tips full of pus, on the neck and chest, for some hours.

Pustules in the face and on the neck and chest.

Sensitive pricking, as with pins, just below the right scapula, near the spine (after half an hour).

Formication, here and there, over the body.

Itching of the hand between the thumb and the index finger.

Itching of the joints of the feet, especially when walking (seventh day).

Itching of the joints and soles of the feet.

Transient but intense itching of the abdomen, of the hips, knees, arms and wrists.

Sleep and Dreams.

Continual sleepiness.

Drowsiness by day.

Slumber, with weakness of head, when sitting, by day.

Invincible sleep after dinner; during this sleep his mind was thronged with ideas (after four hours).

He sobs aloud in sleep.

Uneasy sleep, during which he feels the pains.

Frequent waking, at night, as by fright.

After 4 o’clock in the morning, he cannot sleep well, turns from side to side, because he cannot remain long in one position, and the hand on which he lies soon gets tired.

Awake the whole night, but without pain; nevertheless, no sleepiness or lassitude in the morning.

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.