BELLADONNA



Eruption like small-pox with tendency to invade the brain and mucous membranes.

Herpes and pustules, especially on the face, ulcerating and bleeding easily.

Burning ulcers, which bleed very easily.

Ulcers and crusts on the pinnae of the ears.

Painful ulceration on the side of the nostrils where the latter unite with the upper lip.

The nostrils and the corners of the lips are ulcerated, but neither itch nor pain.

In the corner of the mouth an ulcer with red edges and corrosive itching.

Corners of the mouth ulcerate, just at the commissure of the lips, with uncommonly severe tearing pains roundabout, even when unmoved and untouched.

Sensations.

Sensation of pinching in a great many places on the skin.

Prickling biting sensation in the whole skin, especially on the soles of the feet.

Pleasant prickling, as of worms, in all the pores of the skin.

In the evening in bed, itching prickings, like flea-bites, here and there on the skin.

Itching stinging on the scapulae, inducing him to scratch, whereby it is relieved.

Sensations of formication, (Case 14).

Intolerable itching of the whole body.

Itching in the whole body, and an eruption of red spots like flea-bites (after four hours).

Crawling itching over the whole body, fugitive, now here, now there.

Tearing itching here and there, especially after lying down at night in bed; after rubbing, there only remains tearing pain, but this in a greater degree.

Frequent scratching of various parts of the body, especially the neck and chest.

Scraping itching of the forehead (after one hour).

(A titillating itching on the left scapula) During the first few days, occasional creeping-itching of the skin of the legs and back.

Violent itching of the feet.

Biting itching in the feet and their dorsa.

A creeping upwards in the left arm, as when a fly walks along the skin, which frequent rubbing does not remove.

Sleep and Dreams

Sleepiness.

Frequent yawning.

Frequent yawning, as if he had not slept enough (after two hours and a half).

Frequent yawning, and then shiverings over the body, but which only course along the external surface of the skin, in the evening.

Continual yawning.

Yawning like that of an intoxicated person.

He yawned and retched until the face was blue; while one hand was stretched above the head, the other, unmanageable, kept striking the abdomen, (Case 13).

During the catamenia, yawning and chills coursing along the back, (Case 14).

Great inclination to sleep.

Drowsiness (after half an hour).

Drowsiness (after about four hours and a half).

Great drowsiness.

Notable drowsiness immediately on waking.

Invincible drowsiness, especially towards evening;he falls asleep in spite of himself, where ever he happens to be.

Towards evening, even at twilight, drowsiness with yawning; but in the morning he feels as if he had not slept enough.

Uncommon drowsiness and dulness of intellect.

Drowsiness, often with vertigo and yawning.

Continued drowsiness, with desire to stretch the limbs, from 5 to 11 P.M. (after eleven hours).

Drowsiness full of inquietude.

Drowsiness or comatose sleep, with starting awake full of terror.

Sleepiness; the girl closed her eyes for several seconds, then slowly half-opened them again, as if forcibly resisting sleep (after four hours).

In the morning after rising, uncommon sleepiness, although he had slept well during the night; also, on attempting to read, the letters run together.

Somnolent condition.

Great somnolence.

(Quite profound somnolency, with subsultus tendinum, pale, cold face and cold hands, and hard, small, rapid pulse.) Slumber.

Lethargic slumber.

Fit of profound lethargic slumber, with cold face and hands.

The night sleep was quiet and unbroken, with pleasant dreams.

In the morning he is unable to rouse himself from sleep; on awaking he is very much out of humor.

In some of the patients the delirium subsided into a sort of sleep, attended with pleasant dreams, which provoked laughter.

Sleep at night, with dreams which he cannot remember; he fell asleep earlier than usual, and awoke earlier not unrefreshed, but soon relapsed into the lassitude of the limbs continually present at other times.

Profound sleep.

Deep sleep for twenty-four hours.

Very deep sleep.

Very sound sleep with much dreaming, until towards morning (after five days).

She sleeps much, and if the cough awake her she falls asleep again directly, and yet in the morning she is giddy and tired.

Heavy sleep, with starts and jerks of the limbs, cries, singing, complaints, etc.

Soporose condition.

Soporose, stupid condition, from which the child could not be wakened, with convulsions of the facial muscles.

Sopor (after the convulsions).

They lay in a soporose condition, with violent convulsions of the extremities; the head was very hot, the face red, the eyes protruding.

Sopor, coma, or lethargy usually follows the delirium returns as the sopor goes off.

It is only after moderate medicinal doses that we witness soporific effects; after larger doses, insomnia and delirium occur.

Croaking and moaning in sleep.

During his stupefied sleep, he opens his eyes, looks about him wildly, and relapses into stertorous slumber.

During sleep, tendency to bury the head in the pillow, and draw up the legs.

After a good night’s sleep, the boy awoke early, looked wild and staring, and his lower extremities were as if paralyzed, so that he could neither stand nor walk.

On waking, fatigue, headache, and aggravation of all the pains.

Sleeplessness.

He starts up as in a fright, and awakes.

He starts as in a fright and awakes, when he is just falling asleep.

In the evening, frequent starting as in a fright, when just on the point of falling asleep; the feet were jerked upwards and the head forwards.

She started as in a fright, in otherwise quiet sleep, feeling as if she were falling deep down, which caused her to shudder violently.

Heavy, disturbed sleep, with stertorous respiration.

Sleep very light.

Sleep restless.

Very restless sleep.

Wakeful from restlessness.

At night, the boys became restless, spoke irrationally, and could with difficulty be kept in bed.

With restlessness, he awoke from the noon sleep, screamed and stamped his feet.

Restless sleep, with active dreams.

Sleep restless, disturbed dreams and irrational talking.

Uneasy sleep before midnight; the child tosses about, kicks, and quarrels in its sleep.

He rises at night, and walks up and down in deep though, (Case 18).

Frequent awaking at night out of sleep, as if he had slept enough (first night).

Frequent awaking out of sleep, and though he turns now on this side and now on that, still he finds no rest, and cannot fall asleep again.

Waking up too early, often with inability to go to sleep again.

She awakes in the night full of fright and fear; it appeared to her as if there was something under the bed which made a noise; she felt dry heat on awaking.

Waking directly after midnight in a sweat, he cannot go to sleep again; and the sweat continues during the waking hours.

He wakes out of sleep three times about midnight; he raises himself three times to vomit, with cold sweat as from anguish, but in vain.

Continual but ineffectual efforts to obtain sleep.

Sleeplessness. sleeplessness for several days.

Sleeplessness for several nights.

Sleepless until 1 o’clock, not restless; then slept till 6.30 A.M.; rose unrefreshed.

Nightly sleeplessness, with restlessness and agitation.

Sleep prevented by anguish.

Nightly sleeplessness owing to anguish, with drawing pains in all the limbs.

He cannot sleep at night; a fancy that he has some pressing business hinders him from sleeping.

Dreams.

He dreams immediately on falling asleep.

Slept well, except dreaming.

She immediately on falling asleep.

Slept well, except dreaming.

She dreams more than usual, but peacefully, and about household affairs.

Vivid dreams, which, however, he could not remember.

Sleep full of dreams; she was occupied with a great number of people; she wished to get away, but could not.

Dreams of performing gymnastic exercises, of walking, running, and riding in a carriage.

He had every night dreams which much fatigued his mind, and was prostrated in the morning when he ought to have got up.

Anxious and frightful dreams.

He is constantly awaked out of sleep by fearful dreams and convulsions.

He is disturbed by frightful visions when falling asleep.

Frightful dreams vividly remembered.

Fright in dreaming, in consequence of which he awakes with sweat on the forehead and at the pit of the stomach.

He was constantly awaked out of sleep by frightful dreams and convulsions.

Sleep intolerable, on account of greatly increased pains and frightful dreams.

He dreams of danger from fire, and awakes in consequence.

Dreams of battles, fires, and of being pursued by giants.

At night, very stupefied sleep, anxious dreams about murderers and street-robbers; he heard himself shouting loudly once, but did not thereupon come to his senses.

Sleep disturbed by miserable phantoms.

Fever

Chilliness.

Temperature of the skin very low.

Skin at first natural, afterwards cold.

On the emission of a great quantity of urine, and during increased appetite, he was quite cold to the touch.

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.