BERBERIS



Pulse like stitches in the region of the first joint of the third toe of the left foot, from below upward, when sitting, for twenty seconds.

A stitch on the back of the metatarsal joint of the left fourth toe, extending forward into the toes, while standing (forty-fourth day).

Violent stitches in the under surface of the right great toe, when walking, for five or six minutes.

Tingling pain in the whole of the right great toe, as if it would swell (one hundred and third day).

Crawling and burning in the toes, sometimes with fine stitches.

Crawling in the first phalanges of the four outer left toes.

Tearing in the metatarsal joint of the second toes.

A tearing in the ball of the fourth toe of the right foot. Single tearings in the toes, especially in the joints.

Tearing in the toes, sometimes drawing, sometimes sticking, sometimes burning in the joints, on the surface, and in the tips, sometimes slight, sometimes severe.

Tearing-wrenching pain in the third and fourth toes of the right foot, sometimes with single stitches, lasting nearly the whole day.

Tearing in all the toes with single of the right foot, while sitting.

Burning-tearing pain in the ball of the little toe.

Violent sticking tearing in the right great toe, from the second joint to the tip, for one and a half minutes, while sitting after walking (forty-third day).

Jerk like tearings in the first joint of the right fourth toe.

Violent pain in the second toe of the left foot, as if it would suppurate, for ten minutes.

A sensation in the tips of the great toes, as if they had been painfully bruised, at times only by a pressure upon them.

In the second and third toes of the right foot and ulcerative or bruised pain, for two days, wit intermissions (sixth to seventh days).

Burning, corrosive, or sore pain in the toes, especially in the two last and the great toe, sometimes also in the second and third toes, even after a short walk, with pale redness of the toes, as after superficial freezing; tight boots are unendurable; the outer border of the foot frequently suffers also; the skin between the toes is very painful to touch; sometimes with itching-tearing between the toes.

Generalities

Attacks of faintness with sudden orgasms of blood after a walk; sweat and heat in the upper half of the body, coldness, paleness and sunkenness of the face, oppression of the chest, shortly before going to sleep; on lying down in bed she shivers; she sleeps heavily, tosses about uneasily and has heavy dreams (fifty-first day).

Continued, even slight, occupation fatigues her very much, and sweat breaks out easily.

In the evening frequently great fatigue, so that she cannot keep awake.

In the evening and after supper she was very soon tired, and she was obliged to go to bed very early (first day).

Great fatigue in the evening; he goes to bed two hours sooner than usual, and falls asleep sooner than usual (first day).

Faint like weakness when walking, standing, or if she rises up, with vertigo (twelfth and thirteenth days).

Great weakness in the limbs, and in the whole body, increased by walking or long standing, even slight exertions affect her very much.

Exhaustion even to trembling, so that she feared that her knees would break down; vertigo on rising up when she stooped (thirteenth day).

General prostration, so that she has no desire to do anything, after six to ten hours.

A condition near to faintness, after riding, followed by a short walk, so that she must lie down.

General bruised sensation in the whole body, especially in the lower limbs, as after great fatigue.

After long stooping, she feels as if bruised and unable to do anything (twelfth day).

Skin

General Appearance.

The skin frequently becomes sticky and scales off, and a thin, brownish, superficial scurf appears on its inner margin.

Two small red spots on each side of the forehead (sixty-fifth day).

On the forepart of the left shoulder, three small, punctiform, mottled, dusky-red spots, at times smarting slightly (seventy-fourth day).

On the forepart of the right shoulder, two dusky-red mottled confluent, one above a quarter of an inch, the other about five- fourth of an inch long, somewhat painful upon grasping it, as after a bruise of the skin or like “vibices” (forty-fourth day).

A pale dusky-red, mottled spot as large as a half-dollar near the external condyle of the left humerus, at times burning and itching as if congested, in the middle of an elevated nettle rash like welt.

Small dusky-red, petechial-like, at times slightly itching or burning spots, on the forearm, also at times on the back of the hand, chiefly near the wrist and a few inches from it.

A severely smarting spot an inch and a half long, bright red, on the inner side of the left thigh, about five inches from the spot disappears the next day.

Eruptions.

Single, seldom grouped, sticking, red, burning-itching or sticking, or gnawing pimples on the skin, sensitive to pressure, usually surrounded by red areola, with small tips containing pus, at last changing to brown spots like liver spots.

Several pimples on the lips.

Pimples at times on the chin.

Several pimples on the throat.

Some pimples in the skin of the chest, most numerous on the shoulder-blades.

Pimples on the neck, sometimes isolated, frequently in groups, especially near the hair.

Some pimples on the back.

Some pimples upon the shoulders.

A pimple on the tip of the right elbow, which became much inflamed by rubbing.

Isolated pimples on the back of the fingers, at one time one on the radial side of the right rings finger.

On the back of the first phalanx of the right index fingers a small superficial pimple as if a wart would form.

Some pimples on the nates.

A few pimples on the thing.

On the left upper arm just beneath and behind the shoulder a patch of nettle-rash, two-thirds of an inch long, itching somewhat, afterwards desquamating (fifty-fifth day).

An itching spot of nettle-rash on the left upper arm, a few inches above the elbow.

A nettle-rash-like itching spot on the back of the left hand, in the forepart, between the second and third metacarpal bones.

In the ball of the right hand, three superficial semi- transparent small warts, disappearing after some time (one hundred and first day).

Superficially, or rather just under the skin, a wart as large as a large as a millet-seed, on the outer surface of the third phalanx of the right middle finger, slightly itching (one hundred and fifth day).

On the inner right side of the lower lip, a vesicle as large as a small pea, becomes flattened; the next day two smaller ones arise.

On the mucous membrane of the lips and cheeks, several very painful and very red inflamed pimples, with deep though not broad suppurating points in the center.

Sensations.

Simple pain in the skin in a small spot in after ten minutes some biting stitches in thee same place.

Cold sensation in the skin in a small spot below the right nates.

Momentary cold sensation in the skin on the inner anterior portion of the left thigh, as if a few drops of ice-cold water and had been spattered on the skin (seventy-sixth day).

In the upper and forepart of the right thigh, a sudden sensation, as if a cold animals a few inches long, about the size of a lizard, lay on the skin, so that she hurriedly shook the clothes in order to get rid of it (sixty-ninth day).

On the posterior lower portion of the right thing, in a small spot, a sensation as if the skin touched some cold metal or ice, or as if a drop of ice-cold water were spattered upon it, lasting a few minutes while walking (ninety-fourth day).

Momentary cold sensation, as if ice-cold water touched the skin on the outer side of the left leg not far from the knee (seventh-fourth day).

A sensation as if cold water spattered on the skin at a small spot below the left calf, for a few minutes.

Cold sensation in a small spot in the skin on the upper outer portion of the left leg.

Cold sensation above the left internal malleolus in a spot in the skin of the size of a penny.

Burning pain in front above the middle of the right upper arm in the skin (one hundred and third day).

Burning pain in the skin of the right thumb inward.

Violent burning pain in the skin on and near the metacarpal bone of the middle finer of the left hand, for a few minutes (seventy-first day).

A violent burning several times, with itching, that compels her to scratch, in the right cheek in front of the ear down to the lower jaw (fourth day).

Sticking, burning pain in the skin an inch from the right side of the navel and somewhat above it, lasting for half a minute.

Gnawing pain in the skin in the upper part of the right side of the chest.

Gnawing pain in the skin of the wrists, aggravated by rubbing.

Gnawing pain in the skin in the upper anterior portion of the right thigh (one hundred and sixth day).

Gnawing pain in the skin in a small spot in the left thigh above the middle of the forepart, for a few seconds.

Gnawing pain in the skin of the calves, mostly caused and aggravated by walking.

Itching burning-sticking woke her frequently in the night, now here, now there, on the extremities and on the trunk, and which often compelled her to scratch (one and two nights).

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.