Tearing in one or the other internal ear, mostly only for a short time, now severe, now slight.
Itching in the outer ears, now simple, now biting, or burning, or sticking, with fine stitches and increased sensation of warmth; at times also several pimples on the outer ear.
Ringing in the right ear, long continued, beginning deep, then becoming higher, several times during the day, and for several days together (thirtieth and thirty-second day).
Nose
The nose and eyes are moist, as if a coryza would come on (after eight hours).
Profuse fluent catarrh (seventeenth day).
The mucous membrane of the nose seemed in most of the provers dry, with little discharge; in one prover, however, at a later time, a coryza, which lasted several minutes, appeared in the left nostril, and apparently involved also the frontal and maxillary sinuses; in the beginning, a yellow, burnt-smelling water, afterwards purulent, sometimes whitish, at times yellowish or greenish mucus, also of a burnt smell and taste, was blown from the nose and hawked up, especially in the morning, though not a large quantity.
In the morning, on rising, she loses a few drops of clear blood from the left nostril, which had never before been noticed (ninth day).
At about 6 o’clock in the morning some drops of clear blood are discharged from the left nostril, followed by a pressing pain in the left temple extending forward to the eye (ninth day).
Dryness of the nose, and a sensation as if she would have a catarrh, with frequent sneezing (second day).
Biting gnawing sensation at the tip of the nose.
Crawling in the left nostril very sensitive, as if she would sneeze, which she did not do (first day).
Frequent crawling, biting, or itching in the nostrils.
Itching in the skin of the nose, at times burning, biting, or fine sticking; also fine burning or itching stitches, at times some pimples arise upon it.
Face
In General, and Cheeks.
Pale expression of the face (in persons much affected by the drug), a dirty grayish look, sunken cheeks, deeply seated eyes, surrounded by bluish or blackish-gray circles; very sickly expression for a long time.
A dark red, very painful, small spot appears, following a transient sensation of coldness; it soon enlarges, and by and by extends over the whole face, with a sensation of great heat; this symptom repeated several times in one afternoon (fifth day).
A feeling as if cold drops of rain spattered in the face on going from the house into the open air, several times (seventieth day, et. seq).
A chilly, tearing pain in small spot on the left cheek.
Pressive pain, sometimes alternating with tearing, in the left upper jaw.
Sticking cold sensation in a small spot on the left cheek.
Tearing, pressive pain in the left cheek-bone, especially in the malar fossae (tenth day).
Tearing, sticking pains in both cheek-bones (fifteenth day, et seq).
Tearing, sticking pin in the right cheek, shooting by jerks into the temples, lasting for several minutes (after two and a half hours).
Severe tearing on the posterior portion of the left cheek-bone in three violent jerks from below upwards.
Tearing pains in the right upper jaw, extending from the angle in front of the ear into the temple.
Aching pressing jerk in the right cheek, as if one had received a box on the ear (thirty-third day).
Lips and China
A bluish-red color on the inner side of the lower lip.
On the inner side of the lower lip towards the angle, a dull red, somewhat bluish spot about the size of a small bean.
Dryness of the lips.
In the morning after rising and also during the day, a sticky feeling on the margin of the lips.
Fine burning in several small places in the upper lip.
Burning in the outer margins of the lips for half a minute, frequently also longer, as if they had been covered with pepper- water, or were swollen, several times.
Burning sensation in the upper lip, in the right corner of the mouth, as from pepper, with a bubbling sensation and a drawing- downward feeling in it (twenty-second day).
In the right half of the lower lip a pressive-pinching pain, as if it were pinched with the fingers fro several minutes.
Fine stitches in the margin of the lips; sometimes itching, sometimes burning.
On the left side of the upper lip a twitching, bubbling sensation, as if something were jumping on it for several minutes.
Slight tearing in the left side of the upper lip, with some burning and tingling.
Fine, painless, quick throbbing in the upper lip just over the right corner of the mouth, for half a minute.
Itching in the lips, which disappears on rubbing, but soon returns; sometimes biting or burning. Cold burning sensation on the left side of the chin.
On the margin of the horizontal ramus of the right lower jaw, about the middle, a pressive pain in the bone, as if the place were squeezed together with two fingers (fifty-fourth day).
A burning stitch in the left side of the chin.
Pain in the lower margin of the left lower jaw, near and just in front of the angle for half an inch, only noticed when touching it, feeling as if one had received a blow on this spot, for several days in succession (forty-sixth to fifty-second day).
Pressive-sticking pain in the jaws, especially in the lower, during the day and also in the night (thirteenth day).
Jerking stitches in the angle of the left lower jaw, digging-biting extending in the row of teeth on the lower jaw and the back teeth for half a minute, as if the gum were loosened from the teeth, or as if they were raised up.
Mouth
Teeth and Gums.
Dull aching in the back teeth of the left upper jaw, as if they were too long.
Slow digging pain in a right upper incisor in the root, as if it were denuded from the gum, for several minutes (eighteenth day).
A drawing, bubbling pain pressed downwards in the first upper incisors of the left side, with a sensation as it the teeth were exceedingly sensitive to the touch, were too long or blunt, and as if something heavy hung upon them; after a few days a small boil in the gum over them.
Tearing in the left upper incisors, extending to the superior maxillary bone (for a quarter of an hour).
Frequent piercing stitches in the teeth of the right side of the lower jaw, as if one of them were carious, with a sensation as if the teeth were too large or blunt, with great sensitiveness to the cold, air, especially with tearing and sticking in the lower jaw, in the afternoon and at night for several hours in succession (tenth day).
Several stitches in the two anterior lower back teeth of the right side, followed by a sensation as if they were too long (after two hours).
Tearing pain in the back teeth of the left upper jaw (tenth day).
Tearing in the two back teeth of the left upper jaw for half an hour, then extending to other parts of the face.
A scraping-gnawing pain in the whole row of the back teeth of the lower jaw of the left side, as if in the roots or necks of the teeth (eighteenth day).
Dirty red scum on the gum of several of the front teeth of the upper jaw, less on the lower jaw and on the back teeth.
On the gum of the upper row several small white pimples; the smallest is of the size of a grape-seed, the largest of a flax- seed, either round or flattened, painless, lasts several weeks.
Above the two upper back teeth of the left side a few small pustules, which become ulcers and continues for a long time.
Slight though noticed bleeding of the gum several times.
Mouth in General, Saliva, and Taste.
A painful white vesicle in the forepart of the right side of the tip of the tongue.
On the right side of the tip of the tongue two red pimples as large as a poppy-seed stung violently, especially on touch; the forepart of the tongue seemed stiff and thick (forty-second and forty-third days).
Sticking-burning sensation in several small points on the left side of the tongue, as from fine needle-points; painfulness of the tongue to the touch and motion; no vesicles visible (eighth, ninth, thirty-eighth, and thirty-ninth days).
Some fine stitches in the tongue, especially in the right side (second day).
Nauseous metallic smell from the mouth from a long time.
Dryness and sticky sensation in the mouth of all the provers.
Dryness in the mouth, but still more in the fauces, worse in the morning after rising, with a peculiar sticky sensation, rawness of the mucous membrane, white tongue, diminished secretion of saliva, or a sticky frothy saliva like cotton; seldom with thirst and heat; loss of taste or not quite perfect taste; this condition is somewhat relieved by eating and drinking, but it returns; after eating, the taste is somewhat sour.
The mouth and throat feel sticky, pasty, and as if burnt (third day).
A cold sensation in the left corner of the mouth.
Smarting-burning on the mouth and on the mouth and on the chin, sometimes like a formication.
Sticky saliva.
Insipid, nauseous taste arises from the stomach like heartburn (after one to three hours).
A scraping-burning taste in the mouth and throat like heartburn (first day).
Long-continued bitter scraping-burning taste of the Berberis root, especially in the palate, of three persons; in one person it seemed as if it came up into the throat; she could not get free from it nearly the whole of the first day.
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.