Common names: Marsh Marigold, Cowslip (American).
Introduction
Caltha palustris, Linn. Natural order: Ranunculaceae. Preparation: Tincture of the whole plant when in flower.
Mind
Anxiety and restlessness.
Head
Vertigo (second day). Vertigo and roaring in ears (after half an hour). Headache; dull drawing, from occiput over to forehead, with vertigo (after half an hour).
Eyes
Eyes dim. Lachrymation. Pupils contracted.
Face
Face pale, yellowish. Prodigious swelling of the face. Face swollen, especially around eyes. Swelling of face, white, soft, and puffy; extended some over whole body (second day). The swelling of the face does not subside until the eight day.
Mouth
The tongue is covered with a very thick, dirty-white coating. Peculiar disagreeable impression on back of tongue (third day).
Stomach
Very great thirst (second day). Nausea (after half an hour). Vomiting, very painful (after half an hour). Griping pains in epigastric and umbilical regions (after half an hour).
Abdomen
Abdomen distended.
Stool
Diarrhoea (after half an hour). Copious alvine evacuations, with emissions of a good deal of flatulence (second day).
Urinary Organs
Painful burning in urethra. Burning pain when urinating. Dysuria (after half an hour). Urine scanty and very red.
Heart and Pulse
Small, quick, and contracted pulse (second day). Pulse small, hard, rapid, sometimes intermitting.
Extremities in General
Heaviness and numbness of the limbs (seventh day). Pain of stiffness and tension in the joints.
Inferior Extremities
Tottering gait.
Generalities
Trembling in whole body. Very great restlessness; the children roll on the ground in their agony.
Skin
Red spots on feet and legs. The inner surface of the thighs in covered with dry pustules (papulae?), which cause itching and a painful tension, when walking. This pain extends into the whole thigh. The pustules remain three weeks, then desquamate and disappear. Large bullae of pemphigus, in different parts of the body, especially on the limbs, back, and face, surrounded by a red ring, and itching a great deal. These bullae vary in size; but the largest are not bigger than an almond, and filled with a serous liquid. On the third day, these bullae are transformed into crusts, and on the seventh day of the disease, and fourth of the eruption, they begin to fall off (third 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.