CANCHALAGUA


Canchalagua homeopathy medicine – drug proving symptoms from Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica by TF Allen, published in 1874. It has contributions from R Hughes, C Hering, C Dunham, and A Lippe….


Common name (Californian): Canchalagua.

Introduction

Erythraea chironiodes, Griesb. Natural order: Gentianaceae. Preparation: Tincture of the whole plant when in flower.

Head

Head feels congested. Pressive pains in forehead. Fulness, tightness of scalp; it feels as if drawn together by india- rubber.

Eyes

Burning in the eyes, first in the left, and then in the right.

Ears

Slight pain in the ears. Piercing or stitches in the ears. Increased buzzing and roaring.

Mouth

Spitting of white mucus, with trembling and nervousness.

Stomach

Increase of appetite. Ructus. Regurgitations. Water brash.

Abdomen

Flatus. Slight pain, relieved by pressure.

Stool

Several loose stools a day. Constipation. Head, knotty morning stool.

Chest

Alleviating a catarrh, produced by influenza.

Generalities

That kind of pain in head and fingers which is concomitant with the attacks of intermittent fever.

Sleep

Sleeplessness (from 1st trit).

Fever

Chills repeatedly, down the spine, and all over, especially in bed, at night. Heat in whole body; I could bear, after the proving, the cool trade-wind, usually setting in, in San Francisco, in the afternoon, better than before.

Conditions Aggravations

(Morning), Hard stool. (Night), In bed, chills.

Amelioration

(Pressure), Pain in abdomen.

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.