Throat
Inflammation of the throat, with a sensation as if something were sticking in it, with stitches. Much hawking of mucus. Much mucus constantly passes from the posterior nares. Sensation of dryness in the throat and posterior nares. Sensation of dryness in the throat, when swallowing. Sensation of roughness in the back part of the throat (after three days). Sensation of coldness in the lower portion of the throat. Sensation of constriction and internal swelling of the throat. Pressive pain in the throat (after six days). Violent pressive pain in the muscles of the throat, on the right side. Scratching in the throat. Pressive tearing in the muscles of the throat. Sore throat, as from swelling on the palate, with painful swallowing, for four days. Sore pain in the throat, when eating. Scraping in the throat. Scraping in the throat (after three days). Scraping in the throat, in the evening and morning, which provokes a dry cough. Severe scraping and crawling in the throat and fauces, soon transiently relieved by hawking. Scraping and rawness in the throat, for several days. Scraping in the throat, with some cough, which causes lachrymation, particularly of the left eye. Severe crawling in the throat, only transiently relieved by hawking, with much accumulation of saliva. Sticking-itching in the throat and neck, with red spots in it (after thirty-eight hours). Uvula. Inflammation and swelling of the uvula, with sticking in the throat. Fauces and Pharynx. Much tenacious mucus in the fauces, which he was obliged to raise. Mucus of an unpleasant taste and odor in fauces. Burning in the upper part of the fauces. Burning in the fauces and back part of th throat, as in coryza (after ten hours). Contracting sensation deep in the pharynx. Pressive pain in the fauces, just behind the palate. Tearing pressure in the back part of the fauces, and in the left side of the root of the tongue. Frequent biting and burning in the fauces and palate. Biting posteriorly in the fauces, as in the commencement of coryza, though a more acrid biting. Swallowing, coughing, or blowing the nose causes pain in the fauces and posterior nares, as if sore. Painful hiccough in the pharynx, after eating. Frequent sensation, in the forenoon, as if something hot and sharp arose along the pharynx. Sensation in the pharynx as if it were contracted or drawn together. Pressure in the pharynx, when not swallowing, as if it were contracted or constricted. A kind of pressure and fulness in the pharynx, extending into the stomach, almost like heartburn. Swallowing. Painless impediment when swallowing; the saliva that was swallowed passed down only gradually. The food cannot be easily swallowed; the throat seems constricted with spasms, though without pain. Throat Externally. Great swelling of the parotid gland, as far as the angle of the jaw.
Stomach
Appetite. Hunger, with, however, aversion to usually agreeable food. Longing for sweet and salt things. Very soon full and satisfied, after a moderate breakfast. Diminished appetite, toward noon, with nausea (after five days). Little appetite at noon, with slight cutting in the abdomen ( after four days). Little appetite; she is soon satisfied; aching in the pit of the stomach, and sensation of emptiness in the stomach, for half an hour. Slight appetite, with heat in the mouth and rawness and dryness on the tip of the tongue (after forty-two hours). Appetite slight, with no taste, as in the catarrh. Loss of appetite, with frequent eructations, and confusion of the head. Complete loss of appetite, with coated tongue and great weariness. Want of hunger; he would like to go without eating. She could eat nothing at all in the morning till noon, then relished her food, but could eat nothing in the evening. The want of appetite is associated with a sensation of relaxation and weakness of the muscles in the limbs. Loss of desire for coffee. Aversion to fat meat. Aversion to butter. Aversion to milk, which makes her flatulent. Eructations and Hiccough. Eructations, (after one hour and a half). Violent, almost constant, eructations. Very frequent eructations, as well before as after eating, mostly in the afternoon, for eight days (after four days). Eructations, after eating and drinking. Frequent empty eructations, the whole day, mostly in the afternoon. Empty eructations after soup and every time after drinking. Frequent empty eructations, preceded by transient gripings in the abdomen. The eructation is always empty, and accompanied, especially in the afternoon, with much accumulation of flatulence in the abdomen. Sweat eructations. Sour eructations in the open air, towards evening. Sour eructations, after taking milk. Sour eructations with burning in the stomach. Bitter, scraping eructations. Constant sensation as of heartburn; acidity constantly rising into the mouth. Water brash. Great inclination to hiccough from the slightest cause. Hiccough, after a moderate dinner. Hiccough, especially after every motion. Nausea. Momentary attacks of nausea. Nausea in the morning, an hour after waking, with qualmishness in the stomach. Nausea, every forenoon, about 10 or 11 o’clock. Nausea, at night. Nausea, before every meal. Nausea with every meal. Nausea, even to retching, before dinner. Nausea, with pressure in the stomach, after eating, followed by violent dragging-down pain about the navel. Nausea and loss of appetite, even when fasting, still more after eating, with anxiety, dizziness, obscuration before the eyes, and white tongue; he was obliged to lie down towards evening, without sleepiness (after six and seven days). Constant nausea, without appetite and without stool. Sickening nausea (fourth day). Frequent qualmishness; he did not vomit, however. Stomach. Heaviness in the stomach, and sensation of trembling in it. He feels acidity in the stomach, when lying on the back and when walking. Painfulness of the stomach, when walking or standing; it feels heavy and hanging down. Pain in the pit of the stomach, in the evening, with sensitiveness to touch, together with nausea and aversion, even on thinking of eating. Burning sensation in the stomach. Continued burning in the stomach. Fulness, eructations, general heaviness, after a moderate supper; writing is slow and difficult. The stomach feels tense and full. Tension and pressure above the stomach, extending from the ribs. Constrictive pain beneath the pit of the stomach, which is increased by pressure of the finger. A contractive sensation beneath the stomach. Contractive pain near the pit of the stomach, on the right side, in the morning and afternoon. Griping in the pit of the stomach, as from flatulence. Cramp in the stomach, and cardialgia in a nursing woman. Contractive cramp in the stomach, even at night, extending up into the chest, with distension of the abdomen; she was obliged to bend double, and could not lie down because it became worse; the pain was paroxysmal, and took away her breath. Clawing in the stomach, extending up to the throat, like heartburn. Gnawing in the stomach, in the morning, when fasting. Cramp in the stomach, with incessant acid eructations. Pressive sensation beneath the pit of the stomach (after twenty-four hours). An anxious pressure in the pit of the stomach (after four days). Pressure in the stomach, as from something sore; worse on touch. Continued painful pressure in the pit of the stomach and in the upper abdomen, as if in the stomach, in the evening, after 7. Pressure beneath the stomach, at night, with uneasy sleep and anxious dreams. Pressive sensation in the region of the stomach, disappearing on passing wind, with rumbling. Pressure in the stomach follows rumbling in the abdomen. Very much oppressed and full. On stooping, it seems as if sausages were lying on the right and left sides, near the stomach. The epigastric region is very sensitive. Throbbing in the pit of the stomach.
Abdomen
Hypochondria. Painful sticking-tearing in both hypochondria, starting form a point just below the pit of the stomach, and extending to both sides. Both hypochondria are painful to touch. Every piece of clothing about the hypochondrium oppresses him and is unendurable. Transient but violent pain in the right hypochondrium. Pressive pain in the left hypochondrium. Violent sticking in the region of the liver (after forty- eight hours). Tension in the region of the liver, as if it were too short there, on waking from the midday nap. The region of the liver is very sensitive and painful to touch. Pressive pain in the liver, when walking in the open air. Violent tearing in the liver, causing cries. Bruised pain in the liver. Drawing pain beneath the left ribs. Pressure beneath the short ribs, after breakfast. Umbilical. Audible rumblings in the umbilical region. Burning in the umbilical region. Burning pain in the skin near the navel, frequently returning (after four hours). Severe griping about the umbilical region, after eating a little harmless food; soon disappears after eructations or passage of wind. Griping about the navel, extending into the stomach, for four days and nights (first in the morning, on rising); she was obliged to lie down, could not stand erect on account of the pain, and cold not sleep at night, with constant chilliness; on the second night, diarrhoea, which was worse at night (after six days). Pressive pain in the umbilical region. Sore pain in a spot below the navel. General Abdomen. Abdomen distended by flatulence, in the afternoon. Abdomen very much distended, after dinner (ninth day). Distension of the abdomen, with rumbling in it, after eating a little. After a stool, the abdomen is swollen, like an induration (second day). Movings about in the abdomen (immediately). Much motion in the abdomen, and frequent passage of loud, or noiseless, or moist flatus. Incessant noise in the abdomen, without urging to stool. Audible rumbling moves slowly about the abdomen (after three hours). Loud rumbling and noise in the abdomen, for eight days. Audible rumblings in the abdomen, with some griping. Fermentation in the abdomen, followed by diarrhoeic stool, with passage of moist offensive flatus. Complete emptiness of the abdomen after stool, especially noticed when walking. Much flatulence and distension of the abdomen, caused by things which usually digested easily. Much flatulence, with rumbling and loud movings in the abdomen, in the afternoon. Accumulation of flatus in the right side of the upper abdomen, more towards the back, with pinching pains. Flatus moves about the abdomen, and causes here and there stitches, especially in the left side, under ribs. Suddenly, a great quantity of flatus, in the afternoon, which passes without difficulty (after thirty-six hours). Offensive flatus (after one hour and a half). Very much offensive flatus (after one hour). Passage of much wind after the rumbling. Passage of offensive, at last moist, flatus, with painful dragging towards the sacrum, and thence toward the abdomen (after two hours). Enormous passage of odorless flatus, in the morning, on waking. Passage of some odorless flatus, with much moving flatus in the abdomen (after half an hour). Passage of much loud odorless flatus, with frequent eructations (after four days). Great anxiety in the abdomen. Heaviness in the abdomen. The abdomen seems very heavy. Sensation as if the abdomen hung down heavily; she was only able to walk quite bent. Pain in the abdomen, as from lifting a heavy weight, even when slightly raising her arm for the purpose of doing some work with the hand; the same pain is felt when touching the abdomen. Pain in the bowels, as from lifting or a sprain, as soon as she lies upon the side; mostly in the left side of the abdomen. Burning in the abdomen. The abdomen is full and pressed, as if overloaded with food, day and night, with eructations. If he eats or drinks, the abdomen feels as if it would burst. Tension in the abdomen. Pain over the whole abdomen, as far as the pubes, as though all the muscular fibres were drawn tense or hardened, which made him very anxious. Tensive and pressive pain in the right side of the upper abdomen, extending across the whole stomach. Tension in the abdomen from accumulated flatus, but it is passed copiously and easily, in the afternoon. Tensive and pressive pain over nearly the whole abdomen, with constant uneasiness and weeping, as from despair. Constrictive sensation in the abdomen. Continued pressive pinching in the upper abdomen. While sitting bent over, fine pinching in the abdomen, on the left side of the spinal column. Griping in the bowels, with natural stool. Griping pains in various places in the bowels, which are frequently transient. Griping in the abdomen, during and after eating. Fine griping in the abdomen, when sitting bent. The griping in the abdomen comes on almost only in th afternoon and evening, and appears to be caused by flatulence; it disappears after passing it. Colic before the stool. Colic, as after taking cold; it was worse before passing flatus, and relieved after it. Colic-like cramp, from morning till evening, before menstruation. Colic, during a diminished flow of the menses, with pain in all the bones, as if beaten. Flatulent colic, with passage of odorless flatus. Frequent colic, extending to the small of the back and bladder, afterwards a stool, almost as after rhubarb. Frequent pinching colic, especially in the right side of the abdomen. Dragging or griping colic, after a stool. Pressive colic, with rumbling and passage of moist, warm, odorless flatus, whereupon it ceased. Pressive colic, with urging to stool and passage of hot flatus, which relieved it. Cutting colic. Pain drawing across the abdomen, before the stool. Disagreeable pressure in the abdomen, so that she was obliged to hold it constantly with the hand. Pressive pain in the left side of the abdomen; movings about in the abdomen, with griping. Dull pressive pain on a small spot in the abdomen. Cuttings in the abdomen, momentarily, but very often. Cuttings in the abdomen that shoot through like lightning. Cuttings in the bowels, like colic, in the evening. Sticking pain in the left side of the abdomen and chest, increased by breathing. Dull pinching stitching, as from below upwards, in the abdomen. Bruised pain in the abdominal muscles. Hypogastrium and Iliac Region. Movings deep in the lower abdomen. The flatus collects here and there in the abdomen, under the short ribs, in the hypogastric region, causing pinching and pressure, and very gradually passing down into the rectum, with sensation of heat. Gurgling in the left side of the lower abdomen. Griping and sticking pains in the left lower abdomen. Pinching colic in the lower abdomen. A violent pinching labor-like colic, which especially pressed upon the sacrum (and the bladder), with rumbling of the bowels, on waking, at 3 A.M., from an uneasy sleep, with many anxious dreams. Pressive colic in the lower abdomen. Tearing-aching in the lower abdomen, extending up to the navel. Pinching pressure in the lower abdomen. Pinching pressure deep in the right side of the lower abdomen, extending towards the hips. Cutting pains in the lower abdomen, during menstruation. A crawling creeping-sticking in the lower abdomen (after twenty-eight hours). After a hard scanty stool, in the morning, pinching stitches in the left side of the lower abdomen, with incomplete desire for stool, like a pressure upon the rectum, throughout the whole day (after four days). A sore pain, externally, in the lower portion of the abdomen, even on touch (after four hours). Griping pain in the right inguinal region. Pressive pain in the inguinal region, in the right side.
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.