Fingers.
The knuckle of the middle finger is swollen; he cannot move it on account of pain and stiffness. (Blue nails). Drawing in the thumb, middle and index fingers extending upward. Tearing in the bones of the last phalanges of the fingers of the right hand especially severe in he joints, without affecting motion (after half an hour). Fine sticking tearing in the last joint of the right thumb. (* Sticking-tearing and sticking-drawing (which also sometimes become a jerking- tearing) seem to be the characteristic pains of Cinchona. See also 857, 877, 829, 945, 948. *) Jerking tearing in the phalanges of the fingers (after 24 hours). Jerking pain in the left little finger.
Inferior Extremities.
Tottering of lower extremity. Weakness and exhaustion in the upper and lower legs., as from a long walk. Walking becomes difficult, and he feels very soon exhausted, as from a sensation of heaviness and paralysis of the legs. The lower limbs go to sleep while sitting. Cramp like (sticking like) drawing in the upper and lower legs (after half an hour). Pain like a sticking and burning simultaneously on several parts of the lower limbs. Hip. Weakness and unsteadiness of the hip and knee joints two mornings in succession as though he had taken a long walk on the day previous; on continued motion this sensation leaves the joints. and changes to a bruised pain in the upper thigh during the 1st day, but more especially in the lower legs on the second day. (Pain in the hip joint, knees, and foot, as if they were sprained or crushed). (* See note to S. 526. *). In the hip and knee joints, pressive drawing when sitting, which disappears on standing and walking. Thigh. Hard swelling of the thigh, which at times extends down over the knee to the sole of the foot, becoming thinner in the lower part, reddish and painful, to touch. Weakness of the thighs.
Sensation in the left thigh, while standing, as though there were hardened pimples in the flesh, with drawing pain in it (after 2 hours). (Burning on the front of the upper part of the thigh)/ A burning and crawling as if gone to sleep in the high on which he had been sitting, on rising from sitting.; especially noticed in the hollow of the knee, particularly while standing. Tension in the anterior muscles of the thighs when walking. Cramp like paralytic pain in the right thigh and knee joint on rising from sitting, if he had sat for some time; also noticed while walking (after 5 hours and a half).
Drawing in the nates and also in the knee., while standing which ceases while sitting. (* The authority is omitted by Hahnemann. *). Slow painful drawing on the inner side of the left thigh, which seems to be only in the skin. Cramp like drawing in the right thigh, extending upward, from the hollow of the knee (with sensation of pressure), just as if the lower leg would be drawn up in the evening, while sitting, it disappears when standing and walking. In the bend of the thigh, especially in the tendon (of the psoric muscle), a pressive drawing, while sitting. A painful pressive drawing downward in the femora, mostly while sitting, in the afternoon. Tearing drawing in the left nates, while sitting. Drawing pain in the bones of the thigh, as if the periosteum had been scraped with a dull knife. Pain in the posterior muscles of the thighs as if they were beaten while sitting. In the upper part of the flesh of the right nates, on the pelvic bone, pulse like steadily increasing pressure while sitting. which disappears after rising. A stitch on the posterior portion of the right thigh, extending downward, while standing.
Tearing in the femora from above downward, during rest and motion; paroxysmal, lasting several days (after 72 hours).
Jerking like tearing in the thigh. Jerking-tearing on the anterior and outer portion of the right and left thighs, only caused by touch not by motion. Jerking tearing on the anterior portion of the left thigh (after 2 hours). Jerking in the middle of the left thigh (after 5 hours). Knee. Hot swelling of the right knee, with drawing tearing pain whereby he is waked at night (at 12 o’clock). Giving way of the knees, especially on ascending steps. When walking, the knees give out and bend under. Pain in the knee on bending it, preventing sleep, with nodes in the skin on it. Slight trembling of the knees when rising from sitting which was relieved while walking. A sharp drawing pain in the right knee when rising from sitting and when walking, which disappears on sitting again (in the afternoon). Rhythmical jerk like drawing in the tendons of the flexor muscles in the hollow of the knee. Stitches in the left knee joint. Tearing, extending from the knee joint up towards the thigh, combined with weakness so that standing and walking become difficult. A jerking tearing on the inner side of the patella. Paralytic tearing in the right knee joint, which soon extends upward towards the thigh, and then extends downward toward the lower leg, with weakness of the part aggravated more by touch than by motion. Pain in the knee on the slightest motion, as if bruised (after 3 hours). Pain on the side of the patella when touched (after 2 hours). Jerking pain in the knee. Leg. Hard dark red swelling on the calf, which progresses to suppuration. Weakness in the lower legs when walking, the whole day (after 2 hours). An inner restlessness in the lower legs obliges him to bend them double and draw then up. A severely burning tension above the tendo Achillis. Sensation in the lower leg as if the garters were tied too tightly, and as if the leg would go to sleep and become stiff. Painful cramp in the left calf at night, on stretching or bending up the foot, which prevents sleep (after 16 hours.
Drawing pain in the right tibia, in the lower portion near the heel, and then in the whole lower portion of the foot, while sitting. Painful drawing in the bones of the lower legs (2nd day), Cramp like drawing in the tibia, in the evening., while sitting; it disappears on standing and walking. A pressive drawing pain on the outer and inner portion of the left tibia, below the patella, on stretching out of the left lower leg while sitting, which disappears on bending the leg. Sticking drawing in the heels (after 48 hours ). Sticking in the tibiae while walking. which disappears during rest (after five and several hours. Stitches now in the tibia, now in the back now in the chest. while sitting (after 14 hours). Severe sharp, suddenly recurring stitches in the upper part of the calf, while walking in the open air. Tearing in the calf. Bruised pain in the bones of the lower (?) leg when stepping upon it, and still worse when touched; if she feels of it shivering of the whole foot and chilliness, as if she had put it into cold water.
Pain in the lower half of both lower (?) legs as if the periosteum were bruised and swollen, only when standing when touched, a smarting pain, as if there were a sore bruised spot.
Foot. Swelling of the feet). (Painful swelling of the feet. Very soft swelling of the soles of the feet. (Paralysis of the feet). Weakness of the feet, as if they were bruised (after 4 hours). Violent sticking burning in the upper part of the foot. close to the tibia (while sitting), Contractive pinching pain on the outer side of the right sole (after 6 hours). Drawing pain in the metatarsal bones of the right foot.
Drawing with sore pain on the back of the foot while standing, which disappears while sitting. Very violent testing sticking in the soles of the feet, while sitting and walking.
Stitches in the left sole. Stitches in the scar of a wound on the left foot. Sticking tearing in the sole of the foot. in the region of the heel while sitting and walking. Jerk like tearing in the tarsal and metatarsal bones. Jerk like tearing in the metatarsal bones and in the toes. Jerk like tearing, aggravated only by touch, not by motion, in the metatarsal bones and in the phalanges especially in the joints (after 31 hours).
Jerk like tearing at the union of the metatarsal with the ankle bones (after 25 hours). Sticking crawling, extending from the great toe up to the back of the foot, as if the part had been frozen, in the evening, while sitting, disappearing on standing and walking. (* Although the symptoms and pains of China are most frequently (next to touch, S. 843) caused and aggravated by movement of the part, yet there is also a not uncommon alternate action, in which the symptoms are relieved and removed by motion, as in this case and 802, 881, 891, 897, 920, 927, 928, and also in which they chiefly occur during rest, 893, 894, 896, 1013, 1017, 1018, 1021.-H. *). Toes. Boring stitches in the tips of the toes.
General Symptoms.– Objective.
(OEdema). Erysipelatous swelling of the whole body. (Dropsy), Turgor of the cutaneous veins (70 drops).
(Asphyxia, apparent death). (Cachexia) (Consumption) (Slight attacks as of apoplexy, less of consciousness). (* See note to S. 526. *). Wandering rheumatism, now in one part, now in another without swelling or fever, alternating with pains in the interior of the body. (* In those who have taken China for a long time. -HUGHES. *). (Suppression of the evacuations).
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.