Coccus Cacti



Emissions, at 5 A.M. Emission, with diminished sexual desire at night (sixth day). Emission at night, without dreams. (* A very rare occurrence, not noticed since my last Sulphur proving. *).

Female.

Great swelling of the pudenda, especially towards the front; they are very sensitive; it seems as though there were a swelling in these parts, for the orifice of the urethra seems so contracted that the urine flows slowly over the sore parts, often with very severe burning; frequent discharge of fluid which is very painful; it, however, does not seem to be leucorrhoea, since the discharge is very thin (first day). The swelling in the pudenda increased, became hard and hot (second day). The swelling of the labia, with the urinary troubles, lasted eight days, and gradually disappeared. Discharge of mucus from the vagina, preceded by drawing dragging pain in the inguinal, hypochondriac, and pubic regions.

Sensation as though the pudenda were swollen, as I believe they were (seventh day). Sudden burning and throbbing in the pudenda, with great sensitiveness. Shooting pain, like electric shocks, in the pudenda (first day). Menstruation three days too early, more profuse than usual, black and thick. Menstruation three days too early, lasting too long, with unusual sensation towards the close (which usually occurred at the beginning), a tensive constriction in the abdomen, rising up towards the stomach as though I should vomit water. Menstruation seven days too early, black and thick.

Respiratory Organs.

Larynx, Trachea, and Bronchi.

Collections of mucus in the air passages. Scraping in the air passages and irritation to cough.

Rawness of the air passages, which frequently compelled him to cough (second day). Inclination to cough. Irritation to cough, followed the next day by short dry cough (first day). Sensation of burning after every paroxysm of cough (fourth day). Roughness during and after speaking. Catarrh of the larynx and air passages. Choking and sensation as if a crumb stuck behind the larynx. Sensation as though a crumb of the size of a walnut were sticking behind the larynx, which obliged him to swallow constantly (second proving). Irritation to cough in the larynx in the evening, interrupting sleep at night.

Pain and rawness in the larynx, after speaking a short time.

Burning sensation behind the larynx, as from a corrosive fluid.

Stitches in the larynx, with a hoarse voice (third day). Fine stitches in the larynx. Scraping in the larynx and trachea, the whole day (third day).

Slight scraping in the larynx, provoking hawking and cough (after one hour). Scraping sensation in the larynx, causing some paroxysms of cough, with expectoration of little balls of mucus.

Tickling in the larynx, followed by hacking cough (sixth day). Tickling in the larynx, very violent, waking him at 11.30 P.M., causing cough, with expectoration of much tenacious mucus, for ten minutes.

Voice.

Fatigue of the vocal organs, even after speaking without exertion; the voice becomes rough and hoarse; respiration is somewhat laborious. The vocal organs become weary after talking a long time, with a hoarse voice. Huskiness of the voice, which has a deep tone, often noticed on going from the room into the open air.

Hoarseness (after 3D trit).; (seventh day). Hoarseness, at times very decided (towards the end of the proving). Hoarseness in the morning.

Hoarseness towards evening. Slight hoarseness, in the evening (third and fourth days, and subsequently). Hoarse voice (third day). Hoarse voice in the morning, with much mucus in the throat, which compels violent hawking, whereby some tenacious mucus is expectorated (ninth day). Voice hoarse and rough, in the afternoon (first day).

Voice hoarse and rough, with irritation to cough, slight paroxysms of cough, and hawking of mucus, relieved by rinsing the mouth with tepid water or eating warm food, every morning. Voice somewhat as though he had not spoken for a long time, at first somewhat hoarse, but soon becoming clear (third day).

Cough and Expectoration. Cough caused by constant irritation in the bronchi and larynx, which made the soft palate so painful that even swallowing the saliva or food was difficult (fourth day).

Cough woke him at 1 A.M. he was unable to fall asleep again on account partly of the cough, partly of a burning sore sensation in the lungs, and partly of the pressing headache; he slept uneasily from 6 to 7 A.M.; on waking the headache was less, but the chest troubles continued with their previous severity (second night). Cough, especially from 10 to 11 A.M. (tenth day). Cough seldom, only in the forenoon, in single paroxysms, not racking (ninth day). Cough, especially severe in the evening, and troublesome on account of sensation of soreness and subsequent burning in the chest (second day). Cleaning the teeth provoked violent cough, which was followed by vomiting of a slimy fluid.

Was unable to speak in a very hot room on account of excessive coughing (eleventh day). Cough aggravated by the warmth of the stove. The ordinary smoking provoked cough, after dinner. Cough better in the evening and night. Paroxysm of tickling cough, ending with expectoration of mucus. Frequent paroxysms of cough as from tickling in the larynx and pharynx (eighth day after 80 drops). Short paroxysms of cough. Dry cough in the morning, lasting several minutes, causing vomiting of mucus. Dry cough at night, lasting half an hour, caused by tickling in the air passages; in the morning, the cough became looser, with easy expectoration (twentieth night). Dry cough, with some pain, especially in the apices of the lungs (third day). Dry cough, afterwards the cough became loose, with slight mucous expectoration. At times dry cough, at times expectoration of thick mucus, for several days.

Frequent dry cough, with expectoration of offensive sweetish mucus, seldom yellow. Frequent short dry cough, caused by irritation in the trachea, during the forenoon. Frequent dry hacking and hawking, with increased thirst. Wakened twice at night by dry cough (third night).

The accustomed smoking repeatedly caused dry cough. Constant dry cough in the morning. Short dry cough (after 3D trit). Very short, dry, hacking cough. Cough racking, dry, and painful (fourth day.

Paroxysm of coughing, repeated in the warmth of the bed at night, lasting from 2 to 3.30 A.M.; the cough became again dry and left an aching in the throat, as if it were fatigued, with heat and sore burning (eleventh day). Violent, long continued cough, without expectoration, after waking in the morning. Awoke at 6 A.M., cough intermitting for several minutes, at first barking, clear, and dry, afterwards becoming looser, with expectoration of some tenacious mucus, the hawking of which provoked vomiting several times; with sensation of soreness in the throat and Pressive frontal headache; the cough was relieved on rinsing the mouth with cold water and drinking a few swallows, which was very refreshing to the sensation of heat in the throat; this latter, however, returned after half a cup of warm milk, but was not as severe as before; although the weather was very unpleasant, yet did not cough in the street, and only a few times on going into a very hot room (fourth day). Cough, with expectoration of lumpy mucus. Cough, with expectoration of a large quantity of viscid albuminous mucus. Cough, with constant tickling in the bronchi about their bifurcation, caused by a feeling as though a plug of mucus were moving in the chest, in spite of profuse expectoration of mucus (fourteenth day). Cough returned punctually at 6 A.M., as yesterday; it troubled him through the day and about 3 P.M.

(an hour after eating), vomiting resulted in consequence of an incessant coughing; previous to this he had drunk a glass of cold water without relief; after this renewed vomiting, followed by relief; there was considerable tenacious expectoration (fifth day). Frequent cough, with considerable expectoration (towards the end of the proving).

Paroxysm of cough, with easy expectoration of grayish, gelatinous, lumpy mucus. Short paroxysms of cough, repeated three times before going to bed, and followed by easy expectoration of globules of mucus (first day). Cough in short paroxysms, with easy expectoration of greenish lumpy masses.

Slight paroxysms of cough, with expectoration of round masses of grayish mucus (second day). Morning cough, with easy expectoration, which was slimy and mingled with very tenacious threads (eighth day). Expectoration increased, tough and sweet, on the fifth day; on the sixth day it became lumpy and of a grayish blue color, and was expectorated with less exertion; on the seventh day it became still looser. Expectoration of easily loosened mucus. Expectoration of yellow, sour mucus (sixth day).

Expectoration of thick mucus. Expectoration of lumpy mucus.

Expectoration of lumpy yellow mucus after slight hawking.

Expectoration of yellowish mucus, which had a tinge of red, and tasted sourish sweet (second day). Expectoration of large masses of whitish gray mucus. Towards evening the cough was accompanied by some expectoration (fourth day).

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.