Aching in the large joints, particularly the right shoulder (fifty day). Aching in the fleshy part of the arms and in the thighs (fourth day). Uneasy aching in the thick of the arms and down the back part of the right thigh (from eighth day till several days after the proving). A peculiar weary aching in the thighs, knees and elbows (twentieth day). Sore aching of the upper and lower extremities (third day). Repeatedly complained during the day of a soreness and prickling down the limbs, particularly down the ankles (seventh day).
Superior Extremities.
Arms feel heavy and sore (seventh day).
Shoulder.
Awoke during the night with pain in the right shoulder.
Uneasy aching in the shoulders and elbows (from eighth day till several days after the proving). Between the attacks of headache, gnawing rheumatic pain in the right shoulder.
Elbow.
Shootings in the left elbow (second day).
Forearm.
Jerking sticking in the left radial artery (half an hour after 10 drops, first day). Tingling, sickly pain down the ulnar side of the forearm (fourth day).
Wrists.
Wrists very weak, and hands tremble (twenty-second day).
Aching bruised pain in wrists (twenty-second day).
Hand.
Since the climacteric period, and particularly for some months before the proving, she had suffered from aching tingling in the hands, particularly at night, preventing sleep, and tingling down the arm when the nerve is struck. While taking Cotyledon this disappeared, and has never returned. It is upwards of a year since.
Fingers. Shootings in the joints of the fingers (second day).
Shooting in the phalanges of the fingers (seventh day). Shooting and aching in the fingers (eighth day). Acute shootings through the joints of the fingers (seventeenth day).
Inferior Extremities.
Legs feel heavy and sore (seventh day).
She can scarcely walk for aching in the limbs (seventh day).
Shootings from the middle of left thigh posteriorly down to the inner ankle, in the evening (fourth day), continuing till eighth day.
Aching bruised pain all over the lower limbs (twenty-second day).
Hip.
Pain and stiffness of the right hip, going off after a walk, in the evening (ninth day). Great aching of the hip-joints, relieved by moving about (second day). Continual soreness of the hip and thigh, posteriorly (before 20 drops, third day).
Thigh.
Aching in the left thigh, followed by numbness (second day).
Aching in the left thigh, posteriorly (seventy day). Arching in the back part of the left thigh, with numbness of the left knee (third day). Shooting pain, sudden and sharp, in the right infra gluteal region, felt principally on walking in the open air (seventh day).
Stinging pain under the left gluteus maximus, in the region of the great sciatic nerve (before the 20 drops, third day).
Bubbling sensation in the left vastus internus, continuing for some time (fifteenth day).
Knee.
Knee ache (eleventh day). Uneasy aching, with numbness in the knees (from eighth day till several days after the proving).
Shootings in the right knee (second day). Very disagreeable nauseating pain in the inner side of the left knee, as after a blow on the knee, extending to the muscles of the thigh (after five hours, ninth day). Bubbling in the left knee returned (after sixteen days).
Leg.
Aching in the muscles of the legs (second day). Aching across the shins, relieved by motion (fourth and fifth days. Bruised pain across the tibiae keeps returning (eighth day). Aching in the calf of the leg (fifth day).
Foot.
Heels so painful that he can scarcely tread (twenty-second day).
General Symptoms.
Objective.
Incapacity for any exertion (third day). Very weak, particularly in the lower extremities (fifth day). Very weak and faint (fifth day). Occasionally during the day had attacks of faintness, with green shadows before the eye, (second day).
Subjective.
Feels extraordinarily well (fifth day). Weariness (third day).
She feels languid and nervous (seventh day). Pain in the body after eating (twelfth day). She declares the symptoms to be similar though different to the beginning of a rheumatic fever, or severe cold (seventh day). Pains sore and aching, increased on taking a deep inspiration in the same localities as before, but not nearly as severe as on the third day (fifth day). Pains, aching soreness, chiefly in the bowels and across the loins, and hanging about the chest and scapulae (fifth day). Creeping in the flesh, and feeling as before severe cold or rheumatic attack (fourth day).
Skin.
Soreness of the skin at the back part of the left thigh in the afternoon (fourth day). Painful sensitiveness of the skin at the back part of the left thigh; the rubbing of the trousers causes an acute sting like a needle (twenty-sixth day).
Sleep and Dreams.
Drowsy all day (eighth day). Felt drowsy during the day (first and sixteenth days). Sleeplessness; could not rest till midnight (first day). Nightmare, with sense as if he could not escape, from inability to see (tenth day).
Fever.
Cold feet in a warm room (after one hour, sixteenth day).
Cold feet, with a dull headache (fourth day). Feet very cold (sixteenth day). Burning heat all over, disappearing after a cup of tea (seventh day).
Conditions.– Aggravation.
(Morning), On getting up, headache; on waking, right-sided headache; pain over eye; on waking, cough, etc.; on rising, slight cough, etc.; on waking, at 4 o’clock, violent cough, etc.
(Afternoon), Soreness of skin of thigh.
(Evening), After tea, regurgitation; on swallowing, sensation in cardiac region; bellyache; shooting through chest; on breathing deeply, pain in sternum; aching in breast; palpitation; aching along border of scapula; aching in region of kidneys; shooting from thigh to ankle; pain in hip.
(Night), Pain in shoulder.
(In open air), Pain in sides of head.
(Walking in open air), Pain in infra gluteal region.
(Ascending hill), Palpitation, etc.
(On coughing), Throbbing, etc. at root of bronchi.
(Before dinner), Pain under nipple.
(After dinner), Pricking, etc., in right hypochondrium.
(Eating), Bellyache; pain in body.
(Exertion), Throbbing at sternum.
(Inspiration), Pain above and to left of nipple.
(On deep inspiration), Stitch in left hypochondrium; palpitation; sore and aching pains.
(Mental emotion), Palpitation.
(While reading), Smarting in eye.
(While riding), Pain under nipple; pain at heart.
(Shaking head), Headache.
(Sighing), Sensation at sternum.
(Stooping) Pain through temples; darting through side of head; attacks of palpitation.
(On swallowing), Uneasiness behind sternum.
(On walking), Oppression behind sternum; throbs at sternum; pain from nipple to scapula.
(After walking smartly), Throbs below nipple.
Amelioration
(Open air), Headache.
(Compression), Pain at heart.
(Moving about), Aching of hip-joints; aching across shins.
(Cup of tea), Pain in temples; heat all over.
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.