Introduction
Piper Cubeba, Linn. (Cubeba officinalis, Mig)..
Natural order: Piperaceae.
Preparation: Triturations.
Mind.
Weakness of mind, Loss of memory.
Head.
Dulness of head. Headache. (4th day). Rather severe headache (after 2 doses). Deep seated headache.
Eyes.
Eyes turgid and watery (5th day). Very disagreeable sensation of fullness in eyes (after 2 doses).
Nose.
Coryza (5th day).
Face.
Objective.
Features so completely changed as to leave no trace of their natural expression (5th day). Face excessively swollen (5th day).
Fullness of face, which is occasionally florid. Flushing of face (4th day).
Lips.
Lips. puffed, dry and shining (5th day). Extraordinary twist of mouth to one side every time be attempted to speak or smile.
Mouth.
Tongue very white (5th day). Tongue furred and moist.
Stomach.
Increased appetite. Slight thirst, with burning in the throat.
Intense thirst (5th day). Disagreeable eructations, with feeling of warmth in the epigastric region, Acrid eructations, with uneasiness, heat at pit of stomach, and fever. Nausea. Nausea and vomiting. Constant nausea and occasional vomiting (5th day).
Sickness at stomach (4th day). Inclination to vomit. Stomach disordered.
Burning and pressure in the epigastric region and about the navel.
Burning pain in stomach. Continued gastric irritation.
Abdomen.
Flatulence. Burning in the abdomen. Griping and diarrhoea. Colic.
Rectum and Anus.
Haemorrhoids. Burning in the rectum.
Stool.
Slight diarrhoea,-Distressing diarrhoea, with headache,.- Copious diarrhoea-like evacuations,. – Peculiar odor to the the evacuations, perspiration, and saliva.
Sexual Organs.
Prostatitis.; The gland feels enlarged to finger in rectum; perineum tender; last drops of urine passed with pain; after micturition, sensation as if bladder still contained water.
Testicles swollen. Hernia humoralis. Sexual excitement. Non inclination for coition, with general weakness of the sexual organs (for a long time after its use for gonorrhoea).
Respiratory Organs.
It aggravates the cough, or lung troubles, when given to person suffering from them. Respiration hurried and difficult (5th day).
Heart and Pulse.
Pulse quickened. Pulse frequent and full. Pulse small, and varying from 120 to 130 (5th day). Pulse irregular, suspending two or three beats each minute; sometimes slow at intervals hurried; not exceeding 84.
Extremities in General.
Numbness of the fingers and toes.
Superior Extremities.
Stiffness of the wrist, and thickened around the joint. Acute, deep seated pain in wrists, speedily followed by redness and swelling. Hands much swollen, and so stiff that the fingers could not be bent (5th day).
Inferior Extremities.
Pricking sensation in soles of feet.
General Symptoms.
Emaciation. General convulsive movements.
Convulsions. Extreme weakness. Partial paralysis. Great restlessness (4th day).
Skin.
Eruptions. Covered with an eruption from head to foot; accompanied by a high degree of sympathetic fever (5th day).
Eruption like urticaria. A “flush of red” over whole body (3rd day). A decided eruption appeared (4th day). Covered with an eruption from head to foot, which, in some parts, could not have been distinguished from urticaria febrilis, while in others it had more the appearance of lichen in its papular stage, but with more intense inflammation around the base of the papulae than is commonly seen in the disease (5th day). Urticaria. Severe urticaria febrilis.
Subjective.
Intense itching sensation.
Fever.
Temperature of body increased. Skin burning hot (5th day).
Increased heat, with thirst. Slight febrile excitement, lasting an hour. Fever with heat at a pit of stomach. A slight fever lasting into the night, and also on the following day. Felt feverish, with a tingling and heat over the whole surface of the body (after 2 doses). Heat at times in palms of hands and soles of feet. Heat in flashes upon face, soles of feet, and palms of hands. Hands and feet felt hot and numbed (after 2 doses).
Appendix.
Mind.
Emotional.
Madness, with sorts of beastly extravagances.
Impatient, irritable; a mere trifle provokes him. Furious insanity, with wickedness; of breaks everything within his reach, out of sheer malice. Mania; desire to strike and to kill.
Delirium; lascivious words and thoughts, with violent priapism.
Impulse to swear at people; to strike them and spit in their faces, even to bite them.
Proneness to debauchery and every species of excess.
Shamelessly indecent in thoughts, words, and gestures; especially towards evening.
Paroxysms of foolish gayety, with great loquacity, or silent weeping, also towards evening. Want of decision and will-power.
Fits of dejection, apathy, insensibility; is indifferent to everything.
Regards himself as more of an invalid than be really is; fancies he is very unfortunate. Is much disturbed about his health and social position. Paroxysms of anxiety, suffocation and fainting.
Excessive nervous excitement; he is very easily frightened.
Intellectual.
Weakness of intellect; frequent absence of mind; loss of memory.
Is unable to accomplish anything. Waking reveries. All his ideas are confused and wandering. Cannot find words to express himself.
Head.
Vertigo.
Frequent giddiness, so that he is afraid of falling.
General Head.
Sensation of numbness, and as if intoxicated in the weakness of the head, which falls from side to side, and has to be supported.
Neuralgic pains in the whole head, extending to the face, and causing him to distort it. Bone-pains in the head, with sensation of swelling in the cranial bones. Headache with constant drowsiness, but inability to go to sleep. Heavy headache, with obnubilation and dread of falling. Contractive pains in the brain, extending to the facial muscles. Pressive and lancinating pains in the whole head; aggravated by warmth and by touch.
Pressive and lancinating headache, with general debility; loss of ideas and of consciousness; on coming to himself he is a prey to uneasiness and despairing anxiety. Pungent pains, which are felt from cerebellum to forehead.
Hammering pains in the cranial bones, with pressure in the temples. All the pains of the head are aggravated by inclining it to the right side.
Cold applications alleviate the pains of the head, but afterwards increase them.
External Head.
The hairs becomes white. Falling off of the hair, especially in the evening. Pustules on the scalp, forming scabs like those of small-pox. Intolerable itching of the head, with burning ulcers.
Eye.
Objective.
Eyes inflamed; sclerotic injected with blood.
Subjective.
Sensation as from exudations in the eye. Heat and smarting of the eyes as if from pepper. Lancinations in the eyes; beginning at the outer canthi, and darting all across the ball.
Lids.
The edges of the eyelids are swollen, red, ulcerated and gummy.
Painful and obstinate styes on the lids.
Lachrymal Apparatus.
Considerable lachrymation, especially in the evening, in the morning, on walking and in the open air.
Pupil.
Very dilated pupil, of a whitish color.
Sight.
Progressive weakness of sight; strabismus. He can only discern very near objects. Photophobia; he has to keep shutting his eyes to relieve the pains. All objects not close by appear confused.
Ear.
Objective.
Ears swollen and covered with corroding ulcers.
Subjective.
Numb sensation in the ears. Intolerable pain, especially in the left ear’ it feels as if something in it was being twisted. Great heat in the ears.
Hearing.
Very hard hearing. Complete deafness, sometimes with purulent discharge. Words and noises are heard confusedly. Frequent deafening roaring in the ears.
Nose.
Objective.
Nose red, swollen, very sensitive; the least touch on it causes excessive pain, which is felt even in the head.
Discharge from the nose of rusty greenish-yellow purulent matter, always smelling very badly. Coryza, with discharge of mucus, sometimes thin sometimes thick, burning in the throat and nose; stuffed up head and fever. Obstinate stoppage of the nose, especially in the evening, so that the voice becomes nasal. A great many small painful pimples in the nostrils. Paralysis of the olfactory nerve.
Subjective.
Very unpleasant dryness of the nose, preventing speech and respiration. Fullness and pulsation in the nose, with epistaxis, especially in the afternoon, on movement and from heat. Sensation of fullness and compression in the nose. Lancinating and gnawing pains in the nasal bones.
Face.
Wan features; skin tense and oily. Face yellow, pale or grayish, with blue circles around the eyes. Enormous swelling of the face.
Crampy and lancinating pains in the facial muscles and bones.
Cheeks. Bone-pains in the zygoma, inflammation and swelling of the facial bones.
Lips. Lips swollen, thick and everted. Lips hard and tense like parchment.
China The lower jaw hangs loosely. Bruised pains in the lower jaw, with sensation as if it was dislocated.
Mouth.
Teeth.
Lancinating and boring pains in the teeth especially in the evening.
Gums.
The gums recede, with caries of the teeth. Ulcers and abscesses on the gums.
Tongue.
Tongue swollen, heavy, burning; speech impeded. Feeling of erosion on the tongue, palate, and inner cheeks.
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.