Aggravation
(Morning), headache above brow; fluent coryza; while washing face, blowing blood from nose; after warm drinks, toothache; till dinner, bitter taste; cough; nauseous expectoration; on waking, weakness; weariness. (Forenoon), Before 9 o’clock, quotidian fever.
(Afternoon), Febrile attacks; towards evening, warmth of upper portion of body. (Evening), About 7 or 8 o’clock, anxiety; on expiration, while lying in bed, contraction of lower abdomen; immediately after lying down, cough; cold cheeks, etc. (Night), Vomiting; cough; worse on pressure and stepping; pain in muscles of thigh; at night, sticking, etc., about ankles;;heat; in bed, feels cold; sweat on face. (After midnight), About 2 o’clock, wakes and coughs; coldness of half of face, etc.; sweat. (When alone), Anxiety. (On coughing), Pain in hypochondria. (After dinner), Raw feeling in throat.
(After eating), Nausea. (On holding head upright), Heaviness of head. (Deep inspiration), Tension in pit of stomach. (Motion), While walking, pain in heels. (Moving eyes), Pain in brain.
(Rest), Stitch in eyeball; twitching in shoulder; pressure in axilla; tearing in ankles; pain in great toe.
(Rising from sitting), Stitch in ischia.
(On entering room from open air), Obscuration of vision. (Sitting), Shoots in muscles of abdomen, etc.; sticking in side of abdomen; tearing from spine to ilium; pain across chest;;stitch in coccyx; stitch in calf; stitch in left sole, etc. (Standing), Pain in axilla.
(Stooping), Headache in forehead; headache above eyes; while writing, boring in forehead; stitches to eyes; epistaxis. (Talking), Dyspnoea. (Walking), Stitch in abdomen; pinching in lumbar region; pain in axilla; pain in thigh, especially on ascending steps; trembling of knees; pain in ankle; pains in toes. (On walking in open air), Vertigo.
Amelioration
(Motion), Pain in long bones; pain in shoulder-joint.
(Pressure), Pinching in lumbar region.
(Resting head on hands), Pain in brain.
(Rising), Pain in muscles of thigh.
(Touch), Pain in scalp; pain in axilla.
(Walking), Headache above orbits; stitch in calf.
(Continuing), Tottering gait.
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.