Common name (Germ)., Kreuz-Enzian.
Introduction
Gentiana cruciata, Linn.
Natural order: Gentianacae.
Preparation: Tincture of the root.
Mind
Weeping mood, with disinclination to talk. Very peculiar apprehensiveness, and acceleration and difficulty of breathing, swelling of the temporal veins and feeling of pressure in the temporal region; on reading, the print seemed indistinct, as if covered with a veil.
Head
Confusion and Vertigo. Confusion of the head. Confusion of the head; whirling. Vertigo. General Head. A constrictive sensation in the head on sitting a long time. Sensitiveness of the whole head and whole brain after dinner, aggravated by violent motion of the head. Forehead. Pressure in the forehead. Temples. Swelling of the temporal veins and feeling of pressure in the temporal region. A pressing pressure in both temples. A sudden stitch through the left temple (after six hours). Vertex. Distressing tension and at times a transient jerking pain in the region of the vertex; the tension soon became a very acute constant pressure, aggravated by exerting the eyes or constant thought.
Eye
Sensation as though the eyes were lying deep within the orbits. A pressure inward sensation in the right eye. On reading, the print seemed indistinct, as if covered with a veil.
Ear
Acute drawing in the mastoid process behind the ear (second day).
Nose
Frequent sneezing.
Mouth
Two aphthous ulcers on the margin of the lower lip, on either side of the frenum. Flow of saliva increased. Astringent taste.
Throat
Objective. Slight redness and distressing sensation of constriction within the throat, so that swallowing was very difficult; he was constantly within the throat, so that swallowing was very difficult; he was constantly obliged to hawk up tenacious and firmly adherent mucus. Subjective. The throat seemed too tightly constricted; was frequently obliged to hawk and expectorate. Rawness in the throat, causing frequent hawking. Scraping and rawness in the throat. Scraping and rawness in the throat, with constriction on swallowing. Uvula and Tonsils. The posterior portion of the palate, both tonsils, and upper part of the pharynx were very deeply reed; this symptom was peculiar in that it was intermittent, and for some days it appeared and disappeared at certain times in the day. Transient stitches in the tonsils. Scraping in the soft palate, throat, and halfway down the oesophagus (after two hours). Swallowing. Swallowing somewhat difficult. Swallowing difficult, with an anxious constrictive sensation, and a slight but uniform redness of the arch of the palate, uvula, and posterior wall of the pharynx. External Throat. Violent pulsation in the carotids.
Stomach
Appetite. Increased appetite. Loss of appetite. Thirst. Unusual thirst. Eructation. Eructation of air, tasting of the tincture. Frequent eructations of air of an acid fluid, tasting of the Gentian, immediately. Many eructations of air, relieving the tension in the abdomen and the headache (after three hours). Acid eructations; and after half an hour, three sour, watery vomitings (after two hours). Nausea and Vomiting. Great nausea, with inclination to lie down. Great inclination to vomit, and constriction in the throat. Vomiting, after half an hour, preceded by great nausea. Violent nausea, with vomiting (after 1/2 oz. of the juice). Vomiting, with some difficulty, a small quantity of mucus of an acid odor, of an intensely bitter taste, leaving a scraping and rawness in the throat (after one hour and a half). Violent difficult vomiting of mucus; repeated, after a short time, in the street. Stomach. Movings about in the stomach, and afterwards in the abdomen, disappearing on walking. A sensation in the stomach and oesophagus as though he had swallowed a morsel of hot food followed by cold water; this sensation lasted the whole day, was aggravated by eating, and relieved by drinking fresh water. Burning in the stomach. Sensation of fullness in the stomach, with constant inclination to eructate (after one hour). Pressure in the stomach. Pressure in the stomach recurring several times during the day. p73 Sensation of pressure in the stomach, as if there was a stone in it, with inclination to vomit (after half an ounce). Sensation of pressing inward in the pit of the stomach, soon.
Abdomen
Umbilical. Sensitive, griping, sore sensation in the umbilical region, aggravated after dinner, not unlike slight colic, frequently returning, less when sitting and lying, and worse when standing and walking and after smoking, obliging him to bend the body forward; therewith the umbilicus seemed to be drawn inward. General Abdomen. Movings about in the intestines, with slight headache, followed by copious pasty evacuation, soon. Distension of the abdomen, with feeling of heaviness in the stomach and frequent empty eructations, without inclination to vomit. Great distention of the abdomen, which disappeared while walking slowly (after two hours). Fullness and tightness in the abdomen. Tension in the abdomen, with great inclination to vomit, soon. Distressing tension in the abdomen, only relieved after a profuse pasty evacuation. Feeling of distension and constriction in the abdomen. Iliac Region. A dragging in the right inguinal region, as if something would protrude from the inguinal region, always relieved region, as sitting and lying; on the last day of the proving, he noticed, on violent sneezing, a protrusion in this place of the size of a hazelnut, which was particularly sensitive (as this symptom could have no other cause than the medicine, he discontinued the provings, but he symptom disappeared only after three weeks; a bandage was worn on account of this protrusion).
Rectum and Anus
Constant violent urging to stool, followed by three watery evacuations (after three hours).
Stool
Pasty diarrhoea several times. Three liquid evacuations, preceded by some griping pains (after some hours). Free pasty evacuation, without the usual itching in the anus.
Sexual organs
Menstruation three days earlier than usual, during which there was a headache, as if the head were too full, with feeling of distension in the skull, relieved during rest, and aggravated by motion, preventing sleep for a long time.
Respiratory organs
Hoarseness; the voice gave out in the middle of his speech. Frequent attacks of hoarseness and sensitiveness of the throat. Frequent expectoration.
Neck and Back
Drawing and jerking along the right side of the neck, extending to the ears, aggravated by turning the head, an uneasiness so that he could not remain along in one position. Repeated drawings in the cervical muscles. Tension in the lumbar region.
Extremities in General.
Slight jerk like drawing in the extremities.
Superior Extremities
Distressing drawing in the right shoulder, lasting several minutes.
Inferior Extremities
Cramp like pains in the soles of the feet.
General Symptoms
Faintness. Uneasiness. The whole body seemed very much affected and all the nerves seemed tense, so that walking was difficult.
Skin
Creeping over the body, as from fleas, in the evening.
Sleep
Uneasy sleep.
Conditions.-
Aggravation (After dinner), Sensitiveness of head. (Eating), Sensation in the stomach, etc.
(Exerting eyes), tension in the region of vertex.
(Motion), Headache during menstruation. (Violent motion), Sensitiveness of head.
(On long sitting), Constrictive sensation in head.
(After smoking), Sensation in umbilical region.
(Standing), Sensation in umbilical region.
(Constant thought), Tension in vertex.
(Walking), Sensation in umbilical region.
Amelioration
(Open air), The symptoms.
(Eructation), Tension in abdomen, etc.
(Lying), Sensation in the umbilical region; dragging in inguinal region.
(Rest), Headache during menstruation.
(Sitting), Sensation about in stomach, etc.
(Walking), Movings about in stomach, etc.
(Walking slowly), Distension of abdomen.
(Warm soup), Symptoms generally.
(Drinking fresh water), Sensation in stomach, etc.
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.