Common names: Pomegranate, Le Grenadier.
Introduction
Punic Granatum, L. Natural order: Granateae.
Preparation:, Tincture or trituration of the bark of the root.
Mind
Emotional. Easily excited disposition. Excitement and weakness of mind, tranquillity and persistency.
Hallucination of mind. Sad, melancholy mood. Despondent and discouraged. (Habitual melancholy), (Case 2). (Hypochondria), (case 6). Hypochondriac thoughts. Great sensitiveness.
Inclined to get angry at offences. Inclined to criticize and blame. Intellectual. Mental confusion; obstruction in the brain. Want of memory (forgot to say mass), (Case 6). Stupefaction. (Stupefaction, with great appetite), (Case 13).
(Stupefaction and diarrhoea), (Case 14). Slight stupefaction.
Head.
Confusion and Vertigo. (Long-lasting confusion of the head).
Vertigo, like a dimness before the eyes. Vertigo, in the morning, immediately on rising from bed. (Vertigo at night) (Case 12), (in a woman of 30). Vertigo, when reading reflecting, and on mental labor. Vertigo, after stool. (Vertigo and stupefaction). Vertigo, with disturbance of the stomach (Case 8, in a man of 30). Vertigo, nausea, painful sensation in the abdomen, and slight vomiting, with a feeling of great weakness (Case 2). They were attacked with vertigo and nausea, looked hollow-eyed and pale, the features were drawn, frequently changed color, and could scarcely keep up on account of weakness (effects of large doses for tapeworm in nine individuals). Vertigo and weakness (Cases 3 and 4, two boys of 7 and 10). (Frequent vertigo and trembling) (two cases).. Attacks of violent vertigo, with obscuration of vision, roaring in the ears, and trembling of the hands, so that he could scarcely write. General Head. Heaviness of the head. (Heaviness of the head). Heaviness of the head, with dread of work. Heaviness of the head, redness of the face, acceleration of the pulse, and weakness. (Headache). Headache, with great weakness (Case 2).
Chronic headache (Case 6). Pressive headache in the whole brain, especially in the forehead, while walking. Sticking headache, on moving. Very transient sticking pain through the brain. Forehead. Heat in the forehead, in the evening. Pain in the forehead, so violent that she could scarcely look up.
Pressure in the forehead and left temple, with confusion of the head. Pressure and tearing in the forehead, extending towards the temples, and then becoming a tearing from within outward.
Pressure in the forehead, like a heaviness. Pressive pain in the left frontal eminence. Pressive stupefying pain in the sinuses of the forehead and upper jaw. Sticking frontal headache.
Stitches beneath the left frontal eminence. Stitches extending outward at the forehead. Temples. Tearing in the right temple, extending into the eyes of the same side. Vertex. Heavy pain in vertex. Parietals. Tearing in the right side of the head.
Tearing jerking in the right side of the head. Pressure in the occiput, during stool. Pressure extending from the brain into the left occipital protuberance.
Eye
Objective. Pale-blue dirty rings about the eyes. Yellow sclerotics. Slight inflammation of the eyes, as in catarrh.
Dryness and burning in the eyes. Tearing in the right eye, which seems red and swimming in tears (second day). Lids.
Opening of the lids contracted (second day). Jerking of the right lid. Burning in the canthi of both eyes, with slight redness. Itching in the inner canthi. Burning itching in the external canthi. Pupil. Pupils dilated (after one hour)..
Pupils dilated, sluggish. Visions. Pupils contracted (after ten hours). Weak vision. Dimness before the eyes. (Trembling before the eyes, with dilated pupils), (Case 14).
Ear
Cramplike pains in the ears, obstinate and repeated on several days. Pain in both ears, like a sticking from within outward, especially in the left. Stitches in the left ear.
Tearing in the left ear. Sticking-tearing pain in the left ear from within outward, at night. Hearing. Ringing in the ears (Several). Roaring before the ears.
Nose
Dry, alternating with fluent catarrh. Dryness of the mucous membrane of the nose (first day). Heat within the nose. Violent itching-crawling and tickling in the nose (Several).
Face
Objective. Redness and heat of the face, with sparkling eyes, heaviness in the forehead, and slight oppression of the chest.
Transient redness of the face. Yellow color of the face.
Earthy, sickly color of the face. Sunken features, very sick feeling, prostration (when taken for tapeworm). Subjective.
Heat of the face. Heat of the face, during stool. Glowing heat of the face, in the evening. Tearing in the left half of the face. Cheeks. Heat and bluish redness of the right cheek. The right cheek seems swollen. Pinching pain in the left cheek and side of the face. Pinching pressure, extending from the root of the nose into the right zygomatic region, as if internal in the mucous cavities. Painful cracking in the articulation of the jaw, when chewing, as if dislocated.
Feeling of numbness in the jaws. Pinching in the left ramus of the jaw. Tearing, tension, and pinching in the joints of the jaw, especially in the left. Lips. Dryness of the lips.
Burning on the “crown” of the lower lip, as from a glowing coal. First biting, and then burning of the lips.
Mouth
Teeth. Grinding of the teeth, during sleep (in a girl of 6, who suffered from pain in the stomach, and had a sickly look in the face), (Case 9). The teeth seem too long when biting upon anything hard. Toothache in the morning, immediately on rising from bed. Pain in the incisors only, as if numb. Stitches in incisors, preceded by slight drawing. Violent fine stitches in the front teeth; stitches in the incisors at night in bed.
Tearing-throbbing pain in an upper hollow molar. Tongue. Coated tongue. Tongue moist, coated white. (Moderate dryness of the tongue, with a feeling of “constriction” of the papillae). General Mouth. Astringent feeling in the mouth and fauces. Saliva. (Salivation). Accumulation of much watery saliva in the mouth. The mouth in full of saliva the whole day, obliging spitting (Several). (Accumulation of tenacious saliva in the mouth). Increased accumulation of tenacious mucus in the mouth, with need of constant spitting. Taste. Acuteness of taste at one time increased, at another blunted. Taste very much altered. Flat, sweetish taste; saliva accumulates in the mouth, with nausea and pain in the abdomen.
Throat
Objective. Tough mucus collects in the choanae, which causes a sensation of a lump there (after several days). Much hawking of mucus. Hawking of bloody mucus through the choanae.
Subjective. (Contraction of then throat). Tearing in the throat, extending to the arms and fingers.
Stomach
Appetite. Increased appetite. Great appetite (Case 9).
(Hunger, early in the morning in bed). (Incessant hunger), (Case 2). Unusual hunger (Several). (Ravenous hunger), (Case 11).
(Desire to eat immediately after a meal), (Case 5). Craving for a variety of things. Craving for juicy or sour things. Craving for fruit. Great craving for coffee, which has an unusually good taste. Loss of appetite (Several). Anorexia, coated tongue, sensitiveness of the praecordial region and a stupid feeling.
Appetite destroyed. Aversion. Aversion and pain in the abdomen.
Aversion and disgust for food, with coated tongue. Appetite very variable. Appetite at one time diminished, at another ravenous.
Aversion soon before eating; anorexia; sometimes ravenous hunger.
Thirst. Great thirst for water, in the evening, with increased temperature of the skin, and especially after eating potatoes.
Uprisings; after liquid food, and especially after potatoes.
Almost constant loud eructations, chilliness, and salivation.
Eructations of air. Eructations of air, day and night. Frequent eructations of air. Very frequent eructations, variable appetite, and pain in the abdomen (Case 12). Many loud eructations of air. Offensive eructations, after eating fat food. Eructations of liquids into the month. (Uprisings of watery substances, especially when fasting). Nausea and Vomiting. Nausea. Nausea in the stomach. Before diarrhoea, nausea, pain, and fermentation in the abdomen. Nausea, followed by vomiting three or four times, vertigo, and weakness. Nausea and pain in the abdomen (Several). Nausea, pain in the abdomen as from a purge (Several). Nausea, for several hours, with great weakness and trembling. Nausea, constant chilliness, cold hands, and hot forehead. Nausea, accumulation of water in the mouth, frequent spitting, pain in the stomach and abdomen, fermenting in the abdomen frequent ineffectual urging to stool, chilliness sickly look, and ill-humor (Several). Nauseated and weak, the whole day (Several). Qualmishness (Several). Qualmishness, with confusion of the head (second day) Inclination to vomit.
Inclination to vomit, with loud retching (second day).
Inclination to vomit (she thinks she would feel better after vomiting), (second day). Vomiting. (Vomiting at night).
(Vomiting anxiety, and sweat), (Case 3). Vomiting and excessive anxiety. Vomiting and vertigo. Vomiting and diarrhoea (Several). Vomiting and trembling. Vomiting, weakness, and perspiration. Stomach. Distention of the epigastric region, with sensitiveness. (Bad digestion). Anxiety about the stomach (Case 7). Sensation of a body rising up in the stomach (Case 11). Heaviness in the pit of the stomach. (Pain in the epigastrium). Pain in the stomach, and in various places in the abdomen. Transient pain in the epigastrium, immediately (Case 5). Burning in the pit of the stomach and abdomen. Cramp in the stomach, in the morning, fasting. Pressure in the pit of the stomach and on the chest. Pressure and very sick feeling in the pit of the stomach. Sticking in the stomach.
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.