Introduction
Jacaranda caroba, De C. Natural Order: Bignoniaceae Preparation: Trituration of the flowers.
Head
General Head. Heaviness of the head, which is painful all day (fifth day). Dull pains in the head, all day (third day). Sense of fullness in the head, in the afternoon (second day). Headache all day (twelfth day). Forehead. Dull pain between the forehead an right temple, it disappears on pressing from the other side, in the evening (second day). Extensively felt pressive pain from the right upper part of the forehead, to the eye, at noon (third day). Pain as from a peg pressing vertically against the right side of the forehead (eighteenth day). Temples. Painful fullness in the right temple, shifting a moment after to the left temple, and disappearing when it reaches the left side of the nape of the neck, in the evening, in the open air. (second day). Dull pain in the right temporal region at 10 A.M. (sixth day). Dull pain in the right temple, as from the simultaneous pressure of several blunt points (third day).
Eyes
Inflammation of the eyes (twelfth). Dull pain at the outer side of the right eyebrow, it ceases in the open air (sixth day). Dull pain in the right orbit (third day).
Ears
Heat of the left ear, with hot digging pain extending to the left nostril, at 2:30 P. M. (fourth day). Sensation as if the left ear were stopped up, at 3 P. M. (fourth day). Noise in the ears, like the flapping of butterflies’ wings, at 8 A.M. (third day).
Nose
Sneezing and fluent coryza, at 8:30 A.M. (third day). Violent sneezing (eighteenth day). Coryza, with heaviness and weariness at the vertex, forehead, and eyes, at 9 A.M. (fourth day). Coryza, with digging, lancinating pain in the left side of the forehead, corresponding to the palatine arch of the same side, at noon (fourth day). Profuse watery discharge from the nose (nineteenth day). Stoppage of the nose, at 3 P. M. (third day).
Face
Slight drawing pain from the eye to the right lower jaw, followed by shuddering of the skin of the same region, at 11 A.M.; this pain returns and becomes contusive (second day). Sensitiveness of the malar bone when pressed by the finger (second day).
Mouth
Pain of excoriation on the left side of the tongue (second day). Dryness of the lips, mouth, and tongue (fourth day) Dry mouth, in the morning in bed (second day). Dry, clammy mouth (third day). Clammy mouth, at 6 A.M. (third day). Bad taster in the mouth, in the morning (twelfth day). Insipid or sour taste of food; sugar-water tastes like vinegar (nineteenth day).
Throat
Great dryness of the throat (sixth day). Feeling of constriction of the throat, lasting till evening (first day). Sore throat, with constriction of the pharynx and difficulty deglutition (tenth day). External Throat. Fatiguing drawing pains in the anterior cervical muscles, extending to the right eat, at 9:30 A.M. (third day). Piercing pain over the right external carotid, at 3:30 P. M. (third day).
Stomach
Appetite. Great appetite (sixth day). He eats little, although his appetite is good, at 9 A.M. (second day). Nausea. Nausea (twenty-first day). Nausea while eating (twelfth day). Stomach. Fullness in the pit of the stomach, with feeble hurried breathing; sometimes a strong and long inspiration, with strong and sudden expiration, in the afternoon (second day). Vertical drawings above the pit of the stomach (twelfth day).
Abdomen
Umbilical. Sensation as if the skin were gripped, on the right side of the navel, at 1 P. M. (third day). Stitch and drawing on the right side below the stomach, at midnight (first day). Painful stitch on the left side of the umbilicus (second day). General Abdomen. Painful stitch in the abdominal integuments, between the umbilicus and pit of the stomach, a little to the right side, at 10 A.M. (third day). Colic; wind shifts about in the abdomen, followed by emission of inodorous flatulence, at 9:30 A.M. (third day). Hypogastrium and Iliac region. Acute pain in the hypogastrium on pressure (twelfth day). Swelling of the right groin, which is painful to touch (eighteenth day).
Rectum
The excrescence at the anus has considerably decreased for the past eight days (twenty-first day). The inflammation of the anus has disappear (fourth day). Heat at the anus (twelfth day). Acute pain, with lancination in the anus, as if a large thorn were stuck in three or four times (twenty-third day). Prickings around the anus (twelfth day). Itching at the anus, in the morning (twenty-fifth day). Itching at the anus, while sitting (second day).
Stool
Soft and easy stool (previous to the proving, the stools were generally hard and painful), (fourth day). No stool (second and third days).
Urinary organs
The lips of the urethral orifice are inflamed on the inside; touching them causes a slight itching, which extends half way up the penis (twenty-sixth day). Emission of light colored urine, four or five times a day (twelfth day).
Sexual organs
The lining membrane of the prepuce is inflamed (twenty-fourth day). The inflammation of the prepuce is less on the right side; it shifts to the left (twenty-fifth day). The inflammation has shifted from the inside of the prepuce to its margin, which has swollen considerably over night, is raw and bleeds in several places; the contact of the urine causes tearing pains, which affect the whole organism, and are followed by great malaise; the nervous system and the head and neck are painfully affected by these pains (twenty-sixth day). Profuse discharge of a yellowish-white liquid from the prepuce, smelling like ordinary pus (twenty-first day). Slight suppuration between the glans and prepuce, on the right side (fourteenth day). Painless suppuration of the pimple on the glans, with itching; it looks like a chancre (fifth day). Itching pimple on the glans penis, half as large as a kernel of wheat (fourth day). The chancre like pimple on the glans has desiccated spontaneously, leaving a painless red spot (sixth day). The prepuce cannot be drawn back (twenty-first day). Erections are painful on account of the continued swelling of the prepuce (twenty-seventh day). Heat and pain of the penis; the inflammation is increased by the warmth of the bed (twenty-first day). Slight pinching at the tip of the prepuce (sixth day). Penetrating pain in the prepuce, as if a small bundle of fibers were seized (twenty-first day). Pricking in the prepuce (twenty-first day). Itching and pricking on the margin of the prepuce (twenty- fifth day). The testicle remains a little swollen and painful (twenty- fifth day). Slight pains in the left testicle when walking, or from the pressure of the clothes (seventh to thirteenth days). Acute pain in the left testicle, when walking (sixth day). The swelling of the scrotum has disappeared; the testicle is less painful; the suppuration has spread to the other side of the prepuce without affecting the glans (eighteenth day). The swelling of the scrotum has entirely disappeared (twenty-first day). The suppuration and inflammation of the scrotum are worse in the evening; the whole prepuce is affected (twenty-second day). Heat and swelling of the scrotum, near the left groin, with pain on rubbing or touching it (fourteenth day). Total loss of sexual desire, with relation of the penis (twenty-seventh day). Emission every night (twelfth day).
Respiratory organs
Dry cough (twelfth day). Cough with white watery expectoration (twelfth day). Hurried respiration, with a sense of fullness under the sternum, several times in the course of the day (second day).
Chest
Slight pain in the lower part of the right ribs, at 2:20 P. M. (second day). Acute, deep-seated, drawing pain under the left last rib, at 6 P. M. (second day). Painful stitch under the right ribs, when drawing breath, for half an hour (twelfth day); (at noon), (second day). Front Pain under the sternum (twelfth day), Dull pain under the sternum, when raising the head and drawing breath (second day). Prolonged jerkings under the sternum (second day). Sides. Drawing pain on right side, from the axilla to the false ribs at 9 A.M. (second day). Bruised pain in the right side, at 10:45 A.M. (third day).
Heart and Pulse
Sensation as if the apex of the heart was painful on the right side, at noon (second day). Lancinating pain in the region of the heart (second day). Stitching sensation in the heart, at 9 P. M. (first day). Painful stitch at the heart, passing immediately to the other side as if he had two hearts; at 11 A.M. (third day). Palpitation of the heart while going up and down stairs, with sharp pain, as if it were poked with the finger; at 9 P. M. (second day). The heart seems to beat slowly when leaning on chest; at 9 P. M. (first day). The beating of the heart becomes regular on going into the open (second day). The beating of the heart is no longer felt, in the morning, in bed (second day). The beating of the heart is no longer felt under the left breast; it seems to beat in the pit of the stomach, at 6 A.M.; on movement the beating of the heart recommences, but is slow and feeble (third day). Pulse full and very slow, in the morning in bed (second day).
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.