Introduction
Ipomea purga, Hayne Natural Order: Convolvulacae Synonyms: Convolvulus purga, Wenderoth; Exogonium purga, Benth. Common Name: Jalap. Preparation: Trituration of the root.
General symptoms
Violent headache. Humming in the ears. Stinging on the tongue and the fauces. Nausea and vomiting. Increased motion of the stomach, sometimes attended with a slight degree of transitory nausea, succeeded by an increased activity of the small intestines as far as the region of the cecum, where a sensation of illness becomes seated for a time; after this the prover experiences a motion in the colon and its flexions, until a desire for stool ensues, which takes place without any great irritation, without being succeeded by any other irritation or desire, even if another looser evacuation should take place. Colic; violent seated pains in the small intestines, as if the abdomen would be cut to pieces. Inflammation of the intestines. Soreness of the anus. The first stool is always thick and has a reddish, tinge, with a sour smell, which is strikingly different from the putrid smell of the aloes stools. Violent, excessive evacuations. Bloody stools. After several watery evacuations, the pulse becomes perceptibly weaker. The number of pulsations diminishes. Excessive uneasiness and tossing about the limbs. Pain in the thighs. Fainting first. Weakness. Febrile attacks. After several watery evacuations the temperature decreases.
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.