Introduction
Magnesium chloride, MgCl2.
Preparation, Solutions in water or alcohol.
Mind
Emotional. She is very much excited the day before the appearance of the menses (fourteenth day). Illusions of fantasy; as she was reading a book it seemed as though some one were reading after her, and she were obliged to read more rapidly; with humming and buzzing before her ear; on rising it seemed as though she were looking over great clouds and rocks, which gradually disappeared; then she was attacked with anxiety, apprehension, and uneasiness, so that she did not know what to do; on farther looking about, all these illusions disappeared, but returned on beginning to read again, until at last she was drawn away and averted by several people coming to her (the prover remembers having a similar illusion in her early youth, over which she wept violently and could not be quieted for a long time), (sixth day). Unhappy; disinclined to mental labor. Joyless and suffering; everything at which she looks becomes repugnant; she does not wish any one to talk to her, lest she should have to answer, in the morning (twenty-eight day). Anxiety in the house, better in the open air, in the morning (fourth day). Anxious and apprehensive and lachrymose, after dinner (fifteenth day). Ill- humored, fretful. Ill-humor, with internal restlessness. Fretful and peevish mood (first and thirtieth days). Fretful, morose, disinclined to work. Very fretful (almost immediately). Very fretful and ill-humored, in the morning after rising (sixth day). Unfriendly mood. Very morose and fretful; but very cheerful after a happy event (second day). Lively during the day, but fretful and ill-humored in the evening. Apathetic and distracted, as from loss of sleep, in the morning (second day). Intellectual. It was irksome to talk; he wished to be alone and busy with his own thoughts. Disinclined to work (first day). Irresolute (thirtieth day).
Head
Vertigo. Vertigo, even when walking in a room, and if she hangs the head a little. Dizziness in the head (after thirty days). Dizziness, even to falling forward, on rising in the morning (fifth and twenty-eight day). Dizziness and reeling in the morning, disappearing after moving about (first day). The head was dull and dizzy at dinner, she was obliged to go into the open air, when it disappeared; after returning to the house, heat in the head (second day). Feeling of intoxication and dulness in the head. General Head. Dulness in the head, in the morning after rising (thirteenth day). Dulness in the had, as if everything were too full, in the morning (first day). Dulness and heaviness of the head, the whole forenoon (first day). Stupefaction and dulness in the head; with painful sensitiveness of the left leg (first day). Heaviness of the head, with confusion (after three days). A feeling of heaviness in the head, in the morning (second day). Heat in the head after dinner, apparently rising from the stomach, disappearing in the open air (second day). Violent, painful orgasm in the whole head, and pressure in the occiput, disappearing in the open air but recurring in the house (fifth day). Dull pain in the head, with sensitiveness of the scalp to touch, and sore burning in the eyes, after dinner (seventeenth day). Headache relieved by wrapping up the head. Headache, as if he had not slept enough therewith the feet are weary and seem exhausted, in the morning (twentieth day). Much pressure, also sharp and pinching, especially on the vertex and in the occiput (through the whole proving). Headache as if the whole brain pressed against the forehead (fifth day). Sharp stitches in the left side of the head, and in the occiput (fourth day). Violent tearing and sticking in the forehead and temples, obliging her to lie down; together with sensitiveness of the vertex as if the hairs there had been pulled up; with a feeling of heat, and a cold rather than warm forehead (twenty-eight day). Great sensitiveness of the head, caused even by listening to reading, by a little taking, every step, etc., together with very little appetite and diminished taste and smell, in the morning (after twenty-eight days). Forehead. Feeling of numbness in the forehead. Pain like a heaviness in the forepart of the forehead, in the afternoon. Feeling of heat in the forehead above the left eye, with throbbing pain in the head and dimness of vision (first day). Feeling of heat and burning in a small spot behind the right frontal eminence. Pressure in the forehead (after six days). Pressure in the forehead and sinciput, with a feeling of obscuration and confusion in the head, all the forenoon, most violent on waking (third day). Pressure in the forehead, as if the brain would fall out, on stooping, at 6 P.M. (eighth day). Pressure in the frontal sinuses, extending into the forehead where he experienced a burrowing; on violent motion, he broke into a perspiration, and therewith the pain disappeared (second day). Sharp stitches in the middle of the forehead, frequently in the evening. Sharp stitches behind the right frontal eminence, and in front of the right ear. Jerking stitches deep in the forehead, afterwards also in the right side of the occiput. Tearing and heaviness in the forehead, in the evening (sixth day). Tearing in the left side of the forehead, and farther back, stitches (third day). Tearing and sticking in the forepart of the forehead, on motion (second day). On stooping while sitting, at one time a tearing, at another a tearing and stitching together, in the forehead; also, when not stooping, a stitching here and there in the head (third day). Temples. Griping and raging in both temples, with a feeling as if he would become dizzy, and loss of consciousness, disappearing on pressing the head with both hands, in the evening after lying down (fifth day). Violent tearing in the left temple (twenty-ninth day). Vertex. Violent sharp stitches in the right side of the vertex. The region about the vertex was painfully sore, when touched and when not. Parietals. A sensation of compression of the head from both sides, with a feeling of heat and a throbbing, on pressing upon the forehead. Boring pain in the left side of the head, in the evening. Dull sticking extending outward to the left side of the head. Sharp sticking and tearing in the right side of the head, extending to the eye, which she was obliged to press together. Dull stitches in the left side of the head, with ill-humor (sixteenth day). Two dull stitches in the left parietal bone, and boring in front of the left ear, on bending the trunk towards the right side. Very painful dull stitches in the right side of the head that made her cry out (fifth day). Violent stitch in the upper part of the left side of the head, causing starting. An extremely violent sharp stitch in the upper part of the right side of the head, that made her cry out, frequently repeated; during menstruation. Tearing and sticking in both sides of the head all day (fourth day). Painful tearing in the left side of the head (tenth day). A painful tearing in the right side of the head, extending forward to the eye, after which the spot remains sensitive for a long time. Throbbing and beating in the left side of the head, and a feeling of heat and heaviness in the forehead. Occiput. Heaviness in the occiput. Heaviness in the occiput, and a dizzy feeling; is in danger of falling. Pressure in the occiput (after fifteen days). A sharp stitch in the right side of the occiput, and then burning in the same spot. Two sharp stitches in the right occipital protuberance. Tearing extending from the occiput to the vertex (fourth day). Tearing and throbbing in the occiput, that at last involves the whole head, after entering the house; and while sitting it disappears. Throbbing tearing extending from the occiput to the vertex. Painful jerking tearing in the right side of the occiput. Throbbing in the occiput, which soon involves the whole head, on rising from stooping and for some time afterwards. Throbbing pain in the occiput with a feeling of heaviness; in the morning after rising, during menstruation. External Head. Two boils on the top of the head. A large pimple on the left side of the occiput, that pains, especially when touched, with tearing about it; it disappears without suppurating. Drawing here and there, externally in the head, also in the ears, teeth, and half of the face, with a complete confusion of the head; the pains were relieved after sneezing. Great painfulness of the head externally to touch and on stooping (after fifteen days).
Eye
Objective. Inflammation of the eyes, with pressure, biting, burning, especially on looking at a bright light, and lachrymation in the evening; they were full of purulent mucus during the day; the lids swollen and red, with nightly agglutination. Some red vessels in the white of the left eye; after several days, also in the right. Subjective. Burning in both eyes, on which account she could not look at the sun. Burning and dryness of the eyes, on looking at the fire, in the evening. She was unable to open the eyes on account of burning and great sensitiveness of them; at least, she was obliged to close them (twenty-eight day). Violent burning in the eyes, especially on looking at anything bright. Pressure in both eyes, especially in the left, as from a grain of sand; disappearing after rubbing, but returning. Pressure in the eyes, as from dust, with dimness of vision. Pressive pain in the eyes and canthi. Sticking and burning in the eyes, lasting a long time. Violent sharp stitches in the inner canthus, that brought tears to the eyes. Itching in the eyes. Itching in the eyes, that disappeared only on violent rubbing, in the morning after rising (sixteenth day). Itching in the inner canthus of the right eye, disappearing on rubbing, but soon recurring in the left eye (after six hours). Orbit. A bruised pain in the lower margin of the left orbit. Lids. Twitching of the upper lids, which seem swollen, heavy, and half closed. The eyes are agglutinated in the morning, and burn on opening them (eleventh day). The eyes are agglutinated with matter in the morning, and he is unable to open them for a long time. Great dryness of the lids, especially in the morning, and after the midday nap. Itching in the left upper lid. Vision. Dimness of vision, with burning in the eyes. Dimness of vision; on looking at near objects vision vanishes; at a distance, she sees better. In the evening, the light has a green halo about it, during the inflammation of the eyes.
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.