MAGNESIA MURIATICA



Abdomen

Hypochondria. Burning and tensive sticking in the right hypochondrium, relieved by pressure (second day). Sharp drawings in the hepatic region. Violent sharp sticking in the left hypochondrium, like “spleens”, in the afternoon while walking, worse on inspiration, and disappearing while sitting, during menstruation. Sharp, stitches in the left hypochondriac region (eleventh day). Umbilical and Sides. Constrictive pain in the umbilical region (after seventeen days). Pinching and cutting below the umbilicus, with shivering over the back, afterwards heat in the head and desire for stool, at 1 P.M. Violent pinching about the umbilicus, extending towards the stomach, disappearing after emission of flatus, after dinner (twenty-fifth day). Frequent attacks of acute colic below the umbilicus, in the afternoon. Pressure in the left side of the abdomen. Cutting in a small spot in the left side of the upper abdomen, in the morning (sixth day). General Abdomen. Distension of the abdomen after dinner. Flatus was not passed as usual, but there was distension of the abdomen here and there (after eleven days). Abdomen somewhat distended, with emission of flatus with relief, in the afternoon (second day). Abdomen very much distended. Great distension of the abdomen up into the throat, so that it took away her breath, with anxiety, in afternoon till evening (eleventh day). Hardness of abdomen, with painfulness to touch, and distressing pressure towards rectum. Incessant formation of flatus. Incarceration of flatus in the abdomen. Constant moving about in the upper abdomen. Fermentation in the abdomen. Rumbling in the abdomen before eating (first day). Rumbling in the abdomen, with dragging towards the small of the back. Rumbling and griping in the whole abdomen, followed by a soft stool. Loud rumbling and gurgling in the abdomen on every inspiration, after a soft stool (after twenty hours). Frequent emission of flatus. A feeling of weakness of the abdomen (after twelve hours). Feeling of looseness and upturning in the abdomen, as if the intestines had lost their hold. Violent pain in the abdomen in the morning, with desire for stool, which was very hard and crumbly, and with burning in the anus (eleventh day). Excessive pain in the abdomen on every motion, after a stool. Feeling of heat in the walls of the abdomen, with burning in the anus and sensitiveness in the rectum after a stool. Fulness of the abdomen after eating. Pinching and tearing in the abdomen, which also continues after the usual stool. At first pinching in the upper abdomen, relieved by emission of flatus; then urgent desire for stool, but only flatus passed (after four hours). Griping in the abdomen, as in menstruation. Cramps and tearing pains in the abdomen, several evenings in succession, very soon ceasing on falling asleep. Cramps in the abdomen, with violent pressure upon the rectum and genitals, with peevish depression of spirits (after nine days). Burrowing in the whole abdomen, and a feeling as if diarrhoea would occur. Drawing pain in the abdomen at night and during the day, on every, even slight, motion, as though something were loose in it (after two days). Drawing and tearing in the abdomen on waking at night, but he soon fell asleep again. Spasmodic drawing and tearing in the abdomen, extending from below upward as far as the right side of the chest, where he experiences a spasmodic constrictive griping, with some oppression of the breath; this lasted five hours, and became worse after eating cherries, but was relieved by pressure with the hand, from 5 to 6 P.M.; next day at 5.30 P.M. he was attacked by similar cramps in the abdomen, but less severe. Cutting in the abdomen nearly all day (fifth and tenth days). Cutting in the abdomen after breakfast, with profuse emission of flatus, followed by ineffectual desire for stool; then a soft stool with cessation of the pain. Cutting pain in the upper abdomen as from a purge, that extends to the small of the back, in the morning (third day). Griping-cutting in the upper abdomen, with a feeling as if something hard were lying above the stomach. Tearing in the abdomen all the forenoon (second day). Tearing in the abdomen about 9.30 P.M., lasting till he fell asleep. Colic about 4 P.M., as on the previous day. Colic and itching in the anus, after a natural stool. Hypogastrium and Iliac Region. Movings of flatus, always low down in the abdomen (after ten days). Pain in the lower abdomen, with dragging towards the rectum, soon followed by a soft stool, covered with white mucus; repeated after an hour, in the afternoon. Pressive sensation in the forepart of the lower abdomen, during menstruation. Cutting pain in the lower abdomen, with desire for stool, in bed in the morning after waking; only much flatus was passed, after which the pain ceased (sixth day). Awoke at 2 A.M., on account of cutting pain in the lower abdomen, and as this ceased, sticking, first in the pit of the stomach, then in the praecordial region, aggravated by inspiration (after three days). Sudden frightful cutting in the lower abdomen, lasting half an hour, so that she was obliged to sit bent over. Sharp stitches in the left groin frequently. A stitch in the right groin, followed by a bruised pain, worse on pressure. A sharp stitch in the right ilium, extending towards the small of the back (after three hours). Sticking pain in the left groin, with hardness and distension of the abdomen.

Rectum and Anus

Prolapsus of the rectum during diarrhoea. The haemorrhoids pain during a natural, not hard stool. Burning deep in the rectum. Burning in the anus after the usual stool. Burning and smarting in the anus, during and after a stool. After the stool, the first part of which was hard and the last soft, burning in the anus and violent sticking externally in both sides of the upper abdomen, together with painful constriction in the stomach, extending to the back. Stitches in the rectum (after a few hours). Piercing stitch in the rectum, extending to the abdomen. Smarting in the rectum after a soft stool. Stitches in the perineum. Urging. Pressure to stool all day, though only flatus was passed. Urging to stool, but only flatus was passed, which burnt like fire (second day). Frequent urging to stool, with a scanty discharge. Frequent urging to stool, though only a little thin and slimy stool was passed (after seventeen days). Frequent and great urging to stool, with pain in the abdomen, nearly all day. Renewed urging after a stool. Renewed pressure in the rectum after a diarrhoea-like stool, as though more should pass, though only mucus was evacuated.

Stool

Diarrhoea. Griping in the abdomen, in the morning after rising; then diarrhoea accompanied and followed by burning in the anus; soon afterwards repeated diarrhoea mixed with thick blood (eight day). Frequent diarrhoea-like stools daily, with discharge of scanty, thin, liquid, brown stool (after sixteen and seventeen days). Frequent greenish, pasty, diarrhoea-like stools (after eighteen and nineteen days). Several diarrhoea-like stools, during which mucus and blood passed, with tenesmus in the anus (twenty-fifth day). Four stools within an hour, the first rather hard though diarrhoea-like, with soreness of the anus and cutting pain in the abdomen, that continued even till the next stool. Three diarrhoea-like stools in quick succession, with cutting in the whole abdomen (seventh day). Soft faeces are frequently evacuated, with a feeling as if flatus would pass. Soft stool (after the usual one on the same day), with shivering over the whole body, and followed by burning in the anus and sensitiveness in the rectum. Soft stool, with cutting pain in the abdomen, in the morning, preceded by great anxiety and vertigo. Although she had to hurry to stool, she was obliged to make great pressure before some soft faeces were evacuated, followed by transient shivering. Soft stool, followed by tenesmus and burning in the anus. A piece of tapeworm and inch long pressed with a soft stool (the prover had never observed the like before), (after six days). Griping about the umbilicus and dragging towards the small of the back, followed by sudden desire for stool, and a very soft stool, with yellow mucus and a piece of tapeworm nine inches long, after which a desire for stool, continuing a long time. Violent incessant desire for stool; though there was great pressure only a little soft and afterwards thin stool in small portions was passed, with shivering and pain in the abdomen. Thin stool that forcibly spurted from her, followed by tenesmus and burning in the anus, and continue desire for stool, after which again a small portion of thin stool was passed (second day). Incessant desire for stool, which was thin, towards noon (fifth day). Stool at first scanty and large, followed by renewed urging to stool, which was soft; after that she felt unwell, with relaxation first of the abdomen, then extending thence over the whole body, and was frequently obliged to lie down. Stool harder than usual. Hard stool, difficult to pass (first day). Two stools harder than usual; the first time he was obliged to press harder than usual. Hard stool, followed by smarting in the anus (second day). For several days, stools, at first consisting of hard masses, and after some time soft or thin. Hard indolent stool enveloped in thick mucus (ninth day). Very hard indolent stool, followed by a softer one enveloped by yellow mucus (fourth day). stool hard, like sheep-dung. Small indolent stool, like sheep- dung (fifth day). Stool difficult to evacuate, consisting of small pieces, like sheep-dung (after six days). The hard stool is covered with streaks of blood (after twenty-five days). Nodular stool, accompanied by pain in the rectum (third day). She was obliged to hurry to stool, which was crumbly and as if burnt, with sticking pain in the rectum, followed by burning in the anus (eight day). Constipation. Constant dragging in the rectum, nothing, however, was evacuated; it seemed as though the stool constantly went back, with shivering (second day). Stool retained (in various provers), (second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, twelfth, sixteenth, and eighteenth days). Stool retained for twenty-four and forty-eight hours. Stool retained for sixty- four hours, and then resulted easily, but with sticking as from needles in the rectum.

TF Allen
Dr. Timothy Field Allen, M.D. ( 1837 - 1902)

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.