Common names: Skunk, stinkthier.
Introduction
Mephitis putorius; M. chinga, Tied. Class, Mammalia. Order, Carnivora. Family, Mustelidae.
Mind
Emotional. Excited mood, with warmth of the head. (Very talkative, almost as if intoxicated). Fretful about trifles or only fancied occurrences. Intellectual. Disinclination to work, with inclination to stretch. Aversion to mental labor, on account of distracting fancies.
Head
Confusion and Vertigo. Dull confusion of the head, as if it became enlarged, with ill-humor and nausea. Vertigo on stooping; suddenly while sitting; on various motions of the head; or on turning over in bed. General Head. Feeling of heaviness; a dull pressure, especially in the occiput, as if here and there pressed in with the finger. Headache on riding in a carriage. Violent headache follows fullness, which presses upward.
Eye
Red vessels in the eyes. Pain as from exerting the eyes. Pain as if something were in the eye. Heat, burning and burning pressure in the eyes, especially in the morning and evening. Stitches as if with needles in the eyes. Pain above the eyes. Pressure upon the lids, a burning in the margins as if styes would develop. Redness of the conjunctivae, as if injected with blood. Pain in the eyes on turning them in various directions. Vision. Weakness of vision; also usually, pain in the eyes or head. Dimness of vision. Short-sighted; he is unable to distinguish letters; they run together. (Night-blindness).
Ear
Earache. Tearing in the ear, or in the jaws and teeth.
Nose
Fluent coryza and cough, with soreness of the chest. Nose bleed. Nose dry. Long-lasting irritation to sneeze.
Mouth
Pains in the hollow back teeth, especially of the lower jaw; sudden jerking in the roots of the teeth; tearing drawing. Coppery taste in the mouth.
Throat
Distressing irritation to ineffectual hawking. Choking while drinking and talking. Pain in the right side of the throat. Tension in the cervical muscles of the right side.
Stomach
Appetite. Appetite at one time great, at another slight. No appetite in the morning, not even for smoking. Eructation. Eructations relieving the flatulent troubles. Hiccough like eructations.
Hiccough Belching, Nausea and Vomiting
Nausea, with a feeling as if the head were distended; with emptiness. Nausea, with scraping in the palate. Stomach. Feeling of emptiness and nausea. Pressure in the stomach, with colic.
Abdomen
Pain in the hepatic region. Pain as from flatulence in the left side. Colic as in diarrhoea, without stool.
Stool
Diarrhoea. Stool infrequent but thin.
Urinary Organs
Urging to urinate, very frequent micturition, especially at night; urine clear. Urine turbid, with sediment, in the morning after the evening fever.
Sexual Organs
Warmth of the genitals. Soreness of the female genitals, with swelling of the labia.
Respiratory Organs
Cough on reading aloud, while talking, and after drinking; caused by choking.
Chest
Rheumatic pain in the right side. Sore pain behind the last ribs and posteriorly, extending up into the chest internally, on deep breathing or moving the back. Pain in the lowest ribs of the left side, to touch, pressure, especially on coughing and sneezing.
Back
Stitches in the spine on moving. Weariness in the small of the back, in the morning.
Superior Extremities
Trembling of the arm, on resting upon it. Uneasiness in the left arm, which seems insensible. Rheumatic pains in the arms; paralytic drawing pains, better on moving. Tearing or a bruised feeling in the bones of the arms. In the first joint of the index finger, a disagreeable feeling, that obliges him to stretch and crack it.
Inferior Extremities
Woke at night with rush of blood to the legs; heat in them. Drawing rheumatic pain s in the thighs and hip, especially in the lower leg, extending down to the foot. The knees feel beaten. Uneasiness in both lower legs, as if they would become insensible. Sudden cramp like pain in the left foot, that compels him to hop. Stitches in the foot. Pain like gout in the heel. Burning in the little toe. Throbbing like a pinching in the great toe. Burning and pain in the corns.
General Symptoms
Great weakness and weariness, whereby the muscles are painful to touch and motion. Prostrated and sleepy after eating. Uneasiness of the whole body internally, with an indescribable, extremely unpleasant sensation. Paralyzed sensation, especially with the pains. Pain in the back and all the limbs, with paralysis. Wandering pains, with desire to urinate. Rheumatic pains of various kinds in different provers. Frequent sensation like electric shocks. Very fine nervous vibrations causing great uneasiness, as if extending into the interior of the bones. In the evening vertigo, headache, symptoms in the eyes, toothache colic, a feeling of coldness, uneasiness. Some of the symptoms rapidly alternate with others quite different, during the first days;afterwards they become more constant, until at last, after several weeks, they disappear. Smelling Camphor relieved for only a short time, without removing the symptoms. Washing in ice-cold water is very agreeable.
Skin
Pimples on the forehead, lower jaw, back, nates, and the inner side of the thighs. Itching, heat, redness, and erysipelas with vesicles on the right external ear. Itching on the scalp, face, and chin. Itching on the scrotum.
Sleep and Dreams
Sleepiness. Frequent yawning, so that the eyes fill with tears. Sleepiness, sleep in the midst of society. Sleep the greater part of the day, after good sleep at night. Extremely sleepy in the morning, stretching for an hour as if stupefied, with burning in the eyes, tearing in all the limbs; he was uncommonly refreshed by turning upon the other side. Sleeplessness. Woke earlier than usual in the morning. Dreams. Very vivid remembered dreams of water, fire, spitting blood, of disheartening loss. Nightmare.
Fever
Chilliness. Pressure and chills in the abdomen, as from taking cold, with a feeling of coldness, shivering, and desire to urinate, better by a warm stove. Coldness and desire to urinate, with colic as before diarrhoea; in the evening. Heat. Increased warmth especially in the morning; is less chilly in the cold air, and does not dread cold water. Warmth in the head, genitals, and legs at night.
Conditions Aggravation
(Morning), No appetite; weariness in small of back; Warmth. (Evening), Vertigo etc.; coldness, etc. (Night), Frequent micturition; rush of blood to legs; warmth in head. (Motion), Pain in arms. (Riding in carriage), Headache.
Amelioration
Washing in ice-cold water, Is very agreeable.
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.