Throat
Objective. Collection of some mucus posteriorly in the throat (after two hours and a half). Collection of some mucus in the throat, in the evening (first day). Subjective. Burning dryness in the upper and back part of the throat, with difficult swallowing, and choking on attempting to swallow (after two hours). Burning pain like a heartburn still more acute posteriorly in the throat and pharynx, with pressive constrictive burning pain, extending along down the oesophagus, very distressing (after three hours). Pressive pain, posteriorly in the throat, on swallowing, as if it were thick (third day). Rawness in the throat, with a husky voice (after two hours). Sensation of rawness in the throat, as if it were sore, with pain on swallowing, moving the throat, and talking but not on pressure (after thirty-four hours). Scraping in the throat, extending forward to the tongue (after a quarter of an hour to four hours). Scraping in the throat, as if she had eaten fat (first day). Tonsils. Pressure in the throat, in the left tonsil (after two hours). Pharynx. Sensation of heat in the pharynx, as if rising from the stomach (after three to four hours). Violent burning, constrictive pain in the pharynx (after two hours). Violent sticking pain in the pharynx, especially on swallowing; uvula, palate, and pharynx decidedly red (after seven to nine hours). Swallowing. She is unable to swallow an apple, because swallowing hurts the throat (after two hours).
Stomach
Appetite. Very great appetite (after three hours). Thirst. Much thirst (after two to seven hours). Eructation. Eructations (after a quarter of an hour). Frequent eructations, at times not long after the dose, at times also later, usually affording relief to the troubles in the stomach and abdomen; mostly tasteless (in several provers). Violent tasteless eructations, especially on stooping. Eructations tasting of the drug (after one hour). Eructations of a horribly bitter, bilious taste (first to third days). Water brash (after six and twenty hours). Constant water brash (after three to six hours). Heartburn. Heartburn posteriorly in the throat (after one to six hours). Nausea and Vomiting. Nausea in the stomach, in the afternoon (after a dose in the morning). Nausea, so that she would vomit (after three- quarters of an hour to one hour). Nausea from time to time, as if she would vomit, worse after eating (first to third days). Great nausea, preceded by heartburn; constant eructations and heaving though nothing results, with burning in the stomach and a foul bitter taste, lasting three-quarters of an hour (after four hours). Stomach. Epigastric region full and distended (after three hours). Feeling of emptiness in the stomach (after half an hour). Sensation of fasting in the stomach, described as a flabby sensation (after a quarter of an hour to one hour and a half). Feeling of discomfort in the stomach (after one to two hours). Sensation of discomfort, nausea, and distension in the stomach (soon). A burning working in the stomach, then extending down into the abdomen, at times ending in eructations, at times in emission of flatus; usually soon after a dose, and in several provers. Feeling of fulness and distension in the stomach (after a quarter of an hour). Tensive pressive distension in the stomach, especially in the cardiac portion extending down into the abdomen, at times with slight twinging cutting, at times with rumbling; sometimes with eructations and emission of flatus, which afford relief. Sensation in the stomach as if it were dilated; something she could not describe (after two hours and a half ). Pressure in the stomach (after three hours and a quarter). Pressure as from a stone in the stomach, with frequent rumbling in the abdomen. Pressure in the stomach, and a feeling as if it were swollen that extends over the whole abdomen, and also to the chest, so that respiration is difficult (second day). Pressive pain in the epigastric region, extending towards the spleen, soon followed by slight stitches in the stomach, succeeded by rumbling in the abdomen above the umbilicus. Violent pressure in the pit of the stomach, extending to the back between the shoulders, lasting a quarter of an hour while walking in the open air (third day).
Abdomen
Hypochondria. Violent twinging in the left hypochondrium, in the region of the curvature of the colon (after two hours and a half). Pressure in the hepatic region, extending thence into the region of the spleen (after three hours). Pressure in the region of the spleen (after several provings). Pressive pain in the region of the spleen, lasting several minutes (after one hour and a half). Feeling of warmth in the region of the spleen, gradually changing to a pressive pain (after one hour and a half to three hours). Pressive pain in the liver; then also in the splenic region; afterwards also to the top of the chest (after three to four hours). Slight pressive pain in the hepatic region, that soon occurs in the left hypochondrium as a sticking pain (after a quarter of an hour to three-quarters of an hour). Pain or rather violent pressure in the region of the spleen, especially while lying down, for several days. Gnawing sensation in the region of the spleen (after one hour and a half). Pain, at first slight, afterwards acute and gnawing, near the pit of the stomach, extending towards the region of the gall- bladder, relieved by emission of flatus (first and second days). Umbilical. Griping pain in the umbilical region, that extends down into the bladder (after three hours). Slight cutting in the umbilical region, afterwards also in the left hypochondrium, with emission of flatus (after two hours and a half). General Abdomen. Frequent rumbling in the abdomen, and emission of flatus (after three to six hours). Audible rumbling or gurgling in the abdomen, usually transient, with or without emission of flatus (in many provers). Emission of flatus (after eight hours). Frequent emission of flatus, with dragging in the small of the back (first day). Emission of much flatus (after eight to twelve hours). Profuse emission of flatus, at night (first day). Emission of flatus of a peculiar odor (second day). Frequent pain in the abdomen. Tension in the abdomen (after two hours and a half). Constrictive or twinging or pressive movement in the abdomen, not exactly painful, at times changing to a painful griping, frequently spreading, at times remaining seated in one place, frequently relieved by emission of flatus or by eructations; sometimes with audible rumbling, sometimes with oppression of the heart or chest (in several provers). Griping in the abdomen, followed by a thin stool, a few times. Transient but acute griping, extending from the small of the back and both hips forward into the abdomen (after two hours). Paroxysmal but not violent griping in the abdomen, at times burning, and especially towards the lower portion (after three hours). Movings and workings in the abdomen, griping, pinching, cutting, or dragging; also audible rumbling and gurgling, with emission of flatus usually (first, second and third days), (several provers). Colic in the middle of the abdomen (second hour). Iliac regions. Dragging in the inguinal region, sometimes only a painful aching, at other times changing to a sticking pain, worse while walking, at times extending down into the spermatic cord, sometimes on one, sometimes on both sides (first and second days).
Rectum and Anus
A dragging-pressing sensation in the rectum, with pressure and tension in the small of the back (first and second days). Burning and smarting in the anus, with pressure and tension in the small of the back (first to third days). Dragging or burning in the anus (after two hours), Crawling in the anus, Itching burning in the anus (first to third days).
Stool
Diarrhoea. Diarrhoea, with constant colic (third day). Stool somewhat inclined to diarrhoea. Two thin stools, though not actual diarrhoea (four hours and a half and six hours and a half after six grains of the extract of the root); in another proving, constipation on the same days (after eight grains of the same preparation). Stool rather thin. Soft stool in the evening, at an unusual time (after thirteen hours). Copious soft stool (twelfth day). A profuse soft stool in the morning, followed by some straining (second day). Constipation. Constipation, for two days.
Urinary Organs
Urethra. Burning in the urethra (after five hours). Some burning in the urethra (after two hours). Prickling burning in the urethra (after two to six hours), Crawling in the urethra and prepuce, with crawling in the anus and tearing and dragging in the small of the back (after six to seven hours). Micturition. Unusual urging to urinate, with increased discharge (after five minutes), (in several provers). Remarkably frequent desire to urinate, with burning during micturition, wherewith very much urine is frequently passed (after four to six hours, and even during the night). Micturition somewhat increased (after eight hours). More frequent micturition than usual (first 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.