Nose
Sneezing (after four, and twelve hours). Sneezing, in the evening, in sleep. Sneezing, in the morning, in bed. Bleeding from the nose, with stopped catarrh. Hemorrhage from the nose (after one hour). Epistaxis. Blowing of blood from the nose, in the morning (after forty-eight hours). Coryza, lasting two hours (immediately, and after two hours). Coryza, with loss of smell and taste. Occasional coryza, as if from a heavy cold (after some days). Green offensive discharge from the nose.
Purulent discharge from the right nostril. Stopped, catarrh, with ulcerated nostrils. Stopped catarrh. Nose stopped; nostrils ulcerated. Stoppage of the nose, as from catarrh, in the evening, on going to bed, and in t he morning a thick yellow opaque mucus, as in old catarrh, is blown from the nose.
Pressive sensation in the root of the nose. Pain in the bones on both sides of the nose, as if the nose would be forced asunder (thirty-fourth day). (Pain, as from an ulcer, in the root of the nose on stopping). Sensation as of an ulcer in the left nostril (after eight hours). Jerking pain in the nose. Constant tickling in the nose. Tickling in the nose, as from fine snuff, followed by violent sneezing. Smell. Smell as of old catarrh in the nose, in the morning. The nasal mucus is offensive, as in old catarrh. Bad smell, as of old catarrh, in the nose. An illusion of smell; he constantly seems to smell tobacco and coffee, even in the open air.
Face
Paleness of the face. Sudden redness of the face. Sudden redness of the face, with shivering not he feet and anxious trembling.
Tension of the face and of the fingers (especially if one takes hold of anything), as if the parts would become swollen. Cheeks.
Redness of the right cheek, with violent burning in it, especially in the open air, together with heat of the right hand, with shivering of the whole body, confusion of the head, like an intoxication, and ill-humored fretfulness at every trifle (after a quarter of an hour). Twitching of the muscles of the cheeks. A sticking pain in the parotid gland. Boring in the left malar bone (eleventh day). Pressure in the bones of the right side of the face (thirty- fourth day). A feeling as if mumps were coming on, with sense of threatening deafness (after six to seven days). Lips. Swelling of the lower lip, which is cracked in the middle, with tensive pain. Twitching of the lower lip for two days. Jaws. A small painful gland develops between the antitragus and the articulation of the jaw. Tearing (drawing) pains in the lower jaw. A constrictive pain, as from an acid, in the jaws, with shivering and cold sweat on the face.
Mouth
Teeth. Looseness of the teeth, in the morning. Toothache beginning about 2 A.M., intolerable, so that he was obliged to lay his head in a cool place in the bed; a sticking digging, first in the lower, then in the upper teeth, changing from the root of one tooth to another, returning at noon, while eating.
Toothache aggravated in the wind. Toothache always on eating. A tooth is painful on chewing and biting. Pain in the teeth as if they would be forced out. Toothache immediately on taking anything very warm into the mouth. Drawing jerking toothache, aggravated by cold drinks. Jerking in the back teeth, with a small swelling on the gum. (Jerking toothache, especially in the morning, that is relieved when the cold water taken into the mouth becomes warm, not aggravated by chewing, caused by picking the teeth). Jerking toothache, from 6 to 11 P.M. preceded by heat in the head, and followed by sweat. Tearing toothache. Fine sticking toothache, relieved by vinegar. Fine, sticking, gnawing toothache in the gum, especially towards evening, aggravated by the warmth of the bed, relieved by uncovering and by a draught of cold open air, removed by the evening nap (after six hours).
Sticking in the last back tooth, aggravated by opening the mouth, from 2 to 6 P.M. (Sticking throbbing toothache (after 4 to 5 P.M.), aggravated by cold water). Gums. Sensation of swelling of the gum posteriorly, though it was not swollen; whenever he took anything cold or warm into the mouth, in eating or drinking, there was a burning sensation. The inner surface of the gum is painful, as if it were eroded (after eight hours). The gum is painful as if sore. Sore feeling in the gums (after six to seven days). Throbbing in the gum rhythmical with the pulse, aggravated by the warmth of the stove. Tongue. A painful blister on the side of the tip of the tongue (after six days). The tongue is covered with tenacious mucus, as with a membrane. The tongue seems broader than natural. Dryness of the tongue, in the morning. The edge of the tongue feels sore, as if scalded with hot water (after six to seven days). Sensation on the middle of the tongue, even when it is moistened, as if it had been burnt and were insensible, at night and in the morning (after six hours). At first tearing in the tongue, followed by persistent heat. Biting in the tip of the tongue (twenty-ninth day). Sense of “gathering” under the tongue (after some time). Sticking pains in the tongue (twenty-second day). General Mouth. The mouth is covered with offensive mucus, in the morning on waking from sleep. Offensive odor from the mouth, at night. Offensive odor from the mouth, in the evening after lying down (after ninety-six hours). Bad odor from the mouth, in the morning. In the morning the mouth and pharynx are dry and covered with a tasteless insipid mucus, with an offensive odor from the mouth that is not perceptible to himself (after twelve hours). Dryness of the palate, tongue, and lips, on waking from sleep in the morning, followed by the secretion of much tenacious mucus. A painless sensation as if the roof of the palate were covered with tenacious mucus or were swollen. Saliva. Salivation. Accumulation of saliva (after one hour and nineteen days). Much mucus in the mouth (ninth days). Accumulation of sweat saliva in the mouth (second and third days). Accumulation of saliva in the mouth as if one had drunk vinegar. Discharge of watery saliva like water brash. Frequent discharge of watery saliva from the mouth. Flow of tenacious saliva. Taste. Taste of bad meat in the mouth with qualmish nausea (after two hours). Taste of bad meat in the mouth on hawking, especially in the morning. Bad herby taste in the throat posteriorly. Slimy taste in the mouth and qualmish nausea, in the morning. Slimy taste in the mouth (twelfth day). (In the morning, slimy, salty, bitter taste in the mouth, not without appetite). Disgusting taste in mouth, with white tongue, in the morning. Foul, clammy, insipid taste (after six to seven days).
Clammy taste, he wants frequently to rinse his mouth (after some days). Filthy taste, tongue much coated, appetite quite gone (after some days). Sweetish slimy taste, not disagreeable, lasting a long time after a dose (fifth day). Disgusting sweetish taste to beer (after two hours). Constant sweetish taste of saliva in the mouth. Sourish taste in the mouth, after eating (after three hours). Nauseous taste from smoking tobacco. Nausea taste, as of fasting, in the mouth, as if one had risen too early, in t he morning (after twelve hours). Burnt (empyreumatic) taste in the mouth. Earthy taste in the mouth, with qualmish nausea (also after one hour). Purulent taste, at times in the mouth, especially in the morning. Flat taste in the mouth, as if one had eaten earthy things (after ten hours). Bitter taste in the mouth remains after drinking beer, in the evening (after eight hours). Bitter taste in the mouth in the morning fasting, continuing even while smoking. Bitter taste, even of food. All food has a bitter taste, followed by chilliness, with cold sweat.
Constant bitter bilious taste in the mouth, especially after eating. Bitter bilious taste in the mouth, after eating and smoking. Bitter taste, with desire for citric acid. The mouth is bitter for a quarter of an hour after eating, with a good appetite. Bitter taste in the mouth, in the morning, disappearing after eating (after twenty-four hours). Bitter taste to bread, rolls, and meat. A bitter taste remains in the mouth after drinking coffee, especially in the morning. Bitterness after vomiting. Bitter taste in the mouth, at 6 P.M. Persistent bitter taste in the mouth (nineteenth day). Some bitter taste in the mouth, especially in the morning, and for some time after eating and drinking, though food has a natural taste. Dreadfully bad bitter taste (after some days). Beer has a bitter taste, in the morning; afterwards a sour taste remains in the mouth (after twelve hours). Bitter beer has a disgusting sweetish taste. Bread at times tastes bitter; he has an aversion to bread. Bread has a bitter taste while chewing; but immediately on swallowing the bitter taste disappears. Wine tastes bitter (after eight hours).
All food tastes too salt (except black bread), and after eating, a scraping salty taste constantly rises into the throat for several hours (after four, and twenty-eight hours). Meat has no taste. Bread tastes sourish and seems too dry. Milk has no taste, in the morning. Fresh meat has a bad taste. Only black bread disgusts him, tastes bitter, other food does not. Diminished taste to all food (after four, eight, and sixteen hours). There is no taste when smoking tobacco, it is completely tasteless; it, however, excites no aversion; towards evening (after twenty and fifty hours).
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.