Sticking crawling in the nose, that obliges scratching, and then disappears for a short time. Itching boring in the right nostril, so that he was obliged to sneeze (after seventy-eight hours).
When snuffing he had no irritation from tobacco in his nose.
Face
When she awoke from the midday sleep the whole face was swollen, puffy, pale, and looked as if she had had a severe illness, without pain, tension, or other distressing sensation; the swelling entirely disappeared only after six hours, but reappeared greater than ever the next morning after waking, but more about the eyes. The facial muscles seem distorted and swollen, in the morning on rising from bed. Dull pressure on the malar bone (after four days). Burning pain in the right malar bone. A fine stitch in the left cheek (after four hours). Burning pain in the left cheek, persistent (after twenty-seven hours). A violent drawing stitch, extending from the right upper jaw to the crown (after half an hour). Lip. Burning in the upper lip. A blackish painless pimple in the red of the lower lip. Constant burning tension in the upper lip, during rest. Burning in the right side of the upper lip, even on touch (after fifty-two hours). China A great swelling on the left side of the chin, which itches during the midday nap (after twelve hours). (A tensive pain in the articulation of the jaw). Painful pressure on the right angle of the lower jaw. Tearing in the lower jaw, extending to the ear and about it, as far as into the nape of the neck, so that he could not move the head without pain. Pain as if the right side of the lower jaw would be torn out of its joint, only when chewing; when not chewing there remained a dull pain in the articulation of the jaw (after thirty-four hours).
Mouth
Teeth. Toothache, so that he was unable to sleep at night; it drove him out of bed; not during the day except just after eating, not while eating. Toothache like a pressure outward, worse when lying on the right side; while eating and drinking he noticed nothing of it, but immediately afterward the tooth began to ache again; the pains frequently woke him at night. Toothache caused by the customary smoke, in the evening. Throbbing-tearing toothache, which is especially aggravated by cold water, disappearing on lying down. Pain in the left molars. Cramp like pain in the upper molars, so that when the mouth was closed, the lower jaw seemed spasmodically pressed against them. Gnawing pain in a hollow tooth. Coldness of the upper teeth, with fine sticking jerking in them. Drawing pains in a hollow teeth.
Painful jerks in the nerve of a hollow tooth from the crown to the root, alternating with intervals of about ten minutes, worse in the afternoon; pain aggravated by taking water or drawing air into the mouth; tobacco-smoke seemed to relieve (after forty- eight hours). Intermittent jerking through both rows of teeth, but mostly in a hollow tooth (after a quarter of an hour).
Bubbling pain in a left back tooth (after twenty and twenty-four hours). Tongue. Tongue full of cracks, so that it seemed as if it would scale off, which however, disappeared the next night (after five days). Blisters with burning sensation when touched, now on the tongue, now on the palate (after four hours and a half). Tongue coated white. Tongue painful, as if swollen posteriorly, when chewing. Sensation as if the tongue were swollen posteriorly (after twelve hours). Fine stitches in the right side of the tongue. An itching-boring stitch from behind forward, in the right side of the tongue, with acid taste in the mouth. General Mouth. Offensive odor from the mouth all day, noticed only by other. In the morning there was much mucus, at one time white, at another yellow, without special taste, in the fauces and mouth (after twenty-two hours). Burning pain on the palate. Excessive dryness of the mouth, in the morning, immediately after waking; it seemed as though the mouth were full of pins and needles, and as if stuck together, without thirst even with much saliva (after twenty-four hours). Saliva. White frothy saliva of the ordinary taste collected in the mouth, which he was frequently obliged to spit out (after sixteen days).
Taste. Insipid taste in the mouth, though food has a good taste.
Bad taste in the mouth, and it seems as though there were a bad odor from the mouth. Offensive bad taste in the mouth. Does not relish his smoke.
Throat
Frequently the discharge of mucus from the posterior nares into the mouth was very perceptible, and of so large amount that he was obliged to hawk it up to avoid suffocation, on account of which he was awakened at night. The nasal mucus passes off itself only through the posterior nares into the mouth; on blowing the nose violently a very little exceedingly tenacious greenish mucus is discharged; at another time, the forepart of the nose is constantly dry (from sixteenth to twenty-sixth day). Frequent pressing stitch in the throat, in the region of the larynx, that at first was always fine, then more violent and coarser; on swallowing, it disappeared but immediately returned (after twenty-eight hours). Much mucus is raised from the fauces all day, consisting mostly of a discharge from the posterior nares (after twenty-four hours). Accumulation of saliva in the fauces.
Swelling on the left side of the fauces and fine stitches while swallowing. Tickling itching in the pharynx, and a sensation as if a semifluid substance would rise from the pharynx into the fauces, associated with a hollow cough and with water brash, also violent, so that he was anxious and feared that he would faint, lasting three minutes (after four hours and a half). He was unable to swallow saliva, because it was always brought up again as by nausea; was obliged to spit it out. Cervical glands swollen.
Stomach
Appetite and Thirst. Very great desire to eat and drink for three days and a half. Total aversion to smoking and snuffing tobacco.
Much thirst and no appetite. He has no desire to eat, but is very thirsty. Great thirst in the evening (after twenty-eight hours).
Aversion to coffee and to smoking tobacco through the whole action of the medicine. Eructations. Eructations of only gas.
Frequent eructations of gas always after eating. Sour eructations as far as the tongue. Empty eructations. Nausea.
Nausea, as if he had fasted a long time, a kind of ravenous hunger, with nausea. Qualmishness. Stomach. Pressure in the stomach (after thirteen hours). Pressure in the pit of the stomach, as from a lump, that disappeared after pressure with the hand, and changed to pressure and tension in the chest. Pressure in the pit of the stomach, as if he would eructate and be relieved thereby, but no eructations follow until he has swallowed air. Pressure in the pit of the stomach, as from a weight lying upon it. Stitches in the pit of the stomach during expiration, better while lying than while sitting and walking.
Intermittent burning, sharp stitches near the left side of the pit of the stomach. Dull intermittent stitches two fingers’ breadth to the left of the pit of the stomach (after one hour).
Dull stitches in the pit of the stomach and oppression of the chest, worse on inspiration.
Abdomen
Hypochondrium. Stitches in the hepatic region on walking rapidly and jumping, disappearing on walking quietly. Umbilicus and Sides. Colic, as from a had conglomerated swelling in the umbilical region, in the evening. Cutting colic in the umbilical region, several afternoon from 5 to 6, with chilliness, diarrhoea, and much micturition. Griping in the left side of the umbilical region (after ten hours. Dull stitches to the left of the navel on inspiration. When walking, a sticking near the left side of the umbilicus. Loud rumbling in the left side of the abdomen, afterwards also in the right side (after a quarter of an hour). Violent cutting in the abdomen, extending from both sides towards the middle, in the morning in bed, with emission of flatus without relief. Sharp rhythmical stitches deep internally in the right side below the ribs, that cease when he takes a deep breath and return on expiration. General Abdomen. Audible rumbling in the abdomen (after forty hours). Rumbling in the abdomen like the croaking of frogs (after four hours). Rumbling, as from flatus, here and there in the lower abdomen, now and then painful. Rumbling in the intestines before the stool, that occurred twice in the morning and once in the evening, thin and pasty (after six days). Flatus of the odor of bad eggs (after several hours). Distressing sensation of fullness in the abdomen after a very moderate meal. Griping in the abdomen, that extends like a stitch to the chest, with the emission of flatus (after eighty-four hours). Griping in the whole abdomen when lying down, so violent that he could not rest (after forty-five hours).
Griping in the abdomen, as though all the intestines would be constricted, that caused great anxiety and made respiration difficult (after four, and seven days). At one time griping, at another rumbling and gurgling, in the abdomen, and during every paroxysm of pain of this kind, desire to urinate, which was unchanged, though large quantities of urine were passed, for six days (after fourteen, and fifteen days). Violent griping in the abdomen, immediately followed by a soft stool, that constantly became thinner, which, however, was not effected without effort (after forty-nine hours). Wandering pressive griping in the abdomen relieved after the emission of flatus, about 3 P.M., three afternoon in succession. A cutting and burrowing in the whole abdomen, that seems caused by sitting down and dependent on incarceration of flatus; is felt less painfully on rising from his seat. Pressive pinching pain in the abdomen. Pinching stitches in the abdomen, with emission of flatus immediately followed by desire to stool (after half an hour). Sharp stitches, like spleens, in the abdomen, in the region of the os innominatum, only when walking, and disappearing after thirty or forty steps. Slight burning in the whole of the abdomen, with tasteless eructations, as if mingled with some water (after two days and a half). During the emission of flatus, a sensation as if a thin stool would pass at the same time, which, however did not happen. Hypogastrium and Iliac Region. Painful pressure in the lower abdomen, as if it would burst, especially in the evening before a soft stool, after which it was somewhat relieved (after nine days). Griping pain in the lower abdomen (after eleven days). Sensation as if a great weight fell down in the lower abdomen; it seemed especially to fall down on inspiration (after three hours). Tearing drawings through the lower abdomen (after five days). Stitches in the lower abdomen, above the pubis, with stitch like oppression of the chest. Cutting and sticking in the region of the abdominal ring; the intestines protrude and remain protruding, like a hernia (which formerly was seldom the case); the spot is painfully sore on touch. Bruised pain in the groins and on the upper portion of the inner side of the thigh, towards the perinaeum, as after a long ride on horseback in one unaccustomed to it (after three, and four hours). A tensive pain in the right groin when touches. Boring- digging pain in the right groin. Dull stitch in the groin.
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.