Abdomen
Hypochondria. Swelling of the hypochondriac regions, with general weakness; difficult digestion. Swelling of the hepatic region and of all the abdomen, with paleness and a yellow tinge of the skin. Gas in the hypochondriac regions; loss of appetite; constipation; pain in the limbs; manifest impossibility to digest, with fear of eating. Pain in one or the other hypochondrium., worse from breathing heavily, when running, and eating. Pain in the hypochondriac regions, in the morning, while in bed, renewed several times after getting up. Pain in the hypochondriac regions, as with some women before menstruation, from 3 to 5 P.M., frequently occurring till the appearance of the catamenia, but the pain diminished during menstruation, although the medicine was continued. Acute pain in the hypochondrium and umbilical region. Pain in both hypochondria regions. The hepatic region is painful to touch; pain in the middle of the right side of the back; difficult digestion, increasing every day, and extreme languor. Acute pain in the hepatic region, with alternation of heat and cold. Cramp like pain in the liver, with necessity of stretching. Pain in the right hypochondrium; lancinations in the epigastrium, with painful malaise. Shooting and lancinating in the right hypochondrium, in the morning. Pain in the left hypochondriac region, back, and arm of the same side.
Lancinating pain in the spleen, with pain in the stomach and uterus. Pain in the left hypochondrium, and in the shoulder and arm of the same side. Umbilicus and Sides. Pain in the umbilical region, with a sensation of anguish. Sharp acute pain in the umbilical region, with pain in the calves, preventing free movements when walking. Stinging and pain, as if ulcerated, at the left of the umbilicus, circumscribed and very severe, lasting only five minutes. Pain in the right side of abdomen. Frequent shooting pain in both side of abdomen, from 8 P.M. till 11 1/2 P.M. General Abdomen. Bloating of the abdomen, increasing after eating, to the point of feeling the dress very uncomfortable.
Bloating of the abdomen, with gastric symptoms. Infiltration of the parietes and uterus. Rumbling in the abdomen and pain in both sides of abdomen, particularly in the left, and at the time menstruation ought to appear. Borborygmus, with colic, crying, and moaning, relieved by pressing with both hands on the abdomen and sides of the chest. Much borborygmus, obliging to move the legs, with restlessness of the body. Some pains and borborygmus in both hypochondria, about 3 P.M. A sensation of weakness in the abdomen, as if he was going to faint, in the evening, relieved by sitting down. Pain in the abdomen, with a sensation of anguish. Painful sensation in the abdomen, with anguish, towards evening. Pain in the middle of the abdomen, increasing by pressure and riding on horseback; general heat; the pain lasts from 8 1/2 P.M. until 2 P.M., and is followed by smarting in the anus, burning in the urethra, forearms, and legs. Pain in the abdomen, as from colic, followed by vomiting of food. Pains in the whole abdomen when at stool. Pain in the abdomen, relieved by bending double. Pain in the abdomen when walking, relieved by pressure, by standing still, and bending double. Pain in the abdomen, with a very disagreeable sensation, which he could not explain. Pain in the abdomen, as if nervous colic affecting the uterus. Pains in the abdomen, extending to the chest, where they become very severe, with rumbling of gases in the bowels, forming elevations in different parts of the walls of the abdomen, followed by fatigue, lassitude, oppression, and crampy pains in the lower extremities, particularly the thighs. Pain in the abdomen, like colic, with bloating, dryness of the mouth, tongue, and throat. Violent pain in the intestines, with numbness and bloating. Violent and burning pains in the abdomen and uterus; the latter feels as if it was going to drop when walking.
Meteorism. In the morning, griping pains in the abdomen.
Griping and cramp like pains in the abdomen when coughing. Dull colicky pains, drawing, tenacious, as if coming from kidneys, compelling to stretching, and relieved after urinating. Colic, with swelling of the abdomen, pain in the right groins, desire to urinate, profuse and liquid micturition, giving to the analysis a considerable quantity of sugar. Intense colicky pains (after two hours), soon followed by fever, then fatal symptoms. Colicky pains, running over the whole abdomen, with a great deal of flatus, which cannot be expelled. In the morning, colicky pains, with a sensation as if a very light body was ascending from the stomach to the chest. The colic and borborygmus increased every evening (relieved by Aconite). Violent colic, awakening him, with oppression and much borborygmus. Colic, changing the mood into an agreeable one. Stinging-cutting pain, as if from colic, around the umbilicus. Shooting pains in the abdomen, anus, and vagina; shooting pain in the left side of the abdomen. Frequent shooting pains in the abdomen, in the evening (twenty-fifth day).
When walking, a sensation as if the intestines were not well attached and were going to fall down with the least movement; however; movement does not aggravated or relieve with sensation.
Burning heat in the anterior part of the abdomen, more intense in the umbilical region. Burning heat in the anterior part of the abdomen, with headache, indifference, sadness, and painful sensation in the dorsal and palmar surfaces of both hands.
Muscular throbbing in the abdomen, with general trembling and sadness, as if having committed a great fault. Hypogastrium and Iliac Region. Fibrous tumor in the hypogastrium, compressing the genital organs, causing different derangements and uterine discharges. Fibrous tumor in the lower abdomen, with discharge of a pale blood from the uterus; weakness, oppression, palpitation of the heart; impossibility to stand or to lie down; the patient can only rest when sitting on her bed. Pain in the hypogastrium, in left side of abdomen, and in the pubis. Pain in the hypogastrium, followed immediately by liquid stools. Pains in the lower abdomen, even to touch; it seems as if the uterus was the seat of the pain, but it is in the bladder. Pain in the lower part of abdomen. Burning pain in the hypogastrium and uterus, with sensation of great weight, interfering with walking, as in prolapsus, and causing pruritus at the vulva. (These pains were relieved by the olfaction of Moschus; the hysteralgia, with colic and borborygmus, by Magn. Carb.; the crampy and expulsive pains from the sacrum to the uterus, as in abortion, by Cuprum; the incontinence of urine, brought on by the least movement, laughing, coughing, etc., and even without these circumstances, by Chelidonium). Shooting pain in lower part of abdomen and in the scapula. Shooting pain in the pubis, extending or radiating to the anus. Shooting pain in the left groin. Tearing pain in the groins, as if caused by a rupture, worse when coughing; is obliged to hold the groins, with the hands. Pain in the groins, with a relaxed sensation. Pain in the groins, particularly the right, as from a rupture. The pains in the groins, simulating a rupture, are aggravated by cold water.
Rectum
Pain and burning in the anus after stool. Repeated shooting in the anus. Violent efforts to have a passage; hard stool with blood; pain and smarting in the anus. Unsuccessful efforts to stool; tenesmus, followed by three scanty passages. Tenesmus and colic; pressure in the abdomen and uterus.
Stool
Diarrhoea. Profuse diarrhoea with prostration. Profuse diarrhoea, with great prostration, sadness, complete indifference, and little inclination to speak; the diarrhoea lasted from two to three days. Stools three or four times daily, very dark, fetid, partly formed, containing much mucus, expelled with difficulty, and followed by smarting and burning at the anus, but no tenesmus; stools always occurred immediately on having the head washed. Liquid passages. Bloody stool, followed by pain and smarting in the anus. Constipation. Constipation, with a difficult passage; burning pain after passing some blood.
Constipation, with involuntary emission of urine when coughing, laughing, or making any bodily effort whatever.
Urinary organs
Kidneys. Weakness in the region of the kidneys, preventing standing; hollowness of head; prostration; forgetfulness.
Indescribable derangement in the kidneys, bladder, and genital parts, ceasing after the passage of a brown fetid urine mixed with small calculus. Pain in the kidneys, caused by vesical calculus, with desire to urinate, which cannot be satisfied.
Pain in the kidneys; the bladder seems swollen and hard; difficult urination; emission by drops, with burning. Pain in the kidneys; renal colic, ceasing after urinating. Dull pain in the kidneys; the legs give way suddenly, and feel as if detached from the body. Pain in the region of the kidneys. Pain in the kidneys all the day. Pain in the kidneys and hips, in the evening. Pain in the kidneys, with a very disagreeable sensation, during the forenoon. The kidneys are painful, even to touch, with sensation of soreness, debility, prostration, and dulness. Intermittent pain in the left kidney, in the morning.
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.