Tellurium


Tellurium homeopathy medicine – drug proving symptoms from Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica by TF Allen, published in 1874. It has contributions from R Hughes, C Hering, C Dunham, and A Lippe…


Introduction

An element. Preparation: Triturations of the precipitated metal.

Mind

During and after the proving, his disposition much more quiet; for generally he is much disposed to fly into a passion. Her disposition is particularly quiet, being otherwise very lively, anxious and full of care. He forgets and neglects much; also the writing down, and even the observing of the symptoms; it is all too much trouble to him; when thinking of the one, or of any business, he forgets everything else, and on account of he neglects much that is necessary.

Head

Vertigo. The next morning while dressing, a very violent attack of vertigo, which became much worse after walking out; he could hardly stand; he was compelled to lie down and to remain at home several days; the vertigo caused nausea; after eating rice he was obliged to vomit; at every motion while he was lying down, even when he turned his head, still more on sitting up, the vertigo returned; at the same time the pulse was more frequent; he had previously had similar attacks, also a severe one after Glonoin; on other occasions Aconite had always helped him; this time it did not, nor did Glonoin nor Belladonna; it gradually passed away after three or four days. A peculiar kind of vertigo every evening while getting asleep, about half an hour after going to bed, a sensation as if he were wafted and drawn forth very quickly in the direction of his legs; he was always weakened by it; it never returned later in the night; on the contrary, one night when he had gone to bed earlier than usual, about 8.30 P.M., the sensation appeared in like manner, about half an hour after he had lain down, and when he was first getting asleep; this vertigo kept coming for eight or nine days; was interrupted at one time by two days of quiet sleep, returned, and ceased altogether. General Head. When working quietly (sitting with the head bent forward), without any provocation whatever, a sudden rush of blood towards the head, with perceptible reddening of the face, recovering irregularly, but almost daily twice, now in the morning, now in the afternoon; this rush of blood recurred for about fourteen days. Dulness in the head (after three- quarters of an hour). Towards evening, dull headache over the whole head (second day). Dull headache and dulness of the head (first day). Head heavy, full, and sleepy (second day). On every movement the brain felt as if bruised. Headache on several occasions, since he took the dose; to-day chiefly on the vertex (thirteenth day). In the afternoon, headache worse on the left side; at 6 P.M., worse in the forepart of the head (fourth day).Almost every remedy that he ever before proved gave him headache; this, however, did not. Forehead. Some heaviness above the brows (fourteenth day). A peculiar pain in the head above the eyes, deep interiorly in a long line, like pressure from within outward, worse on the right side (after twenty minutes). Violent linear pain in a small spot above the left eye, behind the brow (after one hour). Headache internally in the left sinciput, in a small spot; it presses there like a hazelnut (first night), continuing slightly through the morning (second day). About 10 A.M., a pain above the left eye; it came suddenly and went as quickly; it seemed to have been caused by a sudden rush of blood thither; as it was passing off the pain was accompanied by a sensation not easy to describe, along the left side of the neck, as if the blood there had suddenly been retained in one of the large veins, or had streamed backwards; next followed a feeling in the stomach like weakness or faintness, and a pain in the left chest (tenth day). Some pain above the left eye after lying down (seventeenth day); now and then pain over the left eye (eighteenth day). Single pressure like stitches anteriorly at the forehead; the headache becomes more and more pronounced, and consists of the unpleasant pressure above the eyes which is commonly felt after having been awake for several nights (first day). Temples. Dull pain for a short time in the head, above and behind the left ear (after one hour). Congestive headache in temples and forehead, on waking in morning; worse n stooping, when there was a feeling of weight in these parts; relieved for a time by lying down (third and fourth days). Vertex and Parietals. Immediately a pressure upon a small place behind the vertex. External tensive headache over the whole left half of the head when lying on the right side, passing away when lying on the left side, in the morning (second and following days).Occiput. A confusion in the head behind, at both sides, and worse towards the occiput. Sensation of numbness in the occiput and nape.

Eye

Right eye painfully hot, with excessive lachrymation thereof, continuing about fifteen minutes, about 5 P.M. (eleventh day).Watering of the eyes, with the coryza (seventh day). He wakened early with a pale red, dropsical, biting, itching swelling in the left upper eyelid, rather towards the inner angle; this swelling secretes some fluid (eighteenth day); after a few days a scab forms, the eye is worse, the globe also is reddened (twentieth day). Towards evening, in the upper left eyelid towards the inner canthus, itching and pressure as if a hair had grown in the wrong direction (thirteenth day).

Ear

Sometimes itching in the ear, with secretion of a thinner earwax than usual (sixth day). In the forenoon it seems to him as if his ears were suddenly stopped; about 10 P.M., sensation of obstruction in the ears; worse on the left side (sixth day).Sometimes, for an instant, a sensation as if air catches itself in the left Eustachian tube; on taking a pinch of snuff and on eructation of wind, the air catches itself in the left Eustachian tube, as in a sac (ninth day); repeated several times (tenth day).

Nose

At 10 A.M., attack of sneezing, lasting several minutes; had this frequently after rush of blood too the head (fourteenth day). Afternoon, coryza has set in, it is dry (second day); after a few days it ran a natural course; it is only to be remarked that it appeared worse at irregular times. The whole forenoon the left nasal passage is stopped from the right one; slime is running off by the posterior opening (fifth day).Obstruction of the right nostril (seventh day). When walking in the clear, fresh air (11 A.M. to 12 M.), a fluent coryza develops itself, with hoarseness and watering of the eyes, with short cough and pressure in the middle of the chest, under the sternum; after being some time in the open air it goes away again (seventh day); repeated (eighth day). On awaking, much thick slime in the nose; during the night he had breathed through the mouth; the nose sometimes stopped, sometimes free (eighth day).Coryza, with thick mucus (twentieth day). Sudden feeling of painful dryness (as is felt on a fluent coryza being suddenly stopped, or on an abortive attempt to sneeze) in right side of nose and fauces, between 4 and 5 P.M.; it lasted three-quarters of an hour, when the right eye became painfully hot with excessive lachrymation thereof (eleventh day). Painful dryness (as if felt on a fluent coryza being suddenly stopped, or on an abortive attempt to sneeze) at back of throat for ten minutes, in the morning (thirteenth day).

Face

During the first week, and now and then during the following, a peculiar twitching and distortion of the left facial muscles, often when speaking; the left angle of the mouth is drawn to the left, and upward. After having been, during the forenoon, in sharp, cold air, slight burning sensation in the lips during the afternoon (second day). In the afternoon, burning in the middle of the upper lip (third day).

Mouth

Slight dull toothache on the left side, in teeth that had been filled with lead. The gums bleed so that the mouth is full of blood (eleventh day). His breath had, for several weeks, the odor of garlic. Sensation of coolness in the mouth and pharynx, as after having peppermint lozenges in the mouth, very distinct on drawing in the air (first day). A metallic earthy taste in the mouth.

Throat

In the morning, much secretion of the slime form the posterior nares, of a saltish taste, like smoked herrings (third day). The slime in the posterior nares has been deposited as a yellow- reddish resin, which is hawked out in the morning (seventh day).Sensation of dryness in the throat, at 5 P.M. (fifth day). In the evening, sore throat, worse on the left side of the empty swallowing (tenth day). Sore throat on empty swallowing, evening (eleventh day). A little rough, scratchy sensation in the throat, not passing off by swallowing (first day). A scratchy feeling in the throat, worse towards evening (nineteenth day).Tonsils. Pressure at the tonsils (first day). Fauces. In the morning, a prickly sensation of dryness in the fauces, worse on the left side; better after breaking (fifth day). Sensation of dryness, involving the whole fauces, but worse on the right side (seventh day). Towards evening, dryness of the fauces (eighth day). The sensation of dryness in the fauces, worse on the left side, comes again in the morning, but is milder; while walking in the open air, and after doing so (11 A.M. to 12 M.) it ceases; in its stead the right side becomes painful, worse on empty swallowing; the pain at the same time extends to the right ear, which feels internally as if stopped; the sensation of dryness is always perceptible morning and evening (sixth day). The pain and sensation of dryness in the fauces go away when eating or drinking, during the entire proving. Feels his fauces and pharynx; has at times a strange sensation, as if round waves pushed against the pharynx below (after three-quarters of an hour). Prickly soreness in the fauces when swallowing; worse on the right side (seventh day). In the fauces above the larynx, an itching and a kind of burning, as if he had scalded himself with a hot drink, lasting several days.

TF Allen
Dr. Timothy Field Allen, M.D. ( 1837 - 1902)

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.