Croaking and grumbling in the abdomen, followed by a cold sensation in it. Frequent rumbling in the abdomen, with constipation. Excessive rumbling in the abdomen (first day).
Rolling and rumbling in the intestines (immediately after a dose, sixty-fifth day); rumbling in the intestines, with a slight griping (after half an hour, sixty-sixth day). Grumbling and rumbling in the intestines, in the night (forty-first day); rumbling and slight griping in the intestines (twelfth day).
Rumbling in the abdomen, with emission of flatus in the afternoon (second day). Constant gurgling in the bowels (tenth day); stick- ing, gurgling, rumbling, and shifting of flatus in the abdomen, in the afternoon and evening (sixty-ninth to seventy-sixth day); constant rumbling and shifting of flatulence in the abdomen, accompanied with shooting stitches in all parts of the body (eighty-first and eighty-second days). Great heaviness of the abdomen, with violent pain in the small of the back. Constant heaviness with pressure and distension of the abdomen. An old steatoma in the middle of the abdomen becomes very sensitive to pressure in paroxysms, every twenty-four hours, and in spots drawing up into lumps (fourteenth month). Pain in the abdominal muscles, as from a strain, on bending backward. The whole abdomen, from the chest to the groin, is painful to touch, as if sore. Sensation of soreness in the abdomen. She cannot endure any pressure, or any weight about the waist. Tension in the abdomen (after third day). Tension in the abdomen, as if the intestines were constricted in the umbilical region. Spasmodic dragging in the abdomen, extending into the lower extremities, gradually becoming violent, and associated with asthmatic wheezing, with dulness of the head (sixth week). Griping in the intestines (forty-sixth day). Slight griping in the intestines, with a feeling as though they were pinched with the fingers in a circumscribed spot, now here, now there (sixty-eighth day).
Griping and emission of much flatus in the evening (fortieth day). (* The colic which Thuja causes seems to result from the distension of the intestines by gas. *) Sudden bounding up in the abdomen, accompanied with starting of the whole upper part of the body, as if from fright, during the siesta at 5 P.M. (fifth day).
Colic, with a feeling as if both sides of the abdomen were fall- ing in and were empty internally, with distension of the rest of the abdomen. Flatulent colic, frequently recurring. Violent cutting colic at night, with five moderate fecal evacuations (sixth month). Intolerable, cutting, colic suddenly in the night, with diarrhoea ten times, always with evacuation of only, a trifle of gray mucus, with much straining; therewith she felt very cold, and could not get warm (third month). Colic with diarrhoea at times (fiftieth day). Slight transient colic, when walking in the open air, in the forenoon (twenty-ninth day).
Exceedingly violent colic, and transient cutting and rumbling in the intestines, after breakfast (nineteenth day); a return, but less violent (twentieth day); very severe, but very transitory colicky pains came on suddenly during dinner (twenty-first day).
Colic in the evening (eleventh day); with two fluid evacuations (twelfth day); slight colic with borborygmus and inflation of the abdomen, in the afternoon (eighteenth day); slight colic in the night (twenty-fifth day). Colic towards noon (first day); colic became exceedingly painful, it diminished gradually after a copious evacuation (third day); colic less (fourth, fifth, and sixth days); colic increased (seventh and eighth days); slight colic (ninth day); colic increased (eleventh, twelfth, and thirteenth days); after the lapse of two hours the colic became so violent, that he was scarcely able to stand straight, and had to sit with his trunk bent forward; these pains lasted upwards of an hour, and diminished after a copious evacuation, accompanied with emission of a quantity of flatus; in the evening the pains became again more severe, without, however, reaching the former degree of violence (fourteenth day); colic abated (fifteenth day); slight colic (sixteenth and seventeenth days); colic considerably increased (eighteenth day); the colic kept increasing and disturbed even his sleep; it was accompanied with distension of the abdomen and constipation (nineteenth day); colic increased until noon, but abated towards evening (twentieth day); colic slight (twenty-first day); colic and diarrhoea (twenty-fourth day); colic became so violent that he was scarcely able to stand straight at noon; while driving home the colic, which was now accompanied with headache and chilliness, became almost intolerable; after it had lasted almost an hour, it abated somewhat, after a copious liquid evacuation, which was accompanied with copious emission of flatus; it increased again towards evening (twenty-fifth day); colic which increased from morning until noon, intermitted after dinner, but reappeared in the evening, and continued till midnight; this was accompanied with sensation of pressure in the hypogastric region (twenty-fifth to thirty- first day); some colic (thirty-ninth to sixty-fourth day); at noon slight colic; in the evening suddenly felt a violent pain in the whole abdomen, as if all the bowels were pulled towards a point behind the umbilicus; this was accompanied with distension of the abdomen, headache, and accelerated pulse; this colic lasted six hours, and abated gradually after liquid evacuations, accompanied by an emission of large amount of flatulence (sixty- fourth day); colic continued until evening (sixty-fifth day); colic every day, noon and evening, which increased from day to day; the colic abated considerably on the emission, during a walk, of a considerable quantity of flatus, and after a copious liquid evacuation at noon (sixty-ninth to seventy-sixth day).
Symptoms of colic, accompanied by emission of flatus (sixth day).
Slight colicky pain in the small intestines (third day). The waist feels constricted, as if by an iron band, with painful heaviness in the liver, extending up to the right shoulder.
Constriction in the intestines. A pressing compression transversely across the abdomen, apparently externally (after three-quarters of an hour). Constrictive cramp in the upper abdomen. A sensation in the abdomen, as if a child’s knee were pushed against the anterior abdominal walls from within, in the morning (second day). Abdomen incommoded by a supper which was eaten with a hearty appetite (tenth day). (Burning in the abdomen, still more in the chest hypochondria, and pit of the stomach, all of which parts are externally hot). Burning in the intestines, with diarrhoea. Tearing from below upward in the abdomen, commencing in the right groin, paroxysmally (after seven days). Very acute tearing-asunder pains, extending from above downward in the intestines, with a sore distended abdomen, the evacuation of many ascarides in masses and with green slimy diarrhoea for four days and five nights, followed by great relief of the general condition and improved appetite, in a sickly young man, who had formerly never had any symptoms of ascarides.
Occasional shooting stitches in the abdomen (sixty-fifth day). A tapeworm in the abdomen begins to be very uneasy, and pieces are passed (sixth week). Sensation of something alive in the abdomen (till forty-sixth day). Hypogastrium and Iliac Regions.
Distension of the lower abdomen, with constrictive pains, like cramps. Swelling in the region of the hypogastrium, with frequent urgency to urinate. The hypogastrium appeared the whole time somewhat inflated and sensitive to pressure, and even to the jar of the foot on the ground. Movement, as of something living in the lower abdomen, like a pushing of the abdominal muscles by the arm of a child, without pain. At 7 P.M., colic like pain in the hypogastrium, and movings in the bowels, as if preceding a diarrhoea, which came on very violently at 8.30, with severe pain in the abdomen; the pains are remitted, but the hypogastrium remained tender for several hours (ninth day). Painful constriction in the hypogastrium (eighth day). Pressure in the lower abdomen, especially towards the sides, as from flatus previous to a stool (after nine days). In the hypogastrium, a sensation of pressure, especially, directly above the symphysis pubis (second to sixth day). Pressing feeling in the pelvis on the right side, near the linea alba, as if from a foreign body (first day). Tension in the lower abdomen, as if two tightly bound (after twelve hours). Painful tension in the hypogastric region, with occasional sticking pains, aggravated by deep inspiration (in the forenoon, with an empty stomach). Troublesome drawing in the left side of the hypogastrium (for two months), which spot was also painful to the touch (sixth day); drawing in the hypogastrium on the left side, and tenderness on pressure, about 10 A.M. (seventh day); drawing and pressing in the hypogastrium, on the left side, particularly when touching it, at 10 A.M. (eighth day). Sticking pain in the pelvic region, on the right side, near the linea alba (third day). Cutting pain in the lower abdomen (after half an hour, and nine hours). Swelling of the groin, painless while walking, and on touch. Inguinal glands perceptibly swollen (fifth day). The right inguinal glands become swollen, painful, sore to touch (after six months).
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.