The fresh leaves and flowers of the Brachyglottis repens, Forst. (Nat order Compositae), are used for a tincture.
General Action
Information is yet too meagre to say. See symptoms of kidneys and bladder in the clinical reports.
Relatives. – Lilium tigrinum, Crocus, Mercurius c., Arnica, Apocynum c., Cantharis, Digitalis, Kalmia.
Generalities
Appearance of general illness. Loss of flesh. Pains at first nervous, afterwards muscular. spine and nerves more affected than muscles, the pains are transitory, and except in the spine, where the pain is not constant, it seems as if the action could be traced along anterior branches of the saphenic nerves, and perhaps along saphenic vein. Soreness to touch (Arnica). Inclination to stretch. Heaviness, with sleepiness. Weakness. Symptoms ceased in afternoon, except weakness of limbs.
Mind and Head
Irritable mood. Headache; with faceache, preventing sleep at night. Confusion of H. Desire to bend H. Vertigo, with flushed face. Pain in forehead; in evening; in l.; headache, concentrated about l. eye; throbbing pain in F. (Apoc-c., Mercurius). Throbbing in l. temple (Digitalis); sudden throbs in l. side of head (Kalm.).
Ears and Nose
Pricking in E.; with itching. Pain in E.; l. in evening. Tingling in E.; with secretions. Soreness in nostrils exteriorly. Irritation in nostrils, with repeated sneezing; I. in l. nostril, with feeling as if the air were too sharp. Itching in nose; with burning.
Face
Twitches in l. side in evening. Sudden lancinating pain in r. side. Pain in l. submaxillary glands; extending to upper part of face. Pain in l. lower jaw; and in face. Soreness of r. zygomatic process; l.; in corners of mouth, relieved by swelling of lips.
Mouth and Throat
Toothache; r., extending to ears. Tongue sore. Pricking in tongue in evening, with numbness. Heat in mouth. Scraping in throat. Rawness of throat; with dryness; in evening, with soreness. Soreness of throat.
Stomach
Appetite lost. Nausea; in evening; in evening; with eructation tasting of ingesta. Pain and soreness. Soreness in evening after tea, with throbbing in r. side of S. and bowels. Fluttering.
Abdomen
Fluttering sensation (Crocus.). Colic, with desire for stool. Pain in groin; l. (Dioscorea); in groins, with weariness of lower limbs. Soreness in groins, as if in spermatic cords, with thrilling through penis and testes. Throbbing in r. hypochondrium (Apoc-c.); in l. groin; in l. groin in morning; sudden T. pain in l. groin.
Anus and Stool
Prostration about anus. Ineffectual urging to stool. Diarrhoea in evening. Small, soft stool, with pain and constriction in anus. Dry S., with sore constrictive pain in anus. S. like balls, knotty and painful.
Urinary Organs
Pain in bladder during micturition, with soreness in urethra and feeling as if the urine could not be retained; pain in B. after evacuation (Cantharis, Merc-c.), and in urethra, with stinging in penis. Pressure in neck of bladder; with soreness. Irritation of bladder in evening; I. during micturition. Urging to urinate. Stinging pain in urethra (Arnica, Merc-c.). throbbing in penis, with desire to urinate and pressure in bladder. Urine abundant, pale; and specific gravity decreased, full of mucous corpuscles and epithelium, afterwards urine scanty, full of mucus, dark- colored, two days afterwards pale, containing albumen, then dark, containing transparent waxy casts, afterwards a mass of epithelial cells adhering to each other (phosphates, oxalate of lime), afterwards dark, containing mucous cells and triple phosphates, specific gravity slightly increased, white mucous sediment, containing epithelium, triple phosphates and mucous casts from kidneys.
Clinical Bright’s disease, the result of overwork.
Genital Organs
Clinical – Dysmenorrhoea, with chronic basic peritonitis and fluttering in abdomen; the fluttering in the abdomen and fluttering in r. ovary are the keynotes to its use.
Respiratory Organs and Chest
Breathing oppressed in evening, (>) sighing; as if pectoral muscles were contracting and a stretching would relieve, with the same sensation in dorsal muscles and in r. scapula. Shooting in pectoral muscles in region of heart. Pain in region of heart in evening; in r. side; in chest (oesophagus?). Painful soreness in sterno-mastoid process. Throbbing in sternum, with pain in pectoral muscles. Painful throbbings about shoulder and collar- bone.
Neck
Pain prominently affecting upper part of trapeze muscle and extending to shoulders. Pain on moving head from one side to the other, with soreness in region of attachments of sterno-mastoid muscles, pain in neck continues in the evening. Stiffness.
Back
Pain; (<) evening, and in region of kidneys; with weariness; with weariness in limbs; isolated throbbing, in r. side. Uneasiness, with prostration. Whole B. feels as if it would contract backward, and the muscles of the neck were affected. First dorsal vertebrae sore to touch. Sudden pain about fourth and fifth dorsal vertebrae in evening, extending to r. side of chest and shoulders.
Loins. – Gnawing pain in region of kidneys. Pain across; after riding, extending to pectoral muscles and arms. Soreness; in lower part of spine, almost traceable to sciatic nerve. Weakness after walking, with pain. Weariness in back from coccyx upward, and dull pain in region of kidneys.
Extremities
Inclination to stretch, especially arms, to relieve the weariness between scapulae and trapeze muscle. Weakness; in morning; (<) afternoon.
Upper Extremities
Pain under r. axillae; extending to pectoral muscles. Painful soreness under arms. Cracking in l. shoulder. Soreness in shoulders and neck. Cracking in joints of l. arm. Isolated throbbing or shooting in arms. Isolated sore throbs in r. arm and under r. axilla. Weakness of arms; in evening; of r. arm from writing; of arms and wrists. Pain in deltoid of l. arm in evening; running along l. upper arm, becoming stationary; weary, in upper arm. Weakness in biceps, with soreness. Pain in l. elbow in morning. Throbbing and shooting pain in wrist. Soreness of l. wrist; with pain; of r. wrist, extending to elbow, as if in flexor carpi ulnaris; in fingers and thumb, with weakness of hands when writing.
Lower Extremities
Cracking in joints when walking. Weakness from walking. Pain in thighs from walking; short sudden pains in thighs. Weakness extending from hip to knee. Sharp throbbings or shootings in knees, with cramplike contractions in muscles of thighs. Rheumatic moving aching in l. knee. Sore throbbing pains in knees; r. knee. Knees weak in evening. Throbbing sore pain in legs. Pain in lower part of legs. Weakness of legs in morning, more in l. then in r. thigh, with soreness in lower part of spine. Soreness on soles.
Skin, etc
Itching; in face. Painful itching burning under big toes from walking, with itching of r. sole. Sleepiness; during the day, with constant yawning. Inability to fall asleep after waking. Restless sleep. Restless and sleepless night. Talking in sleep. Sleep full of dreams. Confused dreams. Chilliness; with shivering; and pulse 50; with heat in face. Cold sensation and tightness about scalp. Cold hands and feet.
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.