Temples.- Stitches; in l. bone spreading in a circle. Tearing in r.; in l. at 4 P.M. Pain in r.; on upper margin of bone; pressing-put, with nausea and vomiting; throbbing, in r. on motion, when quiet it is only a pressive pain; drawing, gradually increasing to its highest, and then disappearing. Tension in r. as if paralyzed, and in eye.
Vertex.- Sticking-tearing on l. side. Pain as if brain were torn or shattered, (<) morning on waking. Pain on pressure or touch. Bruised pain in a spot on touch. Sudden pressure in region of coronal suture as from a sharp stone falling on it. Paroxysmal throbbing mingled with stitches; T. as if everything would be forced out, in morning after rising. Frequent drawing in l. side.
Sides.- Stitch in r.; in l. evenings. Tearing in l.; in l., especially in forehead and temple, beginning in evening and constantly increasing, with swelling of painful side. Pain in r., extending into eye; in r. parietal bone and in both temples. Tension in l.
Occiput.- Stitches. Sudden pain in bone while sitting, as if something in muscles had been displaced. Throbbing pain on r. side, which on rubbing extends towards vertex, where it pains as if beaten. Drawing, and in muscles of r. side of neck. Sensation in bone as if numb, pithy and dead.
Scalp.- Hair falls out. Movements towards forehead. Tension. Pain when rubbed. Sensation of trembling or shaking in skin of r. temple till lying down. Creeping sensation on vertex. Itching; stinging, on various parts, in parietal bones, on forehead; r. cheek, behind I. zygoma, extending towards ear and upward to temporal bone; on r. side, transiently (>) scratching; on r. temple, (>) scratching.
Eyes
Inflammation, with burning and pain; I., with pressure in them during the day and agglutination in morning. Tearing and pressure. Pain (<) touch. Pressure in morning before he can open them, (>) closing them again; as from sand (Natrum mur.); in l. as if it would be pressed out; as if they were pressed inward and tried to come out; internal, as if it would be distended; in r. as from swelling of lids, which are really red, with lachrymation. Rubbing as of sand. Burning (Zn.); from 4 P.M. till evening, with dryness; from 6 to 8 P.M.; with stinging, dryness and photophobia. Dryness; in morning (Zn.), with stiffness, then lachrymation. Biting, with pressure and heaviness and with redness of lids; B. as from salt. Itching, especially by lids; in l., (>) rubbing; of r., (>) rubbing then lachrymation. Weakness. Lachrymation; (<) open air.
Distending pain in r. ball. Itching of r. ball in morning. Pupils dilated; contracted, then dilated.
Lids.- Involuntary closure (Rhus-t., Sepia). Agglutination in morning. Inflammation, with hard matter between lashes. Twitching, and of l. brow. Swollen sensation, (<) morning. Pressure in upper as if a stye would appear. Burning in l.; B. pain on margins, as from burning with gunpowder. Smarting in l. Biting. Itching on lower and on its inner surface, with burning as soon he touches the eye or moves it. Heaviness of upper, as if he could not raise it easily (Rhus-t.), or as if it were agglutinated to lower and could not be easily loosened. Sensation as if they would close from weakness (Rhus-t., Gelsem.). Difficulty in opening, (<) morning, with swollen sensation.
Canthi.- Dry matter. Drawing in r. outer, extending into wing of nose. Burning in inner. Itching sore pain in r. inner in morning after waking, as from salt, (<) rubbing, so that lachrymation is produced. Itching in l. inner, (>) rubbing; in r. inner, with lachrymation; in l. inner like flea-bites; voluptuous, in r.
Twitching in l. brow. Drawing in arch of r. brow. Pressure in orbits and behind eyes; over r. eye as if upper lid would be pressed down.
Photophobia, with constant necessity to wink; P., with pain in motion. Far-sighted. Blackness before eyes. Some letters become invisible while reading. Dimness of vision; on blowing nose; (<) wiping and rubbing; (<) looking at a light; with sensation as if something came from head into l. eye, and the light looked as if there were many points of light in a black circle; when standing, as from a veil; as from a cloud in morning after waking, (>) washing; as if a membrane were drawn over eyes; as if a membrane were drawn from inner canthus over half the pupil, in morning when blowing nose. Vision flickering; and confused on looking long at an object, then pain in eyes; as from swarms of insects; like a veil. V. of sparks if he winks, even in daylight; V. of sparks in daylight. Small, round objects, pass before his vision while lying.
Clinical Blepharitis (>) open air. Paralysis of muscles of the eye, especially of upper lid. Weakness of the muscles of the eyeball, causing asthenopia, amounting even to paralysis, especially with feeling of sand in eyes. Has arrested cataract in some cases. Frequent sudden loss of sight as from a mist (muscular asthenopia). Double vision from paralysis of the ocular muscles; vision worse on turning eyes to the right. Ptosis after catching cold (Rhus).
Ears
Swelling of external, with contractive, pains; S. of meatus, with twinging earache and discharge of bloody matter. Suppuration and discharge from within, with offensive odor. Stitches on outer margin, (<) evening in bed, with burning pain; boring knifelike, externally behind l., with sudden general sweat; paroxysmal, in r.; intermittent, in r. mastoid process; tearing, with roaring, as from a storm of wind.
Tearings in l.; beneath l. at 4 P.M.; in drum, with tensive confusion of head. Sensation as if they would burst, like a tearing mingled with itching. Twinging. Boring in r.; in fossa below r., then on pressure bruised pain; behind l. at one time, at another pulsating-throbbing. Pain in mastoid process; in r. meatus in evening; in meatus on cleaning, as if sore and ulcerated.
Sensation internally, of jerking outward. Tension behind. Sensation of contraction in l. and in whole side of head in evening when lying, with inability to sleep upon that side, and when touched (but (>) pressure) sensation as if flesh had been separated from bone. Crawling in l., with itching-biting. Itching in l.; sticking, in front of r. meatus. Sensation as if cold wind were blowing into r. meatus. Air rushes in during eructations. Stopped sensation mornings; S. sensation in r.
Re-echoing of her own words and steps; of sounds, with difficult hearing; every morning. Roaring before E.; in r.; in each alternately in evening before sleep. Rushing sound as of a waterfall, with difficult hearing. Thundering tones in r. Ringing in l.; in front of r. in evening. Singing as of distant crickets, then throbbing, then singing again. Whistling in l.
Clinical Chronic inflammation of the middle ear. Buzzing, roaring in ears, with re-echoing of sounds (in Meniere’s disease), (compare with Nat-sul.). Burning heat of ears after a frost-bite and rheumatism. Unnatural accumulation of wax in ears.
Nose
Hairs in nostrils fall out. Swelling in morning, (>) evening. Cutting treating through r. wing. Soreness internally. Septum painful to touch. Sore pain in lower part, as in severe coryza. Burning in nostrils, as in coryza. Itching internally; as before coryza. Tickling in l. nostril, (>) external pressure. Frequent sneezing; in morning; ineffectual attempts at S.
Coryza, with inability to speak aloud; C., with cough and scraping in larynx; with cough, pains in chest, drawings in limbs, frequent waking at night and chilliness; stopped; stopped, when lying, with nightly dryness of throat; stopped and fluent, with with rawness in throat and smarting in chest caused by cough; fluent, in morning, with agglutination of eyes; fluent, with painful cough at night and headache. Discharge of offensive mucus, with sneezing. Watering after drinking. Bleeding; from l. nostril; blows out blood every morning. Loss of smell, with stoppage.
Clinical Dry catarrh, with stoppage. Fluent coryza, with acute inflammation of larynx and trachea. Ulcers and crusts in tip of nose.
Face
Pale, with suffering expression. Yellow; during menstruation. Discolored, yellowish about temples, pale bluish lips. Sickly look. Swelling of cheeks, with throbbing pain. Stickings in cheek, over lower jaw. Tearing in l. cheek-bone; T. in cheeks, with sticking. Drawing pain in r. cheek, then in ear. Burning pain in cheeks, in front of ears, as if an eruption would appear. Throbbing in cheeks, with twitching of their muscles.
Lips.- Swelling of lower, and papulous eruption, with sticking and crawling in it. Papules in l. corner, with crawling sticking. Tetter on lower. Ulcer on inside of upper, with burning pain. Vesicles in r. corner, painful when eating. Soreness of l. corner. Pain as if sore. Tearings. Spasmodic sensation.
Jaws.- Tension and pain, so that they were difficult to open, in with difficulty in eating because a tooth seemed too long. Difficulty in opening, with sensation as if throat below jaw were swollen or tense. Tearing in r. lower. Pricking-digging in lower. Pain in r. joint (in “Hahnemann’s Mat. Medorrhinum Pura” it is I.); rheumatic in lower; burning, in lower. Drawing first from r., then from l. ramus towards the chin and thence back again in direction of angle of mouth.
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.