Sneezing. Stopped coryza; in morning on waking; in morning. (<) warmth. Fluent coryza; on rising from stooping, with cough; with mucus sneezing; with heat; with hawking up of mucus. Mucous discharge. Watery discharge; in drops, (<) l. nostril, with burning on outer margin of nostrils. Bleeding of l. nostril; back blood from nose in morning on waking, with nasal mucus. Illusions of smell; as of black soap.
Face
Yellow (Ferrum, China, etc.), (<) nose and cheeks; the usual redness of the cheeks has a mixture of dark yellow; grayish-yellow. Redness, with flushed of heat; R. at 5 P.M., without distended veins of hands, without external heat; of l. cheek; of cheeks, with heat. Red spots on chin; on cheeks; on l. cheek; on r. cheek, gradually involving whole cheek; on l. cheek, gradually becoming larger from 2 to 6 P.M.; on r. cheek, gradually becoming larger from 2 to 5 P.M., with burning. Pallor. Suffering expression. Sunken. Sickly look; with sunken eyes surrounded by blue rings.
Sticking in cheek-bone; in l., with boring, alternating with pain in l. upper eye-tooth; prickling; in l. Jerking in l. malar- bone, as if it would be torn to pieces. Tearing from r. cheek- bone to ears and around ears, then to upper part of occiput along suture of parietal bone (Bryonia to temple). Pain in r. cheek-bone and in upper part of occiput; in l. cheek-bone; in l. side in chilly, windy weather, (<) touch and from 6 to 8 P.M., (>) magnetic passes, next day sensation as if swollen and ulcerated, but no perceptible swelling; in r. cheek-bone at 10 P.M., extending to r. ear. Painful spot in cheek as if swollen and suppurating. Swollen sensation in r. cheek-bone (Mag-c.). Drawing pain in r. malar-bone. Pain in l. cheek-bone as from a blow. Burning pain in cheek-bones, extending into eyelids. Pressive drawing in l. bones. Tension in cheeks between eyes and mouth; in l. malar-bone when lying, with drawing.
Lips.- Swollen in evening, with peeling of skin. Dry, hard and crusty; dry in morning. Papular exanthema with red base, on upper lid and on r. cheek. Vesicle filled with limpid serum, in mucous membrane of lower. Sticking in l. side of lower. Burning; of upper. Itching in r. corner of mouth, (>) scratching.
Jaws.- Sticking through l. upper. Burrowing tearing in antrum maxillare. Pain in upper, waking at night; in r. upper in bed; in l. side of both, extending to eye, near nose, and throbbing pain in temples. Burning pain in r. upper and lower, extending into cheek and r. half of both lips, (<) in evening in bed, with intermittent stitches back and forth. Drawing pain in l. upper pain in cheek-bone, extending to eye, with heat in cheek. Drawing through upper jaw and upper teeth.
Mouth
Teeth. Sticking in l, back; in r. hollow back; S., with boring; in r., with tearing, then in l. Tearing here and there; T. in l. in afternoon, extending into l. meatus; in l. lower, (<) chewing. Jerkings; in upper incisors. Aching; in l. upper; in l. lower; in r. upper; eye-tooth; in r. upper in evening in bed; at night; in l. back at night; in l, back, waking at night; in all when speaking, and in both jaws; in l. lower on touch, with looseness; in three last l. upper when chewing or pressing on gum; (<) towards evening; in two last l. upper, (<) chewing; (<) every motion of mouth; in r., (>) in evening; in two last l. upper, with pain on touch; extending to r. temple; in upper, extending to eyes; at night, extending over l. cheek then in r. side; in back and l. upper jaw, extending to l. meatus and l. eye, waking towards midnight; involving whole r. side of face, after going to sleep; involving whole r. side of face, jaws, lips and cheek, (<) warmth, momentarily (>) cold air or cold water; now l., now r., alternating with sticking in l. side of chest. Intermittent aching in l. Periodic aching; (<) at night, destroying appetite, extending to l. side of forehead, temple and ear, with heat in forehead; (<) warm food, (<) r., preventing sleep at night, with frequent tearing in l. ear and l. arm. Drawing pain; in upper; in upper incisors; in l. upper; in r., then l.; in l. back; in l. back and in cheek- bones; through r. upper back and through two middle lower incisors; through lower middle incisors in morning; extending into eyes; in l. upper incisors, extending into l. upper and lower teeth. Dragging. Elongated sensation; (<) chewing, in l. lower, with loose feeling. Heat.
Gum.- Boil, with thick yellow discharge; above l. eye-tooth, discharging blood. Redness and swelling of l. upper, and of l. half of hard palate. Bleeding in forenoon. Sensitiveness of l. upper to touch.
Tongue.- Coated; yellow, with red margin showing imprint of teeth (Mercurius); yellow; white; gray, rough. White. Slimy. Sticking on l. side of tip. Sensitiveness. Inability to stretch it out or to open mouth as wide as usual. Dryness. Burning; on tip; as after vinegar. Difficulty in speaking.
Vesicles in mouth and lips. Mucus; fluid of stringy. Pain in palate, (<) motion on body, and in gum. Scratching, with burning, and in gullet and stomach. Burning; to throat. Dryness; in morning; at 4 P.M., thirst. Watery sensation. Salivation (Mercurius); collection of bitter water, obliging constant expectoration. Saliva tough and slimy; saliva sulphur-yellow. Hot breath, with dry mouth and lips.
Taste.- Bitter (Bryonia); (>) when eating, and drinking; spirituous; nauseating, sweetish-bitter; sourish or saltish, bitter. Sour; metallic. Sweetish; of blood in morning; offensive, of blood, with blood-streaked mucus in throat. Pasty (Bryonia). Insipid; and nauseous, as after elder-flower eat. Bad to the dinner in evening.
Clinical With the disturbances of digestion and of the function of the liver, the tongue is yellow and shows the print of the teeth around the margin. There are frequently bad taste, bad odor in the mouth and accumulation of tough mucus.
Throat
Skin yellow. Stiffness in l. side. Twitching, and in region of larynx. Mucus; thin; hawking of lumps. Choking; and in region of larynx; as after suddenly swallowing too large a morsel; and in trachea, as after strong cigars or larger beer, (<) breathing. Sticking; on empty swallowing; in region of larynx; in tonsils on empty swallowing, as from a fishbone. Pain in night, (<) swallowing; in l. side when swallowing; (>) swallowing, (<) pressing tongue against l. side of palate while swallowing; in forepart, extending to temples. Soreness in morning on waking; in region of larynx on swallowing food and drink, (<) empty swallowing; as from a cold. Scraping. Rawness; (>) swallowing. Irritation in morning on waking; towards evening, with scraping in larynx exciting first of cough; (>) swallowing.
Constriction; internally and externally, above larynx, only the gullet was contracted. Compression; below chin. Sensation in pharynx contractive cramp. Sensation as if a body rose, forced her to swallow and went down again. Sensation as if uvula had fallen into it in morning, with involuntary snoring when awake. Throbbing at night, and in top of chest, then griping in hypogastrium. Bubbling or trembling motion above larynx without pain. Sensation of dust in pit and in upper part of sternum; not (>) coughing. Dryness; on waking from midday nap, (<) empty swallowing; on swallowing; of back part of and of palate; with sensation of dust in it; with constriction, obliging swallowing. Sensation on inspiration as if cold air were streaming through nose into fauces. Burning; in morning; in gullet; itching; below pit before sleep. Swallowing different. OEsophagus feels swollen and contracted, with bubbling, choking and scraping.
Stomach
Appetite increased; morning and noon; for milk; longing for acids in morning; longing fro vinegar and other sour things, and vinegar tastes less sour than usual. Diminished; for breakfast. Lost; for supper. Aversion to cheese; to cooked food.
Thirst; in evening; for cold water; longing for wine. Diminished. Aversion to coffee; to cold things at dinner, so that she would not drink through thirsty.
Eructations; in afternoon, at one time with heartburn; till evening; empty; tasting of juniper berries; tasting of breakfast; tasting of food, at 1 P.M.; sourish or saltish-bitter; bitter in night, causing shivering, then bitter taste. Hiccough. Nausea; on attempting to eat broth; (>) eructations; (>) lying down; eating bread, with emptiness in stomach; with salivation (Mercurius); with heat of whole body; rising from stomach, with griping and warmth in epigastric region; as if she would faint. Vomiting; of mucus; of tough mucus; of curdled milk during cough; of potatoes eaten yesterday, with a sharp, sour taste and scraping in throat.
Distention of epigastric region. Gurgling as if air bubbles burst and afforded relief. Sticking in pit at 5.30 P.M., extending through body to back (Bism.); S. in pit; in epigastric region; in r. side; in l. side near pit in afternoon when writing, during inspiration and on making body erect. Cutting; at 1 P.M. when yawning; in epigastric and umbilical regions, (<) pressure. Pinching in and below pit, (<) touch. Twinging now in r., now in l. epigastric region after dinner, then tension in it. Gnawing, (>) eating. Digging; in epigastric region, (>) eating. Pain; in epigastric region; in pit; in pit and opposite in back; (<) external pressure; (>) eructations; (>) emissions of flatus; (>) lying on l. side with legs drawn up, together with eructations; in pit towards evening, with oppression of chest and difficult breathing; with gas in it; paroxysmal; spasmodic, in pit; spasmodic, in r. side of pit; alternating with pain extending from nape to forehead and temples; as from a dull body, (<) external pressure.
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.