A tincture is prepared from the fresh plant of Clematis erecta, L.
General Action
A remedy full of pains, swelling of glands, inflammations, etc. remarkably similar to several of its botanical allies.
Allies. Pulsatilla, Aconite., Cimicif., Ran-b., Berberis, Rhododendron
Generalities
Emaciation, (<) lower limbs. Swelling of lymphatic glands, (<) r. inguinal glands. Twitching of all fleshy parts. Jerking as of electric shocks in whole body, with fright from a sensation as if he suddenly fell. Trembling after lying down, (<) r. side, upon which he lay. Perceptible pulsations of bloodvessels, (<) heart. Running about the street, with lightness and rapidity, more like a kind of floating, then no sensation in any part, no will power, no power to think, then weariness in all parts, with sticking beating pain in head extending outward and sensation as if it would burst, feet felt heavy and fastened to the ground, walking painful and unsteady.
Sticking in joints, forearms, thighs and genitals, then itching spots, and after scratching urticaria. Numerous pains in various parts, lasting till falling asleep at 2 A.M. Wandering pains, mostly pressive, worse when sitting than when walking (Pulsatilla, Cimicif.), in legs, skull, r. scapulae, forepart of r. shoulder- joint, toes, knees, l. lower jaw, tarsal bones. Bruised sensation; wandering, in joints, skull and other parts. Drawing in various parts, (<) feet. Drawing pains in teeth, nasal bones, in small of back, toes and tibiae. Heaviness. Discomfort. Inclination for open air (Pulsatilla). No desire to go out. Restlessness and fry heat, obliging him to rise at 4 A.M.; R. in evening, with oppression. Tossing about in bed, with anxiety and sweat on forehead. Sensitiveness to external impressions, they causes irritability and anxiety; S. of painful parts to touch. Sensation in body in morning as after emission, or as if one had been suppressed.
Disinclination to exertion; rising from bed difficult. No desire for his accustomed evening walk. Weakness; in morning; in morning, with sweat; in morning on waking from unrefreshing sleep, with sleepiness; in morning on waking, as if he had danced all night; at noon, with little appetite; in evening; in evening when with many people, then clammy sweat; on rising; on waking; on walking, and chest easily oppressed; after half an hour’s exercise in open air; after stool; after eating, with sleepiness so that he must lie down, with quickened pulsations in bloodvessels, when called he was not bright and fell into a slumber; with cracking of knees; with stiffness of joints (Cimicif.) and cracking in them on motion; trembling. Aggravation on walking; after black coffee; after a restless night, (>) open air (Pulsatilla).
Clinical It is a very valuable remedy for a rheumatic constitution, especially in a patient who occasionally suffers from herpetic eruptions; whose herpetic eruptions sometimes become pustular, especially about the occiput; eczema impetiginoides.
Mind
Raving in evening during exacerbations. Seemed oppressed by grief or insults or shadow of impending misfortune (Cimicif.). Uneasy as if an evil would befall him. Dread of misfortune. Discontented. Anxious Sad; (>) nap; with thoughts of suicide. Loss of “moral strength” so that he shed tears, then sleep (Pulsatilla). Morose; in morning; on waking from afternoon sleep. Taciturn; (>) evening. Angry, fretful, avoiding every one, shunning his usually agreeable occupation, dreaded being alone, tried of living, full of thoughts of death, with fear that it would be speedy, but longing for the repose of death, then apprehension, weeping, homesickness, at last trembling and weeping till he was exhausted. Indifferent, quiet, almost without thought.
Excitement. Exhilaration, with desire for mental work, sweat and itching, then exhaustion, anxiety, depression of spirits, fretfulness and loss of desire for mental work. Busy and lively mood from 10 A.M. to 2 P.M., then sleepiness and disinclination to work. Lively mood from 10 A.M. to 4 P.M., then sudden disinclination for work, morose mood and lassitude in limbs. Excited, lively, stronger and more disposed to read and think than usual, then mentally exhausted and condition generally like intoxication. Desire for mental work and power of thinking increased, then sweat when sitting quietly, with mental exhaustion and heaviness of whole body. Aversion to mental work. Distraction. Confusion in morning, with bruised feeling; in morning, with prostration. Lost in thought without knowing what he was thinking about. memory weak.
Clinical It has been used for the effects of homesickness, with restless, dreamy sleep and vibratory sensations throughout the body.
Head
Obliged to carry it forward and hanging down. Aching; in morning on waking, with sleepiness; after walking in open air; (<) night on closing eyes in bed, with raging, digging and vertigo, all (>) 3 A.M. at the open window, then, on the outbreak of sweat, sleep; increasing from morning till 2 P.M., (<) occiput, causing nausea and vertigo, (>) sweat (with cold body and face); as if it would burst, in evening; as from a hand about it; tensive, after eating, (<) forehead and temples; drawing, with pressure in sides of vertex.
Sensation as if skull were too small for the brain. Screwed- together sensation. raging and beating, (<) forehead, preventing reading and writing. hammering in evening when lying. Shocks in brain, extending forward. Dullness. Emptiness. Confusion; in morning; in morning on waking; in morning on rising, with heaviness; (>) open air; as after intoxicating drinks; as from coryza, (>) 1.30 P.M. Stupidity. Heaviness; in morning; in morning on rising, and in chest, with deep expiration; with sinking down; with external heat. Congestion. Almost intoxicated condition. Vertigo; till 2 P.M., with sleepiness; on holding head erect or turning it; on carrying head forward, (>) carrying it backward; with tottering on walking in open air; (>) open air, with trembling of whole body, gait unsteady and rapid, as in slight intoxication. Aggravation by the accustomed cigar.
Forehead. Tearing in frontal and parietal bones. Aching; in morning, (<) 10 A.M.; (<) pressure; (>) evening; (>) pressure, (<) cold, on l. side extending into orbit; in eminences; in eminences in morning; in one side; in sinciput; with external heat; tensive, in forepart of brain, worse when walking than when sitting, with heaviness of head; drawing, on l. side. Drawing in bones. Pressure on eminences. Tension. Heaviness in sinciput; and fulness. Sensation as if lead were in it. Confusion; with emptiness and tendency to vertigo.
Temple. Pain. Boring in l. Burrowing in r. and frontal and zygomatic regions, with pressure. tension. Pulsation in l. in evening in bed, preventing reading. heaviness in r., with pressure in it.
Pain in vertex. Frequent sudden tearing, now in r., now in l. side of head. Burrowing in r. half of brain when walking; in sides of head, extending to occiput. tensive pain in r. side of head, rather in bones than in brain. Drawing in side, (<) turning head. Pain in occiput; as after moderate use of spirituous drinks, daily after midnight, waking several times, extending to nape and forward, sometimes with a feeling as after lying in an uncomfortable position. Tearing in skull. Boring in skull. Pressure in skull; here and there.
Scalp. Itching crusts and stitches (Ran-bulb.). Painful pimple under skin of occiput. Pressure. Sensitiveness in circumscribed spots over forepart, afterwards with itching and fine scurf. Itching on l. side of vertex; on forepart.
Clinical Eruption like eczema on occiput, itching (<) warmth of the bed, with stinging, crawling and tickling.
Eyes
Staring. Red; and glittering, hot and dry (Aconite). Yellow color of the white. Inflammation of white, with lachrymation. Pressure; on optic nerves. Burning; as if fire streamed out of them (Acon, Rhododendron). Biting burning pain (Aconite). Biting; (<) closing then on opening them photophobia. Sensitiveness to air (Aconite). Dryness; and heat, compelling him to close the lids (Aconite). Itching. Sensation of a veil before them. Lachrymation (Pulsatilla, Aconite). Pupils contracted. Pain in middle of l. ball (Cimicif.)
Yellowish crust in inner canthus. Inflammation of inner canthus, with weak vision. Sticking in inner canthus; l. Burning in lids. Burning pain in r. upper lid; in l. inner canthus. Biting on margins of lids. itching in r. inner canthus, next day extending to l. inner, with burning. Pressure in orbits on moving eyes. Blackness before eyes. Vision indistinct; in r. Flickering. Letters run together when writing, at times double vision and flickering; letters run together when reading, with frequent blackness before eyes. Illusions in l. in evening.
Clinical Especially useful in inflammation of the iris from cold, with pressing pain, great photophobia, lachrymation and heat in eyes and great sensitiveness to cold air; also useful in pustular conjunctivitis. Chronic syphilitic iritis, aggravation at night, with adhesions (Iodium, Aurum).
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.