An alkaloid found in coffee, Thea Guarana, etc., but usually prepared from tea leaves. There is some reason to believe that the alkaloids of coffee and tea, though chemically similar, are physiologically different.
Trembling. Uneasiness; and inability to keep erect. Faintness. Collapse; and pulse hardly perceptible, irregular, 120, skin cold and clammy. Numbness. Delirium. Excitement; so that he was unable to fix his mind; of nervous and vascular systems. Confusion of ideas. Visions. Head, aching; heavy and confused; marked pulsation in arteries of H. and temples. Peculiar intoxicated condition. Vertigo. Vision of sparks. Roaring in ears. Features expressive of anxiety. Grating of teeth. Tongue dry. Burning in throat and gullet. Constriction of throat and neck every fifteen minutes.
Thirst. Nausea. Vomiting, with relief of all symptoms; V. of digested matters and violent purging, on leaving the closet he could hardly walk. Pain and tenderness in stomach and abdomen. Abdominal pulsation. Constant urging to urinate, with scanty discharge. Increase of urine; with decrease of urea, phosphoric acid and sodium chloride; with decrease of urea and phosphoric acid and increase of sodium chloride. Urea increased; decreased. Erections. Oppression of chest. Praecordial anxiety. Palpitation. Pulse rapid; and full, hard; and irregular, often intermittent. Trembling of limbs. Sleep very sound at last. Sleepless.
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.