Formica rufa, L. A tincture is made of the live ants, crushed. Ally. – Apis.
Generalities
Pink, flat, spreading swelling of the bitten part, with itching, the S. increased so that it was tender on bending wrist, then the S. went up arm, red like erysipelas, with itching, pitting on pressure, leaving a white indentation with crimson areola, aching in wrist, S. (>) warm bathing, the itching by Arnica. Shooting from back and hips down thighs, and in shoulders shooting to hands and fingers, with pricking in skin over region of the pain, the pain (<) l. side; darting S. in arm, neck and chest of r. side. Sharp, corroding, sore feeling or pain here and there, more or less all day. Aching in bones, with feverish state of system and with fulness and Dullness of head; before a snowstorm. A. in aponeurosis and muscles of head, neck, shoulders and back. Discomfort.
Wretched condition, causing gaping and stretching. Indisposed in evening, forgetful, sleepy and tired, much affected on hearing of a threatening evil. Liability to take cold and bad effects from it. Lightness. Agility increased. Dullness in morning, with heaviness and bruised sensation. Indisposition to exercise muscles, they pain when exercised, (<) extensors of legs. Languid feeling in whole system, pain in all limbs, with chills and horripilations along spine. Weakness, with paralyzed feelings in muscles. Powders taken at night have most effect. Aggravation in open air. Symptoms all on r. side. Pains recurred after a slight cold; P. (<) study and sitting quietly, (>) smoking; P. (<) at 10 A.M., when sitting after a walk.
Clinical Articular rheumatism and gout; the rheumatism appears suddenly, with restlessness, but motion aggravates the pain, pain (>) pressure, r. side most affected (Hering).
Mind
Exaltation, desire to run but soon tired, (<) evening; E. almost as from champagne, after pain in vertex had abated till after 9 A.M., with internal coldness as from mint. Very happy during the day, and able to study, everything seemed easy to accomplish; H. changed by trifles to transient despondency. Excitement. Sudden return of mortification and grief. Irritable and low-spirited. Morose in evening, disinclined to work and apprehensive. Very active during the day. Inability to study long at night. Confusion. Unconsciousness. very active during the day. inability to study long at night. confusion. unconsciousness.
Head
Aching all day, (>) combing hair; A. daily from noon till 10 P.M., (<) stooping; in afternoon; in afternoon, with occasional fluttering of heart; with nausea; with vertigo and occasional boring in r. temple and pain in.; at base of cranium, extending upward. (<) temples sick, in afternoon after unusual exertion in garden, with nervous shuddering and vomiting, is subject to these headaches from overfatigue, but this was more severe than usual and was accompanied by shooting neuralgia in temples, which she never had before Confusion. Dullness, with pressure between temples and ears. Stupid feeling, with stiffness of neck. Heaviness, with sensation as if brain were too large and heavy. Congestion, and to chest. Vertigo; in morning when writing after dressing.
Frontal pain from noon till 10 P.M.; over eyes every day from 12, earlier every day and in morning; P. in r., over I. eye; with pricking and itching; heavy; in front of head in afternoon, with occasional shooting from r. temple into head. Lancinations outward in r. temple. Pain in vertex and forward, (<) through temples. Pain in vertex and forehead, (<) through temples. surging in upper part of brain at dinner, Drawing headache on I. side in afternoon,(>) after supper. Tearing in occiput at 10 P.M. headache in r. upper posterior part headache in posterior upper and inner part in morning, (<) drinking coffee and washing with cold water.
Eyes
Pain in morning on waking, (>) washing. Irritation as from sand. Fulness, and in ears, with stinging in ears. Cool burning as if snow were falling on conjunctiva and cornea. Itching of conjunctiva in morning with burning when rubbed. Shooting in I ball at night. Itching of r. outer canthus, with soreness, dimness of vision, sensation of sand in eyes, m lachrymation and soreness of lids. Stitchlike tightening posteriorly and inwardly over I. as if a stick were pressing around something, with burning, then painful Dullness of head, except upper back part, Boring in r. orbit, then pain in I. ear. Pain deep in orbits. Vision misty.
Clinical Rheumatic inflammation of the eyes and its sequelae Leucoma, pterygium, ulcers of the cornea, etc., (Hering).
Ears
Swelling of all surrounding parts, with discomfort, Shooting in I; at 10P.M. sharp twinges of pain in r. in morning in bed (perhaps attributable to ear, extending into temple, with external sensitiveness. Itching deep in I., at times almost painful.
Nose
Sneezing at 9 P.M., with fluent coryza, then sticking in I., side of vertex. Coryza; sudden transient, in evening thin, acrid, nose sore to touch and feels stopped.
Face
Cheeks red and burning in evening. paralyzed feeling in I, side as if everything were hanging loosely. Lower lip dry and cracked. Lips sore at the corners.
Mouth
Periodical tearing in r. upper incisor, with drawing, grumbling soreness and elongated sensation. Pain in a carious tooth, with inflamed gum and swollen cheek. Tongue sore at root. Stinging in palate, (<) eating smoking or touch, extending after two days to tip of tongue. Watery, offensive taste. Long after taste after using fresh and sweet, fat with his meal, changing to a rancid taste.
Throat
Soreness morning on getting up, with earache S., with huskiness. Pain in r. side of pharynx at noon during empty swallowing. Coldness, as from mint-drops. Difficult swallowing at noon, with contracted sensation in oesophagus.
Stomach
Hunger after 9 O’clock. Thirst Eructations of sour wind; of fluid tasting like sour food, causing smarting in mouth and throat. Nausea; after sweat, with vomiting and depression. Cramplike pain in evening., (>) emission of flatus. Pain in shifting to vertex, followed by creeping down back; P. in S. as if something had lodged at cardiac end oppression and weight. Heat in epigastrium, extending over a large space.
Abdomen
Forcible emission of flatus; difficult, scanty emission in morning, then diarrhoea-like urging; fetid, almost putrid F. (had eaten at dinner diarrhoea, with much yawning, then regular stool, the last part of which was thinner and of peculiar odor. Sticking in region of liver; in r hypochondrium,. Pain beneath short ribs; on deep inspiration; in region of spleen; lower umbilical and upper hypogastric regions, (>) after diarrhoea, with tenesmus; in pelvis, from one acetabulum to the other; in hypogastrium, (>) transiently by emission of flatus, then soft stool with heat and burning irritation anus and weak sensation in bowels; in transverse and papescent stoop, then constriction of anus, another stool at 9 A.M., with tenesmus, then constriction of anus. Bruised pain in umbilical region after drinking cold water, extending, across abdomen.
Rectum and Anus
Painful, protruding piles with out constipation. Constriction of anus. Itching of anus at 10 P.M., (>) Scratching; also about a. in afternoon, (>) scratching. Sensation In A. all the evening, as before diarrhoea. Pressure in rectum; (>) in evening, and in bed.
Stool
Scanty, painless diarrhoea twice in morning; once, with rumbling, another stool immediately after inclination to sit at stool and feeling as if mucous membrane were thick and stiff. In two small balls after straining. Twice daily.
Urinary Organs
Urine copious, even at night. Urine like saffron, passed often.
Sexual Organs
Feeling on ascending stairs as if sleep. Hot red swelling of prepuce. Increased secretion under prepuce. Nervous fluctuations in I. half of penis, in region of prostate, with jerking pain. Strong, in morning with increase desire; long lasting, in morning on lying down after urinating; insufficient, during coition. Itching of scrotum. Excitability. Menses eight days to soon scanty and pale, cramplike pain through hip-joint and pelvis the third day, next day scanty and pale again.
Respiratory Organs and Chest
Cough from irritation in larynx with loose expectoration during the day. Sticking in r. side of chest at 4.30 P.M., arresting breath. Pain in chest on full inspiration; P. in lower part of I. breast then of r. at 8 P.M., with chilliness down back and lower limbs; sudden P. in I. lung, then sensation as if I were falling. Warmth in lower part off chest and in abdomen.
Heart and Pulse
Palpitation in afternoon. Heart’s action increased. Pulse 92, irregular.
Neck and Back
Pain in neck in evening, (<) looking up; P. in I. side, sometimes with itching or burning; as if it would break, I. side, when riding in a carriage. jerks along I. side of, spine, in region of ninth rib. Shooting in region of I. scapula from 11.30 to 12 P.M.; S. in I. lumbar region. Acute pain in lower part of scapula at noon. Pain in chest and dorsum of ilium at noon, extending across sacrum with of ilium at noon, extending across sacrum with traction attachment of muscles; P. in sacrum and dorsum of ilia as if muscles were strained and about to be torn from their attachment, at 5 P.M. and after going to be, (<)motion.
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.