Coryza. C. (<) afternoon when walking; C., with heat in head, burning in eyes and cold limbs; in morning on waking, after an hour pain in frontal sinuses, vertigo, fulness in chest, hands and feet cold and sweaty, sensation in tendo-achillis as after a long walk, then tension in tonsils extending into parotids and lower jaws, the secretion of nose ceased and inner margin seemed covered with dry mucus, next night violent coryza, and in morning bloody secretion from nose, then drawing pain in tensor fasciae latae (tensor vaginae femoris) of r. thigh, (<) crest of ilium, then tension in fifth and sixth dorsal vertebrae, towards noon when walking cramplike pain above l. internal malleolus, in evening prickling in upper lip, next day coryza affected upper lip, bronchi and Eustachian tubes, pain in ears, ear-wax increased, on the seventh afternoon headache, with full, hard pulse, C. (>) that evening by dancing. Violent, with swelling of nose (Phosphorus); V., with catarrhal headache. Stopped; at night, so that he could not get his breath; with burning in forehead and confusion in head, so that eyes were drawn together, with thirst and heat at night so that she could sleep but little. Fluent; in morning before rising, after an hour dryness of nose; with sticking in head and pain in eyes; with redness of eyes, lachrymation, flushes of heat in face and yawning; with cough; with pressure on chest; with shivering after dinner and cold hands and feet. Watery; then stoppage of nose. With acrid discharge. With offensive discharge from l. nostril, which is internally ulcerated (Silicea, Aurum, K-bi.). Trickling from nose. Hardened mucus in nose. Blowing out of bloody mucus (Aurum, K-bi., etc.). Agglutination of nostrils in morning, afterwards much mucus and coagulated blood.
Sneezing; for half an hour every morning; with catarrh; without catarrh; violent, at 5 A.M., then burning in eyes, dim vision, lachrymation and discharge of hot mucus from nose. Bleeding; at 2 P.M., for three days; then frequent blowing out of blood; blowing out of clotted blood; from a small wound in N. in evening, when walking. Smell acute; even the odor of hyacinths causes nausea; lost. Odor of crabs in nose on expectoration.
Clinical Influenza, with stoppage of the nose, sometimes excoriating. Stoppage of the nose, when Lycopodium symptoms are associated with a feeling of dryness posteriorly or with scanty excoriating discharge anteriorly, it is not only valuable in chronic catarrhs, but is too frequently overlooked in acute coryzas. Stoppage of nose in diphtheria. Polypus of nose. Fanlike motion of wings of nose in pneumonia.
Face
Yellowish-gray. Yellow (Sepia, Chelidonium); pale; pale, and puffy. Pale in morning, and sunken; P. (<) towards evening; and sickly color; and emaciated; and pinched. Red in morning; cheeks R. after eating, then pale; after eating, with burning; and puffy, full of dark red spots covered with pustules. Frequent changes of color. Swelling of cheeks; of r., with pain (preceded by ulceration of root of a r. molar). Drawn first in length, then in breadth; lines are D., (<) after supper. Jerking of muscles of cheeks. Necessity to distort the muscles after the excessive good humor. Tearing; in cheeks; in r. cheek; in cheek-bone under l. eye; in r. cheek, extending over vertex to occiput; extending from face through r. side of neck down arm to fingers. Pain in l. side on touch. Drawing, (<) sneezing.
Jaws. Hard swelling on angle of lower, with heat in head. Lower pushed now forward, now backward. Tearing in upper; r. upper; in l. ramus of lower in forenoon, extending to l. temple; paroxysmal, now in r., now in l. Boring in swollen glands of lower. Jerking pain in lower in evening. Drawing pain in lower, (<) talking and eating, with heaviness in glands under it as from swelling, and throbbing. Drawing. Pressure backward on r. side of lower.
Lips. Swelling in morning; S. of r. half of lower; of upper, at last with evening fever, first chill, then heat in face, hands and feet, uneasy sleep and nightsweat; of upper, with swelling of gum above incisors. Inflammation of upper, with a pimple on it. Eruption on margins, with cutting on moving or touching lips. Itching pimples on upper. Ulcer on red of lower (Sulphur). White blister on inside of upper, with burning pain when quiet, (>) eating. Sore spot on lower. Soreness in corner. Pale. L. corner drawn outward, then r. Muscles of lips and cheeks draw together and make mouth pointed, then broad distention of mouth. Drawing in upper in forenoon. Stick together in morning. Stitches in region of r. corner. Ulcerative pain in corners. Dryness in morning. Prickling in upper in evening.
Mouth
Teeth. Yellow (Iodium, N. ac.). Looseness; of some incisors; of two l. lower incisors, with easy bleeding of gum. Bleeding. Sharp, especially broken ones. Involuntary gnashing and biting. Jerks in r. upper molars. Sticking in a r. upper molar; in upper molar after eating, with burrowing; in hollow T., with bubbling and boring; now in upper, now in lower, with drawing, preventing sleep in evening; in slow succession in hollow, (>) warmth of bed. Tearing in hollow. Boring in crown; (drawing, in hollow, with bleeding of gum.). Aching; in l. lower; in sound third r. molar in evening; only at night, and when it ceases in morning excitement and uneasiness preventing sleep; on chewing; on touch and when coughing; in l. eye-tooth on going into open air; with swelling of gum; with ulcer on root of third r. upper carious molar; with periodic tearing in limbs, so that she must constantly bite teeth together; as if suppurating when chewing and on touch, with sensitiveness; in a sound T. when eating, as if too long; as if too blunt. Cramplike pain; drawing, (>) warm drinks. Pain as if crushed in a hollow T., extending into temples; pain as if C. in a lower molar, (<) biting. Throbbing pain nights; T. pain after eating; with swelling of gum; with pinching. Drawing pain in a r. lower molar; (D. pain (<) cold and warmth); (sometimes in r., sometimes in l., at first extending to ears, at times to temples, with sensitiveness of scalp above l. ear, (<) touch, over a fortnight after a dose of 30th dilution, during which time he had drunk coffee and wine); tearing, in l. lower molars. Sensation as if l. upper molars would be forced out. Sensitive sharpness of incisors when chewing bread, as if sore, with cold hands.
Gums. Blue. Swelling preventing opening of mouth. Profuse bleeding when cleaning teeth (Iodium, Mercurius, etc.). Boil. Fistula in space where there was a stump, with swelling. (Ulcer between gum and lip opposite r. eye-tooth). Tearing in G. and roots of l. lower incisors. Pain and heat; jerking P. in lower in afternoon. Prickling and sticking in l. G. and cheek.
Tongue. Coated; in morning, with bad taste; during menstruation, with acidity in mouth; white (Bryonia, Ant. cr.); white in morning; white in morning, with sensation as if raw and rough. White, with prominent papillae. Yellow. Swollen; in places, and painful, so that it hinders speech. Pimples. Vesicles on tip (Nat., Sul.); which is painful as if sore and burnt. Tip covered with red warts, which burn on touch, and near tip a flat, oval ulcer. Ulcer under T., troublesome on eating and talking. Protrudes involuntarily from mouth and back and forth between lips. Strikes involuntarily now between upper lip and upper teeth, now between lower lip and lower teeth. Involuntary clashing, whereby the tone is changed when pronouncing A and O. Soreness; with pain on chewing dry bread. Burning, and of mucous membrane of mouth; B. as after much smoking (he had not smoked because he had lost all inclination therefore. Stammering of the last words of a sentence, as if tongue were affected by a peculiar cramp.
Mouth in General. Swellings here and there; S. between upper gum and malar-bone, with swelling of cheek and prickling sticking. Mucus; in morning; in morning after waking, tongue sticks to palate and teeth stick together; coating of bloody M. posteriorly. Crawling tearing posteriorly in upper part of palate. Soreness. Roughness. Sensitiveness as if burnt. Heat; in palate and throat in morning; in M. and tongue at breakfast; and at breakfast dry bread causes sore pain on tongue and palate of mucous membrane, with sensitiveness, and when chewing bread it is torn and sore in places. Laxity, with heaviness of tongue. Numbness of M. and tongue. Dryness; in morning; of M. and throat in morning, then hawking of mucus; of M. and throat in morning, then expectoration of tenacious, thick, yellowish mucus; at breakfast; of M. and throat only in evening in bed and at night, without thirst; without thirst; with acidity; dry feeling, with salivation; glutinous, Bad odor; in morning on waking.
Salivation, in morning; mornings, with nausea; in forenoon when writing; in evening; from sublingual glands; form submaxillary glands; (<) from submaxillary glands, with tension in submaxillary region, which was sensitive to touch, next day pressure upon the glands increased the secretion, with drawing and tension in glands; salty; metallic-tasting; watery, acid. Forepart of mouth watery after supper, but back part in fauces dry. Saliva dries on palate and lips to a tenacious mucus. Saliva runs from mouth at night in sleep. (Spitting of yellow saliva in morning fasting.).
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.