Heart
Sticking in praecordial region in evening; in forenoon, (<) inspiration. Pressure. Feeling as if a hard substance extended from praecordial region to pit of stomach after dinner, with constriction in stomach. Painful cracking during the day. Palpitation on ascending stairs; waking her at night when lying on l. side; so that she could not lie upon the side (Natrum mur.); from slight cause; when sitting if his attention was directed to anything, and in evening when lying; and bellows sound; anxious, on stooping; anxious, when writing, with pain in forehead and confusion in head.
Clinical Palpitation and violent beating of the heart, after eating or with general dyspeptic symptoms, especially acidity.
Neck
Cracking in vertebrae on moving head. Sticking in nape; frequently in evening. Tearing in muscles of nape in forenoon; sticking, in r. side in afternoon and next forenoon; sudden drawing, in nape, causing stiffness, (<) moving head. Drawing pain in nape when reading, causing ill humor and impatience. Spasmodic drawing in nape, making motion of head difficult. Tension in nape when sitting and walking, (<) moving head. Stiffness; and lameness. On swallowing she feels in nape the movements of pharynx.
Back
Sticking in l. side; s. at 3 A.M., (>) rising, with burning, then sensitiveness and sensation as if beaten; preventing sleep all night, and she cannot lie long upon either side. Aching; (<) night, speaking and deep breathing, she could lie only on side; sore. Bruised pain; extending into nape of evening after lying down; waking at midnight, (>) towards morning, she dared not turn over. Tensive pain at night and after dinner. Tension in afternoon on sitting bent, (>) stretching; T. and drawing extending into anus in jerks, when sitting and lying, and ending with a stitch.
Scapulae – Sticking on r. after dinner; beneath l., with pain and sensitiveness to pressure; below l., extending through l. chest and to r. side, in evening; between S., then in whole back in evening and all next day, (<) inspiration, and on moving trunk tension over back, (>) walking. Tearing between S. and in l. shoulder. Boring in tip of l., felt as far as end of r. ensiform cartilage. Gnawing between S. Paralytic pain between S. and in nape in morning. Tension between S., with drawing pain; T. between S. on taking off the coat in open air, with drawing and with sensitiveness to wind.
Lumbar Region – Sticking in r. in afternoon, when bending towards the left, then griping in upper abdomen; S. when sitting, with pain, lightning-like, above small of back, so that he cannot move in evening. Cutting, burning and scraping. Pain after walking; P. during menses, (>) night; so that stooping or becoming erect was almost impossible; jerking, starting from it, on lifting anything heavy, then weakness in the vicinity; sudden, like a heaviness, in forenoon when sitting, (>) moving; bruised, in forenoon and for a still longer time; sore; sore, internally, extending towards abdomen. Drawing in lower part of back as from incarcerated flatus.
Extremities
Jerking; in joints, or a jerking sensation. Tearing and bruised sensation; T. more than sticking in joints, (<) evening on lying down and often waking at night. Uneasiness of arms and legs in evening, with stretching. Drawing in joints, and after waking paralyzed feeling. Lameness in morning on waking. Weakness.
Upper Extremities
Shoulder. Sticking; and itching; in l. joint, then tearing along outer surface into elbow, thence along inner surface to middle of fore arm, first (<), then (>) motion, then weak feeling in arm. Tearing; in l.; and in elbows and wrists; intermittent; in l. joint, often extending along outer surface of arm to little finger, first (<), then (>) motion. Pain on l., (>) pressure, but returning; in joint, so, that she could not raise arm; bruised; in joints; drawing, in r. joint.
Arm – Twitching during the day. Tearing in r., (<) shoulder; in r., extending into wrist, (<) rest; in r., extending into finger, at night during sweat, (>) rising, with weakness. Heaviness; of r., so that she could not raise it. Stiffness, she could not raise
it.
Upper Arm – Tearing posteriorly in humerus, above l. elbow; in r. at 3 A.M., and in little fingers, wherewith they fell asleep, whereupon she woke, (>) rubbing, but returning, (>) rising; in l. deltoid in forenoon when standing; in r. deltoid, (>) rubbing. Pinching in flesh, (>) rubbing. Griping in l. humerus, extending to skin, at noon on taking off coat, without being heated, with burrowing, ending in skin as a burning pain. Pain in r. so that he cannot raise it. Bruised pain in muscles of l. and in pectoral muscles, on touch and motion of arm.
Elbow – Tearing from tip of l. into bend; from r. into two smaller fingers; from l. to little finger. Drawing pain in evening on lying down.
Forearm – Twitching below bend of l. elbow. Sticking in r. Cramplike pain in outer side of r. Sprained pain in r. Drawing tension in tendons on inner surface of l., extending from wrist to four inches above it.
Wrist – Jerking in r., or jerking sensation. Boring in r. pisiform bone in morning in bed, (<) lying or pressing upon it.
Hand – Swollen in afternoon. Jerking, (<) taking hold of anything; painful J. on back of r. in morning. Trembling in afternoon, (<) next morning. Tearing in metacarpal bone of r. index in evening; drawing, in metacarpal bone of r. ring finger in open air. Boring in metacarpal bones at 10 P.M. in bed; in metacarpal bone of r. thumb, then in ulna and radius. Pain in back of r. as if tendons were tight, (>) pressure; P. between l. ring and middle fingers as if tendons had been torn, on holding a vessel high up. Painful drawing in ball of r., often when writing, first (<), then (>) pressure, but returning, and on moving hand tension extending into forearm and sensitiveness, (>) stretching hand and arm. Sensitiveness of palms and (<) tips of fingers, on stroking or rubbing anything, with heat in them. Falling asleep of l. at 4 A.M., though it was not lain upon.
Fingers – Inflammation of l., then a vesicle. Jerking in l. thumb; on inner surface of r. thumb, (>)rubbing, with crawling. sticking above r. thumb nail; in tip of index; in tip of r. index in evening; in r. ring, with twitching; in r. ring, as if a needle were stuck through the skin that was raised up. Tearing anteriorly towards tip of l. little; on backs of all r., and in elbow, (>) rubbing; from middle of l. ring towards last joint; in little, as if it would be torn out; cramplike, in l. index, with flexion. Jerking sensation in joints. Tensive drawing between phalanges of l. in forenoon, extending above wrist, usually (>) motion. Painful throbbing between middle and last joint of l. ring. Swollen feeling in morning. Crawling in middle joint of r. thumb as if it would go to sleep in afternoon.
Lower Extremities
Unsteadiness when walking, stumbling, slipping. OEdema. Tearing extending up and down, (<) knees and ankles. Tension when sitting and walking. Uneasiness at night. Weakness. Heaviness; when sitting; and bruised sensation.
Hip. – Paroxysmal sticking forward through r. on walking, (>) standing and bending over. Tearing in r. in forenoon during menses, with bruised pain; T. in l. in forenoon on cessation of pain in back, (>) motion, with sticking; in l. in evening after lying down. Bruised pain in l. in afternoon on rising from a seat, (>) walking. Drawing in flesh in region of r., with pressure.
Thigh – Sudden jerking as if a worm were crawling over it; J. in l. natis when sitting. Sticking in l. thigh, tibia and knee from morning on rising till afternoon; through r. in afternoon when walking. Tearing in l. extending into keen in afternoon; in l. natis in evening when standing, (>) sitting; in middle, along outer surface of middle of leg, in evening when standing; intermittent cramplike, in outer side of r., close to knee. Bruised pain in anterior muscles as if flesh were loose, on walking and touch. Burning pain in cord between nates and thighs, as after a violent horseback ride, when the clothes form a fold and rub against it. Jerking sensation down r. Weary pain; in middle in morning, with general weakness.
Knee – Boring in r. patella in forenoon. Tearing in r. at night in bed, (>) wrapping with warm clothes. Sticking drawing in r. in evening. Pain in hollow on motion; acute, in r. on stepping; sprained, in r. in forenoon when walking; bruised.
Leg – Cramp in calf in morning on stretching leg in bed. Twitching in calves in forenoon when sitting. Tearing in lower ends, and in forepart of feet; in r. tibia, extending into great toe, in which there is crawling as if it would fall asleep, in afternoon; in calves in afternoon, then in thighs. Pinching in calf on moving foot after walking, with tension as if too short. Boring in tibia in evening when sitting, (>) walking. Drawing pain around leg above malleolus. Drawing in r. in evening; in r. from knee to foot, with uneasiness in it; Cramplike, down tibia; pressive in l. calf, (<) walking. Uneasiness in l. leg and foot at night. Weariness in afternoon.
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.