A tincture is made of the fresh leaves and flowers of Sambucus nigra, L.
Generalities and Mind
Dropsical swellings. Most pains occur during rest and disappear during motion, only a few are caused by motion. Starting at things to which he is accustomed. Periodical delirium, saw frightful things on the wall. Fretful.
Head
Aching at night; stupefying A., as in catarrh; stupefying, as from intoxication. Pressure outward to all sides. Vertigo in morning on rising; and (<) forenoon; V. on moving head, with tensive sensation as if water were in it; with obscuration of head. Pain in forehead and sudden painful jerk through brain from one side to other. Tearing in upper part of forehead, with pain streaming down into eye; T. in bone over l. temple on stooping; intermittent, in temples, (<) bones. Pressure outward in temples. Burrowing in vertex. Intermittent tearing stitch through l. half of occiput, with Dullness in the place during the intervals.
Eyes, Ears, Nose and Face
Pupils contracted, then dilated. Sticking in r. ear, with cramplike pain. Itching and crawling in ears and throat, somewhat (>) in throat by tongue. Pressure forward in tip of nose, with heaviness, as if it would bleed. Face flushed. Tensive pain as from swelling in cheek, with numbness. Tension in l. cheek, with gnawing pressure upon upper jaw. Painless pustule, with red areola, on l. side of lower lip.
Clinical Suffocating catarrh in children, with sudden starting up.
Mouth
Tearing in teeth extending into incisors, with stitches, later the pain extended to eye, with sensation as if cheek were swollen, which was not the case. M. and throat sore. Dryness of palate without thirst.
Stomach
Thirst, though drink has not a pleasant taste. Hiccough; during and after eating. Incipient nausea in and below pit of stomach. Vomiting; tinged with blood. Pressure in epigastric region. Sticking just below S. when sitting, (<) pressure.
Abdomen
Rumbling. Spasmodic tearing in muscles in evening after lying down, (<) moving them. Griping; if it leans against a sharp corner; as after taking cold, with emission of flatus. Tormina every half hour. Pain if it presses against anything, with nausea. Bruised feeling internally. Tenderness; and distention. Griping in muscles of r. hypochondrium. Tearing in l. side. Stitches in l. obliques muscle when sitting and standing; S. over l. hip, with rhythmical pulsation.
Stool, Urinary and Sexual Organs
Several thin, slimy stools, with much flatus, then renewed urging, distention of abdomen, pressure in stomach and umbilical region, then no more symptoms. Itching in orifice of urethra. Frequent desire to urinate, with copious discharge; with scanty discharge. Obliged to urinate at night. Micturition in a thin stream. Frequent M. of dark yellow urine. Emission after midnight.
Clinical Urine becomes changed in character and deposits a heavy sediment; Boenninghausen emphasizes the increased watery urine. It is found clinically that the American Sambucus (and also the European) is of great value in acute inflammation of the kidneys, with dropsy, especially for vomiting of bile, distress in stomach after eating. Profuse urine, with dry heat of the skin.
Respiratory Organs and Chest
Hoarseness from much tenacious, glutinous mucus in larynx. Intermittent cutting in front, on third false rib, (<) moving trunk. Cutting griping in last ribs towards spine. Sudden internal clawing in both sides, about fourth rib. Oppression below l. nipple, with stitches; O. beneath sternum, with pressure, and with pressure in pit of stomach and epigastric region, nausea and weakness.
Clinical Suffocative respiration, with stitches in the chest. Laryngismus stridulus, starts up in great suffocation, cannot exhale the breath, face grows purple (compare Chlorine). Croup, with spasm of the glottis, wheezing respiration, (<) after midnight. Violent dry cough, with hoarseness and tough mucus in the larynx, (<) night, Whooping cough, with suffocative spasm, expectoration of tough mucus during the day; cough, (<) after midnight or from lying with the head low.
Pulse
Rapid; and small. Slow; but full.
Neck and Back
Cutting stitches deep in muscles on sides of neck, (<) moving neck. Heaviness in nape, making motion of head difficult. Pain in middle of spine. Sticking outward in inner surface of r. scapula during rest; cutting S. in scapulae during rest; pulsating S. beneath r. scapula when sitting. Cutting thrusts in sacrum, (<) bending forward, with tensive pain. Drawing pressure in sacrum extending to muscles on inside of ilium when standing.
Upper Extremities
Pinching in axilla. Sticking in middle of inner side of upper arm. Upper arm feels as if it would break as soon as he supports himself upon it. Paralytic heaviness of elbows. Sticking in outer condyle of wrist; cutting S. in wrists, rhythmical with pulse, (>) motion. Drawing pain in bones of wrist during rest and along radius. Hands tremble when writing. Tearing in finger-joints.
Lower Extremities
Drawing sticking through anterior muscles of upper part of r. thigh during rest. Tearing around above hip-joint on walking. Cramplike drawing in thigh at insertion of large gluteal muscle when walking. Hamstrings tense and seem too short so that standing is difficult. Deeply piercing sticking in inner side of tibia, somewhat (>) motion. Dead sensation, as if asleep, in middle of r. tibia when standing, with coldness. Weariness of legs when standing, with sensation of a cold wind on them. Tearing in r. external malleolus in evening in bed, and in muscles on side of leg.
Skin
Red spots here and there on cheeks, with burning. Sudden painful drawing over surface of body when sitting. Itching on forehead, (>) rubbing; I. on back of nose, with numbness; on patella, with rough scraping, a sensation as if eruption would break out; sticking, on inner sides of thighs, changing to burning after rubbing.
Sleep
Sleepiness, without sleep. Frequent waking. Restless sleep, on sitting up in bed it seemed as if the symptoms extended downward and she felt easier. Starting out of sleep, with anxiety, suffocation and trembling. Slumber, with half-open, eyes and mouth, on waking could not catch his breath, obliged to sit up, when the breathing was rapid, with whistling in chest, as if he would suffocate, he beat about with his hands, head and hands bluish and puffy, with heat without thirst, when the attacks came on he cried out, aggravation at night, from 12 till 4. Dreams; vivid, unremembered; lascivious, with emission.
Fever
Chilliness, with warmth of face; C. creeping over whole body, (<) hands and feet, which are cold to touch, though the latter may be warmly wrapped up; shaking, before sleep. Shivering in attacks; S. over whole body, (<) from feet to knees, with sticking crawling here and there and cold hands and feet. Cold feet; with internal heat in face, without thirst; hands; fingers, with crawling in them.
Heat; when walking; soon after lying down, without thirst; in flushes in afternoon, after half an hour sweat on face. Dry heat; with dread of uncovering, it seems as if he would take cold and have colic. External H., (<) palms and soles; E., without thirst. Heat in head and neck; flushing, in face. Orgasm of blood in evening after lying down, with trembling sensation.
Sweat when awake from 7 P.M. till 1 A.M., without thirst, after sleep he was more hot than sweaty, without thirst; S. at night waking; after midnight, but not on head; first on face, several hours after the dry heat had disappeared.
Clinical The suppression of the ordinary perspiration during sleep is very marked; the skin becomes perfectly dry and burning when the patient falls asleep, but he breaks into profuse sweat immediately on waking.
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.