Vertigo (Aconite, Gelsemium, Lycopodium, Pulsatilla); in morning; in morning, with nosebleed; in morning soon after rising, till 5 P.M.; in morning on rising, with weakness (Bryonia, Lycopodium, Pulsatilla); in morning, he falls back on the bed as soon as he attempts to stand; in forenoon; at 9 A.M.; at 11 A.M., with stupefaction and weakness, necessity to lie down till 3 A.M. in an uneasy slumber in which she heard everything; at noon when sitting; in afternoon; in evening when standing, with rush of blood to heart; at night on waking; at night when lying on back; at night during sweat, with nausea; on stooping; when walking; on walking in open air (Calcarea, Lycopodium) after supper, she dared not stoop nor look down; when walking on an elevation in the open air, with inability to step firmly and obscuration of senses; on rising from stooping, with weight in head; when sitting, and reeling when standing; with sticking in head; with nausea; with sensation of a fog in head, making him sad, indefinite ideas, with irresolution; then shooting in anus; to falling forward on suddenly rising from a seat; even to falling down, when walking over running water, and all parts seem paralyzed; to falling sideways; to falling sideways when walking in open air, with nausea; sudden, during the day, (<) walking near a declivity; (<) the accustomed beer at night; in attacks when walking, with apprehension on looking in front of her and crawling (“kriebelig”); preventing clear thought; as if he would faint in evening in bed; like obscuration before eyes, when walking, with reeling to the left; like a tingling and buzzing out at forehead, if she walks rapidly or moves her head suddenly.
Forehead. Contraction. Stitches; and above it; in bone; above l. eye; in evening; when walking; in r. half, extending into orbit; in l. side at night before falling asleep, stretching to occiput, (>) pressure; extending outward every day from 11 A.M. till evening; extending outward all day on every step, and on loud talking and coughing necessity to wrinkle the forehead; extending outward so that she must hold it when coughing, and also on loud talking, (<) evening; flying, in l. supraorbital ridge in afternoon; digging, in a spot deep in r. side at night in bed. Tearing; in afternoon, extending into temple, with pain. Boring above root of nose; over l. eye. Digging at night. Pain; in bone; above brows; in r. side; during the day; in morning; in morning on waking and in occiput, in l. side in morning; in l. side in morning after waking, till noon; in l. side in morning, (>) rising; in bone in morning after waking, with boring in r. supraorbital ridge; at 6 A.M., (>) rising and washing; on both sides of sagittal suture at 8 A.M.; deep in l. side after 11 A.M., sometimes increasing to drawing throbbing pain; in sinciput in forenoon, with confusion; till noon, (<) above r. eye; on l. side till noon; about noon, (>) stooping, and in occiput; above l. eye in afternoon; in l. side of cerebrum in afternoon when driving; in bones towards evening; in evening; in l. side in evening; in bones in evening, and in pit of stomach; at 5 P.M. on waking, (>) evening after sneezing, the pain recurred next day at 3 P.M., the following day at 8 P.M., with flying shoots in l. orbit; in l. protuberance on waking before midnight; in l. side at night on waking; in bone at night after waking, with boring; during fever, (>) sweat, with restlessness; during menses, (<) afternoon; in l. side on ascending stairs; at every step, with sweat on forehead; after dinner, and in stomach; (<) motion; (<) forenoon; above eyes, with nausea after eating, then heaviness of head; extending across nasal and malar-bones; on l., then r. side, extending to mastoid process, in morning; sudden, in l. side; sudden, about r. supraorbital arch in forenoon; alternating with pains in joints, in afternoon; now deep in F. then in occiput, alternating with gouty pains through joints of limbs; now in F., now in occiput, in forenoon during rest, alternating with gouty pains in joints; in sinciput as from a band around forehead, with confusion; as from a board; as if screwed together, and over it; over eyes, as from stopped coryza every morning, with sneezing; jerking, above r. eye; stupefying, in afternoon; as after night-watching, changing after a few days to a glowing tearing in r. side of head and teeth, (<) cold; constrictive, in evening, and in temples. Drawing pain towards noon, which after a few minutes alternate with a similar pain in r. wrist; in l. side during heat, with a similar pain now in l. knee, now in l. outer malleolus, now in l. wrist; in r. side alternating with cramplike drawing pain in r. inner malleolus; Sudden, frequent, alternately in r. and l. side and in r. parietal region; throbbing, deep in r. side. Sudden drawing above r. brow; frequent, deep in l.side; D. in F. and temples as if a worm were crawling through them. Tension. Pressure outward; in frontal and cheek-bones in morning on waking, with boring, and after midnight much pain. Weight on getting up, (<) open air and walking, afterwards pulsative pain. Vacancy in sinciput in evening. Confusion, and in temples. Sinciput confused; morning, noon and evening, and heavy; in morning after waking, with vacancy; in forenoon; in evening; in evening when lying; at night, with weight in it and frequent waking; on frequent waking from restless, dreamful sleep, with weight in it; and heavy; as if intoxicated, next day more on l. side.
Temples. Jerking in r. near eat. Sticking; in r.; close to eyes on moving them or looking at anything; flying, in l. in afternoon. Tearing in l. in evening, with drawing; in l. T. and eye, with pressure; intermittent itching, in l. bone in afternoon when walking. Frequent pinching in brain from one T. to the other. Boring, and in ears. Pressure from one to the other in morning after rising. Aching in forenoon; at noon; in evening after reading; on reflection and mental work; with tension in brain; after dinner; periodical, then acute drawing pain; throbbing, in l. at 10 A.M., (<) walking, suddenly (>) 6 P.M.; throbbing, after walking, (<) ascending stairs; cramplike, in r. mastoid process; in morning. Cramplike tensive pain below r. mastoid process; close to r. mastoid process in afternoon during rest, extending into deepest part of bone, then shooting in r. temple; frequently in muscles of mastoid processes during the day. Constriction mornings. Painful turning and crawling. Drawing, and in occiput; D. in l. at 10 A.M.; cramplike, below r. mastoid process. Tenderness.
Vertex. Sticking. Tearing, (>) noon, returned in afternoon in open air, with burning as if raw; R. in evening as if hair would be torn out, it bristles on the most painful spots. Sensitiveness to touch; with boring beneath V.; in spots. Pain; in morning; in morning on waking; at noon, with burning; about noon; towards noon, (<) open air, increasing after dinner to heaviness, (>) evening; in spots in afternoon; in evening; at night, and in lower part of occiput, with pressure on eyes, which he must close, and with chilliness, not (>) covering, offensive sweat and necessity to walk up and down the room; superiorly on chewing, coughing and blowing nose; after dinner, (>) open air, with drawing in occiput, the pain in V. returned on entering the room, (>) sitting awhile; on r. side, with rigor; as from pressure on top of brain; throbbing, in morning; drawing burning, in bone from 1 till 2 A.M., (<) touch; feverish, several mornings and lasting, twelve hours; like tingling, with pain beneath r. ribs from short cough. Intermittent pressure inward deep into brain, (<) late in evening and night in bed, obliging him to wrinkle the forehead and draw eyes together. Tingling superiorly. Heaviness. Confusion.
Sides. Sticking in parietal and occipital bones when coughing; sudden, in r. half of head at night before sleep, with hot cheeks and ears. Thrusts in r. in evening when sitting. Pain in r. half of brain; in one side as if brain were torn or sore, on opening eyes after midday nap; sharp, beneath l. parietal bone after supper; screwing together, in l. Paroxysmal tension in l. parietal bone at 2 A.M., as if skin were too tight and covered with ulcers, with drawing pains in lower third of thigh.
Occiput. Sticking in r. side, with burning; drawing S. in l. side after lying down. Aching in forenoon, with drawing pain; A. from noon on, a stupefying tingling in it on stepping; in evening; at night; at 2 A. M. on waking; (<) pressure; extending into nape in morning after rising, with heaviness; in l. side, as from congestion of blood, after waking; as from an ulcer on coughing; throbbing, in r. half, also at 5 A.M., with pain in l. loin, the former lasted half an hour, the latter (>) rising in bed; burning, beneath bone, (>) afternoon; intermittent burning, in a spot by nape, (<) scratching; tensive, in l. side; drawing, in forenoon, extending to nape; drawing, when chewing. Drawing; and in nape. Weight in morning, with heat. Pulsation in l. side, changing to jerking.
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.