General Action
An active cathartic; causes inflammation of the intestinal canal, affecting chiefly the duodenum and rectum. Congestion of the liver, and an increased secretion of bile. Dysentery; prolapsus of the rectum. Inflammation of the uterus and right ovary.
Generalities
Faintness a sensation of emptiness after stool. General aggravation from 2 to 4 A.M.
Head
Dull headache, with dim vision.
Mouth
Tongue white, with much sticky mucus in the mouth.
Throat
Soreness; pain, extending to the ears. Dryness.
Stomach
Nausea, with acidity. Vomiting of the contents of he stomach and of bile, at time mixed with blood, or of hot frothy mucus.
Abdomen
Flatulent symptoms. Heat and pain, especially in the transverse colon, followed by diarrhoea.
Rectum and Anus
Hemorrhoids, internal and external. Prolapsus of the rectum. Diarrhoea (<)early in the morning, either painless or preceded by colic, with heat and pain in the anus. Evacuation yellow, undigested or green, at times mixed with mucus (<)immediately after eating and drinking. Dysenteric stools, with prolapsus of the rectum. Evacuation followed by faintness and a feeling of emptiness in the stomach and abdomen. Sensation f prolapsus of the uterus, with pain in the sacrum; flatulence, and numerous abdominal symptoms. Pain and soreness in the right ovary; pains extend up and down.
Back
Pain under the right scapula, in the sacral region, with dragging in the uterus and rectum.
Sleep
Overcome with sleep in the day time, but restless the fore part of the night.
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.