A tincture is prepared by dissolving one part of camphor gum in nine parts of Alcohol.
General Action
It produces violent convulsions, hysterical and epileptiform, delirium, and various phases of nervous excitement. It also produces coldness of the body and profound collapse, with feeble pulse.
Allies-Cuprum, Terebintha, Secale-c., Arsenicum, Verat-a., Carbo-v., Opium, Hyosc., Stramonium, Alcohol.
Generalities
Emaciation. Distention of veins. Inflammations. Drunken appearance. Symptoms like delirium tremens, optical delusions, fright, screams, hideous sights, and burying his head in pillow (Stramon., Hyosc.). Hysterical. Falling down insensible. Convulsions; in children; with loss of consciousness; with disordered expression of face and livid aspect; violent, especially of hands and feet. Clonic convulsive movements. Convulsive circular motion (rotation of arms).
Subsultus tendinum (Arsenicum, Cuprum, Opium, Terebintha, Veratrum, Alcohol) and insensibility. Epileptic fit; in which his tongue was badly bitten. Several times the body curled itself up into a ball and projected itself out again with great activity. Froth oozing from mouth, constant chewing motions, twitching of head, cold sweat on face which was bluish or purple cadaverous and distorted, twitching of occipito-frontalis muscle, orbicularis oris rigidly drawn to left, masseter so contracted that the jaw could not be depressed.
Flung himself back on the bed, with dreadful shrieks, fell into strong convulsions, foamed at the mouth, stared wildly, endeavored to lay hold of and tear everything in his reach, then a calm similar to fainting with this difference only, the skin was florid, lost all remembrance of past actions and knowledge of present objects, then slowly began to recover both, though in a manner so amazing that his business connections and everything of the same nature which he had entirely forgotten, at their first occurrence startled his mind as if he had never been acquainted with them before, but after he knew all the family he did not recollect the use of the furniture in the room, and every object appeared as strange as if he had only that moment begun his existence.
He rubs his forehead, head, chest and other parts, leans against something, senses leaves him, he slides and falls, stretched out stiff, shoulders bent backward, arms at first bent outward and somewhat clenched, fingers spread apart, then stiffness of all parts, with head bent to one side, lower jaw open, stiff, lips drawn inward, gnashing of teeth, eyes closed, twitching of facial muscles, cold all over, without breathing. Giddy, lost self- control, talked incoherently and excitedly, ran up-stairs and fell on the floor in convulsions, face and neck dusky, foam flying from his mouth, pulse full and pupils dilated.
Convulsions in which opisthotonos was considerable, whole surface red, eyeballs injected and prominent for an instant, then eyes forcibly closed, loud moaning, grinding of teeth and blowing of bloody saliva through closed teeth, then after half an hour the opisthotonos gave place to rapid rolling over and over, now this way, now that, sometimes burying face in bed so that breathing was difficult.
Opisthotonos (Terebintha, Cuprum), head thrown back, rotated to left, jaws locked, mouth drawn to left, with twitchings. Stiffness and early stage of opisthotonos. Cataleptic rigidity, with unconsciousness, then relaxed sinking down so that he could scarcely be held right, then vomiting, then return of consciousness. Trembling (Stramonium, Cuprum); (>) cold bathing of face and hands. Easily started when awake, with throbbings.
Tearing stitches here and there, in joints. Rheumatic stitches in all muscles, especially between shoulders. Pain in periosteum of all bones. Nervous drawings, with something like shivering. General oppression. Soreness and rigidity over whole body as after severe exercise or exposure to cold. Trembling sensation. Dry feeling in and over body, especially on head and in bronchial tubes. General discomfort. Restlessness; at night (Ars); constant walking about the room. Excitement of nervous system, especially in skin and muscles. Feeling at night as if he could fly or as if he were drawn into the air in spite of himself. Increase of muscular strength.
Relaxation of whole body, with heaviness; paralytic R. of muscles. Weakness; after stool, with general sweat; on waking from a sound sleep; after sweat during sleep; compared to the stillness of the wind with heaviness. Listlessness. Faintness; on rising to walk; with shivering and numbness. Deathlike sensation. Susceptibility to external impressions diminished in skin and muscles. Partial paralysis. Insensibility to touch. Aggravation of pains in evening; A. during motion. Most of the pains at first only during partial attention (so tearing in various parts only when falling asleep) (>), especially the headache, by paying attention to them, afterwards aggravation when paying strict attention to himself. Amelioration of symptoms from profuse sweat.
Clinical It may be given to new-born children who have been asphyxiated and who have spasms in consequence. Great coldness of the surface of the body, rapid sinking of strength sometimes with delirium or convulsions. General feeling of soreness as if beaten. Spasms, especially in children. Effects of shocks from injuries, coldness of surface of body, etc. Consequences of suppressed eruptions in scarlet fever, and especially in measles; the skin is blue and cold. It may be used as an antidote to irritant poisons; for the effects of poisonous insects, tobacco, mushrooms, etc. It is used, as a rule, in prostration occurring suddenly and increasing rapidly.
Mind
Delirium; at night; with somnolency and small languishing pulse; but when spoken to gave rational answers; active; furious, being with difficulty restrained in bed. Stripped himself, danced wildly and tried to jump out of the window (Hyosc.). Felt as if he ought to kill someone (not any of his own family) when in the street. Strange and wild gestures and conversation. Wild talk, constant repetition of same sentence. Talked irrationally and undertook absurd things. Incoherent muttering.
Exact ideas of time were lost, everything seemed new, thought he was higher than the houses and suffered at the thought of the disadvantages of his height, felt better by striking himself on the head, finally fell into a mechanical state of existence, was contented with everything, would talk and realize what was said, but had no interest or continued memory of events, on greeting his family on his return from the asylum he was thrown into a trance, in which he could not talk or act, but fully realized what was said or done about him, afterwards from excitement he had another trance and came out of it weak and trembling, for a long time he was conscious of an unstable brain, which seemed balanced on a slight point, likely at any moment to be turned over, fragments of conversation whirled through his mind, and at times his surroundings were all perverted, he would walk about and not know what he was, he was somnambulistic.
Screaming loudly ” I shan’t faint, for it I do I will have fits and never come out of them.” Howled, leaped from bed, apparently in great agony and bent on something desperate. The child creeps into a corner, howls, cries and thinks he has been insulted and scolded. Crying for he knew not want when at work and when walking.
Anxiety. Fear (<) in the dark. Dread of being alone in the dark (Stramonium). Dread of being drawn upward. Fear of the mirrors in the room, lest he should see himself in them, he would have gotten up and broken them only he was more afraid to get up alone in the dark. Vague sense of impending danger, (>) walking rapidly until he perspired. Cheerful talk relieved him, vexed by want of sympathy, afraid to be alone a moment (Arsenicum), wanted to think he was well, always asking his father about it, wanted to be with his father, fearing death. Imagined he would get yellow fever, etc. Indescribable wretchedness. Agitation. Haste. Sadness, ill humor. Irritability; in children. Fretfulness at night, with anxiety and frightful visions. Desirous to dispute and self- willed. Jealousy. Aversion to all external objects. Indolence; during the chill, with depressed disposition. Indifference. Exhilaration.
Thoughts quickly followed one another, but he could not fix attention upon any of them, and he lost consciousness of his personality, after vomiting consciousness returned, but distraction, forgetfulness and crowding of ideas returned, timed seemed very long and full of events which he could not remember, impressions received by sight were evanescent, finally oppressive warmth spread through head and body, he lost consciousness and fell down, face flushed, slow breathing, convulsive movements, on waking he had to make persistent efforts to recover consciousness of his personality and knowledge of his surroundings.
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.