Codeinum


Codeinum homeopathy medicine – drug proving symptoms from Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica by TF Allen, published in 1874. It has contributions from R Hughes, C Hering, C Dunham, and A Lippe….


Introduction.

One of the alkaloids contained in opium; formula, C18 H21 NO3.

Preparation: Triturations.

Mind.

Emotional.

Mental excitement, as after spirituous liquors. Great exhilaration of spirits. Great mental exhilaration, resembling that produced by alcoholic stimulants. Slightly delirious at night. After large doses, gayety, tranquillity, and sleep, accompanied by dreams are usually experienced. Unusual gayety.

Felt “uncommonly jolly,” as if up to anything (after half an hour). Agreeable thoughts and fancies. Depression of spirits, with dull headache. After attenuated doses, depression of spirits, with great desire to sleep, which is accompanied by frightful dreams, and dull headache in the morning on waking.

Intellectual.

On waking from a Codeine sleep, the intellect is clear, the spirits are elevated, and the countenance is bright and animated.

Increased capacity for mental effort. Unusual facility for concentrating the mind upon any topic. After the third attenuation, the mind became inactive and listless, so that the most interesting subjects received no attention. Diminished power of fixing the attention. Inability to perform mental labor.

Inability to concentrate the mind. Inability to apply the mind, or to remain quiet in the house. Sluggish association of ideas.

In the afternoon and evening the prover is dull, stupid, and quite indisposed to exert himself. Felt very bewildered (after two hours). Stupor did not easily disappear on waking.

Head.

Confusion and Vertigo.

Confusion of the head. Confusion and heat of the head. Dizziness in the head during the afternoon. Dizziness on blowing the nose.

Dizziness on blowing the nose, and bright sparks wherever the prover looks. Felt the room going round with him (after two hours). When closing the eyes, objects appear to turn round.

General Head.

Dull headache in the morning, which gradually diminishes until noon, when it disappears. Dull headache soon after getting up in the morning, worse on the left side, and lasting about two hours. Dull headache, with dry lips, causing a continual desire to moisten them. Strong pulsations in the head and in the carotid arteries.

Temples.

Sensation of pressure in the temporal and frontal regions.

Pulsating pain in the right temple, in the afternoon.

Eye.

Membranes of the eyes slightly injected (after two hours).

Burning sensation in the eyes, worse in the left eye.

Lids.

Aggravation of habitual twitching of the left eyelid, but followed in two weeks by a cure. (* This prover (Hoffmann) had long been affected with involuntary twitchings of the left eyelid, recurring frequently through the day, each paroxysm lasting about three minutes, and sometimes relieved by rubbing the part. The aggravation occurred after the prover had taken several doses daily of the 1st trituration, for a period of several days. From this time the spasmodic action gradually diminished, and ceased entirely at the end of about two weeks. Another case of involuntary twitching of both eyelids, occurring whenever the lad attempted to read or write, was cured in four weeks by the 5th dilution, administered every morning and evening.*) Ball.

Sclerotic a little injected (after three hours).

Pupil.

Dilatation of pupils. Pupils contracted. Pupils slightly contracted (after four hours). Contraction of the pupil from one seventh to one eighth.

Vision.

Weakness of vision. Suddenly, his sight failed him (after two hours). On beginning to write, did not see the letters distinctly (after two hours). Sparks float before the eyes on stooping. On blowing the nose, bright sparks before the eyes.

Ear.

Stoppage of the ears.

Ringing in the ears.

Nose.

Mucous discharge from the nose with irritation of the Schneiderian membrane. Entire loss of smell (after many doses of the 1st trituration), which continued for three days, and then gradually became restored again. The patient was unable to distinguish strong musk from water.

Face.

Expression of the face animated, rosy and gay or dull and stupid.

Terrified look (after four hours). Exceedingly pale (after four hours). Lips dry and parched, causing a constant inclination to moisten them.

Mouth.

Anterior part of tongue dry (after three hours). Anterior part of tongue and hard palate a little dry (after two hours). Dryness of the mouth, with thirst for beer. Salivation. Knew he met two ladies, recognized their voices, but could not speak to them (after two hours).

Throat.

Strong pulsations in both carotids. Tickling sensation in the throat, in the afternoon and evening.

Stomach.

Thirst.

Great thirst. Great thirst, with a particular desire for bitter substances.

Eructation.

Frequent eructations.

Nausea and Vomiting.

Nausea. Nausea and vomiting. Nausea and vomiting (from several doses of 1 grain of the alkaloid). Feeling a little qualmish (after two hours); nausea continued an hour.

Inclination to vomit. Felt “sick as death” (after four hours).

On attempting to move, began to retch violently (after four hours).

Frequent vomiting.

Stomach.

Pains in the stomach. Acute pains in the stomach, with empty eructations (from attenuated doses). Violent pain in the stomach. Tenderness in the stomach, with violent pulsations of the heart and carotid arteries. After a dose of 1 to 2 grains, a gentle and agreeable glow is usually experienced in the stomach, followed in some instances by nausea. If these doses be repeated at intervals of four hours, the appetite will become extinct, and not infrequently vomitings will occur. In an attenuated form, after the doses have been repeated many times, it gives rise to mild paroxysms of neuralgic pains in the stomach and bowels.

Abdomen.

Uncommon sense of tonicity in the abdomen. Some diminution of the normal peristaltic action. Dull pains throughout the entire abdomen, accompanied by perceptible pulsations, and acceleration of circulation and respiration. Steady dull pains in the transverse colon, relieved by gentle pressure. In the morning, great tenderness of the abdomen, which extends to the epigastrium and to the right and left lung. Extreme tenderness of the lower part of the abdomen in the morning.

Stool.

Diarrhoea.

Purging in two or three cases.

Constipation.

Repeated doses of the lower attenuations produce constipation, tenderness of the bowels, especially of the transverse and descending colon, and some flatulence.

Urinary Organs.

Bladder.

In small and repeated doses, it diminishes the power of retention, and reduces the neck of the bladder to a condition of semi paralysis.

Micturition.

Its primary effect is to increase the urinary secretion, and to render it lighter in color; but this is followed by a reaction which reduces it in quantity below the natural standard.

In a few instances, it has increased the urinary secretion and rendered it lighter in color. After a prolonged effort, passed nearly 2 ounces of urine; it is probable that the bladder was not completely emptied (after two hours).

Urine.

The urine previously saccharine (sp. gr. 1038), contained no trace of sugar (sp. gr. 1018).

Sexual Organs.

Increase of sexual power (primary effect) followed by lack of power for several weeks (secondary effects). Lascivious thoughts, causing frequent erections, day and night. Sexual excitement, during the night, leading to nocturnal pollutions.

Respiratory Organs.

Larynx.

Tickling in the larynx, which causes a cough.

Voice.

Voice reduced to a whisper (after four hours).

Cough.

Short and irritating cough, worse during the night.

Troublesome cough, with copious mucous and sometimes purulent expectoration. Morning cough, with soreness and stitching pains.

Respiration.

Respiration before exper. 19; after two hours and a half 18.

Chest.

Fullness and oppression of the chest. Severe pain in the chest and shoulder, on motion.

Front.

Sore feeling in the sternal region.

Sides.

Drooping sensation below the left clavicle. Sharp pain in the right lung, on inspiration. Stitching pains in the left lung on breathing.

Heart and Pulse.

Precordium.

Uneasy feeling about the heart. Drawing pain around the heart, which beats loud and full, causing the prover to feel very uneasy. Fluttering and oppression in the region of the heart, with great desire to walk in the open air.

Heart’s Action.

Painful pulsations of the heart, when attempting to study or to write.

Pulse.

Accelerated pulse. Acceleration of the pulse fifteen beats.

Pulse accelerated eight beats (after one hour), accelerated four beats (after four hours), (after 2 grains, subcutaneously). Pulse accelerated fifteen beats, fuller and stronger (after one hour).

Diminution of the pulse eighteen beats within four hours.

Diminished frequency of the pulse (in the prover), diminished twenty eight beats during the first four hours. His pulse was 56, the surface was cool, the face pale, the pupils much contracted, the next morning. Before exper., pulse 74; after one hour, 68; after two hours, 64. Pulse very small and weak. Pulse at wrist scarcely perceptible (after four hours).

Neck and Back.

Neck.

Convulsions in the muscles of the neck. Convulsive movements of the muscles of the back of the neck. Painful spasmodic twitchings of the muscles of the neck. Neuralgic pains, extending from the occiput down to the back of the neck. Painful pulsations in the left side of the neck.

TF Allen
Dr. Timothy Field Allen, M.D. ( 1837 - 1902)

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.