General Action
Produces symptoms of a uric acid diathesis; pains in joints and tendons; great change in the quality of the urine.
Generalities
Tearing, stitching pains, especially in the great toe joints. Pains, shifting from place to place. General weariness.
Stool
Diarrhoea, offensive, light colored, of a pungent, urinous odor; stools like soapsuds, very copious, odor is similar to that of the urine, which is dark and of very strong odor.
Urinary Organs
Urine brownish, extremely offensive.
Respiratory Organs
Asthma, especially in rheumatic persons. Inflammation of bronchi and lungs, with great tenderness of the chest, cough (<) night, lying on right side.
Heart and Pulse
Constriction in the region of the heart. Intermittent action of the heart.
Extremities
Gout and rheumatism, with swelling of joints, with the peculiar urinary symptoms. Valuable in rheumatic gout of the fingers; nodes very painful, with the urinary symptoms. Gouty deposits in wrists. Swellings of the wrist (ganglion). Gout of great toe.
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.