Generalities
Rheumatic-like pains in the muscles, (<) cold, wet weather. General catarrhal symptoms, with free secretions, (<) cold, wet weather.
Head
Vertigo in the morning on rising, with trembling and weakness. Headache, (<) motion and stooping, worse in cold, wet weather.
Eyes
Inflammation (after taking cold). Pupils dilated. Jerkings in the muscles of the eyes.
Nose
Coryza, with very free secretions in cold, wet weather. Nose- bleed of hot, bright, red blood, with a feeling of oppression over the nose.
Face
Circumscribed redness of the cheeks, with paleness of the face. Neuralgia of the face, (<) in cold, wet weather.
Mouth
Salivation. Tongue swollen, dry, with difficult speech, and even frothing. On taking cold, speech becomes difficult from paralysis of the tongue.
Stomach
General aversion to food. Unquenchable thirst. Vomiting of pale, tenacious mucus.
Abdomen
Colic, as after taking cold; cutting, especially about the navel.
Stool
Yellow, watery diarrhoea, preceded by tearing and cutting, as after taking cold. Diarrhoea of green, changeable mucus, at times of a sour odor. Stools bloody.
Urinary Organs
Burning in the meatus while urinating. Catarrh of the bladder. Urine offensive, depositing a slimy sediment. Micturition involuntary (from paralysis of the neck of the bladder).
Sexual Organs
Clinical. Menstruation delayed and too short; discharge watery. Menses suppressed from taking cold. Menses preceded by nettlerash over the whole body. Heat and itching in the genitals, with unusual sexual desire; aggravated by cold, wet weather.
Respiratory Organs
Cough, with copious expectoration of mucus. Cough at times violent, almost like whooping cough; expectoration of bright red blood. Cough always (<) in cold, wet weather, and by lying down, (>) in the cold, open air.
Neck and Back
Pain in the nape as if the head were lying in an uncomfortable position. Stiffness of the muscles. Pain in the small of the back as after long stooping. Drawing pain in the small of the back; down through the legs during rest; on motion; stitches, (>) pressure.
Extremities
General shooting or bruised pains. Icy coldness of the extremities. Pains in the legs, drawing and tearing; (>) walking, returning when sitting. Formication in the feet.
Skin
Nettlerash over the whole body, without fever; with violent itching; coming on in cold weather, (<) exposure to air. Vesicular eruption. Papular eruption, bleeding when scratched, (<) cold weather. The epidermis over the whole body becomes thick.
Fever
Icy coldness with the pains. Dry heat and burning of the skin. Chilliness, with violent thirst; heat without thirst. Sweat at night over the whole body, often offensive.
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.