Common names: Horseradish; (G), Meerrettig; (Fr)., Raifort.
Introduction
Cochlearia armoracia, Linn.
Natural order: Cruciferae; Preparation: Tincture of the root.
Mind.
Is extremely irresolute. (Thinking is difficult in the evening, without confusion of the head (after three hours).
Head.
Dulness of the head, is unable to collect his thoughts with rapidity. Headache in a small spot, now here, now there, a pressure deep in the brain, not aggravated by motion, but worse on widely opening the eyes. Pressive boring headache, as if the frontal bone would fall out.
Eyes.
Eyes swollen. Obscuration of vision for a few minutes (after half an hour).
Mouth.
Dull sensation in the teeth, as if they were soft, and became bent on chewing.
Throat.
Scraping in the throat, with nausea.
Stomach.
Retching and vomiting of bilious fluid. Crampy, tensive pain above the epigastrium, apparently in the diaphragm, relieved by bending forward.
Abdomen.
Griping pain around umbilicus.
Anus.
Involuntary passage of mucus from anus.
Stool.
Stools increased in frequency.
Urinary Organs.
Burning and cutting at the glans during micturition; felt also before and after. Increased inclination to urinate; urination eight or ten times daily instead of four. Increased secretion of urine. Urine pale and limpid.
Extremities in General.
Pain in all the joints, while lying still towards morning, worse when lying on the side; it disappeared on moving about and on rising.
Conditions.– Aggravation.
(Night), Towards morning, pain in joints.
(Lying on side), Pain in joints.
(Opening eyes widely), Headache.
Amelioration.
(Bending forwards), Pain above epigastrium.
(Moving about), Pain in joints.
(Rising from bed), Pain in joints.
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.