Common name, Heliotrope.
Introduction
Heliotropium Peruvianum, Linn.
Natural order, Boraginaceae.
Preparation, Tincture of the whole plant, when in flower.
General Symptoms.
Headache in the forehead, like a pressure and drawing-pressing, disappearing on walking and in the open air (immediately).- Feeling of tension in the left inner canthus, extending down into the nasal bone, as if a swelling were ther; the eye seems drawn together and smaller.- Pressure in the pit of the stomach and internal surface of the sternum, at times with fine sticking- itching externally in the same place; it is especially painful on inspiration, and the epigastric region is sore to touch; most violent after eating and in the evening. -Pressure on the mons veneris only when sitting.-Pressure and oppression of the external parts of the chest, without affecting breathing.-Pain in the outer portion of the leg, above the ankle, extending up the muscles, as if the part were beaten, even when sitting. Itching on the tibia, with a sensation as if there were an eruption.
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.