Hypericum


Hypericum 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….


Common name: St. John’s Wort; (G). Johannis-kraut, Hartheu; (F) Mille-pertuis.

Introduction

Hypericum perforatum, Linn.

Natural order: Hypericaceae.

Preparation: Tincture of the whole plant.

Mind

Emotional. Mental excitement, as after drinking tea. She talks wildly in the night, after 4 A.M., while asleep, with distorted, staring eyes, head hot, carotids throbbing violently, face puffy, eyes very red, fixed pupils dilated, pulse very rapid, hair of the head moist, with dry, burning heat over the rest of the body, and great apprehensiveness; once she ceased her talk and sang, but soon afterwards wept and screamed frightfully, and gasped for breath; after a few magnetic passes she came to herself; applying the hand to the head produced a comforting, soothing effect;the whole attack lasted about an hour (second night). Very sad, out of humor (next morning). Great depression of spirits, so that she wished to cry, at 5 P. M. (first day). Great depression, inclined to weep, which she endeavored to suppress, in the evening (fifth day). Apprehensiveness. She was easily frightened for some time after the proving. Intellectual. Mental exhaustion. Weakness of memory, after the proving. Forgetful (second morning). Remarkable weakness of memory for some time after the proving.

Head

Confusion and Vertigo. Confusion of the head, morning, on waking (fifth day). Constant vertigo, at 9 A.M. (eleventh day). Excessive vertigo and nausea, on walking in the morning (eleventh day). Dizziness (first day), in morning (second day). General Head. Feeling of weakness of the head, in the evening (first day), and after the proving; throughout the proving. Heaviness in the head; the brains feels compressed (fourth day). Great heaviness in the head, in the afternoon (third day). Feeling of heaviness in the head (first day). Head heavy, confused. Head heavy, confused, full. Head heavy, with general weakness, in the morning. Feeling as though the head were as large again as usual (eighth day). Feeling as though the head were as large again as natural (fifth day). (Waking at night from headache, but falling asleep again), (second night). Violent headache, as from a hammering, especially on the vertex (third morning). Pressing asunder sensation in the head, especially on the vertex, a sensation of dull roaring, at 6 P. M. (first day). The brain seems compressed in the evening (seventh day). Tearing stitches within the head (third morning). A feeling as of something alive or a tickling in the brain, in bed (first night). Forehead. Head heavy, tense between the temples. A feeling in the forehead as through some one touched it with icy cold hands, lasting half an hour, afterwards extending towards the right eye, in the evening (fourth day). Tension in the forehead, as if it were drawn up. Temples. Tension in the temples (first day). Aching in the temples (sixth day). Stitches now in the right, now in the left temporal region, in the evening (second day). Some stitches in the right temporal region (after one four). Violent stitch in the left temporal region, in the evening (fourteenth day). Violent stitch in the left temporal region, almost compelling him to cry out suddenly while walking (eighth day). Transient violent tearing in the right temporal region, with chilliness over the whole body, at 4 P. M. (first day). Throbbing in the right temporal region (third day). Throbbing in the left temporal region (second day). Vertex. Headache in the vertex, with roaring in the ears, especially in the left, in the morning on walking (fifth day). Violent stitches in the crown of the head, at 7 P. M. (third day). Tearing in the vertex, in the evening (seventh day). Throbbing in the vertex, and feeling of heat in the head in the afternoon (fifth day), Parietals. Slight stitches in the right side of the head, on exerting the eyes and head (fourteenth day). Occiput. Pressive pain in the occiput, on motion. Pressive pain, with some drawing stitches in the occiput, in the evening. Tearing in the occiput, in the evening (fifth day). External Head. The hair of the head falls out easily, for some time after proving. Profuse falling out of the hair, for a fortnight, after the proving. Formication on the vertex (second day). Itching on the head (first night).

Eye

Weariness in the eye. Feeling as though the eyes were difficult to move, as after weeping. Burning in the canthi. Tension in both eyes (fifth day). Tension in both eyes (third day). Aching sensation in the eyes (second day). Stitches through the right eye (tenth day). Tearing in the right eye in the evening (seventh day). Brow. Drawing stitches above the eyes, especially in the soft parts of the heads. Lids. Eyelids covered with mucus, tense. The right eye is spasmodically closed for about a quarter of an hour, in the evening (fourth day). Smarting of the eyelids. Pupil. Pupils dilated (fifth day), at 6 P. M. (first day). Vision. Sight longer than usual, in a myopia. Sight weaker than usual.

Ear

Ears hot, on going to bed, without any heat in the body (fourteenth day). Drawing pain in the left ear towards the zygoma; on touching the zygoma it feels swollen (eighth day). Transient stitches through the right ear, in the evening (fourth day). Itching and pressure in the ear. Roaring in the ears, especially in the left (not an unusual symptom), (fifth day).

Nose

Much sneezing in the morning (second day). Nose mostly dry. Nose extremely dry (fifth day). Remarkably acute smell (first day).

Face

Face seems puffy, in the evening (second day). Pains in the face (starting from a hollow tooth), worse at night. Checks. Feeling of tension in the cheeks, lasting several hours (after two hours); from noon till evening (second day). A kind of contraction in the left zygoma (seventh day). Jerking and crawling in the left zygoma, in the morning (sixth day). Dull jerking pain in the cheeks (fourth day). Lips. Lips dry, the mucous membrane dry (after four hours). Feeling of heat in the lips (second day).

Mouth

Teeth. Tension in the teeth, in forenoon (forth day). Aching in the forenoon (second day). Drawing toothache in the whole lower jaw, lasting a short time after midnight (third night). Tearing here and there in the teeth (second day). Tearing toothache in the right upper and lower jaws, on waking, at A.M. (forth day). Dull jerking pain in the teeth and cheeks, in the afternoon (third day). Tongue. Tongue coated, in the morning. Tongue coated white, (eight day). Tongue whitish gray especially at the base. Tongue coated dirty yellow (eighth day). General Mouth. Mouth dry, (after one hour). Dry burning heat in the mouth, at 5 p. m. (first day). Saliva. Much mucus in the mouth after eating. Taste. Bad taste in the mouth, eructations (fifth day). Taste of blood in the throat following the stool; on hawking expectoration of bright red bloody sputa (third and sixth days). (* For the past two months I had had a little nosebleed a few times, but only after blowing the nose; formerly it had occurred almost daily.*).

Throat

Hawking of tenacious mucus. Feeling as though a worm were squirming in the throat (ninth day). Neck swollen (second day); (eight day). Neck puffed up, for a quarter of an hour (after one hour and a half).

Stomach

Appetite. Great appetite in the morning (second day). Great hunger, at noon (second day) speedy satiety, without pressure in the stomach. Diminished appetite, aversion to eating. Loss of appetite, nausea, and constant pressure as from an overloaded stomach, although he had fasted. No appetite in the evening (first day). No relish for breakfast (second day). Thirst. Thirst (fifth day). Thirst, on wakening from sleep; is unable to drink on account of choking in the throat and heat. Thirst with feeling of heat in the mouth (after seven hours). Great thirst (after one hour). Violent thirst (eighth day). Most violent thirst (third morning). Eructation. Frequent eructations, with pressure on the chest. Eructations of odorless flatulence. Eructations without taste, on drinking water (after two hours). Frequent empty tasteless eructations, without having eaten any thing at 5 p. m., (first day). Bitter eructations (second day). Eructations of mucus, with burning and pressure in the stomach, in the morning. Great heat rising up in the throat, in afternoon (second day) Nausea. Nausea (after two hours) for half an hour (fourth day); (sixth day). Nausea, so that he is scarcely able to rise in the morning, with pressure in the precordial region. Nausea and distress in the stomach, with inclination to vomit, retching, collection of water in the mouth for half an hour, in the evening. Nausea, inclination to vomit, Qualmishness, during dinner, with a feeling as the stomach and bowels were hot and swollen, with sleepiness. Nausea, qualmishness, and aversions to eating (fourth day) Great constant nausea, with incessant eructations of either wind or mucus, in the evening. Retching. Stomach. Heaviness in the stomach, and feeling of heat and eructations after eating. Feeling of heat in the epigastrium and chest. Pressure, nausea, and weakness two hours after eating. Pressure in the stomach, after a small meal. Awakened at night by pressure and burning in the stomach; feels as though the stomach were disordered by sour wine, Some pressure in the stomach, after drinking milk. Oppression of the stomach, after eating a little rice, in the evening (second day). A kind of sticking, now in the epigastric region, now in the right hypochondrium (first day). A griping in the stomach, in the morning with yawning, like a sensation of hunger, though without appetite, on account of nausea.

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.