Kreosotum


Kreosotum 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….


Introduction

A product of distillation of wood tar. Composition doubtful and variable. Preparation: Solutions in alcohol.

Mind

Emotional. Mind clear, but very much excited (after two hours). For some days before menstruation she was very much excited and uneasy. Music, or anything else that caused emotional excitement, she took very much to heart, and she could not refrain from weeping. She was depressed; the longing for death constantly became greater. Towards evening her spirits were much depressed, and she was doubtful whether she would ever be well again, she was very despondent, and constantly wished to cry (after forty eight hours). Very fretful in the morning. She was constantly excited, peevish, and obstinate, She was very fretful, frequently wept, but was unconscious of any cause (after twenty four hours). Intellectual. When she undertakes to accomplish anything had gone ten or twelve steps, she remains standing, and does not known what she had intended to do (after eight hours). Her thoughts vanish easily, they fly away (and she feels dazed). He feels stupid the whole day. Weakness of memory, her thoughts vanish. Profound stupor, from which she could with difficulty be aroused for a few minutes, but only again to relapse into her former state of unconsciousness.

Head.

Confusion and Vertigo. Confusion of the head, with some vertigo. Dulness and confusion of the head (after one hour); her thoughts disappear for a moment, so that she know nothing, this attack is frequently repeated during the day-after (one hour). Confusion in the left side of the head with throbbing in it, which afterwards involves the upper back teeth, where it causes periodic grumbling the whole head is confused; throbbing and beating in the vertex. Vertigo. (Soon after 1 drop (lasting a quarter of an hour, after two minutes). Vertigo, everything turned around with him (after two hours). She was attacked with vertigo on the street, in the morning, so that she reeled backward, and forwards, and was obliged to lean against a house, as if intoxicated, and on account of it she returned to the house, when the vertigo disappeared (after half an hour), Stupefying vertigo. Whirling in the head (half an hour after second dose), Whirling vertigo, in the crown. If she turned herself suddenly she would fall down, Dizziness, on account of which he could not stand or walk long at a time (after three days). Very dizzy, so much so that she could not bear to be lifted from the pillow (after two hours). General head. Dulness of the head, she looks straight ahead and does not known at what; she hears and sees nothing and is completely without thought (after six hours). Heaviness and confusion of the head. General weariness in head. Emotional disturbances cause headache. Headache with sleepiness. Headache, with a feeling of heat in front of the forehead. Headache, as if she were intoxicated, the whole day. Headache as if she had drunk too much the day previous (a feeling as of a board before the forehead), with weakness of memory, Tensive headache, aggravated on stooping,. Drawing headache, so that it closes her eyes (after twenty-four hours). A pain in the middle of the head pressing from within outward. Very painful pressing in the head. Tearing in the head, with drawing in the eyes. Tearing in the head, with great heat of the face and tearing in the left upper teeth, the tearing in the heads begins in the morning as soon as she wakes, and lasts twenty four hours). While the tearing in the teeth intermits the whole night, with heat over the whole body, great weakness, peevish head, on the left intermits at times, but always returns, and lasts so long that she is unable to sleep the whole night, with heat overt the whole body, great weakness, peevish and lachrymose mood, and vexation at every trifle, Tearing in the whole head; on the left side it extends through the temple and down into the cheek while on the right side it extends only to the superior maxillary bone. Beating in the head. (Headache, which always use to occur after a bath, disappeared). Forehead. Slight pain in the forehead (after five hours). Great pain at the front of the head (after a few minutes). A painful sensation in the forehead, as if several hairs were grasped and slowly pulled out (after three hours, and even felt after several days). Distressing headache deep in the forehead (as if in the interior lobes of the brain) lasting the whole day. A heaviness in the forehead, as if something would burst out there. Drawing headache, extending from the right frontal sinus down to the middle of the right jaw, lasting several hours, beginning in the morning ceasing at noon, becoming again violent about 2 o’clock, and lasting till towards evening (after three days). Twitching and jerking pains in the right upper half of the forehead, recurring at intervals, Pressure and tension in the forehead, extending towards the vertex. A painful pressure above the right frontal eminence (after a quarter of an hour). A pressing-out pain in the middle of the forehead, Pressive pain in the forehead, as if everything would be forced out at forehead, in the morning (after twenty four hours),. Pressive headache everything forces out at the forehead, with pressure on the eyes which extends to the vertex (after thirty six hours),. On stooping everything shoots forward to the forehead, everything seems to force itself there. On stooping, everything seems to shoot forward into the forehead, and she is near falling, Throbbing pain in the forehead. Throbbing in the forehead, Throbbing in the forehead, as with a hammer, and stitches in the temples, which at times omit, but always return; on stooping, it seems as though everything would press out at the forehead (after four hours, but lasting two days). A constant throbbing and beating in the middle of the forehead, lasting several days. She woke at 5.30 a. m. with throbbing headache in the legs and feet, bitter taste in the mouth, even food tastes bitter. An ulcerative pain on the right side of the forehead, Temples. Drawing pains in the left temporal bone, which affected the whole head, the head feels confused. Tearing drawing in the left temporal region, as if different parts would be torn out, lasting several hours. Pressive pain in one or both temples, often very violent. A pressing out pain in the lower portion of the left temporal bone towards evening. A pressing out pain in the middle of the lower portion of the left temporal bone. Sticking pains in the right temporal bone. Drawing sticking headache that extends through the temples and into the superior submaxillary, bone, with whirling in the head. A tearing Sticking in the anterior portion of the right temple, that extends to the upper and lower back teeth (after three hours). Tearing pain in left temporal region (after half an hour). Drawing tearing in the middle of the sutra squamosa, extending through the temple into the left side of the face and involving the upper and lower teeth of that side, lasting several days (after twelve hours). A throbbing and bubbling sensation in the left temporal bone (like that in a sore finger) that extends upwards to the vertex and downward to the middle of the lower jaw, together with twitching and contraction of the eyelids, and a feeling as if they had become smaller, Jerking pulsating pain above the left mastoid process, Vertex. A very painful pressing beneath the crown. Tearing pains in the crown in the afternoon. Slight throbbing beneath the crown, extending forward, Hammering pain in the crown (after a few hours). Parietals. Dull pain in the right side of the head. A pressive pain in the right side of the head, seeming to come from the cervical muscles (after twenty-four hours). A painful pressing outward beneath the left parietal bone. Violent stitches, as with a large awl, on the anterior portion of the right side of the head, so that she knew not what she did, her ideas therewith almost completely disappeared; she went to bed with this sticking, but soon fell asleep; dreamed the whole night of indifferent things; in the morning it had entirely disappeared commencing in the afternoon (after three days). Occiput. The whole occiput seems too full and heavy, and gives rise to a sensation as if he would fall backward. Pain as from suppuration, below the left side of the occipital bone. External head. The hair became very gray during the proving. Profuse falling of the hair. The scalp is very painful on combing the hair, especially if she combs it down towards the temples, with falling of the hair, (after some days). The skin of the vertex and forehead is painful when combing the hair and from the touch of the finger, as if suppurating when the skin is not touched, the pain is a drawing, worse on the vertex, and lasting twenty four hours (after seven days).

Eye.

Objective. The eyes look as if she had been weeping Blue rings around the eyes (after three days); (after twelve hours); (after twenty four hours). Eyes fixed but pupils, neither dilated nor contracted Subjective. Increased feeling of warmth in the eyes if she looks at a bright light the eyes begin to water. Much heat in the eyes constantly, with lachrymation (after two days). Pressure burning, and fire in the eyes, mingled with heat and lachrymation, with a feeling as if something were in them, after these pains had lasted five hours she lay down and slept half an hour, and when she woke the eyes were agglutinated, Sleep at night was disturbed by pressure and burning in the eyes on account of this she was unable to sleep, and lay awake till towards morning, then slept somewhat and in the and in the morning on waking the eyes were agglutinated (after twelve hours). Sticking tearing pain in the left eye, lasting three quarters of an hour. (Immediately after the second dose); returning (after one hour and a half), but very transient, and alternating with transient tearing stitches in the right eye, Throbbing pain in the right eye. towards evening. (* Subsequent to S.118. *) Itching in the eyes so that she is obliged to rub them, after rubbing there is biting in them and the whites of the eyes look as if much inflamed, with pressure as if there were sand in them. Brow and Orbit. Pressure above both eyes, lasting, three quarters of an hour, in the evening (after quarter of an hour). Pressure above the right eye lasting an hour (immediately after the dose). Confused pressure above the eyes. A dull pressure above the superciliary ridge, as with a plug, which extends to the occiput (after a quarter of an hour). Lids. The eyelids look red and are somewhat swollen, A red, somewhat sensitive spot on the right lower lid, which was swollen the next day, with the formation of a pimple nearly of the size of a hempseed towards the inner margin of the led, on a whitish surface therewith the surrounding conjunctiva of the lid was very red, the lid externally bluish red, somewhat congested, in the evening the swelling was affected with sticking pain; this pimple remained unchanged for a week, when the proving was interrupted by catarrh for eight days, during which it disappeared. Twitching of the lids, over which she has no control. Blepharospasmus. Lachrymal Apparatus. The eyes are always moist; they constantly swim in tears, If she looks any object for a while the eyes become watery, which prevents her seeing (after twenty four hours). Lachrymation, in the morning, on waking the tears are hot and acrid. Lachrymation, when she rubs the eyes, they become dry, look inflamed, and bite and burn,. Lachrymation after rubbing the eyes, the tears and quiet hot and cause biting, on the cheeks as from salt water. Lachrymation of the right eye and biting in it, While the lids of the left eye twitch and jerk, in the afternoon, lasting half an hour. The tears are acrid, like salt water. Conjunctiva. Burning and redness of the conjunctiva, Ball. Pain in the eyeballs (Chiefly in the right). It seems as though the eyes would be torn out, the whole forenoon. Pupil. dilated. Vision. Obscuration of vision. Eyesight was imperfect for three or four days. Eyes, dim, weak, like a veil before the eyes All objects seem dim, it seems as though there were a veil before the eyes, (after five or six hours); and lasting several hours. Feathery before the eyes, as though downy feathers hung down over the eyes on account of which she was obliged to wipe them (after twenty one hours). Said she could not see (after two hours). Eyesight went from me; giddiness came on, and everything looked dark blue, even the candles, my husband and everything, (after a few minutes).

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.