Introduction
Glacial phosphoric acid (Meta phosphoric acid, H2OP2O5 or HPO3).
Preparation: Triturations of the acid obtained by the method of Hahnemann.
Mind
Emotional. The sensation experienced on taking from 40 drops to 3 drachms were those of moderate alcoholic stimulation. There was slight pain through the frontal region, and a buoyancy and lightness of feeling rather agreeable. When larger doses were taken there was a feeling of drowsiness, an inclination to lie down, and an unwillingness to undertake mental labor. This continued for some hours. Lively vivacious mood (after twenty- four hours). Very lively and frequent quite let loose. Very lively and good-humored. He is beside himself, and hot from the slightest vexation. She dances, without consciousness, violently and wildly, for several days, without lying down, except at night. Internal uneasiness hindered him at work. Lachrymose, as from homesickness. Sad and solicitous concerning the future.
Sadness sand feeling of solicitude, as if she would be sick. Sad.
Sad, earnest, discouraged only when walking in the open air, the farther he walks the more it increases; in the house it gradually disappears, and he becomes more lively. Depression (after four days). Apprehension, as if the chest were too tight, with internal heat (after eight hours). Great anxiety; was obliged to lie down, in the afternoon (third day). Anxiety and restlessness throughout the whole body. He was constantly complaining about his illness. He looks very ill-humored and morose, so that every one asks him what the matter is, although he is not sick. Very ill-humored, weak, and sleepy, in the morning on rising. Very ill-humored, peevish, irritable. Discontented with himself, reproachful. Very irritable depressed mood, with physical prostration. Obstinate about everything. Easily vexed and easily gets into a passion. Quiet, indifferent, and much boring in the nose. Indifferent, restless. Intellectual. Hastiness in speech; he cannot do anything rapidly enough. When reading, a thousand different thoughts come to mind; he can understand nothing; what he reads is obscure, and everything is immediately forgotten, with difficult recollection of what he has known long time. He cannot get rid of an idea, and the thoughts connected with it do not come to him. He cannot find the right word when talking (after two hours). Loss of ideas and weakness of mind; on thinking he becomes dizzy. He cannot collect his thoughts in proper order. Indolent, dull, unbalanced mind, without fancy; disinclination for even agreeable mental work. He speaks unwillingly; talking is irksome. He speaks little, and answers questions unwillingly. Disinclination to talk. His intellect was affected. Disinclined to work. Constant fretfulness, with disinclination to talk. Almost complete loss of memory of the occurrences of the day (first day). Quiet fretfulness. He cannot he alone without losing his thoughts and becoming unconscious, in the morning.
Head
Confusion and Vertigo. Confusion of the head, lasting three hours. Confusion of the head (after four days). Confused headache, on entering a warm room, in the evening. Vertigo; the head sinks forward and backward, immediately. Vertigo, in the morning, even to falling down, while standing. Vertigo, in the morning, in bed; on closing the eyes, it seems as though the feet rose and as if he were standing on his head. Vertigo, several mornings, on rising. Vertigo, towards evening, while standing and walking; he staggered as if intoxicated; several evenings.
Frequent vertigo, caused by heat in the head, even while sitting; he often nodded involuntarily while writing; things seemed to whirl around, the table to fall down, and while walking and standing he was in danger of falling forward, or was obliged to take a step in advance in order to steady himself. Vertigo and reeling, while walking (first day). Vertigo, on rising after sitting a long time. Vertigo, after reading. Vertigo, while sitting; constantly feared to fall. Vertigo, on stooping. Vertigo all day. General Head. Weakness of the head, in the morning, after rising, as if he would reel. Heaviness in the head. Great heaviness in the whole head, with violent pressure, extending to the left frontal eminence. Dulness in the head for two hours after eating. Dulness in the head during and after eating.
dulness in the head and limbs, as after intoxication or loss of sleep. Dulness of the whole head. Dulness of the head; inability to think. Dulness in the head, as after excessive coition, lasting three days, immediately. Head befogged, in the forenoon, as from loss of sleep or as after night-watching. Dull headache, with tingling in the head; on coughing, pain as if the head would burst. Extremely violent pressure in the head, in the afternoon.
Violent, extremely hard pressive pain as if on the surface of the brain and in the periosteum of the portion of the skull upon which he was just lying, on waking after midnight; on continuing to lie upon the part, the pain became intolerable; on lying on another place, it there began with equal violence, but disappeared in the former place. Pressure in the head, and a bitter taste in the mouth, in the morning (fifth day). Pressure in the brain, behind the left ear. Pressure, as from a weight in the head, from above downward, or as if the upper part of the head had been beaten. Pressure in the head, especially on ascending steps.
Pinching pressure and tearing here and there in the brain.
Pressive and sticking pain in all parts of the head, at intervals. Headache, as if the brain were pressed upward, with painful pulsating throbbing in it. Pressive headache, with weakness, heaviness, and nausea, from reading a short time (second day). Constant headache. Violent headache, obliging him to lie down, with stiffness of the nape of the neck. Headache, caused by the slightest jar, or excessively aggravated by noise.
Headache, as after lifting, like a heaviness. Burning headache in the upper part of the brain. Headache, immediately on waking, in the morning, disappearing on rising. Prickling headache, in the morning, on rising, lasting till noon. Roaring in the head.
Painful shattering in the head, while walking. Hacking, as with a hatchet, in the head. (* Cured by Staphis.-HERING. *) Jerking through the head, from behind forward, at pulsating, rhythmical intervals. Jerking in the head. Boring in the head, as if a hole would be bored through the skull, especially on the vertex. Some beatings, as with a hammer, in the head. Pain in the whole brain, as if it were compressed. Forehead. Violent pressure in the forehead, in the morning, on waking, so that she was quite stupid and could not open the eyes; the pains scarcely permitted her to talk, and were aggravated by the slightest motion. Violent pressure in the right frontal eminence, extending outward.
Violent pressure extending from the forehead towards the nose.
Hard pressure, almost as if bruised, in the forehead or temples, as if on the surface of the brain, on reflecting, especially in the evening, though not preventing thought. Hard pressure in the left side of the forehead. Pressure and gnawing in the forehead, at the root of the nose. Pressure in the forehead, as after intoxication. dulness in the forehead, especially in the orbits.
Dull headache in the forehead and temples, with tolerably good humor. Headache in the forehead, on suddenly turning the head and on stepping hard. Dull stitches in the middle of the forehead, from within outward. Temples. Violent pressure in the right temple, from within outward. Pinching pressure in the right temple. Pinching pressure in and on the right temple, aggravated by motion. Pinching dull hard pressure in the left temple, at rhythmical intervals. Pressive pain in the right temple. Hard pressure above the left temple, extending to the occiput, with dread of motion. Boring, with pressure, in the left temple.
Violent sticking in the right temple, extending into the eye.
Violent sticking in the right temple. A dull stitch in the right temple, shooting like an arrow deep into the brain, at frequent intervals. Some sharp thrusts in the right temple. Pain as if both temporal bones were pinched together with pincers. Pain as if both temples were squeezed to a single place, in the evening, in bed. Drawing in the left temple and anterior cartilage of the ear, becoming a pressure on motion. Tearing in the left temple, extending to the forehead, aggravated by motion. Vertex and Parietals. Drawing pressure in the right side of the vertex and occipital bone, aggravated by motion. Intermitting dull sticking pressure deep in the left side of the vertex. Violent forcing and pressing out at the vertex, lasting three days. Sticking, with drawing, on the vertex, relieved by pressure. A sharp persistent stitch in the vertex externally aggravated by touch. Tearing in the vertex and occiput. Dull crawling headache in the sinciput, with perspiration on the forehead. Feeling of warmth on the side of the parietal bone. A pinching pressure in the parietal bones, aggravated by motion. Occiput and External Head. Pinching-tearing pressure in the occiput, aggravated by noise or the slightest motion. Painful pressure in the right side of the occiput, extending outward (after an hour and a half). Pressure in the occiput, as though he were lying upon something hard. Pressure in the occiput, as fro a hard body, relieved by rubbing. Pressive pain in the right side of the occiput, also in part extending forward, all day, aggravated by pressure and turning the head (after seven hours). Heaviness and pressing forward in the occiput on bending the head forward, disappearing on bending it backward. Headache in the occiput, obliging him to lie down.
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.