A tincture is made of the fresh fruit of Euonymus Europaeus, L.
General Action
Euonymin, obtained from the bark, of E. atro-purpureus has a positive action on the liver, increasing the secretion of bile. It is to be compared with Berberis, Chelidon., Podophyllum, Etc.
Generalities and Mind
Sticking in various parts. Sticking drawing in all parts, (<) back. Symptoms oblige lying down, and then disappear, but reappear in other parts. Aggravation of symptoms of head, chest and abdomen after a meal. Most troubles appear on l. side. Morose. Disinclined to work. Loss of ideas; on exerting the mind and ill humor thereafter.
Head
Aching, with chilliness. Deep stitches, now low down in r. side of occiput, then in l. frontal eminence, now in r. temple, then in r. parietal bone, now in l., then in r. temporal bone, as far as mastoid process. Vertigo, (<) forehead, (<) sitting; V., with tremulous mist before eyes. Frontal headache; intermittent, between eyes; drawing; Benumbing pressure above r. orbit. Painful drawing from l. side of frontal bone to malar-bone. Tension of skin of forehead, at times a convulsive drawing back and forth. Pain in temples; in l. bone. Pressure on r. temporal bone. Stitches now in r. side, now in l., now in both. Feeling as if a nail were pressing into r. side near vertex.
Eyes and Ears
Eyes painful. Pressure in eye, (<) external pressure; P. upon brows, when most violent the balls seems compressed and are painful. Vision. obscured; V. of dark spots. Roaring in ears.
Face and Mouth
Stitches in l. malar-bone; intermittent, beneath r. zygoma. Tearing in face; l;. side of face, (<) frontal bone. Pain in malar- bone; drawing in face; paralytic, in r. malar-bone. Painful pressure on lower margin of l. malar-bone. Drawing from malar- bone to lower jaw. Tearing in teeth; r. Cutting in tongue; in muscle under tongue.
Stomach
Nausea. Vomiting and diarrhoea. Stitches in pit; near pit, now r., now l. side.
Abdomen
Cutting; in morning; in bed, with constriction, as if A. would be cut off under the ribs. Acute pain, at done time seeming like a pressure upward of the diaphragm, at one time like constriction, at another like sticking, again a drawing about in the intestines as from flatus; frightful pain, profuse diarrhoea, then collapse, with involuntary, evacuations of blood and mucus, on lifting him up tetanic convulsions, which immediately preceded death. Stitches beneath l. last ribs after eating; S. beneath navel. Pain in umbilical region; during and after eating; above navel, near pit of stomach. Stitches in middle of r. side of lower A.; in l. half of flower A. on inspiration.
Clinical A very efficient remedy for engorgement of liver, so-called biliousness, headache, coated tongue, bad taste, constipation. Pressive congestion of liver. Constipation with haemorrhoids, also with severe pain in back like lumbago. Diarrhoea, stool variable in color, generally very profuse. It has been found useful for gastric derangements associated with albuminuria, especially for headache and weakness or vertigo and obscuration of sight (Lycopodium, Sulph).
Sexual Organs
Cutting in penis; extending to bladder.
Respiratory Organs
Sighing.
Chest
Electric-like shocks towards l. side. Stitches near ensiform cartilage; above r. nipple; below or on last r. true ribs, and difficult respiration with every stitch; shattering benumbing in region of l. nipple. Burrowing beneath sternum without actual embarrassment of respiration; B. in l. side, now beneath scapula and near spine, now beneath arm, now beneath nipple, manifesting itself by thrusts, stitches and pressure. Pain in l. side on a line with ensiform cartilage; P. (<) inspiration, (>) expiration. Sore and bruised sensation. Painful drawing in region of l. nipple in evening before going to bed. Fulness obliging deep breathing. Tension in sternum. Compression in whole circumference of l. side, with special pain in region of l. nipple and beneath l. scapula; benumbing C. beneath l. nipple.
Heart
Anxiety like an internal pressure, affecting even the spirits.
Back
Stitches in first lumbar vertebra; near l. side of spine; about the middle of the body; frequent, like electric shocks in a zigzag along spine from lumbar to scapular region. Crawling, biting, itching, or paralytic pain in l. side of posterior circumference of pelvis.
Extremities
Tearing in shoulders; l. shoulder-joint. Pain in l. humerus and shoulder-joint; in fingers; paralytic here and there in fingers; drawing, in finger-joints. Painful drawing in metacarpal joint of l. index. Sticking now in both hips, now alternating between them. Drawing pain in thighs. Intermittent drawing in upper part of l. thigh, beneath joint. Pain in forepart of knee; paralytic, in knees from walking, (<) standing. Paralytic drawing on inner side of r. leg when standing. Pain (pressure and sticking) beneath l. outer malleolus, (<) anteriorly, along outer side of foot, with soreness and pain in bed. Pain in feet; in toes.
Skin
Pustules (reddish spots) on chest and back, without moisture. Formication on l. cheek, up and down l. half of back. biting, itching, crawling in various parts, obliging scratching, followed by burning.
Fever
Shivering chill over whole body.
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.