A tincture of the fresh root of Arctium Lappa, L., is used.
Generalities
Trembling and excitement. Sore pain in r. shoulder, above l. elbow and under l. scapula, near axilla. Aching next day after walking and driving in wet and cold, with stiffness and soreness; numb, in shoulders extending to wrists, and in small of back extending down posterior surface of thighs. Lameness. Inability to work. Tired; at 11 A.M.; 4 P.M.; at night; by a short walk; and stupid feeling; mentally and physically. Faint feeling in church. Aggravation from 4, 6 and 8 P.M.; A. from motion; after eating, except morning headache; of pain for an hour or two after going to bed. Amelioration in open air.
Mind
Worried as if something were going to happen. Nervous, excitable. Unusually bright and active. Confused.
Head
Aching; on waking; on waking, (>) breakfast; from 1 P.M. till he goes to sleep at night; at bedtime and next day till 5 P.M., (>) sarsaparilla soda-water and supper; throbbing, with “stretchy,” sleepy feeling, pain in small of back. Confused, heavy feeling. Lightness, with Dullness. Dizziness; as if she would fall; as if she would fall, not unpleasant, as if going to sleep, (<) lying, (>) towards noon, afterwards (>) open air and walking. Shooting over l. eye, sometimes extending over top of head. Frontal headache; over l. eye all the forenoon, over r. temple in afternoon; at night and next morning; after supper; headache (in forehead?) when awake, on top in afternoon; sometimes subsiding, then returning with stitches and gradually settling down into its former heavy ache. Pain over temple; sharp, over r.; heavy, over r. in afternoon; sore, above l. Pain in vertex; in morning. Heaviness in vertex and occiput. Shooting from base of occipital bone up into head; at times S., stunning pain as if struck with a hammer at base of bone behind ear. Pain in occiput; extending from nape to forehead, with feeling as if she would faint and heavy aching in upper surface of eyeballs as if eyes were tired by reading, eyes (>) closing.
Eyes, Ears and Nose
Sensation of a hair in r. eye and inclination to rub eye; began about 8 P.M. in the dark, (>) bright light. Earache. Nostrils feel dry and stopped up. Great sneezing the day after having his hair cut.
Mouth and Throat
Tongue coated white in morning; T. thick and flabby. Taste bitter. Aching in r. side of throat; A. in muscles of throat and inclination to tie something around throat. Soreness of r. side of T., with cough.
Stomach
Appetite increased; hungry, but after eating a little seemed oppressed; poor in hot weather; lost; variable, wanting at one meal, ravenous at the next. Thirst; in evening, not (>) soda-water. Nausea; all the morning; after eating, with pain in abdomen. Pains, at times sharp, extending to r. side below ribs. Gone feeling, (<) dinner and breakfast, (>) open air, with empty eructations.
Abdomen
Pain; in evening, causing dizziness; acute, and in hepatic region; bearing down, before stool. Uneasiness, with rumbling and rolling; U. under umbilicus. Pain in hepatic region, and soreness to touch in lower r. chest anteriorly; P. in hypogastric region; in l. groin in afternoon; sharp, above pubes after dinner; heavy laming, in r. groin.
Stool and Urine
Stool loose, griping; natural, with feeling of approaching diarrhoea. Urine high-colored and offensive.
Sexual Organs
Emission during afternoon nap. Pain during menses, (<) back; more pain than usual in back and hypogastrium during menses, (<) 10 A.M. till 1 P.M.
Clinical It has been used with some success in displacements of the uterus, particularly in prolapsus associated with sore, bruised feeling, great relaxation, all symptoms (<) standing or walking.
Respiratory Organs
Sharp, choking cough in larynx. Breath short; B. oppressed at 10 P.M., with heat.
Chest
Pain in r. side below ribs; through middle, extending through to back; intermittent, in middle of r., (>) open air; intermittent twitching, in muscles. Sore aching in and above r. nipple; along l. lower ribs, with pain on touch. Tenderness. Sensitiveness to taking cold. Heaviness across middle and constant desire to press upon chest. Congested feeling in lungs in evening.
Heart
Fluttering; all the morning, with uneasiness about it. Violent beating after dinner, and at 7 P.M. Palpitation.
Back
Aching on waking, (>) getting up, with disinclination to move; A. in middle, with flashes of heat; under l. scapula after supper, (<) sitting; sharp, under l. scapula, near axilla; intermittent, under l. scapula during the day, (<) morning. Pain low down. Pain in small of B.; (<) lying on back; (>) rest.
Extremities
Pains in hands and knees, extending to ends of toes; gnawing, extending from l. wrist to finger-tips, also intermittent gnawing P. in knee, these pains (>) motion, returning during rest, next day the same pain in r. hand.
Upper Extremities
Sticking in shoulder, extending along clavicle and sterno- cleido-mastoid. Darting pain in shoulder. Pain in l. shoulder; through l. S. in afternoon, (<) raising arm; in arms, (<) exercise. Sharp, constrictive pain in and above elbow. Shooting in elbows, extending to hands; intermittent S. in r. elbow; in r. wrist. Pain in l. wrist; r. wrist in evening; metacarpal bone of r. thumb, with soreness to touch. Numbness of r. hand; l. hand on waking. Sticking in r. thumb.
Lower Extremities
Pain down l. hip, in region of sciatic nerve, in evening; P. just above knees, also (<) motion; in calves; in calves, with numbness and burning; calves, with tired feeling; tired, in legs; intermittent, in feet and hip-joints, similar to those in other places. Knees weak. Legs and feet tired and numb. Tingling in dorsum of l. foot, next day with numbness.
Skin
Clinical Some cases of infantile eczema, with yellow scabs, have been reported cured.
Sleep
Sleepiness; all the time; at noon; in afternoon, with Dullness and laziness; (<) towards evening, and in-doors. Sleeplessness; and restlessness, without pain. Sleep restless; and sleeplessness after 5 A.M.; and awake most of the time, mind overactive; and late falling asleep, then frequent waking. Waking early and feeling refreshed, after going to bed late. Dreams; troublesome; of great exertion; of being murdered in afternoon nap, and waking in fright.
Fever
Coldness. Cold sweat.
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.