A tincture of the fresh plant of the “Tiger Lily” is used.
General Action
The provings of this drug have developed pressure, heaviness and symptoms of congestion of the pelvic viscera, especially in women. The ovarian pains are very marked. With the uterine and ovarian symptoms many reflex sensations are found, fluttering of heart, pain in back and extremities, etc.
Allies. Podophyllum, Aloes, Sulphur, Pallad., Apis, Ignatia, Belladonna
Generalities
Emaciation and debility. Hysterics. Convulsive contractions of almost all muscles. Startings. Tremulousness; in morning on waking, with weakness; nervous, towards evening; trembling of knees, abdomen and lower part of back. Twitching sensations about head and in pectoral muscles. Shootings in various parts, (<) chest. Pain in all the flesh and bones; P. at night, next morning muscles feel bruised and soles so sore that she cannot walk, hands feel as if they had been pounded, every part sore, intolerant of pressure of the clothing; P. in small spots as from pressure with finger-tips.
Restlessness; at 5 P.M., (<) evening and after going to bed; at night; on lying down after being called out in the night, with miserable feeling, feeling as if everything were too hot; with desire to do something, but no ambition; restless desire to keep walking. Pulsation in all arteries; P. over body in afternoon, with sensation as if blood would burst through veins of hands and arms. Incapacity for mental or physical exertion. Muscles respond sluggishly to her will. Malaise. Weakness; all day, with vertigo on sudden motion; in forenoon, with irritability; in afternoon, with heat; after diarrhoea; with slowness and forgetfulness; with trembling of bowels. Faintness in afternoon; F. (<) in a warm room or after being on the feet a long time; F., with cold sweat on feet and backs of hands. Numbness in various parts.
Aggravation every evening; at night; from 5 P.M. till 8 A.M., then amelioration till 5 P.M. again; as soon as she gave up active control of herself, that is, tried to sleep; A. of pains after moving. Amelioration from a free loose stool at 8 A.M.; A. in a warm room; in open air, in spite of chilliness; from sitting, standing or walking; when she is busy.
Mind
Delirium, with startings. Excitement at night, with weeping, and feeling as if she were two persons. Wild feeling after keeping quiet; W. feeling at night, as if she would go crazy and no one would care for her, thoughts of suicide and sleeplessness. Everything seems unreal. Overactive; and feeling as if two individuals, afterwards perceptive and reflective faculties benumbed. Hurried feeling; as of imperative duties, and inability to perform them, during sexual excitement; yet cannot do much, feels discouraged; and keeps walking fast as by instinct; aimless hurry and motion, with sleeplessness, desire to have some one talk to her, felt as if she should die and did not care if she did. Inert; yet does not want to sit quiet, restless, yet does not want to walk, is cross.
Depression of spirits; and inclination to weep, with apprehension of suffering from some terrible internal disease, already seated; (<) night, with diarrhoea in morning, feeling of slowness and inability to get at her work; with difficulty in expressing her thoughts, of remembering, of selecting words, with fear of insanity. Apprehension of moral obliquity alternating with sexual excitement. Want to swear one minute and to tell a lewd story t he next. Impatient. Irritable; in morning on waking; in evening. Dissatisfied with what she has and envious of others. Do not want to be pleased, do not care to talk or read. Vexed with everybody, disliked to be spoken to. Desired to be alone, did not want the trouble to answer questions. Aversion to being alone, yet no dread, tranquil, liked to see others and hear them talk. Dreads speaking lest she should say some thing wrong, yet wants to talk. Taciturn. Disposed to muse. Undecided, must depend on others. Nervous; and irritable, yet jolly.
Mistakes in speaking, uses wrong words. Inability to apply mind. Stupid feeling. Obtuseness in afternoon, cannot find the right word, forget what I want to say. Forgetful.
Clinical A large number of hysterical symptoms have been noted, associated with uterine derangements; for example, dread of insanity, great melancholia, with feeling that she is incurable.
Religious melancholia, etc.
Head
Darting pain in different parts. Aching; in morning; at 8 A.M., (<) fresh air; every evening; towards night, with increased pulse; at night; on waking; (<) walking in open air, (>) sunset, with heaviness as if too full of blood, blowing of blood from nose, desire to support head with hands; hot P., (>) 10 P.M., by frequent sneezing. Pressure outward; as if contents would issue through eyes, ears, etc. Fulness, (<) over eyes. Crowded feeling, and in face. Heaviness. Dullness in afternoon; D. after reading and writing, (<) after going to bed, with pain. Muddled, (>) speaking. Absence of feeling. Intoxicated feeling in afternoon, with staggering forward. Dizziness; at 8 A.M., especially in eyes; (<) hot, close room, (>) fresh air, with faintness and blurred vision, but cool air causes chilliness.
Forehead. Neuralgia; over l. eye, extending to vertex. Burning stinging, with feeling of an elastic band over it; pricking in evening in a warm room, with feeling of a rubber band from temple to temple. Digging in angle between F. and l. temple, extending into orbit, in morning after rising, causing winking and spreading over l. half of brain. Sharp pain over l. eye in forenoon; at 6 P.M., (>) sleep. Pain; r.; over eyes; (<) over l. eye; morning and evening; at night, (<) morning; over l. eye, (<) motion and open air in afternoon, (<) l. side, (<) evening, with lachrymation of l. eye; with heat; extending through head, (<) l. side; over brows, extending to eyes, with heat; in sinciput, moving continually to occiput, l. side, concentrating in l. temple. Blinding pain after 5 P.M., changing to occiput and extending down neck, leaving a muddled feeling in head, weakness and desire to lie down. Hot pain in evening, (<) over l. eye, returning next day between 5 and 6 P.M., (<) r. side, afterwards again in evening in a warm room, with lachrymation; H. pain between 6 and 8 P.M., with prostration; in F. and eyes in evening; in sinciput. Painful drawing through F. and eyes. Heavy pain in F. and temples, (<) noon, passing to occipital protuberances, lasting all night. Outward pressure. Bursting sensation in frontal and temporal regions of brain, (>) pressure. Fulness in morning on waking, (<) l. side, with heaviness in it and unrefreshed feeling. Sore feeling in F. and eyes as if beaten.
Temples. Twitching in l. during the day. Shooting in r. passing over to l., causing heaviness in front of head. Neuralgia in r. Pain (<) pressure; P. in l. in forenoon, (<) walking, extending into forehead, with vertigo; alternately in r. and l. in morning, (<) towards evening; paroxysmal, from l. over ear to occiput, with frontal pain, (<) over l. eye; heavy, in l., with enlarged feeling in head.
Vertex. Pressure and a crazy feeling, so that she cannot write her symptoms.
Sides. Paroxysmal neuralgia in l., next day head weak and confused. Shooting in r. Pain in r.; in l. in afternoon; deep in l., with uneasiness; in l. side, temple, parietal bone and malar- bone, (>) motion and occupation; pulsating, in l., (<) motion and noise, (>) lying; heavy, in l., with malaise; heavy, in l., becoming pulsating after noise or jar. Grumbling in r. and in teeth. Dullness of r. increasing to pressure, inclination head to left. Tenderness in l. side of head, forehead and temple, where heat of sun had caused congestion.
Occiput. Pain; and over eyes; screwing P. in l. protuberance, with drawing pain on l. side of nucha, the latter increasing in bed to burning as from applied electricity, and lame and tired feeling in whole neck.
Eyes
Wild look. Dull injection in morning. Pressure in r. Pain extending back into head, (<) night; burning P. from gaslight. Heaviness, with dim vision. Burning after reaching or writing, with weak feeling. Feeling as if full of tears. Lachrymation in afternoon; L. of l. eye. Lids agglutinated. Inflammation of r. outer canthus extending to inner canthus. Raw feeling in r. inner canthus, (<) cold, damp air. Vision dim; and confused, with disposition to cover eyes and press upon them; V. as through a veil at 8 A.M. Blurred vision in afternoon; B., with heat in eyes and lids. Muscae volitantes.
Clinical It has been found a valuable remedy for certain forms of asthenopia, especially the asthenopia of astigmatism. (In a prove, who was hyperoptic, it removed a symptom of astigmatism, i.e., turning the head sideways to see clearly).
Ears and Nose
Neuralgia in r. ear. Rushing sounds in ears after going to bed. Rubbed her nose violently. Nose stopped. R. nostril nearly closed, membrane of both nostrils pale. Nasal discharge of thin, clear mucus; profuse D. of yellow mucus.
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.