A tincture is made of the fresh root of Wyethia helenioides, Nutt. Weak as after a severe illness; W., nervous, uneasy, apprehensive of some calamity. Unable to make much exertion, the least exercise causes sweat. Aggravation in afternoon. Headache; over r. eye, sharp at first, then fulness. Rush of blood to head. Dizziness. Itching in r. ear. Mouth feels as if it had been scalded. Increased flow of tough, ropy saliva. Dryness of fauces, constant desire to clear throat by hemming Argent. nit.); pricking D. in posterior nares, sensation as if something were nasal passage, no relief from an effort to clear them through throat. Throat feels swollen, epiglottis dry and burning, constant desire to swallow saliva to relieve the dryness, yet no relief, swallowing difficult. Uvula feels elongated. Heat in oesophagus and stomach, (<) eating. Belching of wind alternating with hiccough. Nausea and vomiting. Weight in stomach as from indigestible food. Pain and bearing down in r. side. Sharp, deep-seated pain below r. ribs, then soreness. Itching in anus. Dark brown diarrhoea. Stool dark brown, small, looked burned; dark, regular, soft (previously light- colored, irregular and constipated). Constipation, with haemorrhoids. Leucorrhoea. Pain in l. ovary, shooting down to knee. Menses appear for the first time in over a year, since birth of last child, purple, scanty, painful. Burning in bronchial tubes. Dry, hacking cough from tickling in epiglottis. Pulse slow. Pain in back extending to extreme point of spine. Pain in r. arm, with stiffness of wrist and hand. Cold sweat over whole body, coming and going by flashes.
Clinical
Pricking, dry sensation in posterior nares; granular appearance of pharynx. Chronic pharyngitis, dryness, with constant desire to clear the throat, tendency to atrophy of the mucous membrane. Pharynx dark red, sensitive; also soreness of the muscles of the palate, following severe influenza. Granular sore throat, with burning and enlarged follicles, frequent inclination to clear the throat. Tendency to get hoarse from talking or singing (Phosphorus), the throat is hot and dry (Belladonna). Dry asthma.
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.