What applied to the third edition applies to this, the fourth. The facet that a fourth is demanded is convincing proof that Dr. Allen left an indestructible monument of homeopathic materia medica, on that is true to Homeopathy and immensely helpful to every physician who consults it.
The Publishers.
The first edition of this book was only about half the size of the second, as it was prepared somewhat hastily for a special purpose, but Dr. Allen took his time to the second edition and gave the world a well rounded out and complete standard book on homeopathic materia medica. We do no mean that the first edition was faulty as to its matter, for is was used unchanged in the later edition, but it did not embrace a sufficient number of remedies. As Dr. Allen died before a third edition was needed we concluded to bring it out unchanged. It is a masterpiece of materia medica work: its symptomatology is made up of the unchanging landmarks of our remedies that are in constant use; it is, in short, a book that needs no revision.
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Philadelphia, Pa.
In preparing the second edition for the press the work has been enlarged and practically rewritten. Many more remedies have been included and symptoms and comparisons extended, yet care has been taken that every symptom has been verified. The original plan has been maintained, viz., to give only those symptom-guides that mark the individuality of the remedy. that the student of materia medica may use them as landmarks to master the genius of the remedial agent.
At the suggestion of the publisher and in response to numerous enquiries a more extended symptomatology of the nosodes has been included, for these invaluable additions to our armamentarium, like the so-called tissue remedies of Schuessler, only need more extensive provings to place them in the list of polychrests.
That the student may acquire that correct pronunciation of our remedial agents an alphabetical list of remedies with the accentuation is given, for a homeopathic physician may properly be held accountable for the correct use of the terms peculiar to his profession. An index of remedies and comparisons is also included.
The life-work of the student of homoeopathic Materia Medica is one of constant comparison an differentiation. He must compare the pathogenesis of a remedy with the recorded anamnesis of the patient; he must differentiate the apparently similar symptoms of two or more medical agents in order to select the simillimum. To enable the student or practitioner to do this correctly and rapidly he must have as a basis for comparison, some knowledge of the individuality of the remedy; something that is peculiar, uncommon, or sufficiently characteristic in the confirmed pathogenesis of a polychrest remedy that may be used as a pivotal point of comparison. It may be a so-called "keynote," a "characteristic," the "red strand of the rope," and central modality or principle as the aggravation of Bryonia , the amelioration from motion of Rhus , the furious, vicious delirium of Belladonna or the apathetic indifference of Phosphoric acid - some familiar landmark around which the symptoms may be arranged in the mind for comparison.
Something of this kind seems indispensable to enable us to intelligently and successfully use our voluminous symptomatology. Also, if we may judge from the small number of homeopathic physicians who rely on the single remedy in practice, and the almost constant demand for a "revision" of the Materia Medica, its study in the past, as well as at present, has not been altogether satisfactory to the majority.
An attempt to render the student's task less difficult, to simplify its study, to make it both interesting and useful, to place its mastery within the reach of every intelligent man or woman in the profession, is the apology for the addition of another monograph to our present works of reference.
It is all-important that the first step in the study of homeopathic therapeutics be correctly taken, for the pathway is then more direct and the view more comprehensive. The object of this work is to aid the student to master that which is guiding and characteristic in the individuality of each remedy and thus utilize more readily the symptomatology of the Homoeopathic Materia Medica, the most comprehensive and practical work for the cure of the sick ever given the medical profession. It is the result of years of study as student, practitioner and teacher, and is published at the earnest solicitation of many alumni of Hering College, with the hope that it may be of as much benefit to the beginner as it has been to the compiler.
Abrot'anum. Ace'tic ac'id. Aconi'tum napel'lus. Actae'a racemo'sa. Aes'culus hippocas'tanum. Aethu'sa cyna'pium. Agar'icus musca'rius. Ag'nus cas'tus. Al'lium ce'pa. Al'oe socotri'na. Alu'mina. Am'bra gris'ea. Ammo'nium carbonicum. Ammo'nium murat'icum. Amyle'num nitro'sum. Anacar'dium orienta'le. Anthraci'num. Antimo'nium crud'um Antimo'nium tartar'icum A'pis mellif'ica. Apoc'ynum cannab'inum. Argen'tum metal'licum. Argen'tum ni'tricum. Ar'nica monta'na. Arsen'icum al'bum. A'rum triphyl'lum. As'arum Europae'um. Aste'rius ru'bens. Aur'um metal'licum.
Baptis'ia tincto'ria. Bary'ta carbon'ica. Belladonna. Benzo'ic ac'id. Ber'beris vulga'ris. Bis'muth. Bo'rax vene'ta. Bovis'ta. Bro'mium. Bryo'nia al'ba.
Cac'tus grandiflo'ra. Cala'dium. Calca'rea arsen'ica. Calca'rea ostrea'rum. Calca'rea phosphor'ica. Calen'dula. Cam'phora. Can'nabis In'dica. Can'nabis Sati'va. Canthar'ides. Cap'sicum an'uum. Car'bo anima'lis. Car'bo vegetab'ilis. Carbol'ic ac'id Caulophyl'lum thalictroi'des. Caus'ticum. Cham'omilla. Chelido'nium ma'jus. Cicu'ta viro'sa. Ci'na. Cincho'na officina'lis. Co'ca. Coc'culus In'dicus. Cof'fee cru'da. Col'chicum autumna'le.
Col'linsonia Canaden'sis. Col'ocynth. Coni'um macula'tum. Cro'cus sati'vus. Cro'talus hor'ridus Cro'ton tig'lium. Cu'prum metal'licum. Cycla'men Europae'um.
Digita'lis purpu'rea. Diphtheri'num. Dioscore'a villo'sa. Dros'era rotun'difolia. Dulcama'ra.
Equise'tum hyema'le. Eupato'rium perfolia'tum. Euphra'sia.
Fer'rum metal'licum. Fluor'ic ac'id.
Gelse'mium sempervi'rens. Glon'oine. Graph'ites.
Hamame'lis Virginica. Helleb'orus ni'ger. Helon'ias dioi'ca. He'par sul'phur. Hydras'tis Canaden'sis. Hyoscy'amus ni'ger. Hyperi'cum perfora'tum.
Igna'tia ama'ra. I'odium. Ipecacuan'ha.
Ka'li bichro'micum. Ka'li broma'tum. Ka'li carbon'icum. Kal'mia latifo'lia. Kre'osotum.
Lach'esis. Lac cani'num. Lac deflora'tum. Le'dum palus'tre. Lil'ium tigri'num. Lobe'lia infla'ta. Lycopo'dium clava'tum. Lys'sin.
Magne'sia carbon'ica. Magne'sia muriat'ica. Magne'sia phosphor'ica. Medorrhi'num Melilo'tus officina'lis. Menyan'thes trifol'iata. Mercu'rius. Mercu'rius corrosi'vus. Mercu'rius dul'cis. Mercu'rius cy'anide. Mercu'rius pro'to i'odide. Mercu'rius bin'iodide. Mercu'rius solu'bilis. Mercu'rius sulphure'tum. Meze'reum. Millefol'ium. Mu'rex purpu'rea. Muriat'ic ac'id.
Na'ja tripu'dians. Na'trum carbon'icum. Na'trum muriat'icum. Na'trum sulphu'ricum. Ni'tric ac'id. Nux moscha'ta. Nux vom'ica.
O'pium.
Petrol'eum. Petroseli'num. Phosphor'ic ac'id. Phos'phorus. Physostig'ma. Phytolac'ca decan'dra. Podophyl'lum pelta'tum. Pic'ric ac'id. Plat'ina metal'licum. Plum'bum metal'licum. Psori'num. Pulsatil'la. Py'rogen.
Rata'nhia. Ranun'culus bulbo'sus. Rhe'um. Rhododen'dron. Rhus rad'icans. Rhus toxicoden'dron. Ru'mex cris'pus. Ru'ta graveo'lens.
Sabadil'la. Sabi'na. Sambu'cus ni'gra. Sanguina'ria Canaden'sis. Sanic'ula. Sarsaparil'la. Seca'le cornu'tum. Sele'nium. Se'pia. Silic'ea. Spige'lia. Spon'gia tos'ta. Stan'num. Staphisa'gria. Stramo'nium. Sul'phur. Sulphur'ic ac'id. Sym'phytum officina'le. Syphili'num.
Tab'acum. Taraxa'cum. Taran'tula. Terebin'thina Therid'ion curassav'icum. Thlas'pi bur'sa pasto'ris. Thu'ja Occidental'is. Tril'lium pendu'lum. Tuberculi'num.
Valeria'na. Varioli'num. Vera'trum al'bum. Vera'trum vir'ide.
Zin'cum metal'licum.
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| Southernwood. | Compositae. |
Alternate constipation and diarrhoea; lienteria.
Marasmus of children with marked emaciation, especially of legs ( Iod. , Sanic. , Tub. ); the skin is flabby and hangs loose in folds (of neck, Nat. m. , Sanic. )
In marasmus head weak, cannot hold it up. ( Aeth. )
Marasmus of lower extremities only.
Ravenous hunger; loosing flesh while eating well ( Iod. , Nat. m. , Sanic. , Tub. )
Painful contractions of the limbs from cramps or following colic.
Rheumatism; for the excessive pain before the swelling commences; from suddenly-checked diarrhoea or other secretions; alternates with haemorrhoids, with dysentery.
Gout; joints stiff, swollen, with pricking sensation; wrists and ankle-joints painful and inflamed.
Very lame and sore all over.
Itching chilblains ( Agar. ).
Great weakness and prostration and a kind of hectic fever with children; unable to stand.
Child is ill-natured, irritable, cross and despondent; violent, inhuman, would like to do something cruel.
Face old, pale, wrinkled ( Op. )
Relationship: After Hepar in furuncle; after Acon. and Bry. in pleurisy, when pressing sensation remains in affected side impeding respiration.
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| Glacial Acetic Acid. | C4H3O3. |
Adapted to pale lean persons with lax, flabby muscles; face pale, waxy ( Fer. ).
Haemorrhage; from every mucous outlet, nose, throat, lungs, stomach, bowels, uterus ( Fer. , Mill. ); metrorrhagia; vicarious; traumatic epistaxis ( Arn. ).
Marasmus and other wasting diseases of children ( Abrot. , Iod. , Sanic. , Tub. ).
Great prostration; after injuries ( Sulph. ac. ); after surgical shock; after anaesthetics.
Thirst; intense, burning, insatiable even for large quantities in dropsy, diabetes, chronic diarrhoea; but no thirst in fever.
Sour belching and vomiting of pregnancy, burning water-brash and profuse salivation, day and night ([Lac. ac.], salivation < at night, Mer. s. ).
Diarrhoea; copious, exhausting, great thirst; in dropsy, typhus, phthisis; with night sweats.
True croup, hissing respiration, cough with inhalation ( Spong. ); last stages.
Inhalation of vapor of cider vinegar has been successfully used in croup and malignant diphtheria.
Cannot sleep lying on the back (sleeps better on back, Ars. ); sensation of sinking in abdomen causing dyspnoea; rests better lying on belly ( Am. c. ).
Hectic fever, skin dry and hot; red spot on left cheek and drenching night sweats.
Relationship. It antidotes anaesthetic vapors ( Amyl. ); fumes of charcoal and gas; Opium and Stramonium.
Cider vinegar antidotes Carbolic acid .
Follows well; after Cinchona , in haemorrhage; after Digitalis , in dropsy.
It aggravates; the symptoms of Arn. , Bell. , Lach. , Mer. , especially the headache from Belladonna.
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Monkshood.
Ranunculaceae.
It is generally indicated in acute or recent cases occurring in young persons, especially girls, of a full, plethoric habit who lead a sedentary life; persons easily affected by atmospheric changes; dark hair and eyes, rigid muscular fibre.
Complaints caused by exposure to dry cold air, dry north or west winds, or exposure to draughts of cold air while in a perspiration; bad effects of checked perspiration.
Great fear and anxiety of mind, with great nervous excitability; afraid to go out, to go into a crowd where there is any excitement or many people; to cross the street.
The countenance is expressive of fear; the life is rendered miserable by fear; is sure his disease will prove fatal; predicts the day he will die; fear of death during pregnancy.
Restless, anxious, does everything in great haste; must change position often; everything startles him.
Pains; are intolerable, they drive him crazy; he becomes very restless; at night.
Hahnemann says: "Whenever Aconite is chosen homeopathically, you must, above all, observe the moral symptoms, and be careful that it closely resembles them; the anguish of mind and body; the restlessness; the disquiet not to be allayed."
This mental anxiety, worry, fear accompanies the most trivial ailment.
Music is unbearable, makes her sad ( Sab. , during menses, Nat. c. ).
On rising from a recumbent position the red face becomes deathly pale, or he becomes faint or giddy and falls, and fears to rise again; often accompanied by vanishing of sight and unconsciousness.
Amenorrhoea in plethoric young girls; after fright, to prevent suppression of menses.
For the congestive stage of inflammation before localization takes place.
Fever; skin dry and hot; face red, or pale and red alternately; burning thirst for large quantities of cold water; intense nervous restlessness, tossing about in agony; becomes intolerable towards evening and on going to sleep.
Convulsions; of teething children; heat, jerks and twitches of single muscles; child gnaws its fist, frets and screams; skink hot and dry; high fever.
Cough, croup; dry, hoarse, suffocating, loud, rough, croaking; hard, ringing, whistling; on expiration ( Caust. - on inhalation, Spong. ); from dry, cold winds or drafts of air.
Aconite should never be given simply to control the fever, never alternated with other drugs for that purpose. If it be a case requiring Aconite no other drug is needed; Aconite will cure the case.
Unless indicated by the exciting cause, is nearly always injurious in first stages of typhoid fever.
Aggravation. Evening and night, pains are insupportable; in a warm room; when rising from bed; lying on affected side ( Hep. , Nux m. ).
Amelioration. In the open air ( Alum. , Mag. c. , Puls. , Sab. ).
Relationship. Complementary: to Coffea in fever, sleeplessness, intolerance of pain; to Arnica in traumatism; to Sulphur in all cases. Rarely indicated in fevers which bring out eruptions..
Aconite is the acute of Sulphur , and both precedes and follows it in acute inflammatory conditions.
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| Black Cohosh. | Ranunculaceae. |
Puerperal mania; thinks she is going crazy (compare, Syph. ); tries to injure herself.
Mania following disappearance of neuralgia.
Sensation as if a heavy, black cloud had settled all over her and enveloped her head so that all is darkness and confusion.
Illusion of a mouse running under her chair ( Lac. c. , Aeth. ).
Ciliary neuralgia; aching or sharp, darting, shooting pains in globes, extending to temples, vertex, occiput, orbit, < going up stairs, > lying down.
Heart troubles from reflex symptoms of uterus or ovaries. Heart's action ceases suddenly; impending suffocation; palpitation from least motion ( Dig. ).
Menses: irregular; exhausting ( Alum. , Coc. ); delayed or suppressed by mental emotion, from cold, from fever; with chorea, hysteria or mania; increase of mental symptoms during.
Spasms: hysterical or epileptic; reflex from uterine disease; worse during menses; chorea < left side.
Severe left-sided infra-mammary pains ( Ust. ).
Sharp, lancinating, electric-like pains in various parts, sympathetic with ovarian or uterine irritation; in uterine region, dart from side to side.
Pregnancy: nausea; sleeplessness; false labor-like pains; sharp pains across abdomen; abortion at third month ( Sab. ).
During labor: "shivers" in first stage; convulsions, from nervous excitement; rigid os; pains severe, spasmodic, tedious, < by least noise.
After-pains, worse in the groins.
When given during last month of pregnancy, shortens labor, if symptoms correspond ( Caul. , Puls. ).
Excessive muscular soreness, after dancing, skating, or other violent muscular exertion.
Rheumatic pains in muscles of neck and back; feel stiff, lame, contracted; spine sensitive, from using arms in sewing, type writing, piano playing ( Agar. , Ran. b. ).
Rheumatism affecting the bellies of the muscles; pains stitching, cramping.
Rheumatic dysmenorrhoea.
Relationship. Similar: to, Caul. , and Puls. in uterine and rheumatic affections; to, Agar. , Lil. , Sep.
Aggravation. During menstruation; the more profuse the flow the greater the suffering.
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| Horse Chestnut. | Sapindacae. |
For persons with haemorrhoidal tendencies, and who suffer with gastric, bilious or catarrhal troubles.
Fullness in various parts, as from undue amount of blood; heart, lungs, stomach, brain, pelvis, skin.
Venous congestion, especially portal and haemorrhoidal.
Despondent, gloomy; very irritable; looses temper easily and gains control slowly; miserably cross ( Cham. ).
Mucous membranes of mouth, throat, rectum are swollen, burn, feel dry and raw.
Coryza; thin, watery, burning: rawness and sensitive to inhaled cold air.
Follicular pharyngitis; violent burning, raw sensation in throat; dryness and roughness of throat.
Frequent inclination to swallow, with burning, pricking, stinging and dry constricted fauces ( Apis , Bell. ).
Rectum: dryness and heat of; feets as if full of small sticks; knife-like pains shoot up the rectum ( Ign. , Sulph. ); haemorrhoids blind, painful, burning purplish; rarely bleeding.
Rectum sore, with fullness, burning and itching ( Sulph. ).
Constipation: hard, dry stool, difficult to pass; with dryness and heat of rectum; severe lumbo-sacral backache.
Stool followed by fullness of rectum and intense pain in anus for hours ( Aloe , Ign. , Mur. ac. , Sulph. ).
Prolapsus uteri and acrid, dark leucorrhoea, with lumbo-sacral backache and great fatigue, from walking.
Severe dull backache in lumbo-sacral articulation; more or less constant; affecting sacrum and hips.
Back "gives out" during pregnancy, prolapsus, leucorrhoea; when walking or stooping; must sit or lie down.
Sensation of heaviness and lameness in back.
Paralytic feeling in arms, legs and spine.
Relationship. Similar: to, Aloe , Coll. , Ign. , Mur. ac. , Nux , Sulph. , in haemorrhoids.
After Coll. had improved piles, Aesc often cures.
Useful after Nux and Sulph. has improved, but failed to cure piles.
Aggravation. Motion; backache and soreness, by walking and stooping; inhaling cold air.
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Especially for children during dentition in hot summer weather; children who cannot bear milk.
Great weakness; children cannot stand; unable to hold up the head ( Abrot. ); prostration with sleepiness.
Idiocy in children; incapacity to think; confused.
An expression of great anxiety and pain, with a drawn condition and well-marked linea nasalia.
Features expressive of pain and anxiety.
Herpetic eruption on end of the nose.
Complete absence of thirst ( Apis , Puls. - rev of Ars. ).
Intolerance of milk: cannot bear milk in any form; it is vomited in large curds as soon as taken; then weakness causes drowsiness (compare Mag. c. ).
Indigestion of teething children; violent, sudden vomiting of a frothy, milk-white substance; or yellow fluid, followed by curdled milk and cheesy matter.
Regurgitation of food and hour or so after eating; copious greenish vomiting.
Epileptic spasms, with clenched thumbs, red face, eyes turned downwards, pupils fixed and dilated; foam at the mouth, jaws locked; pulse small, hard, quick.
Weakness and prostration with sleepiness; after vomiting, after stool, after spasm.
Relationship. - Similar: to Ant. c. , Ars. , Cal. , Sanic.
Aggravation. - After eating or drinking; after vomiting; after stool; after spasm.
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