Materia Medica
Aloe
Socotrine Aloes
An excellent remedy to aid in re-establishing phys- iological equilibrium after much dosing. where dis- ease and drug symptoms are much mixed. There is no remedy richer in svmptoms of portal congestion and one that has given better clinical results, both for the primary pathological condition and secondary phenomena Bal effects from sedentary life or habits. 35 Especially suitable to lymphatic and hypochondriacal patients. The rectal symptoms usually determine the choice. Adapted to weary people, the aged, and phleg- matic, old beer-drinkers. Dissatisfied and angry about himself, alternating
Head
Headache alternates with lumbago, with in- testinal and uterine affections. I Disinclination to men- tal labor. Aches above forehead, with heaviness in cyes, must partially close them. Headache after stool. Dull, pressive pain; worse from heat.
Eyes
Compelled to make simall during pain in forehead. Flickering before eyes. Redness of eyes with ycllozw vision. Pain deep in orbits.
Ears
Cracking when chewing. Sudden explosion and clashing in left ear. Tinkling as of some thin, shivered, metallic globe in head.
Nose
Coldress of tip. Bleeding in morning on awakening.
Face
Marked redness of lips.
Mouth
Taste bitter and sour. Tasteless eructa- tions.
Throat
Thick lumps of tough mucus. Varicose condition of veins in pharynx.
Stomach
Aversion to meat. Longing for juicy things. After eating, flatulence, pulsation in rectum, and sexual irritation. Nausea, with headache. Pain in pit when making false step.
Abdomen
Pain around navel, worse pressure. Fullness in region of liver, pain under right ribs. Abdomen feels full, heavy, hot, bloated. Pulsating pain around navel. Weak feeling, as if diarrhoea would come on. Sensation of plug between symphysis pubis and os coccygis, with urging to stool. Great accumula- tion of flatus, pressing downwards, causing distress in lower bowels. Colic before and during stool. Burn- ing, copious flatus.
Stool
Jelly-like stools, with soreness in rectum after stool. A·lot of mucus,with pain in rectum after stool. Hemorrhoids protrude like grapes; very sore and ten- der; better cold water application. Burning in anus and rectum. Constipation, with heavy pressure in lower part of abdomen. Diarrhcea from beer.
Rectum
Constant bearing down in rectum; bleed- ing, sore, and hot; relieved by cold water. Feeling of weakness and loss of power of sphincter ani. Sense of insccurity in rectum, when passing flatus. Uncer- tain whether gas or stool will come. Stool passes with- out effort, almost unnoticed. Lumpy, watery
Urinary
Incontinence in aged. bearing-down sen- sation and enlarged prostate.
Female
Bearing down in rectum, worse standing and during menses. Uterus feels heavy, cannot walk much on that. account. Labor-like pains in loins: ex- tend down legs. Climacteric hamorrhage. Menses too early and too profuse.
Respiratory
Winter coughs, with itching. Diffi- cult respiration, with stitches from liver to chest.
Back
Pain in small of back; worse moving. Stitches through sacrum. Lumbago alternating with headache and piles.
Extremities
Lameness in all limbs. Drawing pains in joints. Soles pain when walking
Modalities
Il'orse, early morning; summer; heat ; in hot, dry weather: after eating or drinking. Better, from cold, open air.
Relationships
Complementary: Sulphur; compare: Kali bich.; Lycop.; Allium sat. Antidotes: Opium ; Sulph.
Dose
First to sixth potency.