Aesculus Hippocastanum
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General EN
Aesculus Hippocastanum.
Hippocastanum vulgaris. Horse-chestnut. (Northern India and North America.) N. O. Sapindaceae. Tincture of ripe kernel; trituration of dry kernel. Tincture of fruit with capsule (according to Hering, this is the best).
Clinical EN
Anus, affections of. Back, affections of. Constipation. Cough. Haemorrhoids. Headache. Hernia. Intermittents. Jaundice. Liver, affections of. Lumbago. Prostate gland, affections of. Sacrum, pain in. Taste, altered. Throat, affections of. Tongue, affections of. Uterus, prolapse of.
Characteristics EN
Aescul. hip. is a great pile remedy. In some districts it is a popular custom to carry a chestnut in the pocket as a preventive. It produces many symptoms of disordered liver: Malaise; dulness of head and mind; fulness at root of nose. Follicular pharyngitis with dryness; burning; roughness; contraction in throat, as in follicular pharyngitis. There is soreness and fulness in liver region; the abdomen is sore to touch. There is jaundice with bileless stools. Throbbing in abdomen, especially hypogastrium.
The most intense action is on the lower bowel and pelvic organs. There are haemorrhoids, blind or bleeding; if they bleed it gives relief. Feeling of dryness in rectum as if little sticks or splinters were pricking the folds of mucous membrane; with weak feeling in sacro-iliac joints, as if legs would give way. (Arg. n. has also pain in sacro-iliac joints and sensation as if the bones were loose.) Constipation, stools large, hard, followed by feeling of prolapse of rectum.
General aching in lumbar and sacral regions, with stiffness in the back, almost impossible to walk. Tearing in the small of the back and hips.
Poisoning with the green rind of horse-chestnut has produced the following symptoms in a boy: Pupils widely dilated in bright light. Face flushed; pulse full. Drowsy and apparently slept, but the sleep was interrupted at short intervals by sudden awakenings and screams. Great terror as from a dreadful dream, or apparition on opening his eyes. Questioning failed to elicit the cause of his terror.
Aesc. h. patients are, as a rule, despondent and irritable. Walking greatly < all symptoms. Cold air and cold seasons <; nose and throat very sensitive when inhaling; < after washing. > Summer; < winter (haemorrhoids).
Relations EN
Compare: Aesc. gl., Alo., Collins., Merc., Nux v., Pod., Sul. Nux v. antidotes the pile symptoms. It follows well: Collins, Nux v., Sul. Compare also: Kali bi. (throat; but Aesc. h. has not the stringy mucus); Phytolacca (follicular pharyngitis).
Mind EN
Depressed; gloomy; low-spirited; irritable
Loses temper easily, regains it slowly
Unable to fix his attention.
Head EN
Dull pressure in forehead; slight nausea in stomach, followed at once by stitches in right hypochondrium
Severe lancinating headache at base of brain, as if too full; tympany; tongue white
Confused feeling, with giddiness;
< rising from a seat
Frequent flying pains through the temples
Flushes of heat over the occiput, neck, and shoulders
Head too heavy to hold up without balancing; all head symptoms accompanied by haemorrhoidal, rectal, or sacral symptoms.
Eyes EN
Weight in the eyes; they feel heavy and dull
Eyes feel heavy and hot; balls sore
Painful aching over l. eye
Flickering before the eyes.
Nose EN
Stinging and burning in posterior nares and soft palate
Dryness of posterior nares and throat; sneezing, followed by severe coryza
Pain in r. nasal bone; soreness in l.
Face EN
Pale, miserable appearance
Flying heat and redness of l. side of face
Face swells enormously after washing in water.
Mouth EN
Tongue coated white or yellow
Thick yellow phlegm in the mouth
Taste sweet; bitter; metallic (coppery, with salivation)
Tongue feels as if it had been scalded.
Throat EN
Pricking, formication, burning and stinging in fauces; shooting in l. side
Feeling as if something had lodged in fauces causing constant inclination to swallow
Feeling of dryness and roughness (or rawness and burning) in throat, as from taking cold
Constrictive feeling in fauces
Neuralgic pains in fauces
Dark congested fauces with a full feeling and irritation
Sore throat, chronic, with haemorrhoidal difficulty.
Stomach EN
Belching, nausea, vomiting
Violent vomiting; great burning distress in the stomach
Heartburn and gulping up of food after eating
Pressure as from a stone in pit of stomach
Eructations of wind; empty.
Abdomen EN
Tenderness in the right hypochondrium
Much distress in liver and epigastrium
Fulness in liver and abdomen
Constant severe aching from pit of stomach to r. lobe of liver
Abdomen and liver region tender to touch
Sensation of fulness, flatulency, and colicky pains; haemorrhoidal colic
Emission of fetid flatus; rumbling in bowels
Cutting in r. inguinal region (hernia).
Stool And Anus EN
Dry, uncomfortable feeling in rectum as if it were filled with small sticks
Soreness, burning, itching, raw feeling, and fulness at anus
Pain like a knife sawing backwards and forwards through anus
Haemorrhoids like ground nuts, purple; painful sensation of burning; generally blind; aching and lameness or shooting in the back
Haemorrhoids blind and painful; rarely bleeding;
< standing or walking
Stool hard, dry, and passed with difficulty
Sensation of rigid hardness before stool
Stools hard and black; natural consistence and white
Backache after a difficult, large, and hard stool
Prolapsus ani after stool
Several large piles which seem to block up the rectum, little or no bleeding, great suffering, constipation
Chronic diarrhoea, with characteristic backache or haemorrhoids
Piles develop and become particularly troublesome in climacteric years.
Urinary Organs EN
Pain in region of l. kidney
Frequent scanty urination
Urine dark and muddy; dark-brown sediment; yellow, with thick mucous sediment
Urine hot.
Male Sexual Organs EN
Discharge of prostatic fluid at every stool, and at micturition; seminal loss during sleep.—A variety of suffering about the generative organs.
Female Sexual Organs EN
Inflamed cervix uteri, retroversion, prolapsus, enlargement and induration, when characterised by great tenderness heat and throbbing
Old cases of leucorrhoea, of a dark yellow colour, thick and sticky, worse after menstrual period, increased by walking, corrodes the labia, with aching in the sacrum and knees
Uterine soreness with throbbing in hypogastrium
During pregnancy sacro-iliac symphysis gives out while she walks; must sit down; feels best lying.
Respiratory Organs EN
Short cough, increased by swallowing and breathing deeply
Hoarseness
Raw feeling in chest
Tightness in chest
Abundant raising of mucus in morning
Cough, with sensation of stiffness in the throat and suffocation in the upper chest
Oppression, stitches, soreness and other troubles of chest
Catarrhal affections causing hoarseness and cough.
Heart EN
Twitching over region of heart
Stitches and neuralgic pains in region of heart, esp. apex; and forehead
Functional disturbances of the heart from haemorrhoidal complaints.
Back EN
Constant backache affecting the sacrum and hips, very much aggravated by walking and stooping forward; almost impossible to rise after sitting down
Back gives out when walking
Aching between the shoulders
Spine feels weak
The sacrum, back, neck, head, chest, heart, and abdomen, all seem in remarkable sympathy with the rectum and its vessels.
Upper Limbs EN
Rheumatic pains in r. scapula and r. side of chest; worse during inspiration
Shooting, drawing, and tearing pains in shoulders, arms, hands, and fingers
Paralytic feeling in arms, legs, and spine.
Lower Limbs EN
Legs so weak she can hardly walk
L. knee swollen, painful, stiff; cannot bear slightest pressure
Tendo Achillis sore.
Generalities EN
Paralytic feeling in arms, legs, and spine.—Feels faint, weak, and weary.—Disposition to stretch and yawn.—Fulness in various organs, as if they contained too much blood.—Mucous dry, swollen; burn and feel raw.
Fever EN
Chill at 4 p.m.; fever from 7 to 12 p.m.—During fever no thirst, bursting headache, photophobia, profuse hot sweat, heart beats violently.