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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.