Homeopathy LibraryAloe Socotrina
Reason for use
predominantly upon the liver, giving rise to portal congestion, and greatly increasing the secretion of bile.
Secondarily it affects the muscular portion of the large intestine, and also the rectum, in the latter causing intense congestion, resulting in haemorrhoids, and also extending to the contiguous tissues of the pelvic viscera, especially involving the female generative system.
The action upon the rectum is of most importance.
Characteristic symptoms,
▲ Worse
From heat; during hot, damp weather; in the morning, afternoon, and evening; open air; from motion; while standing; after eating
▼ Better
From cold applications; during cold weather; from discharge of flatus
The full Cowperthwaite text, by section
Mind
(Aloe)
Great disinclination to mental labor (Nux v .) ; it fatigues him.
Disinclined to move.
Exhaustion, alternating with activity.
Head
(Aloe)
Dull headache across the forehead, with heaviness in the eyes, and nausea . (Nux v., Podo.)
Dull, pressive pain in the supra-orbital region ; in the sinciput.
Sense of weight in the vertex. ( Cact., Sulph .)
Headaches are worse from heat and better from cold applications. (Ars.)
Headaches from insufficient stool ; also with gastric intestinal irritation.
Eyes
(Aloe)
Pain deep in the orbits, as if in the muscles ; worse in the right side. (Cimic., Spig.)
Flickering before the eyes, with heat of the face.
Yellow rings moving before the eyes.
Compelled to make the eyes small, with pain in forehead ; heaviness of eyes, and nausea.
Mouth
(Aloe)
Concave edges of teeth seem sharp, and hurt the tongue.
Metallic taste, with dry, irritative hacking.
Stomach
(Aloe)
Bitter eructations.
Painful pressure under the sternum.
Abdomen
(Aloe)
Uneasiness, heat, pressure, and tension in the region of the liver.
Dull pain on the right side under the ribs, worse on standing.
Abdomen painful, especially about the navel ; twisting, griping, must sit bent forward (Caust., Coloc., Iris, Verat.) ; urging to stool, with passage only of offensive flatus. (Bry.)
Distention of the abdomen (Ant. crud., Bry., Cinch.), especially the epigastrium ; with flatus moving about. (Lyc., Hep., Puls .)
Discharge of much flatus, burning, offensive , relieving the pain in the abdomen.
Griping before, with, and after the stool (Merc.) ; with the stool loud flatus. (Agar., Thuja.)
A feeling of weakness in the abdomen, as if diarrhoea would result. ( Physos .)
Heaviness in the hypogastrium ; in the rectum.
Abdominal muscles pain when touched, when pressing at stool, or on rising from a recumbent position.
Stool And Anus
(Aloe)
Heat, soreness, and heaviness in the rectum.
Sensation of heat and burning in the rectum. ( Ars .)
Itching and burning in the anus (Ars., Canth., Sulph .) ; weakness or loss of power of the sphincter ani.
Constant urging to stool during the day ; wakens at night ; arises out of bed at six A. M. (Agar., Podo., Rumex, Sulph.)
Urgency to stool, with passage of urine.
Urgency, as with diarrhoea ; only hot flatus passes, with great relief ; but it soon returns, with a sensation as of a plug wedged in between the symphysis pubis and the os coccygis . (Anac.)
After the stool, sensation as if more were in the rectum. (Nux v.)
Involuntary stool, with the escape of flatus. (Phos. ac.)
Has to hurry to the closet immediately after eating and drinking. (Coloc.)
Stool passes without exertion ; seems so heavy that it falls out of the intestines.
Faeces and urine escape together. ( Hyos .)
Weakness and prostration at stool.
Stools small, brownish, slimy, half fluid ; bright-yellow (Chel.), pappy ; lumpy, watery ; lumps of jelly-like mucus.
Haemorrhoids protrude (Calc. c., Lach., Puls ., Sil.) like a bunch of grapes (Mur. ac.), with constant bearing down in the rectum.
Urinary Organs
(Aloe)
Burning when urinating.
Female Organs.- (Aloe)
Pain in the hypogastrium, as if menses were coming on. ( Caul ., Cimic., Puls ., Sang.)
Fullness and heaviness in the uterine region, with labor like pains in the loins and groin ; worse standing. Menses too early and profuse. (Ambr., Amm. carb., Calc. c., Nux v .)
Leucorrhoea of bloody mucus, preceded by colic.
Neck and Back.- (Aloe)
Lumbago, alternating with headache.
Pressure and heaviness in the sacral region while sitting ; better from motion.
Generalities
(Aloe)
Backache. ( Bell ., Cimic., Nux v., Puls.)
Extreme prostration, with perspiration . (Cinch.)
Pains of short duration.
Amelioration
Therapeutic Range.- (Aloe)
Of great value in dysentery, diarrhoea, and haemorrhoids.
In atonic conditions of the uterus, haemorrhages, etc.
Conditions
(Aloe)
In phlegmatic, indolent people.
In old people.
In women of nervous, relaxed phlegmatic habits, especially when near the climacteric period.
Compare
(Aloe)
Aesc ., Ars., Collins., Crot. t., Cinch., Coloc., Lyc., Nux v., Podo., Puls., Sulph.
Antidotes
(Aloe)
Sulph., mustard, vinegar, vegetable acids.
Camph. relieves for a while.
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