ALOE SOCOTRINA
Socotrine Aloes
(ALOE)
An excellent remedy to aid in re-establishing physiological equilibrium
after much dosing, where disease and drug symptoms are much mixed. There is no remedy richer
in symptoms of portal congestion and none that has given better clinical results, both for the
primary pathological condition and secondary phenomena. Bad effects from sedentary life or
habits. Especially suitable to lymphatic and hypochondriacal patients. The rectal symptoms
usually determine the choice. Adapted to weary people, the aged, and phlegmatic, old
beer-drinkers. Dissatisfied and angry about himself, alternating with lumbago. Heat internally
and externally. Has been used successfully in the treatment of consumption by giving the pure
juice.
Head.–
Headache alternates with lumbago, with intestinal and
uterine affections. Disinclination to mental labor. Aches above
forehead, with heaviness in eyes, must partially close them. Headache after stool.
Dull, pressive pain; worse from heat.
Eyes.–
Compelled to make small during pain in forehead.
Flickering before eyes. Redness of eyes with yellow
vision. Pain deep in orbits.
Face.–
Marked redness of lips.
Ears.–
Cracking when chewing. Sudden explosion and clashing in
left ear. Tinkling as of some thin, shivered, metallic globe in head.
Nose.–
Coldness of tip. Bleeding in morning on awakening. Full
of crusts.
Mouth.–
Taste bitter and sour. Tasteless eructations. Lips
cracked and dry.
Throat.–
Thick lumps of tough mucus. Varicose condition of veins
in pharynx. Dry, scrapy feeling.
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 diarrhśa would come on.
Great accumulation of flatus, pressing downwards, causing distress in lower bowels. Sensation of plug between symphysis pubis and os coccygis, with
urging to stool. Colic before and during stool. Burning, copious flatus.
Rectum.–
Constant bearing down in rectum; bleeding, sore, and
hot; relieved by cold water. Feeling of weakness and loss of power of sphincter ani. Sense of insecurity in rectum, when passing flatus. Uncertain
whether gas or stool will come. Stool passes without effort, almost unnoticed. Lumpy, watery
stool. Jelly-like stools, with soreness in rectum after stool. A lot
of mucus, with pain in rectum after stool. Hćmorrhoids protrude like grapes; very
sore and tender; better cold water application. Burning in anus and rectum. Constipation, with
heavy pressure in lower part of abdomen. Diarrhśa from beer.
Urinary.–
Incontinence in aged, bearing-down sensation and
enlarged prostate. Scanty and high colored.
Female.–
Bearing down in rectum, worse standing and during
menses. Uterus feels heavy, cannot walk much on that account. Labor-like pains in loins;
extend down legs. Climacteric hćmorrhage. Menses too early and too profuse.
Respiratory.–
Winter coughs, with itching. Difficult
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.–
Worse early
morning; summer; heat; in hot, dry weather; after eating or drinking. Better
from cold, open air.
Relationship.–
Complementary: Sulphur;
compare: Kali bich; Lycop; Allium sat.
Antidotes: Opium; Sulph.
Dose.–
Sixth potency and higher. In rectal conditions, a few
doses of the third, then wait.