Stool – Stool and Rectum – Chapter 20 – REPERTORY OF HERING’S GUIDING SYMPTOMS OF OUR MATERIA MEDICA By Calvin B. Knerr, M.D.

CHAPTER 20.
STOOL AND RECTUM.

Anus
* Cholera Asiatica * Cholera
Infantum * Cholera Morbus
* Constipation * Diarrhœa
* Dysentery * Flatus
* Hæmorrhoids * Rectum
*

Stool
* Before Stool * During
Stool * After Stool * Worms

Stool.
A-B
* C-D * E-F
* G-K * L
* M-Q * R-T
* U-V *

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Stool :-

Washed, immediately on
having head :-

Tarent.

Watery

(See Choleraic,
Rice water, Thin.) :-
Acon., Æth., Agar.,
Anag., ANT-C.,
Ant-t., Apis,
Ars., Ars-met., Ars-s-f., Arum-t.,
ASAF.,
Aur-m.,
Bapt., Bell., Benz-ac.,
Berb., Bism.,
Bor., Cact.,
Cahin., Calc.,
Canth.,
Carb-ac., Carb-v.,
Carbn-s.,
Cast., Cast-eq., Cham., Chin-ar., Chin-s., CHR-AC.,
Cina, Cob.,
Cocc.,
Coff., COLCH.,
Coloc., CON.,
Cop., Crot-t.,
Cupr.,
Cur., Cycl., Dig.,
Dios., Dulc.,
Elaps., Ferr.,
Fl-ac., GAMB.,
Graph., GRAT.,
Hell., Hep., Hipp.,
Hyos., Iod.,
Ip., IRIS,
JATR., Kali-i.,
Kali-n., Kali-p.,
Kali-s., Kreos.,
Lach., Lept.,
MERC.,
Merc-d., Merc-i-r.,
Merc-sul.,
Mez., Mosch.,
Mur-ac., Nat-ar.,
Nat-c., NAT-M.,
Nat-s.,
Nit-ac., Nux-m.,
NUX-V.,
Olnd., OP.,
Ox-ac.,
Petr., Ph-ac.,
Phos., Plan., Plb., PODO.,
PULS., Ran-b.,
Ran-s., Rhus-t.,
Rumx., Sal-ac.,
Samb., Sang., SEC.,
Senec., Sul-ac.,
Sulph., Tab.,
Ter., Thuj.,
VERAT.,
VERAT-V.

Abdomen, with pains in,
during apyrexia :-

Elat.

Alternately watery, or
slimy, or dark brown fecal

(diarrhœa,
and catarrh of stomach) :-
Dulc.

Black :-

ARS.,
Kali-bi., Verat.

Brown :-

ARS.,
Canth.,
Chel., Gamb.,
Kali-bi., Rumx.,
Sulph., Verat.

Brown,
painless, weakening :-

Ferr.

Brown, dark, or dark
green

(chronic
diarrhœa) :- Gels.

Brown, yellowish,
containing white particles, looked as if chopped up :-

Mag-c.

Burning, with
abdominal :-

PHOS.

Burning at anus :-

Ferr.

Burning in anus, in
evening :-

Lach.

Burning distress in
stomach and pancreas :-

Iris.

Catarrh, in
intestinal :-

Calc.

Children, in, chronic,
usually soon after eating or drinking, without pain or effort,
mostly undigested substances :-

Ferr.

Cholerine, in :-

ARG-N.

Cholera, in, after
camphor has checked vomiting, purging, cramps, etc. :-

Ph-ac.

Cholera, in Asiatic,
each successive one more watery :-

Colch.

Cholera morbus,
in :-

Caul.,
Iris, Podo.

Cholera infantum,
in :-

Ars-i.,
Calc., Med.,
Psor.,
Rob., Verat.

Cholera, in
sporadic :-

Nat-m.

Clear :-

Apis.

Constipation,
succeeds :-

Iris.

Colic, with :-

Cop.,
Ferr., Ferr-p.

Colic, with, in cholera
infantum :-

Nat-m.

Colic, with around
navel and pressing in rectum, returning as soon as one lies
down :-

Ox-ac.

Colic, after :-

Jatr.

Colorless :-

BENZ-AC.,
Coloc., MERC.,
Sec.

Colorless, in cholera
morbus :-

Iris.

Colorless, in
dysentery :-

Cub.

Colorless, in typhoid
fever :-

Merc-d.

Colorless, sudden, in
morning

(sporadic
cholera) :- Tab.

Colorless, in
intestinal spasms :-

Op.

Colorless, more, with
every new stool :-

Coloc.

Copious :-

Seneg.

Copious, with colic and
tenesmus :-

GAMB.

Copious, then severe
cutting in small intestines, after exposure to wet weather :-

Led.

Copious, relieving
dyspnœa, in hydrothorax :-

Merc-sul.

Copious, in
intermittent fever :-

Nat-m.

Copious, in prevailing
fever :-

Am-m.

Copious, pouring away
as from a hydrant, better after sleeping :-

Phos.

Copious, during menses,
with chill and cold sweat on forehead :-

Vib.

Copious, at night, with
prostration :-

Gnaph.

Copious, inodorous,
mixed with white flocks :-

VERAT.

Copious, particularly
in old people :-

GAMB.

Copious, yellow like
curdled milk, of offensive sickening smell, expelled with much force

(diarrhœa
during hot weather) :-
Gamb.

Continuous, in a,
stream :-

Iris,
Lept.

Cramp, with, and wind
colic :-

Mag-p.

Cramp-like, with, or
spasmodic pain in bowels, vomiting and flatulence :-

Coll.

Dark :-

Nux-v.

Day and night :-

Bapt.

Diarrhœa of children :-

BENZ-AC.,
Mag-c.

Diarrhœa, chronic or
acute :-

PH-AC.

Diarrhœa, in, of 4
months’ standing :-

SULPH.

Dentition,
during :-

CALC.,
Cham., Ip.

Dentition, during,
soaking into diaper :-

Nux-m.

Diphtheria, in :-

Nat-m.

Dirty water,
like :-

Ars.,
Podo.

Dirty water, like,
soaking napkin through :-

PODO.

Drinking, after

(cholerine) :-
Phos.

Drives out of bed about
5 A.M., after which he had one stool every hour until 9 A.M. :-

Sulph.

Dropsy, in :-

Dig.

Ear, otorrhœa, in :-

PSOR.

Eating, worse after,
and drinking :-

Crot-t.

Eating, after, anything
unusual, especially apples

(ague) :-
Puls.

Eruptions, after
suppression of skin :-

Lyc.

Exposure, after :-

Dulc.

Fetid, very :-

Apis.

Fever, after, in febris
biliosa :-

Elat.

Fever, intermittent,
in :-

Cocc.

Fever, in
prevailing :-

Am-m.

Fever, in
puerperal :-

Cham.,
Sec.

Fever, in
typhoid :-

Apis,
Merc.

Flaky :-

Cupr.,
Verat.

Flatus, with, preceded
by cutting :-

Sang.

Frequent, thin

(cholera
infantum) :- Manc.

Frequent, of thin
watery feces, with soreness of anus :-

Grat.

Frothy :-

Elat.,
Grat., Kali-bi., Mag-c.

Great force, passed
with, with colicky pains at 4 A.M., 3 more profuse during next 2
hours :-

Rhus-v.

Great force, every 1/2
hour

(cholera) :-
Verat.

Green :-

Cham.,
Dulc., Grat.,
Iris, Mag-c.,
Podo., Puls., Sul-ac.,
Verat.

Green, with,
scum :-

Mag-c.

Greenish :-

Ip.,
Mag-c.

Greenish or black fluid
gushes as from a hydrant, at times involuntary, at others with
urging

(cholerine) :-
Phos.

Greenish mixed with
mucus

(cholera
infantum) :- Gamb.

Griping, 6 or 8
passages daily after constricting bellyache, worse in epigastric
region :-

Cham.

Griping, with, in
bowels :-

Seneg.

Griping, with, burning
and tenesmus, nausea, drowsiness, dulness of head and sweat :-

Corn.

Got, very,
daily :-

Calc-p.

Lumps like frog spawn

(colic) :-
Aloe.

Liver, in affection
of :-

Podo.

Meal, after a :-

Asar.

Menses, in
irregular :-

Dig.

Milk, with lumps of
coagulated :-

Valer.

Morning, in :-

Kali-bi.,
PHOS.

Mornings, chronic in,
with pain in sides of abdomen :-

Coloc.

Morning, worse
in :-

Cop.

Morning, very early in,
following colic and fermenting rumbling in lower abdomen :-

Nux-v.

Morning, in, after
rising :-

Fl-ac.

Mornings, worse, at end
of gastric disturbances

(phthisis) :-
Kali-c.

Mucous :-

Cact.,
Colch., Gamb.

Mucus, with large
quantities of :-

Lept.

Mucus, with flakes
of :-

Phos.

Mucus, mixed with

(cholera
morbus) :- Iris.

Mucus, mixed with
flakes of

(aphthæ) :-
Verat-v.

Mucous, with
tenesmus :-

Hell.

Mucus, with lumps of
white, or little grains like tallow :-

Phos.

Nausea, with :-

Jab.

Nausea, with, worse
after eating :-

Crot-t.

Nausea, with, tearing
down thighs and tenesmus :-

Rhus-t.

Night, at :-

Chin.

Night, midnight, after,
profuse :-

Jatr.

Night, only or
unusually at :-

PULS.

Night, only at, and
most towards morning :-

Psor.

Night, day and, with
urging every 15 minutes :-

Calc-p.

Pains, with, in lower
bowels

(chronic
camp diarrhœa) :-
Lyss.

Painless, in
afternoon :-

Æsc.

Painless, every
afternoon

(chronic
diarrhœa) :- Ferr.

Painless, in Bright’s
disease :-

Phos.

Pancreatic, in, diarrhœa :-

Iris.

Phthisis, with :-

Polyp.

Pleuritis, in
subacute :-

Arg-n.

Pregnancy, in lying-in
women :-

Hyos.

Pulse, with
weak :-

Jal.

Rachitis, in :-

Calc.

Red, as if purely of
blood

(diarrhœa) :-
Merc-c.

Rice water,
like :-

Kali-br.

Rumbling, with, in
bowels :-

Ph-ac.

Scarlatina, in :-

Ail.

Scanty, though gushing
as if abundant :-

Podo.

Scrapings of
intestines, with pieces from an inch to an inch and a half long
floating in them, resembling :-

Nit-ac.

Scum, with greenish,
floating on surface :-

MERC.

Sediment, with
meal-like :-

Ph-ac.

Sediment, passes
through diaper, leaving a doughy :-

Podo.

Serum, mixed
with :-

Apis.

Serous, protracted, in
summer diarrhœa :-

Iris.

Spasm, with violent, in
sphincter

(dysentery,
or cholera sporadica) :-
COLCH.

Spurting :-

CROT-T.,
JATR., Seneg.

Spurting, with mucous
cough :-

Squil.

Standing, worse, or
walking :-

ALOE.

Stomach, in catarrh
of :-

Apis.

Summer complaint,
in :-

Ferr-p.,
Kali-br.

Summer complaint,
after :-

Med.

Tenesmus, with or
without :-

FERR.

Thicker, 1st, at,
then :-

Calad.

Ulcers, with
scrofulous :-

Bar-m.

Urging, with
sudden :-

PODO.

Urging, with, and pain
in stomach :-

Mag-p.

Vomiting, with :-

Colch.,
Elat.

Vomiting, with, and
colic :-

Plb.

Vomiting, with, and
cramps in calves :-

Mag-p.

Vomiting, with, of
large quantities of white, glairy fluid

(cholera) :-
Jatr.

Weather, in cool
damp :-

Nux-m.

Weather, in hot damp,
or in autumn

(diarrhœa) :-
Colch.

Yellow :-

Apis,
Ars., Bor.,
Canth., Chin.,
Crot-t., Dulc.,
Gamb.,
Grat., Hyos., Phos., Stront-c.,
Thuj.

Yellowish, in
influenza :-

Dulc.

Yellow, on rising in
morning :-

Eucal.

Yellow, profuse in hot
weather, particularly old people :-

GAMB.

White

(See Chalky,
Clayey, Light.) :-
Anan.,
Ang., Ant-c.,
Apis, Bufo,
Calc., Canth.,
Cast., Caul.,
Caust.,
Cedr., Colch.,
Cop.,
Crot-h., Dig., Dios.,
Dros., Dulc.,
Form., Iber.,
Ign., Kali-m.,
MERC.,
NUX-M., Pall.,
Petros., Ph-ac.,
Podo., PULS.,
Rheum, Rhus-t.,
Rhus-v., Rob.,
Sulph., Urt-u.

Abdomen, with pain in

(cholera,
4th day) :- Ph-ac.

Blood, streaked
with :-

Calc.

Bloody mucus,
with :-

PULS.

Chalky :-

Bell.

Cholera, in :-

Arg-n.

Cholera, in
sporadic :-

Nat-m.

Cholera, in, after
camphor has checked vomiting, purging, cramps, etc. :-

Ph-ac.

Colic, with :-

Cham.

Cream-colored, after
summer complaint :-

Med.

Cream-colored :-

Gels.

Diarrhœa, in :-

Calc.,
Cina, Med.,
Naja, PH-AC.,
Spong., Verat.

Diarrhœa, in, of
children :-

BENZ-AC.

Diarrhœa, in chronic :-

Ph-ac.

Diarrhœa, with, or
jaundice :-

Nat-p.

Diphtheria, in :-

Lac-c.

Egg, like boiled white
of an, mixed with white matter :-

Urt-u.

Emaciation, with

(chronic
prurigo) :- Calc.

Fecal :-

Dig.,
Lyc., Podo., Rhus-t.

Fetid :-

Psor.

Fever, during
prevailing intermittent :-

Sang.

Flakes, mixed with
whitish, worse after eating and drinking :-

Crot-t.

Frog spawn, small
particles like opaque, mixed with brownish bloody fluid

(dysentery) :-
PHOS.

Frog spawn, like,
gelatinous, 3 or 4 times a day, with much pressure :-

Hell.

Gastromalacia,
in :-

Kreos.

Greenish, loose :-

Ph-ac.

Green, or :-

Nat-p.

Grayish :-

Aur-m.,
Benz-ac.

Grayish, in liver
complaint :-

Phos.

Hard, every 4 or 5 days

(prosopalgia) :-
Chel.

Involuntary, in
intermittent fever :-

Cina.

Jaundice, in :-

Dig.,
Dol., Sep.

Jaundice, with, after
unripe fruit :-

Rheum.

Jaundice, hepatitis,
in, with :-

Hep.

Liver, in subacute
inflammation of :-

Hydr.

Liver, chronic, with
hepatic derangement of children :-

Kali-bi.

Milky

(diarrhœa) :-
Calc.

Milky, in puerperal
fever :-

Cham.

Morning, in :-

Chin.

Morning, in, in
intestinal catarrh :-

Cop.

Morning, in, sudden

(sporadic
cholera) :- Tab.

Mucous :-

CANTH.,
COLCH., Graph.,
Ip., Phos.

Mucous, every 3 or 4
hours

(retroversion) :-
Ferr-i.

Mucous,
jelly-like :-

Hell.

Mucous, jelly-like,
with tenesmus :-

Hell.

Mucous, in
myelitis :-

Dulc.

Mushy :-

Calc-p.

Pap, like thick,
children

(cough) :-
Chel.

Piece rectum closes,
after discharge of a small :-

Cimx.

Purulent

(enteritis) :-
Rhus-t.

Rice, mixed with
shining particles like kernels of :-

Cub.

Scrofulosis, in, of
children :-

Still.

Scrofulous, with,
glands :-

Bar-m.

Soft, in intestinal
catarrh :-

Calc.

Spots, when 1st passed,
later green :-

Mur-ac.

Starch, like a solution
of, with straining :-

Verat.

Stomach, in,
complaint :-

Kali-bi.

Stomach, with sinking
at :-

Dig.

Summer complaint,
in :-

Ferr-p.

Tallow, floating lumps
like :-

Mag-c.

Undigested, in
intermittent :-

Calc.

Undigested, in
prevailing fever :-

Am-m.

Urine red :-

Acon.

Urine dark red or
saffron-colored

(jaundice) :-
Acon.

Vomiting, with
bilious :-

Dig.

Vaccination,
after :-

Thuj.

Watery :-

Benz-ac.,
Cast., Chel., Dulc.,
Merc., Ph-ac.,
Phos.

Watery, in
children :-

SEC.

Watery, in hepatic
typhus :-

Chel.

Water, like dirty, with
sediment of undigested food, whitish, granulated :-

Bry.

Weather, from
overfatigue or chill in damp :-

Hep.

Whey-like

(cholera
Asiatica) :- Iod.

Whey-like

(sporadic
cholera) :- Cupr.

Whey-like :-

Nat-m.

Yellowish :-

Cham.,
Ign., Rhus-t.,
Sul-ac.

Yellowish, in diarrhœa :-

Sec.

Yellowish,
fecal :-

Dig.

Worms,
with :-

(See
Worms.)

Ascarides :-

Asar.,
# Bar-m.,
CALC.,
Cina.

Ascarides, with, at 11
A.M. :-

Asc-t.

Ascarides, and itching
at anus, from evening till midnight :-

Calc-ar.

Lumbrici :-

Cina.

Fecal, with masses of
worms :-

Spig.

Tapeworm :-

Arg-n.,
CALC.,
Graph.

Frequent passages of
segments of tapeworm and masses of mucus :-

Phos.