Æsculus Glabra

Fetid or Ohio Buckeye. (States of North America watered by Ohio River.) N. O. Sapindaceae. Part employed, whole ripe fruit

Clinical

Constipation. Cough. Cramp in stomach. Haemorrhoids. Meningitis. Paralysis. Speech, thick. Vertigo. Wry-neck.

Characteristics

/Esculus glabra, like the Horse-chestnut, has a marked action on the rectum. It produces hard, knotty stools ; very painful. Dark purple haemorrhoidal tumours, with lame back and lower limbs. Hale gives the indication : " Very painful external tumours, dark purple, with constipation and vertigo ; weakness of sacrum and lower limbs." At the same time there is fulness and heaviness of the head without pain ; the sight may be dim or lost ; eyes fixed and expressionless. The speech is thick and the tongue as if lame. In cattle it produces wry-neck and paresis of hind limbs. There is a cough produced by sudden irritation of throat, sensation as of a feather tickling the throat, causing hawking and raising of mucus finally streaked with blood.

Relations

Compare : JEsc. hipp., Alo., Collins., Ign., Nux v.

Mind

Confusion, with vertigo, often followed by stupefaction and coma.

Head

Vertigo, with staggering, reeling, unconsciousness. — Vertigo, with full, heavy head, dim sight ; thick speech, nausea and vomiting ; f aint« aess; towards evening.

Eyes

Eyes fixed and dead ; expressionless. — Sight dim or lost.

Mouth p. 32

Speech thick, and tongue as if lame.

Stomach p. 32

Nausea, with loathing of food and vomiting. — Distension (in cattle). — Full sensation.— Cramp-like pain.

Stool and Anus p. 32

Hard, knotty stools; constipation. - Very painful, dark purple, haemorrhoidal tumours, with lame back and lower limbs.

Respiratory Organs p. 32

Sudden irritation of the throat ; a sensation of a feather tickling the throat causing hacking and raising of mucus, finally streaked with blood.

Neck and Back p. 32

Wry-neck (cattle).— Great lameness and weakness of back.

Lower Limbs p. 32

Trembling of lower limbs. — Hind limbs lame ; paralysis. — Strong tendency to contraction of legs.

Generalities p. 32

Spasms and convulsions, followed by lameness. — Trembling. iEscnIns 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). CUalcalAnus, affectiofis of. Back affections of. CotisUpation, Cough. Htcinorrhoids. Headache. Hernia. Intermittents. Jaundice. Liver, affections of. Lumbago. Prostate gland, affections of. Sacrum pain in. TastCf altered. Throat, affections of Totignc, affections of Uterus, prolapse of. Characteristics. — Æscul 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 sacroiliac joints, as if legs would give way. (Arg. n. has also pain in sacroiliac 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 aesculus HIPPOCASTANUM 33 opening his eyes. Questioning failed to elicit the cause of his terror. .Esc. h, patients are, as a rule, despondent and initable. Walking greatly < all symptoms. Cold air and cold seasons < ; nose and throat very sensitive when inhaling ; < after washing. > Summer ; < winter (haemorrhoids). BdttUonB. — Compare: -sc. gl., Alo., Collins., Merc, Nux v., Pod., Sol. Nux V. antidotes the pile symptoms. It follows well : Collins., Nux v., Sul. Compare also : Kali bi. (throat ; but Æsc. h. has not the stringy mucus) ; Phytolacca (follicular phamygitis).

Mind p. 33

Depressed; gloomy; low-spirited; irritable. — Loses temper easily, regains it slowly. — Unable to fix his attention.

Head p. 33

DuU 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 hdd up without balancing ; all head symptoms accompanied by haemorrhoidal, rectal, or sacral symptoms. 3. Eyes. — 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. 5. Nose* — Sting 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 1.

Face p. 33

Pale, miserable appearance. — Flying heat and redness of 1. side of face. — Face swells enormously after washing in water.

Mouth p. 33

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 p. 33

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 forces. — Neuralgic pains in fauces. — Dark congested fauces with a full feeling and irritation. — Sore throat, chronic, with haemorrhoidal difficulty. n. Stomacli. — 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 p. 33

Tenderness in the right hypochondrium. — Much distress in liver and epigastrium. — Fulness in liver and abdomen. — Constant severe dung from pit of stomach to r. lobe of liver. — Abdomen and liver region 34 aesculus HIPPOCASTANUM 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 Hke 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 p. 34

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 p. 34

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 p. 34

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 p. 34

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 p. 34

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.

Neck and Back p. 34

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 p. 34

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 p. 34

Legs so weak she can hardly walk. — L. knee swollen, painful, stiff ; cannot bear slightest pressure. — Tendo Achillis sore.

Generalities p. 34

Paralytic feeling in arms, legs, and spine. — Feels faint, weak, and weary. — Disposition to stretch and 3ran. — Fulness in various organs, as if they contained too much blood. — Mucous membranes dry, swollen ; burn and feel raw.

Fever p. 34

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. iSthiops Antimonalis. Made by triturating two parts of sulphuret of antimony with one of quicksilver. (Berliner, Zdt. f. Horn, Aerzte. vol. ii. Ham. Recorder 1894, p. 28.) Trituration. CliaiaJ.— Ophthalmia. Otorrhoea. Scrofula. Skin, affections of . Syphilis. CShanustaristics. — This remedy has not been proved, but it has been used with signal success in scrofulous, herpetic, eczematous eruptions and discharges. Favus-like eruptions. Eruptions from fait. Painful, irritating, scabby eruptions of face. Scrofulous ophthalmia. Scrofulous otorrhoea, offensive. Hereditary syphilis. It seems to combine the powers of its various components. I have confirmed its utility in many aggravated skin affections. iEthusa. iEthusa cynapium. Fool's Parsley. (Eiu-ope.) N. 0, Umbelliferae. Tincture of whole flowering plant. L — Brattp-fag. Cholera infantum. Convulsions, Cough. Delirium. Diarrhoea. Dyspepsia. Ear, discharge from. Epilepsy. Excoriation, Eyes, affections ol. Glands, affections of . Headache, Herpes. Hiccough, Idiocy. Infantile paralysis. Mind, weakness of. Sleeplessness. Stomach, disorders of. Trismus. Yomitifig, Qiancteristios. — The symptoms of jethusa are particularly dearly defined, in fact violence is one of the notes of its action — violent vomiting, violent convulsions, violent pains, violent delirium. On the other hand there is prostration and somnolence. '' Fool's parsley "has not received its name for nothing — it is indeed a medicine for " fools." There is great weakness of mind or body. One very characteristic symptom is : Inability to think or fix the attention. Guided by this symptom I once gave it to an undergraduate preparing for an examination, with complete success. He had been compelled to give up his studies, but was able to resume them, and passed a brilliant examination. To a Little waif in an orphan home who suffered from severe headaches and inability to fix his attention on his lessons I sent single doses of Jethusa, at rare intervals, with very Kreat relief. The little boy asked for the medicine himself subsequently on a return of the old symptoms. Other mental symptoms are : Idiocy ; in some cases alternating with furor. Hallucinations. Delirium ; sees cats and dogs ; wants to jump out of bed, or out of die window. Irritability, especially in open air. Guernsey says : "The mental symptoms peculiar to children, and frequently of adults, vCf great anguish and crying. As the disease progresses the patient Becomes more and more retired in his disposition, and more incline to weep/' Somnolence. Dotage. Another marked characteristic 36 iETHUSA is : Intolerance of milk ; vomiting of everything taken, especially milk, which is ejected in yellowish or greenish curds. There is great weakness and exhaustion after vomiting ; the child is so exhausted it falls asleep at once. It awakens hungry, eats, and vomits again. " Hungry after vomiting " is the keynote here. There is also griping, with diarrhoea, vomiting, crying. For adults who complain of regurgitation of food an hour after it has been taken /Af#5., says Guernsey, is invaluable. Also copious vomiting in adults, with a great feeling of distress; can't tell what the distress is about but still it exists. Adults complain of a sensation as though the stomach was turned upside down, accompanied by a burning feeling up to the chest. Tearing pains in stomach extending into oesophagus ; abdomen tense, inflated, sensitive. There is an herpetic eruption on tip of nose. Along with the gastric symptoms there is a peculiar expression of great anxiety and pain (Linea nasalis) a surface of pearly whiteness on upper lip bounded by distinct lines from wings of nose to angles of mouth. Other symptoms are : Sensation of swelling in head and face on entering a room. Sunken cornea. Eyeballs convulsed and directed downwards. Sleep after attacks. Sensation of swelling in hands after walking. Convulsions, with cold limbs. The pains are lancinating Swelling of mammary or axillary glands, with lancinating pains. Prostration ; stupid. All symptoms < 3 to 4 a.m. Heat = all eruptions to itch intolerably. As with Bovist and Aster, r. symptoms are < by coffee, wine, drunkenness, cold water, and warmth of bed ; > by a walk in the open air, and by conversation. > In open air (except mental symptoms). The remedy is suited to teething-children and choleraic affections in old age. Relations. — Compare : Cicut. ; Coni. ; CEnan. croc. ; Ant. crud. and Calc. c. (vomiting of milk) ; Ars. ; Asar. ; Cupr. ; Ipec. ; Op. // antidotes Opium ; and is antidoted by vegetable acids. Teste places thus. in the Sulphur group with Cicuta, Con., Aster., Bov., Lobel, Merc, Kreas.

Mind p. 36

Incapacity to think ; confused.— Loss of comprehension ; as if a barrier between the senses and external objects. — Idiocy, in some cases alternating with furor.— Great anxiety and restlessness, followed by violent pains in head and abdomen.— ad humour ; irritability. — Irritability, esp. in the afternoon, and in the open air. — Delirium : sees cats and dogs ; tries to jump out of the window. — Loquacious gaiety.

Head p. 36

Head confused; brain feels bound up.— Vertigo, with sleepiness, can't raise the head. — Headache in whole front part of head. — Heaviness in the forehead. — Sensation, as if both sides of the head were in a vice. — Distressing pains in the occiput, down nape of neck, and spine. — Heat rises to the head ; the body becomes warmer ; the face becomes red and the giddiness ceases. — Stitches and pulsations in the head. — Can't hold head up, or sit up. — Sensation as if constantly pulled by the hair.— The head symptoms are > by expelling flatus.

Eyes p. 36

Looking up < headache and vertigo. — Dilated pupils."vETHUSA 37 Pupils dilated but sensitive to light — Eyes brilliant and prominent— Cornea sunken. — Pustules on cornea. — Scrofulous ophthalmia ; edges of lids inflamed and agglutinated at night ; swelling of Meibomian ands. — Chronic photophobia. 4- Ears. — Stitches in the ears, esp. in the r. ear, as if something hot were streaming from it — Yellow discharge from r. ear, with stitching pains.—- There is great > by inserting the finger and drawing the parts asunder. Nose. — Herpetic eruption at tip.

Face p. 37

A drawn condition beginning at the alae nasi, and extending to the angles of the mouth, giving the face an expression of great anxiety and pain. — Tearing in the face, in the malar bones. — Jaws spasmodically fixed. — Face pale, puffed, and spotted red.— Chin and comers of mouth feel cold.

Mouth p. 37

Sticking and tearing in gums.— Taste : bitter ; like cheese ; like onions ; sweetish in morning when awaking. — Tongue : moist ; white coat; black ; feels too long. — Speech slow ; embarrassed. — Aphthae in mouth

Throat p. 37

Copious salivation which > poisoning symptoms.

Throat p. 37

Sensation of constriction, preventing deglutition. — Stinging in the throat, between the acts of deglutition. — Soft palate red, swollen. — Pungent heat in mouth and throat— While eating, sudden heaviness in forehead. — Spasmodic hiccough.

Stomach p. 37

Intolerance of milk ; it is forcibly ejected almost as soon as swallowed ; then weakness causes drowsiness ; in nursing children. — Violent vomiting of curdled milk and cheesy matter.— Violent vomiting of a frothy matter, white as milk. This we may find in men, children, or pregnant women. — Violent vomiting of green mucus. — Violent vomiting, with diarrhoea, of reen mucus, or (in children) bloody substances. — Af ter vomiting, cold and clammy.

Abdomen p. 37

Coldness of the abdomen and lower limbs, esp. 1., with aching in bowels ; > by warm wet applications. — Sensation of coldness in the abdomen. — Swollen and tense abdomen. — Cutting, with distension. — Cutting, with violent vomiting. — Black-bluish swelling of the abdomen. — Colic, followed by vomiting, vertigo, and weakness.

Stool and Anus p. 37

Diarrhoea: stools bright yellow, or greenish, watery, and slimy, with violent tenesmus. — Undigested stool or partly so. — Loose stools, preceded by cutting in the abdomen, with tenesmus in the morning, after rising. — Diarrhoea : discharges green, thin, bilious, with violent tenesmus. — Bloody stools. — Most obstinate constipation, with feeling as if all action of the bowels had been lost

Respiratory Organs p. 37

Sufferings of patient render him almost speechless. — Respiration very difficult and short — Sensation as if chest were encircled by a band, causing difficult breathing. — Stitches in l. side of chest. — CoD producing stunning pain in head. IQ. Heart and Pulse.— Violent palpitation of the heart, with headache. —Poise full and rapid ; hard, small, and rapid ; small and frequent ; irregular ; perceptible.

Neck and Back p. 37

Distressing pain in occiput and nape of neck, extending down the spine, > by friction with hot whisky. — Swelling of glands round neck like a string of beads.— Sensation as if the small of the back were in a vice. — A feeling as if pain in back could be > by straightening out and bending stifiBy backward.

Limbs p. 38

Eruption round the joints, esp. knee, elbow, and ankle. — Axillary glands swollen. — Stiffness of elbow joints. — Swelling of forearms and hands. — Thumb and fingers bent inwards. — Excoriations of thighs from walking. — Paralytic pains in lower extremities ; formication in feet.

Generalities p. 38

Epileptiform spasms, with clenched thumbs ; red face ; eyes turned downward ; dilated, staring, immovable pupils ; foam at the mouth ; teeth set ; pulse small, hard, accelerated. — Spasms, with stupor and delirium. — Cold limbs and body convulsed. — Great weakness ; children cannot stand ; cannot hold up their heads.

Skin p. 38

Tettery eruptions, which bleed easily. — Black and blue spots, sometimes like ecchymoses all over body. — The whole body may be of bluishblack colour. — Anasarca.

Sleep p. 38

Dozing of child after vomiting spells, or after the stool. — On falling asleep, rolling of the eyes, or slight convulsions. — Sleepiness all day ; sometimes > in open air. — Sleep prevented by pains in limbs.

Fever p. 38

Complete absence of thirst, though there is great heat. — Cannot bear to be uncovered during the sweat. — Fever, esp. in morning, with shuddering ; shuddering, weariness in extremities, internal coldness with hot and flushed face ; malaise ; disposition to delirium during cold stage ; sweat, after the breaking out of which the previous symptoms disappear.— sweat on least exertion.