Aloe socotrina. Common Aloes. *N. O. Liliaceae. Trituration or solution in spirit of the gum.
Clinical
Abdomen, plethora of. Anus, affections of. Bronchitis. Colic. Constipation. Cough. *Diarrhoea. *Dysentery. Gleet. Gonorrhoea. *Haemorrhoids. Hysteria. Lumbago. Onanism, effects of. Phthisis. Proctitis. Prolapsus uteri. Prostate, affections of. Sacrum, pain in. Tenesmus.
Characteristics
*Aloe is one of the oldest and most famous drugs. It is in worldwide use as a purgative at the present day, and forms a leading ingredient in a large number of patent medicines for regulating the bowels and menstrual functions. The habitual use of these medicines leads to all kinds of pelvic ailments, and the fact that *Sulphur antidotes *Aloe accounts for the success of *Sulph. as a medicine to commence with in many chronic cases where purgatives have been used. *Aloe resembles *Allium sativum somewhat closely. It causes congestion of various parts, especially abdomen, pelvic organs, and head. A periodicity enters into many of its complaints. There is a periodic headache which alternates with lumbago. As winter approaches each year manifests itself. *Aloe has the antipsoric property of throwing out internal complaints to the skin. Among the leading mental symptoms are: Bad humour, especially in cloudy weather. Dissatisfied and angry with himself worse when constipated. Aversion to labour. Lassitude alternating with great mental activity. Among the other head symptoms are: Darting pains in left temple worse every step. Carroll Dunham cured a heavy frontal incapacitating headache in an old man occurring in winter and alternating with a diarrhoea which occurred in summer when he was free from headache. A peculiar dull, heavy, pressing pain in forehead, but which indisposes to, or incapacitates for, all exertion, especially intellectual. Heaviness in the eyes as with *Allium sativum Pressure in vertex and forehead as from a weight. Compelled to make the eyes small during pain in forehead. There are yellow rings moving before eyes. As there are illusions of sight, so there are cracklings in the ears. One symptom is very peculiar: Just getting into bed, sudden explosion and clashing in left ear, as from breaking of glass, the clink of the glass was heard at the bottom of the head and extended thence towards the right ear. *Aloe exerts its most marked influence on the abdominal and pelvic organs. It causes uneasiness and pains in liver region. Fullness, heaviness, heat and inflammation. The whole abdomen is painfully sensitive to touch. Rumbling. Feeling as of a plug wedged in between pelvis and coccyx. Sudden and continued desire to go to Stool. Desire for Stool after each meal (*Arsenicum, *China, *Lycopodium, *Podophyllum, *Trombid., *while eating, *Ferrum). Rumbling and cramp in abdomen before and during Stool. The hard Stool falls out without being noticed, urging to Stool while passing water, every time on passing water feeling as if Stool would pass. A hard Stool may be passed involuntarily. A child, constipated from birth, screams all the time he is being held to Stool, cannot pass it, even after enema, yet when not trying passes solid pieces in bed without knowing. Cured with *Aloe. 200 (Nash). Involuntary soft Stool while passing wind. With the diarrhoea, flatulency, pinching in abdomen, pain in back and rectum and chilliness. Flatus offensive, burning, copious, much flatus with small Stool. Burning in anus with passing of flatus. Stools like mush, bright yellow, grey, hot, undigested. Mucus and blood in faeces. Profuse with jelly-like lumps. Watery Stools worse standing or walking. Watery Stool containing lumps “like frog spawn.” Bilious yellow faecal, bright yellow diarrhoea, great rumblings in bowels and escape of much wind, worse morning, evening, in damp weather, from overheating, after cold taken in damp room, after chagrin. Diarrhoea driving one out of bed very early in morning (*Sulph). Diarrhoea with sense of insecurity (*Phosphorus) Faintness after Stool, with cold sweat. Griping may (*Nux-v.) or may not (*Mercurius) cease after Stool. Heaviness, heat, pressing, burning in rectum. Itching, burning, pulsating as from fissures at anus. After Stool: cutting, feeling as if more would come, protruding piles. Haemorrhoids: protrude like a bunch of grapes, constant bearing-down in rectum, bleeding, sore, tender, hot, better by cold water. Carroll Dunham has cured incontinence of urine in an old man with enlarged prostate with the *Aloe diarrhoea. Increased sexual desire in males, with erections. Penis shrunk and testicles cold. In females pain in hypogastrium as if menses coming on. Labour-like pains drawing into legs. Menses too early and too profuse. During menstruation: headache better by application of cold water, earache, pain in small of back, pressing down in rectum. Fullness in pelvis. Leucorrhoea of bloody mucus preceded by colic. Pain in small of back, worse sitting or awaking at night, better moving about. Lumbago alternating with headache. There is worse in afternoon, especially of symptoms of mucous membranes. Many symptoms, again, appear in the evening, worse yawning, or masticating. There is a diarrhoea worse in the early morning (like *Sulph). Diarrhoea worse immediately after eating, worse walking (*Aesculus, *Thuja), or standing (*Sulph.). Like *Phosphorus, it has feeling of insecurity on passing wind or before Stool. Symptoms are worse from heat, in hot, damp weather, better from cold applications, in cold weather. Better From passing flatus. *It is suited to: old people, to women of relaxed phlegmatic habit, to persons of lymphatic or hypochondriac temperament.
Relations.
Aloe is *related to: All-c., All-s., Agave., Scilla, Colchicum *It is antidoted by: Sulph., Mustard, Camph. relieves for a while, Lycopodium, and Nux-v. relieve the earache. *It resembles: Sulph. in many symptoms, and is of equal importance with Sulph. in chronic diseases with abdominal plethora, Ailanth. (dull, frontal headache), Gambogia (diarrhoea), Am-m. (abdominal and diarrhoeic symptoms), Nux-v. (gastric abdominal and uterine troubles: bad effects of sedentary habits), *Aesculus (Haemorrhoids), Mercurius, (dysentery), Podophyllum (alterations between head symptoms and abdominal symptoms).
Causation
Sedentary habits.
Mind
Anxiety and ebullition of the blood. Restlessness, fear, fear of man. Bad humor, especially in cloudy weather. He is dissatisfied and angry about himself, more so when he is constipated or when he suffers from pain, better in the open air. Suffering makes her frantic, often loses consciousness. Seems to have a presentiment of approaching death. Angry, revengeful, wishes to destroy the object of her wrath. Aversion to labour. Great disinclination to mental Labour, it fatigues him. Disinclined to move. Exhaustion, alternating with activity. Children much enlivened, chat and laugh. Annoying amorous thoughts present themselves.
Head
Giddiness and starting. Giddiness, with anxiety when moving, he feels as if he were sitting too high (after dinner). Dullness in the forehead with chilliness. Dull headache across the forehead, with heaviness in the eyes, and nausea. Pressure pain above the eyes. Congestions to the head, compelling one to sit up. Headaches are worse from heat and better from cold applications. Stitches above the eyebrows. Pressing out of the temples, with flickering before the eyes and heat in the face. Stitches in the temples at every step. Headache after pain in the abdomen, after (an insufficient) Stool, worse from heat, better from cold. Sensitiveness of the scalp (in small spots). With the pain in the forehead the eyes become small, patient compelled to close them.
Eyes
Congestion to the eyes, pressure in the orbits. Lachrymation. Pain deep in the orbits, as if in the muscles, worse right side. Occasional attacks of twitching of left eyelids during the day, spasmodic jerk of whole body on falling asleep at night. Flickering before 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.
Ears
Hates musical sounds and noises, they set her all in a tremor. Earache. Stitches in the ears, first in the left ear, afterwards in the right Internal and external heat of the ears. Cracking in the ears when reading aloud or moving jaws. Just before getting into bed, sudden explosion and clashing in left ear, as from breaking of glass, the clink of the glass was heard at the bottom of the head and extended thence towards right ear.
Nose
Redness of the nose in the open, cold air. Coldness of the point of the nose. Bleeding of the nose in bed after awaking. Dryness of the nose in the morning in bed.
Face
Heat of the face when excited, or during headache. Face pale during cloudy weather. Lips dry, cracked, swollen, pustular, sore at corners.
Teeth
Great sensitiveness of a decayed molar tooth (lower) right side. Teeth yellow.
Mouth
Concave edges of teeth seem sharp, and hurt the tongue. Metallic taste, with dry, irritative hacking. Lips dry, peeling off, cracked, bleeding. Yellow spots in mouth, yellow ulcers on the tongue. Tongue painful. When moving the tongue, stitches from below to the tip. Dry tongue and mouth, with increased thirst and greater redness of the lips. Tongue red and dry. Accumulation of saliva in mouth.
