AESCULUS GLABRA

(Ohio Buckeye)

PHARMACY - aesc-g. Aesculus glabra. Ohio Buckeye. Fetid Buckeye.

N.O. Sapindaceae. Hippocastanaceae. States of North America watered by Ohio River. Tincture of the whole ripe fruit without the shell.

Historical dose: Tincture and all potencies.

CLINICAL - Constipation. Cough. Cramp in stomach. Hemorrhoids. Meningitis. Paralysis. Proctitis. Speech, thick. Vertigo. Wryneck.

HOMEOPATHIC - Aesculus glabra, like the horse chestnut, has a marked action on the rectum. In canal, it produces wryneck and paresis of hind limbs.

Produces hard, knotty stools, very painful. Very painful, dark purple, external hemorrhoids with constipation, vertigo and portal congestion. Dark purple hemorrhoids with lame back, weakness of sacrum and lower limbs. Proctitis.

Fullness and heaviness of the head with-out pain, the sight may be dim or lost, eyes fixed and expressionless. The tongue is as if lame, speech thick. 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. Impaired vision. Paresis.

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

Back- Wryneck. Great lameness and weakness of the back.

Eyes- Eyes fixed and dead, expressionless. Sight dim or lost.

Limbs - Trembling of lower limbs. Lower limbs lame, paralysis. Strong tendency to contraction of legs. Trembling. Spasms and convulsions, followed by lameness.

Lungs - Cough from sudden irritation of throat, sensation as of a feather tickling the throat, causing hawking and raising of mucus finally streaked with blood.

Mouth - Speech thick and tongue as if lame.

Rectum - It has hard, knotty stools, very painful. Dark purple hemorrhoids with lame back and lower limbs. Proctitis.

Stomach - Nausea with loathing of food and vomiting. Distention (in cattle). Full sensation. Cramp-like pain.

Vertigo - Vertigo with staggering, reeling, unconsciousness. Vertigo with full, heavy head, dim sight, thick speech, nausea and vomiting, faintness towards evening.

REFERENCES - Boericke. Clarke.