Aloe socotrina
Remedy of insecurity of the rectum and venous congestion. Constant bearing-down in rectum — feels as if stool will escape with every flatus. Hemorrhoids like a bunch of grapes. Involuntary stool. Abdominal fullness and rumbling.
Source
Prepared from the dried juice of the leaves of Aloe socotrina (Liliaceae/Asphodelaceae).
Available Potencies
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Keynote Symptoms
Insecurity of rectum — fear of passing stool when passing flatus. Involuntary stool when passing gas, urinating, even on standing. Hemorrhoids like a bunch of grapes — protruding, bleeding, sore, tender. Constant bearing-down in rectum. Rumbling and gurgling in abdomen before stool. Jelly-like mucous stool.
Mind & Emotional Symptoms
Dissatisfied, angry, hateful especially when constipated. Better when stool is good. Life is a burden. Disinclination to mental labor.
General Symptoms
Venous congestion, especially portal. Worse early morning (5-6 AM), hot weather, after eating and drinking, standing, summer. Better from cold applications, cold weather, passing flatus.
Physical Symptoms
Head
Headache across forehead with heaviness in eyes. Alternates with abdominal symptoms or lumbago.
Stomach
Aversion to meat. Heaviness, fullness after eating. Nausea with headache.
Abdomen
Fullness, heaviness, bloating. Rumbling, gurgling, especially before stool. Sensation as if a plug were wedged between symphysis and os coccygis. Pulsation around navel. Colic before and during stool.
Rectum
Insecurity — constant feeling stool will escape. Involuntary stool when passing flatus, urinating, walking, standing. Hemorrhoids — protruding like a bunch of grapes, sore, tender, better from cold application. Mucous stool — jelly-like lumps. Morning diarrhea driving out of bed (like Sulphur).
Female Genitalia
Bearing-down in uterus and rectum. Heavy dragging in pelvis. Menses too early, profuse.
Back
Lumbago alternating with headache or diarrhea. Sacral pain.
Extremities
Legs feel heavy. Drawing in joints.
Modalities
Better From
Cold applications, cold weather, passing flatus, open air
Worse From
Early morning (5-6 AM), hot weather, after eating and drinking, standing, walking, summer, beer
Constitutional Type
Elderly, sedentary individuals with portal congestion. Those with abdominal plethora. Persons whose mood depends on the state of their bowels.
Clinical Indications
Hemorrhoids (protruding, like grapes), involuntary stool, diarrhea (morning), colitis, insecurity of rectum, portal congestion, inflammatory bowel disease
Comparative Materia Medica
Podophyllum also has morning diarrhea but painless, gushing. Sulphur has morning diarrhea at 5 AM but is a broader constitutional remedy. Aesculus has hemorrhoids but they are dry and rarely bleed.
Safety Information
Camphora, Lycopodium, Mustard, Nux vomica, Sulphur.
Aloe is a powerful purgative. Large doses of aloe latex cause severe griping, diarrhea, kidney irritation. Chronic use can cause melanosis coli. Safe in potentised forms.
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