Aesculus Hippocastanum
Horse Chestnut
Abdomen
William Boericke 1922
Dull aching in liver and epigastrium. Pain at umbilicus. Throbbing in hypogastrium and pelvis.
Eyes
William Boericke 1922
Heavy and hot, with lachryiiiation, with enlarged blood vessels. Eyeballs sore.
Guiding symptoms
William Boericke 1922
The action of this drug is most marked on the lower bowel, producing engorged haemorrhoidal veins, with characteristic backache. Venous stasis general, varicose veins of purple color ; everything is slowed down, digestion, heart, bowels, etc. Torpor and congestion of the 18 .^•:SCCLUS HIPPOCASTANUM liver and portal system, with constipation. The back aches and gives out, and unfits the patient for business. Flying pains all over. Fullness in various parts; dry, swollen mucous membranes.
Head
William Boericke 1922
Depressed and irritable. Head dull, confused. Pressure in forebead, with nausea, followed by stitches in right h\pochondriLmi. Pain from occiput to frontal region, with bruised sensation of the scalp; worse in the morning. Neuralgic stitches from right to left through forehead, follow'cd by fl\ing pains in epigastrium.
Mouth
William Boericke 1922
Scalded feeling, Afetallic taste. Salivation. Tongue thickly coated, feels as if scalded.
Nose
William Boericke 1922
Dry ; inspired air feels cold, nasal passages sensitive to it. Coryza, sneezing. Pressure at root of
William Boericke 1922
Alemlirane over turbinate bones distended and boggv, dependent upon hepatic disorders.
Stomach
William Boericke 1922
VV'cight of a stone, wdth gnawing, aching pain; most manifest about three hours after meals. Tenderness and fullness in region of
Throat
William Boericke 1922
Hot, dry, raw, stitching pain into ears when swallowing. Follicular pharjmgitis connected with hepatic congestion. Veins in pharynx distended and tortuous. Throat sensitive to inspired air; feels excoriated and constricted, burns like fire on swallowing, in afternoon. Early stages of atrophic pharyngitis in dried-up, bilious subjects. Hawking of ropy mucus of sw^ectish taste.
References
This monograph is an original summary faithful to the classical tradition. It condenses material from these public-domain sources:
- James Tyler Kent, Lectures on Homoeopathic Materia Medica (1905)Primary remedy pictures; characteristic mental and general symptoms. · Public domain (USA, pre-1930 publication)
- William Boericke, Pocket Manual of Homeopathic Materia Medica and Repertory (1927)Reproduced here in full — the complete classical repertory-style monographs. · Public domain (USA, pre-1930 publication)
- Constantine Hering, The Guiding Symptoms of Our Materia Medica (1879–1891)Confirmed symptom aggregates behind the section organization. · Public domain
- Timothy Field Allen, Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica (1874–1879)Provings background referenced by the verification tradition. · Public domain
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Reminder: this information is published for qualified practitioners. Patients must not self-medicate — homeopathic prescribing depends on the complete individual symptom picture, which only a doctor can evaluate. Please visit a homeopathy doctor.