Stone-Root
- Pelvic and portal congestion, resulting hemorrhoids and constipation, especially in females.
- Depressed arterial tension, general atony of muscular fiber.
- Chronic nasal, gastric, and pharyngeal catarrh, due to portal obstruction.
- Dropsy from cardiac disease.
- Pruritus in pregnancy, with piles.
- Constipation of children from intestinal atony.
- Said to be of special value when given before operations, for rectal diseases.
- Sense of weight and constriction.
- Venous engorgement.
Head
- Dull frontal headache; from suppressed hemorrhoids.
- Chronic catarrh.
- Yellow-coated tongue.
- Bitter taste (Colocy; Bry).
Rectum
- Sensation of sharp sticks in rectum.
- Sense of constriction.
- Vascular engorgement of rectum.
- Dry feces.
- Most obstinate constipation, with protruding hemorrhoids.
- Aching in anus and hypogastrium.
- Constipation during pregnancy; with membranous dysmenorrhea, following labor (Nux).
- Painful bleeding piles.
- Dysentery, with tenesmus.
- Alternate constipation and diarrhea, and great flatulence.
- Itching of anus (Teucrium; Ratanh).
Female
- Dysmenorrhea; pruritus of vulva; prolapse of womb; swelling and dark redness of genitals; pain on sitting down.
- Membranous dysmenorrhea, with constipation.
- Pruritus.
- Cold feeling in thighs after menstruation.
- Sensation of swelling of labia and of clitoris.
Respiratory
- Cough from excessive use of voice; "minister's sore throat"; sharp pain in larynx.
- Hoarseness.
- Harassing, dry cough.
Heart
- Palpitation; rapid but weak.
- Dropsy.
- After heart symptoms relieved, piles or menses return.
- Chest-pains alternate with hemorrhoids.
- Oppression, faintness, and dyspnea (Acon ferox).
Modalities
- Worse, from the slightest mental emotion or excitement; cold.
- Better, heat.
Relationship
- Antidote: Nux.
- Compare: Aescul; Aloes; Hamam; Lycopus; Negundo; Sulph; Nux.
Dose
- Tincture, to third attenuation.
- Higher potencies where there is organic heart affection.
