Boger's Synoptic Key — Materia Medica
Æsculus Hippocastanum aesc.
Region
Veins: Liver. Naso- pharynx. ABDOMEN (R). RECTUM. Mucus membranes: Naso-pharynx. Occiput. Sacro-iliac region.
Worse
Morning, on waking. After stool. Lying. Stooping. Urinating. Walking.
Better
COOL: Open air. Bathing. Bleeding (piles). Kneeling. Continued exertion.
General
Reflex rectal symptoms. Rectum: painful constriction; as of a knife sawing up and down. HOT, DRY, STIFF, ROUGH or full feeling internally; throat, abdomen, anus, etc. Purple puffy parts. Venosity. Pains, sticking; like hot lightning.
Particulars
Irritable. Crushing in occiput. Nose sensitive to cool inspired air; it burns. Congestive catarrh. Follicular pharyngitis. Throbs, deep in abdomen. Stool, hard, dry; of several colors. RECTUM: sore, as of a burr or sticking pains long after stool; as of a bug crawling from anus (Sul.). Piles, purple, painful, external; with BACKACHE (Nux-v.), chest pains, etc. Laming, dull, lumbar pain; small of back gives out; repeated efforts at rising; < walking. Lumbar region or back: as if to break. Bruised pain in sacrum and hips. Paralytic heaviness: of arms, spine, feet.
Related
Complementary: Carbo-v. Lach. Mur-ac. Related: Alo. Collin. Pul.