Common names: Castaño de la India; Hippocastanum vulgaris; Horse-chestnut
Family: Sapindaceae
Origin/Distribution: North India and North America
Part used: Tincture of the ripe kernel; trituration of the dried kernel; tincture of the fruit with its husk (according to Hering, this is the best)
IDENTIFICATION
Tincture prepared from the ripe kernel or from the whole fruit with its husk; trituration of the dried kernel.
CLINICAL (Key clinical indications)
Ano, affections of.
Headache.
Back, affections of.
Throat, affections of.
Altered taste.
Haemorrhoids.
Hernia.
Liver, affections of.
Jaundice.
Intermittents.
Tongue, affections of.
Lumbago.
Prostate, affections of.
Pain in sacrum.
Cough.
Uterus, prolapse of.
CHARACTERISTICS (Keynotes / Guiding symptoms)
Aesculus hip. is a great remedy for haemorrhoids.
In some districts it is a popular custom to carry a chestnut in the pocket as a preventive.
Produces many symptoms of liver disorder: malaise; dullness of head and mind; fulness at the root of the nose.
Follicular pharyngitis with dryness, burning, roughness, constriction in the throat as in follicular pharyngitis.
Soreness and fulness in the region of the liver; abdomen sore to touch.
Jaundice with bilious stools.
Pulsations in the abdomen, especially the hypogastrium.
Its most intense action is on the lower bowel and pelvic organs.
Haemorrhoids, blind or bleeding; if bleeding, give relief.
Sensation of dryness in the rectum, as of small splinters or little sticks pricking the folds of the mucous membrane; with sensation of weakness in the sacro-iliac joint, as if the legs would give way. (Arg. n. also has pain in sacro-iliac joint and sensation as if the bones were loosening.)
Constipation; stools large, hard, followed by sensation of prolapse of rectum.
General soreness in sacral and lumbar regions, with stiffness in the back; almost impossible to walk.
Tearing in hips and lumbar region.
Poisoning with the green bark of the chestnut has produced the following symptoms in the body: pupils very dilated in bright light; face flushed; pulse full; drowsy and apparently asleep, but sleep interrupted at short intervals by sudden waking and cries; great terror as from a dream of death or apparitions on opening the eyes; questioning fails to discover the cause of his terror.
Patients of Aesc. h. are, as a rule, discouraged and irritable.
Much walking < all symptoms.
Cold air and cold seasons <; nose and throat very sensitive on inhaling; < after washing.
summer; < winter (haemorrhoids).
RELATIONSHIPS
Compare: Aesc. gl., Alo., Collinson., Merc., Nux v., Pod., Sul. Nux v. antidotes the haemorrhoidal symptoms.
Follows well: Collinson., Nux v., Sul.
Compare also with: Kali bich. (throat; but Aesc. h. has no stringy mucus); Phytolacca (follicular pharyngitis).
SYMPTOMS
1. Mind
Depressed; melancholy; low-spirited; irritable.
Loses temper easily, and regains it slowly.
Unable to fix the attention.
2. Head
Dull pressure in forehead; slight nausea in stomach, followed by stitches in right hypochondrium.
Severe lancinating headache at base of brain, as if very full; tympanites; tongue white.
Confused sensation with dizziness; < rising from a seat.
Frequent quick pains through temples.
Flushes of heat in occiput, neck and shoulders.
Head very heavy; must balance it; all head symptoms accompanied by rectal haemorrhoids or sacral symptoms.
3. Eyes
Weight in eyes; feel heavy and dull.
Eyes feel heavy and hot; sore eyes.
Aching pain over left eye.
Flames before the eyes.
5. Nose
Stinging and burning in posterior nares and soft palate.
Dryness of posterior nares and throat; sneezing followed by severe coryza.
Pain in right nasal bone; soreness in left.
6. Face
Pale; miserable appearance.
Alternating heat and redness of left side of face.
Face enormously swollen after washing with water.
8. Mouth
Tongue coated white or yellow.
Thick yellow phlegm in mouth.
Taste sweet; bitter; metallic (coppery, with salivation).
Tongue feels as if scalded.
9. Throat
Stitches, tingling, burning and stinging in fauces; sudden, in left side.
Sensation as if something lodged in fauces, causing constant inclination to swallow.
Sensation of dryness and roughness (or rawness and burning) in throat, as from a cold.
Sensation of constriction in fauces.
Neuralgic pains in fauces.
Dark congestion of fauces with sensation of fulness and irritation.
Chronic sore throat with haemorrhoidal difficulty.
11. Stomach
Eructations; nausea; vomiting.
Violent vomiting; great burning distress in stomach.
Heartburn and regurgitation of food after eating.
Pressure as of a stone in pit of stomach.
Eructations of air; empty.
12. Abdomen
Right hypochondrium sensitive.
Much distress in liver and epigastrium.
Fulness in liver and abdomen.
Severe constant soreness from pit of stomach to right lobe of liver.
Abdomen and liver region sensitive to touch.
Sensation of fulness, flatulence and colicky pains; haemorrhoidal colic.
Emission of fetid flatus; rumbling in intestines.
Cutting in right inguinal region (hernia).
13. Stool and Anus
Dryness; troublesome sensation in rectum as if full of splinters.
Soreness; burning; itching; raw sensation and fulness in anus.
Pain as of a knife going back and forth in anus.
Haemorrhoids like peanuts; purple; painful burning sensation; generally blind; sore and disabling, or sudden in the back.
Blind, painful haemorrhoids; rarely bleeding; < standing or walking.
Stools hard, dry, passed with difficulty.
Sensation of hard rigidity before stool.
Stools hard and black; of natural consistency and white.
Backache after large, hard stools.
Anal prolapse after stool.
Several large haemorrhoids appearing to block rectum; small or non-bleeding; great suffering; constipation.
Chronic diarrhoea with characteristic backache or haemorrhoids.
Haemorrhoids develop or become particularly troublesome at the climacteric years.
14. Urinary Organs
Pain in region of left kidney.
Scanty, frequent urination.
Urine dark and turbid; dark brown sediment; yellow, with thick mucous sediment.
Urine hot.
15. Male Sexual Organs
Discharge of prostatic fluid with every stool and during urination; seminal emissions during sleep.
Various sufferings in generative organs.
16. Female Sexual Organs
Cervix uteri inflamed; retroversion; prolapse; enlargement and induration, characterised by great sensitivity, heat and throbbing.
Old cases of leucorrhoea; dark yellow; thick and sticky; worse after menstrual period; increased by walking; excoriates labia; with soreness in sacrum and knees.
Uterus sore with throbbing in hypogastrium.
During pregnancy the sacro-iliac symphysis loosens while walking; must sit down; feels better lying.
17. Respiratory Organs
Short cough; increased by swallowing and deep breathing.
Hoarseness.
Raw sensation in chest.
Chest tight.
Abundant expectoration in morning.
Cough with sensation of stiffness in throat and suffocation in upper chest.
Oppression; stitches; soreness and other distress in chest.
Catarrhal affections cause hoarseness and cough.
19. Heart
Constrictions over region of heart.
Stitches and neuralgic pains in region of heart, especially apex; and in forehead.
Functional disturbances of heart from haemorrhoidal troubles.
20. Back
Constant backache affecting sacrum and hips; much aggravated by walking and stooping forward; almost impossible to rise after sitting.
Back gives way when walking.
Soreness between shoulders.
Spine feels weak.
Sacrum, back, neck, head, chest, heart and abdomen seem to have great sympathy with rectum and its vessels.
22. Upper Extremities
Rheumatic pains in right scapula and right side of chest; worse during inspiration.
Sudden drawing and tearing pains in shoulders, arms, hands and fingers.
Paralytic sensation in arms, legs and spine.
23. Lower Extremities
Legs so weak he can scarcely walk.
Left knee swollen, painful, stiff; cannot bear the least pressure.
Achilles tendon sore.
24. Generalities
Paralytic sensation in arms, legs and spine.
Feels faint; weak; without strength.
Disposition to stretch and yawn.
Fulness in various organs as if they contained much blood.
Mucous membranes dry; swollen; burning as if raw.
27. Fever
Chill at 4 p.m.; fever from 7 to 12 p.m.
During fever: thirstless; bursting headache; photophobia; profuse hot sweat; heart beats violently.
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