AESCULUS GLABRA

Common name(s) / Synonyms: Castaño de Asia; Fetid or Ohio Buckeye (States of North America watered by the Ohio River)
Family: Sapindaceae
Origin/Distribution: States of North America watered by the Ohio River
Part used: The whole ripe fruit

1. IDENTIFICATION
   A remedy of marked action upon the rectum, similar to Aesculus hippocastanum.
2. CLINICAL (Key clinical indications)
   Cramp in the stomach;
   Constipation;
   Unclear speech;
   Haemorrhoids;
   Meningitis;
   Paralysis;
   Torticollis;
   Cough;
   Vertigo.
3. CHARACTERISTICS (Keynotes / Guiding symptoms)
   Marked action upon the rectum;
   Stool hard, knotty; very painful;
   Haemorrhoidal tumours, dark purple, with weakness of the back and lower extremities;
   “Very painful external tumours, dark purple, with constipation and vertigo; weakness of the sacrum and lower extremities.” (Hale);
   Fulness and heaviness of the head, without pain; vision blurred or lost; eyes fixed and expressionless;
   Speech unclear; tongue as if without strength;
   (Veterinary) In cattle produces torticollis and paresis of the hind limbs;
   Cough from sudden irritation of the throat; sensation as if a feather tickled the throat, causing hawking and expulsion of mucus, finally streaked with blood.
4. RELATIONSHIPS
   Compare: Aesc. hipp.; Alo.; Collins.; Ign.; Nux v.
5. SYMPTOMS
6. Mind.
   Confusion, with vertigo, frequently followed by stupor and coma.
7. Head.
   Vertigo, with staggering, reeling, unconsciousness;
   Vertigo, with head full and heavy; vision blurred; speech unclear; nausea and vomiting; fainting; in the evening.
8. Eyes.
   Eyes fixed and dull; without expression;
   Vision blurred or lost.
9. Mouth.
   Speech unclear; tongue as if without strength.
10. Stomach.
    Nausea, with aversion to food and vomiting;
    Distension (in cattle);
    Sensation of fulness;
    Pain as from cramp.
11. Stool and Anus.
    Stool hard, knotty; constipation;
    Haemorrhoidal tumours very painful, dark purple, with weakness of the back and lower extremities.
12. Respiratory Organs.
    Sudden irritation of the throat; sensation as of a feather tickling the throat, causing hawking and expelling mucus, finally streaked with blood.
13. Neck and Back.
    Torticollis (in cattle);
    Great weakness and impotence of the back.
14. Lower Limbs.
    Trembling of lower extremities;
    Hind limbs incapacitated; paralysis;
    Strong tendency to contraction of the legs.
15. Generalities.
    Spasms and convulsions, followed by weakness;
    Tremblings.