Portal Hypertension
Remedies
- Aesculapisesculentum
- Aloes soctrina
- Collinsonia
- Lepto
- Lycopodium
- Nux vomica
- Sulphur
Aesculanthus hippocastanum
Characteristics
particular
·
Dull aching in liver
and epigastrium. Pain at umbilicus.
·
Jaundice; throbbing
in hypogastrium and pelvis.
·
Rectum feels Dry,
aching. Feels full of small sticks.
·
Anus raw, sore. Much
pain after stool, with prolapse.
·
Haemorrhoids, with
sharp shooting pains up the back; blind and bleeding; worse during climacteric.
·
Large, hard, dry
stools.
·
Mucous membrane
seems swollen and obstructs the passage. Irritation caused by ascarides and
aids their expulsion.
·
Burning in anus with
chills up and down back.
Characteristic
particulars
- Lycopodium acts
powerfully on the liver.
- The region of
the liver is sensitive to the touch, and there is a feeling of tension in
it, a feeling as if a cord were tied about the waist. Cirrhosis.
- The pains are
dull and aching instead of sharp and lancinating.
- Fullness in the
stomach after eating a small quantity.
- There is apt to
be weight and aching in the liver; he can lie on that side, but on turning
to the left side the liver seems to pull and draw.
- Pain in back
and right side from congestion will often yield to the remedy.
Modalities
- < - right side, from right to left,
above downward, 4 to 8 pm,
- > - motion, after midnight, warm
food and drink
Characteristic
particulars
·
In liver affections
occurring in those who have indulged to excess in alcoholic liquors, highly
seasoned food, quinine, or in those who have abused themselves with purgatives,
Nux is the first remedy to be thought of.
·
Bruised soreness of
abdominal walls.
·
Liver engorged, with
stitches and soreness.
·
Colic, with upward
pressure, causing short breath, and desire for stool.
·
Constipation, with
frequent ineffectual urging, incomplete and unsatisfactory; feeling as if part
remained unexpelled.
·
Alternate
constipation and diarrhoea-after abuse of purgatives.
·
Colic may be
present.
·
The liver is swollen
hard and sensitive to the touch and pressure of clothing is uncomfortable. The
first remedy in cirrhosis of the liver.
Modalities
- < - morning, mental exertion, after
eating, stimulants, narcotics, dry weather, cold
- > - from a nap, while at rest, in
damp wet weather, strong pressure
