– BERNARD H, The Cinchonine, as we know, is an alkaloid which is found in many species of Cinchona, especially the gray. The use of this substance in the treatment of constipation is mentioned by Dr. R. Noack, of Lyon. In his homoeopathic guide he divides habitual constipation into five classes : 1. Constipation from inertia…
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– BERNARD H, In this pathogenetic résumé of Cocculus, Jahr notes : Constipation with tenesmus; stool hard, difficult. In his Repertory, he classes Cocculus among the first of the remedies indicated for constipation in general, imitating in this respect the example of Boenninghausen, who, besides, italicizes the following symptom : Ineffectual urging at stool from insufficiency…
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– BERNARD H, Stools Large and pale; Lumpy and light colored. Before stool Cutting pains in the hypogastrium with desire. During stool Absence of marked desire; Straining; Violent effort and dull pain. After stool Dull pains in the anus. Concomitants Pulsative or painful cephalalgia. Congestion towards the heart and head alternating with haemorrhoidal symptoms. Indigestion arising…
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– BERNARD H, This medicine presents but few symptoms of constipation, but they are very characteristic. In the Chronic Diseases we find; Constipation with ineffectual desire for stool; hard stool which occurs only every two days. After stool, palpitation of the heart. [In Raue, we find : Frequent urging without stool, or there is only a…
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– BERNARD H, Dr. Schmidt says : I have often succeeded with Crocus in obstinate constipation, notably when it occurs in the new-born; and is based on disturbances in the vena-porta. In these cases, in the dose of a drop of the tincture, once a day, I have obtained natural stools without any inconvenient result. We…
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– BERNARD H, The only symptom which we find in Hahnemann’s Materia Medica bearing upon this subject is the following : Daily stool, but it is hard and scanty. We would not have referred to this drug, if we had not read the following curious observation. Case 12 A child, one year of age (Calc. carb.…
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– BERNARD H, Stools Hard, knotty, with discharge of mucus and blood; In lumps united by threads of mucus; Large and ball-shaped; Long and slender in shape. Before stool Great desire. During stool Hard stool, with much urging and sticking in the anus; Great straining even when the stool is not hard; Shooting pains in the…
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– BERNARD H, Stools Hard, scanty, tenacious, expelled with difficulty. Before stool Pressing and ineffectual desire; Repeated tenesmus and rumblings as if diarrhoea would come on. During stool Burning pain in rectum; Straining. After stool Burning pains in the rectum; Tenesmus; A wrenching pain in the coccyx; Creeping chills. Generalities This medicine, says Jahr, is still…
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– BERNARD H, Continued inclination to go to stool, but passes fetid flatus. Pains shooting from the anus and lower part of the rectum along the perineum to the middle of the penis (in the middle of the night). Ulceration of the rectum; fissures and prolapse of the anus. Bloody discharge, with heat in the rectum,…
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– BERNARD H, Stools Chestnut-shaped stools; [Hard, dry, knotty or insufficient; In some cases they may be scanty and of a greenish color, in other cases they may be accompanied by vermiform shreds of mucus, or followed by expulsion of mucus]; Fetid faecal stools. Before stool Rectum inactive During stool Urging even with soft stool. [First…
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