Aloe Socotrina - Abdomen symptoms - Kent Lectures

ABDOMEN

Eructations

"Belching with oppression of stomach."

Abdomen

There is much pain in the hepatic region, burning and heat, etc. Mostly in the right hypochondrium you will find distension and fullness. It is pre-eminently a liver medicine. It is not as deep in its action as Sulphur ^Sulphur

Fullness and distension. Perhaps one of the most striking features of the abdominal state is the fullness, distension and rumbling. It seems as if the abdomen would burst and the rumbling is so great that it can be heard by anyone in the room. It keeps on one continuous gurgling. The stool gurgles out with a noisy rumbling, like water out of a bung-hole.

"Twisting and griping pain in the upper abdomen, around the navel, compelling him to sit bent up which relieves."

"Feeling of weakness in abdomen as if diarrhea would result."

The weakness is sometimes very great, so much so that he is compelled to go to bed with the diarrhea, and you will often mistake it for Podophyllum Peltatum ^Podophyllum, so great is the exhaustion. Podophyllum Peltatum ^Pod. has great distension, tremendous gushing, much flatulence, great rumbling in the bowel and the trouble comes on at 4 o'clock in the morning.

Aloe is like Sulphur ^Sulph again, in that it drives him out of bed in the early morning with diarrhoea, and there are times when be puts the feet out from beneath the covers to cool them off; the soles of the feet burn and he uncovers them. Griping in the abdomen, feeling of weakness in the abdomen.

"Painfulness in whole abdomen, especially in sides and along both sides of navel."

So sensitive is the abdomen that he can find no comfortable position.

"Dull, abdominal pain as after taking cold, morning and evening repeatedly."

Vomiting

Here is another instance of the tendency to capillary and venous engorgement. "Vomiting of blood" and blood from the bowels.

Stomach

and bowels Under "Eating and Drinking" we find "Soon after supper growling in abdomen."