Aloe socotrina
as Cyrus Maxwell Boger recorded it in A Synoptic Key of the Materia Medica, 1931
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Keynotes
DRAGGING, as of a load. Downward sensation. Drawing. Gelatinous secretions: post-nasal, stool, etc. .................... Mental effects, < cloudy weather (Pho.) or constipation. Heavy pressure on vertex. Head, alternating with abdominal, or lumbar symptoms; > closing eyes. Pain from navel to rectum. Heavy hypogastrium; rectum. Prolapsus recti. A plug seems wedged in pelvis. Rumbling, gurgling in bowels, sudden urging, SENSE OF INSECURITY, then hurriedly passes a gushing, watery stool (Kali-bi.). Diarrhœa; with rectal pain. ANUS WEAK; oozes mucus. Stool escapes with flatus (Old.) or when urinating; mushy; solid stool passes unnoticed; urging to, passes flatus only; lumpy; gelatinous. Piles, prolapsing; like a bunch of grapes; > cold bathing. Internal heat; not stool, flatus, urine, etc. Burning in anus, rectum, piles, etc. Sexual erethism (in children). Heavy, congested uterus.
Worse
HEAT; damp. Summer. Early A.M. (in bed). After dysentery. Stepping hard. Evening.
Better
Cool, open air. Cold applications. Relaxation and VENOUS CONGESTION, < abdomen. Parts seem full. HEAVY
Region
ABDOMINAL VEINS: RECTUM. Liver. Colon. Pelvis. Lumbar region. Head. Female organs.
Relationships
Complementary: Sul. Related: Lil-t. Pod. Sep. Sul.
What the other books say about Aloe socotrina
The same remedy read by a different author. They disagree, and the disagreements are where the remedy becomes recognisable.
- Aloe socotrina in Boericke — The concise clinical Materia Medica that most Indian colleges teach from, in full.
- Aloe socotrina in Allen's Keynotes — The few symptoms that, when genuinely present, point at one remedy and not its neighbours.
- Aloe socotrina in Kent — Kent teaching a class, one remedy at a time — fewer remedies, far more on each.
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Create a free accountCite this page. Cyrus Maxwell Boger. A Synoptic Key of the Materia Medica. 1931. Aloe socotrina — Keynotes. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/books/boger/aloe-socotrina. Author died 1935: public domain in India. The catalogue records 1931; a 1931 edition is public domain in the US from 1 Jan 2027 at the latest — the edition this transcription follows is not stated in the file. Reproduced as the author wrote it; a historical reference for students and practitioners, not medical advice.