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Before Stool – Stool and Rectum – Chapter 20 – REPERTORY OF HERING’S GUIDING SYMPTOMS OF OUR MATERIA MEDICA By Calvin B. Knerr, M.D.

CHAPTER 20.
STOOL AND RECTUM.

Anus
* Cholera Asiatica * Cholera
Infantum * Cholera Morbus
* Constipation * Diarrhœa
* Dysentery * Flatus
* Hæmorrhoids * Rectum
* Stool *

Before
Stool
* During Stool * After
Stool * Worms

Before Stool.

Before stool :-

Abdomen :-

(See Colic,
Flatulence.)

Aching in upper :-

Bell.

Burning, about navel

(fall
diarrhœa) :- Ars.

Burning pinching, in
stomach and about navel :-

Fl-ac.

Burst, as if it
would :-

Ars.

Burst, painful pressure
before soft, as if lower abdomen would :-

Spig.

Constricted, as if

(dysentery) :-
Ars.

Constrictive pain,
extending into chest :-

Nat-s.

Crampy pain :-

Trom.

Cramping pain around
navel

(dysentery) :-
Ham.

Cutting :-

Acon.,
Æth., Agar., Ant-c., Ant-t.,
Ars., Asar.,
Brom., Bry., Caps., Carb-v., Cast., Chel., Cob., COLOC.,
Con., Dig.,
Grat., Iris, Laur., Mag-c.,
Merc., Merc-c.,
Nat-c., Nat-m.,
Nicc., Nit-ac.,
Nux-m., Nux-v.,
Petr., Puls., Rhus-t., Sang., Sec., Staph., SULPH.

Cutting, constricting
pain, worse in epigastric region :-

Cham.

Cutting, in
lower :-

Iris.

Cutting around
navel :-

Grat.,
Nux-v.

Digging :-

Stann.

Dragging in
groin :-

Cast.

Drawing pains :-

Nit-ac.

Faint, sick feeling, in
lower :-

Merc-i-f.

Fulness :-

Gamb.,
Phyt.

Griping :-

Aloe,
Bell., Mag-c.,
Merc-i-r., Nux-v.,
OP.,
Trom.

Griping, with backache

(dysentery) :-
Cub.

Griping, in cholera
infantum :-

Gamb.,
Verat.

Griping, in chronic
diarrhœa :-

Ph-ac.

Griping, in
morning :-

Casc.,
Sulph.

Griping, about
navel :-

Psor.

Griping, great urging,
with pressure in rectum :-

Lil-t.

Grumbling pain, follows
hard stool :-

Ust.

Heat :-

Bell.

Labor-like pain,
soft :-

Carb-v.

Motion :-

Stann.

Pain :-

Bapt.,
Corn., Form.,
Kali-bi., Ph-ac.,
Sil.

Pain, in chronic diarrhœa :-

Sulph.

Pain, in chronic diarrhœa
of children :-

Coll.

Pain, in
dysentery :-

Caps.

Pain, in left side,
with sweat :-

Trom.

Pain, in lower :-

Verat.

Pain, in
morning :-

Rumx.

Pains, about
navel :-

Aloe,
Am-m., Caps.,
Fl-ac., Grat., Nux-v., Ox-ac., Verat.

Pain, better by
pressure :-

Podo.

Pain, and urging

(diarrhœa) :-
GAMB.

Pinching :-

Æth.,
Agar., Aphis,
Bell., Canth., Cast., Cina, Colch., Fl-ac., Gamb.,
Hep., Kali-c.,
MAG-C.,
Merc., Nat-s.,
Nicc., Petr., Stann., Verat.,
Zing.

Pinching, deep :-

Kali-c.

Pinching, around
navel :-

Sabad.

Pinching, in groins and
hypogastrium :-

Nat-s.

Sharp pain, across
lower :-

Lac-ac.

Sharp pains, in lower,
better after stool

(during
progress of post-scarlatinal follicular entero-colitis, with dropsy) :-
Verat.

Sharp pain, better
afterwards but increasing weakness :-

Lept.

Soreness in
intestines :-

Sulph.

Soreness in
lower :-

Nat-m.

Sore pains,
terrible :-

Trom.

Tensive pain, in upper,
while holding breath :-

Dros.

Twisting :-

Ars.,
Stram.

Twisting pain :-

Caust.

Twisting pain, about
navel :-

Caps.

Uneasy pains :-

Mur-ac.

Weakness in, like
faintness, lower :-

Verat.

Writhing :-

Stram.

Air, great sensibility
to cold :-

Mez.

Anus :-

Burning :-

Berb.,
Fl-ac.,
Olnd., Sabad.

Burning, with
protrusion of varices :-

Rat.

Closed, as if, with
desire to go to stool :-

Op.

Closed, spasmodically

(fissure
ani) :- Ham.

Diarrhœa-like, burning :-

Rat.

Itching :-

Spong.

Pain :-

Lyc.

Plug, sensation of
a :-

Lach.

Pressing :-

Sul-ac.

Prolapsus :-

Podo.

Smarting :-

Nat-s.

Spasmodic pains :-

Lach.

Stinging :-

Berb.

Stitches :-

Gamb.,
Kali-c., Spong.

Back :-

Aching, as if
broken :-

Nux-v.

Coldness :-

Ars.

Pain in sacral
region :-

Dios.

Pains, in small
of :-

Puls.

Pressure, frequent in
women :-

Carb-v.

Writhing, in sacrum and
back, radiating all over body and limbs :-

Dios.

Bladder,
pressure :-

Carb-v.,
Nat-m.

Chilliness :-

Ars.,
Benz-ac.,
Dig., Merc.,
Mez., Phos.,
Verat.

Constipation,
in :-

Mez.

Creeping :-

Mez.

Creeps, on head :-

Carb-an.

Drinks, with desire for
acid :-

Mez.

Heat, with flashes
of :-

Merc.

Shuddering :-

Sabad.

Colic

(See Abdomen.) :-
Aloe,
Alumn., Arg-n., Bapt., Bar-c., Bell., Bor., Bry., Cact., Cahin., Canth.,
Caps.,
Cast., Cham.,
Chin., Colch.,
COLOC.,
DIOS., Dulc.,
Ferr-p., Gamb.,
Gels.,
Graph., Hell., Ind., Ip., Kali-c.,
Kali-n.,
Lept., Lyc.,
Mag-c., Manc.,
Merc-i-r., Mez.,
Mur-ac., Nat-ar.,
Nat-s.,
Nit-ac., Ox-ac.,
Petr., Phos.,
Plan., Podo.,
Puls., Ran-s.,
RHEUM,
Rumx., Sep.,
Ter., Trom.,
VERAT.,
Zinc.,
Zing.

Cholerine, in :-

Crot-t.

Colon, in
transverse :-

Crot-t.

Constriction, with, or
spasm of anus :-

Plb.

Cutting :-

ANT-T.,
Dig., Jal.,
Merc-c.,
Rheum, Rhus-t., Sulph.

Dysentery, in, in old
people :-

Bapt.

Flatulent :-

Caps.,
Lyc.

Intermittent, about
navel :-

Iris.

Lower, in :-

Bapt.

Paroxysms, in :-

Coloc.

Pinching :-

Cycl.

Pinching :-

Verat.

Rumbling, with :-

Nat-c.,
Nat-s.

Rumbling, with,
cutting :-

Puls.

Stool, not better
by :-

Rheum.

Tearing :-

Dig.

Twisting, around
navel :-

Ox-ac.

Epigastrium :-

Desire before
constipated :-

Verat.

Distress worse

(mesenteric
disease) :- Calc.

Faint feeling :-

Calc-ar.,
Sulph.

Fainting :-

Ars.,
Dig.

Flatulence

(See Abdomen,
Colic, Flatus.) :-
Ant-t.,
Colch., LYC.

Borborygmus, in
cholerine :-

Crot-t.

Distended,
abdomen :-

Arn.,
Fl-ac., Stann.

Enteritis, in :-

Rhus-t.

Gurgling :-

Spong.

Gurgling, loud, as of
water :-

Podo.

Noisy :-

Spong.

Rumbling :-

Brom.,
Cact., Cast., Chel., Ferr-i., Gamb.,
Grat.,
Ign., Iris, Kali-c.,
Lach., Lept.,
Mag-c.,
Mur-ac., Nat-m., Olnd.,
Phos.,
Puls., Sabad.,
Sec., Spong.,
Sulph., Thuj.,
Verat.

Rumbling, in left
side :-

Podo.

Rumbling,
painful :-

Cahin.,
Cast.

Snarling noise :-

Spong.

Flatus,
passage of

(See
Flatulence.) :-
Aloe, Apis,
Gels., Mag-c.

Copious, fetid :-

Mez.

Frequent,
offensive :-

Plan.

Hot :-

Cocc.

Noisy :-

Calad.

Groins :-

Pain :-

Nat-s.

Pressing :-

Cast.,
Trom.

Headache :-

Ox-ac.,
Puls.

Heat :-

Crot-t.,
Mag-c., Merc.,
Phos.

Hæmorrhoids, descent
of :-

Arund.,
Rat.

Straining, with, which
causes pain as of ulceration :-

Merc.

Discharge of bright
blood :-

NUX-V.

Hypochondria :-

Cutting :-

Cub.

Pain :-

Coll.

Indolence :-

Bor.

Languor :-

Mez.

Lassitude :-

Rhus-t.

Mental
condition :-

Ars.

Anguish :-

Merc.

Anxiety :-

Ars.,
Cadm-s.,
Cham., Crot-t., Kali-c.,
Merc., Verat.

Crying

(infant) :-
Bor.

Discontent :-

Bor.

Distressed
feeling :-

Kali-c.

Fretfulness :-

Bor.

Irascibility :-

Calc.

Irritability :-

Calc.

Nausea :-

Acon.,
Ant-t., Bry., Calc., Chel., Cycl., Dulc.,
Grat.,
Hell., Ip.,
Merc., Œna.,
Podo.,
Rhus-t., Rumx.,
Sep., Verat.

Nausea and colic :-

Hell.

Nausea and
vomiting :-

Lach.

Rectum :-

(See Tenesmus.)

Atony :-

Plb.

Bearing down, constant,
pressing :-

Lil-t.

Burning :-

Dios.,
Nat-m.

Chilliness :-

Lyc.

Chilliness :-

Lyc.

Constriction, pain as
from, prevents passage of feces :-

Berb.

Contraction :-

Nat-m.

Constriction :-

Bell.,
Lach.

Cutting :-

Asar.

Discharge, white
mucous :-

Kali-c.

Inactivity :-

Nat-m.

Pressure :-

Nat-m.,
NIT-AC.,
Plat.

Pressing,
constant :-

Nit-ac.

Pressure without stool,
constant and painful :-

Lach.

Pressure towards anus,
with blind hæmorrhoids :-

Verat.

Straining :-

Apis,
Canth.

Straining,
painful :-

Agar.

Shooting, compelling an
outcry :-

Plat.

Saliva, viscid,
tasteless :-

Fl-ac.

Sexual organs :-

Erections :-

Kali-bi.

Drawing in spermatic
cords :-

Sabad.

Sweat :-

Acon.,
Bell., Dulc., Trom.

Hot or cold :-

Merc.

Tenesmus

(See Rectum,
Tenesmus.) :-
Æth., Agar.,
Berb., Cham.,
Coll., MERC.,
MERC-C., Nux-v.,
Plat.,
Plb., Verat.

And rumbling, as if
diarrhœa would come on :-

Grat.

Even with loose
stools :-

Dios.

Efforts often followed
by tenesmus :-

Lyc.

Thirst :-

Ars.

Trembling :-

Merc.

Urethra :-

Contraction :-

Nat-m.

A drop of watery,
sticky substance passes :-

Sel.

Urging

(See Stool,
Urging.) :- Aloe,
Am-m., Bor., Bov.,
Canth., Carb-v., Cist., Coloc., Corn.,
Cycl., Gamb.,
Kali-bi., Kali-n.,
Lept., Lyc.,
Merc., Merc-c., Nat-c., Nicc.,
NUX-V.,
Phos.,
Plat., Rheum,
Rhus-t.,
Sabad., Sang., Sin-a., Sin-n., Spong.,
Staph.,
Sulph.

Abdomen, felt mostly in
middle and upper :-

Ign.

Constant, often
ineffectual :-

NUX-V.

Constant, with nausea
and tearing colic :-

Rhus-t.

Continual,
fruitless :-

Nit-ac.

Dysentery, in, cannot
retain :-

PHOS.

Frequent, worse at
night :-

Merc.

Ineffectual :-

Grat.,
Lach.,
Merc., Plat.

Ineffectual, with or
without tenesmus :-

Plb.

Painful :-

Calc-f.,
Mag-m.

Sudden :-

Cist.,
Dios., Kali-c.,
Lil-t.,
Manc., Petr., Phos.,
Podo., SULPH.

Sudden, violent,
driving out of bed in morning :-

Rumx.,
Sulph.

Sudden, with hot
pinching throughout abdomen :-

Gamb.

Urinate, ineffectual
urging to :-

Rheum.

Vertigo, with
cardialgia and nausea :-

Œna.

Vomiting :-

Ars.,
Dig., Ip., Verat.

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