Aesculus glabra

by Timothy F. Allen — The Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica · 1874–1879

Historical reference for practitioners and students. The statements below reflect the named author’s homeopathic teaching and do not establish treatment effectiveness. This text is not medical advice and must not replace appropriate diagnosis or care.

Æsculus glabra, Willd, Nat. order , Sapindaceæ.

Common names , Fetid Buckeye, Ohio Buckeye.

Preparation , Triturations from the whole fruit.

Authority.

Hale ("New Remedies").

MIND

Confusion of mind, always attended by vertigo, and may be followed by stupefaction and coma.

HEAD

Vertigo, with staggering, reeling and unconsciousness.
Vertigo with fulness and heaviness of the head, dimness of sight, thickness of speech, nausea, and vomiting.

EYE

Dimness of sight, and even loss of sight.
Eyes fixed and expressionless.

MOUTH

Thickness of speech from paralysis of the tongue.

STOMACH AND ABDOMEN

Great distension of the stomach and abdomen.
Nausea, with loathing of food and vomiting, with cramp-like pain in stomach.

STOOL AND ANUS

Hard, knotty stools.
*Obstinate constipation.

NECK AND BACK

Wryneck (spasmodic).
*Great lameness and weakness of the back.

EXTREMITIES

Trembling of the lower limbs, with spasmodic contractions.

GENERALITIES

Spasms and convulsions, followed by paralysis.
Great weakness.

Aesculus glabra across the other classic books

Aesculus glabra appears in 5 of the 27 classic books on Similia. Each was written to do a different job — here is what each adds on this remedy, with the opening of its entry.

Clarke — The widest entry — sources, provings, clinical uses, relationships and antidotes in one place.
“Fetid or Ohio Buckeye. (States of North America watered by Ohio River.) N. O. Sapindaceæ. Part employed, whole ripe fruit. Constipation / Cough / Cramp in stomach / Hæmorrhoids / Meningitis / Paralysis / Speech, thick / Vertigo / Wry-neck Æsculus glabra, like the Horse-chestnut, has a marked action on the rectum. It…”
Hale — The introduction story — early pathogenetic and clinical evidence for medicines new to Hale's generation.
“{Ohio Buckeye.) Botanical Description. — This is a large tree, growing abundantly in the rich alluvial bottom lands of Ohio, and other States watered by the Ohio river. The bark exhales an unpleasant odor, as in the rest of the genus. Flowers small, not showy, stamens curved, much longer than the corolla, which is of…”
Hering — Graded symptoms, each weighted by how often provers and practice confirmed it.
“Ohio Buckeye. Sapindaceæ. A beautiful tree growing in the bottom lands of the Ohio river. The tincture is to be made of the whole fruit ; the bark may differ. Symptoms mostly toxic ; provings commenced only by Hale. Confusion of mind, with vertigo, often followed by stupefaction and coma. Vertigo with staggering…”
Hughes & Dake — The source evidence — provings and poisonings retained with their experimental context.
“^SCULUS GLABRA, ^sculuj glabra^ Will J. Stinking Buckeye. Nat. Ord., Saptndacem I. Frtnfingj, — I. Two of my pupi!s once attempted to prove the buckeye, but did not continue the experiments on account of the apparent gravity of tne few symptoms which manifested themselves. It caused vertigo, with reeling like drunken…”

Aesculus glabra in Kent's Repertory

Kent's Repertory lists Aesculus glabra in 3 rubrics. These are the ones where it carries the highest grade — the symptoms Kent treated as most characteristic.

MOUTH - LAME Tongue - as if
MOUTH - SPEECH - thick
EXTREMITIES - LAMENESS - Lower Limbs

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