R13 | Hemorrhoids
Indications
Hemorrhoids; pruritus ani; anal fissures, anal prolapsus; eczema of the anal region; anal plethora, pain, bleeding.
Mode of action
Acidum nitricum: Stabbing, stitching, splinter-like pain in the intestines; sensation of constriction during defecation, with violent pain after stool; anal prolapse, anal fissures.
Aesculus hippocastanum: Dryness and burning of external hemorrhoidal mucosa; dark red/purple prolapsed hemorrhoids. Sharp pains shooting upwards from the rectum into the back; dull pains radiating into the sacroiliac region; venous stasis, dilation, and distention.
Collinsonia canadensis: Venous congestion in the pelvis; constipation and hard stool; flatulence; hematogenic hemorrhoids.
Graphites: Constipation; large, hard stool; flatulence; anal eczema; rectal itching and hemorrhoids.
Hamamelis virginiana: Weakness of the veins, varicosities; passive hemorrhage; bleeding hemorrhoids.
Kalium carbonicum: Backaches; painful hemorrhoids, with burning and stitching pains; hard stool, flatulence.
Lycopodium clavatum: Meteorism, flatulence; hard, dry stool with incomplete defecation, constipation; bleeding hemorrhoids with prolapse and spasm of the anal sphincter.
Nux vomica: Hypochondria and dyspepsia; constipation with ineffectual urging for stool; persisting pain after defecation; itching and painful hemorrhoids with tendency to hemorrhage, anal rhagades; anal redness.
Paeonia officinalis: Moist hemorrhoids, congested or thrombosed hemorrhoids; rectal fissure; extremely painful bowel movements.
Sulphur: Itching or burning of the rectum; hemorrhoids, rectal fistula; moist itchy eruptions, eczema of the perianal skin; redness.
Remedies to be considered
- Simultaneous liver/gallbladder complaints: R7 additionally, 5-10 drops in some water 3 times daily before meals and 5-10 drops of R13 twice daily after meals, BC-17
- Inflammatory conditions of the skin: R30 topically
- Anemia resulting from severe hemorrhagic hemorr-hoids: R31 additionally, BC-1
- Varicosities and venous stasis: R42 additionally, or in alternation, BC-17
- Sacral pain in women: R50
Clinical experience:
- Possibility of parasites, consider R56.
- Dosage should not exceed 3 times daily. If patient requires additional relief, R1 may be administered with greater frequency.
- To regulate intestinal function, begin treatment with R7 and R37 or R37 JUNIOR, BC-4 (4 weeks). Follow with R13, BC-17