Haemorrhoids (Piles)

Nux Vom

and

Sulphur

Head remedies for bleeding or non-bleeding piles to be given when there is a burning pain and constipation with ineffectual desire. Give Sulphur 1000 every month for 3 months, but no medicine to be given 2 days before and after the administration of this remedy. Nux Vom. 30 may [be given thrice daily on other days.

Hamamelis

Painless bleeding followed by prostration which is out of all proportion to the loss of blood. The blood is of dark colour. There is anaemia, breathlessness and weakness notwithstanding good appetite.

Mucuna

One drop a dose of mother tincture is specific for bleeding piles. Two or three doses a day will arrest the disease in two or three days' time.

Ficus Rel

Is another remedy which may be tried, if Mucuna fails.

Acetic Acid

Profuse bleeding from bowels after checked metrorrhagia (menstrual bleeding) or otherwise.

Nitric Acid

Haemorrhoids that have ceased to bleed, but are very painful and hanging down loosely with sharp pricking pains in rectum.

Calcarea Carb

Piles protruding, painful when walking, better when sitting, cause pain during stool with profuse bleeding.

Phosphorus

With a small stream of blood after every stool.

Kali Carb

Piles, painful, burning like fire and bleed copiously. Great distension and swelling inside. Fistula of the anus. Burning temporarily relieved by sitting in cold water or by cold application.

Aloe

When the blood passes like water from the hydrant, piles protrude like bunch of grapes. Better by cold water; flatus with faeces. Violent itching and burning in anus; constantly putting finger in the anus on that account. The ointments increase the burning.

Mur. Acid

Piles like a bunch of grapes which look purple and burn when touched. Piles in children; protruding, reddish blue.

Sanguinaria

Persistent bleeding from the bowel, the Mood being watery.

Ignatia

Blind piles, painful while standing and sitting. Pain reduced by walking. Sharp pressing pain in the rectum.

Lachesis

When the piles are inflamed with hammering pain.

Alumina

Piles worse in the evening and better after night's rest; clots of blood escaps from the anus; faeces hard and knotty like sheep's dung with cutting in anus followed by blood.

Aesculus Hip

Painful, blind or protruding piles of purplish colour which are very sore with aching, burning and itching and a sensation of sticks or splinters in the rectum, rarely bleeding. Hard dry stools passed with difficulty and followed by a feeling of prolapse of rectum. Pain in back and hips. Bleeding gives relief.

Apis

With sharp stinging pains relieved by cold application.

Ars. Alb

Burning pain and restlessness relieved by hot application.

Causticum

Intolerably painful piles, worse when walking.

Dioscorea

Piles look like bunches of grapes with darting extending to the liver.

Paeonia

Haemorrhoids with ulceration, the anus and surrounding parts are purple and covered with crusts, ulcers within the anus very painful; the whole mucus membrane studded with ulcers and cracks. Biting, itching in the anus that provokes scratching.

Podophyllum

Piles with prolapsus following confinement. Congestion of the liver and constipation.

Leptendra

External piles with prolapse of rectum. Enterorrhagia. Bleeding piles.

Rhus Tox

Blind piles protruding after every stool with backache and pressure outward in rectum.

Cactus G

Bleeding piles. The tumors form on account of relaxation of veins which bleed copiously.

Collinsonia

Haemorrhoids with backache and obstinate constipation. Prolapsus of rectum. Piles bleeding or blind and protruding. There may be alternate constipa­tion and diarrhoea.

Slag

Piles with great itching in the anus, soreness and pain in knee caps.

Ammonia Carb

Protrusion of piles after stools with long lasting pains; cannot walk. Piles also protrude independent of stool. Burning and itching in anus which prevent sleep. Piles worst at the time of menses.

Capsicum

Piles; burning, swollen, itching, throbbing with sore feeling in anus; bleeding or blind, with mucus discharge. Fat people easily exhausted.

Carbo Veg

Protruding piles blue, even suppurating, offensive, swelling, burning in the rectum; oozing of fluid from rectum; flatulence; congestion of the head and nose bleed from high living.

Merc Sol

With diarrhoea and dysentery.

Gelsemium

From paralysis.

Hypericum

Specific for bleeding piles with pain and tenderness.