One for the vets mainly, although I did find one old reference to a
human. Enteroliths are concretions that form in a horse's GI tract
and can end up the size of a cricket ball - usually with dire
consequences. Does anyone have any experience with homeopathic
treatment (I have read up on all the dietary suggestions, or is it a
case of not knowing about the enteroliths until the situation is
urgent. Any homeoprophylactic suggestions would be of interest too.
Thanks, Elizabeth
Enteroliths
Re: Enteroliths
on 1/21/06 3:52 AM, E Wighton at chat@similibooks.com wrote:
One for the vets mainly, although I did find one old reference to a
human. Enteroliths are concretions that form in a horse's GI tract
and can end up the size of a cricket ball - usually with dire
consequences. Does anyone have any experience with homeopathic
treatment (I have read up on all the dietary suggestions, or is it a
case of not knowing about the enteroliths until the situation is
urgent. Any homeoprophylactic suggestions would be of interest too.
Thanks, Elizabeth
=====================
Ms. Wighton
,
Below is what I did not know and you probably did about enteroliths and
similar phenomena and their prophylaxis but I am passing on anyway.
Followed by a search for candidate rx for this large client or friend of
yours. I assume the pathophysiology is some variant of the problem of
impacted fecal matter but complicated by hair and possibly a problem in
the phosphate metabolism by what mechanism I am not sure. Dietary and
exercise modification seem the most accessible prophylaxis unless they are
already handled. Alfalfa may be the main culprit in the unspecified liths.
Bran in the phosphatic. Increasing grain/hay ratio and more frequent
smaller feedings are also cited along with better exercise to amp up
peristalsis. Otherwise, the simillimum may be prophylactic.
Best,
Andy
http://www.pelham-saddlery.com/horse_co ... sites.html
Horses can be affected by some strange things--such as trichobezoars,
enteroliths or phosphatic calculi.
All are concretions found in the large intestine, and sometimes, although
rarely, in the horse¹s stomach.
Concretions, as you may have guessed, are internal stones, about as hard as
concrete.
These infernal internal stones are made up of undigested material. They can
easily attain a diameter of five to six inches, and are often much larger.
The ordinary weight for phosphatic calculi, which look like rounded and
polished stones, is two to three pounds. In exceptional cases they have
tipped the scales at 16 pounds.
Of course, no matter the size, they are not good for your horse.
Now, everything we ought to know about concretions we don¹t know, but we
have some pretty good ideas.
We don¹t know everything about how and why they develop, but we do know they
develop and cause trouble a lot more frequently in horses which eat a lot of
alfalfa.
feeding oat or grass hay to reduce incidence of enteroliths, citing the fact
that 98 per cent of horses with enteroliths had a diet of 50 per cent or
more of alfalfa hay.
Interestingly, there is no factor other than alfalfa hay which comes
anywhere close to being that strongly connected to enteroliths. Of course,
no scientist will tell you that, but I¹m telling you that. I¹ll also tell
you the problem with concretions is much bigger in California and other
alfalfa rich states than in areas where there is little or no alfalfa.
We know concretions involve the presence of indigestible particles, such as
small pieces of iron or steel, string, plastic or a chuck of rubber. So it
is a good idea to check your horse¹s feed for foreign objects, and it is a
good idea to feed your horses in a manger on the ground, rather than
directly on the ground.
In the case of phosphatic calculi, it has been noted a predisposing, though
not an exciting cause, is the consumption of foods rich in phosphates, such
as bran. Lots of people like to feed bran or a bran mash weekly. Dr. Alice
suggests it may be a good idea to reduce or eliminate bran from a horse¹s
diet.
Dr. Alice also says a good way to decrease the pH level in the horse¹s colon
is to increase the grain to hay ratio. For people who don¹t want their
horses to be too energetic, this may not be appropriate.
Provide daily exercise and avoid prolonged stall or small pen confinement,
Dr. Alice says. Horses, she points out, need exercise to maintain intestinal
movement of feed. Frequent small feedings, rather than a couple of large
ones, will help keep bulk material moving through the large intestine.
Trichobezoars are a very specific kind of concretion made up of hair. A
trichobezoar then is nothing more than a hair ball.
An enterolith is not very distinguished; it can be a concretion of any
variety.
According to Dr. Alice, concretions can achieve a large size without causing
problems. In some cases they are passed with manure; in some cases they
simply remain in a portion of the intestine and do not cause discomfort.
There is no characteristic symptom which can determine the presence of
concretions. However, reoccurring colic without good reason might suggest a
trichobezoar or enterolith, according to Dr. Alice.
Problems for the horse develop when the concretion is dislodged from one
place and becomes an obstruction in a portion of the intestine.
Treatment, other than physical removal, is limited to administration of
strong purgatives or enemas. Such treatment, according to Dr. Alice, can
clear away calculi, but it can also complicate matters.
Unfortunately, trichobezoars, enteroliths and phosphatic calculi are being
seen more often. Is it the abundant availability of alfalfa hay, or just the
increased awareness of the problems of horses?
What I was able to find in EH and RFW indicate a few ideas.
the stomach, and vomiting, derangement of the bowels, and gastroenteritis,
giddiness, headache, insensibility and concretions in the intestines.)
over nearly every other laxative, in that it is tasteless, and rarely causes
nausea, vomiting, or colic. In action is slow, requiring six to eight hours.
the stools are not debilitating, and have but little odor. the dose, as a
laxative for a child one year old, is from five to twenty - five grains; for
an adult, half a drachm to an ounce. If taken for a long time, instances
have been recorded where concretions of immense size have formed in the
intestines.)
and these remedies:
==============
Impaction remedies
Constipation [4] impaction/concretion/undigested: abrot., aeth., ant-c.,
calc., cina, cler-i., ferr., ferr-ar., ign., nicotin., op., plb., Pyrog.,
Ruta, Sel., sil.
Silica is known for constipation with impaction so severe in humans that
mechanical removal is needed from colon or rectum .
Impaction [sen] intestine: caust., gels., lac-d., lach., Op., sulph.,
=============
Phosphatic calculi (unsorted)
Phosphatic [2] deposit/concretion/calculi: acet-ac.8, am-form., am-p.3020,
ant-t., ars.38, aur., bell.8, 2benz-ac., beryl.119, bry.85, calc-p.61,
calcul-r.77, formal.223, helon.36, hippoz., hydroc-ac., hyosin.36, kali-bi.,
kali-c., kali-p., kreos., lil-t.38, mag-p., mag-s.46, mand.223, merc.118,
mur-ac.15, nat-ar.36, nat-p.61, nat-s.58, nit-ac.46, ox-ac.11, 3Ph-ac.8,
phos., polyg-a.48, polytr., 2ptel.8, puls.118, sec.46, stigm., sul-ac.15,
thlaspi22, uran-n.36
==============
Peristaltic arrest rx:
Peristalsis [3] cease/arrest/stoppage/failure: atro, bell., Carl., crot-h.,
electr., kali-m., mag-c., naja, sep., thyr.
==============
Hydrastis tincture is the main stomach tonic in humans-- but apparently the
pathology being discussed occurs mainly in the colon so this is probably
irrelevant and is probably irrelevant anyway.
==============
Ambra grisea may be a intestinal concretion of the whale but probably is
irrelevant as rx in this case unless results from a similar metabolic issue.
=============
A few other rx with sensation of stones in the intestines are included below
along with other discussions.
====================================
For starters though, an interesting discussion of bezoar (concretion (I
assume hairball?) in ungulate 4th stomach) and its use as a poison antidote:
Lac caprinum (Hempel)
The wild goat is also called the bezoar goat, because of the stony
concretion found in the stomachs of goats, antelopes, llamas, etc., which
formerly was thought to be an antidote against all poisons. Wild goats live
in dry, rocky regions with little water; unlike the ibex, another member of
the Capra species, they are not marked mountain dwellers. They can, however,
climb to great heights. They are agile and active animals; in the morning
and evening, they forage for food, and at night they rest. The sexes live
apart in herds of 10 to 30; later in the spring the size of the herd
increases. The rutting period is in November; the males then challenge each
other in forming and keeping harems.
Fourth Case. ‹ ‹ In the year 1524, on the 15th of November, Claudius Richard
gave one ‹ eight of an ounce of aconite ‹ root to a criminal condemned to
death. It was the fashion in those times to experiment upon criminals with
unknown poisons whose virtues some prominent physician wished to
investigate. If the criminal outlived the experiment, he recovered life and
liberty as a reward for his boldness. In the present case, the experiment
was made in order to test the antidotal virtues of bezoar, a calculous
concretion found in the fourth stomach of the gazelle of India; it was
supposed to be an irresistible antidote to poisons, and was so named from
pa, (against,) and zahar (poison).
Immediately after taking the poison, the man complained of the
following symptoms: Oppression on the chest; pain in the stomach;
obscuration of sight, with dizziness; no alteration in the pulse; he became
very feeble and called for help. Five grains of bezoar were given him, after
which he felt relieved, vomited, experienced anxiety, complained of some
strange stuff accumulating in the region of his stomach; he felt a pain at
the occiput and nape of the neck, was delirious, whistled on a leaf. The
delirium soon ceased; he complained of pains in the stomach, head, jaws,
chest and now in one joint, then in another; after the lapse of seven hours,
all his joints pained him; the abdomen began to swell as in dropsy; the
sides were distended, painful, hard; he experienced stitches in the kidneys,
retention of urine; one upper and one lower extremity were paralyzed; the
pulse frequently intermitted and became feverish; on the same day he vomited
several times, had several stools, complained of pressure and coldness in
the stomach, as from a stone. Finally he was attacked with frightful
ophthalmia and lippitudo (bleareyedness,) so painful that he preferred death
to so much suffering. This continued for eight hours. At the end of this
period all the symptoms ceased, he had a good appetite for supper and felt
quite well on the morning following.
========================
Ambra is some kind of concretion‹maybe now it is known more than thenŠ -- if
it is intestinal, and we assume that it might have any use in similarity as
Calcarea renalis is useful in some cases of kidney stonesŠ (farfetched,
though, is this idea)
Amber grisea (HC Allen Nosodes)
Of doubtful origin, for years on the borderland as to its true
classification, but probably a nosode or morbid products found in the belly
of the sperm-whale, the Physeter Macrocephalous. It is often found floating
upon the sea or thrown upon the shore of the Baltic, or on the coast of
Madagascar or Sumatra. But, perhaps the best specimens are those which
whalers cut out and are to be found in Boston and other whaling ports. It
has many characteristics of intestinal or biliary concretions and has been
considered to be of hepatic origin, probably a fatty excretion from its gall
bladder. It was introduced by Hahnemann in 1827; proved by him and his
friend, Count de Gersdorf, who personally obtained nearly one-half of the
symptoms.
IFH 1995
Jean Gattefosse advanced a theory regarding the formation of ambergris. He
pointed out that its odor may be due to the musk odor of the cuttlefish. He
recalls that, according to Pliny, the ancient Romans used dried and
pulverized cuttlefish in perfumes. The ambergris calculus is probably formed
by the crystallization of the ambergris as the fecal matter is consumed by
the bacillus that gives rise to the intestinal disease. The ambreine is only
the structure holding the odorous material together.
=====================
Some references pulled out including sensations as if stones (which may be
irrelevant in this of course unless the Horse is Mister Ed or Ms. Wighton
has studied psychic communication (which specialists are available, I am
sure, in beautiful Queensland) :
Ant-t (Johnson)
ABDOMEN. Abdomen feels as if stuffed full of stones, [as if intestines were
squeezed between stones, Colo.] Violent colic, as if bowels would be cut to
pieces, [see Co; o.]
BISMUTH (Blackwood)
Physiological Actin - This agent is slightly astringent, and is slowly
absorbed. It coats the mucous surface, checks the secretions, and acts as a
sedative. The tongue and stools are rendered of a dark, clay color; it
increases the appetite, assists the digestion, and constipates the bowels.
When it is administered in large doses it produces nausea, pain in the
stomach, and vomiting, derangement of the bowels, and gastroenteritis,
giddiness, headache, insensibility and concretions in the intestines. If it
is continued for a prolonged period, symptoms simulating scorbutus are
developed. Desquamative nephritis and albuminuria have appeared during its
prolonged use. It is eliminated by the liver, kidneys and bowels.
THERAPEUTICS
This remedy should be studied in cases where there is CATARRHAL
INFLAMMATION and irritation of the ALIMENTARY CANAL; also in GASTRALGIA
where there is pain in the epigastrium, which there is pain in the
epigastrium, which may be lancinating, burning, or griping in character,
causing the patient to bend backward. It is attended with spasmodic
vomiting, in which the food is ejected from the stomach with great force as
soon as it is partaken of; there is a dull pain in the back.
At times the gastralgia alternates with a headache which is neuralgic
in character, and involves the face and teeth, and is as if the parts were
being torn. It is the remedy in GASTRITIS, when there is an excessive
irritability of the stomach; the patient may feel better from cold drinks,
but they are vomited when the stomach becomes full, or are vomited as soon
as they reach the stomach. There may be a sensation of a load in the
stomach, the digestion is slow, the food remaining in the stomach for a
period, after which it is vomited. The tongue in these cases is coated
white, and a sweetish or metallic taste is complained of The bowels are
frequently involved in the process, and a painless diarrhoea is present,
which is accompanied with great thirst, vomiting, and frequent micturition.
There are cramping pains in the extremities. The sleep is disturbed by vivid
dreams.
Compare. HYDRASTIS, PHOSPHORUS, ANTIMONIUM CRUDUM.
Cocculus (Kent)
The pain in the bowels feels as if the intestines were pinched between sharp
stones. This causes fainting and vomiting. Colicky pains in the bowels;
Collinsonia
As an astringent, Stone Root contracts the inner lining of the intestines,
and can be helpful in treating disorders of the digestive system such as
irritable bowel syndrome and mucous colitis." [Chevallier]
Colocynthis (Cowperthwaite)
Feeling in the abdomen as if the intestines were being squeezed between
stones (Nux v.).
Lachesis (Choudhuri)
Lachesis too, is a remedy for weak digestion due to vicious habits. Milk
disagrees in both the remedies, but in Lachesis in-spite of this intolerance
of milk, there is strong craving for it. Carbo veg. has fullness, heaviness
and sleepiness after eating due monthly flatulence, whereas in Lachesis, it
is more a sensation of pressure than of fullness. It feels like a load, as
if a stone was suspended in the intestinal region. The sensation of
constriction, so characteristic of Lachesis, is wanting in Carbo-veg. Then
again in Lach, the weakness is due to cardiac debility, whereas in
Carbo-veg., it is due to profuse loss of some important fluid of the system.
MAG-SULPH (Burt)
Epsom Salts.
Chemical Preparation. Trituration.
We use the Carbonate and Muriate more than any other form. through the
filaments of the abdominal sympathetic, Magnesia has three special centers
of action:
I. Mucous Mem. (Intestinal.) Increased Secretions, Catharsis.
II. Kidneys. Lithiasis; Urine Alkaline.
III. Sexual O., Female. Atony, Menses Delayed; Scanty.
Mucous Membranes. Magnesia, through the moments of the abdominal
sympathetic, so excites the epithelial cells of the alimentary canal as to
produce liquid stools, and it is generally known as a mild antacid laxative,
but, if it is used continually for a short time, will produce sub - acute
inflammation.
Magnesia has an advantage over nearly every other laxative, in that it
is tasteless, and rarely causes nausea, vomiting, or colic. In action is
slow, requiring six to eight hours. the stools are not debilitating, and
have but little odor. the dose, as a laxative for a child one year old, is
from five to twenty - five grains; for an adult, half a drachm to an ounce.
If taken for a long time, instances have been recorded where concretions of
immense size have formed in the intestines.
The Sulphate of Magnesia, experiments have shown, actually withdraws
fluid from the veins. This is proved by the rapid way in which a small
portion of intestine isolated from the rest of the tube becomes filled with
watery fluid, when the drug is introduced into it.
Magnesia has a great capacity for neutralizing acid in the intestinal
canal.
Kidneys - through its action on the kidneys, Magnesia will destroy the
acidity of the urine, and, if taken for some time, reverse its quality and
cause a deposit of the earthy phosphates in the form of white sand. this
should be a hint to us for its use in lithiasis. Cases of diabetes mellitus
have been reported cured by eberle.
Sexual Organs, Female. Here Magnesia produces an atonic condition of
the ovaries, with delayed and scanty menstruation, and catarrhal
inflammation.
Nux-v
Sensation, as if the intestines were squeezed between stones (Coloc.) [D.]
Op (Desai)
Sensations - As if flying or hovering in air.As if intestines would be cut
to pieces.As of a stone in abdomen.As if something was forced through a
narrow space in abdomen
Ricinus (Eli Jones¹ Medical Genius)
SECTION 33.
CASTOR OIL.
ORDINARY DOSE. Adult, 1/2 to 1 ounce - infants 1 to 3 drachms. Unlike
other purgative medicines, Castor oil allows of being lessened in dose, when
the patient who resorts to it does so regularly. An enema may be prepared by
the combination of 2 or 3 ounces of Castor oil, with some mucilaginous
fluid.
Castor oil is particularly valuable in >>>>Constipation arising from
indurated faeces - for Irritation of the bowels caused from swallowing acrid
substances, or from accumulations of the same in the intestines - employed
with great advantage in Diseases attended with irritation or inflammation of
the bowels - Diarrhea - Dysentery - Enteritis - A valuable purgative, speedy
and mild, when needful in cases of piles and inflammatory or spasmodic
diseases of the Urino - gential organs, kidney or bladder - also in
Calculous affections and stricture. The advantage of the use of Castor oil
as a purgative in these disorders cannot be over - estimated. For infants it
is the safest of all cathartics. Larger relative dose may be given to
infants than to adults. To mask the taste of the oil, see Section 69, X. A
peppermint drop taken into the mouth before taking the dose, and also one
immediately after, helps very much to disguise the taste.
Staph (Murphy)
Sensation of squeezing between stones or in a vice in intestines,
One for the vets mainly, although I did find one old reference to a
human. Enteroliths are concretions that form in a horse's GI tract
and can end up the size of a cricket ball - usually with dire
consequences. Does anyone have any experience with homeopathic
treatment (I have read up on all the dietary suggestions, or is it a
case of not knowing about the enteroliths until the situation is
urgent. Any homeoprophylactic suggestions would be of interest too.
Thanks, Elizabeth
=====================
Ms. Wighton
,Below is what I did not know and you probably did about enteroliths and
similar phenomena and their prophylaxis but I am passing on anyway.
Followed by a search for candidate rx for this large client or friend of
yours. I assume the pathophysiology is some variant of the problem of
impacted fecal matter but complicated by hair and possibly a problem in
the phosphate metabolism by what mechanism I am not sure. Dietary and
exercise modification seem the most accessible prophylaxis unless they are
already handled. Alfalfa may be the main culprit in the unspecified liths.
Bran in the phosphatic. Increasing grain/hay ratio and more frequent
smaller feedings are also cited along with better exercise to amp up
peristalsis. Otherwise, the simillimum may be prophylactic.
Best,
Andy
http://www.pelham-saddlery.com/horse_co ... sites.html
Horses can be affected by some strange things--such as trichobezoars,
enteroliths or phosphatic calculi.
All are concretions found in the large intestine, and sometimes, although
rarely, in the horse¹s stomach.
Concretions, as you may have guessed, are internal stones, about as hard as
concrete.
These infernal internal stones are made up of undigested material. They can
easily attain a diameter of five to six inches, and are often much larger.
The ordinary weight for phosphatic calculi, which look like rounded and
polished stones, is two to three pounds. In exceptional cases they have
tipped the scales at 16 pounds.
Of course, no matter the size, they are not good for your horse.
Now, everything we ought to know about concretions we don¹t know, but we
have some pretty good ideas.
We don¹t know everything about how and why they develop, but we do know they
develop and cause trouble a lot more frequently in horses which eat a lot of
alfalfa.
feeding oat or grass hay to reduce incidence of enteroliths, citing the fact
that 98 per cent of horses with enteroliths had a diet of 50 per cent or
more of alfalfa hay.
Interestingly, there is no factor other than alfalfa hay which comes
anywhere close to being that strongly connected to enteroliths. Of course,
no scientist will tell you that, but I¹m telling you that. I¹ll also tell
you the problem with concretions is much bigger in California and other
alfalfa rich states than in areas where there is little or no alfalfa.
We know concretions involve the presence of indigestible particles, such as
small pieces of iron or steel, string, plastic or a chuck of rubber. So it
is a good idea to check your horse¹s feed for foreign objects, and it is a
good idea to feed your horses in a manger on the ground, rather than
directly on the ground.
In the case of phosphatic calculi, it has been noted a predisposing, though
not an exciting cause, is the consumption of foods rich in phosphates, such
as bran. Lots of people like to feed bran or a bran mash weekly. Dr. Alice
suggests it may be a good idea to reduce or eliminate bran from a horse¹s
diet.
Dr. Alice also says a good way to decrease the pH level in the horse¹s colon
is to increase the grain to hay ratio. For people who don¹t want their
horses to be too energetic, this may not be appropriate.
Provide daily exercise and avoid prolonged stall or small pen confinement,
Dr. Alice says. Horses, she points out, need exercise to maintain intestinal
movement of feed. Frequent small feedings, rather than a couple of large
ones, will help keep bulk material moving through the large intestine.
Trichobezoars are a very specific kind of concretion made up of hair. A
trichobezoar then is nothing more than a hair ball.
An enterolith is not very distinguished; it can be a concretion of any
variety.
According to Dr. Alice, concretions can achieve a large size without causing
problems. In some cases they are passed with manure; in some cases they
simply remain in a portion of the intestine and do not cause discomfort.
There is no characteristic symptom which can determine the presence of
concretions. However, reoccurring colic without good reason might suggest a
trichobezoar or enterolith, according to Dr. Alice.
Problems for the horse develop when the concretion is dislodged from one
place and becomes an obstruction in a portion of the intestine.
Treatment, other than physical removal, is limited to administration of
strong purgatives or enemas. Such treatment, according to Dr. Alice, can
clear away calculi, but it can also complicate matters.
Unfortunately, trichobezoars, enteroliths and phosphatic calculi are being
seen more often. Is it the abundant availability of alfalfa hay, or just the
increased awareness of the problems of horses?
What I was able to find in EH and RFW indicate a few ideas.
the stomach, and vomiting, derangement of the bowels, and gastroenteritis,
giddiness, headache, insensibility and concretions in the intestines.)
over nearly every other laxative, in that it is tasteless, and rarely causes
nausea, vomiting, or colic. In action is slow, requiring six to eight hours.
the stools are not debilitating, and have but little odor. the dose, as a
laxative for a child one year old, is from five to twenty - five grains; for
an adult, half a drachm to an ounce. If taken for a long time, instances
have been recorded where concretions of immense size have formed in the
intestines.)
and these remedies:
==============
Impaction remedies
Constipation [4] impaction/concretion/undigested: abrot., aeth., ant-c.,
calc., cina, cler-i., ferr., ferr-ar., ign., nicotin., op., plb., Pyrog.,
Ruta, Sel., sil.
Silica is known for constipation with impaction so severe in humans that
mechanical removal is needed from colon or rectum .
Impaction [sen] intestine: caust., gels., lac-d., lach., Op., sulph.,
=============
Phosphatic calculi (unsorted)
Phosphatic [2] deposit/concretion/calculi: acet-ac.8, am-form., am-p.3020,
ant-t., ars.38, aur., bell.8, 2benz-ac., beryl.119, bry.85, calc-p.61,
calcul-r.77, formal.223, helon.36, hippoz., hydroc-ac., hyosin.36, kali-bi.,
kali-c., kali-p., kreos., lil-t.38, mag-p., mag-s.46, mand.223, merc.118,
mur-ac.15, nat-ar.36, nat-p.61, nat-s.58, nit-ac.46, ox-ac.11, 3Ph-ac.8,
phos., polyg-a.48, polytr., 2ptel.8, puls.118, sec.46, stigm., sul-ac.15,
thlaspi22, uran-n.36
==============
Peristaltic arrest rx:
Peristalsis [3] cease/arrest/stoppage/failure: atro, bell., Carl., crot-h.,
electr., kali-m., mag-c., naja, sep., thyr.
==============
Hydrastis tincture is the main stomach tonic in humans-- but apparently the
pathology being discussed occurs mainly in the colon so this is probably
irrelevant and is probably irrelevant anyway.
==============
Ambra grisea may be a intestinal concretion of the whale but probably is
irrelevant as rx in this case unless results from a similar metabolic issue.
=============
A few other rx with sensation of stones in the intestines are included below
along with other discussions.
====================================
For starters though, an interesting discussion of bezoar (concretion (I
assume hairball?) in ungulate 4th stomach) and its use as a poison antidote:
Lac caprinum (Hempel)
The wild goat is also called the bezoar goat, because of the stony
concretion found in the stomachs of goats, antelopes, llamas, etc., which
formerly was thought to be an antidote against all poisons. Wild goats live
in dry, rocky regions with little water; unlike the ibex, another member of
the Capra species, they are not marked mountain dwellers. They can, however,
climb to great heights. They are agile and active animals; in the morning
and evening, they forage for food, and at night they rest. The sexes live
apart in herds of 10 to 30; later in the spring the size of the herd
increases. The rutting period is in November; the males then challenge each
other in forming and keeping harems.
Fourth Case. ‹ ‹ In the year 1524, on the 15th of November, Claudius Richard
gave one ‹ eight of an ounce of aconite ‹ root to a criminal condemned to
death. It was the fashion in those times to experiment upon criminals with
unknown poisons whose virtues some prominent physician wished to
investigate. If the criminal outlived the experiment, he recovered life and
liberty as a reward for his boldness. In the present case, the experiment
was made in order to test the antidotal virtues of bezoar, a calculous
concretion found in the fourth stomach of the gazelle of India; it was
supposed to be an irresistible antidote to poisons, and was so named from
pa, (against,) and zahar (poison).
Immediately after taking the poison, the man complained of the
following symptoms: Oppression on the chest; pain in the stomach;
obscuration of sight, with dizziness; no alteration in the pulse; he became
very feeble and called for help. Five grains of bezoar were given him, after
which he felt relieved, vomited, experienced anxiety, complained of some
strange stuff accumulating in the region of his stomach; he felt a pain at
the occiput and nape of the neck, was delirious, whistled on a leaf. The
delirium soon ceased; he complained of pains in the stomach, head, jaws,
chest and now in one joint, then in another; after the lapse of seven hours,
all his joints pained him; the abdomen began to swell as in dropsy; the
sides were distended, painful, hard; he experienced stitches in the kidneys,
retention of urine; one upper and one lower extremity were paralyzed; the
pulse frequently intermitted and became feverish; on the same day he vomited
several times, had several stools, complained of pressure and coldness in
the stomach, as from a stone. Finally he was attacked with frightful
ophthalmia and lippitudo (bleareyedness,) so painful that he preferred death
to so much suffering. This continued for eight hours. At the end of this
period all the symptoms ceased, he had a good appetite for supper and felt
quite well on the morning following.
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Ambra is some kind of concretion‹maybe now it is known more than thenŠ -- if
it is intestinal, and we assume that it might have any use in similarity as
Calcarea renalis is useful in some cases of kidney stonesŠ (farfetched,
though, is this idea)
Amber grisea (HC Allen Nosodes)
Of doubtful origin, for years on the borderland as to its true
classification, but probably a nosode or morbid products found in the belly
of the sperm-whale, the Physeter Macrocephalous. It is often found floating
upon the sea or thrown upon the shore of the Baltic, or on the coast of
Madagascar or Sumatra. But, perhaps the best specimens are those which
whalers cut out and are to be found in Boston and other whaling ports. It
has many characteristics of intestinal or biliary concretions and has been
considered to be of hepatic origin, probably a fatty excretion from its gall
bladder. It was introduced by Hahnemann in 1827; proved by him and his
friend, Count de Gersdorf, who personally obtained nearly one-half of the
symptoms.
IFH 1995
Jean Gattefosse advanced a theory regarding the formation of ambergris. He
pointed out that its odor may be due to the musk odor of the cuttlefish. He
recalls that, according to Pliny, the ancient Romans used dried and
pulverized cuttlefish in perfumes. The ambergris calculus is probably formed
by the crystallization of the ambergris as the fecal matter is consumed by
the bacillus that gives rise to the intestinal disease. The ambreine is only
the structure holding the odorous material together.
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Some references pulled out including sensations as if stones (which may be
irrelevant in this of course unless the Horse is Mister Ed or Ms. Wighton
has studied psychic communication (which specialists are available, I am
sure, in beautiful Queensland)
:Ant-t (Johnson)
ABDOMEN. Abdomen feels as if stuffed full of stones, [as if intestines were
squeezed between stones, Colo.] Violent colic, as if bowels would be cut to
pieces, [see Co; o.]
BISMUTH (Blackwood)
Physiological Actin - This agent is slightly astringent, and is slowly
absorbed. It coats the mucous surface, checks the secretions, and acts as a
sedative. The tongue and stools are rendered of a dark, clay color; it
increases the appetite, assists the digestion, and constipates the bowels.
When it is administered in large doses it produces nausea, pain in the
stomach, and vomiting, derangement of the bowels, and gastroenteritis,
giddiness, headache, insensibility and concretions in the intestines. If it
is continued for a prolonged period, symptoms simulating scorbutus are
developed. Desquamative nephritis and albuminuria have appeared during its
prolonged use. It is eliminated by the liver, kidneys and bowels.
THERAPEUTICS
This remedy should be studied in cases where there is CATARRHAL
INFLAMMATION and irritation of the ALIMENTARY CANAL; also in GASTRALGIA
where there is pain in the epigastrium, which there is pain in the
epigastrium, which may be lancinating, burning, or griping in character,
causing the patient to bend backward. It is attended with spasmodic
vomiting, in which the food is ejected from the stomach with great force as
soon as it is partaken of; there is a dull pain in the back.
At times the gastralgia alternates with a headache which is neuralgic
in character, and involves the face and teeth, and is as if the parts were
being torn. It is the remedy in GASTRITIS, when there is an excessive
irritability of the stomach; the patient may feel better from cold drinks,
but they are vomited when the stomach becomes full, or are vomited as soon
as they reach the stomach. There may be a sensation of a load in the
stomach, the digestion is slow, the food remaining in the stomach for a
period, after which it is vomited. The tongue in these cases is coated
white, and a sweetish or metallic taste is complained of The bowels are
frequently involved in the process, and a painless diarrhoea is present,
which is accompanied with great thirst, vomiting, and frequent micturition.
There are cramping pains in the extremities. The sleep is disturbed by vivid
dreams.
Compare. HYDRASTIS, PHOSPHORUS, ANTIMONIUM CRUDUM.
Cocculus (Kent)
The pain in the bowels feels as if the intestines were pinched between sharp
stones. This causes fainting and vomiting. Colicky pains in the bowels;
Collinsonia
As an astringent, Stone Root contracts the inner lining of the intestines,
and can be helpful in treating disorders of the digestive system such as
irritable bowel syndrome and mucous colitis." [Chevallier]
Colocynthis (Cowperthwaite)
Feeling in the abdomen as if the intestines were being squeezed between
stones (Nux v.).
Lachesis (Choudhuri)
Lachesis too, is a remedy for weak digestion due to vicious habits. Milk
disagrees in both the remedies, but in Lachesis in-spite of this intolerance
of milk, there is strong craving for it. Carbo veg. has fullness, heaviness
and sleepiness after eating due monthly flatulence, whereas in Lachesis, it
is more a sensation of pressure than of fullness. It feels like a load, as
if a stone was suspended in the intestinal region. The sensation of
constriction, so characteristic of Lachesis, is wanting in Carbo-veg. Then
again in Lach, the weakness is due to cardiac debility, whereas in
Carbo-veg., it is due to profuse loss of some important fluid of the system.
MAG-SULPH (Burt)
Epsom Salts.
Chemical Preparation. Trituration.
We use the Carbonate and Muriate more than any other form. through the
filaments of the abdominal sympathetic, Magnesia has three special centers
of action:
I. Mucous Mem. (Intestinal.) Increased Secretions, Catharsis.
II. Kidneys. Lithiasis; Urine Alkaline.
III. Sexual O., Female. Atony, Menses Delayed; Scanty.
Mucous Membranes. Magnesia, through the moments of the abdominal
sympathetic, so excites the epithelial cells of the alimentary canal as to
produce liquid stools, and it is generally known as a mild antacid laxative,
but, if it is used continually for a short time, will produce sub - acute
inflammation.
Magnesia has an advantage over nearly every other laxative, in that it
is tasteless, and rarely causes nausea, vomiting, or colic. In action is
slow, requiring six to eight hours. the stools are not debilitating, and
have but little odor. the dose, as a laxative for a child one year old, is
from five to twenty - five grains; for an adult, half a drachm to an ounce.
If taken for a long time, instances have been recorded where concretions of
immense size have formed in the intestines.
The Sulphate of Magnesia, experiments have shown, actually withdraws
fluid from the veins. This is proved by the rapid way in which a small
portion of intestine isolated from the rest of the tube becomes filled with
watery fluid, when the drug is introduced into it.
Magnesia has a great capacity for neutralizing acid in the intestinal
canal.
Kidneys - through its action on the kidneys, Magnesia will destroy the
acidity of the urine, and, if taken for some time, reverse its quality and
cause a deposit of the earthy phosphates in the form of white sand. this
should be a hint to us for its use in lithiasis. Cases of diabetes mellitus
have been reported cured by eberle.
Sexual Organs, Female. Here Magnesia produces an atonic condition of
the ovaries, with delayed and scanty menstruation, and catarrhal
inflammation.
Nux-v
Sensation, as if the intestines were squeezed between stones (Coloc.) [D.]
Op (Desai)
Sensations - As if flying or hovering in air.As if intestines would be cut
to pieces.As of a stone in abdomen.As if something was forced through a
narrow space in abdomen
Ricinus (Eli Jones¹ Medical Genius)
SECTION 33.
CASTOR OIL.
ORDINARY DOSE. Adult, 1/2 to 1 ounce - infants 1 to 3 drachms. Unlike
other purgative medicines, Castor oil allows of being lessened in dose, when
the patient who resorts to it does so regularly. An enema may be prepared by
the combination of 2 or 3 ounces of Castor oil, with some mucilaginous
fluid.
Castor oil is particularly valuable in >>>>Constipation arising from
indurated faeces - for Irritation of the bowels caused from swallowing acrid
substances, or from accumulations of the same in the intestines - employed
with great advantage in Diseases attended with irritation or inflammation of
the bowels - Diarrhea - Dysentery - Enteritis - A valuable purgative, speedy
and mild, when needful in cases of piles and inflammatory or spasmodic
diseases of the Urino - gential organs, kidney or bladder - also in
Calculous affections and stricture. The advantage of the use of Castor oil
as a purgative in these disorders cannot be over - estimated. For infants it
is the safest of all cathartics. Larger relative dose may be given to
infants than to adults. To mask the taste of the oil, see Section 69, X. A
peppermint drop taken into the mouth before taking the dose, and also one
immediately after, helps very much to disguise the taste.
Staph (Murphy)
Sensation of squeezing between stones or in a vice in intestines,
Re: Enteroliths
What I would like to understand is why does all the mineralisation
occur around a foreign object (if that is what happens in enteroliths)
and is this similar to the uric acid diathesis in humans and kidney
stones etc. Horses make huge amounts of uric acid?? Does this
contribute to the problem - is it the problem, if so, the 'stone'
remedies would come into play. Just a few thoughts. Best, Joy.
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occur around a foreign object (if that is what happens in enteroliths)
and is this similar to the uric acid diathesis in humans and kidney
stones etc. Horses make huge amounts of uric acid?? Does this
contribute to the problem - is it the problem, if so, the 'stone'
remedies would come into play. Just a few thoughts. Best, Joy.
http://www.homeopathicmateriamedica.com
http://www.homeopathicmateriamedica.blogspot.com
http://homepage.mac.com/joylucas/
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