# Aesculus Hippocastanum (HMT)

## Remedy Classification
- **Type:** Remedy
- **Alternative Names:** Horse Chestnut
- **Miasm:** Sycotic Miasm
- **Temperament:** Neutral
- **Aggravation Time:** Neutral/Anytime

## Keynote Indications
Aesculus
Hippocastanum

The most salient feature of Ae sculus Hippocastanum is mental
confusion.  Physical and mental fa tigue can naturally result in some
sort of mental confusion and restle ssness but in Aesculus, the mental
confusion is aggravated by sleep.  On waking up in the morning, the
patient is confused and disorientate d as to where he is and what is
going on around him.  A healthy person ca n also feel lost in a strange
place following a journey, but this confusion is very short-lived. In the
Aesculus patient, the mental c onfusion is very prolonged.  The
memory is weak , and there is feeling of a nger or grief along with a
dislike for every kind of activity.

The Aesculus children have poor memory.  They are angry by nature
and if they are startled in sleep, and if treated harshly, they can go into
mental shock and become unconscious.  Sometimes, it can lead to
epilepsy.  Aesculus is not only for children, but it can be used in
patients of all ages.

Congestion of the eyes  is a very salient sign of Aesculus
Hippocastanum.  This is due to the weakness of the blood vessels of
the eyes.  The eyes become red on s light increase of pressure.  Some
Homoeopaths call it the piles of the eyes.  The eyes feel heavy and
watery.  The eyelids and the area be low the left eye exhibit twitching
of the small muscles and the eyeballs hurt.

An Aesculus patient generally feels cold.  Pain is al leviated by heat
application.  Pains fleet around the whole body,  as in Pulsatilla.
However, the Pulsatilla symptoms  however are aggravated by heat,
and cold relieves them.  The Pulsa tilla patient has the tendency to
remain grieved, but with a mild temperament.  The Aesculus patient
also inclines to be in a state of grief, but is hot-tempered and feels
better by heat.

In an Aesculus patient, the back constantly feels weak and tired .
The backbone also is weak .  The patient stagge rs on walking due to

the weakness of the back and legs .  He finds it di fficult to stand up
after sitting down.  There is pain be tween the shoulders and back of
the neck.  The pain in the right shoulder and the chest  gets worse
on deep inbreathing.  Hands and feet burn and hands become red on
washing them.  There is a fleeting t ype of stiffness and aching of the
joints.  There are lightning spells of a piercing type of pain, which get
better with heat application.  All these symptoms are in the domain of
Aesculus Hippocastanum.

In Aesculus, there is a unique kind of piles consisting of large, bluish
warts, like bunches of grapes, asso ciated with severe burning.  The
pain becomes worse on standing and walking.  There is burning at the
anus and dryness and a feeling as if  some small sticks are lodged in
the rectum.  Stools are hard, dry an d are passed with difficulty and
after defecation, there is intense pain.

In Aesculus, kidney pain  is also very evident especially in the left
kidney.  Urination is frequent, scanty  and associated with burning.
Urine is dark-coloured.
Women experience severe backache, weakness during the menses
and a feeling of sagging of the uterus  that is typical in Aesculus.
Leucorrhoea is dark yellow coloured and thick and sticky.

In Aesculus, there are symptoms related to the heart  also, such as
burning pain over the heart, rapid heartbeat, pulsating blood vessels,
and a feeling of heat over the chest.

Other features of Aesculus are a feeling of constant discomfort,
burning and severe nausea after food intake.  Digestion is weak.   A
heavy feeling of the stomach as if there is a weight on it, food turning
acidic, excessive sour belching, a me tallic taste in the mouth, copious
sticky sputum and a thick yellowish-white coating on the tongue are
all characteristics of Aesculus Hippocastanum.  The t hroat feels hot,
dry and sore.  While swallowing, th e pain goes to the ears.  In
Aesculus Hippocastanum, the symptoms aggravate with cold, walking
around, after eating and on getting up af ter sleep.  The discomfort of
piles also gets worse in cold weather. Lying down in the open, and
rest relieve the symptoms.

Aesculus Hippocastanum is also very useful in varicose veins .
Varicose veins commonly occur in women during pregnancy in

the form of blue spider webs and distended tortuous veins which can
be really bothersome.

Antidote: Nux Vomica
Potency:  30 to 200

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