Symptoms
1. Phlegmatic indolent persons; old people; women near climaxis; tendency to local congestions.
2. Periodic and alternating complaining; e.g. congestive h/a in winter, diarrhoea in summer.
3. Diarrhoea spluttery, immediately after eating and drinking (Croton); drives out of bed early a.m. (Sulphur); abdominal distension with rumbling and colic before and drug stool (>) passing flatus and stool but prostration and sweating.
4. Constipation, solid passes without exertion or unnoticed; passage of mucus in jelly-like lumps. Haemorrhoids protrude like bunch of grapes after each stool with bleeding down, itching, burning, (>) cold applications.
5. Modalities; ((<)) hot, dry weather; walking and standing, (>) open air; coop applications.