ALOE SOCOTRINA



Pimples on the abdomen.

Spots which, when scratched, pain and become sensitive.

Stages and States

      Old people. Colic and diarrhoea.

Phlegmatic, indolent persons.

Relationship

      Aloe has many symptoms like [Sulphur], and is equally important in chronic diseases, with abdominal plethora, etc.

Similar to Ailanth. (dull, frontal headache); Gum gutt. (diarrhoea); Ammonium mur. (abdominal and diarrhoeic symptoms); Nux vomica (gastric, abdominal and uterine troubles; bad effects of sedentary habits); Canthar. (bladder).

Antidotes to Aloe: Sulphur, Mustard.

Camphor relieves for a while.

Nux vom, and Lycop. relieve the earache.

Bellad. suits in congestion of eyes of local origin; Aloe of reflex; the characteristic for the latter is: redness of eyes with yellow vision.

C. Hering
Hering got the degree of M. D. from the University of Wuezburg with highest honours. The theme of his thesis was "De'Medicina Futura" (The medicine of future). Hering left Germany for West Indies and finally arrived at Philadelphia in Jan, 1833. He established a homeopathic school at Allentown, Pennsylvania, commonly known as "Allentown Academy". Soon he became very popular as a physician. He is known as the 'Father of Homeopathy' in America.