Carbo vegetabilis may be indicated in cases that resemble cholera or typhoid, when the general symptoms of weakness, exhaustion, putridity, etc. agree.
The stools often cause burning in the rectum. They are very foetid and putrid. ‘Putrid stools with cold breath’ is a good indication.
Thin, pale stool; light-coloured mucous stools. Discharge of slime along with the urging for stool.
Yellow, stringy mucus is wound around the stool, the last part of which is all bloody.
Much bleeding from the anus; during and after each stool.
Before stool: much pressure, with pressure on the bladder and in the back (frequently in women).
After stool: feeling of total emptiness in the abdomen; weakness; anxiety, trembling debility.
Discharge of an acrid, corrosive, excoriating moisture, or of a musty- smelling fluid from the anus; excoriating moisture also on the perineum. Burning at the anus, with an annoying sensation of dryness in it.
Itching at the anus, also great soreness and burning. ‘Itching at anus in the morning in bed, increased by scratching, afterwards burning.’ Soreness of the perineum, with a painful itching when it is touched. Rawness and chafing of children in hot weather.
Crawling sensation in the rectum, with complaints of ascarides; has also caused the passage of a tapeworm.
Griping or gnawing pain in the rectum when not at stool.
Haemorrhoids: protruding; painful, or tingling itching, but especially with burning pain; thick, swollen, blue; suppurating and offensive.
Urinary Organs
The urine may be diminished in amount, with a dark colour, or thick and with a very stale odour; or it is copious and clear yellow. There can be some thick and milky urine at the end of urination.
Varices of the bladder. Dark red urine, as if mixed with blood; red sediment. Frequent anxious urging to urinate, day and night; may be awakened early in the morning by urging. Pressure on the bladder, must rise several times at night to urinate. Nocturnal enuresis in children.