• Rectum and large intestines – portal circulation, sluggish bowel, prolapse, and haemorrhoids

• Liver and digestive tract – torpor, congestion

• Pelvis and prostate – sensation of fullness and dragging

• Mind – irritability, indifference, lack of tone

• Head – headache from bowel stasis or heat

• Skin – especially peri-anal eruptions, itching and burning

• Cold open air

• Passing flatus or stool

• Warm applications (for abdominal pains)

• Lying on the abdomen

• Bending forward

• Continued motion (in some abdominal complaints)

• Morning (especially after rising and during stool)

• Heat of the bed

• Sedentary lifestyle

• After eating or drinking

• Suppression of stool or flatus

• Sudden emotions or mental stress

• Overeating rich food or beer

Aloe patients exhibit a profound mental indolence, with marked irritability and discontent, especially when unoccupied. [Clarke] notes a sullen, gloomy mood with aversion to conversation or effort. There is a sense of internal congestion mirrored by emotional stagnation—lacking motivation, with an irritable, lazy dissatisfaction. Children may be cross, obstinate, and dislike being touched. The mental picture often reflects the same sluggish, congested dynamic as the bowels—slothful, loaded, and reactive. [Kent] emphasised the connection between mental torpor and bowel dysfunction, particularly when stool is retained or suppressed.

Congestive headaches, particularly in the forehead, often alternate with or are relieved by stool. Heat and fullness in the head, with a sensation as if the brain would protrude. Headaches are worse from heat, better from cold air or after bowel movement. [Hering] and [Boericke] note a peculiar headache that improves with diarrhoea or stool. Vertigo on rising or from sun exposure. Sensation of heaviness or pulsation, especially in the temples.