Gambogia
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General
Gambogia.
Gamboge. Gummi Gutti. N. O. Guttiferae. Tincture of the resinous gum obtained from a tree (Garcinia morella) native to China.
Clinical
Anus, affections of. Backache. Blow, effects of. Coccygodynia. Colic. Diarrhoea. Eyes, inflammation of. Lienteria. Throat, sore. Typhlitis.
Characteristics
The chief reputation of Gamboge among homoeopaths is as a remedy for diarrhoea. "Profuse watery diarrhoea, particularly with old people," is characteristic. Stool preceded by excessive cutting about navel; stool expelled all at once after considerable urging; and is followed by a feeling of great relief. Stools: yellow (the colour of the drug); green; bloody; lienteric.
Burning in anus after stool; anus sore and excoriated. Frightful vomiting and purging, with fainting. But this action by no means exhausts the range of Gamb.; it has a number of symptoms in the eyes and throat; and also rheumatic symptoms. Pain in small of back, as if bruised or sprained.
Pain in sacrum, resulting from a blow, was cured in one case of mine. Gnawing in coccyx. Burning pains are prominent. Burning in the liver.
(Like many other yellow, bile-like drugs, Gamb. acts markedly on the liver.) Most symptoms are > by motion; cough > sitting up; > in open air; < towards evening or at night. There is periodicity in the symptoms.
General soreness over the body.
Relations
Antidoted by: Camph., Coff., Coloc., Kali c., Op. Compare: Aloe, Podo., Puls. (cough > sitting up; > open air); Apocy. c. (stool expelled all once; but Gamb. has cutting before and > after stool); Crot. t. (Crot. has stool in one gush, but Gamb. is not < from least food or drink like Crot.).
Mind
Cheerful, talkative, feeling of case, great lightness of all his motions.
Head
Vertigo during rest or motion, in morning on rising
Pain in the vertex, as if bruised, in the forenoon;
> in open air
Heaviness in the head, with drowsiness and pain in the back
Heat rises to the head, with perspiration.
Eyes
Itching of the inner canthi, with discharge of acrid, corrosive tears after rubbing;
> in open air
Nightly agglutination of the lids; burning in the morning
Violent itching of the eyes in the evening
Burning of the eyes, > by walking in the open air
Violent burning of the eyes and photophobia, in evening or afternoon, > from walking in the open air, but returning in the morning.
Ears
Lancination in the ears.
Nose
Sneezing (in daytime)
Violent chronic sneezing
Ulceration of r. nostril, with burning pain
Dryness of r. nostril
Much mucus in the nose, smelling like pus.
Mouth
Feeling of coldness in the points of the incisors
Dry mouth
Burning of the anterior half, or only of the tip of the tongue, which feels hard.
Throat
Violent stinging in r. side of throat
Stinging in the r. side of the throat during and between the acts of deglutition
Sore pain in the throat, which is felt when even touching the outer side of the neck
Roughness and burning in throat, causing constant hawking
The throat feels swollen.
Stomach
Bitter taste in the mouth
Nausea, with accumulation of water in the mouth and gulping up of sour water
Nausea proceeding from the stomach
Violent empty eructations
Frightful vomiting and purging, with fainting
Dartings in the stomach, causing one to start
Acute darting, stitching pains in the stomach
Gnawing in the stomach
Aversion to food
Violent thirst in the evening
Ulcerative pain in the stomach, passing off after eating.
Abdomen
Empty feeling in the stomach and abdomen
Inflation and tension in the abdomen
Inflation and tension of the abdomen, with pinching in the umbilical region
Gnawing in a small spot below the umbilicus
Pinching in the abdomen and groins
In the groins sticking, tension
Burning in the region of the liver
Rumbling in the bowels.
Stool And Anus
Frequent emission of flatulence; esp. evening and night
Diarrhoea, with burning pain and tenesmus of the rectum, prolapsus ani, and constant pinching around the umbilicus, sometimes attended with discharge of mucus
Watery diarrhoea, with colic and tenesmus
Faecal diarrhoea, stools evacuated with great force
Yellow and green diarrhoeic stool, mixed with mucus, preceded by excessive cutting around the umbilicus
Hard, insufficient stool, with violent urging, pressing, and protrusion of the rectum
Hard stool, succeeded by burning at the anus.
Urinary Organs
Infrequent urination.—Emission of a few drops at a time, then intermitting, and finally returning, with burning at the orifice.
Female Sexual Organs
Leucorrhoea.—Menses too early and too profuse.
Respiratory Organs
Sensation of soreness in every part of the chest
Pressure in the middle of the chest
Stitches going from both sides of the chest towards each other
Repeated extremely painful stitches in the sternum.
Back
Pain in the small of the back, as if bruised or as if sprained.—Gnawing in the os coccygis.
Upper Limbs
Stitch on the top of r. shoulder.—Stinging and numb feeling in the ball of r. thumb.
Lower Limbs
Cramp in the calf, with contraction of the toes.—Heaviness and languor of the feet.
Generalities
Itching and formication in various parts.—Pains, as if bruised.—Tearing in the shoulders.—Burning sensation in various parts.—Burning-stinging pain.—Increased heat, with anxiety.—Gnawing.
Skin
Intolerable itching and formication in various parts
After scratching, burning and ulcerative pain
Itching blisters on both hands, first pale, then red.
Sleep
Drowsiness the whole day
Sleepiness, great inclination to sleep
Anxious, vexatious dreams.
Fever
Chill, proceeding from the back, with coldness of the whole body from evening till morning
Chilliness is accompanied by empty eructations, yawning, thirst, pain in the small of the back, biting as of ants over the whole body (by night), excessive stitches in the ears
Increased warmth, with anxiety and perspiration
Night-sweat all over.
Violent thirst in the evening.