Tongo Dipterix Odorata
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General
Tongo.
Dipterix odorata. Tongo, Tonka or Tonquin Bean. N. O. Leguminosae. Tincture of the dried beans.
Clinical
Hip, pains in. Migraine. Neuralgia of face. Toothache.
Characteristics
Tongo was proved by Nenning. Its fragrant seed is much used by perfumers. Dipterix odorata, which yields it, is a native of Cayenne. The fruit is something like that of the almond-tree. Curiously in the proving it produced "Risings with taste of bitter almonds." The chief uses of Tong. have been in migraine and neuralgic affections. The symptoms are: < By rest; when seated. > By movement. Pressure >.
Relations
Antidoted by: Vinegar.
Mind
Peevishness and ill-humour.—Dislike to labour and conversation.
Head
Head confused, esp. in occiput, with drowsiness
Heaviness of head, esp. on rising up after stooping
Drawing headache
Pressure, tearings, and shootings in head, esp. on coining into a room, with tearings on one side of the face and ill-humour
Shootings in head, when laughing
Pulsative headache, esp. on l. side
The headaches disappear on taking vinegar
Excessive sensibility of exterior of head.
Eyes
Burning sensation and dryness of eyes, when reading in evening.—Drawing, tension, and quivering in eyelids.
Ears
Tearing in ears.
Nose
Coryza, with obstruction of nose
Violent sneezing in the night
Slight tearing in root of nose with irritation to sneeze and cough.
Face
Paleness of complexion, with red cheeks
Tearing in maxillae
Semilateral, tearing pains in face.
Teeth
Toothache, with tearing pain, esp. in molars, < by pressing upon them, dissipated by the use of vinegar.—Acid blood from teeth and gums.
Mouth
Copious accumulation of water in mouth.
Throat
Roughness and scraping in throat.
Stomach
Risings with taste of bitter almonds.
Abdomen
Burning sensation and cuttings in the hypochondria, as if externally.—Movements and pinchings in abdomen.
Stool
Tenesmus
Hard faeces, evacuated with straining
Diarrhoea, followed by excessive sensibility of abdomen.
Urinary Organs
Scanty urine, with white sediment
Urine of colour of white wine, with much slimy sediment
Red urine, with abundant clay-coloured sediment.
Female Sexual Organs
Catamenia premature
Leucorrhoea, when walking
Discharge of thick mucus from vagina (when making an effort to pass a stool).
Respiratory Organs
Hoarseness, with burning sensation in larynx.
Chest
Shooting and burning sensation under sides of the chest.
Back
Pains in loins, with excessive sensibility to the touch.
Lower Limbs
Tearing in l. hip-joint 5 p.m.
> rubbing
Tearing in l. thigh and knee > pressure
Violent stinging like the prick of a needle in fatty portion of r. great toe after dinner.
Generalities
Tearing in the limbs, > by external pressure and also by movement.—The majority of the symptoms manifest themselves when seated, and during repose.—Vinegar dissipates many of the pains.