Gambogia gamb.

Gamboge. Gummi Gutti. N. O. Guttiferæ. Tincture of the resinous gum obtained from a tree ( Garcinia morella ) native to China.

Anus, affections of . Backache. Blow, effects of. Coccygodynia. Colic. Diarrhœa. Eyes, inflammation of. Lienteria. Throat, sore. Typhlitis.

The chief reputation of Gamboge among homœopaths is as a remedy for diarrhœa. "Profuse watery diarrhœa, 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.

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.).

Cheerful, talkative, feeling of case, great lightness of all his motions.

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.

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.

Lancination in the ears.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Frequent emission of flatulence; esp. evening and night. ─ Diarrhœa, with burning pain and tenesmus of the rectum, prolapsus ani, and constant pinching around the umbilicus, sometimes attended with discharge of mucus. ─ Watery diarrhœa, with colic and tenesmus. ─ Fæcal diarrhœa, stools evacuated with great force. ─ Yellow and green diarrhœic 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.

Infrequent urination. ─ Emission of a few drops at a time, then intermitting, and finally returning, with burning at the orifice.

Leucorrhœa. ─ Menses too early and too profuse.

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.

Pain in the small of the back, as if bruised or as if sprained. ─ Gnawing in the os coccygis.

Stitch on the top of r. shoulder. ─ Stinging and numb feeling in the ball of r. thumb.

Cramp in the calf, with contraction of the toes. ─ Heaviness and languor of the feet.

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.

Intolerable itching and formication in various parts. ─ After scratching, burning and ulcerative pain. ─ Itching blisters on both hands, first pale, then red.

Drowsiness the whole day. ─ Sleepiness, great inclination to sleep. ─ Anxious, vexatious dreams.

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.