Comocladia Dentata com.

Boger's Synoptic Key — Materia Medica

C. M. Boger · Boger's Synoptic Key — Materia Medica · A Synoptic Key of the Materia Medica, 1915 — the Materia Medica half

Region

Skin. Eyes. Nose. Right side.

Worse

Heat.

Better

Open air.

General

ŒDEMA; of reduced skin.

Particulars

Burning, itching of eyes and nose, with violent sneezing. Sore eyeballs. Pain from under l. breast through to scapula. Cough. Wandering rheumatic pains. Eczema; recurrent.

Homœopathic Materia Medica

William Boericke · Homœopathic Materia Medica · 9th edition

Common name

Guao

General

Important eye and skin symptoms. Affections of antrum. Sacro-iliac and abdominal pain. Throbbing pains worse by heat. Pain in joints and ankles.

Eyes

Ciliary neuralgia with eyes feeling large and protruded, especially right. Worse, near warm stove; feels as if pressed outward. Sees only glimmer of light with left eye. Glaucoma, sense of fullness; eyeball feels too large. Motion of eyes aggravates.

Face

Swollen, with eyes projecting.

Skin

Itches, red and pimples. Redness all over, like scarlatina. Erysipelas. Deep ulcers, with hard edges. Leprosy. Red stripes on skin (Euphorb). Eczema (papular) of the trunk and extremities; also pustular type.

Chest

Acute pain in left mammary gland. Pain from right side of chest down arm to fingers. Cough with pain under left breast, going through to left scapula.

Modalities

Better, open air, scratching; by motion. Worse, touch, warmth, rest; night.

Relationship

Compare: Rhus; Anacard; Euphorb.

Dose

First to thirtieth potency.

A Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica

John Henry Clarke · A Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica · 1st edition (1900-02, three volumes); homeoint.org / Médi-T HTML digitization

General

Comocladia dentata. Guao (Cuba). N. O. Anacardiaceæ. Tincture of leaves and bark.

Clinical

Antrum of Highmore, affections of. Breasts, affections of. Ears, affections of. Eczema. Erysipelas. Eyes, affections of. Herpes. Leprosy. Neuralgia. Skin, malignant inflammations of. Toothache. Ulcers. Zona.

Characteristics

Comocladia shows its botanical affinity with the Rhus family by the virulence of its effects on the skin, the slightest contact, and, at times, even walking in the neighbourhood of the growing tree, being sufficient to cause violent inflammation. The trunk and branches of the tree contain a milky fluid, turning black on exposure to sunlight, discolouring the skin, linen, &c. (Compare the "Marking Nut" Anacardium.) The plant causes tormenting itching, swelling, redness, vesication, ulceration. Hale quotes from Navarro cures of ulcers: "Sloughing ulcer of right breast." "Indolent ulcer, lower third right leg," deep, discharging sanious fetid pus. "Inflammation of left leg and foot, with enormous swelling and fever." A cough, with pain under left breast going through to left scapula, has several times been cured with Comocl . The eye symptoms are peculiar: pain in right eye, sensation as if it were larger than left, and more protruded. There are also rheumatic pains, and, as with Rhus , these and the symptoms in general are > by motion and < by rest. In contradistinction to Rhus , heat < and open air > most of the symptoms. Most symptoms are < at night as with Rhus . Pressure > .

Relations

Compare: Anac., Rhus, Euphorb. (red stripes on skin); Apis (eye symptoms < near stove).

Head

Giddiness on rising from bed; everything looks dark; > motion; < heat. ─ Severe pain at intervals from posterior portion of eyeballs to occipital protuberance; < near warm stove; when stooping; > in open air. ─ Corrosive itching with shooting pains, > by movement.

Eyes

Eyes protrude; feel sore; feel heavy; as if pressed out from above. ─ Eyeballs feel worse on moving them. ─ R. eye painful, feels much larger and more protruded than l. (3 or 4 p.m.). ─ Eyes < near warm stove. ─ Sees a red ring round flame of lamp.

Ears

Heat and fulness in interior of r. ear. ─ L. ear all cracked, and desquamating a substance like powered starch.

Face

Burning; extreme swelling; heat and itching of face. ─ Aching first in l. and then in r. maxillary joint on entering a warm room. ─ Aching in base of r. antrum of Highmore, afterwards in l., sense of heat and fulness, sensation as of a pimple on r. antrum. ─ Lower lip blistered and swollen. ─ Sensation as if the skin was puckered or drawn up from the face and about the nose, causing slight giddiness.

Mouth

Sensation as if a tooth were being drawn out of its socket, putting the nerve on the stretch. ─ Pains in teeth > by pressure. ─ When toothache stops, head feels large. ─ Second r. molar carious, pain commences in it 4.30 to 5 p.m.; at times shoots down in line with larynx, leaving sore track; pain < in bed, > by external warmth and pressure. ─ Gums of lower jaw inflamed. ─ Tongue coated dirty yellow. ─ Mouth dry.

Stomach

Some eructations two hours after eating. ─ Pressure and heaviness in region of stomach.

Stool

Severe flatulent pain in abdomen preceding and during a diarrhœic stool; followed by a feeling of weakness and perspiration on face and neck.

Male Sexual Organs

Intense itching on lower part of penis, also on inner side of prepuce. ─ Continued tingling, itching of scrotum during night.

17, 18. Respiratory Organs and Chest. ─ Spasmodic dry cough at night, with tickling in throat, and constant dull pains under l. nipple, extending through to l. scapula. ─ Cannot draw a long breath on account of sharp pain at centre of thorax on l. side. ─ Soreness in l. lung. ─ Sharp pain in l. breast, about one inch above nipple, and leaves a burning sensation; it goes to r. side and down r. arm. ─ Sloughing ulcer on r. breast.

Neck and Back

On moving head, sense of fulness, rigidity and lameness of muscles of neck. ─ Rheumatic pains and stitches in back; stitches leave a burning.

Upper Limbs

Sharp pains through r. shoulder to scapula. ─ Painful burning on arms. ─ Crampy sensation in muscles of r. upper arm. ─ Numb, tensive pain in forearm and rheumatic stiffness of shoulders and elbow-joints. ─ Drawing aching in forearm. ─ Drawing, cramping in fingers. ─ Vesicular eruption on arms and hands.

Lower Limbs

Intermittent, pressing-outward pain in l. sacro-iliac synchondrosis, sensitive to pressure, > by walking, but feels lame and sore. ─ Pulsating pain in neck of r. femur and in r. thigh. ─ Severe pains in both knees; pressing down to feet on inside of legs. ─ Drawing in r. knee extending into anterior muscles of thigh. ─ Drawing, cramping in hollow of r. foot, passing along outer border of gastrocnemius to knee, then in tibia, where it becomes a numb aching, then in tarsus as if foot would cramp. ─ Inflammation of leg and foot with violent fever; swelling increased enormously when pain subsided; skin became white and covered with thin scales, which cracked and discharged a sanious fluid. ─ Vesicular eruption changing to pustules and ulcers. ─ Herpes on legs.

Skin

Tormenting itching and burning over whole body. ─ Red all over like scarlet fever. ─ Red stripes on skin. ─ Enormous swelling; vesicles; desquamation; ulcers. ─ Malignant erysipelas; herpes; zona; leprosy.

Sleep

Dreamy, refreshing sleep with pleasant dreams, almost clairvoyant.

The Guiding Symptoms of Our Materia Medica

Constantine Hering · The Guiding Symptoms of Our Materia Medica · 1879–91

General

Guao. Anacardiaceæ.
A very common tree in the island of Cuba, where it is found growing near the coast, luxuriating mostly on barren or stony soils. It is from six to eight feet high, having beautiful dark green leaves, with a brownish border. The flowers are small, bluish-brown, and clustered like grapes. The trunk and branches contain a milky fluid that turns black on exposure to sunlight, discoloring the skin, linen, etc. A suspicion is entertained that death results from sleeping in its shade. --Hom. Pharmacopœia.
CLINICAL AUTHORITIES.
- Catarrhal ophthalmia , Hyde, Retrospect, 1876, p. 8 ; Swelling of face, ear of same side involved , Navarro, Hale's Symp., p. 240 ; Toothache from caries , Hyde, A. O., vol. 13, p. 601 ; Retrospect, 1876, p. 8 ; Neuralgic pains in costal region , Hyde, A. O., vol. 13, p. 602 ; Retrospect, 1876, p. 8 ; Sloughing ulcer of right breast , Navarro, Hale's Symp., p. 241 ; Inflammation of left leg and foot , Navarro, Hale's Symp., p. 241 ; Indolent ulcer on leg , Navarro, Hale's Symp., p. 241 ; Rheumatic pains , Hyde, Retrospect, 1876, p. 8 ; Leprosy , Hale's Th., p. 205.
This arrangement includes the principal symptoms of J. Hyde's excellent proving published in A. O., vol. 13, p. 593, 1876, not out in time for vol. 3 of the Encyclopædia.

Sensorium

Dizziness and heaviness of head, with shooting pains, > from motion.
Giddiness on rising from bed ; everything looks dark ; motion > all pains in head, < from heat.

Inner head

Dull aching in forehead.
Shooting pains through left temple.
Severe pain at intervals from posterior portion of eyeballs to occipital protuberance.
Head < near warm stove, and when stooping it is almost impossible to hold the head down, > in open air.

Outer head

Corrosive itching of head, with shooting pains, > by movement.

Sight and eyes

On rising from bed, everything looks dark.
Face most dreadfully swollen, eyes project far out of sockets, can see but a faint glimmer of light with left.
Sees from right eye a red ring around light of lamp, which disappears on closing eye.
Eyes feel very heavy, larger than usual, painful and pressing out of head, as if something was pressing on top of eyeballs, moving then downward and outward.
Aching soreness of eyeballs, which feel heavy and too large.
Right eye very painful, feeling much larger and more protruded than left.
Right eyeball very sore, < on moving eye.
Severe pains through eyeballs, extending to occiput.
Eyeballs feel < on moving them.
Catarrhal ophthalmia.
Erysipelatous inflammation of tissues in and around eye.
Ciliary neuralgia from asthenopia and chronic iritis.
Eyes more painful near warm stove, with profuse lachrymation.

Hearing and ears

Heat and fulness in interior of right ear.
Left ear all cracked and desquamating a substance like powdered starch.

Smell and nose

Intolerable itching of nose.

Upper face

Burning on face and eyes, < towards evening.
Painful burning on face, particularly about eyes.
Excessive swelling of face, with tormenting itching and swelling.
Heat and sense of fulness in face over superior maxillary bone, and sensation as of a pimple over right antrum.
Left side of face swollen ; left ear all cracked and desquamating a substance like powdered starch.
Very great swelling of face.

Lower face

Lower lip blistered and swollen.

Teeth and gums

Sensation as if molar teeth on right side were loose.
Sensation as if tooth was drawing out of its socket.
Aching pains in teeth.
Second molar tooth right side carious ; pain commences in it at 4.30 to 5 P. M. ; at times shoots down in line with larynx, leaving sore track ; pain < in bed, > from external warmth and pressure.
Pains in teeth > by pressure.
When toothache stops, head feels large.
Inflammation of gums of lower jaw.

Taste, speech, tongue

Tongue coated dirty yellow.

Inner mouth

Mouth dry.

Hiccough, belching, nausea and vomiting

Sour eructations two hours after eating.
Sickness of stomach.

Scrobiculum and stomach

Pressure and heaviness in region of stomach.

Abdomen and loins

Abdomen feels swollen.
Dull pain, gurgling and uneasiness in intestines in hypogastric region, with emission of odorless flatus.
Acute sore pains extending across abdomen above umbilicus, affecting the breathing.
Dull pain in abdomen, clothes too tight.
A pale red flush, as if an eruption would make its appearance across abdomen.

Stools and rectum

Severe flatulent pain in abdomen, preceding and during a diarrheic stool ; followed by a feeling of weakness and perspiration on face and neck.

Male sexual organs

Intense itching on lower part of penis, also on inner side of prepuce.
Continued tingling, itching of scrotum during night.

Respiration

Oppression of breathing.
Oppression of breath on account of sharp pains in left side.

Cough

Spasmodic dry cough at night, with tickling in throat and constant dull pain under left nipple, extending through to left scapula.
Rheumatic and pleurodynic pain in chest.
Titillating cough ; hacking cough in daytime.

Inner chest and lungs

Cannot draw a long breath on account of sharp pain felt at centre of thorax on left side.
Soreness in left lung, such as is felt during convalescence from pneumonia.
Rheumatic and pleurodynic pains in chest ; pain under l. nipple through to scapula.
Constant pain across chest.

Outer chest

Drawing in right anterior wall of chest.
Drawing, cramping in right anterior of chest and axilla, extending down arm to fingers, jerking of little finger.
Acute sharp pains in left mammary gland, about one inch above nipple and leaves a burning sensation ; it goes to r. side and down right arm.
Intermitting, throbbing, pressing pain in costal cartilage of fifth rib, right side, leaving a burning, raw sensation, < during rest.
Sloughing ulcer on right breast.

Neck and back

On moving head, sense of fulness, rigidity and lameness of muscles of neck.
Rheumatic pains and stitches in back ; stitches leave a burning.

Upper limbs

Sharp pain through right shoulder to scapula.
Painful burning on arms.
Crampy sensation in muscles of right upper arm.
Numb, tensive pain in forearm, and rheumatic stiffness of shoulders and elbow joints.
Drawing, aching in forearm.
Drawing, cramping in fingers.
Frequent rheumatic pains in hands, arms and legs.
Vesicular eruption on arms and hands.

Lower limbs

Intermittent, pressing outward pain in left sacro-iliac articulation, sensitive to pressure, > by walking, but feels lame and sore.
Pulsating pain in neck of right femur and in right thigh.
Severe pains in both knees ; pressing down to feet on inside of legs.
Drawing in right knee, extending into anterior muscles of thigh.
Drawing, cramping in hollow of right foot, passing along outer border of gastrocnemius muscle to knee, then in tibia, where it becomes a numb aching, then in tarsus, where it becomes a drawing-aching, as if foot would cramp.
Lameness and loss of strength in left ankle.
Crampy lameness in right leg, above instep, > by walking.
Inflammation of left leg and foot, with violent fever ; the swelling increased enormously when the pain subsided ; the skin became white and covered with thin scales, cracked and discharged a sanious fluid.
Vesicular eruption on legs changing to pustules, and sometimes to deep, unhealthy ulcers.
Indolent ulcer of six years' standing, on lower third of right leg, near external malleolus, of irregular shape and hard edges ; the ulcer was deep and discharged a sanious, fetid pus.
Herpes on legs.

Limbs in general

Lame, aching pain in right upper arm ; in right knee.

Rest. position. motion

Rest : pain in costal cartilage of fifth rib < ; rheumatic pains and swellings worse.
In bed : pain in second molar of right side worse.
Motion : dizziness and heaviness of head, with shooting pains > ; all pains in head > ; rheumatic pains and swellings > by continued.
On moving head : sense of fulness, rigidity and lameness of muscles of neck.
On moving eyes : right eyeball very sore ; eyeballs worse.
On rising from bed ; giddiness ; everything looks dark.
Stooping : almost impossible to hold head down.
Walking : intermittent, pressing outward pain in left sacro-iliac articulation > ; crampy lameness in right leg above instep better.

Sleep

Dreamy, refreshing sleep, with pleasant dreams, almost clairvoyant.

Time

During day : hacking cough.
From 4.30 to 5 P. M. : pain commences in second molar tooth of r. side.
Towards evening : burning on face and eyes worse.
Night : continued tingling, itching of scrotum during ; spasmodic dry cough with tickling in throat and constant dull pain under left nipple extending through to left scapula.

Temperature and weather

Heat : < pains in head.
Warm stove : head < ; eyes more painful.
Warmth : pain in second molar of right side > by external.
Open air : head >.

Fever

Violent fever. θ Inflammation of left leg and foot.
Sense of weakness, with heat and perspiration of face and neck.

Attacks, periodicity

Frequent : rheumatic pains in hands, arms and legs.
Constant : pressure and heaviness in region of stomach ; dull pain under left nipple, extending into left scapula ; pain across chest.
Of six years' standing : indolent ulcer on right leg, near external malleolus.

Locality and direction

Right : sees a red ring around light of lamp ; eye very painful, feeling much larger and more protruded than left ; eyeball very sore ; heat and fulness in interior of ear ; as of a pimple over antrum ; as if molar teeth were loose ; second molar tooth carious ; drawing in anterior wall of chest ; drawing-cramping in anterior of chest and axilla, extending down arm to fingers, jerking of little finger ; intermitting, throbbing, pressing pain in costal cartilage of fifth rib, leaving a burning, raw sensation ; sloughing ulcer on breast ; sharp pain through shoulder to scapula ; crampy sensation in muscles of upper arm ; pulsating pain in neck of femur and thigh ; drawing in knee, extending into anterior muscles of thigh ; drawing-cramping in hollow of foot passing along outer border of gastrocnemius muscle to knee, then in tibia, where it becomes a numb aching, then in tarsus, where it becomes a drawing aching, as if foot would cramp ; crampy lameness in leg above instep ; indolent ulcer on lower third of leg near external malleolus ; lame, aching pain in upper arm, in knee.
Left : shooting pains through temple ; can see but a faint glimmer of light with eye ; ear cracked and desquamating a substance like powdered starch ; side of face swollen ; sharp pains in side oppressing breathing ; constant dull pain under nipple extending through to scapula ; sharp pain at centre of thorax on side ; soreness in lung ; acute sharp pain in mammary gland about one inch above nipple and leaves a burning sensation, it goes to right side and down right arm ; intermittent, pressing outward pain in sacro-iliac articulation ; lameness and loss of strength in ankle ; inflammation of leg and foot, skin white and covered with scales, cracked and discharging a sanious fluid.

Sensations

As if eyes were larger than usual ; as if something was pressing on top of eyeballs, moving them downward and outward ; as if eyeballs were too large ; as if right eyeball was much larger and more protruded than left ; as of a pimple over right antrum ; as if molar teeth on right side were loose ; as if tooth was drawing out of socket ; as if head was large, after toothache ; as if abdomen was swollen ; as if foot would cramp.
Pain : at intervals from posterior portion of eyeballs to occipital protuberance ; in eyes ; in second molar tooth of right side, shoots down in line with larynx, leaving sore track ; in teeth ; dull, in intestines and hypogastric region ; dull, in abdomen ; sharp, in left side, oppressing breathing ; dull, under left nipple extending through to l. scapula ; sharp, in centre of thorax on left side ; acute, sharp, in left mammary gland about one inch above nipple, and leaves a burning sensation, it goes to right side and down right arm ; sharp, through right shoulder to scapula ; severe in both knees.
Stitches : in back, leaving a burning.
Shooting pains : in head ; through left temple.
Drawing : in right anterior wall of chest and axilla, extending down arm to fingers ; in forearm ; in fingers ; in right knee, extending into anterior muscles of thigh ; in hollow of right foot, passing along outer border of gastrocnemius muscle to knee, then in tibia, then in tarsus.
Throbbing pain : in costal cartilage of fifth rib, right side, leaving a burning, raw sensation.
Burning : on face and eyes ; painful, on face and arms, and particularly about eyes ; about one inch above left nipple ; in costal cartilage of fifth rib, right side ; in back ; painful, on arms ; over whole body.
Numb, tensive pain : of forearm, and rheumatic stiffness of shoulders and elbow joints.
Pressing pain : in costal cartilage of fifth rib, right side, leaving a burning, raw sensation.
Cramping : in right anterior of chest and axilla, extending down arm to fingers ; in muscles of right upper arm ; in fingers ; in hollow of right foot passing along outer border of gastrocnemius muscle to knee, then in tibia, then in tarsus.
Acute sore pains : extending across abdomen above umbilicus, affecting breathing.
Aching soreness : of eyeballs.
Soreness : of right eyeball ; in left lung.
Rheumatic pains : in chest ; in back ; in hands, arms and legs.
Pleurodynic pains : in chest.
Aching : dull, in forehead ; in teeth ; in forearm ; numb, in tibia ; in tarsus ; in right upper arm ; in right knee.
Pressure : constant, in region of stomach.
Pressing : down to feet on inside of legs.
Intermittent, pressing outward pain : in left sacro-iliac articulation, > by walking, but feels lame and sore.
Crampy lameness : in right leg above instep.
Lameness : in left ankle ; in right upper arm ; in right knee.
Pulsating pain : in neck of right femur and thigh.
Raw sensation : in costal cartilage of fifth rib, right side.
Tingling : of scrotum.
Heaviness : of head ; of eyes ; of eyeballs ; in region of stomach.
Fulness : in interior of right ear ; in face over superior maxillary bone ; of head on moving head.
Itching : corrosive, of head ; intolerable, of nose ; excessive swelling of face with tormenting ; intense, on lower part of penis, also on inner side of prepuce ; of scrotum ; tormenting, over whole body.
Tickling : in throat.
Heat : in interior of right ear ; in face over superior maxillary bone.

Tissues

Rheumatic pains and swellings, < by rest, > by continued motion.
Affects the skin in a marked degree.

Touch. passive motion. injuries

Pressure : > pain in second molar of right side ; pains in teeth > ; pressing outward pain in left sacro-iliac articulation, sensitive to.

Skin

Tormenting itching and burning over whole body.
Painful burning on face and arms ; face enormously swollen.
Violent itching burning, redness and erysipelatous swelling of face, hands and other parts of body, followed by yellow vesication and desquamation of cuticle.
Red color all over body, resembling scarlet fever.
Skin white and covered with shiny scales ; cracked and discharged sanious fluid. θ Inflammation leg and foot.
Inflammation of the part, with deep, hard-edged ulcers, which discharge a thick, purulent, greenish-yellow matter, having a very peculiar, fetid smell, parts becoming in appearance similar to a piece of raw, decayed meat, while surrounding skin is covered with small shining scales.
Malignant erysipelas ; herpes ; zona ; leprosy.

Stage of life, constitution

Miss H., æt. 17, a student, dark, thin hair, blue eyes, fair complexion, mixed temperament ; toothache.
Mrs. C., æt. 25, mother of one child, auburn hair, fair complexion, blue eyes, nervo-sanguine temperament ; neuralgic pains in costal region, right side.
Lady, æt. 38, sloughing ulcer of breast.

Relations

Compare : Anac., Rhus tox., Rhus rad., Rhus ven .