Gymnocladus gymn.

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

Urinary organs. Circulation. Sensations.

Worse

Cold. Walking.

Better

Rest. Leaning against something.

General

Lividity. Numbness.

Particulars

Slow grasp. Head feels bound. Pain under brows and into nose. Outpushing in eyes; wants to rub them. Crawling on (l) face. Teeth sensitive to cold air. BLUISH TONGUE. Hot, sour belchings. Burning spot in stomach.

Related

Related: Op.

Homœopathic Materia Medica

William Boericke · Homœopathic Materia Medica · 9th edition

Common name

American Coffee-tree (GYMNOCLADUS)

General

Sore throat, dark livid redness of fauces, and erysipelatous swelling of face are most marked. Hives. Desire for heat and quiet. Headache, throbbing in forehead and temples and over eyes, with bluish-white coating of tongue. Burning in eyes.

Face

Sensation as of flies crawling over face. Erysipelas. Great sensibility of teeth.

Throat

Sore; dark livid redness of fauces and tonsils. Sticking pain. Mucus in throat and hawking. Tickling, with dry cough.

Relationship

Compare: Lachnant; Laches; Ailanth; Rhus.

Dose

Lower attenuations.

Text Book of Materia Medica

Adolph Lippe · Text Book of Materia Medica · homeoint.org / Médi-T HTML text (Lippe d. 1888; public domain)

Mind and Disposition

Indifference to what happens around him. Cannot think, comprehend or study ; forgets every thing.

Head

Dizziness with dimness of sight ; nausea, belching. Head feels full, tight, as if bound up. Fulness and pressure in and over the eyes, extending to the top of the head. Throbbing headache over the left eye. Pain in the head and back. Pain in the left temple to the ear and top of the head. Bruised feeling of the head (left side). Desire to lean the head on something.

Eyes

Pain in the left eyeball and temple. Eyes feel as if pushed forward. Eyes feel sore in the morning.

Face

Sensation as if flies were crawling over the right side of the face. Erysipelatous swelling of the face and head ; hot face ; it feels swollen ; is compelled to rub the eyes.

Nose

Frequent violent sneezing, originating very high up in the nose.

Mouth and Throat

Great sensibility of the teeth ; more on the left side and in the upper teeth ; the slightest draught of cold air causes toothache ; cold drink is very painful. Tongue coated bluish-white. Burning, drawing and scraping ; burning in the roof of the mouth, extending to the uvula and tonsils. Inflammation and purple color of the right tonsil. Sticking and shooting in the throat. Burning in the œsophagus and stomach. Mucus in the throat and frequent hawking.

Stomach and Abdomen

Nausea after eating, with pain and fulness in stomach and belching. Belching of sour water. Burning in the stomach (circumscribed, the size of a dollar). Heat in the stomach and sour watery eructations. Pain in the left side, as if the spleen were swollen. Stitches in the bowels and umbilical region. Soreness and tenderness of the abdomen.

Stool and Anus

Constipation, with ineffectual disposition to go to stool. After stool, aching fulness in the rectum.

Urinary Organs

Pressure on the bladder and frequent desire to urinate ; the urine is passed in a small stream.

Sexual Organs

Man. Itching of the glans penis and prepuce.

Respiratory Organs

Smarting in the larynx. In the morning, tickling in the throat, causing a cough, increasing through the day ; cough hard, dry and racking. Pressure on the chest and sternum. Stitches in the right breast and intercostal muscles.

Extremities

Upper. Perspiration of the axillary region and palms of the hands. Violent pain in the left forearm, in the radius, as if the bones were crushed and broken. Pulsation in the left index, as if a panaritium were forming. Lower. Stinging pain in the left knee-joint.

Fever

Pulse small and quick. Cold chills and pains in the bowels (in the descending colon). Desire for increased heat ; wants to be near the fire.

Conditions

Aggravation in the evening. Repugnance to motion ; a short walk fatigues him much (afternoon). The whole body feels numb.

The Guiding Symptoms of Our Materia Medica

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

General

Chicot, American coffee-tree. Leguminosæ.
Introduced by Hering and proved under his supervision. See Allen's Encyclopædia, vol. 4, p. 519 .
Tincture of the fresh pulp in the pods.

Mind

Cannot think, comprehend or study ; forgets everything.
Indifference to what happens around him.

Sensorium

Dizziness with dimness of sight ; nausea, belching.
Head feels full, tight, as if bound up.

Inner head

Intense frontal headache, eyes feel as if pushed forward.
Fulness and pressure in and over, eyes, extending to top of head.
Throbbing headache over left eye.
Pain in left temple to ear and top of head, shooting through to right side.
Bruised feeling of head, left side.
Pain in head and back.
Intense headache, with stitches in bowels ; in umbilical region at times.
Catarrhal headaches, premonitory stages ; feeling of fulness in head, with throbbing in temples and forehead, with vertigo, heat of face, numbness and tired feeling.

Outer head

Desire to lean the head on something.

Sight and eyes

Eyes feel as if pushed forward.
Pain in left eyeball and temple.
Burning heat and pain through eyes.
Eyes feel sore in morning.

Smell and nose

Frequent violent sneezing, originating very high up in nose.

Upper face

Sensation as if flies were crawling over right side of face.
Erysipelatous swelling of face and head ; hot face ; it feels swollen ; is compelled to rub the eyes.

Teeth and gums

Great sensibility of teeth ; < on left side and in upper teeth ; slightest draught of cold air causes toothache ; cold drink very painful.

Taste, speech, tongue

Tongue coated bluish-white.

Inner mouth

Burning, drawing and scraping ; burning in roof of mouth, extending to uvula and tonsils.

Palate and throat

Inflammation and purple color of right tonsil.
Sore throat, dark livid redness of fauces and tonsils.
Sticking and shooting in throat.
Mucus in throat and frequent hawking.

Hiccough, belching, nausea and vomiting

Belching of sour water.
Nausea after eating, with pain and fulness in stomach, and belching.

Scrobiculum and stomach

Burning in œsophagus and stomach.
Heat in stomach and sour, watery eructations.
Circumscribed burning in stomach, the size of a dollar.

Hypochondria

Pain in left side, as if spleen were swollen.

Abdomen and loins

Soreness and tenderness of abdomen.
Stitches in bowels and umbilical region.

Stools and rectum

Constipation, with ineffectual disposition to go to stool.
After stool, aching fulness in rectum.

Urinary organs

Pressure on bladder and frequent desire to urinate ; urine passed in a small stream.

Male sexual organs

Itching of glans penis and prepuce.

Voice and larynx. trachea and bronchia

Smarting in larynx.

Cough

Tickling in throat in morning, causing cough, increasing through day ; cough dry, hard and racking.

Inner chest and lungs

Pressure on chest and sternum.

Heart, pulse and circulation

Pulse small and weak.

Outer chest

Stitches in right breast and intercostal muscles.

Upper limbs

Violent pain in left forearm, in radius, as if bones were crushed and broken.
Pulsation in left index, as if panaritium were forming.

Lower limbs

Stinging pain in left knee-joint.

Rest. position. motion

Desire to lean head on something.
Repugnance to motion.
Easily fatigued.

Nerves

Repugnance to motion ; a short walk in afternoon fatigues him much.

Time

Morning ; eyes feel sore ; tickling in throat.
Afternoon : short walk fatigues him much.
Aggravation in evening.

Temperature and weather

Desire for heat ; wants to be near fire.
Cold drinks very painful.
Cold draughts of air cause toothache.

Fever

Desire for heat ; wants to be near the fire.
Cold chills and pains in bowels (in descending colon).
Perspiration of axillary region and palms of hands.
Epidemic fevers, typhoid in character.

Attacks, periodicity

At times stitches in umbilical region.
Frequent sneezing.

Locality and direction

Right : sensation as if flies were crawling on side of face ; inflammation and purple color of tonsil ; stitches in breast.
Left : throbbing headache over eye ; pain in temple to ear ; bruised feeling of head ; pain in eyeball ; sensibility of teeth ; pain in side as if spleen were swollen ; violent pain in forearm ; pulsation in index finger ; stinging pain in
knee-joint.

Sensations

Head feels as if bound up ; eyes feel as if pushed forward ; as if flies were crawling over right side of face ; as if spleen were swollen ; as if bones of forearm were crushed and broken ; pulsation in left index as if panisitium were forming.
Pain : in left temple to ear and top of head ; in head and back ; in left eyeball ; in temple ; through eyes ; in stomach ; in left side ; in bowels.
Violent pain : in left forearm ; in radius.
Intense frontal headache.
Stitches : in bowels ; in umbilical region ; in breast and intercostal muscles.
Sticking : in throat.
Stinging pain : in left knee-joint.
Shooting : through head to right side ; in throat.
Throbbing headache : over left eye ; in temples.
Burning heat : in eyes ; in roof of mouth ; in œsophagus ; in stomach.
Circumscribed burning : in stomach.
Heat : in face ; in stomach.
Aching fulness : in rectum.
Drawing : in roof of mouth.
Bruised feeling : of head ; left side.
Tenderness : of abdomen.
Great sensibility of teeth.
Sore feeling : in eyes ; in throat ; in abdomen.
Smarting : in larynx.
Tickling : in larynx.
Scraping : in roof of mouth.
Swollen feeling of face.
Fulness : in and over eyes ; in stomach.
Head feels full, tight.
Pressure : in and over eyes ; on bladder ; on chest and sternum.
Numbness and tired feeling.
Itching : of glans penis and prepuce.

Relations

Compare : Agar., Æthusa., Bellad., Cicuta, Hyosc., Laches., Lachn., Solanum nigr., Stramon .