Tongo

by Timothy F. AllenThe Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica

Dipteryxodorata, Schr. (Baryosma Tongo, Gærtn.; Coumarouna odorata, Aubl.).

Natural order , Leguminosæ.

Common names , Tongo or Tonka bean.

Preparation , Tincture of the dried beans.

Authority.

Nenning in Hartlaub and Trink's Annalen d. Hom. Klinik, 4, 125.

MIND

  • She feels very cheerful (first day).
  • Sadness, disquietude, bad temper (first day).
  • Bad humor, it frets him to work or talk (sixth day).
  • Peevish, feels good for nothing, for an hour and a half (first day).

HEAD

  • Heaviness in the head, on rising, after stooping (first day).
  • Heaviness in the whole head, in the morning, on waking and after getting up (sixth day).
  • Confusion of the head, especially the occiput, with somnolence and a sort of intoxication (immediately).
  • Stupidity in the head during a hard stool, and even some time afterwards.
  • Headache all the morning, pressure, tearing, and stitching, especially on going into the room; with tearing up the left side of the face, very morose, and much sensitiveness of the scalp, mostly ceasing on using vinegar, at noon (fifth day). [10.]
  • Drawing pains in the head, now here, now there, especially in the right frontal eminence (after one hour and a half).
  • Feeling of weight in the head, and sensation as if it was too large (at the end of half an hour).
  • Throbbing headache, with heaviness of the whole head, in the morning, after rising (seventh day).
  • The troubles in the head and teeth cease after using vinegar.
  • Heaviness in the forepart of the head, almost preventing him from lifting his eyes (after half an hour).
  • Tension at a small place on the vertex (first day).
  • Several severe dull dartings deep in the vertex (first day).
  • Transient, painful drawing deep in the brain, in the left half of the forehead, when lying in bed (second day).
  • Weight in the forehead, on rising after stooping.
  • Pressure, in the forehead, now here, now there, but more on the left side (seventh day). [20.]
  • Pressure and throbbing in the vertex (ninth day).
  • Fine tearing on the vertex, on the right side of the head (after eight hours).
  • Several pointed stitches in the vertex, and, at the same time, a painful cutting, like a contraction, in the occiput (second day).
  • The crown of the head, externally, is very painful to touch (first day).
  • A shock in the vertex, followed by tearing more in the front in the left parietal bone, and at the same time a painful shooting in the cranial cavity, which makes him cry out (first day).
  • Tearing in the right side of the head, when stooping, ceasing on rising (fourth day).
  • A violent tearing, deep in the head, in a small spot in the right parietal bone (after two hours).
  • When laughing, deep sticking in the right side of the head (second day).
  • Sharp darting in the right side of the head, followed by tearing in the right ear, in the evening (sixth day).
  • Several sharp dartings in the upper part of the right parietal bone, through the head, and coming out below the occiput (second day). [30.]
  • Some sudden severe shootings in the right side of the head, so that she utters loud cries (second day).
  • Dull stitch in the left parietal bone.
  • Sharp stitching in the left side of the head (fourth day).
  • Throbbing stitching above and behind in the right parietal bone, extending toward the forehead, broken off, often, by leaning the head on the hand (second day).
  • When entering the room, throbbing in both sides of the head, which feels squeezed as in a vice; at the same time sensitiveness of the hairy scalp; this all soon disappeared after dinner (first day).
  • Throbbing pain in the left side of the head (second day).
  • Throbbing headache in the left side, as she goes into the room (sixth day).
  • Compressive headache in the occiput, with external sensitiveness, in the morning, after getting up (sixth day).
  • Tearing from the right occiput, through the head, to a frequently painful tooth in the right lower jaw.
  • Dull stitching, followed by tension, in the right side of the occiput; it drew the head backward (seventh day). [40.]
  • A sharp stitch in the left side of the occiput, and afterwards itching in the same place, ceasing when scratched.
  • Ulcerative pain in the right side of the occiput, the skin is even painful to the touch.
  • Extreme sensitiveness and painfulness of the scalp to touch (sixth day).

EYES

  • Dryness and burning in the eyes, in the evening, when reading (second day).
  • Burning in the eyes, as if they were too dry, in the afternoon (third day).
  • Violent tearing in the right upper orbital border (first day).
  • Three painful tearings, externally, above right orbital border (first day).
  • Violent biting and sticking in the right eyebrow, in the afternoon (seventh day).
  • So violent a trembling in the right upper lids that the eye waters with it; frequently renewed, for two hours (seventh day).
  • Feeling as of a grain of sand in the inner canthus of the eye (first day). [50.]
  • Tension around the lower eyelid; she dares not open it for fear of an aggravation, which, however, did not occur (first day).
  • Tearing and tension in the left lower eyelid (second day).
  • A burning shooting in the lower eyelid, like a bee-sting (seventh day).
  • Itching in the inner canthus of the left eye, in the afternoon (seventh day).
  • Itching in the inner canthus of the left eye, which rubbing relieves, but does not remove (after one hour and a half).

EAR

  • Twisting dartings in the lobe of the right ear, that she starts (first day).
  • Some painful tearings around the right ear.
  • Violent tearing behind the right ear in the bone (fifth day).
  • Tearing in the external auditory meatus, which goes on penetrating more deeply, until it reaches the internal meatus, where it terminates; it returns after a short interval (first day).
  • Painful tearings deep in the left ear (first day). [60.]
  • Tearing, followed by titillation, in the left ear (seventh day).
  • A couple or sharp dartings in the right inner ear, so that she starts (first day).
  • Painful crawling in the right ear, which ceases on introducing the finger (second day).
  • Violent itching in the right ear, the act of scratching increases it (fifth day).

NOSE

  • Violent sneezing, ten times in the night (tenth day).
  • Coryza, with stoppage of the nose, she is obliged to hold the mouth constantly open, at night; this ceases in the morning, but returns at noon.
  • Slight tearing in the root of the nose, with irritation to sneeze, in the evening (first day).

FACE

  • Face very pale, in striking contrast with red cheeks (eighth day).
  • Feeling as if the mucous membrane of the left cheek was drawn up (first day).
  • Tension in the right malar bone, with feeling as if there was a slight weight there; pressure removes this, and it returns, but in a less degree (after one hour and a half). [70.]
  • Painful tearing in the left upper jaw, but she cannot tell whether it is in the gum or in the roots of the teeth (second day).
  • Slight tearing in the right lower jaw, and at the same time tickling itching in the ends of the teeth, and tearing in the roots of the same; the pain ceases in the jaw, but not in the teeth on biting on them (after two hours).

MOUTH

  • Bleeding of a hollow tooth of the left lower jaw, the blood has an acid taste, in the evening (seventh day).
  • Some painful tearings in a hollow tooth of the left lower jaw, an hour after dinner (first day).
  • Violent tearing in all the left lower teeth, from behind forward, as if they were being pulled out, after dinner (first day).
  • Digging and disturbance in the left lower posterior molar, unchanged by cold and heat; they are aggravated by the contact of food (sixth day).
  • Several painful tearings in three left inferior molars; she believes they are being pulled out, after dinner (first day).
  • A violent tearing in the left lower jaw, in a corresponding molar tooth (first day).
  • Tearing in the left upper molars, when laughing. Tearing from the last left molar to the upper part of the head, in the morning, after rising (seventh day). [80.]
  • Tearing in some of the left lower molars, which cold water causes to cease, in the afternoon (first day).
  • Tearing in the roots of the upper molars; the pain reaches as far as the zygomatic process, and is followed by crawling in their tips; on closing the jaw it at first increases, then ceases (second day).
  • At dinner, violent tearing in two lower molars of the left side, aggravated by biting on them, in the forenoon (first day).
  • Shooting, which, starting from a diseased tooth, goes through the head and the muscles of the right side of the nape of the neck (first day).
  • Tickling in some molars of the right side, in biting on them, ceasing when she opens the mouth (first day).
  • Acrid blood flows from the left lower gum, without sucking, in the evening (third day).
  • Tearing in the left lower gums and in the teeth (seventh day).
  • Burning of the palate (after three-quarters of an hour).
  • Fine tearing in the back part of the palate (in half an hour).
  • Flow of water in the mouth. [90.]
  • Mouth constantly full of water, almost all the forenoon.
  • Acid taste in the morning, after getting up (second day).

THROAT

  • Abundant viscid mucus in the throat, which disappears by frequent hawking (first day).
  • Rawness in the throat, disappearing after supper (in three-quarters of an hour).
  • Scraping and rawness in the throat, in the morning (first and second days).
  • In the right side of the pharynx, feeling as if a rough, sharp substance slowly forced itself into the ear, and moved about for some time deeply in the interior (after one hour and a half).

STOMACH

  • Frequent thirst at all hours of the day (second and third days).
  • Several returns of empty rising from the stomach.
  • Risings, as after eating bitter almonds (after five minutes, and often).
  • Strong hiccough, immediately after dinner (first day). [100.]
  • Nausea and inclination to vomit (after three-quarters of an hour).
  • In the forenoon, loathing and desire to vomit, ceasing after dinner (first day).
  • Pleasant heat in the stomach (after half an hour).
  • Slight whirling, with pinching, first in the epigastrium, then in the hypogastrium, ceasing on the emission of flatulence, in the afternoon (second day).
  • Circumscribed cutting around the stomach, on both sides, more to the right, for an hour, in the forenoon, when walking (first day).
  • A couple of dull shootings in the right side of the stomach, together with a dull shooting above the left knee, before noon (seventh day).
  • A pricking, a sort of shooting, in the left side of the stomach, as if an intestine was tightened and immediately relaxed, painfully repeated several times (first day).

ABDOMEN

  • Inflation, at first in the bowels, then also in the stomach, in the forenoon (second day).
  • Frequent loud emission of flatulence, at night (first day).
  • Burning tension in the right lower region of the abdomen, and extending in the chest to the right shoulderblade, deeply seated, in the afternoon (first day). [110.]
  • Sensation almost like pinching, at first to the right, a hand's breadth below the pit of the stomach, then in the right side of the abdomen, afterwards in the left upper side of the abdomen, after dinner (first day).
  • Slight pinching in the right side of the upper abdomen, extending later to below the umbilicus (second day).
  • Pinching in the upper abdomen, with sensation in the stomach as if a ball was rolling about there during the menses.
  • Disagreeable pinching in the bowels, then urging to stool, and an evacuation, which is larger than usual.
  • Pinching and borborygmi in the bowels, then diarrhœic stool, with mucus, followed by tenesmus (eighth day).
  • Pinching and rolling in the bowels, as if a diarrhœa was coming on, but he passes only two small hard lumps, and with a good deal of pain, after which the scraping in the anus lasts a long time (sixth day).
  • Great soreness of the bowels after a diarrhœic stool (eighth day).
  • Very painful feeling in the hypogastrium, in front, beneath the umbilicus, in the right side, to the extent of more than six inches, as if a thread were there, and caused smarting and gnawing over one small spot.
  • Burning in the right groin, which comes on and goes off while walking (first day).
  • In the right groin a deep sharp shooting, then over large surface a burning outside, with sensation as if an oblong hole was dug in her inside, in the afternoon (first day). [120.]
  • Sensation in the right groin as if the skin of the bowels was retracted, or rather a painful pressure externally, after dinner (first day).

STOOL AND ANUS

  • While walking, violent urging to stool.
  • Urging to stool, yet, notwithstanding violent efforts, he passes nothing.
  • Normal stool, and, half an hour after, very soft stool, with pinching at intervals in the whole abdomen and tenesmus (eighth day).
  • Hard stool, with pressure (seventh, eighth, and ninth days).
  • Stool so solid that she is very tired during defecation, and fears something is ruptured (sixth day).

URINARY ORGANS

  • Increased urination; urging early in the morning in bed (third day).
  • The urine is more sedimentary, normal as to quantity, tardy in emission, with a thick cloud (fifth day).
  • Scanty urine, depositing an abundant white sediment.
  • Urine of a wine-yellow color, depositing at once a quantity of viscid mucus (fifth day). [130.]
  • Red urine; it deposits a thick muddy sediment (sixth day).

SEXUAL ORGANS

  • Flow of thick mucus from the vagina when straining at stool.
  • Leucorrhœa, when walking, often in the day.
  • Very scanty painless menses, seven days too early.

RESPIRATORY APPARATUS

  • Hoarse voice, with burning in the larynx (first day).
  • Transient irritation to cough in the larynx, forenoon (first day).

CHEST

  • Burning below the xiphoid cartilage, and at the same time a fine stinging (after half an hour).
  • Burning in the region of the false ribs and cutting pain, which extends over the back, as if a sharp body was ploughing the skin (second day).
  • Rumbling and clucking in the first false ribs of the left side, in front of the pit of the stomach, in the afternoon (second day).
  • Sudden burning a hand's breadth below the right armpit, externally (first day). [140.]
  • When leaning towards the right side, while sitting, tensive burning in the region of the left ribs, a hand's breadth below the armpit (first day).
  • Burning in the region of the left false ribs, as if a tight string had entered the flesh, after dinner (first day).
  • Sudden and repeated burning, causing him to start, over the left lower ribs, in the a evening (first day).
  • Burning in the region of the right false ribs, as if a string or a garment was very tightly tied around them; pressure diminished it a little, and this place is then slightly sore on pressure (after one hour and a half).
  • Pain, a sort of cutting and bruised feeling, under the left breast, which passes thence toward the pit of the stomach and back again several times; it is relieved by pressing on the parts, but afterwards returns (first day).
  • Sharp stitching deep in the chest, in one side, below the armpit, without relation to the respiration (second day).
  • Some very slight shootings, like stings, over the middle of the two first false ribs on the right side (after three-quarters of an hour).
  • Some sharp stingings in the eighth and ninth right ribs (first day).
  • Sharp stinging, severe, under the left chest as far as the armpit (second day).
  • Two sharp stingings in the seventh left rib, then over a larger surface; at the same time a sort of burning and darting in the outer chest. [150.]
  • Burning stinging in front under the left chest when raising oneself after stooping (first day).

NECK AND BACK

  • Wrenching pain in the left side of the nape of the neck, less when turning the head, sensitive to pressure (second day).
  • Sharp stinging in the left scapula through the shoulders, in the morning (second day).
  • Pain in the sacrum, which is very sensitive to external pressure (second day).
  • Violent bruised pain in the sacrum when sitting, ceasing during exercise (third day).

UPPER EXTREMITIES

  • A couple of dull shootings in the left shoulder (first day).
  • Paralytic pain in the right axilla (after one hour).
  • Lancinating tearing in the head of the left humerus during rest (fifth day).
  • Burning in the right elbow, ceasing when rubbed (first day).
  • Sensation of internal pressure in the left forearm, in the elbow (after one hour). [160.]
  • Tearing in the elbow, at a point above the wrist-joint and extending to the latter, short-lasting, but very painful (after one hour).
  • Violent tearing below the condyle of the left elbow, which ceases when pressed upon, but returns (first day).
  • Stinging and tearing in the right arm, directly below the elbow (eighth day).
  • Tearing in the posterior joint of the right thumb as far as the middle, which ceases on movement (second day).
  • Tearing in the middle of the posterior phalanx of the right index finger (first day).
  • Violent tearing in the extensor tendons of the right middle and ring fingers, during dinner.

LOWER EXTREMITIES

  • After dinner, at 5 o'clock, tearing in the left hip-joint, ceasing on being rubbed, when walking; a couple of violent sharp twitchings deep in the right hip, when standing (second day).
  • Twitching, with fine stitches, in the middle of the right thigh on sitting, ceasing on standing up (second day).
  • Violent tearing in the left thigh, as if in the bone, when standing, ceasing when seated (second day).
  • Violent tearing in the left thigh and knee, relieved by pressure, in the evening (first day). [170.]
  • Tearings sometimes in the thigh, sometimes in the knee, relieved by walking and pressure, all day (sixth day).
  • Tearing at first in the left knee, as far as the middle of the tibia, then in the middle of the thigh, toward the hip-joint, relieved a little by pressure (first day).
  • Tearing over a hand's breadth above the left knee, extending into the knee-joint (first day).
  • Shocks in the knee when walking, so severe that she is threatened with falling, during the menses; some painful tearings in the right tibia (first day).
  • Violent stinging, like the prick of a needle, repeated six or seven times, in the fatty portion of the right great toe, after dinner, when seated (second day).

GENERALITIES

  • Great indolence and sleepiness after dinner (seventh day).
  • Feeling of comfort (immediately).

SLEEP AND DREAMS

  • Yawning, stretching, dread of work, without sleepiness.

FEVER

  • Shaking chill, from 2 o'clock to 5 o'clock P.M., in the open air (first day).
  • Heat in the head, and even external warmth on the forehead. [180.]
  • Increased heat in the head, in the morning (first day).
  • Flushes of heat, not disagreeable, from the umbilicus to the stomach (first day).

CONDITIONS

  • Aggravation.
  • ( Morning ), On waking and after getting up, heaviness in head; headache, etc.; after rising, headache, etc.; after getting up, headache in occiput; after getting up, acid taste; scraping, etc., in throat; early, in bed, urging to urinate; stinging in left scapula; heat in head.
  • ( Forenoon ), Mouth full of water; loathing, etc.; when walking, cutting around stomach; shootings in side of stomach in side of stomach, etc.; inflation in bowels, etc.; irritation to cough.
  • ( Afternoon ), burning in eyes; biting, etc.; in eyebrow; itching in left canthus; whirling, etc., in epigastrium, etc.; tension in abdomen; shooting in groin, etc.; rumbling, etc., in side; 2 to 5 o'clock, in open air, shaking chills.
  • ( Evening ), Tearing in side of head, etc.; when reading, dryness, etc., in eyes; tearing in root of nose, etc.; bleeding of teeth; blood from gum; burning over lower ribs; tearing in thigh, etc.
  • ( Night ), Emission of flatulence.
  • ( Contact of food ), Pain in left molar tooth.
  • ( During dinner ), Tearing in tendons of fingers.
  • ( After dinner ), Tearings in hollow tooth; tearing in lower teeth; hiccough; sensation below pit of stomach, etc.; sensation in right groin; burning in region of ribs; 5 P.M., tearing in hip-joint; when seated, stinging in great toe.
  • ( Leaning to right side while sitting ), Burning in region of left ribs.
  • ( Laughing ), Sticking in side of head.
  • ( During menses ), Pain in upper abdomen, etc.
  • ( Rising after stooping ), Heaviness in head; stinging under left chest.
  • ( Entering room ), Throbbing in sides of head, etc.; throbbing in side of head.
  • ( Scratching ), Itching in ear.
  • ( Sitting ), Pain in sacrum; twitching, etc., in thigh.
  • ( Standing ), Twitching in right hip; tearing in thigh.
  • ( Stooping ), Tearing in head.
  • ( After diarrhœic stool ), Soreness of bowels.
  • ( During and after hard stool ), Stupidity in head.
  • ( Walking ), Urging to stool; leucorrhœa; shocks in knee.
  • Amelioration.
  • ( Biting on teeth ), Pain in jaw ceases.
  • ( After dinner ), Throbbing in head disappears; loathing, etc., ceases.
  • ( On emission of flatulence ), Whirling, etc., in epigastrium, etc., ceases.
  • ( During exercise ), Pain in sacrum ceases.
  • ( Leaning head on hand ), Stitching in parietal bone broken off.
  • ( On movement ), Tearing in thumb ceases.
  • ( Pressure ), Burning in region of right ribs; pain in left breast; tearing in knee, etc.; tearing in thigh, etc.
  • ( On rising after stooping ), Tearing in head ceases.
  • ( When rubbed ), Burning in elbow; in walking, tearing in hip-joint ceases.
  • ( When seated ), Tearing in thigh ceases.
  • ( After supper ), Rawness in throat disappears.
  • ( Standing up ), Twitching in thigh ceases.
  • ( Turning head ), Pain in side of nape of neck.
  • ( After using vinegar ), Troubles in head, etc., cease.
  • ( Walking ), Tearing in thigh, etc.

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