Gymnocladus canadensis

American Coffee-tree

by William Boericke — Pocket Manual of Homoeopathic Materia Medica & Repertory

Historical reference for practitioners and students. The statements below reflect the named author’s homeopathic teaching and do not establish treatment effectiveness. This text is not medical advice and must not replace appropriate diagnosis or care.

(GYMNOCLADUS)

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.

Gymnocladus canadensis across the other classic books

Gymnocladus canadensis appears in 7 of the 21 classic books on Similia. Each was written to do a different job — here is what each adds on this remedy, with the opening of its entry.

Allen TF — A compiled symptom record drawing on proving reports and other named observations.
“Gymnocladus Canadensis, Linn. Natural order , Leguminosæ. Common names , Chicot, Coffee tree of Kentucky. Preparation , Tincture of the fresh pulp in the pods around the seeds. Authorities. Provings collected by Dr. C. Hering, N. Am. J. of Hom., 1, 1851; 1 , Charles Sellers ate a small portion of the pulp; 2 , same…”
Boger (Syn) — Generals and modalities in a short analytical portrait rather than a symptom list.
“Urinary organs. Circulation. Sensations. Cold. Walking. Rest. Leaning against something. Lividity. Numbness. .................... 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…”
Clarke — The widest entry — sources, provings, clinical uses, relationships and antidotes in one place.
“Chicot. American Coffee-tree. N. O. Leguminosæ. Tincture of fresh pulp of the pods. Erysipelas / Fever / Headache / Spleen, pain in / Throat, sore / Tongue, blue / Toothache / Whitlow The most peculiar symptom of the Gymnocl. proving is a bluish-white coating of the tongue. Guided by this symptom C. T. Bingham cured a…”
Hale — The introduction story — early pathogenetic and clinical evidence for medicines new to Hale's generation.
“(American Coffee-tree.) Botanical Description. — A pretty large tree, destitute of spines or prickles, with rough bark and few stout branches. Leaves unequally bipinnate. Flowers in axillary racemes. Petals white. Legume six to ten inches long and nearly two inches broad; a little curved, and of a brown color. Seeds…”
Hering — Graded symptoms, each weighted by how often provers and practice confirmed it.
“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. Cannot think, comprehend or study ; forgets everything. Indifference to what happens around him. Dizziness with dimness of sight ; nausea…”
Lippe (MM) — The strict Hahnemannian reading — the symptom picture without clinical interpretation.
“Indifference to what happens around him. Cannot think, comprehend or study; forgets every thing. 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…”

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