by C.M. Boger — A Synoptic Key of the Materia Medica
. .................... Burning pains. Itching eye-lids; he rubs them (Ign.). Sneezing. Gurgling, pinching in bowels, then sudden yellow or green, THIN STOOLS COMING OUT IN PROLONGED GUSHES, with burning at anus and much relief.
Related: Crot-t.
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Gambogia appears in 8 of the 13 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.
“Garcinia morella, Desrousseux ( var . pedicellata), (Hebradendron gambogioides, Graham). Natural order , Guttiferæ. Common names , Gamboge, Gummi Gutti. Preparation , Tincture of the gum-resin. Authorities. 1 , Noack and Trinck's Mat. Med. (from the MSS. of Dr. Cajetan Nenning), proving made with 30 drops of tinct…”
“Gummi Gutti (GAMBOGIA - GARCINIA MORELLA) The use of this drug in Homeopathy has been confined to its action on the alimentary tract. It produces a diarrhœa very similar to Croton. >From its pathogenesis, it is very evident that it has very intense and definite action especially on the gastro-enteric tract. Heavy…”
“GURGLING GUSHINGS (Comp. Swashing) 7 P.M.”
“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…”
“Gamboge. Guttiferæ. Tincture of the resinous gum obtained from a tree native to China. Proved by Nenning, see Allen's Encyclopædia, vol. 4, p. 373 , and Jacob Jeanes in 1840 (Not included in Allen's Encyclopædia), also by Hering and Husmann. CLINICAL AUTHORITIES. Diarrhœa , Berridge, Raue's Rec., 1871, p. 114 ; Knerr…”
“Cheerful, talkative, feeling of ease, great lightness of all his motions. Heaviness in the head with drowsiness and pain in the back. Heat rises to the head, with perspiration. Pain in the vertex, as if bruised, in the forenoon; relieved in the open air. Itching of the inner canthi, with discharge of acrid, corrosive…”
“Is a very valuable remedy for diarrhœa, though not so often used, I think, as it should be. It resembles Croton tiglium in the suddenness of the desire for stool, and in the all coming out at one gush. Again, it resembles it, in that it is sometimes watery and yellow, but Croton tig. is aggravated by the least food or…”
Kent's Repertory lists Gambogia in 520 rubrics. These are the ones where it carries the highest grade — the symptoms Kent treated as most characteristic. Most of them sit in EXTREMITIES (51), ABDOMEN (45), RECTUM (42), STOMACH (42), HEAD (36).
