- Allen TF — A compiled symptom record drawing on proving reports and other named observations.
“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…”
- Boericke — The quick clinical read — keynotes, modalities and the conditions it is actually prescribed in.
“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…”
- Boger (GA) — Which general headings this remedy belongs under — the analytical scaffolding.
“GURGLING GUSHINGS (Comp. Swashing) 7 P.M.”
- Clarke — The widest entry — sources, provings, clinical uses, relationships and antidotes in one place.
“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…”
- Guernsey — The leading characteristics — a compact bridge from repertory result to remedy study.
“The chief sphere of action of this remedy is found in the stools and rectum. Eyes.--Great burning and itching of the eyes, with dread of light; agglutination of lids. Stool.--Thin, yellow, fecal; coming all at once, at a single expulsion, with burning pain and tenesmus; pinching pain in bowels, or colic. Diarrhœa…”
- Hering — Graded symptoms, each weighted by how often provers and practice confirmed it.
“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…”
- Hughes & Dake — The source evidence — provings and poisonings retained with their experimental context.
“GAMBOGIA . Gum-resin of Garcinia Morella, Desrous. Gamboge. Nat. Ord., Guttifera. I. Provings.-1. CAJETAN NENNING proved this medicine on several (female) subjects in doses of 30 dr. of pure tinct., 25 gr. of 1st, 20 gr. of 2nd, and 25 dr. of 3rd trit. He gives us no information regarding the provers or the doses each…”
- Lippe (MM) — The strict Hahnemannian reading — the symptom picture without clinical interpretation.
“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…”
- Nash — The comparisons — the remedy set beside the ones it is most often confused with.
“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…”
