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Condensed Materia Medica.

By Constantine Hering.
Presented by .

GAMBOGIA.

[Gambog.]
Gamboge. Hering. Guttiferć.

[1] * [2]
* [5] * [6] * [7] * [10]
* [12] * [13] * [14]
* [15] * [16] * [17]
* [19] * [20] * [21]
* [23] * [28] * [30]
* [31] * [32] * [35]
* [37] * [38] * [40]
* [42] * [45] * [46]

   
[1] Mind.

► Irritable mood.

   
[2] Sensorium.

► Vertigo during rest or motion, morning when rising.
► Heaviness in the whole head, with dulness, sleepiness and pain in
the back.

   
[5] Eyes.

► Violent burning of the eyes and photophobia, evening or
afternoon, better from walking in the open air, but returning in the
morning.
► Violent itching of the eyes in the evening.
► Itching at the inner canthi.
► Nightly agglutination of lids, burning in morning, photophobia
through the day, and frequent stitching pain in eyes.

   
[6] Ears.

► Ringing in left ear all the time.

   
[7] Nose.

► Violent chronic sneezing.
► Dryness of the right nostril.

   
[10] Teeth.

► Tearing in all the right molars.
► Sensation of coldness at the edge of the incisors.

   
[12] Mouth.

► Dryness of the mouth.

   
[13] Throat.

► Violent stitches in the right side of the throat.
► Pain as from soreness in the throat.
► Rawness and burning in throat, causing constant hawking.

   
[14] Desires and Aversions.

► Thirst after dinner, and especially evenings.

   
[15] Eating and Drinking.

► After eating : 17, 19.

   
[16] Nausea and Vomiting.

► Frequent violent empty eructations.
► Nausea preceding from stomach, when walking in open air.
► Nausea, inclination to vomit, accumulation of saliva in mouth.
► Frightful vomiting and purging, with fainting.

   
[17] Stomach.

► Empty feeling in the stomach and abdomen.
► Gnawing in the stomach.
► Constant sore pain in the stomach.
► Ulcerative pain in the stomach, passing off after eating.
► Acute stitches in the stomach.

   
[19] Abdomen.

► Pinching in abdomen immediately after eating.
► Frequent severe pinching in entire abdomen without urging ;
or, with diarrhśa and burning in anus, with relief of pain.
► Rumbling and rolling in the bowels.
► Inflation and tension of the abdomen, with pinching in the
umbilical region.

   
[20] Stool, etc.

► Profuse discharge of flatus, especially evening and
nights.
► Stools : watery, slimy, undigested, without smell ; with
pain in ileo-cścal region, which is sensitive to touch ; during
stool bearing down and colicky pain ; prolapsus ani and cold sweat on
the limbs ; copious, watery, yellow, or like curdled milk, of
offensive, sickening smell, expelled forcibly ; dark green mucus,
offensive and corrosive, discharged with a single somewhat prolonged
effort ; great relief after stool, as though an irritating substance
were removed from the bowels ; profuse, watery, with colic and
tenesmus ; diarrhśa, with burning pain and tenesmus ; bloody,
dysenteric.
► Hard, insufficient stool, with strong urging, pressing and
protrusion of the rectum.

   
[21] Urine.

► Stitches in the left kidney.
► Infrequent urination.

   
[23] Female Sexual Organs.

► Leucorrhśa.

   
[28] Lungs.

► Pressure in the middle of the chest.
► Pain in the chest as if it were all raw.

   
[30] Outer Chest.

► Repeated extremely painful stitches in the sternum.
► Weight on the chest, causing sleeplessness.

   
[31] Neck and Back.

► Repeated gnawing in the os coccygis.

   
[32] Upper Limbs.

► Pain in the shoulders.
► Stitching pains in the upper limbs, come on or are worse in
evenings.

   
[35] Position, etc.

► Rest : 2. Motion : 2.
Rising : 2. Walking in open air : 5,
16.
► The majority of symptoms come on while sitting, and pass off
during motion in the open air.

   
[37] Sleep.

► Sleepiness, great inclination to sleep.
► Sleep broken by anxious dreams.
► Anxious, vexatious dreams.

   
[38] Time.

► The conditions are especially apt to occur toward
evening or at night.
► Morning : 2, 5. Afternoon :
5. Evening : 5, 14,
20, 32, 46. Night :
5, 20, 46.

   
[40] Chill, Fever and Sweat.

► Violent chill, beginning in the back.
► Increased heat with anxiety.

   
[42] Sides.

► Right : 7, 10, 13.
Left : 6, 21.

   
[45] Contact, Injuries, etc.

► Touch : 20. Scratching : 46.

   
[46] Skin.

► Violent itching in various parts of the body, burning
after scratching, worse evenings and nights.
► After scratching, burning and ulcerative pain, with swelling and
redness of the parts, worse evening and night.
► Biting, like from ants, over the whole body, worse evening and
night.


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