Commocladia dentata

Guao. Anacardiacese. A very common tree in the island of Cuba, where it is found growing near the coast, hixuriating mostly on barren or stony soHs. It is from six to eight feet high, having beautiful dark green leaves, with a brownish border. The flowers are small, bluish-brown, and clustered like grapes. The trunk and branches contain a milky flui'd that turns black on exposure to sunlight, discoloring the skin, linen, etc. A suspicion is entertained that death results from sleeping in its shade. — Horn. Pharviacopceia. Clinical Authorities. — Catarrhal ophthalmia, Hyde, Retrospect, 1876, p. 8 ; Swelling of face, ear of same side involved, Navarro, Hale's Symp , p. 240 ; Toothache from caries, Hyde, A. O., v. 13, p. 601 ; Retrospect, 1876, p. 8; Neuralgic pains in costal region, Hyde, A. O., v. 13, p. 602 ; Retrospect, 1876, p. 8 ; Sloughing ulcer of r. breast, Navarro, Hale's Symp., p. 241 ; Inflammation of I. leg and foot, Navarro, Hale's Symp., p. 241 ; Indolent ulcer on leg, Navarro, Hale's Symp., p. 241 ; Rheumatic pains, Hyde, Retrospect, 1876, p. 8 ; Leprosy, Hale's Th., p. 205.

This arrangement includes the principal symptoms of J. Hyde's excellent proving published in A. O., v. 13, p. 593, 1876, not out in time for v. 3 of the Encyclopedia.

Sensorium

Dizziness and heaviness of head, with shooting pains, > from motion.

Giddiness on rising from bed; everything looks dark; motion > all pains in head, < from heat.

Inner Head

Dull aching in forehead.

Shooting pains through 1. temple.

│ Severe pain at intervals from posterior portion of eyeballs to occipital protuberance.

Head < near warm stove, and when stooping it is almost impossible to hold the h®ad down, > in open air.

Outer Head

Corrosive itching of head, with shooting pains, > by movement.

Sight and Eyes

On rising from bed, everything looks dark.

▌ Face most dreadfully swollen, eyes project far out of sockets, can see but a faint glimmer of light with left.

Sees from r. eye a red ring around light of lamp, which disappears on closing eye.

▌ Eyes feel very heavy, larger than usual, painful and pressing out of head, as if something was pressing on top of eyeballs, moving then downward and outward.

Aching soreness of eyeballs, which feel heavy and too large.

▌▌ Right eye very painful, feeling much larger and more protruded than left.

▌ Right eyeball very sore, < on moving eye.

Severe pains through eyeballs, extending to occiput.

▌ Eyeballs feel < on moving them.

▌ Catarrhal ophthalmia.

Erysipelatous inflammation of tissues in and around eye.

▌ Ciliary neuralgia from asthenopia and chronic iritis.

▌ Eyes more painful near warm stove, with profuse lachrymation.

Hearing and Ears p. 394

Heat and fulness in interior of r. ear.

▌ Left ear all cracked and desquamating a substance like powdered starch.

Smell and Nose p. 394

Intolerable itching of nose.

Upper Face p. 394

Burning on face and eyes, < towards evening.

▌ Painful burning on face, particularly about eyes.

Excessive swelling of face, with tormenting itching and swelling.

Heat and sense of fulness in face over superior maxillary bone, and sensation as of a pimple over r. antrum.

▌ Left side of face swollen; 1. ear all cracked and desquamating a substance like powdered starch.

▌ Very great swelling of face.

Lower Face p. 394

Lower lip blistered and swollen.

Teeth and Gums p. 394

Sensation as if molar teeth on r. side were loose.

Sensation as if tooth was drawing out of its socket.

Aching pains in teeth.

▌ Second molar tooth r. side carious; pain commences in it at 4.30 to 5 p.m. ; at times shoots down in line with larynx, leaving sore track ; pain < in bed, > from external warmth and pressure.

Pains in teeth > by pressure.

When toothache stops, head feels large.

Inflammation of gums of lower jaw.

Taste and Tongue p. 394

Tongue coated dirty yellow.

Inner Mouth p. 394

Mouth dry.

Hearing and Ears p. 394

Sour eructations two hours after eating.

Sickness of stomach.

Stomach p. 394

Pressure and heaviness in region of stomach.

Abdomen p. 394

Abdomen feels swollen.

Dull pain, gurgling and uneasiness in intestines in hypogastric region, with emission of odorless flatus.

Acute sore pains extending across abdomen above umbilicus, affecting the breathing.

Dull pain in abdomen, clothes too tight.

A pale red flush, as if an eruption would make its appearance across abdomen.

Stool and Rectum p. 395

Severe flatulent pain in abdomen, preceding and during a diarrhoeic stool ; followed by a feeling of weakness and perspiration on face and neck.

Male Sexual Organs p. 395

Intense itching on lower part of penis, also on inner side of prepuce.

Continued tingling, itching of scrotum during night.

Respiration p. 395

Oppression of breathing.

Oppression of breath on account of sharp pains in 1. side.

Cough p. 395

Spasmodic dry cough at night, with tickling in throat and constant dull pain under 1. nipple, extending through to 1. scapula.

Rheumatic and pleurodynic pain in chest.

Titillating cough ; hacking cough in daytime.

Inner Chest and Lungs p. 395

Cannot draw a long breath on account of sharp pain felt at centre of thorax on 1. side.

Soreness in 1. lung, such as is felt during convalescence from pneumonia.

Rheumatic and pleurodynic pains in chest; pain under 1. nipple through to 1. scapula.

Constant pain across chest.

Outer Chest p. 395

Drawing in r. anterior wall of chest.

Drawing, cramping in r. anterior of chest and axilla, extending down arm to fingers, jerking of little finger.

Acute sharp pains in 1. mammary gland, about one inch above nipple and leaves a burning sensation; it goes to r. side and down r. arm.

Intermitting, throbbing, pressing pain in costal cartilage of fifth rib, r. side, leaving a burning, raw sensation, < during rest.

▌ Sloughing ulcer on r. breast.

Neck and Back p. 395

On moving head, sense of fulness, rigidity and lameness of muscles of neck.

Rheumatic pains and stitches in back; stitches leave a burning.

Upper Limbs p. 395

Sharp pain through r. shoulder to scapula.

Painful burning on arms.

Crampy sensation in muscles of r. upper arm.

Numb, tensive pain in forearm, and rheumatic stiffness of shoulders and elbow-joints.

Drawing, aching in forearm.

Drawing, cramping in fingers.

Frequent rheumatic pains in hands, arms and legs.

Vesicular eruption on arms and hands.

Intermittent, pressing outward pain in 1. sacro-iliac articulation, sensitive to pressure, > by walking, but feels lame and sore.

Pulsating pain in neck of r. femur and in r. thigh.

Severe pains in both knees; pressing down to feet on inside of legs.

Drawing in r. knee, extending into anterior muscles of thigh.

Drawing, cramping in hollow of r. foot, passing along outer border of gastrocnemius muscle to knee, then in tibia, where it becomes a numb aching, then in tarsus, where it becomes a drawing-aching, as if foot would cramp.

Lameness and loss of strength in 1. ankle.

Crampy lameness in r. leg, above instep, > by walking.

▌ Inflammation of 1. leg and foot, with violent fever; the swelling increased enormously when the pain subsided ; the skin became white and covered with thin scales, cracked and discharged a sanious fluid.

Vesicular eruption on legs changing to pustules, and sometimes to deep, unhealthy ulcers.

▌ Indolent ulcer of six years standing, on lower third of r. leg, near external malleolus, of irregular shape and hard edges ; the ulcer was deep and discharged a sanious, fetid pus.

Herpes on legs.

Limbs in General p. 396

Lame, aching pain in r. upper arm ; in r. knee.

Rest. Position. Motion p. 396

Rest: pain in costal cartilage of fifth rib <; rheumatic pains and swellings <.

In bed: pain in second molar of r. side <.

Motion : dizziness and heaviness of head, with shooting pains > ; all pains in head > ; rheumatic pains and swellings > by continued.

On moving head : sense of fulness, rigidity and lameness of muscles of neck.

On moving eyes: r. eyeball very sore; eyeballs <.

On rising from bed : giddiness ; everything looks dark.

Stooping : almost impossible to hold head down.

Walking: intermittent, pressing outward pain in 1. sacroiliac articulation > ; crampy lameness in r. leg above instep >.

Sleep p. 396

Dreamy, refreshing sleep, with pleasant dreams, almost clairvoyant.

Time p. 396

During day: hacking cough.

4.30 to 5 P.M. : pain commences in second molar tooth of r. side.

Towards evening: burning on face and eyes <.

Night: continued tingling, itching of scrotum during; spasmodic dry cough with tickling in throat and constant dull pain under 1. nipple extending through to 1. scapula.

Temperature and Weather p. 396

Heat : < pains in head.

Warm stove : head < ; eyes more painful.

Warmth: pain in second molar of r. side > by external.

Open air: head >.

Fever p. 397

Violent fever. θ Inflammation of 1. leg and foot.

Sense of weakness, with heat and perspiration of face and neck.

Attacks, Periodicity p. 397

Frequent : rheumatic pains in hands, arms and legs.

Constant: pressure and heaviness in region of stomach; dull pain under 1. nipple, extending to 1. scapula; pain across chest.

Of six years standing: indolent ulcer on r. leg, near external malleolus.

Locality and Direction p. 397

Right: sees a red ring around light of lamp; eye very painful, feeling much larger and more protruded than L; eyeball very sore; heat and fulness in interior of ear; as of a pimple over antrum; as if molar teeth were loose; second molar tooth carious; drawing in anterior wall of chest; drawing-cramping in anterior of chest and axilla, extending down arm to fingers, jerking of little finger; intermitting, throbbing, pressing pain in costal cartilage of fifth rib, leaving a burning, raw sensation ; sloughing ulcer on breast; sharp pain through shoulder to scapula; crampy sensation in muscles of upper arm; pulsating pain in neck of femur and thigh ; drawing in knee, extending into anterior muscles of thigh; drawing-cramping in hollow of foot passing along outer border of gastrocnemius muscle to knee, then in tibia, where it becomes a numb aching, then in tarsus, where it becomes a drawing aching, as if foot would cramp ; crampy lameness in leg above instep; indolent ulcer on lower third of leg near external malleolus ; lame, aching pain in upper arm, in knee.

Left: shooting pains through temple; can see but a faint glimmer of light with eye; ear cracked and desquamating a substance like powdered starch ; side of face swollen; sharp pains in side oppressing breathing; constant dull pain under nipple extending through to scapula; sharp pain at centre of thorax on side; soreness in lung; acute sharp pain in mammary gland about one inch above nipple and leaves a burning sensation, it goes to r. side and down r. arm ; intermittent, pressing outward pain in sacro-iliac articulation; lameness and loss of strength in ankle; inflammation of leg and foot, skin white and covered with scales, cracked and discharging a sanious fluid.

Sensations p. 397

As if eyes were larger than usual; as if something were pressing on top of eyeballs, moving them downward and outward; as if eyeballs were too large; as if r. eyeball was much larger and more protruded than L; as of a pimple over r. antrum; as if molar teeth on r. side were loose; as if tooth was drawing out of socket; as if head was large, after toothache; as if abdomen was swollen ; as if foot would cramp.

Pain: at intervals from posterior portion of eyeballs to occipital protuberance; in eyes; in second molar tooth of r. side, shoots down in line with larynx, leaving sore track ; in teeth ; dull, in intestines and hypogastric region; dull, in abdomen; sharp, in 1. side, oppressing breathing; dull, under 1. nipple extending through to 1. scapula; sharp, in centre of thorax on 1. side; acute, sharp, in 1. mammary gland about one inch above nipple, and leaves a burning sensation, it goes to r. side and down r. arm; sharp, through r. shoulder to scapula; severe, in both knees.

Stitches: in back, leaving a burning.

Shooting pains: in head; through 1. temple.

Drawing : in r. anterior wall of chest and axilla, extending down arm to fingers; in forearm; in fingers; in r. knee, extending into anterior muscles of thigh ; in hollow of r. foot, passing along outer border of gastrocnemius muscle to knee, then in tibia, then in tarsus.

Throbbing pain : in costal cartilage of fifth rib, r. side, leaving a burning, raw sensation.

Burning: on face and eyes ; painful, on face and arms, and particularly about eyes ; about one inch above 1. nipple ; in costal cartilage of fifth rib, r. side; in back; painful, on arms ; over whole body.

Numb, tensive pain of forearm and rheumatic stiffness of shoulders and elbow-joints.

Pressing pain : in costal cartilage of fifth rib, r. side, leaving a burning, raw sensation.

Cramping: in r. anterior of chest and axilla, extending down arm to fingers; in muscles of r. upper arm; in fingers; in hollow of r. foot passing along outer border of gastrocnemius muscle to knee, then in tibia, then in tarsus.

Acute sore pains : extending across abdomen above umbilicus, aff"eating breathing.

Aching soreness: of eyeballs.

Soreness: of r. eyeball; in 1. lung.

Rheumatic pains: in chest; in back; in hands, arms and legs.

Pleurodynic pains : in chest.

Aching: dull, in forehead; in teeth; in forearm; numb, in tibia; in tarsus; in r. upper arm; in r. knee.

Pressure: constant, in region of stomach.

Pressing down to feet on inside of legs.

Intermittent, pressing outward pain in 1. sacro-iliac articulation, > by walking, but feels lame and sore.

Crampy lameness in r. leg above instep.

Lameness: in 1. ankle; in r. upper arm; in r. knee.

Pulsating pain: in neck of r. femur and thigh.

Raw sensation: in costal cartilage of fifth rib, r. side.

Tingling: of scrotum.

Heaviness: of head; of eyes; of eyeballs; in region of stomach.

Fulness: in interior of r. ear; in face over superior maxillary bone; of head on moving head.

Itching: corrosive, of head; intolerable, of nose; excessive swelling of face with tormenting ; intense, on lower part of penis, also on inner side of prepuce; of scrotum; tormenting, over whole body.

Tickling : in throat.

Heat: in interior of r. ear; in face over superior maxillary bone.

Tissues p. 399

Rheumatic pains and swellings, < by rest, > by continued motion.

Affects the skin in a marked degree.

Cough p. 399

Pressure : > pain in second molar of r. side ; pains in teeth > ; pressing outward pain in 1. sacro-iliac articulation, sensitive to.

Skin p. 399

Tormenting itching and burning over whole body.

Painful burning on face and arms; face enormously swollen.

Violent itching-burning, redness and erysipelatous swelling of face, hands and other parts of body, followed by yellow vesication and desquamation of cuticle.

▌ Red color all over body, resembling scarlet fever.

. I Skin white and covered with shiny scales; cracked and discharged sanious fluid. θ Inflammation leg and foot.

▌ Inflammation of the part, with deep, hard edged ulcers, which discharge a thick, purulent, greenish-yellow matter, having a very peculiar, fetid smell, parts becoming in appearance similar to a piece of raw, decayed meat, while surrounding skin is covered with small shining scales.

││ Malignant erysipelas; herpes; zona; leprosy.

Stages of Life, Constitution p. 399

Miss H., set. 17, a student, dark, thin hair, blue eyes, fair complexion, mixed temperament; toothache.

Mrs. C, set. 25, mother of one child, auburn hair, fair complexion, blue eyes, nerve-sanguine temperament; neuralgic pains in costal region, r. side.

Lady, £et. 38, sloughing ulcer of breast.

Relations p. 399

Compare: Anac, RJius tox., Rhus rad., Rhus ven.