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Gambogia

(Garcinia morella · Gamboge resin)

A remedy of sudden, gushing bowels. In the materia medica, Gambogia is associated with loose stools that are expelled all at once, with rumbling beforehand and burning afterward.

Digestion

Source

Gamboge, the gum resin of the Garcinia morella tree

Kingdom

Plant

Abbreviation

Gamb.

Home acute kit

Usually prescribed by a homeopath

The classic picture

(a remedy is chosen when the whole picture fits the person, not from a single symptom)

Sudden, forceful loose stools, often after much rumbling and gurgling

Burning and straining at the anus after a bowel movement

Watery loose stools in hot weather, especially in older people

Bloating with gas; stomach pain after eating

Tends to feel better

After a bowel movement

Tends to feel worse

Evening

Night

Hot weather

How it compares

(remedies that are often confused with Gambogia)

  • Podophyllum

    (Podophyllum peltatum)

    Podophyllum's gushing stools tend to come in the early morning and leave a weak, empty feeling.

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  • Aloe socotrina

    (Aloe socotrina)

    Aloe has sudden urgency with insecurity of the rectum; Gambogia's relief comes after the forceful stool.

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From the classic texts

“Rumbling and rolling. … Diarrhoea, with sudden and forcible ejection of bilious stools. Tenesmus after, with burning at anus.”

William Boericke, Pocket Manual of Homoeopathic Materia Medica (1901)

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