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Tonka Bean · Dipteryx Odorata · "The Trigeminal Neuralgia Tongo"

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🎯 It acts primarily on the nervous system to relieve neuralgic pains and respiratory spasms.

📖 Boericke writes:

Seeds of Coumarouna-a tree in Guiana

(TONGO - DIPTRIX ODORATA)

Useful in neuralgia; pertussis.

👤 Constitution

•The typical person needing this remedy may experience confusion, particularly in the back of the head, and a tendency toward drowsiness.

🩺 Systems & Indications

👤Head

Useful for neuralgic headaches with eye symptoms and nasal congestion.

Tearing pain in supra-orbital nerve, with heat and throbbing pain in head and epiphora.

Confused, especially the occiput, with somnolence and a sort of intoxication.

Trembling in right upper lid.

Coryza; nose stopped, must breathe through mouth.

💊 Dosage & Potency

Historical record, not a prescription. Boericke published this in 1927. It is not medical advice — consult a qualified practitioner before acting on it.

Summarised from the passage below — Boericke’s own wording is the record.

Tincture

Mother Tincture

Primary Dosage

🌿 Remedy Relationships

🔄 Compare With

Melilotus Officinalis →Naphthalinum →Sabadilla →AsperulaTrifolium →Anthoxanthum

Boericke's Materia Medica

In Boericke’s Repertory

About the repertory →

Tongo is listed in 9 rubrics across 5 chapters.

Locomotor System3 Nervous System2 Head2 Eyes1 Respiratory System1