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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.
⭐ Key Symptoms — Give When You See
Tearing pain in the supra-orbital nerve with throbbing and watery eyes.
Boericke
Confusion in the back of the head with a feeling of intoxication.
Boericke
Tearing pains in the left hip, thigh, and knee.
Boericke
Nasal congestion requiring mouth breathing.
Boericke
Twitching of the right upper eyelid.
Boericke
🩺 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.
🔑 Modalities
↓Worse from
Rest
general symptoms
↑Better from
Movement
tearing pains in limbs
💊 Dosage & Potency
Tincture
Mother Tincture
🕒As directed
Primary Dosage
🌿 Remedy Relationships
🔄 Compare With
Melilotus Officinalis →Naphthalinum →Sabadilla →Anthoxanthum →AsperulaTrifolium →
📚 Sources & References

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