Comocladia dentata
Remedy for eye and skin conditions. Ciliary neuralgia with eyes feeling too large. Skin eruptions resembling poison ivy. Erysipelas. Worse from warmth and in bed. Red, swollen, itching skin.
Source
Tincture of the leaves of Comocladia dentata (Anacardiaceae).
Available Potencies
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Keynote Symptoms
Eyes feel too large, as if pressed outward. Ciliary neuralgia worse from warmth. Skin burning, red, swollen, itching, resembling Rhus tox eruptions. Worse from warmth and in bed. Burning all over body. Right eye symptoms predominate.
Mind & Emotional Symptoms
Dullness. Difficulty concentrating. Irritable.
General Symptoms
Affects eyes and skin prominently. Burning, inflammatory conditions. Vesicular and erysipelatous eruptions. Worse from warmth. Similar to Rhus tox in many respects but worse from warmth rather than better. Right-sided tendency.
Physical Symptoms
Eyes
Feeling of eyes too large, being pushed out. Ciliary neuralgia, right eye. Pain worse from warmth. Lacrimation. Congested conjunctiva.
Head
Pressing-out headache. Frontal headache worse from warmth.
Abdomen
Fullness in liver region. Right hypochondrium tender.
Skin
Red, swollen, itching skin. Vesicular eruptions like poison ivy. Erysipelas. Burning everywhere. Blistering. Dermatitis.
Modalities
Better From
Open air. Scratching. Cold applications.
Worse From
Warmth. Bed. Heat of sun. Touch. Rest. Night.
Constitutional Type
Not strongly constitutional. Used in acute inflammatory skin conditions and ciliary neuralgias.
Clinical Indications
Ciliary neuralgia. Dermatitis. Erysipelas. Vesicular eruptions. Eye inflammation. Glaucoma (adjunctive).
Comparative Materia Medica
Compare Rhus toxicodendron (similar vesicular eruptions but better from warmth), Apis (burning and swelling but with stinging), Euphorbium (burning skin worse from touch). Comocladia resembles Rhus tox but has the opposite modality — worse from warmth.
Safety Information
No well-established antidotes. Compare Rhus tox as complementary.
Comocladia dentata (guao) is a potent contact irritant of the Anacardiaceae family. Its sap causes severe vesicular dermatitis similar to poison ivy. Mother tincture must be handled very carefully.
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