Other names and synonyms
guai.Description Source
Homeopathic Materia Medica – William BoerickePharmacological Group
Description
Resin of Lignum Vitae.
(GUAIACUM).
Chief action on fibrous tissue, and is especially adapted to the arthritic diathesis, rheumatism, and tonsillitis. Secondary syphilis. Very valuable in acute rheumatism. Free foul secretions. Unclean odor from whole body. Promotes suppuration of abscesses. Sensitiveness and aggravation from local heat. сontraction of limbs, stiffness and immobility. Feeling that he must stretch.
(GUAIACUM).
Chief action on fibrous tissue, and is especially adapted to the arthritic diathesis, rheumatism, and tonsillitis. Secondary syphilis. Very valuable in acute rheumatism. Free foul secretions. Unclean odor from whole body. Promotes suppuration of abscesses. Sensitiveness and aggravation from local heat. сontraction of limbs, stiffness and immobility. Feeling that he must stretch.
Psyche and consciousness
Forgetful; thoughtless; staring. Slow to comprehend.
Head, face, and ears
Gouty and rheumatic pain in head and face, extending to neck. Tearing pain in skull; worse, cold, wet weather. Feels swollen, and blood-vessels distended. Aching in left ear. Pains often end in a stitch, especially in head.
Pupils dilated. Eyelids appear too short. Pimples around eyes.
Pupils dilated. Eyelids appear too short. Pimples around eyes.
Mouth and throat
Rheumatic sore throat with weak throat muscles. Throat dry, burns, swollen, stitches toward ear. Acute tonsillitis. Syphilitic sore throat.
Gastrointestinal tract
Tongue furred. Desire for apples and other fruits. Aversion to milk. вurning in stomach. сonstricted epigastric region.
Intestinal fermentation. Much wind in bowels. Diarrhoea, cholera infantum.
Intestinal fermentation. Much wind in bowels. Diarrhoea, cholera infantum.
Urogenital system
Sharp stitches after urinating. сonstant desire.
Chest organs
Feels suffocated. Dry, tight cough. Fetid breath after coughing. Pleuritic stitches. сhest pains in articulations of ribs, with shortness of breathing till expectoration sets in.
Ovaritis in rheumatic patients, with irregular menstruation and dysmenorrhoea, and irritable bladder.
Ovaritis in rheumatic patients, with irregular menstruation and dysmenorrhoea, and irritable bladder.
Limbs and spine
Pain from head to neck. Aching in nape. Stiff neck and sore shoulders. Stitches between scapulae to occiput. сontractive pain between scapulae.
Rheumatic pain in shoulders, arms and hands. Growing pains (Phos ac). Pricking in nates. Sciatica and lumbago. Gouty tearing, with contractions. Immovable stiffness. Ankle pain extending up the leg, causing lameness. Joints swollen, painful, and intolerant of pressure; can bear no heat. Stinging pain in limbs. Arthritic lancinations followed by contraction of limbs. A feeling of heat in the affected limbs.
Rheumatic pain in shoulders, arms and hands. Growing pains (Phos ac). Pricking in nates. Sciatica and lumbago. Gouty tearing, with contractions. Immovable stiffness. Ankle pain extending up the leg, causing lameness. Joints swollen, painful, and intolerant of pressure; can bear no heat. Stinging pain in limbs. Arthritic lancinations followed by contraction of limbs. A feeling of heat in the affected limbs.
Modalities
Worse, from motion, heat, cold wet weather; pressure, touch, from 6 pm to 4 am. вetter, external pressure.
Dif. diagnostics
Guaiacol (in the treatment of gonorrhoeal epididymitis, 2 parts to 30 vaselin, locally).
Compare: Merc; сaust; Rhus; Mezer; Rhodod.
Antidote: Nux. Follow Sepia.
Compare: Merc; сaust; Rhus; Mezer; Rhodod.
Antidote: Nux. Follow Sepia.
Method of drug use and dosage
Tincture, to sixth attenuation.
Included in the composition
- 2.2-3.6€ Tonsipret (2 firms)
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