Guaco
as William Boericke recorded it in Homoeopathic Materia Medica, 1927
Mikania
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General
Acts on nervous system and female organs. Antidote to bites of scorpions and serpents (Golondrina). Cholera. Bulbar paralysis. Syphilis. Cancer. Deafness- tongue heavy and difficult to move. Spinal irritation. Spinal symptoms most marked and verified. Beer drinkers threatened with apoplexy. Diarrhœa and dysentery with aching in sacrum and loins. Headache, red face. Heaviness and difficulty in moving tongue.
Modalities
Worse, from motion.
Throat
Larynx and trachea constricted; difficult deglutition. Tongue feels heavy, difficult to move.
Urinary
Increased, cloudy, phosphatic. Pain over region of bladder.
Female
Leucorrhœa copious, corroding, putrid, debilitating. Itching and smarting at night, as if fire were running out of parts.
Back
Pain between scapulæ, extending to forearm. Burning in nape of shoulders. Pain along spine; worse, bending. Weariness through hips and lumbar region.
Extremities
Pain in deltoid, shoulders, elbows, arms, and fingers. Pain about hip-joint. Legs heavy. Pain in ankle-joints and soles. Paralysis of lower extremities.
Relationships
Compare: Oxal ac; Lathyr; Caust.
Dose
Third to sixth potency.
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Create a free accountCite this page. William Boericke. Homoeopathic Materia Medica. 9th edition (preface dated San Francisco, June 1927). Guaco — General. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/books/boericke/guaco. Published 1927: public domain in the US (since 2023) and in India (author died 1929). Reproduced as the author wrote it; a historical reference for students and practitioners, not medical advice.