Guaiacum
as William Boericke recorded it in Homoeopathic Materia Medica, 1927
Guaiacum officinale
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Mind
Forgetful; thoughtless; staring. Slow to comprehend.
General
Resin of Lignum Vitæ 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. Contraction of limbs, stiffness and immobility. Feeling that he must stretch.
Modalities
Worse, from motion, heat, cold wet weather; pressure, touch, from 6 pm to 4 am. Better, external pressure.
Head
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.
Eyes
Pupils dilated. Eyelids appear too short. Pimples around eyes.
Throat
Rheumatic sore throat with weak throat muscles. Throat dry, burns,
swollen, stitches toward ear. Acute tonsillitis. Syphilitic sore throat.
Stomach
Tongue furred. Desire for apples and other fruits. Aversion to milk. Burning in stomach. Constricted epigastric region.
Abdomen
Intestinal fermentation. Much wind in bowels. Diarrhœa, cholera infantum.
Urinary
Sharp stitches after urinating. Constant desire.
Female
Ovaritis in rheumatic patients, with irregular menstruation and dysmenorrhœa, and irritable bladder.
Respiratory
Feels suffocated. Dry, tight cough. Fetid breath after coughing. Pleuritic stitches. Chest pains in articulations of ribs, with shortness of breathing till expectoration sets in.
Back
Pain from head to neck. Aching in nape. Stiff neck and sore shoulders. Stitches between scapulæ to occiput. Contractive pain between scapulæ.
Extremities
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.
Relationships
Guaiacol (in the treatment of gonorrhœal epididymitis, 2 parts to 30 vaselin, locally). Antidote: Nux. Follow Sepia. Compare: Merc; Caust; Rhus; Mezer; Rhodod.
Dose
Tincture, to sixth attenuation.
What the other books say about Guaiacum
The same remedy read by a different author. They disagree, and the disagreements are where the remedy becomes recognisable.
- Guaiacum in Kent — Kent teaching a class, one remedy at a time — fewer remedies, far more on each.
- Guaiacum in Boger — A compressed key — the generals and the characteristic modalities, with very little narrative.
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Create a free accountCite this page. William Boericke. Homoeopathic Materia Medica. 9th edition (preface dated San Francisco, June 1927). Guaiacum — Mind. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/books/boericke/guaiacum. 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.