Guaiacum
as Cyrus Maxwell Boger recorded it in A Synoptic Key of the Materia Medica, 1931
Guaiacum officinale
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Keynotes
expectoration, sweats, etc. Impending suppuration, quinsy, old bronchitis, etc. Burning heat; in affected parts. Gnawing or sticking pains; < chest. Muscles seem too short; eye-lids, back, thigh, etc.; sore. Growing pains. Contraction; between scapulæ; palmar; distorting. Fixed, short tendons. Nodes. .................... Forgetful. Pain from head into neck. Eye-balls seem too big for lids. Ex-ophthalmos. Throat; burning; dry; painful to touch; tonsilitis (r), recurrent (Phyt.), then rheumatism. Averse to milk. Stoppage in epigastrium causes cough, dyspnœa, etc. Dry cough, with hot face and burning fever. Sticking in apex of (l) lung. Phthisis. Recurrent pleurisy. Aching, sore neck; one side stiff. Tense, short thigh muscles. Arthritis deformans. Yawning and stretching. Wakes as if falling. Sweats, profuse; on single parts, face, etc. Night-sweats.
Worse
HEAT. Touch. Motion. Exertion. Rapid growth. Mercury.
Better
Cold (locally). Apples. Rigid, painfully swelled joints. Arthritic symptoms. FREE, FOUL SECRETIONS,
Region
Secretions: Glands. TONSILS. Ovaries. Skin. Fibrous tissue: Ligaments. Joints. Chest.
Relationships
Related: Fer. Kali-bi. Kre. Pho-ac. Phyt.
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 Boericke — The concise clinical Materia Medica that most Indian colleges teach from, in full.
- Guaiacum in Kent — Kent teaching a class, one remedy at a time — fewer remedies, far more on each.
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Create a free accountCite this page. Cyrus Maxwell Boger. A Synoptic Key of the Materia Medica. 1931. Guaiacum — Keynotes. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/books/boger/guaiacum. Author died 1935: public domain in India. The catalogue records 1931; a 1931 edition is public domain in the US from 1 Jan 2027 at the latest — the edition this transcription follows is not stated in the file. Reproduced as the author wrote it; a historical reference for students and practitioners, not medical advice.