Guaiacum

Gwm Resin of Lignum Vitse. Zygophillese.

A large tree growing in the West Indies. The tincture is prepared from the resin.

Introduced by Hahnemann (Chr. Kranklieiten) and proved by himself, Hart- mann, Langhammer, Teuthorn, etc.

Clinical Authorities Neuralgia, Eiick. Kl. Erf, vol. 5, p. 88 ;

Sharp, Riick. Kl. Erf., vol. 5, p. 186 ; Diphtheria, Couch, B.

J. H., vol. 23, p. 513 ; Affec- tion of stomach, Eiick. Th., p. 120;

Ovaritis, Terry, Laird, Trans. Hom. Med. Soc, N.

Y., 1884, p. 100; Dysmenorrhoea, amenorrhoea, Laird, Trans. Hom. Med.

Soc, N. Y., 1884, p. 100; Pleuritic stitches in chest, Miiller, Eaue's Eec, 1871, p. 102; Pleuritic stitches, Haines, Organon, vol. 2, p. 233 ;

Sciatica, lumbago, Laird, Trans. Hom. Med, Soc, N. Y., 1884, p. 102;

Rheumatism, Kippax, Organon, vol. 3, p_ 96; Laird, Trans. Hom. Med.

Soc, N. Y., 1884, p. 102; Gouty abscesses, Verwey, Eiick. Kl.

Erf., vol. 5, pp. 899, 926.

^ Mind. I I Weakness of memory ; excessive forgetfulness, es- pecially of names.

I Thoughtless staring; during the morning.

I Disinclination to labor.

I Very sad and depressed. ^Consumption.

Fretful ; obstinate. ^ Sensorium. I Dizziness on rising. ^ Inner Head. ' i Headache across forehead.

Drawing and lacerating in occiput and forehead.

Headache at night, like a pressure in brain, from below upward.

I I Violent, sharp stitches in brain.

Sensation as if brain were detached and loose.

1 Megrim.

I Rheumatic pains in one side of head, extending to face.

■ Attacks of gout in head.

* Outer Head, i Neuralgia of 1. side of head and face, extend- ing to neck. I I Lacerating in wdiole 1. side of head.

■ External headache, with sensation as if blood-vessels were

overfilled; extends to face and neck. 6'Neuralgia. iPulsative throbbing in outer parts of head, with stitches in temples; removed for a short time by external press- ure and by walking, < by sitting and standing.

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I Perspiration, principally on head and forehead (when walking in open air).

■ Tearing pains in skull.

^ Sight and Eyes, i Dilated pupils.

■ Swelling of eyes.

llSensation of swelling and protrusion of eyes; eyelids

appear too short to cover them. I I Hard pimples around eyes.

* Hearing and Ears, l Painful dragging and tearing in 1.

ear. ^Otalgia. I I Spasmodic earache. "^ Smell and Nose. Pains in bones of nose. Pains from head to nose. Nose swollen. Fluent coryza.

* Upper Face, l Heat in face, especially in evening.

■ Face: red and j)ainfully swollen; gets spotted, eyes, nose,

cheeks swell; looks old.

■ Lancinating painful stitches in r. malar bone and cheek.

■ Severe neuralgia 1. side of face, head and nape of neck;

paroxysms appear every day at 6 p.m., and last till 4 a.m. ^ Lower Face. sDull ache in 1. side of jaw. ^^ Teeth and Gums, l Toothache when biting jaws together.

■ Tearing in teeth, ending with stitches. "Taste and Tongue. ■Food does not taste right.

■ Tongue thickly furred; thick, white fur.

■ Tongue brown, much furred. ^Consumption. ^^ Inner Mouth. Inflammation of mouth.

13 Throat. ■Violent burning in throat.

I I Threatened tonsillitis; cjuinsy; diphtheria. ^* Appetite, Thirst. Desires, Aversions. ■Violent hunger, afternoon and evening.

I I No appetite.

■ Much thirst.' ^Consumption.

■ Desire for apples, which > gastric symptoms.

■ Aversion to milk.

■ Aversion to food, could not eat anything. ^Consumption. ^^ Eating and Drinking, i i After eating without appetite,

she gets sick. ^^ Hiccough, Belching, Nausea and Vomiting, i i Frequent empty eructations. I I Nausea from sensation of phlegm in throat.

■ Every morning vomits a mass of watery phlegm with

great exertion, followed by great exhaustion. ^Con- sumption. ^^ Scrobiculum and Stomach, i i Burning in stomach and abdomen. I I Cramps and pains in stomach.

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I Every Summer for many years recurrence of affection of stomach, which at times becomes very severe, vomiting of blood occurring. ^^ Hypochondria. ■ Constrictive sensation in epigastric region^

with anguish and difficult breathing. ^^ Abdomen. I Great accumulation of wind in whole abdo- men; pinching in abdomen from incarcerated flatulence,, receding towards rectum until emitted. I I Twitches in abdominal muscles. I Inguinal hernia. ■° Stool "and Rectum. ■ Diarrhoea commencing in morning; skin dry; chill5^ Thin mucous stool.

I I Soft stool, in pieces,

I I Cholera infantum, emaciation; face like that of an old person.

I Costive; stool hard, crumbling; very offensive. '^ Urinary Organs, l Continuous urging even after urination,, with profuse, fetid urine. I Stitches in neck of bladder after ineffectual pressure to

urinate. ■ Cutting in urethra while urinating, as from something biting passing. ^ Male Sexual Organs. l l Nocturnal emissions without dreams. I I Gonorrhoea-like discharge. Female Sexual Organs. iSubacute and chronic ovaritis, especially in rheumatic women. lAmenorrhoea.

I I ^lembranous dysmenorrhoea.

sets in. I Dry cough, > by detaching and raising a little mucus;

rheumatic patients. I Cough with copious spitting of phlegm, and later of

stinking pus; coughing up blood. ^Consumption. iSputa and all excretions had such a horrible odor that.

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the relatives could hardly come into the sick room. ^Consumption. ^ Inner Chest and Lungs, i Intense pain in upper part of chest, from motion of head ; expectoration of fetid pus.

■ Continued stitches, finally terminating in one, close below

r. scapula; they seem to come from middle of r. half of chest, and are < by an inspiration.

■ Pleuritic stitches; 1. side, < from breathing deeply.

■ Severe pleuritic stitches of phthisis, especially when in

region of third or fourth rib, 1. side. ■Pseudo-pleuritic pains; frequently attending tuberculosis pulmonum in stage of softening and suppuration ; in- tense pain in upper part of chest, from motion of head;, expectoration of fetid pus.

■ Chronic pulmonary catarrh, even simulating phthisis,

beginning as a metastasis, or extension of rheumatism or gout to fibrous portion of bronchial mucous mem- brane, with expectoration of blood and fetid pus.

^^ Heart, Pulse and Circulation. ■ Palpitation.

i Pulse soft, small and very frequent. ^Consumption.

^•^ Outer Chest. After riding in open car, rheumatic stiffness of 1. side of neck and shoulders, and pleuritic stitches in chest and between scapulae, < by each inspiration;, sharp stitches from scapulae to occiput.

■ Sharp, stitching pains from third rib up on either side. ^^ Neck and Back. ■Pain from head to neck.

■ Frequent stitches on 1. side of nape, extending from

scapula to occiput.

■ Aching in nape of neck, right and left of vertebrse.

■ Stiff neck due to cold, muscles of shoulders and spine

affected.

■ Excessive stiffness of one side of neck, from neck extend-

ing to small of back, < when moving.

■ ■Contractive pain between scapulae.

■ Rheumatic stiffness of whole 1. side of back, from nape

down to sacrum, with intolerable pain on slightest mo- tion, not noticed on touch or during rest.

■ Stitches in 1. side below true ribs, rather towards the back. I 1 Chilliness in back in afternoon.

I I Shuddering and feverish chill in back. I i Corrosive itching on back (by day). ^^ Upper Limbs. ■Sharp stitches in top of r. shoulder.

■ Rheumatic pains in 1. arm, from shoulder or elbow to

wrist.

■ Painful drawing and lacerating in arm.

■ Lancinating rheumatic pains from elbow to wrist, 1. arm.

■ Rheumatic pains in 1. wrist-joint.

■ Pains first in knuckles, then in whole hand.

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I Hands hot. iStitches in r. thumb. ^' Lower Limbs, l Pricking in nates, as if sitting on needles.

■ Tension in thighs, especially r., as if muscles were too

short, with languor when walking; < from touch, > when sitting.

■ Sciatica and lumbago.

• Itching, pressing and crawling pains in thighs when seated.

■ Pains begin in middle of thigh or leg and extend to knee.

■ Tearing, drawing lancinations in leg, from r. tarsus to

knee.

■ Pains in bones of legs, the limbs feeling as if swelled. I I Exhaustion in lower limbs.

■ Gouty inflammation and abscess at knee, repeated after a

fall, with violent pain and loss of sleep.

■ Darting pains, apparently of a rheumatic neuralgic char-

acter, extend from feet to knees.

■ Osteomalacea of tibia and of tarsus, even slightest touch

< the pain. ^Consumption.

■ Spongoid state of tibia.

I I The whole 1. leg is cramped.

■ Right leg swollen and contracted, stiff, immovable, drawn

close to thigh. ^Consumption.

■ Violent stitches from outside of r. calf down to ankle.

^Consumption. ^ Limbs in General, ■Tearing and stinging in limbs.

■Tearing, pricking pains in muscles of extremities, with heat of parts.

■ Gouty tearing and stitching in limbs, with contractions

of affected parts.

■ Stinging pains in limbs, < from least motion.

■ Arthritic lancinations, followed by contraction of limbs.

■ Feeling of heat in painful limbs; rheumatic cases.

■ Pain in foot became more violent every day, painful parts

got hot, pain extended gradually to thigh, arms down to fingers and to side of head, and raged so that the patient for some weeks lamented and screamed day and night on account of tearing and shooting pains; entirely sleep- less. 6'Consumption.

■ Pain as from fatigue and weakness in arms and thighs,

with dread of motion. I I Pains after abuse of mercury.

■ The limbs go to sleep.

■ Immoval)le stiffness of contracted limbs.

■ Has lain for six weeks exactly in same spot, for she can-

not bear slightest exertion without increasing her pains.

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Lying on back : nightmare.

Motion: of head, intense pain in upper part of chest ; stiff- ness of neck < ; intolerable pain from slightest motion ;

languor. ^^ Nerves. lExhaustion, as after great exertion, especially in

by heat, most in face, towards evening, without thirst. I Chilliness internally, even near w^arm stove, principally

in afternoon and evening. ■ Burning fever, face spotted; eyes, nose and cheeks swol- len; tight, dry cough. I Heat in painful limbs.

iSkin hot, especially on hands. ^Consumption. Sweat, mostly on head and forehead, also wdien walking

and vice versa. *^ Attacks, Periodicity. Every morning: vomits a mass of

watery phlegm with great exertion. Every day at 6 p.m. : neuralgia till 4 a.m.

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Every day : pain in foot more violent.

Every Summer for many years: recurrence of affection of the stomach. ^ Locality and Direction. Right: lancinating stitches in malar bone; stitch below scapulae ; stitches come from middle of half of chest ; sharp stitches in top of shoulder ; stitches in thumb; tension in thigh; lancinations in leg from tarsus to knee; leg swollen, contracted, stiff, immovable; drawn close to thigh ; violent stitches from outside of calf to ankle.

Left: neuralgia of side of head; lacerating in whole side of head; dragging and tearing in ear; neuralgia on side of face; dull ache in side of jaw; pleuritic stitches; stiff- ness of neck; frequent stitches on side of nape; rheu- matic stiffness of side of back ; stitches in side, below true ribs; rheumatic jjains in arm; rheumatic pains in wrist-joint; leg cramped.

From above downward : stiffness from neck to back ; rheu- matic pain in limbs.

From below upward: headache; pain from tarsus to knee; pains in knuckles, then in hand. *^ Sensations. ' Pressi ve, drawing, tearing pains ; often ending in a stitch, especiall}^ the head-pains.

Like a pressure in brain; sensation as if brain were de- tached and loose ; as if blood-vessels were overfilled ; sen- sation of swelling and protrusion of eyes, eyelids appear too short to cover them; cutting in urethra as from something biting passing; feels as if suffocating; as if sitting on needles; as if muscles of thighs were too short; limbs feel as if swelled.

Pain: in head across forehead; in bones of nose; from head to nose; in stomach; from head to neck; in knuckles; in whole hand; in legs; in foot extending to thigh ; arms down to fingers and to side of head ; as from fatigue and weakness in arms and thighs ; after abuse of mercury; in all joints even chest.

Anguish : in epigastric region. ■ Violent pain: in knee.

Intolerable pain: in back.

Intense pain: in upper part of chest.

Violent sharp stitches: in brain ; from scapulae to occiput; from outside of r. calf to ankle.

Stitches: in temples; in r. malar bone and cheek; in teeth; in neck of bladder; on 1. side of nape; in 1. side Vjelow true ribs; in r. thumb.

Pleuritic stitches in 1. side of chest ; in region of third and fourth rib, 1. side ; in chest between scapulae.

Continued stitches: in middle of r. half of chest terminat- ing in one close below r. scapula.

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Sharp stitches : in top of r. shoulder.

Sharp, stitching pains: from third rib up on either side;

whole 1. side of back from nape down to sacrum. Tension: in thighs.

Constrictive sensation in epigastric region. Sudden stuffed feeling in praecordia.

■ Great emaciation.

llActs especially upon muscular tissues, producing rheu- matic and arthritic pains.

■ Acts on fibrous tissues.

I Contraction of limbs; stiffness and immobility.

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I Contractions, with pain from slightest motion.

Ijoints swollen, painful and intolerant of pressure; can

■ Softness of joints (after Caustic, in rheumatism). I Aching in bones, with swelling. ^S^'philis.

■ Pressing pain in bones. ■Swelling and softening of bones.

Suppuration of bone, with hectic, in men of dry habit.

■ Caries and spongious affection of bones; tibia and tarsal

bones spongious, cannot bear slightest touch.

■ Promotes the spontaneous breaking of gouty abscesses,

greatly relieving sufferings of patient.

■ Gout.

Touch: tension in thighs <; osteomalacea of tibia and tarsus < ; cannot bear slightest touch in carious affec- tions of bones.

Pressure: > throbbing in head; intolerant on swollen joints.

Everything seems too tight.

After riding in open air: rheumatic stiffness of side of neck; shoulders.

After a fall: gouty inflammation and abscess at knee. ^^ Skin. I I Itching, tetter-like eruptions.

Scratching improves. *'' Stages of Life, Constitution. ■ Rheumatic affections, es- pecially in syphilitic and mercurial patients.

■ Syphilides.

■ Old women.

■ Dark hair and eyes. Children; growing pains.

■ Girl, £et., 23, sanguine, choleric; after being overheated

got a violent cold, followed by consumption. >

■ Woman, set. 40, every Summer for many years; affection

syphilis; after Sulphur in cholera infantum ; after Caustic.

in torticollis.

Kali hydr., Mezer., PhytoL, Bhodod., Stilling.

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