Guaiacum is useful in rheumatic affections, especially after the abuse of mercury ; in rheumatism with contractions of tendons or fibrous tissues ; in the growing pains of children ; in women suffering from rheumatic conditions when associated with ovarian and menstrual irregularities ; when there is a tendency for alteration of affections of the tonsils and rheumatic troubles ; or rheumatic symptoms associated with osteomalacea, caries or other bone conditions, often tubercular. Guaiacum antidotes Causticum, Rhus tox. It is compatible after Causticum, Mercury.