Materia Medica de A a Z

GUAJACUM OFFICINALIS = LIGNUM VITAE (guaj)

Region

Secretions (Glands. TONSILS. Ovaries. Skin). Fibrous tissue (Ligaments. Joints). Chest.

Worse

HEAT. Touch. Motion. Exertion. Rapid growth. Mercury.

Better

Cold (locally). Apples.

General

Rigid, painfully swelled joints. rthritic symptoms. FREE, FOUL SECRETIONS, expectoration, sweats, etc. Impending suppuration, quinsy, old bronchitis, etc. Burning heat; in affected parts. Gnawing or sticking pains; agg. 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, dyspnoa, 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.

Related: Ferr; Kali-bi; Kreos; Ph-ac; Phyt.