Guaiacum officinale
Remedy for gouty and rheumatic conditions with contraction of tendons. Growing pains. Tonsillitis. Stiff, immovable joints. Shortened tendons. Left-sided complaints.
Source
Tincture and trituration of the resin of Guaiacum officinale (Zygophyllaceae).
Available Potencies
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Keynote Symptoms
Rheumatic and gouty conditions with contracted, shortened tendons and immovable joints. Growing pains in children. Tonsillitis with rheumatic symptoms. Joints stiff, swollen, painful. Gouty abscesses. Unclean, offensive body odor. Left-sided tonsillitis.
Mind & Emotional Symptoms
Forgetful. Absent-minded. Aversion to everything. Indolent. Does not want to exert. Obstinate.
General Symptoms
Rheumatic, gouty diathesis. Contracted muscles and tendons. Joints stiff, immovable. Gouty nodosities. Growing pains in children. Offensive perspiration. Worse from warmth and motion. Better from cold applications. Tendency to suppuration of joints.
Physical Symptoms
Head
Headache from rheumatic cause. Gouty headache. Tearing pains from head to neck.
Throat
Tonsillitis, especially left-sided. Acute tonsillitis with rheumatic complaints. Sore throat with stitching pains.
Extremities
Joints stiff, contracted, immovable. Shortened tendons. Growing pains. Gouty nodosities. Rheumatic pains worse from warmth. Lancing pains from feet to knees.
Back
Stiffness of whole spine. Aching from head to neck.
Modalities
Better From
Cold applications. External pressure. Apples.
Worse From
Warmth. Motion. Touch. Exertion. Growth periods. 6 PM to 4 AM.
Constitutional Type
Persons with gouty and rheumatic diathesis. Children with growing pains. Those with contracted, shortened tendons. Thin persons with arthritic tendency. Offensive body odor.
Clinical Indications
Gout. Rheumatoid arthritis. Growing pains. Tonsillitis with rheumatism. Contracted tendons. Joint stiffness. Gouty nodosities. Bone pain.
Comparative Materia Medica
Compare Causticum (contracted tendons, warts), Rhus toxicodendron (stiffness better from continued motion), Calcarea phosphorica (growing pains). Guaiacum's joints are stiff and immovable, worse from warmth — opposite of Rhus tox.
Safety Information
Nux vomica.
Guaiacum resin is a mild irritant. In large material doses causes nausea, vomiting, and purging. Has been used in conventional medicine as a diaphoretic. Mother tincture is generally well tolerated.
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