HomeoRemedyGuajacum officinale
Resin of lignum vitae
Main symptoms
- Chief action on fibrous tissue, and is especially adapted to the arthritic diathesis, joint and muscle pain, and tonsillitis.
- Very valuable in acute joint and muscle pain.
- Free foul secretions. Unclean odor from whole body.
- Promotes pus formation of abscesses.
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- Sensitiveness and aggravation from local heat.
- Contraction of limbs, stiffness and immobility.
- Feeling that he must stretch.
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Symptoms by body part
Head
Gouty and rheumatic pain in head and face, extending to neck. Tearing pain in skull; worse, cold, wet weather. Feels swollen, and blood-vessels distended. Aching in left ear. Pains often end in a stitch, especially in head.
Eyes
Pupils dilated. Eyelids appear too short. Pimples around eyes.
Throat
Rheumatic sore throat with weak throat muscles. Throat dry, burns, swollen, stitches toward ear. Acute tonsillitis. Syphilitic sore throat.
Stomach
Tongue furred. Desire for apples and other fruits. Aversion to milk. Burning in stomach. Constricted epigastric region.
Abdomen
Intestinal fermentation. Much wind in bowels.
Urinary
Sharp stitches after urinating. Constant desire.
Respiratory
Feels suffocated. Dry, tight cough. Fetid breath after coughing. Pleuritic stitches. Chest pains in articulations of ribs, with shortness of breathing till phlegm coughed up sets in.
Female
Ovaritis in rheumatic patients, with irregular menstruation and painful periods, and irritable bladder.
Back
Pain from head to neck. Aching in nape. Stiff neck and sore shoulders. Stitches between scapulae to occiput. Contractive pain between scapulae.
Extremities
Rheumatic pain in shoulders, arms and hands. Growing pains. Pricking in nates. Nerve pain down the leg and low back pain. Gouty tearing, with contractions. Immovable stiffness. Ankle pain extending up the leg, causing lameness. Joints swollen, painful, and intolerant of pressure; can bear no heat. Stinging pain in limbs. Arthritic lancinations followed by contraction of limbs. A feeling of heat in the affected limbs.
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