GUAIACUM.
Guaiacum officinale, Linn.
Natural order
, Zygophylleæ. Common names, Lignum sanctum, Lignum vitæ.
Preparation
, Tincture of the gum-resin.
Authorities.
1,
Hahnemann, Chr. Krankhn; 2,
Hartmann, ibid.; 3, Langhammer,
ibid.; 4, Teuthorn, ibid.; 5, Bang, Tageb. d. Krank. Haus., 1784 [Not
accessible, -Hughes.]; 6,
Matthiolus, De morb. Gall., 1537 (p. 63 observation); 7, White, in Edin. Med. Comment., iv, p. 327,
observation; 8, Lambert, Casp.
Wochenschrift, 1840 (A. H. Z., 20, p. 32), effects of a decoction of 6
ounces of the wood in half a quart of water, drank by two persons in the
evening.
MIND.
►
Emotional. ► Great
fretfulness, [1]. ► Morose mood; he speaks little, [4]. ►
Contemptuousness, [1]. ► Obstinacy, [1].
► Intellectual. ► Loss of ideas; he stands in one place,
and looks in front of him without thought, in the morning at breakfast
time while standing, [4]. ► Weakness of memory, [1]. ►
Weakness of memory; he forgets what he has just read, and no longer
remembers familiar names, [4].
HEAD.
►
Headache like a pressure in the brain from below upward, at night, [1]. ►
Dull pressive pain in the head, which ends in a sharp stitch in the
right frontal eminence, [2]. [10.] ►
Dull pressive pain in the head, extending obliquely upward from the left
side of the neck to the vertex, and ending in a stitch, [2]. ► Violent
large stitches in the brain from below upward, [1]. ►
Sensation as if the brain were loose and moved on every step, in the
morning, [1]. ► Forehead. ►
Drawing pain, extending from the middle of the frontal bone down into
the nasal bones, [2]. ► Pressure and pressing in the forepart of
the forehead, [2]. ► Dull sticking pressure in the right
frontal eminence, [2]. ► Pressive headache transversely across the
forehead, [3]. ► Tearing externally, extending from the
left side of the frontal bone down into the muscles of the cheek, [2]. ►
A drawing tearing in the forepart of the forehead, [2]. ► Temples.
► Pressive pain in the right temple,
as with something broad, [2]. [20.] ►
Pressure without pain in the left temple, [2].
► External tearing in the left
temple, [2]. ► Parietals. ►
Dull drawing stitches, extending from the left parietal bone to the
frontal eminences, where they all end in a single stitch, [2]. ► A
pressive drawing-tearing stitch in the right side of the head, extending
toward the frontal bone, [2]. ► Acute stitches in the left side of the
head, at the junction of the parietal and temporal bones, [2]. ► Tearing
in the whole left side of the head, [2].
► Dull sticking pain in the left side
of the occiput, [2]. ► Tearing in the right side of the occiput,
[2]. ►
Drawing tearing in the occiput and forehead, [2]. ►
Headache externally, as if too much blood were in the scalp and it was
swollen, while sitting, [4]. [30.] ►
Pulsating throbbing externally on the head, with stitches in the
temples, only transiently relieved by external pressure, better when
walking, worse when sitting and standing (after three hours), [4].
EYE.
►►
*Sensation of swelling and protrusion of the eyes, the lids seem too
short to cover them; therewith a sensation of loss of sleep,
with yawning and stretching the whole day, [4]. ►
Hardened mucus in the canthi of the right eye (after one hour), [3]. ►
Dilated pupils (after three hours), [4].
► [Amaurosis, for several days], [7]. [In an hysterical subject. The
writer states that any sudden surprise will make her speechless for an
hour or so, and that Guaiacum always causes loss of her sight for some
hours. -Hughes.]
EAR.
►
Tearing in the outer margin of the left concha, [2]. ► Earache in
the left ear, [2]. ► Tearing in the left ear, [2].
NOSE.
►
Frequent discharge of watery substances from the nose, for a month, [5].
FACE.
►
Objective. ► The face is
swollen, red, and painful, for several days, [5]. ► Subjective.
[40.] ►
On falling asleep in the evening, in bed, a sensation as though some one
struck his face with a cloth, so that he awoke with fright, [4]. ►
Cheek. ► Dull spasmodic
drawing in the muscles of the right cheek, in the morning on rising, [2]. ►
Some stitches in the right malar bone, [2].
► Stitches as from knives in the
right cheek (after one hour), [3].
► Chin. ►
Drawing pain in the left side of the lower jaw, ending in a stitch, [2]. ►
Dull pressive pain in the left side of the lower jaw, [2].
MOUTH.
►
Toothache, a pressure in the left upper back teeth, on biting them
together, [2]. ► Tearing in the left upper back teeth, [1]. ►
Flat taste in the mouth, [4].
THROAT.
►
Constant violent stitches in the throat, from the larynx to the left
clavicle (after nine hours), [2].
STOMACH.
►
Appetite. [50.] ► Violent hunger, in the afternoon and
evening (after seven and nine hours), [3].
► Loss of appetite, and nausea for
everything, [4]. ► Thirst. ►
Much thirst, [1]. ► Eructation. ►
Eructations (immediately), [2]. ► Empty eructations, [2]. ►
Eructations of only air, [4]. ► Stomach. ►
Constrictive sensation in the region of the stomach, with anxiety and
difficult breathing (after nineteen hours), [2]. ► In the
pit of the stomach a frequently recurring pressure, with difficulty of
breathing, oppression, and anxiety (after one hour), [2].
ABDOMEN.
►
Hypochondria. ► Stitches
in the left hypochondriac region, [2].
► Dull stitches in the left
hypochondriac region, [2]. ► Umbilical. [60.]
► Pain in the abdomen, a griping in
the left side of the umbilicus, in a small spot (after three hours and a
half), [2]. ► General Abdomen. ► Gurgling in the abdomen, as from
emptiness (after five hours), [3].
► Rumbling in the abdomen (after ten
hours), [3]. ►
Rumbling in the abdomen, with dull griping, which extends more and more
downward, followed by an emission of flatus (after one hour), [2]. ►
Griping in the abdomen, as from incarcerated flatus, which extends lower
and lower, after which there is an emission of flatus, [2]. ►
Pinching cutting transversely through the abdomen, on inspiration, [2]. ►
Hypogastrium. ► Dull
griping in the lower abdomen, which constantly sinks downwards and
backwards (after a quarter of an hour), [2].
► Constant trembling of the inner
abdominal muscles of the right side close to the ilium, [2]. ► Pain in
the groin, as from a hernia, [1].
STOOL.
►
Thin mucous stool, preceded by griping, [2].
[70.] ►
Soft crumbly stool, [2]. ► Omission of stool (first day);
constipation (second and third days), [4].
URINARY ORGANS.
►
Stitches in the neck of the bladder, after urinating, [4]. ►
Cutting, while urinating, as though something biting passed from him, [1]. ►
Frequent urging to urinate, repeated immediately after
micturition, [4]. ► Frequent urging to urinate, with small
discharges (after five hours), [3].
► Constant desire to urinate, with
profuse emission of urine each time, [2].
► He was obliged to urinate every
half hour and much at a time; immediately after micturition there was
again urging to urinate for a minute, when only a few drops passed, [4].
SEXUAL ORGANS.
►
Emission at night, without lascivious dreams, [3]. ► The
leucorrhœa is aggravated, [15].
RESPIRATORY ORGANS.
[80.] ►
Violent spasmodic inflammatory affection of the air-passages, especially
the larynx, with such violent palpitation of the heart that suffocation
seemed imminent, [8]. ► Mucous expectoration and hacking and
hawking, [4].
CHEST.
►
Sudden stuffed sensation in the chest, in the præcordial region, like
an arrest of breathing; it often attacks her suddenly, even at night
when asleep, and causes an almost completely dry cough, which is
frequently repeated until there is some expectoration, [1]. ► Pain in
the chest, stitches in the left side beneath the true ribs, more towards
the back, [2].
NECK AND BACK.
►
Neck. ► Pressive pain in
the nape of the neck, on the right and left sides of the cervical
vertebræ (after four hours), [2].
► *Constant frequent stitches on the left
side of the nape of the neck, extending from the scapulæ to the
occiput, on motion, as also on holding the head still, [2]. ►
Back. ► *Rheumatic stiffness
of the whole left side of the back, from the nape of the neck down to
the sacrum, with intolerable pain on the slightest motion or turning the
part, not noticed on touch or during rest, [1]. ► Drawing
and tearing down the right side of the spine from the axilla to the
lowest ribs, [2]. ► Pain in the back, a constrictive
sensation between the scapulæ, [2].
► Constant stitches, which at last
become a continuous stitch, just beneath the right scapula, as if coming
from the centre of the right chest, aggravated by inspiration, [2]. [90.]
► Sticking tearing on the margin of
both scapulæ, followed by constriction in the dorsal muscles (after
three hours), [2]. ► Sticking tearing on the posterior margin
of the right scapula (after ten hours), [2].
SUPERIOR EXTREMITIES.
► Stretching of the upper limbs, with
yawning, [2]. ► Shoulder. ►
Sharp stitch on the top of the right shoulder, frequently returning, [2]. ►
Arm. ► Weakness of the
upper arm, as after hard labor, [4].
► Violent painful stitches in the
right upper arm, mostly in the middle of it, [2]. ► Forearm.
► Frequent drawing-tearing stitches,
extending from the left elbow to the wrist, [2]. ► Tearing
in the right forearm, extending into the wrist, [2]. ► Painful
drawing tearing in the left arm, extending from the upper arm to the
fingers, but especially persistent in the wrist, [2]. ► Wrist.
► Persistent drawing-tearing in the
left wrist (after two hours), [2].
[100.] ►
Pressive tearing in the left wrist, [2].
► Fingers. ► Some violent stitches in the right thumb
(after one hour), [2].
INFERIOR EXTREMITIES.
► The limbs, especially the thighs, are
weary, as after a long walk on the previous day, [4]. ► Thigh.
► Pain, like growing-pains, in the
right thigh, [2]. ► Tension in the thighs, especially in the
right, as if the muscles were too short, with weakness, while walking;
aggravated by touch; ameliorated while sitting, [4]. ►
Pressive drawing pain, extending from the middle of the right thigh to
the knee, on stretching out the right leg; disappearing on drawing it up
and bending it, [2]. ► A crawling pressive pain in the bone of
the right thigh, extending from the middle of it to the knee, while
sitting still (after a quarter of an hour), [2]. ► Some
stitches in the left thigh above the knee, which meet on both sides
(after three hours), [1]. ► Dull stitches in the right thigh above
the knee, [2]. ► Needle-like stitches in the nates, when
walking, though mostly when sitting still, as though she sat upon
needles, [1]. [110.] ►
Drawing tearing from the middle of the left thigh to the knee, [2]. ►
Jerking tearing from the middle of the right thigh to the knee (after
half an hour), [2]. ► Bruised pain in the left thigh, when
walking in the open air, [3]. ► Knee. ►
Drawing pain in the knee, which ends in a stitch, [2]. ► Leg.
► Painless constriction in the right
calf (after half an hour), [2]. ► Drawing stitches in the right leg,
extending from the ankle up to the middle of the tibia (after three
hours), [2]. ►
Tearing-drawing stitches, extending from the middle of the right tibia
to the knee (after fourteen hours), [2].
► Tearing stitches between the tibia
and fibula, extending to the patella, so violent that he jumped up high,
[1]. ►
Tearing dull stitches, extending from the middle of the left tibia to
the toes, [2]. ► Tearing long-drawn stitches in the right
leg, extending from the dorsum of the foot to the knee, [2]. [120.] ► Violent jerking stitches in the outer
side of the calf, [1]. ► The lower leg seemed bruised after
walking, feeling as if brittle, [1].
► Ankle. ►
Some sharp stitches in the right ankle, while sitting, [2]. ► Foot.
► Pain, ending in a sharp stitch, in
a small spot on the back of the right foot, disappearing on motion, [2].
GENERAL SYMPTOMS.
►
Objective. ► Emaciation
and hectic fever; in men of a dry constitution, [6]. ►
Indolence in work, [2]. ► Indolence and dread of motion, [1]. ►
Weakness, especially of the thighs and upper arms, as after great
exertion, [4]. ► Subjective. ►
General discomfort of the whole body (after seven hours), [2]. ► On
waking in the morning, everything seems too tight and he tosses about
the bed, [4]. [130.] ►
The symptoms almost all appear while sitting, mostly in the morning
immediately after rising, or in the evening shortly before going to
sleep; a few from 9 to 12 A.M., [2].
SKIN.
►
Objective. ► A hardened
pimple with a white tip in the right eyebrow, with very sore pain when
touched, [1]. ► A sore painful pimple on the nose, [1]. ►
Subjective. ► Burning
itching in the skin, aggravated by scratching, [1]. ►
Grumbling in the skin of the whole leg, with feeling of heat in it, [1]. ►
Itching stitches like fleabites in the skin of the thigh, especially in
both sides of the kneecap, disappearing on scratching, [4]. ►
Crawling on the chest, [1]. ► Crawling in the thighs and legs,
extending to the toes, as though the limb would go to sleep, while
sitting, [1]. ► Corrosive itching on the back, during the
day, [1].
SLEEP AND DREAMS.
►
Sleepiness. ► Yawning and
stretching, with comfortable sensation (after half an hour), [2]. [140.]
► Yawning and stretching of the
limbs, with a sensation of loss of sleep, the whole day, [4]. ► Great
sleepiness, in the afternoon, [3].
► Sleeplessness. ► He is unable to fall asleep for two
hours, in the evening, in bed, tossing about the bed, [4]. ► Falls
asleep late in the evening and wakes earlier than usual in the morning, [4]. ►
Frequent waking from sleep, as from fright, or as though he were
falling, [3]. ► Unrefreshed on waking in the morning, as
though he had not slept at all, [4].
► Dreams. ► Sleep full of dreams, [4]. ► Vivid
dreams of scientific subjects, [3].
► Dreams of fights, [1]. ► Dreams
that she was being pierced by knives, [1].
[150.] ►
Nightmare, while lying on the back, and waking with cries, [4].
FEVER.
►
Chilliness. ► Chilliness
behind a warm stove, [2]. ► Chilliness, in the forenoon for two
hours, and also in the evening before going to sleep, which even
continued in bed; in the morning some perspiration, [1]. ►
Internal chilliness over the whole body, immediately followed by heat,
especially in the face, without thirst, towards evening, [4]. ► Febrile
chill in the back, in the afternoon (after eight hours), [3]. ►
Shivering in the breasts, [1]. ► Shivering in the back, in the afternoon, [3]. ►
Heat. ► Heat of the whole
face, with thirst, without redness and without sweat, [2]. ► Some
perspiration every morning, [1]. ► Much perspiration, especially on the
head, when walking in the open air; pearly sweat on the forehead, [1]. [160.]
► Profuse perspiration on the back,
at night, [1].
CONDITIONS.
►
Aggravation. ► (Morning), At breakfast-time, while standing
loss of ideas, etc.; sensation in brain; on rising, drawing in muscles
of check; perspiration. ► (Afternoon), Hunger; towards evening,
chilliness; chill in back. ► (Evening), In bed, on falling asleep,
sensation in face. ► (Night), Headache; perspiration in back. ► (Walking in open
air), Pain in thigh. ► (Inspiration), Cutting through abdomen; stitch
beneath scapula. ► (Sitting), Headache externally; stitches in
nates; stitches in ankle; almost all symptoms. ►
(Stretching out leg), Pain from
thigh to knee. ► (Touch), Tension in thighs. ► Amelioration. ►
(Motion), Pain in back of foot. ► (Sitting),
Tension in thighs. ► (Walking), Throbbing in head.® 2000
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