Guajacum officinale
by Adolph von Lippe — Keynotes and Red Line Symptoms of the Materia Medica
Common name: lignum vitae.
Gouty nodosities (Am-M., Caust., Benz-Ac., Lyc., Sars.) (D.).
The affected parts are very sensitive to contact (Arn., Kali-C., Lach.).
Rheumatic affections, with contraction of the flexors and stiffness of the joints (Am-M., Caust., Cimex, Nat-M.) (A.).
JOINTS BECOME DISTORTED BY CONCRETIONS (Apis, Benz-Ac., Calc., Calc-F., Colch., Form., Graph., Led., Lith., Lyc., Sil.) (D.).
The limbs go to sleep.
Great weakness and debility in the legs with disinclination to move (Cocc., Con., Kali-C., Nat-S., Nux-M., Nux-V., Phos-Ac., Plb., Rhus-T., Sep., Thuj.).
Stiffness of the contracted parts (Am-M., Caust., Lyc.).
Tearing and stinging pain in the muscles of the upper and lower extremities, with heat of the parts.
Swelling and softening of the bones (Calc., Calc-P., Sil.).
Caries (Calc., Calc-P., Merc., Nit-Ac., Phos., Sil.).
Small pulse (Ars., Camph., Carb-V., Cupr., Dig., Laur., Sec., Sil., Stram., Verat.) (G.).
Sensation of protruding and swelling of the eyes; the lids seem too short to cover them (N.).
THROAT: BURNING, DRY, PAINFUL TO THE TOUCH (Ars., Phyt., Sulph.) (B.).
One-sided complaints.
Uncomfortable feeling in the body.
Painful duglutition (Bell., Merc.) (Bl.).
Follicular tonsillitis (Kali-C.) (Bl.).
Sweats profuse, on single parts, face, etc. (B.).
Night-sweats (Hep., Kali-C., Merc., Nit-Ac., Phos., Sil., Sulph., Thuj.) (B.).
Dry cough, with sharp, pleuritic pains (Bry., Con., Phos.) (Bl.).
COUGH WITH EXPECTORATION OF FETID PUS (Ars., Calc., Caps., Kali-C., Merc., Nit-Ac., Phos., Sil.) (N.).
Recurrent pleurisy (Calc., Carb-An., Kali-C., Phos., Sil., Tub.) (B.).
Constipation (Alum., Bry., Sulph.).
Hard and crumbling stools (Am-M.).
AGGRAVATION: From motion; in the evening; in the morning; while sitting; in the open air; in the fore-noon; from pressure; and from heat.
AMELIORATION: In the room.
RELATIONSHIP: Similar to: Am-M., Bry., Caust., Hep., Merc., Nit-Ac., Phos., Sil. and Tub.