Guajacum officinale

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.