Guajacum Officinale

Guarana is a climbing shrub of Brazil, the seeds of which contain Coffeine,

and are used by the natives for making a beverage. In medicine it has found its principal use in

conditions of nervous exhaustion; sick headache in those who have abused tea and coffee, the

headache being followed by vomiting and excited by any error in diet or depression of mind.

Throbbing, congestive headache after excessive use of liquor. Persistent twitching of eyelids is

one of its indications. Diarrhoea.

Forgetful; thoughtless; staring. Slow to comprehend.

Obstinacy.—Strong desire to criticise, and to despise everything.—Indolence and dread

• ▸of movement.
• ▸—Weakness of memory, and excessive forgetfulness, esp.
• ▸of names.
• ▸—Fixed look,

and absence of ideas, esp. in the morning.

• ▸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.

Pressive pain, extending from the base of the brain upwards, or traction and tearing in

the sinciput and temples.—Violent lancinations in the brain, from the base upwards.—Tearing

(rheumatic pains) in one side of the head only, as far as the cheek.—Pulsations, throbbings (and

shootings) in the temples, with sensation as if the head were swollen, and the blood-vessels

congested.—Sensation as if brain were detached and loose.—Pulsative throbbing in the outer parts

of the head, with stitches in the temples; removed for a short time by external pressure and by

• ▸walking, < by sitting and standing.
• ▸—Lacerating in whole |.
• ▸side of head.
• ▸—Neuralgia |.
• ▸side of

head and face extending to neck.—Sweat chiefly on head and forehead (when walking in open

air).—Tearing pains in skull.

Pupils dilated. Eyelids appear too short. Pimples around eyes.

Sensation of swelling, or actual swelling of the eyelids, with sensation as if the eyes

were protruding, and as if the eyelids were too short.—Pupils dilated —Amaurosis.—Pimples in

the eyebrows; and round eyes.

Redness and painful swelling of the face.—Shootings in the cheek-bones and in the

• ▸muscles of the cheeks, as if knives were plunged in.
• ▸—Neuralgia 1.
• ▸side of fac,.
• ▸head and nape 6

• ▸p.
• ▸m.
• ▸to 4 a.
• ▸m.
• ▸daily.

Aching in the teeth, on closing them.—Pulling and tearing in the teeth, terminating in

shootings.

Burning pain in the throat.—Acute tonsillitis, r. tonsil much swollen, dark-red,

constant aching pains, sharp stitches towards ear on swallowing.—Syphilitic sore throat.—Throat

dry, cannot swallow without a drink.

• ▸Rheumatic sore throat with weak throat muscles.
• ▸Throat dry, burns, swollen, stitches toward ear.
• ▸Acute tonsillitis.
• ▸Syphilitic sore throat.

• ▸Tongue furred.
• ▸Desire for apples and other fruits.
• ▸Aversion to milk.
• ▸Burning in stomach.
• ▸Constricted epigastric region.

Insipid taste, with want of appetite, and disgust for everything, accompanied by

• ▸expectoration of mucus.
• ▸—Empty risings.
• ▸—Immoderate hunger.
• ▸—Nausea, excited by a sensation

as if the throat were filled with slimy mucus.—Repugnance to milk.—After eating without

appetite she gets sick.

Burning in stomach and abdomen.—Cramps and pains in stomach.—Every

summer a severe stomach affection with vomiting of blood —Anxious sensation of constriction

in the region of the stomach, which impedes respiration.

Intestinal fermentation. Much wind in bowels. Diarrhoea, cholera infantum.

Pinching in the abdomen, as from incarceration of flatus.—Sensation of

emptiness, with borborygmi, and rumbling in the abdomen.—Pain, as from hernia in the

groins.—Twitchings of the muscles of the abdomen.

Diarrhsa commencing in morning, skin dry; chilly.—Thin mucous stool.—Soft stool in

• ▸pieces.
• ▸Cholera infantum, emaciation; old-looking face.
• ▸—Constipation.
• ▸—Féces hard, crumbling,

and very offensive.

Constant want to make water (even after urinating) with copious

discharge of very fetid urine.—Incisive pains in the urethra, on making water.—Ineffectual want

to urinate, with shootings in the neck of the bladder.

Sharp stitches after urinating. Constant desire.

Ovaritis in rheumatic patients, with irregular menstruation and dysmenorrhoea, and irritable bladder.

Subacute and chronic ovaritis, esp. in rheumatic

women.—Amenorrhsa.—Membranous dysmenorrhsa.

• ▸Feels suffocated.
• ▸Dry, tight cough.
• ▸Fetid breath after coughing.
• ▸Pleuritic stitches.
• ▸Chest pains in articulations of ribs, with shortness of breathing till expectoration sets in.

Dry cough with sensation in the epigastrium as if there were not

sufficient air in it—Dry cough, > by detaching a little mucus.—Cough, with expectoration of fetid

pus.

Shootings in the (1. side of the) chest, < by breathing; by moving head.—Stitches

from middle of r. chest, ending in one below r. scapula.

• ▸Pain from head to neck.
• ▸Aching in nape. Stiff neck and sore shoulders.
• ▸Stitches between scapulae to occiput.
• ▸Contractive pain between scapulae.

Pressure on the vertebré of the neck.—Stiffness in the nape of the

neck.—Constant frequent stitches on |. side of nape, extending from scapulé to occiput, on

motion, also on holding head still.—Stiffness along the back, on one (1.) side only, from the neck

extending to the small of the back and sacrum, intolerable on slightest motion, or turning the

part, not noticed on touch or during rest—Tearing and shooting in one side of the back

only.—Contractive pain between the shoulder-blades.—Corrosive itching in the back (by

day).—Shiverings in the back in the afternoon.

Weakness in the arms.—Tearing and shooting in the shoulder-blades, and in

• ▸the forearms.
• ▸—Sharp stitches in the top of r.
• ▸shoulder.
• ▸—Rheumatic pains in 1.
• ▸arm from shoulder

• ▸to wrist.
• ▸—Lancinating rheumatic pains from elbow to wrist (1.
• ▸).
• ▸—Rheumatic pains in |.
• ▸wrist-

joint.—Stitches in r. thumb.

Pains in the bones of the thighs, pressive and tingling pains in the thighs,

• ▸when seated.
• ▸—Paralytic tension in the thighs, on walking.
• ▸—Weakness in the thighs.
• ▸—Pricking in

the nates, as if sitting on needles —Tearing, drawing lancinations in the leg, from r. tarsus to the

• ▸knee.
• ▸—Tension in thighs, esp.
• ▸r.
• ▸, as if the muscles were too short, with languor when walking; <

by contact, > when sitting.

24. Generalities—Rheumatic pains in the joints.—Arthritic pains in the limbs, with shootings

and tearings, and contraction of the parts affected.—The pains are provoked by the least

movement, and are accompanied by heat in the parts affected —Numbness of the limbs.—Painful

weariness and weakness in the arms and thighs, with dread of movement—Immovable stiffness

of the contracted limbs.—Frequent inclination to yawn, and to stretch the limbs, proceeding from

a general sensation of uneasiness.—The majority of symptoms show themselves, when sitting, as

well as in the morning after rising, or in the evening before lying

down.—Exostosis.—Consumption.

• ▸Rheumatic pain in shoulders, arms and hands.
• ▸Growing pains (Phos ac).
• ▸Pricking in nates.
• ▸Sciatica and lumbago.
• ▸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.

Great drowsiness in the afternoon.—Late sleeping and early waking.—Frequent

waking with fright, sometimes on going to sleep.—Restless tossing during the night—Nightmare,

when lying on the back, waking with screams.—Feeling in the morning as though the sleep had

been insufficient.

Shivering, chilliness, and shuddering, even near a fire, principally in the afternoon

• ▸and evening.
• ▸—Shivering, without thirst, morning and evening.
• ▸—Heat in the face, esp.
• ▸in the

• ▸evening.
• ▸—Sweat in the morning.
• ▸—Copious perspiration, esp.
• ▸on the head, when walking in the

open air.—Pulse accelerated; small, weak, soft.

Guarana.

• ▸Paullinia sorbilis.
• ▸Brazilian Cocoa.
• ▸N.
• ▸O.
• ▸Sapindacez.
• ▸Alcoholic solution of dried paste

made from seeds.

• ▸Alcohol, effects of.
• ▸Coffee, effects of.
• ▸Diarrhoea.
• ▸Eyelids, twitching of.
• ▸Headache.

Guaiacol (in the treatment of gonorrhoeal epididymitis, 2 parts to 30 vaselin, locally).

Antidote: Nux. Follow Sepia.

Compare: Merc; Caust; Rhus; Mezer; Rhodod.

Tincture, to sixth attenuation.

rest ; the legs are weak and heavy as if paralyzed ; oedema of the legs

and feet. Herpes in the groin and hollow of the knee. Cold feet in

evening in bed ; copious, offensive sweat of the feet ; ulcers on the feet

and legs ; tearing in thighs, legs, feet and toes ; burning heat in soles

and heels ; gouty tearing in the toes ; spreading blisters on the toes that

become iiiccrs ; the toenails become black ; thick ; and crippled toenails ,

the nails are painful ; ingrowing toenails.

• ▸Dreams vivid ; anxious, horrible, vexatious.
• ▸Sleepless before midnight ; sleepiness during the day.
• ▸Nightly pains in sleep.
• ▸Frequent

waking. Unrefreshed in the morning.

Graphites should be used more frequently in chronic recurrent intermittent fever. Chill in the evening with tearing in the limbs ; chill

intermingled with the fever ; wants to he covered in all stages ; chill

worse after eating, better after drinking and in open air. Nightly

fevers with chilliness but no sweat : dry heat evening and night, especially before midnight ; anxiety and restlessness during the fever,

hands and soles very hot ; even burning heat. It has chill with fever

followed by sweat ; sweat from slight exertion ; sweat on front of

body ; the sweat is offensive, cold and stains yellow ; copious night

sweats in weakness and during phthisis ; entire inability to perspire

in many chronic complaints.

Itching of the skin all over the body, with or without eruptions ;

itching worse at night in the warm bed ; itching and burning with

eruptions ; the skin is very hot at night ; excoriation of the skin in

the bends of joints. Every injury festers. Fissures on ends of

fingers, on nipples, labial commissures at anus and vulva, between the

toes. Itching blotches. Erysipelas beginning in face and spreading to

other parts ; erysipelas beginning in face and going from right to left.

Itching over varicose veins ; itching piles. Herpes and eczema cozing

a glutinous moisture. Crusty and scabby ulcers. Hard, painful

cicatrices ; old ulcers wdth proud flesh and burning, itching and stinging ulcers with indurated base and margins.

This is a very deep acting remedy, even deep enough to cure the

symptoms of and turn into order a constitution that is rheumatic,

gouty, and has inherited phthisis. These patients are subject to diarrhoea ; the tendons are too short, or they have abscesses, catarrhal

troubles, bronchitis. Drawing, tension and contractions of muscular

fibre. Sore swollen joints. The rheumatic joints are more painful

from warmth {Lac c., Led,, Puls) and more comfortable when cool.

Gouty abscesses of joints. The bones become spongy, or suppurate.

The leg and ankle bones are especially affected. Sensitive periosteum.

Stitching pains are characteristic, and burning is as marked as in

Arsenicum. Limbs contracted and stiff. Tlic excretions are all

offensive. Drawing, tearing pains. His cold settles in the limbs, and

• ▸the joints become sore and the muscles draw.
• ▸His suffering is increased by the slightest motion or exertion.
• ▸Gradually increasing exhaustion.
• ▸Progressive emaciation.
• ▸In the first stage of phthisis it is

a wonderful remedy, when the symptoms agree. The progressive

character of the sickness, the weakness of mind and body, and such

symptoms as belong to deep constitutional troubles. In psoric cases

complicated with syphilis and mercury and other violent drugs we find

use for this most neglected remedy. It is closely related to Causticum,

Sulphur, and Tuberculinum.

Absent minded in the morning. Indolent, and low spirited. Obstinate ; fretful, and forgetful.

Vertigo on rising.

Rheumatic pain in one side of the head, extending to the face.

Gouty headaches. Sensation of looseness of the brain. Stitching in

the head. Pain in forehead, occiput, and deep in the brain. Tearing

• ▸pain in the head.
• ▸Sensation as if blood vessels were distended.
• ▸Neuralgia on left side of face and head.
• ▸Pulsating pain, ameliorated by

pressure and walking ; aggravated by sitting and standing. This is

an exception to the general rule, as most symptoms are aggravated by

motion. Perspiration on head and face, when walking in the open air.

Sensation of protrusion of the eyes. Swelling of the eyes. Dilated

pupils.

Tearing in left ear. Paroxysmal pain in ear.

Pain in the bones of the novse. Nose swollen. Fluent coryza.

Pain in the bones of the face, nose and teeth. Face red and swollen,

spotted. Heat in the face in the evening. Sharp pain in right malar

• ▸bone.
• ▸Paroxysmal pain in face, head and neck, every day at 6 P.
• ▸M.
• ▸,

• ▸lasting until 4 a.
• ▸m.
• ▸Dull ache in left side of jaw.
• ▸Tearing, stitching

in teeth. Pain in teeth when biting jaws together. Inflammation of

the tonsils, worse from drinks, and there is much burning.

Perverted taste. Tongue coated thick white, or brown.

Burning in throat. Tonsillitis ; it prevents suppuration.

Aversion to food, to milk. Much thirst.

Vomits a mass of watery mucus, followed by exhaustion. Nausea

from sensation of mucus in throat.

Burning in stomach and abdomen.

Constrictive sensation in stomach, with anguish and dyspncjca.

Much flatulence in abdomen.

Morning diarrhoea (Sulph.), Stools watery. Constipation, with

hard, crumbling, offensive stool.

Urging to urinate, even after micturition. The urine is profuse,