Guaiaci, Guaiacum

Also called Lignum Sancti, Lignum Vitae, Pock Wood
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Picture Picture Guaiacum
Atlas der officinellen pflanzen, Felix, 1899

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LEFT: GUAIACUM WOOD;  RIGHT: GUAIACUM GUM
1.  Mass of chips showing white non-official pieces. 2.  Portion of
a boring from a bowling ball. 3,  Projecting fibers of the wood.
Squibb’s Atlas of the Official Drugs, Mansfield, 1919

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Botanical name:


Guaiacum officinale

Parts used:


Wood; Gum

Temperature & Taste:


Warm, dry. Bitter, Pungent

Classifications:


2B ATTENUATERS
3A. SUDORIFICS & DIAPHORETICS.    3M. ARTHRITICS
4k. ARTHRITIC 		Picture Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578

Uses:


1. Promotes Sweat, Resists Poison:
-Tonsillitis
-‘Resists Poison and Venom, and cleansing the Flesh, Blood and humors of all manner of Putrefaction’. (Salmon)
-a specific for Syphilis (especially with Sarsaparilla)
-chronic skin diseases, Ulcers, Scabs, Leprosy
-Syphilis and other venereal diseases

2. Clears Wind-Damp, Moves the Blood, Resolves Swellings:
-Scrofula, Lymphadenitis
-chronic Rheumatism, Rheumatoid Arthritis, sub-acute and chronic Rheumatic pains of all types, Gout
-‘all chronic diseases proceeding from Cold and Moist causes’. (Gerard)
-Amenorrhea, Dysmenorrhea

3. Clears Damp, Promote Urine:
-Edema, fluid retention

4. Settles Wind, Stops Spasms:
-chronic Vertigo and Epilepsy


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Main Combinations:


Guaiacum & Sarsaparilla

1. Syphilis, Guaiacum with  … available in PRO version
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3. Syphilis, Apoplexy, Paralysis, Edema, Asthma, Guaiacum with  … available in PRO version
4. Arthritis and Rheumatism, Guaiacum with  … available in PRO version
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Major Formulas:


Decoction of Guaiacum and Sarsaparilla
Decoction of Guaiacum Compound
Decoction of Woods
Decoction for Arthritis (Mynsichts)
Wine for Arthritis
Compound Guaiacum Confection (Chelsea Pensioner)

Cautions:


1. Not used during Pregnancy

Main Preparations used:


Decoction, Extract, Spirit, Salt of the Ashes (rarely)