Homoeopathy — Page 358
Guaiacum 358 Guaiacum is very useful in the treatment of tuberculosis in its early stages. If the tuberculosis bacteria are present in the blood and the patient suffers from rheumatism along with the tendency to development of boils, and there are generalised body aches, then Guaiacum will be found very effective. Guaiacum is also an antisporic remedy i. e. it is very effective against skin diseases related to psoriasis and leprosy. Sulphur and Psorinum are also top class antisporic medicines. The nature of Sulphur is hot whereas that of Psorinum is cold. However, Sulphur and Psorinum alone cannot cure all types of psoriatic diseases. When such diseases have afflicted the mucous membranes also, several other medicines need to be used. If the developing condition is of eczema, the appropriate analogous remedy will need to be given according to the type of the eczema. If a condition develops out of psoriasis and the appropriate remedy administered, but the recovery stops after a little beneficial effect, then it will become necessary to use other antisporic drugs in high potencies. If the associated symptoms can be directly linked to a particular remedy, then certainly that alone will be the most effective. Sometimes the picture is not clear. In this condition, they will serve as a general cure for psora facilitating the beneficial effect of similar homoeopathic remedies. There is many a kind of skin conditions, which require to be treated with their constitutional remedy. If the drugs selected after careful thinking, do not benefit the patient, then it becomes necessary to use antisporic drugs. They will reduce the aggressiveness of the sickness so that it becomes responsive to the overall treatment. Besides Sulphur and Psorinum, these medicines include Merc Sol, Tuberculinum and Syphilinum. Similarly, Guaiacum is also antisporic. Guaiacum is also related to facial neuralgia. In Guaiacum, there is a pinching type of pain on one side of the face. It is very annoying. Spigelia is more effective in the treatment of facial neuralgia on the left side while Silicea and Mag Phos are more useful on the right side. In Guaiacum, the eyes become swollen , the pupils are dilated and the eyelids are contracted. Small boils appear around the eyes. Once in a while, the ear also hurts. This, however, is not due to any infection or