Latin, Lignum guaiaci, L. sanctum, L. vitae, Palus sanctus ;
English, Jamaica guiacum, Lignum vitae ;
French, Bois de gayac (de gaiac) ;
German, Guajakholz.
The resin of an evergreen tree or shrub, 40 to 60 feet high, having
smooth bark, numerous spreading branches, opposite, abruptly pinnate,
smooth, bright-green leaves, and blue, finely pubescent, pedunculate
flowers appearing in February. The resin, or gum is obtained by
spontaneous exudation by incisions in the trunk, boring a hole
lengthwise through short pieces, placing one end in a fire and
receiving the melted resin from the other, and by boiling chips
and sawdust and skimming the material rising to the surface.
Guaiac is in pieces of irregular size and shape, intermixed
with fragments of wood and bark. It is of greenish or reddish-brown
color, brittle, lustrous fracture, transparent in thin plates,
grayish-white when freshly powdered becoming green on exposure,
having an odour of vanilla, and an acrid taste. It is soluble in
alcohol, partially so in water.
Found in :-
West India islands and South America.
Introduced into homoeopathic practice:-- |
By Hahnemann, R. A. M. L. IV. in 1818.
( Allen’s Encyc. Mat, Med. IV. 515.)
The resin.
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(a)Tincture Q: = | Drug Strength 1/10 |
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Guaiacum, in coarse powder | 100 gm
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Strong alcohol, a sufficient quantity in this proportion. |
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To make one thousand cubic centimeters of tincture.
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(b) Dilutions: 2x and higher with dispensing alcohol.
(c) Triturations: 1x and higher.
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