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Does anyone have any MM on a remedy called Guaiacolum also known in the
shortened form as Guajol?

Thanks,
Rochelle
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It it Guajacum, and you'll find it in nearly every MM
Dave Hartley
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Hi Dave,

It is listed in my CaraPro but on looking it up I get a blank page. What MM
have you found it in. It's not in Boericke, Clarke, etc. Guaiacum is but
that is not the same Rx.

Regards,
Rochelle
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Rochelle,

there is mention of Guajolicum in EH, but very little. it is listed as a tuberbulinum remedy.

- This agent is similar in its action to Kreosote, being employed in the treatment of tuberculosis during its early stages.
- It has been employed in malaria, applied locally.
Compare
- Kreosotum.
Guajacolum
Constriction in larynx and trachea.
Guajacolum
Sore throat with feeling of burning stitching pain, extending to ear on swallowing, patient either syphilitic or gouty - Salicy. ac.
Guajacolum
Pleuritic pains.
Guajacolum
Chest
CHEST - PHTHISIS pulmonalis

tanya

Just a tad more to clarify (hopefully):

From Blackwood on Guaiacum: NATURAL ORDER, Zygophyllaceae.
COMMON NAME, Guaiac, Lignum vitae.
HABITAT, West Indies and South America. Preparations.
HOMEO., Mother tincture of the resin; and dilution. U. S. P., Guaiacum,
Tinctura Guaiaci. Dosage. - Of the powdered resin, gr. v-xx.

Blackwood on Guajol and Guajacolum (Guaiacol, Guajacol, Guaiacolum) which
are all names for the same remedy but different from Guaiacum:

GUAIACOL is a pleasantly aromatic, colorless liquid. Preparations. - Mother
tincture of the pure ethereal liquid; and dilutions. Dosage. - Of the pure
Guaiacol, m j-v.
THERAPEUTICS
This agent is similar in its action to Kreosote, being employed in the
treatment of TUBERCULOSIS during its early stages. It has been employed in
malaria, applied locally.
Compare. - KREOSOTUM.

This is from Reference Works Pharmacopea on Kreosotum -

Synonyms: Creosote, Kreosote; French: Creosote; German: Kreosot.
Description: Creosote, a product of the distillation of wood tar,
consists of a mixture of phenols; chiefly guaiacol; cresol; methyl-cresol
and phenol. An almost colourless or yellowish, highly refractive, oily
liquid, penetrating, smoky odour and a burning, caustic taste. Its specific
gravity is not less than 1.076. It is slightly soluble in water; miscible
with alcohol and with fixed and volatile oils. It is commonly obtained from
pyroligneous acid, a product from distillation of wood, preferably beech
wood. Not less than 95 percent distills between 200o - 230o.
Identification: (i) To a saturated solution in water, add 1 drop of
solution of ferric chloride, a transient blue colour is produced. When the
addition of few more drops of ferric chloride, the liquid becomes cloudy and
the colour rapidly changes to dingy brown with the formation of a brown
precipitate.
(ii) When mixed with an equal volume of collodion in a dry test tube no
permanent coagulum is produced.
Storage: Preserve Kreosotum in a well - closed container, protected
from light.
History and authority: Allens' Encyclop. Mat. Med. Vol. V 408; X, 569.
*Preparation*
(a) Solution
Drug strength 1/10
Kreosotum 100 g
Strong Alcohol in sufficient quantity.
To make one thousand millilitres of the solution.
(b) Potencies
2x and higher with dispensing alcohol. Potencies upto 6x to be prepared
freshly.

and this from Murphy - Guaiacol - is the principal constituent of Kreosote
and similar in action, used in pulmonary tuberculosis.

Reckewig says -

The attenuations are prepared from Creosote, a mixture of Guaiacol
C6H4(0CH3)(0H) and Cresol C6H3(CH3)(0CH3)(0H), obtained by distillation of
beechwood tar.

but creosol is given by the World Book dictionary as a resin of the Guaiacum
tree (Lignum Vitae) with a chemical formula of C8H10O2 which looks to be the
same formula as Cresol above expressed in different terms.
Kreosotum (creosote) comes from the distillation of wood tar of the
Beechwood tree (I don't know if this is the same as the Lignum Vitae also
known as the Guaiacum tree) and Guajol, etc. is the principle constituent of
Kreosotum, meaning it is extracted from Kresotum. Thereby, all are related.

Is this enough or is it more than you ever wanted to know?

Allen

From EH:

Boericke:
Guaiacol is "the principle constituent of Kreosote"

Further, it seems that Guaia-whateverendingyoulike is equivalent to
guaj-whatever.

Haven't got time to look at it now, but I've a strong suspicion that
Guajacol/Guaiacolum is the same, and that they/it are/is a principle active
ingredient of Guajacum officinale.
Dave Hartley
www.logonpcpro.com
www.localcomputermart.com/dave
Santa Cruz, CA (831)423-4284
mailto:dave@localcomputermart.com
Asheville Computer (N. Carolina) (828)285-0240

Hi Dave, (and everyone who has replied)
You wrote:-



This is what I wondered. Now the story of my enquiry is that someone phoned
me and in the conversation told me that her son had an injured tendon in his
foot and a friend had given her a homeopathic remedy called Guaj... which
her homeopath calls "injury remedy"!! Naturally I looked it up as I've never
heard of it. Under Guaiacum Off. I found MM which I suppose could be used
for injuries :-

""It acts on mucous membranes, muscles, joints and bones, and causes
contraction
of tendons with resulting deformity. Gouty nodosities on joints.""

But could find nothing on Guaj.... hence my enquiry.

Thank you to everyone who has replied to me on this and I have to ask , has
anyone ever used it as it appears to be a useful little remedy to know when
I read about it in Clarke!!

Regards,
Rochelle
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