Guaco

Mikania guaco (a climbing composite of Tropical America). N. O. Compositae. Tincture or decoction of leaves.

Clinical

Cholera. Diarrhoea. Hydrophobia. Leucorrhoea. Paralysis. Phosphaturia. Rheumatism. Spine, affections of. Tongue, paralysis of.

Characteristics

Guaco has a local repute as a remedy for the bites of serpents, for hydrophobia, cholera, and cancer. In the homoeopathic provings rice-water stools occurred ; and difficulty of swallowing as in hydrophobia. One proving also showed an action on the bladder and urinary organs, producing excess of phosphates. A lady who took a decoction for four months steadily, was obliged to discontinue because it produced : Copious, corrosive, putrid leucorrhoea, causing great debility, tanning the inside of the thighs and staining linen yellow. She felt as u fire was running out of her. Terrible itching and smarting. Another prover had severe spinal and occipital pains ; paresis of tongue and difficult deglutition. Burning and tearing in soles. Pains as if beaten. Pains extend to other parts, mostly from above downwards. < At night. Motion <.

Relations

Antidoted by : Kre. and Sul. (leucorrhoea). Compare: Alum., Bell, (menstrual flow feels hot) ; Flios. ac. (phosphaturia). Leucorrhoea staining yellow, Carb. an., Kre., Nit. ac.

Mind

An excited condition.

Head

Severe aching in occiput which sometimes extends over upper half of back.— Headache and heat of head.

Ears p. 852

Deafness.

Mouth p. 852

Tongue heavy, difficult to move.

Throat p. 852

Difficult deglutition.

Abdomen p. 852

Pain and rumbling in bowels followed by watery stools.

Stool and Anus p. 852

Awakened 4 a.m. with pain and sudden call to stool of dark brown faecal matter, thin and watery. Slept till 6, when he had another stool, sudden, forcible, profuse, with appearance as of rice-water; some pain in back afterwards, with feeling of weakness and fatigue. — Congestion of haemorrhoidal vessels.

Urinary Organs p. 852

Unusual flow of urine with excess of phosphates ; pain over region of bladder and weight and weariness through hips and loins.

Female Sexual Organs p. 852

Leucorrhoea, copious, corrosive, debilitating ; tanning thighs, staining linen yellow ; felt as if fire running out of her ; terrible itching < at night.

Respiratory Organs p. 852

Constriction of larynx and trachea.

Neck and Back p. 852

Burning in nape extending to shoulders. — Tearing stiffness, drawing-tearing extending to axilla. — Drawing-tearing in and between scapulae extending into forearm. — Frequent fine stitches, tearing and violent drawing pains along spine, < bending. — Aching and pressure forward in the lumbo-sacral region. — Weight and weariness through hips and loins. — Pain in sacrum and back with feeling of weakness and fatigue (after diarrhoea).

Upper Limbs p. 852

Aching drawing and simple drawing pains in deltoid with a paralysed sensation extending to forearm. — Tearing and dislocation pains in shoulders extending to forearm. — Burning in shoulder-joint — Tearing in elbows and fingers.

Lower Limbs p. 852

Soreness and pains as if beaten about hip-joint— Drawing in thigh. — Drawing and swollen feeling in calves. — Uneasiness and drawing in legs. — Tearing in ankle-joints. — Burning and tearing in soles.