Guaiac
If you have anemia, your blood does not carry enough oxygen to the rest of your body. The most common cause of anemia is not having enough iron. Your body needs iron to make hemoglobin. Hemoglobin is an iron-rich protein that gives the red color to blood. It carries oxygen from the lungs to the rest of the body.
Anemia has three main causes: blood loss, lack of red blood cell production, and high rates of red blood cell destruction.
Conditions that may lead to anemia include:
- Heavy periods
- Pregnancy
- Ulcers
- Colon polyps or colon cancer
- Inherited disorders
- A diet that does not have enough iron, folic acid or vitamin B12
- Blood disorders such as sickle cell anemia and thalassemia, or cancer
- Aplastic anemia, a condition that can be inherited or acquired
- G6PD deficiency, a metabolic disorder
Anemia can make you feel tired, cold, dizzy, and irritable. You may be short of breath or have a headache.
Your doctor will diagnose anemia with a physical exam and blood tests. Treatment depends on the kind of anemia you have.
NIH: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
Physician's Materia Medica on Guaiac
Creosote Iodide, a chemical combination of Iodine with the Guaiacol, Creosol and analogous bodies which are constituents of Beechwood Creosote. It is alterative and antiseptic, exerting a favorable influence over nutrition in wasting diseases. Wherever Iodine or Iodides are indicated, Creosotide may be prescribed. In incipient tuberculosis, it causes a gain in weight and a general improvement in symptoms. It has proved of value especially in the treatment of glandular enlargements, ofscrofulou1
The heart wood also the resin of GUAIACUM OFFICINALE, Lin. Stimulant diaphoretic, alterative, deobstruent, expectorant, anti arthritic, emmenagogue. Prescribed especially in acute rheuma tism and as a uterine tonic and stimulant.1
The principal constituent of BEecHwooD csEosorE. Antiseptic, antipyretic, local anodyne. Prescribed in tubercular diseases, car buncle, lupus, etc. Dose, 0.13 to 1.0 c. c. (2 to 15 Ill), administered in capsules or in milk. Guaiacol Carbonate is an insoluble crystalline powder which is nearly tasteless. Dose, 0.3 to 2.0 Grm. (5 to 30 grs.), three times-a day.1
Derivative from GUAIACOL, having the advantage of solubility in water. Used as a substitute for creosote and guaiacol in tuber cular diseases and in chronic bronchitis. Dose, 0.3 to 1.3 Grm. (5 to 20 grs.) or more, three times a day.1