Caulophyllum Thalictroides
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General
CAULOPHYLLUM. [Cauloph.] Blue Cohosh. Burt. Berberidaceae.
Sensorium
► Swimming, a sort of vertigo, with dimness of sight ; gulping up a bitter, sour fluid.
Inner Head
► Headache, pressure behind the eyes, dimness of sight ; dependent upon uterine derangement. ► Severe pains by spells, in the temples, as if they would be crushed together.
Outer Head
► Rheumatic headaches, especially with females.
Eyes
► Pressure behind the eyes ; profuse flow of tears.
Face
► "Moth spots" on forehead, with leucorrhoea.
Teeth
► Teeth all feel sore, elongated.
Tongue, Etc
► Tongue coated white.
Mouth
► Sensation of dryness in the mouth ; heat. ► Aphthae.
Throat
► Distress in the fauces, which causes frequent inclination to swallow.
Desires And Aversions
► Great thirst. ► Canine hunger, with white-coated tongue.
Nausea And Vomiting
► Empty eructations. ► Frequent gulping up of sour, bitter fluid, with vertigo. ► Spasmodic vomiting, cardialgia, excessive nausea spasms of the stomach attending uterine irritation.
Stomach
► Heat in the stomach ; fulness. ► Distress in stomach and bowels, with drawing in the right hypochondrium. ► Dyspepsia, with spasmodic symptoms.
Abdomen
► Distention of the abdomen, with tenderness. ► Rumbling in the bowels. ► Spasmodic and flatulent colic. ► Spasmodic action of the muscular tissues of the intestines, from irritation of the motor nerves, or from rheumatism.
Stool, Etc
► Constipation ; stool every other day. ► Watery stools, great quantity, but no pain ; 1 A.M. ► Soft stool, very white.
Urine
► Emission of copious, pale or straw-coloured urine.
Male Sexual Organs
► Every few minutes sharp, stinging pains in the glans penis.
Female Sexual Organs
► Sensation, as if uterus was congested, with fulness and tension in hypogastric region. ► Menses too soon. ► Amenorrhoea ; spasms, cramps, or great atony. ► Painful menstruation, the flow being normal in quantity. ► Spasmodic dysmenorrhoea ; spasmodic, intermittent pains in bladder, stomach, broad ligaments (groins), even chest and limbs ; congestion and irritability of uterus ; scanty flow. ► Menstrual colic ; uterus retroverted. ► Irritable vagina, spasmodic, intense pains. ► Aphthous vaginitis and spasmodic pains in the uterus. ► Leucorrhoea : profuse, mucous ; "moth spots" on the forehead ; often in little girls.
Pregnancy
► Threatening abortion, spasmodic bearing down pains ; vascular excitement ; tremulous weakness ; pains severe in back and loins, but uterine contractions feeble ; slight flow. ► Habitual abortion from uterine debility. ► Tormenting, useless pains in the beginning of labor. ► Labor-pains short, irregular, spasmodic ; patient very weak ; no progress being made. ► Spasmodic rigidity of the os, delaying labor ; pains like needles in the cervix. ► Pains become weak, flagging from long protracted labor, causing exhaustion ; thirsty, feverish. ► Passive hemorrhage after abortion or confinement. ► Protracted lochia, oozes passively from the relaxed uterine vessels, great atony. ► Suppressed lochia. ► After-pains, especially after exhausting, lengthy labor ; spasmodic, across the lower abdomen ; extend into groins.
Larynx
► Loss of voice ; reflex from uterine disturbances.
Lungs
► Spasmodic, intermittent pains in chest, with anemia.
Neck And Back
► Rheumatic stiffness of the nape. ► Severe drawing pain in the sterno-cleido-mastoid ; drawing the head to the left. ► Dull pain in the lumbar region.
Upper Limbs
► Severe drawing in wrists and fingers. ► Rheumatism of wrists and finger-joints, with swelling, cutting in joints when closing hands ; pains shift to the nape of neck with spasmodic rigidity ; panting oppression of the chest ; high fever ; delirium ; nervous excitement.
Lower Limbs
► Drawing pains in knees, ankles, feet and toes. ► All joints crack when walking or turning. ► Pain in feet and toes, worse at night. ► Pains recur every day.
Limbs In General
► Rheumatism, especially of the smaller joints. ► Constant flying pains in the arms and legs ; remain only a few minutes in any one place. ► Severe drawing pains in the joints of the arms and legs.
Position, Etc
► Closing hands, cutting : 32.
Walking : 33.
Turning : 33.
Nerves
► Chorea at puberty. ► Hysterical or epileptiform spasms at puberty, from menstrual irregularities, especially in rheumatic females. ► Paraplegia, with retroversion and congestion of the uterus after childbirth ; partial loss of sensation ; emaciation, anaemia, general debility.
Sleep
► Sleepless, restless, nervous.
Time
► 1 A.M. : 20. Night : 33.
Chill, Fever And Sweat
► Fever high, delirious, nervous excitement, rheumatism.
Attacks
► Pains are intermittent. ► Every day : 33.
Every other day : 20.
Every few minutes : 22, 34.
Sides
► Right : 17. Left : 31.
Stages And States
► Especially suited to females.