Caulophyllum
(Caulophyllum thalictroides · Blue cohosh)
A remedy of the womb and the small joints. In the materia medica, Caulophyllum is associated with weak, irregular or ineffective contractions around childbirth and with stiff, aching small joints whose pains wander.
Source
The root of blue cohosh, a woodland plant of eastern North America
Kingdom
Plant
Abbreviation
Caul.
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Usually prescribed by a homeopath
The classic picture
(a remedy is chosen when the whole picture fits the person, not from a single symptom)
Around labor, pains that are short, irregular and spasmodic, making little progress, with exhaustion and fretfulness
Needle-like pains and a lack of tone in the uterus
Stiffness and drawing pain in the small joints: fingers, toes, wrists and ankles
Pains that wander, changing place every few minutes
Tends to feel better
Warmth
Rest
Tends to feel worse
During pregnancy and labor
Around periods
Cold
How it compares
(remedies that are often confused with Caulophyllum)
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Cimicifuga
(Cimicifuga racemosa)
Both are described for women’s cycles and labor; Cimicifuga has more emotional gloom and pains in the large muscles.
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Pulsatilla
(Pulsatilla pratensis)
Both have wandering pains; Pulsatilla is weepy, wants company and is better in the open air.
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Gelsemium
(Gelsemium sempervirens)
Both have heaviness and weakness in labor; Gelsemium is drowsy, trembling and heavy-lidded throughout.
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Side-by-side comparisons
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From the classic texts
“Severe drawing, erratic pain and stiffness in small joints, fingers, toes, ankles, etc. Aching in wrists. Cutting pains on closing hands. Erratic pains, changing place every few minutes.”
“Rheumatism of women, especially of small joints (Act. s.); errative pains changing place every few minutes (Puls.); painful stiffness of affected joints.”
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