Vergleich: Berb. mit Caul.
|
Remedy |
Berb vulgaris |
Caulophyllum |
|
Location |
Liver, kidney,
abdomen, ureter |
kidney, uterus
bladder, internal os |
|
Side affinity |
Predominantly left sided |
Left and right |
|
Type of pain |
Stitching,
cutting radiating from one point shooting all over |
Labour
like pain, shifting flying from abdomen to chest, erratic |
|
Sensation in part |
Bubbling,
gurgling, numbness, burning, soreness |
Rigidity, obstruction,
congestion |
|
Tongue, thirst |
Slimy
furred tongue, great thirst with dry mouth |
Coated tongue
great thirst |
|
State of mind |
Fretful,
anxious or sometimes indifferent |
Exhausted with
pain, apprehensive |
[Frans Vermeulen]
In delay there lies no plenty.
[Shakespeare]
Caulophyllum shares its Indian nahttps://hpathy.com/clinical-cases/exploring-caulophyllum-acute-benefits-and-gender-equality-in-homeopathy/with
those of Thalictrum [Meadow rue]. The blue-green hue
of the foliage and the blue colour of the berries will have inspired such names
as Blue Cohosh, Blue Ginseng, and Blueberry Root. Squawroot
is a name not uncommon for herbs relieving female complaints; Cimicifuga, Caulophyllum,
Trillium, and Epiphegus were all called 'squawroot'. Cohosh is Algonquian [Indian] for 'rough' and refers to the
gnarled roots of the plant.
Typical for Caulophyllum is that the flowers
are in bloom before the leaves are fully open, and that the enlarging
berry-like seeds burst through the wall of the ovary and develop in a
completely exposed state. The reddish purple young foliage turns bluish green
when maturing.
Quinolizidine [lupin-like]
alkaloids [methylcytisine, anagyrine,
baptifoline], apophine
alkaloids [magnoflorine], saponin,
resins. Caulophylline, or N-methylcytisine,
closely resembles nicotine in its ability to stimulate respiration and the
motion of the intestines, and to raise blood pressure. N-methylcytisine
occurs in other plants as well, particularly in plants belonging to the Leguminosae, such as Baptisia, Sophora, and Cytisus. Caulophylline is known to produce toxic effects on the
myocardium of laboratory animals. Cardiac effects in humans have been reported
once; it regarded a newborn infant, whose mother took blue cohosh
to promote uterine contractions.
The infant presented with acute myocardial infarction associated with
profound congestive heart failure and shock; it was critically ill for several
weeks, but eventually recovered.
Also contains a saponin, sometimes called 'caulosapogenin', which can act as a coronary blood vessel
constrictor and thought responsible for stimulating uterine contractions and
inducing childbirth.
Phytology: Emmenagogue, antispasmodic,
diuretic, diaphoretic and anthelmintic. Caulophyllum tea was widely used by native Americans and
early settlers
to treat common ailments such as sore throat,
bronchitis, colic, and rheumatic pains. Names as 'Squawroot' or 'Papoose Root'
reflect on the use of Caulophyllum by native American
women who brewed a tea from the roots to relieve menstrual cramps and to ease
the pains during childbirth. The tea was also found to induce uterine
contractions to speed delivery. The seeds, roasted and boiled in water, have
been used as a coffee substitute. The root was taken by North American Indians
as a contraceptive and was used by both sexes to treat genito-urinary
conditions. The Ojibwe Indians used the root for
female troubles, especially for stomach cramps during painful menstruation. Due
to its anti-inflammatory properties it is sometimes used for arthritic and
rheumatic conditions. Caulophyllum was listed in the
U.S. Pharmacopoeia as a labour inducer from 1882 to 1905.
Proving: Burt - self-experimentation, 1864; method: 10 grains on 1st
day, 15 and 30 grains on 2nd day, and 50 and 75 grains on 3rd day of Caulophyllin ['pure resinoid'],
observation period: 4 days.
Affinity for: Female organs/Nerves. Muscles. Nape of neck. lower limbs.
Small joints.
<: evening/pregnancy/suppressed menses/open air/coffee/motion; >:
Warmth;
Main symptoms
Ailments during pregnancy, parturition, lactation.
Nervous and excitable women; weakness, drooping of upper lids, cannot
keep them open, has to raise them with fingers [Gels.].
Convulsions during menses.
Mathur: "Spasmodic affections,
hysteria and epilepsy developing during puberty at the establishment of
menstrual functions."
Chilly.
Canine hunger [with white-coated tongue] and great thirst.
ERRATIC PAINS; drawing, cramping, shooting.
[Hughes]
"Dr Burt. In perfect health, aet. 29.
April 28th, 1864, at 4 h. , took 10 gr. of Caulophyllin.
5, dull frontal headache, with contracted feeling of skin of forehead; drawing
pains in thighs, knees, legs, and ankles; very sharp pain inside l. knee-joint;
elbows and wrists ache. 5.40, very hard pains in forehead, with sensation as of
needles being stuck there. 6, constant flying pains in arms and legs, first in
one part and then in another, remaining only 2 - 3 min.at
a time in any place."
[Boger] Wandering pains ending in neck, which
becomes stiff.
Rheumatic affections and gynaecological ailments.
Rheuma of small joints [hands and feet].
[Burt] “Closing the hands produces severe cutting pains in second joints
of all fingers."
Severe dysmenorrhoea.
[Pain: wandering, shooting, cramping, paroxysmal pains with nausea,
vomiting and pain in lumbar region before menses]
Labour doesn’t progress
Labour pains fly about [to breasts], are weak or irregular; false labour
pains.
[Dewey] “May be called for in false labour pains during the last months
of pregnancy."
Delayed labour due to rigid os.
Unbearable afterpains [across lower abdomen,
extending to groins].
Dewey "Should be used during labour, when the pains are
intermittent, sharp and crampy, and appear in the
groin, bladder and lower extremities; they are spasmodic and
fly from one place to another."
Habitual miscarriage.
Subinvolution after abortion or confinement.
Leucorrhoea and brown spots on forehead.
Repertory:
Mind: Anger during menses.
Anxiety during menses.
Delusions, she is pregnant. Eating, refuses to eat. Fear, during
pregnancy.
Hysteria - during menses/after copious menses.
Prostration of mind after abortion
Vertigo: Menses - before, during.
Head: Pain, pressing, temples, as if crushed.
Prickling, like needles, forehead.
Eye: Pain, pressing outward.
Face: Discolouration, brown spots on forehead.
Mouth: Odour, offensive, before menses.
Taste, bitter, at beginning of menses
Stomach: Nausea - during labour, before menses, during
menses.
Thirst, during labour.
Vomiting, before menses.
Bladder: Pain - spasmodic ext. back, ext. chest.
Urine: Copious, with amenorrhoea.
Female organs: Abortion, early months, from inertia of
uterus; tendency to abortion, in flabby women.
Pain - labour pains, ceasing, exhausting, false, interrupted, short,
wandering about.
Back: Pain - lumbar region, before menses, during
menses.
Limbs: Cracking in joints, when turning, when
walking.
Pain - wandering; small joints, > after menses; hand, on closing
hand; fingers, > after menses.
Sleep: Sleepless from rheumatic pains.
Chill: before menses, during menses.
Generals: Chorea, before menses, during menses.
Trembling, ex-/internally, during menses; during menopause.
Food and drinks: <: coffee;
Vorwort/Suchen Zeichen/Abkürzungen Impressum