Caulophyllum

Caulophyllum thalictroides. Michaux.

Nat. order , Berberidaceæ.

Common name , Blue Cohosh.

Preparation , Trituration and tincture of the root.

Authority.

Dr. Burt (Hale's New Remedies, 2d ed., p. 171), proving with, first day, 10 grains of the "pure resinoid;" second day, 15 grains and 30 grains; third day, 50 grains and 75 grains.

HEAD

• Dulness of the head (third day).
• Frequent spells of vertigo (third day).
• Dull headache (second day).
• Slight frontal headache (second and third days).
• Severe frontal headache (after five hours).
• Dull frontal headache (second day).
• Dull frontal headache, with a contracted feeling of the skin of the forehead (after two hours).
• Very hard dull frontal headache (after two hours).
• Very hard pains in the forehead, with a sensation as of needles being stuck into the forehead (after one-and-forty hours). [10.]
• By spells there is a very severe pain in the temples that produces a feeling as if both temples would be crushed together (second day).

EYE

• Severe drawing pains over the left eye (second day).
• Eyes aching, with a feeling of something under the lids (third day).
• Profuse secretion of tears (third day).
• Profuse flow of tears (second day).

NOSE

• Drawing pains in the nose (second day).

MOUTH

• Teeth all feeling sore and elongated (third day).
• Tongue coated white (fourth day).

THROAT

• Distress in the fauces, that causes frequent inclination to swallow (after two hours).

STOMACH

• Canine hunger (fourth day).
• Wants to drink a great deal of water (fourth day). [20.]
• Empty eructations (third day).
• Frequent gulping up of very sour, bitter fluid (third day).
• Distress in the stomach and bowels, with drawing pains in the right hypochondrium (second day).
• Slight distress in the stomach (third day).
• Good deal of distress in the stomach and small intestines (second day).
• Good deal of pain and distress in the stomach and umbilicus (second day).
• Slight burning distress in the stomach (third day).
• Frequent slight colicky pain in the stomach and umbilicus (second day).

ABDOMEN

• Drawing pains in the right side over the liver (second day).
• Frequent slight pain in the umbilicus (fourth day). [30.]
• Slight dull pain in the umbilicus when moving, relieved by emissions of flatus (third day).
• Frequent colicky pains in the umbilicus, relieved by emissions of flatus (second day).
• Severe colicky pains every few minutes in the umbilicus (after five hours).
• Slept well until 1 A.M., then awoke with a great rumbling in the bowels, and a very urgent desire for stool (third night).

STOOL

• Natural but hard stool (third day).
• Natural but dark stool (second day).
• Soft stool, very white (fifth day, 7 A.M.).
• Another rather soft stool, followed by slight pain in the umbilicus (third day).
• Stool mostly of water, that ran a perfect stream from my bowels; passed a great quantity.
• There was no pain (third night, 1 A.M.).

SEXUAL ORGANS

• Every few minutes, sharp, stinging pain in the glans penis (after two hours).

NECK AND BACK. [40.]

• Very severe drawing pain in the sterno-cleido-mastoid muscle, that draws the head to the left side (after five hours).
• Slight backache (fourth day).
• Dull backache (after five hours).
• Slight dull backache (second day).
• Dull pains in the lumbar region (second day).
• Dull backache in the lumbar region (after two hours).

EXTREMITIES IN GENERAL

• Constant flying pains in the arms and legs, first in one part and then in another, remaining only two or three minutes at a time in a place (after two hours).*
• Restless night; fingers, ankles, feet, and toes pained so much (fourth night).*
• Drawing pains in the fingers, legs, and feet (second day).
• Drawing pains in the elbows, wrists, fingers, knees, ankles, feet, and toes (fourth day). [50.]
• Drawing pains in the fingers, ankles, feet, and toes, but more especially in the toes (third day).*
• Slight drawing pains in the wrists and fingers, ankles, feet, and toes (third day).
• Severe drawing pains in the joints of the arms and legs (after five hours).
• Severe drawing pains in hips, knees, ankles and feet, wrists and fingers (second day).
• Constant and severe drawing pains in the wrists and fingers , ankles, feet , and toes (second day).

SUPERIOR EXTREMITIES

• Elbows and wrists ache (after two hours).
• Severe pain in the wrists and joints of fingers (second day).*
• Fingers are quite stiff (fourth day).*
• Fingers are very stiff (fourth night).
• Drawing pains in the fingers (second day). [60.]
• Much pain in the joints of the fingers; they look red and are very stiff; closing the hand is very painful (third day).
• Shutting the hand produced severe cutting pains in the second joints of all the fingers; they were very stiff (second day).

INFERIOR EXTREMITIES

• All the joints crack frequently when walking or turning (fourth day).
• Drawing pains in the thighs, knees, legs, and ankles (after two hours).
• Severe drawing pains in the inside of the left thigh (after two hours).
• Feeling quite well, excepting the knees are quite weak when walking (third day).
• Very sharp pains in the left knee-joint, inside (after two hours).
• Knees feeling very weak when walking (third day).
• Drawing pains in the knees and toes, very sharp by spells (third day).
• Drawing pains in the knees, ankles, feet and toes (third day).* [70.]
• Severe drawing pains in the legs and feet, but more especially in the feet (second day).
• The left ankle pains very severely (second day).
• The ankle and toes of the left foot are very painful (after five hours).
• Severe drawing pains in the ankles and feet (second day).
• The pains are very severe in the feet (second day).
• Walking produces severe pain in the metatarsal bones (third day).
• Drawing pains in the toes (fourth day).*

GENERAL SYMPTOMS

• Feeling weak and nervous (third day).

SLEEP AND DREAMS

• Had a restless night (second night).
• Slept well until 3 A.M., after which he was restless (first night).

FEVER. [80.]

• Skin was hot and dry (second day).

CONDITIONS

• Aggravation.
• ( After 3 A.M .), Restless.
• ( Evening ), The symptoms.
• ( Open air ), The symptoms.
• ( Coffee ), Seems to aggravate.
• ( Walking ), Pains in metacarpal bones.
• Amelioration.
• ( Emission of flatus ), Pains in umbilicus.
• ( In room ), Troubles which arise in the open air disappear, except pressure in forehead.