Actaea spicata
par H. A. Roberts — The Rheumatic Remedies
Historical reference for practitioners and students. The statements below reflect the named author’s homeopathic teaching and do not establish treatment effectiveness. This text is not medical advice and must not replace appropriate diagnosis or care.
Actea spicata has an affinity for the small joints, especially of hands and feet.
It resembles Caulophyllum very closely in attacking the small joints, yet Caulophyllum almost always has derangement of the female sexual system accompanying its rheumatic conditions, while Actea spicata has an affinity for men.
It may be differentiated from Ledum by its hot swollen joints and aggravations.
There is a chronic enlargement and stiffness in Actea that has frequent exacerbations.
In acute articular rheumatism, there is almost always the sour vomiting with the fever.
HEAD AND FACE
WARM SWEAT ESPECIALLY ON SIDE ON WHICH HE LIES.
RHEUMATIC PAIN IN FACE WITH PULLING TEARING FROM DECAYED TOOTH TO TEMPLES, < BY SLIGHTEST TOUCH AND MOTION. Face sensitive.
NECK AND BACK
Throbbing pain in region of kidneys.
Bruised pain in sacrum, < lying on side.
Beating throbbing in right hypochondrium; right hypochondrium sensitive to pressure.
Spasmodic action of bowels.
SUPERIOR EXTREMITIES
Fingers cold, numb, discoloured.
PARALYTIC PAIN AND WEAKNESS OF HANDS.
LAMENESS OF RIGHT ARM.
RIGHT WRIST PAINS INTOLERABLY, IS SWOLLEN, MOTION IS IMPOSSIBLE, SLIGHTEST PRESSURE ON PALM OF HAND NEAR LITTLE FINGER CAUSES HIM TO CRY OUT.
EXCRUCIATING PAIN IN WRIST AND FINGER JOINTS, VERY TENDER TO TOUCH, < AT NIGHT.
INFERIOR EXTREMITIES
Boring pains > from stretching.
Thighs tremble when raised.
Knees weary.
Sensation of weakness after change of weather.
JOINTS OF FEET SWELL AFTER WALKING.
EXTREMITIES IN GENERAL
SWELLING OF JOINTS AFTER FATIGUE.
RHEUMATIC PAINS OF SMALL JOINTS, ESPECIALLY OF THE HANDS.
WEAKNESS AND TINGLING OF LIMBS.
Numbness of feet and hands.
JOINTS
SMALL JOINTS SWELL, BRIGHT RED AND HOT.
CONCOMITANTS
Loss of consciousness.
Giddiness with reeling in air as if drunk.
WARM SWEAT ON HEAD.
All food repulsive.
VERY SOUR VOMITING.
TEARING PAIN IN EPIGASTRIC REGION WITH VOMITING.
Brick dust in urine.
High fever.
Pulse 120.
RHEUMATISM FROM SUPPRESSED SWEAT.
Pressure in region of liver painful.
Beating throbbing in region of liver.
AGGRAVATIONS
TOUCHING OF PART.
MOTION ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE.
AFTER WALKING IN OPEN AIR.
AMELIORATIONS
Morning.