- Allen HC — The keynotes that separate this remedy from its nearest neighbours.
“Black Cohosh (Ranunculaceae.) Puerperal mania; thinks she is going crazy (compare, Syph.); tries to injure herself. Mania following disappearance of neuralgia. Sensation as if a heavy, black cloud had settled all over her and enveloped her head so that all is darkness and confusion. Illusion of a mouse running under…”
- Allen TF — A compiled symptom record drawing on proving reports and other named observations.
“Cimicifuga racemosa, Ell. Synonyms , Actæa racemosa, Linn; Macrotys actæoides, Raf.; Botroflus serpentaria, Raf. (Med. Flora). Nat. order , Ranunculaceæ. Common names , Blacksnake root, Bugbane, Rattleweed. Preparation , Tincture of the root. Authorities.”
- Boericke — The quick clinical read — keynotes, modalities and the conditions it is actually prescribed in.
“Black Snake-root (CIMICIFUGA - ACTAEA RACEMOSA - MACROTYS) Has a wide action upon the cerebrospinal and muscular system, as well as upon the uterus and ovaries. Especially useful in rheumatic, nervous subjects with ovarian irritation, uterine cramps and heavy limbs. Its muscular and crampy pains, primarily of neurotic…”
- Boger (GA) — Which general headings this remedy belongs under — the analytical scaffolding.
“ACHING ALTERNATING EFFECTS, sides, states, etc.(Comp. Periodicity, Wandering, Waves). ANGINA PECTORIS BLOWS, shocks, thrusts, crash, explosions, etc. (Comp. Shattered): CLIMAXIS, Agg. DAMPNESS, getting wet, wet weather, bathing, working in water, damp rooms, etc., Agg. DIRECTION of sensations, Radiating DIRECTION of…”
- Boger (Syn) — Generals and modalities in a short analytical portrait rather than a symptom list.
“Mind. Occiput. Vertex. Nape. NERVES AND MUSCLES: Cerebro-spinal. Eyesballs. Ovario- uterine. Heart. FEMALES. Joints. Left side; ovary, chest, etc. Front of thighs. Menstruation; suppressed. During labor. Emotions. Alcohol. Night. Air: Damp. Cold. Wind. Drafts. Change of weather. Heat and cold. Sitting. Puberty and…”
- Clarke — The widest entry — sources, provings, clinical uses, relationships and antidotes in one place.
“Cimicifuga racemosa. Actæa monogynia. C. serpentaria. Macrotys racemosa. Botroflus serpentaria. Black snake root. Black Cohosh. (Canada, Georgia, Western States of America.) N. O. Ranunculaceæ. Tincture of the root. Trituration of the resinoid, Macrotyn. Abortion, tendency to / Angina pectoris / Appetite, disordered /…”
- Farrington — The differential diagnosis — remedy families narrowed through direct clinical comparison.
“ACTEA RACEMOSA, RANUNCULUS BULBOSUS AND RANUNCULUS SCEL. ACTEA RACEMOSA. We have in the homoeopathic materia medica, two varieties of the Actea, Actea racemosa and Actea spicata. The last-named of these may be dismissed in a very few words. It acts upon the joints, especially upon the smaller joints as those of the…”
- Guernsey — The leading characteristics — a compact bridge from repertory result to remedy study.
“This remedy is more particularly adapted to women. Mental.--In all her mental symptoms there is a want of natural coherence. Thinks she is growing crazy, and imagines all sorts of strange appearances, and that some one is going to kill her. In her talk, which is almost incessant, she is constantly changing from one…”
- Hale — The introduction story — early pathogenetic and clinical evidence for medicines new to Hale's generation.
“(Black Cohosh.) Botanical Description. — This indigenous plant is very stately in appearance, and is found growing abundantly in shady and rocky woods, on rich grounds, from Maine to Michigan, and southward to Florida. The Cimicifuga is the Macrotys racemosa, or Botrophys serpentaria of Rafinesque; the Actea Racemosa…”
- Hughes & Dake — The source evidence — provings and poisonings retained with their experimental context.
“CIMICIFUGA . Cimicifuga racemosa, Torr.; Actea racemosa, L. Black snake root. Nat. Ord., Ranunculacea. I. Provings.-1 . Dr. H. M. PAINE, æt. 25, nervous temp., in excellent health save for a chronic coryza. a. Proved tinct., made from root obtained in autumn. On Dec. 3rd and 4th, took 10 dr. m. and e.,and on 5th same…”
- Kent — The mental and general picture — how Kent organizes the remedy’s historical symptom portrait.
“Actea Racemosa (Black Cohosh) This remedy has been only meagerly proved, yet there are a few useful points in it. From its proving we can perceive that it is similar to diseased states in the human family, and especially in women, namely, hysterical and rheumatic conditions. The patient is always chilly, easily…”
- Lippe (Red) — Keynotes with the most-trusted ones marked as red-line symptoms.
“Common names: squaw root; black cohosh; cimicifuga. GLOOMY, SAD, SLEEPLESS; THINKS SHE WILL GO INSANE (N.). Puerperal mania; tries to injure herself. Weeping mood; melancholia. Mania following disappearance of neuralgia (A.). In all her mental symptoms there is a want of natural coherence (G.). SENSATION AS IF A…”
- Nash — The comparisons — the remedy set beside the ones it is most often confused with.
“Nervous symptoms, twitchings, spasms, convulsions, neuralgias; chills without shaking < at menstrual period. Muscular rheumatism; stiff neck, drawing head back; can’t turn the head; rheumatism of the belly of muscles, by preference. Headaches pressing outward; or upward, as if top of head would fly off, or into eyes…”
