Cimicifuga racemosa
van 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Historical reference for practitioners and students.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.
Cimicifuga is a valuable remedy in muscular rheumatism affecting the belly of the muscles, especially the muscles of the neck, back and chest; the pains are < on motion and toward night.
Frequently associated with these conditions is the deranged menstruation.
Cimicifuga is often called for in acute articular rheumatism affecting the joints of the lower limbs, with swelling and heat of the part.
Compare Act. spic., Caul. and Puls. in these rheumatic affections.
HEART
PAIN IN REGION OF HEART EXTENDING ALL OVER CHEST AND DOWN LEFT ARM WITH PALPITATION.
PAIN ABOUT RIGHT CHEST < BY EVERY INSPIRATION AND MOTION, EXTORTING CRIES.
NECK AND BACK
HEAD AND NECK RETRACTED.
RHEUMATIC PAINS IN MUSCLES OF NECK AND BACK WITH FEELING OF STIFFNESS AND CONTRACTION.
Cramp in muscles of neck on moving head.
STIFF NECK FROM COLD DRAFT, VERY PAINFUL ON SLIGHTEST MOTION.
SPINE SENSITIVE, ESPECIALLY IN CERVICAL AND UPPER DORSAL REGIONS; SORENESS OF DORSAL MUSCLES.
RHEUMATISM OF DORSAL MUSCLES.
SEVERE PAIN IN SMALL OF BACK EXTENDING DOWN THIGHS.
VIOLENT ACHING IN LUMBAR REGION.
WEIGHT AND PAIN IN LUMBAR AND SACRAL REGIONS.
Weak trembling pain in small of back.
SUPERIOR EXTREMITIES
Severe pain down arms with numbness as if the nerve had been compressed.
Excruciating pains in arms < AS EVENING APPROACHES.
TREMBLING OF HANDS WHEN WRITING.
INFERIOR EXTREMITIES
ACHING IN SACRUM, LUMBAR REGION AND DOWN LEFT LEG.
Growing pains about lower limbs.
SORENESS, ACHING AND STIFFNESS IN TENDO ACHILLIS, < WHEN WALKING.
DULL ACHING BURNING PAIN IN SECOND JOINT OF RIGHT GREAT TOE.
Rheumatic pains in joints with heat and swelling.
EXTREMITIES IN GENERAL
ACHING IN LIMBS.
EXCESSIVE MUSCULAR SORENESS.
BELLY OF MUSCLES AFFECTED; CRAMPY STICKING PAINS.
Joints feel stiff, especially nights and mornings.
JOINTS
SWOLLEN AND HOT.
CONCOMITANTS
TREMORS ALL OVER.
SHIVERS RUN ALL OVER BODY.
FEELS GRIEVED AND TROUBLED.
BRAIN FEELS AS IF TOO LARGE.
DULL HEADACHE IN VERTEX AND OCCIPUT.
MENSES IRREGULAR, DELAYED OR SUPPRESSED.
RESTLESSNESS.
SORE BRUISED FEELING OF WHOLE BODY.
AGGRAVATIONS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
MOTION.
AMELIORATIONS
FROM REST.