Caulophyllum thalictroides
de 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Historical reference for practitioners and students.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.
Caulophyllum is one of our most valuable remedies in rheumatic conditions affecting the small joints, especially of the wrists, ankles, fingers and toes.
It is almost always associated with a deranged female sexual system.
Often of use in the rheumatic conditions of pregnancy.
(See Actea spicata for differentiations.)
NECK AND BACK
Severe drawing in sterno-cleidomastoid muscle.
Rheumatic stiffness of nape of neck.
Dull pains in lumbar region.
Severe pains in back and loins.
SUPERIOR EXTREMITIES
SEVERE DRAWING IN WRISTS AND FINGERS.
RHEUMATISM OF WRISTS AND FINGER JOINTS WITH SWELLING, CUTTING IN JOINTS WHEN CLOSING HANDS.
Pains shift to nape of neck.
FINGERS VERY STIFF.
FLYING PAINS IN ARMS.
INFERIOR EXTREMITIES
DRAWING PAIN IN ALL THE JOINTS.
Knees weak when walking.
PAIN IN FEET AND TOES.
SHARP PAIN IN KNEE JOINTS.
EXTREMITIES IN GENERAL
RHEUMATISM, ESPECIALLY OF SMALL JOINTS.
PAINS SHIFTING TO NAPE OF NECK WITH RIGIDITY AND OPPRESSION OF CHEST.
DRAWING PAINS IN JOINTS OF ARMS AND LEGS.
PAINS REMAIN ONLY A SHORT TIME IN ONE PLACE, THEN SHIFT TO ANOTHER.
CONCOMITANTS
TREMULOUS WEAKNESS OVER WHOLE BODY.
LEUCORRHŒA ACRID, WEAKENING, WITH GREAT HEAVINESS OF EYELIDS; HAS TO LIFT THEM WITH HAND.
MENSES TOO SOON AND VERY PAINFUL.
SPASMODIC DYSMENORRHŒA..
SENSATION AS IF THE UTERUS WERE CONGESTED, WITH FULLNESS AND TENSION.