Blue Cohosh. BURT. Berberidaceae.
Sensorium
Swimming, a sort of vertigo, with dimness of sight; gulping up a bitter, sour fluid,.
Inner Head
Headache, pressure behind the eyes, dimness of sight; dependent upon uterine derangement.
Severe pains by spells, in the temples, as if they would be crushed together.
Outer Head
Rheumatic headaches, especially with females,.
Eyes
Pressure behind the eyes; profuse flow of tears.
Face
“Moth spots” on forehead, with leucorrhoea.
Teeth
Teeth all feel sore, elongated.
Tongue etc.
Tongue coated white.
Mouth
Sensation of dryness in the mouth; heat, Aphthae.
Throat
Distress in the fauces, which causes frequent inclination to swallow.
Desires Aversions
Great thirst.
Canine hunger, with white coated tongue.
Nausea and Vomiting
Empty eructations.
Frequent gulping up of sour, bitter fluid, with vertigo.
Spasmodic vomiting, cardialgia, excessive nausea spasms of the stomach attending uterine irritation.
Stomach
Heat in the stomach; fulness.
Distress in stomach and bowels, with drawing in the right hypochondrium : Dyspepsia, with spasmodic symptoms.
Abdomen
Distention of the abdomen, with tenderness.
Rumbling in the bowels.
Spasmodic and flatulent colic.
Spasmodic action of the muscular tissues of the intestines, from irritation of the motor nerves, or from rheumatism.
Stool etc.
Constipation; stool every other day.
Watery stools, great quantity, but no pain; 1 A.M.
Soft stool, very white.
Urine
Emission of copious, pale or straw-coloured urine.
Male Sexual Organs
Every few minutes sharp, stinging pains in the glans penis.
Female Sexual Organs
Sensation, as if uterus was congested, with fulness and tension in hypogastric region.
Menses too soon.
Amenorrhoea; spasms, cramps, or great atony.
Painful menstruation, the flow being normal in quantity.
Spasmodic dysmenorrhoea; spasmodic, intermittent pains in bladder, stomach, broad ligaments (groins), even chest and limbs; congestion and irritability of uterus; scanty flow.
Menstrual colic; uterus retroverted.
Irritable vagina, spasmodic, intense pains.
Aphthous vaginitis and spasmodic pains in the uterus.
Leucorrhoea: profuse, mucous; “moth spots” on the forehead: often in little girls.
Pregnancy
Threatening abortion, spasmodic bearing down pains : vascular excitement: tremulous weakness; pains severe in back and loins, but uterine contractions feeble; slight flow.
Habitual abortion from uterine debility.
Tormenting, useless pains in the beginning of labor.
Labor pains short, irregular, spasmodic; patient very weak; no progress being made.
Spasmodic rigidity of the os, delaying labor; pains like needles in the cervix.
Pains become weak, flagging from long protracted labor, causing exhaustion; thirsty, feverish.
Passive hemorrhage after abortion or confinement.
Protracted lochia, oozes passively from the relaxed uterine vessels, great atony.
Suppressed lochia, After-pains, especially after exhausting, lengthy labor; spasmodic, across the lower abdomen; extend into groins.
Larynx
Loss of voice; reflex from uterine disturbances.
Lungs
Spasmodic, intermittent pains in chest, with anemia.
Neck Back
Rheumatic stiffness of the nape.
Severe drawing pain in the sterno-cleido-mastoid; drawing the head to the left.
Dull pain in the lumbar region.
Upper Limbs
Severe drawing in wrists and fingers.
Rheumatism of wrists and finger-joints, with swelling, cutting in joints when closing hands; pains shift to the nape of neck with spasmodic rigidity; panting oppression of the chest; high fever; delirium; nervous excitement.
Lower Limbs
Drawing pains in knees, ankles, feet and toes.
All joints crack when walking or turning.
Pain in feet and toes, worse at night.
Pains recur every day.
Limbs in General
Rheumatism, especially of the smaller joints.
Constant flying pains in the arms and legs; remain only a few minutes in any one place.
Severe drawing pains in the joints of the arms and legs.
Position etc.
Closing hands, cutting : Walking : Turning :.
Nerves
Chorea at puberty.
Hysterical or epileptiform spasms at puberty, from menstrual irregularities, especially in rheumatic females.
Paraplegia, with retroversion and congestion of the uterus after childbirth; partial loss of sensation; emaciation, anaemia, general debility.
Sleep
Sleepless, restless, nervous.
Time
A.M. : Night : Every other day :.
Chill Fever Sweat
Fever high, delirious, nervous excitement, rheumatism.
Attacks
Pains are intermittent.
Every day : Every other day: Every few minutes :,.
Sides
Right :. Left :.
Stages and States
Especially suited to females.
