Actaea Racemosa (CIMICIFUGA)

 Keynotes by H.C. Allen

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 her chair (Lac. c., Aeth.). Ciliary

neuralgia; aching or sharp, darting, shooting pains in globes,

extending to temples, vertex, occiput, orbit, < going up stairs, >

lying down. Heart troubles from reflex symptoms of uterus or

ovaries. Heart's action ceases suddenly; impending suffocation;

palpitation from least motion (Dig.). Menses: irregular; exhausting

(Alum., Coc.); delayed or suppressed by mental emotion, from

cold, from fever; with chorea, hysteria or mania; increase of mental

symptoms during. Spasms: hysterical or epileptic; reflex from

uterine disease; worse during menses; chorea < left side. Severe

left-sided infra-mammary pains (Ust.). Sharp, lancinating, electric-

like pains in various parts, sympathetic with ovarian or uterine

irritation; in uterine region, dart from side to side. Pregnancy:

nausea; sleeplessness; false labor-like pains; sharp pains across

abdomen; abortion at third month (Sab.). During labor: "shivers"

in first stage; convulsions, from nervous excitement; rigid os; pains

severe, spasmodic, tedious, < by least noise. After-pains, worse in

the groins. When given during last month of pregnancy, shortens

labor, if symptoms correspond (Caul., Puls.). Excessive muscular

soreness, after dancing, skating, or other violent muscular exertion.

Rheumatic pains in muscles of neck and back; feel stiff, lame,

contracted; spine sensitive, from using arms in sewing, type

writing, piano playing (Agar., Ran. b.). Rheumatism affecting the

bellies of the muscles; pains stitching, cramping. Rheumatic

dysmenorrhoea.

Relationship. Similar: to, Caul., and Puls. in uterine and rheumatic

affections; to, Agar., Lil., Sep.Aggravation. During menstruation; the more profuse the flow the

greater the suffering.