Caulophyllum thalictroides
as William Boericke recorded it in Homoeopathic Materia Medica, 1927
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General
Blue Cohosh This is a woman's remedy. Want of tonicity of the womb. During labor, when the pains are deficient and the patient is exhausted and fretful. Besides, it has a special affinity for the smaller joints. Thrush, locally and internally.
Stomach
Cardialgia, spasms of stomach. Dyspepsia with spasmodic symptoms.
Female
Extraordinary rigidity of os (Bell; Gels; Ver v). Spasmodic and severe pains, which fly in all directions; shivering, without progress; false pains. Revives labor pains and furthers progress of labor. After pains. Leucorrhœa, with moth-spots on forehead. Habitual abortion from uterine debility (Helon; Puls; Sab). Needle-like pains in cervix. Dysmenorrhœa, with pains flying to other parts of body. Lochia protracted; great atony. Menses and leucorrhœa profuse.
Extremities
Severe drawing, erratic pain and stiffness in small joints, fingers, toes, ankles, etc. Aching in wrists. Cutting pains on closing hands. Erratic pains, changing place every few minutes.
Skin
Discoloration of skin in women with menstrual and uterine disorder.
Relationships
Incompatible: Coffea. Compare: Viol. Odor (rheumatic carpal and metacarpal joints); Cimicif; Sepia; Pulsat; Gels.
Dose
Tincture to third attenuation.
What the other books say about Caulophyllum thalictroides
The same remedy read by a different author. They disagree, and the disagreements are where the remedy becomes recognisable.
- Caulophyllum thalictroides in Allen's Keynotes — The few symptoms that, when genuinely present, point at one remedy and not its neighbours.
- Caulophyllum thalictroides in Boger — A compressed key — the generals and the characteristic modalities, with very little narrative.
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Create a free accountCite this page. William Boericke. Homoeopathic Materia Medica. 9th edition (preface dated San Francisco, June 1927). Caulophyllum thalictroides — General. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/books/boericke/caulophyllum-thalictroides. Published 1927: public domain in the US (since 2023) and in India (author died 1929). Reproduced as the author wrote it; a historical reference for students and practitioners, not medical advice.