Actaea spicata
Remedy of rheumatism of small joints. Wrist and finger joints swollen, painful, worse from touch and motion. Small joints affected primarily. Joints swell from least exertion. Tearing, tingling pains.
Source
Prepared from the fresh root of Actaea spicata (Ranunculaceae).
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Keynote Symptoms
Rheumatism of small joints — wrists, fingers, ankles, toes. Joints swell from the least exertion or fatigue. Tearing, tingling pains. Worse from touch, motion, cold, change of weather, fatigue. Better from warmth, rest. Paralytic weakness.
Mind & Emotional Symptoms
Dull. Fearful. Irritable from pain.
General Symptoms
Small joints. Worse from touch, motion, cold, fatigue, change of weather. Better from warmth, rest.
Physical Symptoms
Extremities
Small joints — wrists, fingers, ankles, toes — swollen, painful. Joints swell from least exertion. Tearing, tingling pains. Paralytic weakness. Cannot grip.
Head
Headache from cold or change of weather.
Modalities
Better From
Warmth, rest
Worse From
Touch, motion, cold, fatigue, change of weather, night
Constitutional Type
Those with small-joint rheumatism. When joints swell easily from exertion.
Clinical Indications
Rheumatism of small joints, wrist pain, finger joints, swelling from exertion, tearing pains in small joints
Comparative Materia Medica
Caulophyllum has small-joint rheumatism with uterine symptoms. Colchicum has gout with nausea from cooking smells. Rhus tox has rheumatism but better from motion.
Safety Information
Not well established.
Baneberry is toxic — berries and roots contain protoanemonin causing severe GI irritation, cardiac effects. Use only potentised forms.
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