Caulophyllum thalictroides
The great remedy for uterine atony and female reproductive conditions. False labor pains, ineffectual contractions. Rheumatic stiffness of small joints, especially fingers and toes. Habitual miscarriage. Needle-like pains in cervix.
Source
Prepared from the root of Caulophyllum thalictroides (Berberidaceae).
Available Potencies
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Keynote Symptoms
Spasmodic, needle-like pains in cervix and uterus. False labor pains — short, irregular, spasmodic, not progressing. Labor stalls from exhaustion. Habitual miscarriage. Rheumatic stiffness of small joints — fingers, toes, wrists, ankles. Erratic pains flying from place to place. Trembling and weakness with pains.
Mind & Emotional Symptoms
Irritable, apprehensive. Fearful during labor. Excited, nervous. Cannot sleep from nervousness.
General Symptoms
Female reproductive system and small joints. Worse from pregnancy, labor, coffee, open air, evening. Better from warmth.
Physical Symptoms
Female Genitalia
False labor — pains short, irregular, spasmodic, felt in lower uterus, not progressing dilation. Labor stalls from uterine exhaustion. Habitual miscarriage (first trimester). Rigid, undilating os during labor. Severe afterpains. Needle-like pains in cervix. Amenorrhea with rheumatic pains. Dysmenorrhea with spasmodic, erratic pains. Passive hemorrhage from uterine atony. Leucorrhea between periods.
Extremities
Rheumatic stiffness of small joints — fingers, toes, wrists, ankles. Erratic pains flying from joint to joint. Drawing pains in fingers. Aching in wrists. Cutting pain in joints.
Stomach
Spasmodic pains. Nausea in pregnancy.
Abdomen
Spasmodic colic.
Modalities
Better From
Warmth, warm applications, rest
Worse From
Pregnancy, labor, coffee, open air, evening, suppressed menses
Constitutional Type
Women with uterine atony. Those with habitual miscarriage. Rheumatic women with small-joint involvement.
Clinical Indications
False labor, stalled labor, habitual miscarriage, dysmenorrhea, rheumatism of small joints, uterine atony, rigid os, afterpains
Comparative Materia Medica
Pulsatilla also has ineffective labor but with more emotional weeping and changeability. Gelsemium has labor pains going up the back with weakness and trembling. Chamomilla has unbearable labor pains with anger. Actaea racemosa has labor pains going across but with more depression.
Safety Information
Not well established. Coffee may aggravate.
Blue cohosh contains caulosaponin and N-methylcytisine — uterine stimulants. In large doses can cause uterine spasm, nicotine-like toxicity, cardiac effects. Dangerous in pregnancy in crude form. Use only potentised forms during pregnancy.
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