Black Cohosh-Ranunculaceae
General
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 from 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. , Co.]: 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, typewriting, piano playing [Agar. , Ran. b.]. Rheumatism affecting the BELLIES of the muscles; pains, stitching, cramping. Rheumatic dysmenorrhoea.
Relations
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.