{"id":16120,"remedy_name":"Cimicifuga Racemosa","remedy_type":"Herbal Remedy","alternative_names":[""],"miasm":"Psoric Miasm","temperament":"Chilly","aggravation_time":"Morning","keynote_indications":"Source:  Derived  from  the  fresh  root  of  Cimicifuga  racemosa (synonym  Actaea  racemosa),  a. perennial herb in the Ranunculaceae family, native to North America, prepared for homeopathic use. through maceration, serial dilution, and succussion to enhance therapeutic action and eliminate. toxicity. Traditional Context: Historically employed in homeopathy for  musculoskeletal, gynecological,. and psychological disorders, particularly those involving rheumatic pains, menstrual irregularities,. and nervous excitability. It is noted for symptoms such as neck and back stiffness, uterine cramps,. and  emotional  sensitivity,  often  aggravated  by  cold,  menstruation,  or  emotional  stress,  and. ameliorated by warmth, rest, or gentle motion. Modern  Context:  Indicated  for  musculoskeletal  conditions (e.g.,  fibromyalgia,  cervical. spondylosis), gynecological disorders (e.g., dysmenorrhea, menopausal symptoms), neurological. complaints (e.g., headaches, neuralgia), psychological conditions (e.g., depression, anxiety), and. systemic  symptoms (e.g.,  fatigue,  chills).  It  suits  patients  with  acute  or  chronic  symptoms. characterized by muscular stiffness, menstrual or menopausal complaints, nervous excitability,. or emotional sensitivity, typically exacerbated by cold, hormonal changes, or stress, and often seen. in women with menstrual or menopausal issues, individuals with chronic pain syndromes, or those. with stress-related emotional disturbances. The remedy is particularly relevant for those with a. chilly, sensitive constitution, often presenting with physical symptoms like neck pain or uterine. cramps alongside emotional traits like gloominess or fearfulness, commonly observed in women. during hormonal transitions, middle-aged adults with rheumatic complaints, or individuals with. stress-induced anxiety.","modalities":"Worse from: Cold  (air,  weather,  drinks),  damp  weather,  menstruation,  menopausal. transitions,  emotional  stress,  motion,  rest  (prolonged),  noise,  contradiction,  hormonal. changes, night, exertion, heat (during hot flashes).","symptoms_by_system":{"Mind":"Melanchol y. Depression with low spir its and exhaustion. Gloom and dejection, as if there was a \nblack cloud over everything. Forebodings of death, insanity, impending evil etc. Fear of death. Fear of riding \nin a closed carriage. Fear that those in house will kill him. Fear of rats. Thinks she is going crazy. Vision of \nrats, mice, various colors and forms. \nNervous, fidgety, excitable and jerky. Incessant talking, changing from one subject to another, as in delirium \ntremens (Lach.). Desire to wander from place to place. Hysteria. Mania, before menses. Mania, alcoholic, tries \nto injure himself. Puerperal mania, following disappearance of neuralgias. \nWeak will. Indifferent. Suspicious. Oversensitive, especially for pain. Hypochondriasis. Sits and mopes in \ngreat sadness, when questioned breaks into tears. Mental symptoms are better by diarrhea or menses, worse \nafter rheumatism. Melanchol y. Depression with low spir its and exhaustion. Gloom and dejection, as if there was a \nblack cloud over everything. Forebodings of death, insanity, impending evil etc. Fear of death. Fear of riding \nin a closed carriage. Fear that those in house will kill him. Fear of rats. Thinks she is going crazy. Vision of \nrats, mice, various colors and forms. \nNervous, fidgety, excitable and jerky. Incessant talking, changing from one subject to another, as in delirium \ntremens (Lach.). Desire to wander from place to place. Hysteria. Mania, before menses. Mania, alcoholic, tries \nto injure himself. Puerperal mania, following disappearance of neuralgias. \nWeak will. Indifferent. Suspicious. Oversensitive, especially for pain. Hypochondriasis. Sits and mopes in \ngreat sadness, when questioned breaks into tears. Mental symptoms are better by diarrhea or menses, worse \nafter rheumatism.","Head":"Waving or wild sensation in brain. Head retracted (m eningitis). Opening and shutting  sensation in \nbrain. Brain feels too large. Shooting, throbbing pains, headache after mental worry, over -study or from reflex \nuterine disease, better open air. Pressing outward pain. Feeling as of a blow or as if a bolt has been driven \nfrom occiput to vertex up to the eyes (left). Waving or wild sensation in brain. Head retracted (m eningitis). Opening and shutting  sensation in \nbrain. Brain feels too large. Shooting, throbbing pains, headache after mental worry, over -study or from reflex \nuterine disease, better open air. Pressing outward pain. Feeling as of a blow or as if a bolt has been driven \nfrom occiput to vertex up to the eyes (left).","Eyes":"Eyes feel big, wild look. Asthenopia associated with pelvic trouble. Deep - seated throbbing and \nshooting pains in eyes. Intense aching in eyeballs or behind them, better pressure, worse slightest motion. \nPain from eyes to vertex. Ciliary neuralgia. As if a needle were run into the eyeballs, worse closing eyes. \nPhotophobia from artificial light. Sees red flashes with dark borders.","Ears":"Tinnitus. Sensitive to least noise with spasmodic labor pains. Violent noises in ear with deafness.","Face":"Pale, hot. Wild, fearful expression. Neuralg ia affecting malar bones, better night, reappears the next \nday. Facial blemishes in young women. Forehead feels cold.","Mouth":"Saliva thick. Coppery taste. Hawks up viscid coppery tasting mucus. Thick mucus on teeth. Cannot \nspeak a word though she tries. Tongue and mouth feel warm. Tongue pointed and trembling, swollen.  \nNose - Sensitive to cold air, every inhalation seems to bring the cold air in contact with the brain.","Throat":"Burning. Thyroid aches before menses. \nCOMMENTS - Frontal, vertical or occipital headache, accompanied by great pain in the eyeballs, better \npressure, worse slightest motion. Headache with a feeling as if go ing crazy. Headaches reflected from pelvic \norgans. Depression as if a black cloud has settled over them. \nRheumatism affecting the vertebral joints and especially in the neck. Cerebrospinal meningitis, head and neck \nretracted. Clarke found a pain at the nape of the neck very characteristic.  \nSciatica with sharp, shooting pains down the limbs with back spasms. Hip and lum - . bosacral problems th at \naffect uterus and other organs (Aesc.). Back spasms from injury to the spine (Mag -p.). Arthritis that came on \nwith menopause, large joints (small joints, Caul.). \nPains in the joints and limbs. Pains like electric shocks, here and there, sharp in various  parts, chest and \nuterine pains shoot \nCimicifuga racemosa from side to side. A general bruised feeling all over as if sore, worse by touch.  \nMalar neuralgia, ceasing at night. Bad taste and breath. Coated tongue, sticky saliva, viscid mucus in throat. \nDisordered digestion. Marked sinking at epigastrium. \nDry, teasing cough, worse at night and from every attempt to speak. Sharp pains in the heart and chest. Pains \ndown left arm, which is numb (Aeon., Puls., Rhus-t.), as if bound to the side. Palpitation from the least motion. \nHeartbeat ceases suddenly. \nPremenstrual syndrome with cramps. Backache with painful menses, muscle spasms in the back with the \nperiod. Pain in the hip with menstrual cramps, hip can lock up. Symptoms worse during the period. Depression \nwith menses. Menopausal depression. \nPainful prolapse of the uterus with cramps, spasms, backaches and hip aches, because pelvis is out of \nalignment (Sep. has prolapse due to weakness and lack of tone). \nLabor pains felt in the back or thighs. Muscle contractions in their thighs with labor pains, or they feel as if their \nback will break (Kali -c., Cham.). Puerperal mania. According to Lippe a characteristic indication is: \u201cThe \nrecently delivered uterus becomes actually jammed in the pelvis with great pain.\u201d \nCimic. should be given in daily doses in low lx potency two months before term, when indicated. It ensures \nliving births in women who have previously borne only dead children without any discoverable cause. If given \nbefore the term, it renders labor easier, cures sickness of pregnancy, and prevents the after pains. \n \n \nIn cases of tinnitus aurium it has proved curative in old-school practice in 15 to 30 drops of the tincture, whether \ndue to direct or reflex irritation. \nClarke greatly relieved an inveterate case of epilepsy in which the aura was a \u201cwaving sensation in the brain,\u201d \nwhich is a leading symptom of the remedy. \nA patient who was taking 6-drop doses of the tincture complained of a feeling as if his heart had stopped.","Chest":"Intercostal rheumatism. Sharp stitches in left chest, motion exhort ing cries. Left -sided infra -breast \npain. Pleurodynia. \nConstitutions - Suited to the menopausal period, to nervous persons, to children during dentition, diarrhea. \nNervousness from anxiety or overexertion. Rheumatic persons. Plump, delicate, sensitive, ner vous, chilly \nwomen who coinplain of aching pain in back, neck, here and there.  \nMany of the complaints are dependent upon uterine or ovarian irritation. Heart's action ceases suddenly, im pending suffocation. Sore, as if swollen or enlarged. Pulse weak, \nirregular, trembling, drops every third or fourth beat. Tremulous action. Numbness of left arm. feels as if bound \nto side. Needle-like pains at heart. Angina pectoris, pain spreads all over the chest to the back and down the \n \n \nleft arm which feels numb and as if bound to the side. Cardiac neuralgia in childbirth.  \nKidneys - Profuse clear urine, causing weakness, with yellow sand. Nervous urination. Tickling, short, dry, constant cough worse at night, speaking. Cough when secretion is scanty -\nspasmodic, dry, with muscular soreness and nervous irritation. Nervous cough.","Stomach & Abdomen":"Sinking in the epigastrium (Sep., Sulph. ). Gnawing pain .Nausea and vomiting from pressure on \nspine and cervical region, pr egnancy, alcohol. Vomits green substance, groans, raves and presses the head \nwith both the hands for relief. Belch- ings with nausea, vomiting and headache. Colic better bending double and after stools. Sharp pains across hy- pogastrium. No thirst, slight feeling of hunger in stomach, rumbling in abdomen. Great thirst. Appetite variable. No \nappetite for dinner, wants to drink cold water, little at a time suffices.","Urinary & Genital":"Menses are profuse, dark, coagu lated, scanty with backache, nervousness, irregular in time and \namount, more flow, more pain. Men ses suppressed from emo tions, cold. Hysteric or epileptic spasms at the \ntime of menses. Great debility between menses. Amenorrhea. Leucorrhea with a sensation of weight in the \nuterus. Pain across pelvis from hip to hip. Ovarian neuralgia, pain across pelvis from ovary to ovary or goes \nupwards or downwards along the thighs. Uterine atony. Mania. Slow labor pains with nervous shivers. \nPuerperal fever.  After-pains with great sensitiveness and intolerance to pain. worse in groins. Lochia \nsuppressed by cold or emotions.","Extremities":"Neck and back stiffness, with aching or burning Hudibranchus pins and needles. sensation, resembling cervical spondylosis or fibromyalgia, worse with cold, rest, or. damp weather. Rheumatic pains, particularly in the shoulders, arms, or lower back, with soreness or. heaviness, resembling osteoarthritis or myofascial pain syndrome, aggravated by. cold, motion, or hormonal changes. Muscle spasms or cramps, with a sensation of tightness, resembling muscle strain,. worse with fatigue, cold, or emotional stress. Tendency to joint stiffness or soreness, particularly in the spine or limbs, worse. during menstruation or menopausal transitions. Gynecological:. Dysmenorrhea or menstrual cramps, with sharp, bearing-down pains, resembling. primary dysmenorrhea or endometriosis, worse during menses, cold, or emotional. stress. Menopausal  symptoms,  including  hot  flashes,  night  sweats,  or  mood  swings,. resembling menopausal syndrome, aggravated by hormonal fluctuations, heat, or. stress. Uterine pain or heaviness, with a sensation of prolapse, resembling uterine fibroids. or pelvic congestion, worse with standing or motion. Tendency  to  irregular  or  heavy  menses,  with  clots  or  flooding,  worse  during. hormonal transitions or emotional stress. Neurological:. Headaches, often occipital or vertex, with throbbing or heavy sensations, resembling. tension headaches or migraines, worse with cold, noise, or emotional stress. Neuralgia,  with  shooting  or  electric  pains,  resembling  trigeminal  neuralgia  or. occipital neuralgia, aggravated by cold, damp weather, or hormonal changes. Tremors or twitching, particularly in the hands or face, resembling essential tremor,. worse with fatigue, cold, or anxiety. Tendency to nervous excitability, with heightened sensitivity to stimuli, worse with. hormonal fluctuations or stress. Psychological:. Depression or gloominess, with a sense of dread or foreboding, resembling persistent. depressive disorder or premenstrual dysphoric disorder, worse during menstruation,. menopause, or isolation. Cimicifuga racemosa (Black Cohosh, Actaea racemosa) 619. Anxiety or fearfulness, with a feeling of impending doom, resembling generalized. anxiety disorder or acute stress reaction, aggravated by hormonal changes, cold, or. stress. Irritability  or  mood  swings,  often  linked  to  physical  discomfort,  resembling. adjustment  disorder,  worse  with  contradiction,  sensory  stimuli,  or  hormonal. fluctuations. Mental  restlessness  or  difficulty  concentrating,  resembling  mild  cognitive. impairment, worse with fatigue or emotional stress. Systemic:. Chronic  fatigue  or  heaviness,  with  a  sensation  of  weakness,  resembling  chronic. fatigue syndrome or post-viral exhaustion, worse after exertion, cold, or hormonal. changes. Cold intolerance, with aggravation in cold, damp conditions and a desire for warmth,. except during hot flashes when heat worsens. Chills or shivering, particularly during pain or emotional episodes, worse at night or. in cold conditions. Tendency  to  hypersensitivity  to  environmental  stimuli  (e.g.,  noise,  light),  with. aggravation in stressful or cold environments.","Neck & Back":"Rheumatic pains in muscles of back and neck. Stiffness and contraction in neckandback. Stiff neck, \nsensitive, worse pain or pressure, causes nausea and retch ing. Neck aches, throws the head back. Pain in \nthe angle of left scapula. Spine very sensitive, especially upper part. Pain in lumbar and sacral region, down \nthighs and through hips. Crick in back. \nBreasts - Burning in breasts. Infra-breast pains, worse left side. Presses breasts as though in pain. \nCausations - Ill effects of anxiety, fright, disappointed love, overexertion, business failures, or childbirth.","Skin":"Chronic  fatigue  or  heaviness,  with  a  sensation  of  weakness,  resembling  chronic. fatigue syndrome or post-viral exhaustion, worse after exertion, cold, or hormonal. changes. Cold intolerance, with aggravation in cold, damp conditions and a desire for warmth,. except during hot flashes when heat worsens. Chills or shivering, particularly during pain or emotional episodes, worse at night or. in cold conditions. Tendency  to  hypersensitivity  to  environmental  stimuli  (e.g.,  noise,  light),  with. aggravation in stressful or cold environments.","Sleep":"Sleeplessness. Sleeps with arms overhead or yawning. Comatose, as if drunk. Brain irritation of \nchildren during dentition.","Generalities":"As of lifting up of skull, as if top of head would fly off, as of a bolt through from base of skull to \nvertex. Inspired air seems to penetrate skull and into brain, causing a cold sensation. Intense pain in and \naround the eyes (lancinating), worse moving head or eyes."},"schema_version":"1.0","api_provider":"Allahshafi"}