# Cramp Bark

## Remedy Classification
- **Type:** Herbal Remedy
- **Alternative Names:** Scopoletin, Viopudial, Isovaleric acid, Chlorogenic acid, Tannins, Resin
- **Miasm:** Psoric Miasm
- **Temperament:** Neutral
- **Aggravation Time:** Neutral/Anytime

## Keynote Indications
Cramp Bark is perhaps the finest herbal antispasmodic in Western herbalism, as its name suggests. The bark was used by Native Americans and European settlers to relieve cramps and spasms of all kinds — particularly uterine cramps, leg cramps, and digestive spasms.

## Modalities (Aggravations / Ameliorations)
Cautions: None known. See also pp.42–51..

## Symptoms by System

