ACTÆA SPICATA

REGION:
Joints: Wrist. Small.

WORSE:
Change of weather.
Slight exertion.
Cold.
Night.
Touch.

Old age. Tingling. Weakness. .................... Joints swell; can not move. Paralytic weakness of affected parts. Hypersensitive to cold.

REMEDY RELATION

Complementary: Caul. Colo. Sabi. Stic. Viol.

ACTEA SPICATA

(Baneberry)

PHARMACY -act-sp. Actea Spicata. Baneberry. Herb Christopher. Radix christophoriana.

N.0. Ranunculacee. Europe and Asia. Tincture of root obtained in autumn.

Historical dose: Tincture and all potencies.

CLINICAL- Arthritis. Cancer, stomach. Fright, effects. Headaches. Hepatitis. Insomnia. Joint, pain. Pleurisy. Rheumatism. Toothache. Wrist, pain.

HOMEOPATHlC - Rheumatism (Cimic.), particularly affecting the small joints and wrists (Caul.). Rheumatism of the wrist, particularly the right wrist and arm. Joints are swollen and pains are worse by touch and movement. Slight fatigue causes swelling of the joints. Violent tearing, drawing and tingling pains. Pains are worse from touch and motion.

Rheumatism like pains in the face. Pains running from decayed tooth to temples. Symptoms are liable to appear from fright and fatigue. Shortness of breath on exposure to cold. Old age. Hypersensitive to cold, weakness. Paralytic weakness of affected part. Pulsations over whole body, especially liver and kidney region. Cardiovascular spasms. Hepatitis. Pleurisy.

MIND - Fearful, starts easily, confused. Fear of death, especially at night in bed. Furious delirium, also during the fever. Effects of exertion of mind, fright, or mental anxiety.

Abdomen - Spasmodic retraction. Sticking Pain and distention of hypogastrium. Pain and tenderness in liver region.

Constitutions - Weak, nervous, cold sweat. Rheumatic diathesis. It is especially suited to men (Cimic. to women). 

Ears- Twitching pain on sneezing or blowing the nose.

Eyes - Objects seem colored blue. Sharp pains through eyes into head.

Face - Violent pain in upper jaw, running from teeth through malar bones. to temples. Perspiration on face and head. The cheek he lies on sweats. Yellow around mouth. Lips are chapped. Submaxillary glands hurt when chewing.

Female - Menses suppressed by fright or cold.

Food - Hunger with aversion to food. More appetite in morning. Disgust for food. Shuddering after drinking.

Head - Rush of blood to head, excited by drinking coffee. Throbbing in brain. Pain from crown to between eyebrows, heat in forehead, pain in left frontal eminence as if bone were crushed. Itching of scalp alternating with heat. Warm sweat on head. Small pimples on scalp.

Heart - Urging sensation in heart towards abdomen and region of liver with great anxiety at night.

Kidneys - Throbbing in region of kidneys. Urine deposits a white sediment. Kidney stones.

Limbs- Tearing pains in loins. Rheumatic pains in small joints, wrist, fingers, ankles toes. Swelling in joints from slight fatigue. Wrist swollen, red, worse any motion. Paralytic weakness in the hands. Lanie feeling in arms. Pain in knee. Sudden lassitude after talking or eating.

Lungs - Short, irregular breathing at night, while lying. Great oppression. Shortness of breath on exposure to fresh air. Difficult inspiration, stitches in the epigastrium.

Modalities- Worse from change of weather or temperature. Worse cold air. Worse night. Worse touch. Worse slight exertion. Worse fatigue and mental exertion.

Mouth - Increased salivation. Fetid odor.

Nose - Nose red at tip, fluent coryza.

Sleep - Obstinate insomnia, sleeplessness, unable to rest (Coff.).

Stomach - Tearing, darting pains in epi-gastric region with vomiting. Cramp-like pains in stomach and epigastrium with 

difficult breathing. Sudden lassitude after eating. Sour vomiting. Cancer of the stomach with tearing, drawing pains.

Temperature - Shuddering after drinking. Shuddering followed by fever during which vomiting supervenes. Belching during the chill.

Throat- Throat sore when speaking, when

breathing cold air.

Vertigo - Dizziness, forehead feels empty when stooping. Vertigo with tearing headache, better in open air.

COMMENTS - Rheumatism, arthritis, osteoarthritis. Rheumatoid arthritis, arthritis of the small joints, wrists, fingers and toes (Caul.). Rheumatism, weakness, trembling, spasmodic action of muscles. Epileptic and hysterical convulsions. Sharp pains in various parts. Pains come on suddenly, pains like electric shocks.

Boericke said, "Rheumatic remedy of the small joints and specific for wrist rheumatism." "Worse touch and motion" and "oppression of the chest and shortness of breath."'

Grimmer wrote that it had been success-fully used in cancer of the stomach. Sour vomiting after drinking with tearing, darting pains in epigastric region. Increased salivation, fetid odor from mouth.

Vertigo, fear of death, especially when in bed at night. Furious delirium, also during fever, mental anxiety. Bad effects from fatigue and fright.

RELATIONS - Compare: (I) Cimic., Caul., Led. (2) Other Ranunculacee, Am., Bry. (3) Caul.- Rheumatism offingers. (4)Lye.,Rhus t., Ruta, Sal-ac., and Stict. - Small joints. Complementary: Caul., Coloc.,Sabin., Stiel.. Viol-o.

REFERENCES - Boericke. Clarke. Grimmer. Murphy. Phatak.