Liver-cough, Menstruation( breasts painful during), Nails( ulceration of), Neuralgia, Oedema of glottis, Opthalmia, Pharyngitis, Phthisis Florida, Physometra, Pneumonia( acute), Polypus, Pregnancy( affections during), Pyrosis, Quinsy, Rheumatism, Rhus poisoning, Shoulder( rheumatism of), Smell( illusions of; loss of), Stomach( neurosis of), Syphilis, Tinnitus, Tumours, Vomiting, Whitlow, Whooping cough.
BLUE COHOSH Caulophyllum thalictroides, Mich.( N. O.: Berberidaceae)
Common Names: Pappoose Root, Squawroot, Blue Ginseng, Yellow Ginseng. Features: This handsome perennial grows in all parts of the United States near running streams and in low moist rich grounds. The plant is 1 – 3 ft. high, purple when young, with 1 – 3 in. long leaves.
May or June finds the yellowish-green flowers in bloom which ripen to seeds in August, these being used for a decoction which closely resembles coffee. Its active principle is Caulophyllin. Medicinal Parts: The root, rhizome. Solvent: Water. Bodily Influence: Antispasmodic, Diuretic, Emmenagogue, Demulcent, Sedative, Oxytocic, Spasmodic, Dysmenorrhea, Diaphoretic, Parturient. Uses: The old-established Indian uses were for cramps during difficult menstruation periods promoting the flow and administering relief. It is especially valuable and has been found in many cases to almost entirely relieve the patient of pain in childbirth and promote prompt delivery. For assurance, a tea of Blue cohosh should be used for the last three or four weeks of pregnancy. A decoction is also useful for colic( thus the common name of Pappoose root), cramps, hysterics and rheumatism.
In their book“ Vitalogy”( 1925) Dr. Geo. P. Wood and Dr. E. H. Ruddock, M. D., found Blue cohosh“ especially valuable in epileptic fits and ulcerations of the mouth and throat”. Among other therapeutic properties, Blue cohosh contains the following vital minerals: Potassium, Magnesium, Calcium, Iron, Silicon and Phosphorus which helps to alkalize the blood and urine. Dose: Steep 1 oz. of the root in 1 pint of boiling water; dose, 2 tablespoonfuls every three hours. For nervous and sluggish cough it will act as an expectorant, for spasms it may be given more freely. Homoeopathic Clinical: Tincture or trituration of root— Abortion( threatened), After-pains, Amenorrhoea, Barrenness, Bearing-down pains, Chloasma, Cholera morbus, Dysmenorrhoea, False conception, Feet( affections of), Gonorrhoea, Hands( affections of), Intramammary pain, Labour( abnormal; false pains of), Leucorrhoea, Menstruation( disorders of), Ovarian neuralgia: Pityriasis, Pregnancy( disorders of), Rheumatic gout, Rheumatism, Uterine spasm, Uterine atony. Russian Experience: On the Russian Far East Amur river and Sakhalin the same family called Caulophyllum robustum, or in Russian, Steblelist moshny, is found growing wild.
Blue cohosh has many good medical properties, including antibacterial properties for T. B. Taspin( Acetan) is used in proportions 1 – 1,000,000. This is a strong irritant and limited strictly to clinical use for female disorder and as a tonic for blood circulation. Further experimental research required.
BLUE FLAG Iris versicolor, L.( N. O.: Iridaceae)