{"id":13550,"remedy_name":"Actaea Racemosa (HMT)","remedy_type":"Remedy","alternative_names":["Black Snake - Root"],"miasm":"Tubercular Miasm","temperament":"Neutral","aggravation_time":"Neutral\/Anytime","keynote_indications":"This remedy is also called Cimicifuga.  It is extraordinarily effective\nin women\u2019s diseases , especially those comp licating pregnancy.\nNormally, if during menstruation copious bleeding occurs, most\nmenstrual complaints cease automatic ally.  But in the case of Actaea\nRacemosa, the more the bleeding, the more is the pain and associated\ndiscomfort.  Sometimes, the symp toms continue even after the\ncessation of the menstrual period.\n\nActaea Racemosa is very useful for joint pains.  The tissues hurt like\nan abscess.  There is a lightning type of pain in the muscles of the\nneck and back , spreading in all directi ons.  Rest relieves the\ndiscomfort, while movement makes it worse.  Cold and humidity\nrelieve the symptoms.  In Actaea Racemosa, there is also shifting of\nthe disease  from one part of the body to another, like Abrotinum.\nGenerally, the physical illnesses transform into mental illnesses.  If the\nphysical illnesses in children are suppressed by some kind of\ntreatment, mental symptoms appear and can produce conditions like\nhysteria.  A sensitive girl of a touchy disposition will become totally\nsilent.  If called in a loud voice, she will simply start crying.  She\nwould be indifferent to th e rest of the world, and seem totally lost in\nherself.  In such a case, Actaea Racemosa is the best possible remedy.\n\nThis remedy is deeply related to sadness.  Grief and sorrow can result\nin physical illnesses.  Mental shock in sensitive women can result in\nirregularity of the menstruation, joint pains or other physical\nillnesses.  M ental shock  will make them fearful and superstitious.\nThey will not even like to take an y medicine in case it is mixed with\npoison.  If there is preponderance of  suspicion in addition to other\nsymptoms, two doses of Actaea Racemosa can clear the symptom of\nsuspicion and make the patient well again.\n\nIn Actaea Racemosa, there are symptoms of two apparently opposing\nremedies.  In some aspects, it is like Bryonia, and in another aspect,\nlike Rhus Tox.  In Bryonia, it is movement, and in Rhus Tox, it is rest\nwhich aggravates the discomfort.  In Actaea Racemosa, the person\nwill feel discomfort on whatever side he or she lies.  There would be\n\ntwitching of the muscles.  The headache is mostly behind the eyeballs\nand the back of the head, which is relieved by pressure, but movement\nmakes the headache worse. The person feels dizzy and there is\nheaviness in the head.  The vision becomes dim. Engrossed deep in\nstudies, worry and bladder symptoms cause headache.\n\nLike Abrotinum, in Actaea Racemosa, constipation and diarrhoea\nalternate with each other.  There is  severe pain in the stomach, which\ngets better on bending forward.  Due to pressure on the backbone and\nover the reproductive organs, there is a tendency towards nausea and\nvomiting.  Young girls experience seve re vomiting during their first\npregnancy, which does not seem to be relieved by any medicine.  In\nsuch a case, one should study carefully the temperament of the patient\nand the symptoms of the ailment before prescribing any remedy.  If\nthe patient is of Actaea  Racemosa type, then she would definitely get\nbetter with Actaea Racemosa.\n\nIn feeble-minded women, at the time of delivery, the labour pains,\ninstead of pushing down to facilita te the childbirth, scatter right and\nleft, causing spasms over the hips. This is the main feature of Actaea\nRacemosa. Actaea Racemosa, when given in time, will normalise the\ndirection of labour pains and facilitate the childbirth.  Caulophyllum is\nanother very important remedy at the time of child delivery.  In\nCaulophyllum, instead of pains bearing down, they scatter down\ninside of the thighs and the mouth of the uterus does not open.\nSometimes, physicians and midwives try to alleviate this problem by\nusing ergot but instead this closes the mouth of the uterus tightly and\nmakes the woman suffer further.  Unfortunately, some women die in\nsuch circumstances.  Once, while I was in Anwarabad, Sindh\n(Larkana), in a convention, a pers on came to me and very humbly\nsubmitted that his wife was in the process of labour but the mouth of\nthe uterus was tightly closed, and there was a danger that his wife\nmight die.  I took Colophylum out of my travel bag and gave it to him\nto give to his wife.  Within ten to fifteen minutes, a healthy baby boy\nwas born normally.  Homoeopathic medicines should not be taken\nlightly.  Their timely use can save from potentially serious\ncomplications.\n\nWomen with weak uterine muscle s and associated organs abort\nrepeatedly or conceive after great difficulty. Colophylum may be very\nuseful in such women.  At the tim e of labour, Gelsemium should also\n\nbe kept in mind, like Actaea Race mosa and Colophylum.  If during\nlabour, the pains remain localized at the back and after bearing down\nreturn to the back, then Gelsemium would be very useful in such a\ncase.  In Kali Carb, instead of be aring down, the labou r pains scatter\nto the outer side of the thighs.  In Pulsatilla, due to nervous disability\nor fear, the labour pains are very weak and rare.\n\nIn Actaea Racemosa, the periods are irregular or delayed .  There is\nsevere spasmodic pain at the uterus and in the back .  The organs\nfeel heavy.  A typical Actaea Racemosa woman is very lazy, sad and\nconfused.  Her mind is clouded.  She observes dreadful dreams,\nspeaks constantly but does not concentrate on anything.  She becomes\neasily frightened; especially the  fear of death  prevails in her mind.\nThis reminds one of Aconite.\n\nIn Actaea Racemosa, there is irritation of the throat, a dry cough is\nvery bothersome at night and becomes worse on talking.  The\nheartbeat is fast while the pulse is  weak and irregular.  There are\nsymptoms of angina, like numbness of  left arm, which is typical of\nActaea Racemosa.  The muscles and bones of the back hurt  a lot.\nThe neck and the upper part of the back  are very stiff.  There is sense\nof discomfort and restle ssness of the arms and legs.  The person feels\nitching, and there is jerking of the limbs .  There is lack of sleep and\nthe mind remains perturbed and undulating.  The person feels as if his\nhead has grown bigger in size.  The ears are very sensitive to noise.\nThe symptoms of Actaea Racemosa are aggravated in the morning and\nin cold weather, except the headache, which gets better in hot weather\nand by taking food.\n\nAntidotes: Aconite, Baptisia\nPotency:  30 to CM","modalities":"","symptoms_by_system":[],"schema_version":"1.0","api_provider":"Allahshafi"}