Blue cohosh

Action and Therapy. Caulophyllum was at one time largely used as an antispasmodic, emmenagogue, parturient, diuretic, diaphoretic and expectorant, all of which properties it possesses in greater or less degree, according to its manner of use.

Therapy. In chronic uterine disorders, in broken down constitutions with various reflex symptoms, the remedy is a specific. In the amenorrhea of young women, at the commencement of the menstrual period, it may be given with confidence.

Properties and Uses. The root of this plant, as a popular parturient among the “medicine men” of the Indians. To Dr. Isaac Smith, of New York, is chiefly due its introduction to the profession. It is a moderate diffusive, stimulating and relaxing in about equal degrees, spending its main powers upon the nervous system.

Action, Medical Uses, and Dosage. Resin of caulophyllum appears to exert a direct influence upon the uterus, acting as an alterative, uterine tonic, and parturient, according to the periods in which it is employed. In the more common unhealthy conditions of this organ and its appendages, known as amenorrhoea, dysmenorrhoea, passive menorrhagia, leucorrhoea, congested cervix, etc., it is equal to, if not surpassing, the resin of black cohosh.