REPRODUCTIVE

 

SYMPTOM	CONDITION	SUB-CONDITION	HERB
AMENORRHEA	Simple, crampy		Asarum, Hedeoma, Mentha pulegium
		with depressions	Cypripedium, Epipactis, Pulsatilla
		with constipation	Aloe
	From recent viral infection		Aristolochia (all), Asarum, Asclepias (all), Carthamus
		with backache, fullness, aching pelvis	Gossypium
		with anemia	Chamaelirium and astringent douches
	From exposure to cold		Aristolochia serpentaria, Asarum
	In adolescence (primary)		Senecio
		with irritation, pelvic and lumbar pain	Cimicifuga, Leonurus
	Accompanying chronic, debilitating disease		Aristolochia (all), Senecio
	Chronic, with congestion, irritation		Caulophyllum, Cimicifuga
		with mood swings and simple hypofunction in asthenic women	Angelica sinensis (Dong Quai)
CERVICITIS		with ulceration	suppository
		with dysmenorrhea and dysuria	Mitchella, Rubus
		with congestion and poor venous circulation	Angelica sinensis, Caulophyllum
	Concurrent with hemorrhoids, occasional ache on urination or varicose vein aggravation		Fouquieria
DYSMENORRHEA	General		Cypripedium, Dioscorea, Epipactis, Garrya, Viburnums, Hayden's Viburnum Compound
		with congestion, lengthy cycles (30 days or more)	Angelica sinensis,
	Caulophyllum
	Progesterone deficiency		Vitex
		with depressions and lengthy history of PMS	Pulsatilla, Vitex
	Slow onset, with clots		Gossypium
	Towards end of menses with red blood		Rubus
	Clonic spasms with intestinal cramps referred to thighs and sacral dermatomes		Viburnum opulus
	Non-clonic colicky lumbar and pelvic pain and scanty flow		Viburnum prunifolium
	with poor appetite, indigestion, old sensations and constipation		Aristolochia (all), Xanthoxylum
	Sensations of distention and congestion in uterus and rectum		Chamaelirium
	Irritability, lumbar and pelvic pain, unrest		Leonurus
		with congested uterus and pain on walking or climbing stairs	Cimicifuga
	Iatrogenic complications from antihistamine or anti-inflammatory medication		Gossypium
ENDOMETRITIS/METRITIS	General		Angelica sinensis, Caulophyllum
	Antispasmodic		Cannabis
		with fever	Echinacea and Baptisia
		with senescent neutrophils or immunosuppression	add Commiphora to the previous
FIBROCYSTIC BREAST DISEASE	Ceanothus with the deletion of all caffeine, theobromine and theophylline in diet.
	Acute phase		Ceanothus and Phytolacca
HYDROCELE	Acute		Ceanothus and Angelica sinensis
IMPOTENCE/FRIGIDITY	General		Gossypium, Ptychopetalum
		with dysuria	Serenoa, Tribulus
		with depressed circulation and intestinal function	Aristolochia (all), Asafetida
	General lassitude, poor sacral stimulation, cold hands and feet		Ptychopetalum
	From constant anxiety and depression regarding sexuality with fear of no arousal, lubrication or erection		Pulsatilla, Turnera
	Emotional distraction and cooling of skin during love-making		Aristolochia serpentaria
		with depressed testosterone and sperm count in males without prostatitis	Corynanthe
		with arousal but weak and vague uterine contractions or ejaculation in orgasm	Gossypium
	Physical response but with intellectual devolvement -Turnera (some claim tequila works also...)
LEUKORRHEA	viscous but without smell, with pelvic atony and hemorrhoids		Corydalis
	Hypersecretory, milky, little smell		Frankenia (as douche) and Hydrastis (internally), Geranium (as douche), Pulsatilla
	Viscous, fetid		Angelica sinensis, Chamaelirium, Chilopsis (as douche), Hamamelis and Hydrastis (as douche), Tabebuia (as douche and internally)
	Supportive to poor mucosa tone and cramps		Viburnum (all)
	Supportive to local itching and pain		Anemopsis and Larrea sitz bath
MENARCHE DELAY (primary amenorrhea)	General		Angelica sinensis, Cimicifuga, Turnera with recent growth spurt and increased pubic hair
MENOPAUSE	Basic initial treatment		Angelica sinensis, Nuphar, Vitex
		with cardiac arrhythmias	Cereus
		with melancholia after hot flashes	Avena, Cypripedium, Epipactis
		with recurring dysuria but no inflammation	Juniperus
		with congested uterus and pain on walking, dancing, jiggling	Cimicifuga
		with pains and pelvic discomfort, referred down legs, no pathology	Caulophyllum
		with sense of pressure and pain in ovaries, uterus, sacrum, bladder,
		with nervousness and sense of confusion	Avena and Caulophyllum
		with early osteoporosis symptoms	Angelica sinensis with Equisetum and Medicago sativa tea
	"Surgical Menopause" after 35 years of age, as a possible		"DongQuai Jin" (common Chinese patent medicine elixir formula), Angelica inensis and Glycyrrhiza
MENORRHAGIA	General preventative		Angelica sinensis, Vitex
	General treatment		Gossypium, Viburnums (all)
		with heavy bleeding first several days	Capsella
		with heavy bleeding towards end of menses	Trillium
		with fibroids Trillium
		with diarrhea or colon cramping	Cimicifuga
MITTELSCHMERZ	General	Dioscorea, Viburnums (all)
		with diarrhea or colon cramping	Cimicifuga
ORCHITIS/EPIDIDYMITIS	Tenderness upon pressure	Bryonia
		with venous congestion, heaviness	Cimicifuga
		with portal congestion, hemorrhoids, varicosities	Fouquieria
		with hemorrhoids only	Collinsonia
		with red, enlarged and painful testicles, no major pathology	Pulsatilla
		with hard inguinal nodes, no current infection	Phytolacca
	Chronic in aged		Angelica sinensis, Salvia apiana, Serenoa
P.M.S.	Initial approach		Angelica sinensis
	Secondary approach		Vitex
		with muscular rigidity, nervous tension or pain in chest	Leonurus
		with insomnia, restless in evening	Passiflora
		with easily startled disposition, easy adrenergic discharge, jumpy	Avena
		with oily skin and abdominal heaviness, food cravings, especially for fats and proteins	Mahonia daily for the week before menses
		with craving for sugar, fruit, carbo-junk food	Brickellia
	Chronic every month, without insomnia		Populus for 3 days before beginning of menses
	Chronic, but with complete cycle always more than 28 days long		Angelica sinensis
PROSTATITIS	Acute, general		Epilobium, Eryngium
		with incontinence	Cupressus, Thuja
		with discharge and inflammation	Anemopsis
		with irritable bladder, dribbling	Agropyron, Equisetum
		from excessive sexual activity	Piper methysticum
		after protracted celibacy	Gossypium
	Subacute/chronic, with pelvic and sacral pain		Cimicifuga, Eupatorium purpureum
		with urethritis	Gaultheria, Mitchella, Piper methysticum
		with mucopurulent or acidic urine	Arctostaphylos and Barosma
		enlarged with dull ache in older males	Angelica sinensis, Gossypium,
	Salvia apiana, Serenoa
		enlarged, no inflammation	Agropyron, Serenoa
		enlarged, no inflammation, with discharge	Juniperus
		with spermatorrhea	Eryngium
	Preventative		Gossypium and pumpkin seeds
STERILITY/INFERTILITY	In females		Angelica sinensis, "Dong Quai Jin" or "Woman's Longevity" patent Chinese formulas, any for four or five consecutive days a month, starting just before ovulation
	In males with depressed testosterone, low sperm count		Angelica sinensis, Corynanthe, Gossypium, Panax (all)
UTERUS	Atony		Angelica sinensis, Chamaelirium
		especially sexual	Gossypium
		with dull aching	Actaea, Cimicifuga
	Colic		Gelsemium, Viburnums (all)
	Congestion, with hemorrhoids or dull aching urination		Collinsonia, Fouquieria, Hamamelis
	Endometritis, chronic, reoccurring, with inflammatory episodes		Caulophyllum
	Fibroids, with cyclic bleeding		Capsella, Trillium
	Inflammation		Caulophyllum, Gossypium, Trillium, Viburnum
		with cramps	Dioscorea
	Prolapse		Arctium, Chamaelirium, Cimicifuga, Gossypium
VAGINITIS	Acute		Caulophyllum, Commiphora, Gossypium (all internally), Althea Echinacea, Krameria (all as douches), Arctostaphylos, Anemopsis, Rubus, Symphytum leaf (all as sitz baths)
	Subacute		Anemopsis, Coptis, Hydrastis, Simmondsia (all as sitz baths)
		with bartholin gland cysts	Anemopsis (sitz bath)
	Chronic with large dragging uterus, painful with movement		Cimicifuga
VICARIOUS MENSES	Capsella
VULVITIS	Acute, with fever		Aconitum
		with incontinence	Gossypium
		with irritation and burning	Piper cubeba, Thuja (internally), Tabebuia (sitz bath)
	Subacute		Tabebuia (internally), Anemopsis, Coptis, Myrica (all as sitz baths)
	Chronic, with pelvic congestion		Collinsonia

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