Bot Med I- specific therapeutic indications

Question 1

cimicifuga racemosa (actaea racemosa)

Answer 1

black cohosh: muscular, uterine (with tenderness), false and irregular pains, dysmenhorrhea, as an antirheumatic when pulse is open, pain paroxysmal and skin not dry and constricted

Question 2

zingiber officinale

Answer 2

ginger: loss of appetite, flatulence, borborygmus, spasmodic gastric and intestinal contractions, painful menstruation, acute colds, cool extremities, cold surface in children’s diseases

Question 3

capsicum annuum

Answer 3

capsacian: marked depression and debility, atonic dyspepsia of drunkards, delirium tremens, colic w/abd distension, congestive chills, cold extremities w/blanched lips and small, weak pulse, congestion w/capillary atony, tongue dry and harsh, buccal and salivary secretions scanty in fevers, chronic hemorrhoids from relaxation

Question 4

euphrasia officinalis

Answer 4

eyebright: afflictions of the eyes and the appearance of the flower has the signature of an eye