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SYMPTOM
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CONDITION
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SUB-CONDITION
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HERB
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HEMORRHAGE
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Post
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partum, passive from lack of contraction
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Cinnamomum, Erigeron, Gossypium
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with good uterine tone
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Capsella
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with tearing or episiotomy
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Arctostaphylos sitz bath
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False or Braxton-Hicks pains
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Cimicifuga, Viburnum (all)
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with feeble, erratic contractions,
first stage
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Cimicifuga
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with simple uterine exhaustion
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Gossypium
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Arrested
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Asclepias asperula
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Delayed, from fatigue, weak uterus
with history of inflammation
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Caulophyllum
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Rigidity of cervix, thick, doughy
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Lobelia thin, rigid
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with restlessness, fear, excitation
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Gelsemium
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with great sense of coldness
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Aristolochia serpentaria
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LACTATION
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Poor quality and quantity
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Medicago, Vitex
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Suppressed from nervousness, mild
sympathetic excess
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Foeniculum, Gossypium
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with painful, swollen breasts
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Pulsatilla
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Excessive reflex pain
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Cimicifuga
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Poor letdown or other oxytocin reflexes
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Gossypium
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To wean
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Salvia
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MASTITIS
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Acute -Phytolacca (externally) with
Gossypium and Ceanothus (internally)
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with swollen lymphatics, marked inflammation
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Bryonia
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As soothing poultice
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Melilotus
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MISCARRIAGE
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Impending, with cramps as main symptom
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Dioscorea, Viburnum (all)
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with nervous irritability and cramps
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Chamaelirium
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with moderate spotting as main symptom
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Capsella
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MORNING
SICKNESS
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Amygdalus persica (cold infusion),
Dioscorea, Cola (in moderation)
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PRE-PARTUM
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Primipara, last 2-3 weeks
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Cimicifuga
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with irritability, distress last
trimester
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Aralia racemosa, Mitchella
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with history of first or second trimester
miscarriage
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Mitchella
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General, last trimester
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Rubus
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RIGID CERVIX
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Thick, doughy
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Lobelia
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Thin, rigid
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Gelsemium
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STOMATITIS
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While nursing
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Echinacea
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UTERINE
SUBINVOLUTION
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with poor drainage
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Asclepias asperula
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with poor tone and reflex contractions
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Gossypium
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with dull ache, sense of heaviness
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Cimicifuga
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with dull ache, rectal symptoms,
aggravated by diet
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Collinsonia
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with vertex and occipital headache
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Fraxinus
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VARICOSITIES
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Hamamelis (external fomentation),
Achillea (fresh plant poultice)
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