Caulophyllum thalictroides - Blue Cohosh
"CONSTITUENTS: Caulophyllin, leontin, two resins, gum, tannin.
PREPARATIONS: Caulophyllin. Dose: from one-fourth to one grain. Extractum Caulophyllum Fluidum, Fluid Extract of Caulophyllum. Dose: five to ten Minims. Specific Medicine Caulophyllum. Dose: from one to ten minims. It is often necessary to continue this remedy, in whatever form given, over a considerable period of time in order to obtain its best results.
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. In painful menstruation it has an established reputation. ...
Caulophyllum, although chiefly known as a remedy for the diseases peculiar to women, has been employed with advantage as a sedative and to control congestion, in bronchitis, pneumonitis and whooping-cough."
(Finley Ellingwood: The American Materia Medica, Therapeutics and Pharmacognosy, 1915)