Cypripedium Pubescens – Lady’s Slipper

The mother tincture is prepared from the fresh rootstock, gathered in autumn, of the plant Cypripedium calceolus, var. pubescens [Willd.] Corell., a native of North America. N.O. Orchidaceae.

The main indications are:

Abuse of coffee. States of nervous irritation.

In a healthy human being, the use of an infusion of the root causes firstly an im- provement in mental function and the whole nervous activity, following which a great tranquility is observed, which finally proceeds to a considerable fatigue of mind and body. The main symptoms are similar to those of poisoning with poison- ivy.

Cypripedium is particularly effective in nervous women, whose nerves are affect- ed by illness or by abuse of tea or coffee. (Impregnation phases). However, it is also recommended in consequences of mental over-exertion, nightwatching and exhaus- tion of the nervous system in influenza. (Impregnation phases, otherwise in such cases use Cocculus.)

It could also be beneficial in teething complaints of children with symptoms of cerebral irritation and incipient meningitis.

The German Monograph-Preparation Commission for the Homoeopathic Field of Therapy has, under the Preparation Monograph for Cypripedium calceolus var. pu- bescens, published the following indication(s) in the German Bundesanzeiger (Ger- man Federal Gazette) for cypripedium pubescens: insomnia.