Nux Moschata
Nutmeg · Abbrev.: Nutmeg
Abdomen
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Paralytic weakness of intestines. Enof’- mously distended. Stool is soft, and yet is unable to expel it, even with long straining. [Alum.] Faintness during or after stool. Protruding piles.
Blood
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dry, stopped up.
Chest
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whenever she turns in bed, feels as if a hag of water turned also; gastric ulcer and cancer). Myristica Sehifera (phlegmonous inflammations, hastens suppuration; powerful antiseptic. Ulcerative tendency in all tissues. Said to act more powerfully than Hepar and .Silica).
Compare
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Nux v.; Puls.; Rhus; Ign.; Asaf. Antidotes: Camph.; Gels.; Valer.
Dose
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First to sixth potency. 544
Extremities
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Pain in right hip to knee; worse, motion, especially going upstairs. Rheumatism from getting feet wet, from exposure to draughts. Rheumatism relieved by dry, warm clothes. Fatigue on slight exertion.
Eyes
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Objects look larger, very distant, or vanish. Motes before
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Mydriasis. Nofie. — Oversensitive to smell; nosebleed, dark
Female
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Uterine haemorrhage. Menses too long,
Fever
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Chill begins in left hand. (Carbo.) Chilliness and heat without thirst; want of perspiration. Dry skin and of inner parts, also of eyes, nose, lips, mouth, tongue, throat, etc.
Guiding symptoms
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Marked tendency to fainting fits, with heart failure. Cold extremities, extreme dryness of mucous membranes and
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dark, thick. Leucorrhoea muddy and bloody. Suppression, with persistent fainting attacks and sleepiness. [Kali c,] Variableness of menstruation, irregularity of time and quantity.
Head
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Cracking sensation in
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Sensitive to slightest touch in a draught of air. Bursting headache*, better hatd pressure.
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Vertigo when walking in open air; aches from eating a little too much. Feeling of expansion. with sleepiness. Pulsating in
Heart
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Trembling, fluttering. Sensation as if something grasped
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Palpitation ; pulse intermits.
Mind
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Changeable; laughing and crying. Confused, impaired memory. Bewildered sense, as in a dream. Thinks she has two heads.
Modalities
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Worse, cold moist wind, cold food, cold washing, lying on painful side, motion, jar. Better, warmth, dry weather.
Mouth
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Very dry. Tongue adheres to roof of
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but no desire for water. Saliva like cotton. [Berb.] Toothache in pregnancy. Tongue numb, paralyzed. Dryness of
Relationships
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Oleum myristicce — Oil of Nutmeg — (as a remedy for boils, felons, poisonous ulcers, it has been used in the 2x potency) ; Ornithogalum (flatulence, swollen feeling across lower
Respiratory
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Loss of voice from walking against the wind. [Hep.] Cough when getting warm in bed.
Skin
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Strange feeling, with irresistible droivsiness. General inclination to become unconscious during acute attacks. Lypothynia. [Ignatia.] Staggers on trying to walk.
Sleep
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Great drowsiness. (Indol.) Complaints cause sleepiness. Coma.
Stomach
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Excessively bloated. Flatulent dyspepsia. Hiccough, and craving for highly-seasoned food. Retrocession of gout to
References
This monograph is an original summary faithful to the classical tradition. It condenses material from these public-domain sources:
- James Tyler Kent, Lectures on Homoeopathic Materia Medica (1905)Primary remedy pictures; characteristic mental and general symptoms. · Public domain (USA, pre-1930 publication)
- William Boericke, Pocket Manual of Homeopathic Materia Medica and Repertory (1927)Reproduced here in full — the complete classical repertory-style monographs. · Public domain (USA, pre-1930 publication)
- Constantine Hering, The Guiding Symptoms of Our Materia Medica (1879–1891)Confirmed symptom aggregates behind the section organization. · Public domain
- Timothy Field Allen, Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica (1874–1879)Provings background referenced by the verification tradition. · Public domain
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