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

William Boericke 1922

dry, stopped up.

Chest

William Boericke 1922

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

William Boericke 1922

Objects look larger, very distant, or vanish. Motes before

William Boericke 1922

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

William Boericke 1922

dark, thick. Leucorrhoea muddy and bloody. Suppression, with persistent fainting attacks and sleepiness. [Kali c,] Variableness of menstruation, irregularity of time and quantity.

Head

William Boericke 1922

Cracking sensation in

William Boericke 1922

Sensitive to slightest touch in a draught of air. Bursting headache*, better hatd pressure.

William Boericke 1922

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

William Boericke 1922

Very dry. Tongue adheres to roof of

William Boericke 1922

but no desire for water. Saliva like cotton. [Berb.] Toothache in pregnancy. Tongue numb, paralyzed. Dryness of

Relationships

William Boericke 1922

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

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