Nux Vomica

William Boericke 1922

Bruised soreness of abdominal walls. I Apis; Sulph.] Flatulent distention, with spasmodic colic. Colic from uncovering. Liver engorged, with stitches and soreness. Colic, with upward pressure, causing short breath, and desire for stool. Weakness of abdominal ring region. Strangulated hernia. IO/>.] Forcing in lower abdomen towards genitals. Umbilical hernia of infants. , Stool. — Constipation, with frequent ineffectual urging, incomplete and unsatisfactory: feeling as if part re*

William Boericke 1922

Itching, blin d hcenwrrhqids, with ineffectual urging to stool ; very painful; after drastic drugs. Diarrhoea aftef a debauch; worse, morning. Frequent small evacuations. Scanty stool, with much urging. Dysentery; stools re* lieve pains for a time. Constant uneasiness in

William Boericke 1922

Backache in lumbar region. Burning in

William Boericke 1922

Shallow respiration. Oppres.fcd breathing. Tight, dry, hacking 548

William Boericke 1922

Kali carh.; Hydr.; Bry.; Lyc.; Graph. Antidotes: Coff.; Ignat.; Cocc.

William Boericke 1922

First to thirtieth potency and higher. Nux is said to act best given in the evening.

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Lower potencies repeated evenings traditionally for acute excess effects; single high potency for the constitutional type.

William Boericke 1922

Arms and hands go to

William Boericke 1922

yet cannot move or uncover without feeling chilly. Urticaria, with gastric derangement. Acne ; skin red and blotchy.

William Boericke 1922

Menses too early, lasts too long; always irregular, blood black [Cycl.; Lack.; Puls.] with faint spells. Prolapsus uteri. Dysmenorrhaea, with pain in sacrum, and constant urging to stool. Inefficient laborpains; extend to rectum, with desire for stool and frequent urination. [LiL] Desire too strong. Metrorrhagia, with sensation as if bowels wanted to move*

William Boericke 1922

Perspiration sour ; only one side of body. Chilliness on being uncoirered, yet he does not allow being covered. Dry heat of the body.

William Boericke 1922

Cold stage predominates. Paroxysms anticipate in morning. Excessive rigor, with blueness of finger-nails. Aching in limbs and back, and gastric symptoms. Chilly; must he covered in every stage of

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Cannot keep warm, seeks fire yet drafts aggravate; complaints from stimulant abuse and sedentary high-pressure living.

William Boericke 1922

Coryza; fluent m daytime; stuffed up at night and outdoors; or alternates between nostrils. Bleeding in morning. [Bry.] Arid discharge, but with stuffed-up feeling.

William Boericke 1922

cough ; at times with bloody expectoration. Cough brings on bursting headache and bruised pain in epigastric region.

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Headache in the morning after a night's excess; frontal band-like pressure with nausea; scalp sensitive.

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The over-stimulated modern life remedy: driven, impatient, chilled by excesses — coffee, alcohol, late hours — with spasms and ineffectual urging.

William Boericke 1922

Easily excited desire. Emissions from high living. Bad effects of sexual excesses. Constrictive pain in testicles. Orchitis. [Hama.; Puls.] Spermatorrhoea, with dreams, backache, burning in spine, weakness and irritability.

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Irritable, impatient, oversensitive to noise and odours; quarrelsomes with regret afterwards; hypochondriac after business failures; cannot bear interruptions.

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Worse: early morning, stimulants, cold, mental exertion, after eating. Better: short sleep, evening, warmth, rest.

William Boericke 1922

Worse, morning, mental exertion, after eating, touch, spices, stimulants, narcotics, dry weather, cold. Better, from a nap, if allowed to finish it; in evening, while at rest, in damp, wet weather [Caust,], strong pressure. I^^tionship. — Complementary; Sulphur, Sepia. I^pijcal: Zinc. NUX VOM. — NYCTAN. AR. TRIST. — OCIM. CAN. 549

William Boericke 1922

Jaw's contracted. Small aphthous ulcers, with bloody saliva. First half of tongue clean; posterior covered with deep fur; white, yellow, cracked edges. Teeth ache; worse, cold things Gums swollen, white, and bleeding.

William Boericke 1922

Irregular, peristaltic action; hence frequent ineffectual desire, or passing but small quantities at each attempt. Alternate constipation and diarrhoea — after abuse of purgatives. Urging to stool felt throughout

William Boericke 1922

Diarrhoea, with jaundice. [Dig.] Urine. — Irritable bladder; from spasmodic sphincter. Frequent calls; little and often. Haematuria. [Ipec.; Tcrcb.] Ineffectual urging, spasmodic and Strangury. Renal colic extending to genitals, with dribbling urine. While urinating, itching in urethra and pain in neck of bladder.

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Frequent ineffectual urging to stool — always incomplete; constipation with urge without results; piles worse stimulants.

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Complementary Sulphur (follows well in chronic hangover constitutions); compare Sepia (irritability without the chill); opposite in thermals to Pulsatilla.

William Boericke 1922

Catarrhal hoarseness, with scraping in

William Boericke 1922

Body burning hot, p specially

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Wakes about 3 a.m. with racing thoughts, dozes toward morning, wakes wretched; dreams of business all night.

William Boericke 1922

Paresis of arms, with shocks. Legs numb ; feel paralyzed ; cramps in calves and soles. Partial paralysis, from overexertion or getting soaked. Cracking in knee-joints during motion. Drags his feet when walking. Sensation of sudden loss of power of arms and legs in the morning.

William Boericke 1922

Cannot sleep after 3 a . m. until toivards morning; awakes feeling wretchedly. Drowsy after meals, and in early evening. Dreams full of bustle and hurry. Better after a short sleep, unless aroused.

William Boericke 1922

worse, 3 to 4 A. m. Cervico-brachial neuralgia ; worse, touch. Must sit up in order to turn in bed. Bruised pain below scapulae. Sitting is painful.

William Boericke 1922

worse, eating, some time after. Flatulence and pyrosis. Sour, bitter eructations. Nausea and vomiting, with much retching. Ravenous hunger, especially about a day before an attack of dyspepsia. Region of stomach very sensitive to pressure. [Bry.; Ars.] Epigastrium bloated, with pressure as of a stone, several hours after eating. Desire for stimulants. Dyspepsia from drinking strong coffee. Difficult belching of gas. Wants to vomit, but cannot.

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Weight and pressure an hour after meals; acidity with flatulence; craving stimulants; nausea in the morning after eating.

William Boericke 1922

Sour taste, and nausea in the morning, after eating. Weight and pain in

William Boericke 1922

Is the greatest of polychrests, because the bulk of its symptoms correspond in similarity with those of the commonest and most frequent of diseases. It is frequently the first remedy, indicated after much dosing, establishing a sort of equilibrium of forces and counteracting predominant drug effects. Nux is pre-eminently the remedy for many of the conditions incident to modern life. The typical Nux patient is rather thin, spare, quick, active, nervous, and irritable. He does a good deal of mental work; has mental strains and leads a sedentary life, found in prolonged office work, overstudy, and close application to business, with its cares and anxieties. This indoor life and mental strain seeks stimulants, coffee, wine, possibly in excess; or, again, he hopes to qukt his excitement, by indulging in the sedative effects of tobacco, if not really a victim, to the seductive drugs, like opium, etc. These things are associated with other indulgences ; at table, he takes preferably rich and stimulating food; wine and women play their part to make him forget the close application of the day. Late hours are a consequence; a thick head, dyspepsia, and irritable temper are the next day’s inheritance. Now he takes some cathartic, liver pills, or mineral water, and soon gets into the habit of taking these things, which still further complicate matters. Since these frailties are more yielded to by men than women, Nux is pre-eminently a male remedy. These conditions produce an irritable, nervous system, hypersensitive and overimpressionable, which Nux will do much to soothe and calm. Especially adapted to digestive disturbances, portal congestion, and hypochondrical states depending thereon. Convulsions,

William Boericke 1922

Rough, scraped feeling. Tickling after waking in morning. Sensation of roughness, tightness, and tension. Pharynx constricted. Uvula swollen. Stitches into ear.

William Boericke 1922

Spasmodic Constriction. Asthma, with fullness in stomach, morning or after eating. Cough, with sensation as if something were torn loose in