Cocculus indicus

as Cyrus Maxwell Boger recorded it in A Synoptic Key of the Materia Medica, 1931

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Keynotes

Acute senses with heavy or paralytic, muscular relaxation. Too weak to hold up head, stand or even speak. Paralysis. Tremor; intention; of head; lower jaw. Cramps; in masseters; abdomen; dysmenorrhœal; in heart. Benumbed. Spasms. Alternations. EMPTY, HOLLOW FEELING. Weak, nervous women, < menses. Vomiting with syncope. Hysterical asthma. Hysteria. Sensitive to cold. .................... Dazed; things seem unreal. Slow grasp. Easily offended. Extremely sad, taciturn and peevish. VERTIGO; in forehead; in A.M.; with nausea; with palpitation; < raising head. Heavy head. Occiput; aches; < lying on it; > bending backward; OPENS AND SHUTS. Throat tickles; with lachrymation. Speaks or swallows with difficulty. Loathing. Nausea; rising into head. Retching. VOMITING. Train and sea sickness. Abdomen seems full of sharp stones; bloated. Colic; twisting (wind); nervous; hysterical; with faintness; with salivation. Clutching in uterus. Depleting menses; < standing on tip toe; replaced by gushes of leucorrhœa. Weak neck. SPINAL WEAKNESS; < lumbar; < walking. Paraplegia. Limbs go to sleep, < grasping objects. Alternations between arms. Humerus feels broken. Hands numb; alternately hot and cold. Knees weak; cracking. Clumsy gait. Sleepless, from mental or physical exhaustion. Drowsy. Low fever. Sweaty.

Worse

Motion: BOAT. CARS. Carriage. Slight causes: Loss of sleep. Exertion. Pain. Noise. Touch. Emotions. Anxiety. Cold. Open air. Eating. During menses.

Region

SENSORIUM. Cerebro-spinal axis: OCCIPUT. Lumbar. Muscles. Female sexual organs. One side.

Relationships

Complementary: Petr. Related: Gel. Ign.

What the other books say about Cocculus indicus

The same remedy read by a different author. They disagree, and the disagreements are where the remedy becomes recognisable.

Cocculus indicus in Boericke — The concise clinical Materia Medica that most Indian colleges teach from, in full.
Cocculus indicus in Allen's Keynotes — The few symptoms that, when genuinely present, point at one remedy and not its neighbours.
Cocculus indicus in Farrington — Lectures that teach remedies in families, by comparing them with each other.
Cocculus indicus in Kent — Kent teaching a class, one remedy at a time — fewer remedies, far more on each.

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Cite this page. Cyrus Maxwell Boger. A Synoptic Key of the Materia Medica. 1931. Cocculus indicus — Keynotes. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/books/boger/cocculus-indicus. Author died 1935: public domain in India. The catalogue records 1931; a 1931 edition is public domain in the US from 1 Jan 2027 at the latest — the edition this transcription follows is not stated in the file. Reproduced as the author wrote it; a historical reference for students and practitioners, not medical advice.