Cocculus indicus
cocc-indIndian Cockle Within the sphere of action of Cocculus are many spasmodic and paretic affections, notably those affecting one-half of the body. Affects the cerebrum, will not cure convulsive seizures proceeding from the spinal cord (A. E. Hinsdale) Painful contracture of limbs and trunk; tetanus. Many of the evil effects of night- watching are relieved by it. It shows a special, attraction for light-haired females, especially during pregnancy, causing much nausea and backache. Unmarried and child
Cocculus indicus — Materia Medica
Cocculus indicus — keynotes · Cyrus Maxwell Boger
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.
Cocculus indicus — mind · William Boericke
Capricious. Heavy and stupid. Time passes too quickly; absorbed in reveries. Inclination to sing irresistible. Slow of comprehension. Mind benumbed. Profound sadness. Cannot bear contradiction. Speaks hastily. Very anxious about the health of others.
Cocculus indicus — general · H.C. Allen
For women and children with light hair and eyes, who suffer severely during menstruation and pregnancy; unmarried and childless women. Adapted to book-worms; sensitive, romantic girls with irregular menstruation; rakes, onanists and persons debilitated by sexual excesses. Diseases peculiar to drunkards. Loss of appetite, with metallic taste (Merc.). Great lassitude of the whole body; it requires exertion to stand firmly; feels too weak to talk loudly. Bad effects: From loss of sleep, mental excitement and night watching; feel weak if they lose but one hour’s sleep; convulsions after loss of sleep; of anger and grief;
Cocculus indicus — black letter · Margaret Lucy Tyler
(i.e. those which Cocculus most notably causes and cure»; Thoughts are fixed on a single disagreeable subject : absorbed in thought and notices nothing about her. Sits in deep reverie. III effects of anger and grief. Sudden extreme anxiety. Easily startled. Time passes too quickly. Stupid in the h ea d. Cloudiness of the head, chiefly after eating and drinking. Vertigo as if intoxicated, with dullness in forehead : as if a board across head : on rising from lying : had to lie down again. Vertigo : ,as if intoxicated : with confusion : with nausea : things whirl from right to left. With, flushed, hot face and head : then palpitation. Headache as if eyes would be torn oid. Headache with nausea and inclination to vomit. Sick headache from riping in carriage, boat, train, cars, etc. Seasickness. Dimness of sight. Dryness of oesophagus. Loss of appetite with metallic taste. Unusual nausea and inclination to vomit, while riding in a wagon. Extreme aversion to food, caused even by the smell offood, although with hunger. Frequent empty eructations. When he becomes cold, or catches cold, there is inclination to votnit, causing a copious flow of saliva. Inclination to vomit in connection with headache, and a pain as if bruised in the bowels. Violent spasm in the stomach, clutching in the stomach. Spasm in the stomach : squeezing in the stomach. Griping in epigastrium, taking away the breath. Thirst especially for beer. Great distension of the abdom en. Flatulent colic about midnight ; awakened by incessant accumu lation of flatulence, which distended the abdomen, causing oppressive pain here and there ; some was passed without remarkable relief, whilst new flatus constantly collected for several hours; he was obliged to lie on one side for relief. Painful inclination to a hernia, especially after rising from sitting. Watery urine. Itching in scrotum. Menstruation seven days too early, with distension of…
Cocculus indicus — introduction · Margaret Lucy Tyler
very gratifying to the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Only—there is the other side to the question ; appetites whetted ; habits difficult, once formed, to eradicate, and, as always, temptations for the weak and wavering at every street corner. But it is a free country ; or was supposed to be till " Dora ” came along—and stayed ; and so long as the Boisterous Britisher only gets drunk and not too disorderly or obstructive in the streets, and drinks only before a certain ” witching hour of night ”, the kindly police will not cause him over much inconvenience. And meanwhile we homoeopaths can see Cocculus in the spasticity and loss of power of the inebriate’s limbs and his clumsy attempts at progression : and learn how to remember its peculiarities and apply them for healing. Among the mental symptoms, highly suggestive, are :— Speech difficult : difficulty in reading and thinking. Thinks and answers correctly, but takes a long time in reflecting. Slowness of comprehension : cannot find the right word : forgets himself : cannot talk plainly : or is irritable, speaks hastily, cannot bear the least noise or contradiction. Great talkativeness : witty joking : irresistible desire to sing. A kind of mania. Melancholy and sad : sensitive to insults, slights and dis appointment. Easily affronted. A trifle makes him angry. Cannot accomplish anything at her work : cannot finish anything. Frightened look. Little concern for his own health ; very anxious about others’ sickness.
Cocculus indicus — modalities · H.C. Allen
Aggravation: Eating, drinking, sleeping, smoking, talking; carriage riding, motion or swing of ship; rising up during pregnancy.
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