Nux vomica
nux-vomPoison-nut 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 chronic 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 men
Nux vomica — Materia Medica
Nux vomica — keynotes · Cyrus Maxwell Boger
VIOLENT ACTION; often irregularly fitful or inefficient. Increased reflexes. Irritable and hypersensitive, mentally and physically. Firm fibred brunette. Twistings. Jerks. Spasms; with consciousness. Tense, contracted feeling. Lightning-like pains. Neuralgia; prodromal. Sensation as of a rough body internally. Bruised soreness; OF ABDOMEN, brain, etc. INTERNAL scrapy RAWNESS; throat, larynx, etc. Takes colds. Biliousness. Faintings after vomiting, after stool, after labor pains, etc. .................... Sensitive and critical. Active, ANGRY AND IMPATIENT; can't stand pain; so mad, he cries. Zealous, nervous and excitable. Nagging. Spiteful. Irritable hypochondriasis. Sullen. Fears poverty. Violent, ugly (suicidal) impulses. Vertigo; on an empty stomach; with blank spells. Sensitive scalp. Swelled forehead.Lachrymation; on affected side. Migraine. Blood-shot eyes. Sore nostrils. Nose stopped, but runs water; on one side. Sneezing; violent; abortive; from intense crawling in (l) nostril. Coryza; fluent by day and in open air, dry at night. Epistaxis on coughing. Acute smell. Red, turgid or yelowish face, < about nose and mouth. Left angle of mouth droops. Jaws snap shut; stiff. Teeth chatter. Fetor oris. TASTE, biter-sour; bad in A.M. Itching palate; Eustachian tube. Rough, scratchy throat; putrid taste in, on coughing. Craves piquant foods or stimulants. HICCOUGH. Violent retching, < hawking. Eructations; sour. Heart-burn. Water-brash. Nausea; > if he can only vomit. VIOLENT VOMITING; bilious-sour. Food lies like a heavy knot in stomach. Gastric pains, into back; chest; > vomiting, etc. As of a band about waist; clothes oppress it. Indigestion. Liver sore; sticking; enlarged. Gall-stone colic. Bowels gripe here and there. SORE BOWELS, < COUGHING OR STEPPING. Hernia; infantile. Flatulent colic. UNEASY, fitful and FRUITLESS URGING FOR BOWELS TO ACT, > STOOL. Strains hard at stool. Inactive peristalsis. In rectum; retained flatus; as if more stool remained; spasm of.
Nux vomica — mind · James Tyler Kent
The mental state is varied, but they all show oversensitiveness irritable, touchy, sensitive conditions. They are never contented, never satisfied; disturbed by their surroundings, and the become irritable, so that they want to tear things, to scold. Impulses are strongly marked at times. The woman has impulses to destroy her husband or to throw her child into the fire; the impulse is intermingled with violent temper, cannot be contradicted or opposed; if a chair is in the way he kicks it over; if, while undressing, a part of his clothing should catch on a button he would pull it off because he is so mad at it. (Like Nit. ac.). An uncontrollable state of irritability; it is a weakness and is accompanied by physical weakness; a lack of balance. For example, a business man has been at his desk until he is tired out, he receives many letters, he has a great many irons in the fire; he is troubled with a thousand little things; his mind is constantly hurried from one thing to another until be is tortured. It is not so much the heavy affairs but the little things. He is compelled to stimulate his memory to attend to all the details; he goes home and thinks about it; be lies awake, at night; his mind is confused with the whirl of business and the affairs of the day crowd upon him; finally brain fag comes on. When the details come to him be gets angry and wants to get away, tears things up, scolds, goes home and takes it out of his family and children. Sleeps by fits and starts; wakens at 3 A.M., and his business affairs crowd on him so that he cannot sleep again until late in the morning when he falls into a fatiguing sleep and wakens up tired and exhausted.
Nux vomica — general · H.C. Allen
One of the best remedies with which to commence treatment of cases that have been drugged by mixtures, bitters, vegetable pills, nostrums or quack remedies, especially aromatic or “hot medicines,” but only if symptoms correspond. Adapted to thin, irritable, careful, zealous persons with dark hair and bilious or sanguine temperament. Disposed to be quarrelsome, spiteful, malicious; nervous and melancholic. Debauchers of a thin, irritable, nervous disposition, prone to indigestion and hemorrhoids (persons with light hair, blue eyes, Lob.). “Nux is chiefly successful with persons of an ardent character; of an irritable, impatient temperament, disposed to anger, spite or deception.”—Hahnemann. Anxiety with irritability and inclination to commit suicide, but is afraid to die. Hypochondriac: Literary, studious persons, who are too much at home, suffer from want of exercise, with gastric, abdominal complaints and costiveness; especially in drunkards. Bad effects of: Coffee, tobacco, alcoholic stimulants; highly spiced or seasoned food; over-eating (Ant-c.); long-continued mental over- exertion; sedentary habits; loss of sleep (Cocc., Colch., Nit-ac.); aromatic or patent medicine; sitting on cold stones, especially in warm weather. Oversensitive: To external impressions; to noise, odors, light or music (Nux-m.); trifling ailments are unbearable (Cham.); every harmless word offends (Ign.). Pains are tingling, sticking, hard, aching, worse from motion and contact. Tendency to faint (Nux-m., Sulph.); from odors; in morning; after eating; after every labor pain. Cannot keep from falling asleep in the evening while sitting or reading hours before bedtime, and awakes at 3 or 4 a.m.; falls into a dreamy sleep at daybreak from which he is hard to arouse, and then feels tired and weak (reverse of, Puls.).
Nux vomica — introduction · Margaret Lucy Tyler
edge. The most trivial incident, a word in jest, misunderstood, may lead to murder. “ An older native, meeting a younger of a slightly better class, saluted him with, Why, boy, you've got to look almost like a man, and got a bullet from the boy and fell dead. “ During the north wind the number of woundings and murders is greater than at any other time. When native dances are allowed during a north wind, we lie listening for the shots or for the footsteps of those running to fetch help for a knifing case. " Now listen to the provings of Nux vomica. Worse dry wind. Exaggerated sensitiveness and irritability. Excessive uneasiness. Moral exaltation and excitability, with extreme sensitiveness to least pain, to least smell, noise or movement. Insane desire to kill. Takes everything amiss ; readily breaks out into scolding and abuse. He is hasty. Looks malignantly at anyone who asks him anything, without answering. It seems as if he would like to strike anyone in the face who speaks a word to him, so irritable and uncontrollable is his disposition. Every harmless word offends. Peevish. Malevolent. Fiery, excited temperament. Ill-humour, vexation and anger, breaking out in acts of violence. Extravagant and frantic actions. “ Here you have some of the strange symptoms of the materia medica exemplified in a most astonishing manner.” The following are among the black type mental symptoms of Nux culled from Allen’s Encyclopedia and from Hahnemann : symptoms repeatedly caused by the drug in provings or poisonings, and repeatedly cured thereby in homoeopathic potencies. Quarrelsome, even to violence. Extraordinary anxiety.
Nux vomica — modalities · H.C. Allen
Aggravation: Morning; waking at 4 a.m.; mental exertion; after eating or over-eating; touch, noise, anger, spices, narcotics, dry weather; in cold air. Amelioration: In evening, while at rest; lying down, and in damp wet weather (Caust.).
Nux vomica — modalities worse · Cyrus Maxwell Boger
EARLY MORNING. COLD: OPEN AIR (Dry). Drafts. Seats. Wind. UNCOVERING. HIGH LIVING: COFFEE. Condiments. Liquor. Drugs. Debauchery. Purgatives. Sedentary habits. Overeating. Mental: Exertion. Fatigue. Vexation. Disturbed sleep. SLIGHT CAUSES: Anger. Noise. Odors. Light. Touch. PRESSURE: of clothes, < waist.
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