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Nux vomica

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Synoptic keyStrychnos nux-vomicaChapter Nux vomicaRemedyCyrus BogerOpen the full remedy page →
Nux vomicaVIOLENT 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 morning 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. Obstipation. PILES; itching; > cool bathing. Sexual erethism. Onanism. Premature ejaculation. Menses profuse, early and prolonged or intermittent; of dark, lumpy blood. Dysmenorrhoeal cramps; spread over whole body. Cough violent, throwing the patient down; paroxysmal; whooping. Painfully stiff neck; pains down (r) shoulder. Lumbar ache, as if breaking; must raise up to turn over. Acute lumbago. Crawling along spine. Shooting from toes to thighs, < after stool. Tense cramps in calves and soles. Feet feel clubby and raw. Goose-skin. Jaundice. Yawning. Sleepy in evening or sleepless from rush of ideas. Awakes too early; can't sleep again. Finally sleeps, but on waking feels miserable. Night-mare. Chill with thirst and heat without thirst. EASILY CHILLED; CAN'T UNCOVER, < motion; < drinking even during the heat. Sour sweat.
Region: Cerebro-spinal axis; NERVES; DIGESTIVE ORGANS, STOMACH; LIVER; Bowels; RESPIRATORY ORGANS; Male brunettes.
Worse: 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.
Better: FREE DISCHARGES; Naps (Kali-bi;); Wrapping head; Resting; Hot drinks; Milk; Moist air.

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