{"id":16136,"remedy_name":"Cocculus Indicus","remedy_type":"Herbal Remedy","alternative_names":[""],"miasm":"Psoric Miasm","temperament":"Chilly","aggravation_time":"Night","keynote_indications":"Source:  Derived  from  the  dried  seeds  of  Anamirta  cocculus ,  a  climbing  shrub  in  the. Menispermaceae family, native to Southeast Asia and India, prepared for homeopathic use through. trituration, serial dilution, and succussion to enhance therapeutic action and eliminate toxicity. Traditional Context: Historically employed in homeopathy for neurological, psychological, and. gastrointestinal disorders , particularly those involving vertigo, motion sickness, and exhaustion. from sleeplessness or caregiving. It is noted for symptoms such as dizziness, nausea, and mental. sluggishness, often aggravated by motion, loss of sleep, or emotional stress, and ameliorated by. rest, lying down, or warmth. Modern  Context:  Indicated  for  neurological  conditions (e.g.,  vertigo,  motion  sickness),. psychological  symptoms (e.g.,  anxiety,  depression),  gastrointestinal  issues (e.g.,  nausea,. dyspepsia),  sleep  disorders (e.g.,  insomnia,  hypersomnia),  musculoskeletal  complaints (e.g.,. weakness, tremors), and  systemic symptoms  (e.g., fatigue, chills). It suits patients with acute or. chronic symptoms characterized by vertigo, nausea, mental exhaustion, or sleeplessness, typically. exacerbated by motion, sleep deprivation, or emotional strain, and often seen in individuals with. motion sickness, chronic caregiving stress, or post-viral exhaustion. The remedy is particularly. relevant for those with a sensitive, chilly constitution, often presenting with physical symptoms like. dizziness or trembling alongside emotional traits like sadness or irritability, commonly observed in. caregivers, students with sleep loss, or patients with vestibular or neurological disorders.","modalities":"Worse from: Motion (travel, looking at moving objects), sleep deprivation, emotional. stress, cold (air, weather, drinks), sensory stimuli (e.g., noise, light, odors), night, mental. exertion, contradiction, warm drinks, fasting. Cocculus indicus (Indian Cockle) 676.","symptoms_by_system":{"Mind":"Mind benumbed with vertigo, nausea. Mental fatigue from sleep deprivation. Heavy and stupid \nfeelings. Ailments from loss of sleep.  Spacey. Dazed. Night-watching. Things seem unreal. Slowness of  \ncomprehension, must read apassage over several times in order to understand it. Memories are bad or blank \nout at times. Memory lost. Distracted easily forgets what he has just thought. When her mind is turned away \nfrom herself her sufferings are forgotten. \nGenerally very sympathetic to others. Ailments from the nursing of loved ones. Thoughts fixed on one \nunpleasant subject. Profound grief and sadness. Sadness as if from insult. Depression. Despair feels as if \nincurable. Mild, indolent and despondent in the face of difficulties. \nSits as if absorbed in deep and sad thoughts and observes nothing about her. Indulges in sad reveries. Dwells \non past disagreeable occurrences. Answers slowly reflects long. Tearful chagrin about least trifle. Weeping \nspells, especially if they can't function and do the things they want to. \nCocculus indicus \nMental confusion after drinking and eating.  Very anxious about health of others, but little concerned as to \nhis own health. Sudden great anxiety.  Anxiety before men ses. Anxiety from night-watching. Anxiety during \nsleep. Mind is worse from suppressed menses. Weeping during menses.  \nFear of not getting proper amount of sleep.  Fear of death. Fears the unknown, danger. Especially fear \nsurrounding health and illness of others. Fear of ghosts and specters. Excitement after hearing horrible things. \nFrighten easily from noises. Fear of sudden noises. \nOversensitive to everything.  Very sensitive to fear, anger, grief and all mental disturbances. Sensitive \nmoods, everything worries and of fends. Startles very easily. Easily offended, cannot bear contradiction. \nSentimental. Sensitive to noise and touch. Intolerance of noise.  Intolerance of any disturbing influence. \nSensitive to insults, slights and disappointment. \nCapricious. Vacillatory, doesn't accomplish anything at her work. Excessive irritability, excited by loud talking \nor least increase of temperature. Anger from any interruptions.  Anger from contradiction. Enlargement of \nliver after anger. Starting, with trembling all over body, from slight noise or slight unexpected touch. \nIrresistible inclination to sing. Absorbed in reveries. Sensitive to all external impres sions. Speaks hastily. \nTalkative, witty, jok ing, dancing, gesticulating. Sees something alive on walls, floor, chair etc. Time passes \ntoo quickly. Alcoholics, reeling, roaring, quarrelsome, singing. Loud cries of despair and irritation, alternating \nwith stupefaction of brain. Feeling as after committing a wicked deed, with desire to escape. Mind benumbed with vertigo, nausea. Mental fatigue from sleep deprivation. Heavy and stupid \nfeelings. Ailments from loss of sleep.  Spacey. Dazed. Night-watching. Things seem unreal. Slowness of  \ncomprehension, must read apassage over several times in order to understand it. Memories are bad or blank \nout at times. Memory lost. Distracted easily forgets what he has just thought. When her mind is turned away \nfrom herself her sufferings are forgotten. \nGenerally very sympathetic to others. Ailments from the nursing of loved ones. Thoughts fixed on one \nunpleasant subject. Profound grief and sadness. Sadness as if from insult. Depression. Despair feels as if \nincurable. Mild, indolent and despondent in the face of difficulties. \nSits as if absorbed in deep and sad thoughts and observes nothing about her. Indulges in sad reveries. Dwells \non past disagreeable occurrences. Answers slowly reflects long. Tearful chagrin about least trifle. Weeping \nspells, especially if they can't function and do the things they want to. \nCocculus indicus \nMental confusion after drinking and eating.  Very anxious about health of others, but little concerned as to \nhis own health. Sudden great anxiety.  Anxiety before men ses. Anxiety from night-watching. Anxiety during \nsleep. Mind is worse from suppressed menses. Weeping during menses.  \nFear of not getting proper amount of sleep.  Fear of death. Fears the unknown, danger. Especially fear \nsurrounding health and illness of others. Fear of ghosts and specters. Excitement after hearing horrible things. \nFrighten easily from noises. Fear of sudden noises. \nOversensitive to everything.  Very sensitive to fear, anger, grief and all mental disturbances. Sensitive \nmoods, everything worries and of fends. Startles very easily. Easily offended, cannot bear contradiction. \nSentimental. Sensitive to noise and touch. Intolerance of noise.  Intolerance of any disturbing influence. \nSensitive to insults, slights and disappointment. \nCapricious. Vacillatory, doesn't accomplish anything at her work. Excessive irritability, excited by loud talking \nor least increase of temperature. Anger from any interruptions.  Anger from contradiction. Enlargement of \nliver after anger. Starting, with trembling all over body, from slight noise or slight unexpected touch. \nIrresistible inclination to sing. Absorbed in reveries. Sensitive to all external impres sions. Speaks hastily. \nTalkative, witty, jok ing, dancing, gesticulating. Sees something alive on walls, floor, chair etc. Time passes \ntoo quickly. Alcoholics, reeling, roaring, quarrelsome, singing. Loud cries of despair and irritation, alternating \nwith stupefaction of brain. Feeling as after committing a wicked deed, with desire to escape.","Vertigo":"Vertigo, nausea when riding or  sitting up. Seasickness and motion sickness  (Tab.). Vertigo and \ndizziness, with nausea and vomiting. Vertigo when riding in a car or train.  Vertigo on sit ting up. Vertigo \nworse watching moving surroundings.  Vertigo with palpitations, worse in morning, ra ising head, felt in \nforehead. Vertigo from loss of sleep. Constant sensation as if about to faint. Vertigo as if intoxicated. \nVision - Dim vision with black spots before eyes. Dark spots before eyes, though objects appear clearly. While \nreading, can only see left half of line of writing. Black spots seen after reading. \nCOMMENTS - Chiefly affects the right hypochondrium (especially liver), inner hypogastrium, inner forehead, \nback, upper arm and the bones of the arm. Irritable weakness. Slowness and numbness over their body (Calc., \nAlum.). \nVertigo and dizziness, with nausea and vomiting. Attacks of vertigo with confusion as if they are lost. \nNauseated with whirling sensation. Sensation as if drunk because everything spins (Con., when turning in \nbed). Seasickness and motion sickness (Tab.). Motion sickness brought on by trying to read while riding in a \ncar or train, or from looking out the window at things going by, from seeing a moving object. Jet lag.  \nNerve exhaustion, weakness. Too tired to sleep. Chronic fatigue since loss of sleep or stress. Twilight sleepers, \nchronic insomnia with no recollection of sleeping, although they sleep for small amounts. Wake unre freshed. \nexcited nervous system (Coff.), worse coffee. All symptoms worse from loss of sleep. Condit ions caused by \nloss of sleep and night-watching. May be used prophylactically to prevent conditions arising from loss of sleep. \nStinging pains, stitches, constriction in the hands, a pithy feeling. Sensitive to touch. The least jar is unbearable. \nKeynote empty, hollow feeling in the body, lungs, stomach, legs. Hollow weakness. Sensation of hollowness \nor emptiness in the head or other parts. Sense of lightness of the body. Opening and shutting sensation, \nespecially \nin the occiput. Sinking feeling. \n \n \nParalytic pains or pains as of dislocation. Paralytic weakness, lax muscles. Weakness of neck muscles with \nheaviness of head. Migratory numbness. Sensation as if single parts have gone to sleep. Neurological \nproblems, locomotor ataxia, incoordination, stumbling, lack of control, and the knees tend to give out. \nImmovability of parts affected. Ataxia, staggering gait. Paralytic rigidity. Limbs become very painful to flex, but \nthey often continuously bend them to obtain relief. Rigid limbs, chorea, involuntary motions (Caust.). Cramp, \nspasm, etc., coupled with electric -like shooting pain. Faintness from the pain. Joint rheumatism, ulcers, \nneuralgic disorders of bones. \nEsophageal spasms. In the elderly, spasms can cause food to get stuck, inability to swal low (Caust.). \nSensation of worms crawling in the stomach, pinches and scrapes in the stomach (Coloc.). Inguinal hernias \n(Nux-v., Lyc.). Hemorrhoids during menses. Metallic, bitter taste in the mouth. Desires beer. Drunkenness and \nhangovers (Nux-v.). \nMeniere's disease, ringing in the ears, oozy and loss of balance. Poor vision with weak eye muscles. Dimness \nof eyesight. Severe occipital headache, sense that head opens and closes. Flu or mononucleosis with loss of \nsleep. \nMorning sickness, when they can\u2019t stand the sight, thought and smell of food, especially when they are in the \ncar (Colch.). Amenorrhea, may have vaginal discharge instead of period. Symptoms may be worse with \nmenses. \nCocc. cured a case of delirium at onset of menses during first and second days, the patient said, \u201cI always see \nsomething alive, on wall, floor, chairs or anywhere, always rolling and will roll on me.\u201d  \nA case of \u201cspasmodic, flatulent colic, about midnight, flatus passed without relief,\u201d recurring several nights, \nwas cured by Cocc. 3x. Lippe cured a case of enlargement of the liver after childbirth, the indication being \u201cthe \nliver was more painful after anger.\u201d","Head":"Congestion of blood to head, with mental derangement. Sick headachefrom carriage riding, cannot \nlie on back part of head. Pain in occiput and nape worse lying on it, better bending backwards, worse coffee. \nMigrain headaches. Headaches unable to bear least light, noise causes nausea and vomiting. Headaches \nfrom working in sun. Headache as if skull would burst. Headache returning at each menstrual period. Sensation \nof emptiness or hollow ness in head. Opening and shutting sensa tion, especially in occiput. Dullness and \n \n \nconfusion of head, worse reading. Heavy head. Convulsive trembling of head from weakness of muscles of \nneck. Cramps in left temporal muscles. Trembling of the head. Throbbing in forehead. Tossing of head and \nincessant trembling of hands. Congestion of blood to head, with mental derangement. Sick headachefrom carriage riding, cannot \nlie on back part of head. Pain in occiput and nape worse lying on it, better bending backwards, worse coffee. \nMigrain headaches. Headaches unable to bear least light, noise causes nausea and vomiting. Headaches \nfrom working in sun. Headache as if skull would burst. Headache returning at each menstrual period. Sensation \nof emptiness or hollow ness in head. Opening and shutting sensa tion, especially in occiput. Dullness and \n \n \nconfusion of head, worse reading. Heavy head. Convulsive trembling of head from weakness of muscles of \nneck. Cramps in left temporal muscles. Trembling of the head. Throbbing in forehead. Tossing of head and \nincessant trembling of hands.","Eyes":"Pain as if eyes torn out of head, during headache. Eyes open and immov able. Eyes dull and glassy. \nEyes closed with the balls constantly rolling about in spasms. Protruding eyes. Jerking of eyelids. Pressure as \nfrom dust in eyes. Eyelids inflame 4. Dryness of lids. Eyelids feel as if paralyzed. Bruised pain in eyes, with \ninability to open lids at night. Sharp or shooting pains in eyes from within outward. Pupils, contracted or dilated.","Ears":"Sensitive to hearing, dreads sudden noise. Feel closed (right). Noises as from rushing water. Hardness \nof hearing. Pain \nas if ears torn out of head with headache. Meniere's disease, ringing in the ears, oozy and loss of balance. \nRoaring or ringing in ears.","Face":"Bloated, distorted and cold to touch. Blue margins around eyes. Flushed hot face and head during \nvertigo or unconsciousness. Countenance devoid of any signs of mental activity. Heat in face, and redness of \ncheeks, even in a cold room. Earthy countenance, with painful expres sion. Paralysis of facial nerve of one \nsided. Lines of face deepened, it seems drawn. Cramp-like pain in masseter muscle, worse opening the \nmouth. Prosopalgia in afternoon with wide radiations of pain. Tearing pains. Swelling of parotid glands. \nSwelling and induration of submaxillary glands.","Mouth":"Dryness and burning of mouth and throat. Dryness of mouth at night, without thirst. Metallic taste \nwith loss of appetite. Coppery, metallic, sour taste after coughing. Taste, sour, offensive. Taste like sulphur, \nputrid, nauseous. Food tastes as if salted too little, tobacco tastes bitter. Tremor of lower jaw and chattering of \nteeth, when attempting to speak. Foamy phlegm from mouth. Salivation during nausea and vertigo. Thick \nsaliva. Corner of mouth, wing of nose and tip of tongue distorted. Lips parched and dry. Corners of mouth sore. \nNose - Swelling of the nose. Coryza, with ulcerated nostrils. Very acute sense of smell. Worse from strong \nodors. Sense of smell weak. Ulcerated nostrils. Discharge from nose bloody, pus-like. \nPerspiration - Sweat from slight exertion, on affected part. Cold sweat now of one, now of the other hand. \nCold sweat only on face. Sweat stands out in drops on face, is now cold and then again hot. Exhausting sweat \nover whole body. Sweat in morning, principally on chest. Sweat from pain in bowels. Sweat during diarrheic \nstool.","Throat":"Constriction in t hroat, with difficult breathing and inclination to cough. Paraly sis of the muscles \npreventing swallowirig. Tickling in throat with lachrymation. Tightness in larynx. Voice whimpering and \ntremulous. Speech difficult, during vertigo. Sensation of constricti on. Pressive pain in tonsils, worse when \nswallowirig saliva than when swallowing food. \nTongue - Bitter taste at root of tongue. Complains of dryness of tongue, which is moist and clean. Dry, rough \ntongue. Dry tongue, with whitish -yellow coat, without thirst. Tongue coated white and dry upon edges. Pains \nat base of tongue when stretching tongue out. Tongue, as if paralyzed, speech difficult or hasty, pains at the \nbase when protruded. Root of tongue as if swollen.","Chest":"Sensation of emptiness or of cramps in chest. Audible rumbling in chest (left side), as from emptiness, \nworse walking. Hysterical cramps in chest with sighing and moaning. Cramping, in chest during menstrual \nperiod. Pressure under ribs, better belching. Fine stitches in various parts of chest. Contractive tension of right \nside of chest, taking away the breath. Oppression in chest, better after vomiting of green mucus. \nConstitutions - Suited t o light haired, timid, nervous, persons, bookworms, unmarried, childless women. \nSensitive, romantic girls. Light -haired females, especially during pregnancy, causing much nausea and \nbackache. \nCough - Cough from choking in throat. Fatiguing, from oppression of chest. Cough worse indulging disposition \nto cough. Spasmodic cough, in anemic and hysterical women. Cough from choking in throat. Palpitations, worse quick motion, mental excitement, with vertigo and faintness. Endocarditis. Nervous \npalpitations. Palpitations after rheumatism. During an attack of palpitation has vertigo and sensation as if about \nto faint. Pulse small, hard and frequent. Pulse often imperceptible, weak. Pulse seldom hard and somewhat \naccelerated. Feels pulse beat through whole body during heat, at times palpitation. \nKidneys - Frequent desire to urinate with small discharge in pregnant women. Wa tery urine. Tensive, aching \npain in orifice of \nurethra, between acts of urination. Itching and stinging near fossa navicularis. Invol untary urination during \nepileptic attack. Diuresis, during prosopalgia. Dyspnea as from constriction of trachea, as if irritated by smoke. Choking constriction in upper part \nof esophagus, oppressing breathing and inducing cough. Hysterical asthma. Dyspnea, oppressing breathing \nand inducing cough. Short ness of breath, on account of tension in abdomen. Quick, anxious and oppressed \nbreathing. Slow, heavy and laborious breathing. Panting. Dy spnea from pain in bowels during diarrheic stool, \nin amenorrhea.","Stomach & Abdomen":"Esophagus is dry, burning. Putrid eructations. Gastralgia from suppression of menses. Violent \ncramp in stomach, griping, squeezing, lacerating sensation. Cramps in stomach with fl atulence and much \nsaliva. Motion sickness.  Seasickness. Sensation of hunger or emptiness, even to fainting. Nausea and \nvomiting from riding in cars, boats or looking at boat in motion.  Nausea with faintness and vomiting, \nworse on becoming cold or taking c old. Nausea, rising to head or felt in head. Retching. Vomiting of sour \nbitter. Bad odor, of vomit, with profuse flow of saliva. Vomiting with headache, pain in bowels. Vomiting on \ntaking cold, with syncope. Vomiting from cerebral tumors. Vomiting from lou d talk. Cramp in stomach during \nand after meal. Hiccough and spasmodic yawning. Chronic dyspepsia from prolong study. Morning sickness. Bloated with intestinal gas. \nGreat rumbling in bowels. Colic, flatus, twisting pain with faintness and salivation. Flatulent colic in pregnancy. \n \n \nCramps in epigastrium with difficulty in breathing. Cramps deep in abdomen, instead of menses. Abdominal \nmuscles weak, as if a hernia would take place. Inguinal hernia is apt to protrude and become incarcer ated. \nUmbilical hernia, with obstinate \nconstipation. Pain in abdominal ring,  as if something were forced through. Pains in region of spleen. As if \nfull of sharp stones, on every movement. Emptiness and sensation of hollowness in abdomen. Sensation as \nif bowels would fall out. Hypochondria as if beaten. Ulcerative colitis. All symptoms and affections, worse eating or drinking. Loss of appetite. Loath ing of food and drink. \nDisgust for smell of food (Colch.). Nausea when merely looking at the food, at the thought or smell of \nfood. Aversion to beer, acids, sour things. Aversion tofood. A version to drink, tobacco. Desire for cold drinks, \nbut eating or drinking anything cold causes tearing in limbs. Desires beer. Worse from coffee. Thirst, without \ndesire to drink. Confusion and vertigo after drinking, eating. Will eat nothing but bread and water, at other \ntimes eats ravenously. Bulimia. Food tastes as if salted too little, tobacco tastes bitter. Thirstless.","Urinary & Genital":"Drawing, sore pain in testes when touched. Genitals sensitive with desire for sex. Sexual desire \nincreased alternating with decreased. Seminal emissions at night. Itching of scrotum. Amenorrhea causes mental alienation. Sudden cessation of menses. Menses, too early, profuse. \nMenses too often. Menses gushes out in stream when rising on feet on tiptoe. Menses clotted, with spasmodic \ncolic. Cutting, cramp ing pain in region of uterus and ovaries, on appearance of menses. Weak during \nmenstruation, scarcely able to stand. Dysmenorrhea with profuse dark menses. As if uterus were distended, \nduring dysmenorrhea. Dysmenorrhea followed by hemorrhoids. Clutching in uterus. Purulent, gushing \nleucorrhea between menses or in place of menses. Leucorrhea very weakening,  can scarcely speak. \nLeucorrhea gushing, when squatting and stooping during pregnancy with frequent urging to urinate. Discharge \nof bloody mucus from uterus during pregnancy. Hour-glass contraction of uterus with ter \nrible pain in lumbar region. Labor pains spasmodic and irregular.","Extremities":"Weakness or heaviness, particularly in the limbs, resembling functional neurological. symptom disorder or myasthenia, worse with exertion, cold, or sleep loss. Tremors or cramps, with spasmodic or jerking movements, resembling dystonia,. aggravated by fatigue, emotional stress, or cold exposure. Stiffness or aching in the muscles, resembling fibromyalgia, worse with rest or cold. weather. Tendency  to  musculoskeletal  hypersensitivity,  with  aggravation  from  prolonged. activity or sensory stimuli. Systemic:. Chronic  fatigue  or  prostration,  with  a  sensation  of  sinking  vitality,  resembling. chronic fatigue syndrome or post-viral exhaustion, worse after exertion, sleep loss, or. emotional stress. Cold intolerance, with aggravation in cold, damp conditions and a desire for warmth. or rest. Chills or cold sweats, particularly during neurological or psychological episodes,. worse at night or with motion. Tendency to hypersensitivity to environmental stimuli (e.g., motion, noise), with. aggravation in exhausted or stressed states.","Neck & Back":"Drawing, lacerating or boring pains. Pressure in scapula and nape. Pain in shoulder and arms as if \nbruised. Stiffness on moving shoulders. Stiffness in cervical muscles, with great weakness. Paralytic pain in \nsmall of the back. Paralysis from lumbar region downward. Spinal weakness in lumbar region, worse walking. \nWeak neck, cannot hold up head. Trembling in back. Cracking or stiffness of vertebrae. \nBreasts - Shivering over breasts. \nCausations - Ill effects of anger, fright, grief, anxiety, disappointment. Sleep loss. Nursing loved ones. Ill \neffects of nightwatching. Overstrain mental and physical, traveling. Motion sickness. Noise. Hot or cold air. \nSun. Tea-drinking.","Skin":"Chronic  fatigue  or  prostration,  with  a  sensation  of  sinking  vitality,  resembling. chronic fatigue syndrome or post-viral exhaustion, worse after exertion, sleep loss, or. emotional stress. Cold intolerance, with aggravation in cold, damp conditions and a desire for warmth. or rest. Chills or cold sweats, particularly during neurological or psychological episodes,. worse at night or with motion. Tendency to hypersensitivity to environmental stimuli (e.g., motion, noise), with. aggravation in exhausted or stressed states.","Sleep":"Loss of sleep, complaints from night-watching, nursing. Slightest loss of sleep aggravates. Coma \n \n \nvigil. Insomnia. Sleepless from mental orphysical exhaustion. Constant drowsiness, after loss of sleep, night-\nwatching, nursing. Sleep deprivation. Spasmodic yawning with hiccough. Sleepless from nursing ofothers. \nSleeplessness from business thoughts, from anxiety and restlessness. Anxious frightful dreams. Sleep \nfrequently inter rupted by waking and starting. Sleep un refreshing. Maniacal sleeplessness. Dreams are \nanxious, frightful."},"schema_version":"1.0","api_provider":"Allahshafi"}