Nux Vomica (HMT)

Nux Vomica is prepared from the s eeds of an evergreen plant. The

scent of its flowers is ra ther unpleasant. Its fruit is of orange colour.

prepared by grinding the seeds. In traditional medicines, it has been

used in the treatment of extremel y serious conditions, like plague,

many poisonous substances, therefor e the homoeopathic medicine

poisons. Patients who have used different medicines in large

quantities should be treated with Nu x Vomica in order to dispel their

ill effects and to give the patient’s body a fresh start.

natural body responses, Sulphur produces painful skin diseases. Nux

Vomica cleanses the body of these skin diseases without suppressing

extremely potent adjuvant of Sulphur. It ameliorates the skin diseases

without impeding the useful functions of Sulphur. If haemorrhoids

need to be treated with Sulphur, then Nux Vomica should also be used

with it. Nux Vomica proves to be the best adjuvant in abating the

discomfort of haemorrhoids.

Nux Vomica is also useful in the treatment of different allergies.

Some people develop an allergy to rice or meat and develop

hyperacidity. By the grace of God, with the use of Nux Vomica, the

patients find instant relief. Nux Vomica has not been mentioned in

any of the literatures as a specific treatment for rice allergies but based

on its symptoms; I have tried Nux Vomica on such patients. In spite

becomes peevish and easily enraged. Such patients are usually thin

and skinny. However, sometimes even fat people can develop

treatment of rather skinny, peevish a nd irritable type of people. Such

example they remain awake late at night, they work for a long time in

a sedentary state and they do not exercise regularly. Excessive

drinking in the western culture or eating too much oily food in the

eastern culture produces hyperacidity. All such patients benefit from

Nux Vomica.

Apart from the digestive system , Nux Vomica does not have any

profound effect on other major internal organs. However, it does

affect the external musculature, mucous membranes and the skin. A

particular area. If other sympto ms of Nux Vomica were present,

Vomica. During this weakness, the person may not even be able to

move his hands. The patient feel s instantly rejuvenated with Nux

minutes.

intestines. In healthy people, after taking food, the peristalsis

that the semi-digested food may be passed on. Normally this cycle

should complete in fourteen hours. After fourteen hours, the contents

remain inside the large gut to allow for the absorption of excess

secretions. Thus a healthy person normally has one motion in twenty-

four hours. If the system of peristalsis slows down the person

develops, or sometimes the patient may have frequent solid motions,

one after the other. Nux Vomica is an effective treatment specific for

this condition.

dangerous to asthma patients. Nux Vomica is very beneficial in the

treatment of asthma due to hyperacidity . To prevent against the

asthma related to the nasal col d, one should keep taking prophylactic

Nux Vomica is also useful in the treatment of leg cramps . Given at

the outset it offers instant relief. If the cramps are associated with

symptoms like Belladonna, even then Nux Vomica, by itself proves to

be curative. Regarding the cramps associated with Nux Vomica, there

that Nux Vomica contains many chemical compounds which behave

differently on different occasions . Nux Vomica contains Belladonna

and Cuprum, so some of the symptoms of Nux Vomica may aggravate

treatment of common day-to-day leg cramps . It is also very

effective in the treatment of sleeplessness . For example, Nux

Vomica is the best alternative for drug addicts and people with the

habit of taking sleeping pills. I often start the treatment of drug

addicts with Nux Vomica. With some exceptions, all the patients

have benefited from the treatment. Once, a young drug addict was

brought to me by his pare nts. Obviously, they were very worried and

dismayed. The patient was being treated for drug addiction with

sleeping pills, yet he could not sleep even with heavy doses of

hypnotic medicines. I advised him to take Nux Vomica 30 three times

a day, and kept his sleeping pills with me. I assured him that if he

could not go to sleep during the night, he could come and take the

he told me that with sleeping pill s, he could never have comfortable

sleep, whereas with Nux Vomica, he had slept comfortably. His

sleeping pills remained with me for a long time as a souvenir. Thus,

Nux Vomica has proven to be a very useful medicine for treating the

side effects of drug addiction and also for getting rid of the habit of

using sleeping pills. If Nux Vomica alone is not fully effective,

Chamomilla should also be given al ong with it. Together, besides

acting as sedatives, they also dispel the ill effects of the addictive

drugs.

the grace of God, the people who lose sleep due to drinking coffee can

instantly go to sleep with just one dose of Nux Vomica. The patient

goes to sleep right away without a feeling of preliminary drowsiness.

Vomica 200 can cause sleeplessness. Generally nux vom 20 is more

the potencies from keen observations and long experience.

If the nasal discharge solidifies clogging both nostrils, it produces

the time. This condition is called a sinus problem. Nux Vomica 1000

the patient sneezes a lot, expelling the liquefied nasal discharge and

condition. However, one should alwa ys start the treatment with Nux

Vomica.

downwards. There is a feeling of uneas iness in the bladder and one

feels like passing urine frequently, bu t in small quantity. The patient

Nux Vomica, the haemorrhoids itch a lot. The stools are rather small

Nux Vomica is an excellent appetizer and an equally well appetite

suppressant. Patients getting hunger pangs should be treated with Nux

Vomica. Many such patients can get an asthma attack due to hunger.

Once they are treated with Nux Vomica, they do not get asthma.

small sores develop inside the mouth . The margins of the tongue

become yellowish-white and fissured. The gums become swollen ,

are white and bleed. There is a f eeling of being c hoked and pinching

normal thinking. They do not remain jealous of others either.

However, it is not essential that every Nux Vomica patient be of

jealous nature.

A Nux Vomica patient wakes up in the later part of the night and

Adjuvants: Sulphur, Sepia

Nux Vomica is very intimately related to Sulphur. While restoring the

of the fact that Nux Vomica is of a hot nature and the rice allergy is

related to a humid climate, it relieves the symptoms of allergy to rice.

patients have certain habits that make their symptoms worse. For

The Nux Vomica poison slows down th e peristaltic movement of the

asthma. Extremely cold or sour th ings like pickles can also be very

remedies, so that the patient neither catches cold nor develops asthma

since prevention is better than cure.

is some contradiction in that the backache becomes worse in the cold

and the stomachache becomes worse from heat. The reason for this is

from heat.

sleeping pills back from me in the morning. That night, for the first

time in a long time, the patient enjoyed sound sleep. In the morning

Morning dizziness is a symptom of Nux Vomica. Probably, the

rested, resulting in dizziness. In some sensitive individuals Nux

severe headache. The pain becomes worse on bending forward. The

given at night proves to be extraord inarily effective. By the morning,

difference that in Bryonia, the menstrual irregularities become worse

on movement. In Nux Vomica, the symptoms are not affected by

movement.

though frequent. The peristaltic movements of the intestines become

eyes, getting worse on moving the eyeb all. It feels like a stabbing

the headache intensifies. The headache aggravates in the morning and

noise or touch. The mouth tastes bad. In the morning, the patient

becomes worse at three or four o’ clock in the morning, and relief of

suffering on resting at noon time and on sweating. In Nux Vomica,

There is an interesting sy mptom of Nux Vomica. Some bad-natured

other people. Treatment with high potency Nux Vomica restores their

cannot go back to sleep again. He feels drowsy in the morning. He

become worse after eating food, me ntal overwork, eating oily spicy

food and in dry cold weather. The patient feels better in the evening,

on taking rest, on being pressed locally, and in humid climate.

hysteria, rheumatism and rabies. Since Nux Vomica seeds contain

heavy workload, lengthy talking or so me sort of mental anguish. Nux

patient did not get a good night’s sleep and the mind was not properly

appears suddenly in such patients would also be cured with Nux

effective for sleep than Nux Vomica 200. One learns the proper use of

severe headache. The pain becomes worse on bending forward. The

patient feels pressure inside the head. The nose remains blocked all

clearing the nose. There are some other possible remedies too for this

becomes irregular . If the periods start earlier than the usual time,

stop relatively earlier. Bryonia also has a similar symptom, with the

In Nux Vomica, the headache begins mostly in the area above the

eyes, getting worse on moving the eyeb all. It feels like a stabbing

pain. On going into sunlight or on opening the eyes in the sunlight,

the headache intensifies. The headache aggravates in the morning and

after eating food. Sometimes duri ng the headache, the patient may

headache is also related to haemorrhoids. The patient cannot tolerate

noise or touch. The mouth tastes bad. In the morning, the patient

appears swollen and heavy like a stone. At the onset of an asthma

associated with blood in the sputum, the onset of headache and

in the throat, which appears to be spreading to the ears.

appears suddenly in such patients would also be cured with Nux

effective for sleep than Nux Vomica 200. One learns the proper use of

severe headache. The pain becomes worse on bending forward. The

patient feels pressure inside the head. The nose remains blocked all

clearing the nose. There are some other possible remedies too for this

becomes irregular . If the periods start earlier than the usual time,

stop relatively earlier. Bryonia also has a similar symptom, with the

In Nux Vomica, the headache begins mostly in the area above the

eyes, getting worse on moving the eyeb all. It feels like a stabbing

pain. On going into sunlight or on opening the eyes in the sunlight,

the headache intensifies. The headache aggravates in the morning and

after eating food. Sometimes duri ng the headache, the patient may

headache is also related to haemorrhoids. The patient cannot tolerate

noise or touch. The mouth tastes bad. In the morning, the patient

appears swollen and heavy like a stone. At the onset of an asthma

associated with blood in the sputum, the onset of headache and

in the throat, which appears to be spreading to the ears.

causing irritation of throat. Such fo ods would always precipitate their

attack, the cough begins a day before the stomach upset. The chest

rattles with the accumulation of secretions in the lungs. Other

symptoms of Nux Vomica are a dr y or suffocating type of cough

backache on coughing , a burning sensation in the backbone which

in the throat, which appears to be spreading to the ears.

may feel sudden weakness in the arms and legs . The symptoms

Indigestion produces hyperacidity in the stomach . The patient

hyperacidity in the stomach. For th em, there are many other remedies

including gastric hyperacidity , then the profound weakness which

beginning at the stomach must continue to the end of the intestines, so

becomes constipated, and if it becomes too speedy then diarrhoea

Gastric dysfunction can often aggravate asthma. So asthmatics

should avoid eating food that may upset their stomach and also food

and the stomachache becomes worse from heat. The reason for this is

develops constipation, which keeps alternating with diarrhoea. In

slow. The stomach secretes an excessive amount of acid. However

also bleed from the nose. Severe constipation is common. The

feels nauseated but does not vomit. After eating food, the patient

feels pressure and pain in the stomach . The patient cannot tolerate

even light pressure on the stomac h. The lower part of the stomach

attack, the cough begins a day before the stomach upset. The chest

One symptom of Nux Vomica is that in women, menstruation

becomes irregular . If the periods start earlier than the usual time,

they become prolonged. However, if the periods start delayed, they

difference that in Bryonia, the menstrual irregularities become worse

In Nux Vomica, there is a feeling that the uterus is prolapsing

hysteria, rheumatism and rabies. Since Nux Vomica seeds contain

the diseases back inside the body. Thus, Nux Vomica works as an

backache developing fr om sitting for too long can be cured with

Nux Vomica. The Nux Vomica backache is usually localised at one

is some contradiction in that the backache becomes worse in the cold

sleeping pills back from me in the morning. That night, for the first

backache on coughing , a burning sensation in the backbone which

and malicious persons always backbite and keep finding faults in

cannot go back to sleep again. He feels drowsy in the morning. He

may feel sudden weakness in the arms and legs . The symptoms