Nux Moschata

General action :

Attacks of syncope, with threatening cardiac failure and cold extremities.

Extreme dryness of the skin and mucous membranes.

Twitchings and general spasms.

Great weakness ; faintness.

Weakness, especially of the back and knees, with sleepiness.

Great sensitiveness to parts upon which one lies.

Symptoms < cold, wet weather ; > external warmth.

Extremely changeable mood, laughing and crying in rapid succession.

Inability to think.

Absence of mind ; cannot finish what he begins, but stands in a dazed condition.

While writing his thoughts vanish entirely.

Thought slow and difficult ; waits a long time before answering.

Omits letters and syllables when writing, and is incoherent when expressing her thoughts.

Loss of memory.

Momentary attacks of unconsciousness, which seem to last a long time.

Complete loss of ideas, so that one thinks they had been asleep.

Head feels heavy and drops forward or rolls about on the shoulders involuntarily ; must hold it with both hands.

Fullness ; a distended feeling in the head, painless.

Violent pain in a small spot in the left side of the forehead.

The pain feels loose on moving it or on walking, < hot weather.

Excessive dryness, reading is difficult, eyes close as from sleepiness.

Pupils dilated and insensible.

Objects seem very large, especially in the evening.

Dryness and stoppage of the nostrils.

Over-sensitiveness of smell and then loss of smell.

Face generally pale, though the cheeks are sometimes hot and red.

Lips, mouth and throat perfectly dry, without thirst.

Sticking toothache, > external warmth ; < cold wet weather, in the evening.

Teeth feel as though they were covered with chalk.

Unnatural appetite, with hasty eating.

Chalky taste, or as if he had eaten excessively of salt food.

Deathly nausea on raising the head from the pillow.

Nausea when riding in a carriage.

Tension ; a feeling of heaviness in the upper abdomen.

Cutting and twisting about the navel, though with sleepiness.

Numerous flatulent symptoms, disturbing sleep.

Stool soft but difficult, indolent.

Diarrhoea like beaten eggs, undigested, with sleepiness.

Frequent micturition, sometimes involuntary.

Urine smells like violets.

Menstruation irregular, even suppressed, with persistent attacks of fainting.

Obstinate uterine haemorrhage of thick, dark blood.

Respiratory organs :

Voice hoarse, unsteady or lost entirely (aphonia).

Hoarseness, caused by walking against the wind.

Oppression of the chest, with a feeling as if the blood rushed towards the heart and then spread over the whole body.

Paroxysms of suffocation.

Constriction, or a feeling of a heavy weight on the chest.

A feeling of sudden rush of blood to the heart.

Palpitation, with attacks of faintness.

Neck and Back :

Pain in the back as if bruised or broken, < riding in a carriage.

Numbness.

Tingling in the toes as after being frozen, with pain in the soles, as if bruised.

Overpowering sleepiness (with all symptoms).

Chilliness, with pale face, especially on uncovering, and in cold wet air.

Febrile attacks, with sleepiness, without thirst, with dry mouth and throat.

Internal fever, with cold, dry skin.

General absence of perspiration.