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Cocculus Indicus
Cocculus Indicus · COCC
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Origin Plant · Menispermaceae · Simple
Habitat which see
ClarkePreparation prepared from the powdered seeds, which contain a crystallisable principle Picrotoxine (which see), a powerful poison.
Sources 17 entries across 16 books: Boericke, Kent, Clarke, Allen, Nash …

Dose Boericke
3X–30X
Third to thirtieth potency

Reason for useGladstone Clarke

1 . Fair women and children of weak, nervous temperament with tendency to spasmodic complaints ; sensitive, romantic girls. 2 . Patient cannot bear least contradiction ; angry and offended at mere trifles ; times passes too quickly. 3 . Great lassitude of the whole body with trembling weakness. 4 . Sensation of emptiness or hollowness in various organs 5 . Paralytic numbness especially in hands and feet, various parts go to sleep. 6 . Marked vertigo with or without nausea and vomiting ; complaints caused by or < by motion of vehicles . Seasickness, etc. 7 . Complaints (especially hysteria) from loss of sleep , night watching, mental excitement, overwork, etc. 8 . Abdominal distension with colic ; no > from passing flatus ; abdomen feels as if full of sharp sticks or stones. 9 . Menstrual period premature and painful with extreme weakness ; patient scarcely able to stand or talk. 10 . Patient intolerant of all stimuli including touch and even fresh air ; < mental and physical exertion even talking. Keynote : Paralytic weakness.


Books*
Antidoted by Nux Vomica 3, Camphora 2, Antimonium Tartaricum +9
Complementary —
Follows well —
Compare Ignatia Amara, Nux Vomica, Antimonium Tartaricum +47

* Number of books that state the relation, where more than one. Historical text from the classical materia medica (1828–1950). Not medical advice, and not a claim that any remedy works.
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