Homeopathy LibraryOrigin Plant · Myristicaceae · Simple
ClarkePreparation Tincture of powdered seeds deprived of the Mace.
Sources 17 entries across 15 books: Boericke, Kent, Clarke, Hering, Allen …
Dose Boericke
1X–6X
First to sixth potency
Reason for useCowperthwaite
Through the nervous system Nux Moschata affects particularly the digestive tract, the ovaries, and the uterus, the symptoms it produces being of a purely nervous character, and indicative of no change whatever in organic substance, save the slight congestion which the nervous irritation may produce. Its chief characteristic is a sleepy, drowsy condition, with all complaints. Characteristic symptoms.
▲ Worse From cold, damp weather; from washing, or getting wet; from riding in a carriage; after eating or drinking; from spirituous liquors
▼ Better In the room; from warm air
By regionCowperthwaite
Mind (Nux moschata) Changeable mood ; one moment laughing ; the next crying. …
Head (Nux moschata) Vertigo, as if intoxicated. (Coccul., Led., Mez.) Head drops forward while sitting. …
Eyes (Nux moschata) Sensation of dryness in the eyes ; can move eyelids only with difficulty. Blindness, then fainting. …
Stomach (Nux moschata) Very great hunger ; no thirst. …
Back (Nux moschata) Pain in small of back, as if broken (Aloe, Bell ., Cimic., Natr. mur., Kali carb., Nux v.), when riding in a carriage.
Limbs (Nux moschata) Numbness in all the limbs. Pains in limbs and joints in cold, damp weather. (Rhod.) Tingling in toes as if frozen. (Agar.)
Sleep (Nux moschata) Sleepiness, with all complaints , particularly with pains ; lies in stupid slumber. Almost irresistible desire for sleep . …
Books*
Antidoted by Camphora 3, Gelsemium Sempervirens 2, Laurocerasus 2 +5
Complementary —
Follows well —
Compare Ignatia Amara, Nux Vomica, Pulsatilla Pratensis +46
* 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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