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Nux Moschata

Myristica fragrans
NUX M · 17 entries across 17 books
PreparationTincture of powdered seeds deprived of the Mace. Clarke
1X–6X
First to sixth potencyDose · Boericke

Reason for use

Very dry mouth , so dry that the tongue may adhere to the roof of the mouth, but no desire for water, rather an aversion to it. (On the contrary, Mercur ., where the tongue is very moist , perhaps dripping with saliva, there is great thirst .) Affections of the temples, e.g. , headaches with very dry mouth and no desire for water; sensation of dryness in the inner parts; buzzing, humming, or "funny feeling" in the body; dryness of the skin. Rheumatism of left shoulder .

Worse.-- In the open air; in cold air; in cold and wet weather; when the weather changes, whether from dry and pleasant to wet, or vice versa , until it becomes settled; in wet weather; in windy weather; lying on painful side.

Better.-- In the room; air being warm; in dry weather.

Remedies following:-- Lycop., Nux vom., Pulsat., Rhus tox., Stramon., Tart. emet .

The full Guernsey text, by section

Sleep

Drowsiness; very sleepy; stupor-like sleep; complaints causing sleepiness.

Fever

Chilliness without thirst; heat without thirst: want of perspiration; no thirst.

Antidote

Camphor .

Complete text of the Nux Moschata entry in Guernsey - Key-notes to the Materia Medica; origin and preparation from Clarke. Historical text from the classical materia medica (1828–1950). Not medical advice, and not a claim that any remedy works.
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Simple remedy · Plant

17 entries across 17 books · abbreviations: NUX M, NUX-M · Family: Myristicaceae

Entries

1 Boericke

NUX MOSCHATA · William Boericke · 2,950 chars

2 Kent

Nux Moschata · James Tyler Kent · 5,084 chars

3 Clarke

Nux Moschata · John Henry Clarke · 30,167 chars

4 Hering

Nux Moschata · Constantine Hering · 56,283 chars

5 Allen

Nux Moschata · Henry C. Allen · 3,000 chars

6 Nash

Nux Moschata · E. B. Nash · 5,382 chars

7 Hering

NUX MOSCHATA · Constantine Hering · 15,184 chars

10 Lippe

Nux moschata · Adolph zur Lippe · 8,050 chars

14 T. F. Allen

NUX MOSCHATA · Timothy Field Allen · 398 chars

15 Tyler

Nux Moschata · Margaret Lucy Tyler · 14,648 chars

16 Guernsey · shown above

NUX MOSCHATA · Henry Newell Guernsey · 1,057 chars

17 Cowperthwaite

NUX MOSCHATA · Allen Corson Cowperthwaite · 6,058 chars

18 Dewey

Nux Moschata · Willis Alonzo Dewey · 351 chars

19 Gross

Nux Moschata · Gustav Wilhelm Gross · 6,381 chars

22 Roberts

Nux moschata · Herbert Alfred Roberts · 2,525 chars

23 T. F. Allen

NUX MOSCHATA · Timothy Field Allen · 3,397 chars

33 Gladstone Clarke

Nux Moschata · A. Gladstone Clarke · 999 chars

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  1. Antioxidative, antiproliferative and biochemical effects in HepG2 cells of a homeopathic remedy and its constituent plant tinctures tested separately or in combinationGebhardt R · Arzneimittel-Forschung · 2003 · doi

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