Homeopathy LibraryNux Vomica
Reason for use
The call for Nux vomica may be for almost any form of rheumatism, when associated with the great leading symptoms, and when the trouble affects the larger muscles and joints.
Nux vomica antidotes the neuralgia of Mezereum.
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Eyes
(Nux vomica)
Tearing pains in eyes, lids very red and sensitive to touch, intolerance of light ; profuse lachrymation.
Arthritic ophthalmia.
AT BEGINNING OF RHEUMATIC OPHTHALMIA.
OLD GOUTY SUBJECTS WITH RHEUMATIC OPHTHALMIA.
Heart
(Nux vomica)
PALPITATION.
ACHING PAINS AND ANGUISH IN REGION OF HEART.
CONSTRICTIVE PAINS WITH MUCH ANGUISH.
NECK AND BACK . — (Nux vomica)
Tearing pains in paroxysms in nape of neck.
STIFF NECK IN CERVICO-BRACHIAL MUSCLES.
RHEUMATISM WITH OR WITHOUT TEARING, DRAWING PAINS, HEAD DRAWN TO ONE SIDE, VERY DIFFICULT TO MOVE HEAD.
STIFF NECK WITH HEAVINESS.
TORTICOLLIS, HEAD DRAWN TO LEFT SIDE.
TENSION AND ACHING BETWEEN THE SHOULDER BLADES.
BURNING, TEARING, DRAWING, LANCINATING OR BRUISED PAINS IN BACK.
PAIN IN BACK STARTS IN POSTERIOR WALL OF STOMACH AND SPREADS TO UNDER SHORT RIBS.
SUDDEN STITCHES IN BACK WHEN TURNING.
BACKACHE, MUST SIT UP TO TURN IN BED.
BRUISED OR BROKEN PAINS IN SMALL OF BACK.
PAIN IN LUMBAR REGION FROM LIFTING.
LUMBAGO OF WHOLE BACK.
PROGRESSIVE LOCOMOTOR ATAXIA FROM ALCOHOLISM.
SUPERIOR EXTREMITIES , — (Nux vomica)
BRUISED HEAVY PAIN N SHOULDERS.
SORENESS OF SHOULDER JOINT.
DRAWING IN ARMS EXTENDING FROM SHOULDER TO FINGERS.
Sensation as of sudden loss of power in arms mornings.
ARMS AND HANDS GO TO SLEEP.
INFERIOR EXTREMITIES . — (Nux vomica)
DARTING PAINS FROM TOES TO HIPS OR FROM TROCHANTER TO POPLITEAL SPACE.
DRAWING TEARING PAINS FROM BELOW UPWARD.
LIMB STIFF AND MUSCLES CONTRACTED.
PAINS EXTEND FROM TOES INTO HIP.
BRUISED PAINS IN MUSCLES OF THIGHS AND KNEES.
SENSATION AS OF SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER IN LEGS.
Stiffness of lower limbs after an acute sickness.
SENSATION IN HOLLOW OF KNEE AS IF TENDONS WERE TOO SHORT.
PAINFUL SWELLING OF KNEES.
KNEE JOINTS FEEL DRY WITH CRACKING WHEN MOVING.
ARTHRITIC, INFLAMMATION OF KNEES WITH NODOSITIES.
Gout of knees following an acute fever.
PAIN IN RIGHT LEG AND CALF.
EXTREMITIES IN GENERAL . — (Nux vomica)
ACHING, DRAWING AND BRUISED PAINS IN LIMBS.
RHEUMATISM ATTACKING MOSTLY MUSCLES OF THE TRUNK AND LARGE JOINTS ; SWELLINGS PALE, TENSIVE, WITH NUMBNESS AND TWITCHING.
AGGRAVATIONS . — (Nux vomica)
MORNING.
AFTER EATING.
TOUCH.
FROM COLD.
FRIGHT.
3 TO 4 A.M.
Motion
JARS.
AMELIORATIONS . — (Nux vomica)
WARMTH.
CONCOMITANTS . — (Nux vomica)
OVER-SENSITIVENESS TO ALL REACTIONS.
GREAT LANGUOR ; WANTS TO SIT AND BE ALONE.
MARKED NERVOUS DEBILITY.
MARKED EXCITEMENT.
VERY IRRITABLE.
CONSTIPATED, WITH INEFFECTUAL URGING.
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