Nux moschata

Common name: nutmeg.

Especially suitable for women and children (Ign.).

Great sensitivity of the body and pain of the parts on which one lies (Bell.).

Wandering and pressing pains, which always only occupy a small spot (Ign., Kali-B.), last only a short time (Bell.), but soon returns (Mag-P.).

Drawing in the limbs, especially after catching cold, worse while at rest (Rhus-T.).

PAIN IN THE LIMBS, CAUSED BY WET, COLD WEATHER (Dulc., Rhod., Rhus-T.).

Great restlessness in the muscular system (Rhus-T.).

Weakness of old age (Gels., Lyc., Sil.) (A.).

Vertigo, as if intoxicated (Cocc., Gels.) (C.).

Headache from eating a little too much. (Coff., Puls.) (N.).

Painless pulsation in the head, with fear to go to sleep, (N.).

Dryness of the eyes; too dry to close the lids (A.).

Fatigue, must lie down after the least exertion (A.).

UNCONQUERABLE SLEEP (Op.) (A.).

Drowsy, with other complaints, particularly with pain (N.).

Lies in stupid slumber (Apis, Gels., Hyos., Op.) (N.).

Cold, from sudden cooling off, after having perspired, with pain in the neck and in all the bones.

Oversensitive: to light; of hearing; of smell; and to touch (Bell., Coff., Nux-V.) (A.).

Emaciation of scrofulous individuals (Iod., Nat-M., Phos., Tub.).

Irresolute and thoughtless (Puls.) (N.).

Stupor and insensibility (Apis, Arn., Bapt., Hell., Hyos., Kali-P., Lach., Lyc., Nat-M., Nux-V., Op., Phos-Ac., Stram.) (A.).

SLOW THINKING (Gels., Lyc., Sil.) (N.).

WEAKNESS OR LOSS OF MEMORY (Anac., Con., Kali-P., Lac-C., Lyc., Nux-V., Phos., Sil.) (A.).

Absence of mind; cannot think (Agn., Gels., Nux-V.) (A.).

Great indifference to everything (Sep.) (A.).

Vanishing of thoughts while reading, talking, or writing; uses wrong words; does not recognise well-known streets (Cann-I., Glon., Lach.) (A.).

CHANGEABLE HUMOUR; ONE MOMENT LAUGHING, THE NEXT MOMENT CRYING (Apis, Croc., Ign.) (A.).

Sudden change from grave to gay, and from lively to serene (Plat.) (A.).

During menses great pressure in the back from within outward, abdominal bearing down and drawing in the limbs (N.).

At every menstrual nisus, mouth, throat and tongue become intolerably dry, especially when sleeping (N.).

Physometra (Brom., Chin., Lac-C., Lyc., Mag-C., Nat-C., Nux-V., Phos-Ac.) (K.).

Menorrhagia, blood thick, dark, with such as have had catamenia very irregularly (N.).

Leucorrhœa in place of menses (Coc.) (A.).

Inclination to faintness and great debility, especially in the small of the back and in the knees, with sleepiness (Kali-C.).

DISPOSITION TO FAINT FROM THE PAINS, EVEN WHEN SLIGHT (Asaf., Cham., Cocc., Hep., Nux-V., Valer., Verat.) (N.).

Dreamy, clairvoyant state (B.).

HYSTERICAL ATTACKS (Ambr., Arg-N., Calc-P., Ferr., Gels, Ign., Kali-Br., Lach., Mosch., Nat-C., Op., Puls., Sep.).

Fainting and palpitation of heart followed by sleep (N.).

Nausea and vomiting during pregnancy, or from wearing pessaries (A.).

Constipation: Stool difficult, although soft (Alum.) (B.).

Of use in the spasms in children (Acon., Aeth., Bell., Cina, Cupr., Ign., Mag-P., Stram.).

Pains in the teeth from inhaling cold air, or taking warm drinks (Hr.).

Dyspepsia of old people (Ant-C., Carb-V., Lyc.) (A.).

Craving for highly seasoned food (Hep.) (Br.).

Saliva seemed like cotton (A.).

Tongue so dry, that it adheres to the roof of the mouth (A.).

Painfulness and distress in the stomach while eating, or immediately after (Kali-B.) (A.).

Greatly troubled with dryness in the mouth and throat while sleeping; always awake with a very dry tongue, but without thirst (N.).

THIRSTLESSNESS, WITH DRYNESS IN THE MOUTH AND THROAT (Puls.).

WHILE EATING SOON SATISFIED (Lyc.) (N.).

ABDOMEN ENORMOUSLY DISTENDED AFTER EVERY MEAL (Arg-N., Carb-V., Lyc.) (N.).

Diarrhœa: in children; in summer (Ant-C., Podo.) (N.)

Flatulent colic (Coloc., Nux-V., Pul.) (B.).

White fœtid stools (Podo.) (A.).

Stools contain undigested particles or are like chopped eggs (Cham.) (N.).

Diarrhœa: from cold drinks; from boiled milk; during dentition; and during pregnancy (A.).

Rheumatism of the left shoulder (Rhus-T.) (A.).

Pain in the back while riding in a carriage (N.).

Rheumatic affections from getting feet wet, or from exposure to draught of air while heated (Acon., Bry.) (A.).

Intermittent fever, with sleepiness during the heat (Apis, Gels., Op.).

Cold, dry skin.

Dry, nervous, hysterical cough (Ign.) (Bt.).

Cough caused by getting warm in bed, being overheated, bathing, standing in water, or living in cold damp places (Nat-S.) (A.).

Cough loose after eating, dry after drinking (A.).

Sudden hoarseness from walking against the wind (Hep., Phos.) (N.).

Cough during pregnancy (Sep.) (A.).

AGGRAVATION: From cold, wet weather; from lying on the painful side; during menstruation; from carriage driving; from emotions; during pregnancy; from cold food; from cold water; from cold washing; from spirituous liquors; and after eating or drinking.

AMELIORATION: From external heat; in dry, warm weather; in a warm room; and from wrapping up warmly.

RELATIONSHIP: Nux-M., antidotes mercurial inhalation, lead colic, oil of turpentine, spirituous liquors, and especially the effects of bad beer.

Complementary: Calc. and Lyc.

ANTIDOTES: Camph., Gels., Nux-V. and Valer.