Adapted especially to women and children of a nervous
hysterical temperament ( Ign. ); to people with a dry skin who rarely
perspire; complaints of pregnancy.
Weakness of old age; dyspepsia of old people.
Oversensitive: to light; of hearing; of smell; to touch.
All the ailments are accompanied by drowsiness and sleepiness (
Ant. t. , Op. ) or an inclination to faint even from slight pain
( Hep. ); complaints cause sleepiness.
Stupor and insensibility; unconquerable sleep.
Absence of mind; cannot think; great indifference to everything.
Weakness or loss of memory ( Anac. , Lac c. , Lyc. ).
Vanishing of thoughts while reading, talking or writing; using
wrong words; does not recognize well known streets ( Can. I. , Lach.
).
Changeable humor; one moment laughing, the next crying ( Croc.
, Ign. ); "sudden change from grave to gay, from lively to
serene" ( Plat. ).
Dryness of eyes; too dry to close the lids.
Great dryness of the mouth ( Apis , Lach. ); tongue so dry it adheres
to roof of mouth; saliva seemed like cotton; throat dry, stiffened,
no thirst ( Puls. ).
Sensation of great dryness without real thirst and without actual
dryness of the tongue.
Great soreness of all the parts upon which one lies ( Bap. , Pry.);
tendency to bed sores.
Eating a little too much causes headache; painfulness and distress
in stomach while eating or immediately after ( Kali bi. ).
Abdomen enormously distended, after every meal.
Diarrhoea: in summer, from cold drinks; epidemic in autumn, white
stools ( Colch. ); from boiled milk; during dentition; during pregnancy;
with sleepiness and fainting; in autumn, epidemic, white, fetid
( Colch. ).
At every menstrual nisus, mouth, throat and tongue become intolerably
dry, especially when sleeping.
Leucorrhoea in place of menses ( Coc. ); patient, awakened with
dry tongue ( Lach. ); physometra ( Lac c. , Lyc. ).
Pain, nausea and vomiting; during pregnancy; from wearing pessaries.
Sudden hoarseness, < from walking against the wind ( Euph. ,
Hep. ).
Cough caused by: getting warm in bed; being overheated; during
pregnancy ( Con. ); bathing, standing in water; living in cold,
damp places ( Nat. s. ); loose after eating, dry after drinking.
Sleep: irresistibly drowsy; sleepy, muddled, as if intoxicated;
coma, lies silent, immovable; eyes constantly closed (with stertorous
breathing, Op. ).
Rheumatic affections; from getting feet wet; from exposure to drafts
to air while heated ( Acon. , Bry. ); < in cold, wet weather,
or cold wet clothes ( Rhus ); of left shoulder ( Fer. ).
Backache, while riding in a carriage.
Fatigue, must lie down after least exertion.
Relations. - Nux moschata antidotes mercurial inhalation, lead
colic, oil of turpentine, spirituous liquors and especially the
effects of bad beers.
Aggravation. - Cold, wet, windy weather ( Rhod. ); weather changes;
cold food, water and cold washing; carriage driving ( Coc. ); lying
on painful side ([ Bry. ], on painless side, Puls. ).
Amelioration. - In dry, warm weather; warm room; wrapping up warmly.
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