Homoeopathy — Page 536
Nux Vomica 536 treatment of rather skinny, peevish and irritable type of people. Such patients have certain habits that make their symptoms worse. For example they remain awake late at night, they work for a long time in a sedentary state and they do not exercise regularly. Excessive drinking in the western culture or eating too much oily food in the eastern culture produces hyperacidity. All such patients benefit from Nux Vomica. Apart from the digestive system, Nux Vomica does not have any profound effect on other major internal organs. However, it does affect the external musculature, mucous membranes and the skin. A backache developing from sitting for too long can be cured with Nux Vomica. The Nux Vomica backache is usually localised at one particular area. If other symptoms of Nux Vomica were present, including gastric hyperacidity , then the profound weakness which appears suddenly in such patients would also be cured with Nux Vomica. During this weakness, the person may not even be able to move his hands. The patient feels instantly rejuvenated with Nux Vomica. It should be given in potency 30 to be repeated every few minutes. The Nux Vomica poison slows down the peristaltic movement of the intestines. In healthy people, after taking food, the peristalsis beginning at the stomach must continue to the end of the intestines, so that the semi-digested food may be passed on. Normally this cycle should complete in fourteen hours. After fourteen hours, the contents remain inside the large gut to allow for the absorption of excess secretions. Thus a healthy person normally has one motion in twenty- four hours. If the system of peristalsis slows down the person becomes constipated , and if it becomes too speedy then diarrhoea develops, or sometimes the patient may have frequent solid motions, one after the other. Nux Vomica is an effective treatment specific for this condition. Gastric dysfunction can often aggravate asthma. So asthmatics should avoid eating food that may upset their stomach and also food causing irritation of throat. Such foods would always precipitate their asthma. Extremely cold or sour things like pickles can also be very dangerous to asthma patients. Nux Vomica is very beneficial in the treatment of asthma due to hyperacidity. To prevent against the asthma related to the nasal cold, one should keep taking prophylactic