Homoeopathy — Page 539
Nux Vomica 539 Vomica. Many such patients can get an asthma attack due to hunger. Once they are treated with Nux Vomica, they do not get asthma. In Nux Vomica, the headache begins mostly in the area above the eyes, getting worse on moving the eyeball. It feels like a stabbing pain. On going into sunlight or on opening the eyes in the sunlight, the headache intensifies. The headache aggravates in the morning and after eating food. Sometimes during the headache, the patient may also bleed from the nose. Severe constipation is common. The headache is also related to haemorrhoids. The patient cannot tolerate noise or touch. The mouth tastes bad. In the morning, the patient feels nauseated but does not vomit. After eating food, the patient feels pressure and pain in the stomach. The patient cannot tolerate even light pressure on the stomach. The lower part of the stomach appears swollen and heavy like a stone. At the onset of an asthma attack, the cough begins a day before the stomach upset. The chest rattles with the accumulation of secretions in the lungs. Other symptoms of Nux Vomica are a dry or suffocating type of cough associated with blood in the sputum, the onset of headache and backache on coughing , a burning sensation in the backbone which becomes worse at three or four o’ clock in the morning, and relief of suffering on resting at noon time and on sweating. In Nux Vomica, small sores develop inside the mouth. The margins of the tongue become yellowish-white and fissured. The gums become swollen , are white and bleed. There is a feeling of being choked and pinching in the throat, which appears to be spreading to the ears. There is an interesting symptom of Nux Vomica. Some bad-natured and malicious persons always backbite and keep finding faults in other people. Treatment with high potency Nux Vomica restores their normal thinking. They do not remain jealous of others either. However, it is not essential that every Nux Vomica patient be of jealous nature. A Nux Vomica patient wakes up in the later part of the night and cannot go back to sleep again. He feels drowsy in the morning. He may feel sudden weakness in the arms and legs. The symptoms become worse after eating food, mental overwork, eating oily spicy food and in dry cold weather. The patient feels better in the evening, on taking rest, on being pressed locally, and in humid climate.