MATERIA MEDICA OF NUX VOMICA
Constitution / Patient Profile
- Thin, active, nervous, irritable individuals
- Businessmen, lawyers, students, and city dwellers
- Oversensitive to noise, light, odors, touch
- Often constipated, chilly, and wake up at 3–4 a.m.
🔍 KEYNOTES
| Category | Symptoms |
|---|---|
| Mind | Irritable, quarrelsome, sensitive to contradiction; can’t tolerate being disturbed; competitive; gets angry easily but regrets it later |
| Sleep | Falls asleep easily but wakes up early (3–4 a.m.); cannot go back to sleep due to racing thoughts |
| Gastrointestinal | Constipation with ineffectual urging; feels like something is left behind; frequent, unsatisfactory stools |
| Head | Headache from noise, light, odors, especially after late nights, alcohol or coffee |
| Stomach | Nausea after eating; sour taste; heaviness; desires spicy, fatty food but it disagrees |
| Liver | Complaints after alcohol, stimulants, or overeating |
| Urine | Frequent, urgent urging with scanty flow |
| Modalities | 👎 Worse: Cold air, mental exertion, anger, spices, stimulants, morning 👍 Better: Rest, warmth, evening, after stool |
🧪 THERAPEUTIC CLUES
- Hangover remedy (coffee, alcohol, late nights)
- Constipation in sedentary lifestyle
- Stress-induced acidity and indigestion
- Irritability with insomnia
- After effects of overmedication or drug withdrawal
🥼 NUX VOMICA IN THERAPEUTICS
| Condition | Use of Nux Vomica |
|---|---|
| Gastritis | After spicy food, alcohol, overeating – burning, sour taste, bloated abdomen |
| Constipation | Frequent desire, scanty stool, feels unfinished – especially in sedentary or stressed individuals |
| Headaches | From light, noise, smells, especially after alcohol, sleeplessness, stress |
| Insomnia | Falls asleep but wakes at 3 a.m. with a racing mind; can’t fall back asleep |
| Cold & Cough | Starts after exposure to cold wind or after drinking; stuffed nose at night, runs in the morning |
| Dysmenorrhea | Crampy pain with irritability; better with warmth, worse early morning |
| Hemorrhoids | Bleeding piles with frequent ineffectual urging for stool; worse with rich food |
| Liver dysfunction | Indigestion, nausea, bloating after fatty food or alcohol |
| Addictions / Withdrawal | Tobacco, alcohol, drug withdrawal symptoms; irritability, digestive upsets |
| Over-medication antidote | Nux helps clear symptoms caused by long-term allopathic drug use |
🧩 COMPARISONS
| Remedy | Similarities | Differences |
|---|---|---|
| Bryonia | Both irritable, constipated, worse from motion | Bryonia wants to be left alone, Nux reacts sharply to contradiction |
| Ignatia | Both emotional and sensitive to stress | Ignatia is more grief-stricken and hysterical; Nux is angry and irritable |
| Sulphur | Both have piles, indigestion, heat | Sulphur is philosophical, lazy; Nux is efficient and driven |
| Chamomilla | Both oversensitive to pain and irritable | Chamomilla more in children; Nux in adults |
| Coffea Cruda | Both have sleeplessness and nervous excitement | Coffea is joyful and excitable; Nux is edgy and overworked |
📌 SIMPLE MEMORY HOOK
“Mr. Nux is a stressed-out CEO – overworked, drinks coffee all day, eats junk at night, fights with staff, can’t sleep, and wakes up angry at 3 a.m.”
🧠 GENIUS OF NUX VOMICA
Nux vomica is the chief remedy for modern life.
It suits the Type A personality – ambitious, driven, workaholic, and overstimulated by coffee, alcohol, rich food, and stress.
Think of it as the remedy for excess — excess food, excess drink, excess anger, excess stimulation.
