Veterinary Materia Medica
of Homeopathic Remedies
Nux Vomica
Homeopathic remedy for Digestive problems - Appetite stimulant - Slipped disc - Back pain.
Nux vomica (Poison Nut, Strychnos) is a popular 'opening remedy' and is used to clear toxins and waste products from the body. Especially indicated in animals after being treated with many drugs, which it will help counteract the ill effects. Its action will help clear the way so other remedies can do their job. It is also an important constitutional remedy.
It is one of the great, polychrests, because the bulk of its symptoms correspond in similarity with those of the commonest and most frequent of diseases. Nux is called for in many of the conditions that correspond to modern life and domestication.
- All digestive upsets. Flatulence and indigestion from overeating or eating the wrong food. There may be vomiting, followed by constipation and then diarrhea.
- Bouts of colic following scavenging and eating garbage.
- Liver disease such as hepatitis and jaundice benefit from the use of Nux.
- Loss of appetite, frequently helpful in stimulating and restoring the appetite.
- Helps to clear side effects from pharmaceutical drugs.
- Colitis and other irritable bowel (IBS) conditions.
- Relieves acute MUSCLE SPASMS.
- Eases back pain in conditions of 'slipped disc'
- Useful in the treatment of Inguinal or Umbilical Hernia in newborn dogs and cats.
- Travel Anxiety - Nux vomica is a good choice for nervous dogs who, for instance, become excited when traveling by car, rushing from side to side or barking the whole time the vehicle is in motion.
Keynotes
- MUCH PAIN IN THE LOWER BACK
- IRRITABLE
- hyper-sensitive, irritable nervous system
- IMPATIENT
- SPASMS, WITH RIGIDITY OF NEARLY ALL MUSCLES, WITH INTERRUPTIONS OF A FEW MINUTES, DURING WHICH MUSCLES ARE RELAXED
- Hind leg paralysis (stroke)
- TIRED
- NAUSEA AND VOMITING AFTER EATING
- CONSTANT NAUSEA
- PAIN IN THE STOMACH A FEW HOURS AFTER EATING
- CONSTIPATION
- DIARRHEA
- Dysentery
- Frequent, small slimy, or bloody stools with pain in the back from urging
- OVERWORK (MENTAL), STRAIN
- SELF INDULGENCE (Rich, fatty foods, overeating)
> Better: For resting (particularly short naps), wet, damp weather, strong pressure, in darkness, from fasting, and in the evening.
< Worse: Worse for mental exertion, over - eating (particularly rich and cold food), touch, noise, dry weather, cold, chilly air, before 3 a.m. and in the morning, and from lack of rest.
Inimical (obstructive): Zincum (must not be used before or after Nux-V.)
Relationship: Nux seeds contain copper, notice the cramp-causing proclivities of both.
Complimentary: Kali-C., Merc., Phos., Sepia and Sulph. (in nearly all diseases).
Follows well after: Aloe, Ars., Ipec., Phos., Sep. and Sulph.
Followed well by: Bry., Puls. and Sulph.
Similar to: Anae., Bell., Bry., Canth., Caust., Cocc., Hydr., Ign., Lyc., Merc., Sep., Sulph., Thuj. and Zincum.
Antidotes: Coffea, Ignatia, Cocculus
Dose: 6c to 30c potency and higher.
Inguinal or umbilical hernias in puppies and kittens - with little else in the diagnosis: NUX VOMICA (outgoing animals who seem hyper or driven, feel worse in the AM and are sensitive to noise & cold). Give 30c (one dose) and wait a week or 200c (one dose) and wait 2 weeks. If the hernia reduces in size slightly, only dose again when there has been no change in the size in 3 days (measure the hernia). If it improves, but not completely, you need a higher potency (200c or 1M), or a different remedy.
Note: Chronic dosing with Nux Vomica is thought to be more effective if given in the evening, during repose of mind and body; Sulph is best given in the morning.
Names: Nux-v., (Poison-nut)
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