Botanical Index No. 745

Nux Vomica

strychnos nux-vomica

Medicinal Actions

Alexeteric, Analgesic, Antipyretic, Antitumor, Cholinolytic, CNS Stimulant, Convulsant, Diuretic, Emmenagogue, Insecticide, Laxative, Neurotonic, Orexigenic, Parasiticide, Peristaltic, Priapistic, Psychoanaleptic, Respirastimulant, Secretagogue, Spinostimulant, Stimulant, Stomachic, Tetanic, Tonic, Climacteric, Colic

Primary Conditions Treated

Dysuria Emphysema Enterosis Epilepsy Fatigue Fever Frigidity Fungus Gastrosis Headache Heartburn Hemiplegia Hemorrhoid Hepatosis Hyperemesis Hysteria Impotence Incontinence Infection Inflammation Insomnia Itch Jaundice Keratosis Laryngosis Leprosy Leukoderma Lumbago Malaria Migraine Mycosis Myocardosis Myosis Neuralgia Neurasthenia Neurosis Ophthalmia Pain Paralysis Parasite Paresis Phthisis Pneumonia Polio Proctosis Prolapse Raynaud’s Syndrome Respirosis Rheumatism Ringworm Senility Snakebite Sore Sore Throat Spermatorrhea Swelling Tumor Typhoid Ulcer Urethrosis UTI Vertigo Worm Wound Abortifacient Aphrodisiac Bitter Nervine Poison Vasoconstrictor Ague Alcoholism Amaurosis Amblyopia Amenorrhea Anemia Anorexia Arthrosis Asthma Atony Bell’s Palsy Bite Borborygmus Bronchosis Cancer abdomen colon Cardiopathy Catarrh Cholera Chorea Circulosis Conjunctivosis Constipation Cynanche Cystosis Debility Depression Dermatosis Diabetes Diarrhea Dipsomania Diphtheria Dizziness Dysentery Dysmenorrhea Dyspepsia

General Dosage

Dosages — APA recommends only homeopathic dilutions; 0.5–3 g powdered seed; 0.5–2 ml seed tincture; 0.5–1 g extract; 0.5–1 ml tincture; 5 ml nux vomica elixir; 0.05–0.2 ml nux vomica liquid extract.

Safety & Contraindications

Contraindications, Interactions, and Side Effects — Not covered; Commission E reports the seed contains the toxic alkaloid strychnine. Poisoning can generate anxiety, backache, enhanced reflexes, equilibrium disorders, heightened sense perception, pain, and stiff neck, then convulsions, dyspnea, and twitching. Lethal dose ca. 50 mg strychnine.

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