NUX MOSCHATA


NUX MOSCHATA homeopathic remedy keynotes and indications from the Decachords by Gladstone Clarke, of the medicine NUX MOSCHATA…


Symptoms

      1. Women and children of nervous, hysterical temperament, old people.

2. Rapid change of moods; absent-mindedness, loss of memory; thoughts vanish while writing; talking. etc.; sense of double personality; visionary dreamy states; indifference.

3. Hypersensitiveness to all external stimuli.

4. Great drowsiness with nearly all complaints; dizziness and disposition to faint.

5. Marked dryness of all mucous membranes esp. of mouth, tongue and throat without thirst; also dry skin which rarely sweats.

6. Enormous distension of abdomen urging or just after every meal; without much pain; everything seems to turn to gas.

7. Complaints of pregnancy; e.g. hysteria, toothache, vomiting, cough, diarrhoea.

8. Spasmodic affections; tonic followed by clonic spasms.

9. Haemorrhages, esp. menorrhagia of thick, dark blood.

10. Patient (<) cold, wet and windy weather; cold food, water and washing; least emotional excitement; (>) warmth generally.

A. Gladstone Clarke
Arthur Gladstone Clarke, a christian missionary working with the North China Mission, made good practical use of the homeopathy. He learnt as a student at MSM. He published a short introduction to the use of over 100 commonly used medicines—Decachords—first published in 1925 and still in print today.