Nux Vomica



(After midnight), Dryness of mouth; cramp in stomach; clawing in stomach; pressive pain in rectum; dry cough till day-break; when lying on opposite side, boring pain in elbow-joint; cramp in fingers; in bed, cramp in calves, if thigh is flexed; in bed, cramp in toes; sweat on thigh and calves; sweat; convulsive attacks.

(Open air), Stupid feeling in head; headache in forehead; jerks in teeth, ending with stitches; cough looseness; colic; pain in chest; tearing pain in ulcer on thigh.

(After talking open air), Weariness and relaxation of all limbs.

(Draft of air), Pain in small of back.

(Cold air), Sticking in calves.

(Air entering mouth), Pain in hollow tooth.

(After anxiety), Nausea; rapid respiration.

(While asleep), Discharge of saliva from mouth.

(Ascending stairs), Stitches in throat; tightness transversely through chest; constriction through chest; tightness in chest; cramp and sticking in fingers; afternoon, heaviness and weariness of lower extremities.

(Deep breath), In open air, pain in hollow tooth; toothache; in open air, stitches in one row of teeth; sticking in left side of abdomen.

(Breathing), Stitches between scapulae.

(Bending head to side), Pain in opposite shoulder-joint and scapulae.

(Bending head down), Sensation of something heavy falling in forehead.

(Bending forward and backward), Pain in small of back.

(Chewing), Sticking pain, extending to ear.

(During chill), Throbbing pain in small of back, with eructations.

(After coition), Dry heat of whole body.

(Coughing), On waking, dry fauces, and bad odor from mouth; sharpness in throat.

(Before dinner), Headache; swelling of gums, with toothache; hiccough; nausea; jerking in hip-joint.

(During dinner), Heat in head; nausea; faintness; flushes of heat.

(After dinner), Hypochondriac mood; confusion of head; vertigo; headache; stitches in left temple; on moving eyes, headache; heat in face; coryza; diarrhoea; dark-colored diarrhoea; pressive pain in perineum; sticking pain in bladder; dyspnoea; offensive breath; chilliness; sudden convulsive attacks; perspiration on back.

(Drinking coffee), Griping in abdomen.

(After drinking), Milk, sour taste; distension of abdomen; tightness of breath; in morning, pressive pain in loins; shivering.

(Warm drink), Drawing toothache.

(While eating), Vertigo; sweat on forehead and scalp; obscuration of vision; griping and pinching in abdomen about navel.

(After eating), Hypochondriac mood; tearing headache; stitches in left hemisphere of brain; heat in cheeks; rising of matter into mouth; pressure in pit of stomach; pressive pain in epigastric region; qualmishness; sick feeling; distension of abdomen; fullness in upper abdomen; cough; pressive pain in chest; hands chilly.

(During emission), Impotence; penis relaxed.

(Physical exertion), Cough.

(Exerting mind), After a meal or stool, pressive pain in rectum.

(During eructations), Vertigo.

(Expiration), Tickling in trachea.

(Expectorating), From chest, bitter taste low down in mouth.

(Closing eyes), Pressive pain in middle of brain.

(Holding head erect), Stupid feeling.

(Lying down), After dinner, palpitation; burning in ball of thumb.

(Lying on bed), Pain in all limbs.

(Lying on back), At midnight, dry cough.

(Midday nap), Erections.

(After midday nap), Weakness of forearms and hands.

(During menses), Headache in occiput; headache; in morning, nausea; pain in side of abdomen; spasmodic motion in abdomen; after stool, weakness; after midday nap, tearing in left arm and thigh; itching rash on thigh; rising from recumbent position, weakness, chilliness; prostration; chilliness; chilliness, followed by internal burning heat.

(After a meal), Heat in cheeks and chilliness in arms.

(Exerting mind), Throbbing headache; sore pain in teeth; burrowing toothache.

(During micturition), Tenacious mucus from bladder, with urine.

(Motion), Pain in nape of neck; pain in abdominal muscles; stitches in side of abdomen; sticking pain in middle of chest; stitches between scapulae; pains in pelvic region; joints painful; sensation of paralytic loss of power in all limbs; pain in voluntary muscles; chilliness; shivering of whole body; flushes of heat.

(Moving head), Rush of blood to it, with sluggishness of rest of body; cervical muscles painful; cracking in cervical muscles; pain between scapulae.

(Moving nose), Soreness of margins of nostrils.

(Moving hand), Pain in right wrist. (Reading), Cough.

(Reflecting), Cough; constrictive pain in forepart of urethra.

(Rest), Dull pain in small of back.

(Rising from seat), Hollows of knees feel short.

(Warm room), Boring toothache; fingers feel frozen.

(Running), Shattering and quaking in brain.

(Standing), Stiffness and tension in hollow of knee; jerking in hollow of knee; trembling of knee and foot; after sitting, leg falls asleep.

(Stepping on heel), Sore pain in part.

(Sitting), Respiration difficult, tight; pain in shoulder-joint, and heaviness of arm; falling asleep of lower extremities.

(Stooping), Heaviness of head; headache; painless drawing in face; offensive exhalation from mouth; profuse discharge of water from mouth; stitches in throat; pain between scapulae.

(During stool), Contraction and constriction in rectum.

(After stool), Burning pain in anus. (After supper), Hypochondriac mood; burning pain in pit of stomach.

(Swallowing), Pain in throat; stitches in throat; sticking in uvula and submaxillary gland; sour taste to food.

(Thigh bent), Cramp contraction in soles of feet. (Touch), Pain in nape of neck; stitches between scapulae; pain in chest, beneath axilla; spasms renewed.

(Touching part), Pain in scalp; pain in back; pain in muscles of thigh and knee.

(Turning body), Coarse stitches in small of back.

(Before urinating), Pain in neck of bladder; sticking or jerking in urethra.

(While urinating), Burning-tearing pain in neck of bladder; burning in urethra; after dinner, burning-sticking pain in urethra; itching.

(After urinating), Pressure in neck of bladder; pain in tip of glans penis.

(Walking), After eating, vertigo and dizzy reeling; in open air rapidly, a mounting to head; shattering and quaking in brain; swashing and bubbling in brain; headache; in open air, toothache; in morning, sour eructations; long distance, stitch like pain in abdomen; in morning, pressure in abdomen; in open air constriction in lower abdomen; swashing in abdomen; in morning, itching in anus; in open air, cough and expectoration; tightness transversely through chest; constriction; tearing and pulling in lower portion of back; pain in shoulder and heaviness of arm; in open air; weakness of right lower extremity; holding back sensation in muscles of lower extremities; burning sticking extending from small of back through thighs; itching on thighs; paralytic pain in head of femur, extending below knee; pain in muscles of middle thigh; lame feeling in thigh; empty feeling about knee; dry sensation in hollow of knee; after sitting, legs fall asleep; in morning, spasmodic pain in ankle; pain in ankle; feet weary and sore; in open air, weariness of whole body; in evening, exhaustion, palpitation, anxiety, sleepiness; in open air, clammy sweat on forehead, perspiration on inner surface of hands.

(After walking), Sad and weary; crawling in calves.

(Raw wind), Sore pain in head.

(Drop of water touching tongue), Violent spasms.

(Washing in cold water), Smarting of red pimples on face and forehead.

(Yawning), Spasmodic contraction of fingers and toes.

(After yawning and stretching), Spasmodic pain in limbs, with chilliness; internal beating.

Amelioration

(Evening), Fullness in head; buzzing in head; after lying down, nausea, sour vomiting.

(After midnight), Cough.

(Drawing in cold air), Boring toothache.

(Bending body), Forward, griping in abdomen; backward, painful weariness in chest.

(Emission of flatus), Pain in rectum; sticking pain in bladder.

(After eating), Bad taste in mouth.

(Laying head on table), Headache in forehead.

(Lying down), Pains relieved; nausea; faintness; flushes of heat.

(Lying in bed), Respiration more natural.

(Lying on side), Cough at midnight.

(Lying on left side or back), Headache in right orbit, in morning.

(Pressure of hand upon part), Sticking in right side of abdomen.

(Rest), Colic in lower abdomen; sharp pressure in bladder, urethra, perineum, rectum, and anus.

(Rising from bed), Hoarseness and roughness of chest; sore spot in trachea; pain in joints and middle of long bones; incarceration of flatus in abdomen.

(After rising), Headache; anxiety; ill-humor.

(Standing still), Vertigo.

(Sitting), Tightness in chest; pressure in upper abdomen.

(Stretching legs), Cramp in soles of feet.

(Urinating), Constrictive pain in forepart of urethra.

(Walking), Appetite.

(Hot-water pans to part), Pains in stomach.

(Wrapping cheeks warmly), Toothache.

TF Allen
Dr. Timothy Field Allen, M.D. ( 1837 - 1902)

Born in 1837in Westminster, Vermont. . He was an orthodox doctor who converted to homeopathy
Dr. Allen compiled the Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica over the course of 10 years.
In 1881 Allen published A Critical Revision of the Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica.