Sleep


Sleep chapter from Joseph’s Repertory, based on Boericke’s Materia Medica. Symptoms related to Sleep….


After loss of sleep, night-watching, nursing—COCCULUS INDICUS.

Amorous dreams—NATRIUM CARBONICUM.

Anxious dreams of pursuit, fire, erections, etc—KREOSOTUM.

Anxious dreams—FERRUM PHOSPHORICUM.

Anxious dreams—AMBRA GRSEA.

Anxious dreams–ANACARDIUM ORIENTALE.

Anxious dreams—SILICEA TERRA.

Anxious dreams—ACONITUM NAPELLUS.

Anxious, frightful dreams with confused consciousness on waking, so that the dream cannot be rid of and fear of dream remains—CHINA OFFICINALIS.

Awaken terrified; screams with fright—STRAMONIUM.

Awakes at night with rush of blood to lower legs. Awakes in a fright, and feels as if suffocatingSPONGIA TOSTA.

Awakes tired and unrefreshed— THYMOLUM.

Bad dreams—ABIES NIGRA.

Bed feels so hot cannot lie on it—OPIUM.

Better after a short sleep, unless aroused—NUX VOMICA.

Brain irritation of children during dentition—CIMICIFUGA RACEMOSA.

Can find no rest anywhere, but sleepy—COCA-ERYTHROXYLON COCA.

Cannot be fully aroused—HELLEBORUS NIGER.

Cannot get fully to sleep—GELSEMIUM SEMPERVIRENS.

Cannot get herself together, feels scattered about  bed—BAPTISIA TINCTORIA.

Cannot sleep after 3 am until towards morning; awakes feeling wretchedlyNUX VOMICA.

Cannot sleep between 2an 5 am—SULPHUR.

Cannot sleep from coldness in throat—CISTUS CANADENSIS.

Cannot sleep from worry; must get up— AMBRA GRSEA.

Cannot sleep on account of heat, especially in head—BORAX VENETA.

Catalepsy—CANNABIS INDICA.

Catnaps; slightest noise awakens—SULPHUR.

Child dreams of cats, dogs, black forms—OPIUM.

Child gets on hands and knees in sleep; on abdomen—CINA MARITIMA.

Child is so exhausted, it falls asleep at once— AETHUSA CYNAPIUM.

Coldness of body and twitching of limbs, during sleep— AMBRA GRSEA.

Coma vigil—COCCULUS INDICUS.

Coma vigil—HYOCYAMUS NIGER.

Coma vigil—OPIUM.

Coma vigil—PHOSPHORUS.

Coma—NUX MOSCHATA.

Comatose drowsiness; awakens with hot head; dreams of death, mutilated bodies, anxious and terrible—ARNICA MONTANA.

Complaints cause sleepinessNUX MOSCHATA.

Constant drowsiness—COCCULUS INDICUS.

Continual drowsiness in old people–ANTIMONIUM CRUDUM.

Continuous dreaming— INDOLUM.

Continuous sleepiness—DIGITALIS PURPUREA.

Cri encephaliqueHELLEBORUS NIGER.

Cries out during sleep; body jerks; wakes frightened, stared—ZINCUM METALLICUM.

Cries out of sleep as if frightened (Bell)—BORAX VENETA.

Deep snoring sleep—STRAMONIUM.

Deep, comatose sleep—LACTUCA VIROSA.

Deep—CARBONEUM OXYGENISATUM.

Delirious on falling asleep—GELSEMIUM SEMPERVIRENS.

Delirium; busy with business matters and what he had  read—BRYONIA ALBA.

Distant noise, cocks crowing, etc, keep him awake—OPIUM.

Disturbed by itching of anus—COFFEA CRUDA.

Disturbed by violent startings; cold perspiration—AETHUSA CYNAPIUM.

Disturbed with much restlessness—TORULA CEREVISIAE.

Disturbed with tossing—KREOSOTUM.

Disturbed, anxious, restless—ARSENICUM ALBUM.

Disturbed, bad dreams and frequent waking; insomnia—MYRICA CERIFERA.

Disturbed—JOANESIA ASOCA.

Dozing after vomiting or stool— AETHUSA CYNAPIUM.

Dreams about dead persons—ELAPS CORALLINUS.

Dreams all night—PYROGENIUM.

Dreams are full of care and fear—ARSENICUM ALBUM.

Dreams continuing a long time; troubling him—IGNATIA AMARA.

Dreams full of bustle and hurry—NUX VOMICA.

Dreams full of care and toil—APIS MELLIFICA.

Dreams horrible and vivid; lascivious—CENCHRIS CONTORTRIX.

Dreams of accidents—LYCOPODIUM CLAVATUM.

Dreams of cats, black cats—DAPHNE INDICA.

Dreams of fire—RADIUM BROMATUM.

Dreams of great exertionRHUS TOXICODENDRON.

Dreams of robbers—NATRIUM MURIATICUM.

Dreams of snakes—LAC CANINUM.

Dreams of the dead—CALCAREA CARBONICA.

Dreams of the dead—CROTALUS HORRIDUS.

Dreams of travelling— JOANESIA ASOCA.

Dreams she is drinking (Ars; Phos)—MEDORRHINUM.

Dreams vivid and distressing—TUBERCULINUM.

Dreams vivid, busy—RADIUM BROMATUM.

Dreams, with nightmare—DAPHNE INDICA.

Dreams—ALLIUM CEPA.

Drowsiness with moaning, weeping and wailing during sleep; anxious, frightened dreams, with half-open eyes—CHAMOMILLA.

Drowsiness—CHINA OFFICINALIS.

Drowsiness—TARENTULA CUBENSIS.

Drowsy after eating—KALIUM CARBONICUM.

Drowsy after meals, and in early evening—NUX VOMICA.

Drowsy during day—LYCOPODIUM CLAVATUM.

Drowsy during day—NATRIUM CARBONICUM.

Drowsy in daytime— AGARICUS MUSCARIUS.

Drowsy in early part of evening—CALCAREA CARBONICA.

Drowsy stupor—ARGENTUM NITRICUM.

Drowsy, restless—AILANTHUS GLANDULOSA.

Drowsy, sleeping sickness—ARSENICUM ALBUM.

Drowsy; starting when falling asleep— BRYONIA ALBA.

During sleep constant rumbling in abdomen—CUPRUM METALLICUM.

Easily startled— PSORINUM.

Eating does not help sleep–APIUM GRAVEOLENS.

Entire inability to sleep; sometimes caused by aching in bones—DAPHNE INDICA.

Joseph Fernandez
Joseph S Fernandez started his career as an assistant in the High Court of Kerala after obtaining a master’s degree in English language and literature. Later, he opted for a banking career.
Even as a student, Joseph was deeply interested in homoeopathy and made an in-depth study of the subject. He uses his expertise for the management of an occasional minor ailment in the family or among friends. It is in this context that he decided to compile a handy and easy-to-use repertory. The task required deep study and a sentence-by-sentence analysis of Boericke’s Materia Medica. Joseph’s Repertory is the result of this work.