NUX VOMICA



Before midnight restlessness in the lower extremities, an almost voluptuous, agreeable, but intolerable sensation in them, which prevents him going to sleep, constantly wakes him up when he wishes to go to sleep, and compels him to draw up and stretch out his legs alternately.

Very sweet, almost unconquerable slumber till late in the morning (aft. 20 h.). (aft. 20 h.).

In the morning hard to waken.

1060. He can only sleep before midnight, from 11 to 1 o’clock, he then wakes up and must get up at 3 o’clock.

Great sleepiness with yawning, in the evening, two hours before the usual time for sleep; in bed he goes to sleep immediately , lies awake for a long time after midnight, then sleeps until late in the morning, with vivid dreams full of events of the previous day, and in the morning he will not get up from bed.

When going to sleep he starts up in affright.

Starting at night in sleep and by day when awake.

Frightened starting in sleep so that he does not awake to full consciousness.

1065. At the slightest noise he wakes with a start.

In the afternoon siesta a start and jerk through the whole body like an electric-shock; as though he would fall to the ground.

(In the evening slumber he leaps out of bed in a delirious state.)

(Anxious delirious phantasies, in the evening in bed (about 9 p.m.), as if some one were coming into bed beside him, and there is no room, his bed has been sold, &c.)

He often wakes up at night, and cannot readily go again to sleep, if he does sleep, he dreams very vivid dreams.

1070. Frightful visions in his dreams, causing fear.

At night, when half-awake, sad phantasies; e.g. of trunkless heads of deceased acquaintances.

She cannot sleep at night, and when she slumbers a bit she has frightful dreams, which wake her up; she remains awake for hours, and when she again falls asleep she has other frightful dreams and on waking knows what she has dreamt.

Frightful delirious ravings at night.

Dreams that excite horror (e.g, of wild beasts).

1075. Dreams of diseased or maimed human beings.

Wakes up at night from horrible dreams (aft. 10 h.).

Dreams of lice and vermin.

Dreams that all his teeth fell out of his mouth.

Dreams of business matters that require the greatest attention.

1080. Disagreeable dreams about things that had happened or been talked of the previous day.

Quite early in the morning (about 4 a.m.) an anxious whining talking in sleep, followed by discharge of flatus (aft. 10 h.).

Very anxious dreaming and weeping in sleep.

Early, waking with apprehensiveness.

On waking in the morning anxiety with ebullition of the blood and depression of spirits, which both go off when he gets up.

1085. Groaning whining in sleep.

In his sleep before midnight, muttering of incomprehensible words, sometimes in peevish or complaining tone.

At night half-waking dreams, accompanied with fatiguing thoughts (aft. a few h.).

His sleep is unquiet and full of cares.

Indifference to cruel lacerations and mutilations witnessed in a dream (aft. 6 h.).

1090. The night seems to him to be very long and tedious, with a kind of soporous stupefaction (coma), with dreams full of urgent business.

When asleep he generally lies on his back, with one or other arm elevated and laid under the head.

Lying at night on the back with one or both arms stretched above the head; he talks in his sleep and wakes up between 2 and 3 a.m.

In his sleep he lies on his back with head thrown back, the arms above the head, so that his hands lie under his nape.

In his sleep he always tries to lie on his back and with his head as low as possible. (aft. 36 h.).

1095. Before midnight in sleep snoring inspiration, as if the posterior orifices of his nose or the soft palate were contracted and narrowed.

Loud snorting breathing in sleep before midnight.

Loud blowing and whistling expiration through the nose in sleep (aft. 4 h.).

In the morning in bed he does not feel well; he fears to get up as if over-tired by a long walk, which went off on rising. [We.]

Very convulsive stretching and straining. (The original has “stretchings” only.) [BERGIUS, 1. c.]

1100. Much yawning and stretching, in the afternoon. [Fg. ]

Very frequent stretching and straining which seems to do her good. [We.]

In the morning uncommon stretching of the limbs and yawning, and after the stretching a spasmodic pain in the limbs, especially the knee.

In the morning in bed a stretching with arms extended out wards, which seems to have its origin in the abdomen.

Long attack of continued yawning, which leaves great exhaustion (aft. 1 h.).

1105. Whilst yawning, in the morning, the eyes fill with water and weep.

In the morning, immediately after rising from bed, yawning (aft. 16 h.).

In the morning, immediately after yawning, headache.

Yawning which excites coughing.

In the morning after rising (and drinking) diarrhoeic stool, then exhaustion, yawning, drowsiness, chilliness, confusion of the head -then refreshing sleep (aft. 18 h.).

1110. After the stretching and yawning spasmodic pains in the limbs, with chilliness and inward tremor.

During the yawning, shivering.

After the shivering, sleep, followed by shivering and coldness of the toes (aft. 16 h.).

After lying down in the evening, chill over the back and arms (but not the hands) (aft. 3 h.).

In the evening in bed she is chilly before going to sleep and when she wakes, it is as though she could not get warm in bed; not during the day.

1115. At night tossing about and coldness, that is not dispelled by the heat of the bed.

He cannot get warm in bed at night.

Violent chilliness in bed at night, but towards morning sweat preceded by fornication in the skin.

In the morning in bed excessive rigor, without externally perceptible coldness, for half an hour; followed by cramp-like contraction of the toes and soles.

In the morning chilly feeling in the back and limbs, with painfulness of the skin as from exposure to cold and a sensation of going to sleep in the limbs, such as is caused by cold weather.

1120. In the morning cold feet.

In the morning shivering, and shuddering.

In the morning after using chilliness, for several successive days.

In the afternoon sudden coldness either of the arms and hands or of the legs and feet, which is not dispelled by any movement.

After drinking, immediately shivering and chilliness.

1125. After vexation, chilliness in the back and heaviness of the lower extremities.

Chilliness on the slightest movement (aft. 1 h.).

From the slightest movement shivering all over the body, but not when lying still.

On the slightest exposure to the open air shivering and chilliness for an hour

(with pain in the back) (aft. 1 h.).

On the least exposure to the open, air chill and toothache, like fine or fine burning stitches.

1130. He dreads to go into the open air (aft. 1/2 h.).

By the slightest draught of air he gets chilled (disagreeable feeling in the skin, bellyache, &c.) (aft. a few h.).

Chilliness.

He cannot get warm.

Great coldness not removed by the heat of the stove nor by bed coverings.

1135. Coldness of all the body, with blueness of the skin (aft. 1 h.).

Coldness of all the body, with blue hands, without goose-skin.

The temperature of the body is diminished all over the body (he loses heat).

Severe chilliness with chattering of the teeth.

Sensation of cold running over the face.

1140. Sensation of cold about the head from time to time.

(Coldness) chilly sensation on the face and head.

Chilliness on the feet as if sprinkled with cold water, with trembling.

Great coldness, at least of the limbs, without thirst.

Chill without thirst.

1145. Thirst for small beer during the shivering (aft. 2 h.).

During the chill thirst for beer (aft. 24 h.).

An attack as of fever : shivering and drawing in the limbs, as if proceeding from pain in the sacrum, while lying in slumber, during the noonday siesta-not followed by heat, and without thirst.

An attack as of fever: at night (at 2 a.m.) intolerable drawing pain through thighs and legs, so that he could not compose himself, with thirst.

Nocturnal febrile attack (at 3 a. m.) ; before the chill intolerable drawing pain through thighs and legs, compelling him to draw them up and stretch them out alternately.

1150. Without thirst and without sensation of heat, indeed even during recurrence of the chilly feeling, violent heat of the body and redness of cheeks, except the hands, feet, and hairy scalp, which are cold.

Fever in the afternoon or evening; after the heat chill end coldness.

During the external or internal heat, at the same time chilliness and great exhaustion, which, especially in the afternoon, compel him, to lie down and cover himself with the bedclothes, or at least put on warm clothes.

In the morning (about 6 a.m.) chill, occasionally combined with general heat and beads of perspiration on the forehead; then towards evening (6 p.m.) again chill.

In the evening redness of cheeks and heat of hands with cold feet and recurrence of the shivering.

1155. Sensation of heat of face, with shiver on the rest of the body.

Heat of face with coldness of the lower parts of the body.

Small intermitting pulse. [HUFELAND. ]

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