Nux moschata
Remedy of extreme drowsiness and bloating. Irresistible sleepiness with every complaint. Enormous bloating after eating. Dryness of mucous membranes without thirst. Fainting and hysteria. Changeable moods.
Source
Prepared from the powdered seed of Myristica fragrans (Myristicaceae).
Available Potencies
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Keynote Symptoms
Irresistible drowsiness — falls asleep during conversation, while eating, standing. Enormous abdominal bloating after eating — even a small amount distends greatly. Extreme dryness of mouth, lips, tongue without thirst. Changeable moods — laughing and crying alternately. Fainting tendency. Everything seems unreal, dreamlike.
Mind & Emotional Symptoms
Changeable moods — laughing one moment, crying the next. Everything seems dreamlike, unreal. Absent-minded — vanishing of thoughts mid-sentence. Hysteria. Uses wrong words. Sudden change from gravity to silliness. Confusion about identity.
General Symptoms
Drowsiness, dryness, bloating — the three D's. Worse from cold, damp, wind, motion, pregnancy, menses, eating. Better from warmth, dry weather, wrapping up.
Physical Symptoms
Head
Headache from cold wind. Brain feels loose. Vertigo on walking in open air.
Mouth
Extremely dry mouth, tongue sticks to palate — yet no thirst. Tongue so dry it feels paralyzed. Saliva like cotton.
Stomach
Enormously bloated after eating. Flatulence. Nausea and fainting. Hiccough.
Abdomen
Enormously distended — as if would burst. Flatulence presses upward. Incarcerated flatus.
Rectum
Constipation — soft stool but difficult to pass. Diarrhea in summer, white stool.
Female Genitalia
Menses irregular, variable. Uterine hemorrhage. False pregnancy. Complaints during pregnancy.
Chest
Oppression. Palpitation. Dry cough.
Extremities
Limbs go to sleep easily. Numbness. Weakness.
Skin
Dry. Tendency to fainting. Ecchymoses.
Sleep & Dreams
Irresistible sleepiness. Falls asleep standing. Drowsy all day. Sleep unrefreshing.
Modalities
Better From
Warmth, dry weather, wrapping up, moist air (some patients)
Worse From
Cold, damp, wind, motion, pregnancy, menses, eating, bathing
Constitutional Type
Hysterical, dreamy individuals. Pregnant women. Those prone to fainting. Children who are drowsy and bloated.
Clinical Indications
Bloating, drowsiness, hysteria, fainting, dry mouth without thirst, pregnancy complaints, absent-mindedness, bloating in children
Comparative Materia Medica
Opium also has stupor and drowsiness but with more complete unconsciousness. Lycopodium has bloating but more right-sided and 4 PM aggravation. Carbo vegetabilis has bloating but with more coldness and desire for air.
Safety Information
Camphora, Gelsemium, Nux vomica, Valerian.
Nutmeg in large doses (2+ whole nuts) causes myristicin poisoning: hallucinations, nausea, palpitation, and psychosis lasting 24-48 hours. Potentially fatal in very large doses. Safe in potentised forms.
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