March 3, 2025 • 24 mins
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Transform your understanding of homeopathy as Melissa and Bri guide you through the remarkable benefits of Nux Vomica, a cornerstone remedy known for its transformative power. This episode promises to unravel how this once-toxic substance morphs into a powerful ally for workaholics and those striving in high-stress environments. Discover the unique ways Nux Vomica can support your drive, help manage stress-induced conditions, and provide relief from hangovers and overindulgence without the typical side effects of burnout.
Join us for a thorough exploration of Nux Vomica's versatile applications in tackling headaches, digestive issues, and even morning sickness, particularly for expectant mothers. Uncover how this remedy can be a game-changer for alleviating migraines, especially those exacerbated by sunshine or constipation, and easing coughs tied to walking pneumonia. With practical tips on selecting the right potency and understanding modalities, you’ll see why keeping Nux Vomica within arm’s reach could be a key to navigating life's everyday health hurdles. This episode is a must-listen for anyone seeking a natural and reliable approach to maintaining wellness.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Welcome back to Homeopathy at Home with Melissa.
Hey Melissa, hey Brie, great tosee you.
Same, we're going to pick backup for a Materia Medica Monday
today and do a really great bigremedy that we love.
Speaker 2 (00:18):
Nux Vomica.
You know, I could not believe.
When I looked at our list I waslike how have we never talked
about Nuxvomica?
This is the most amazing remedy.
Everybody should know.
Speaker 1 (00:30):
Yeah, I bet probably one of the most widely used,
especially in newbies.
Almost every I mean beginnerknows about Arnica and Nuxvomica
is really big.
Speaker 2 (00:43):
Yep, yep, and you know, maybe that's what I was
thinking is, like everybodyknows Nux Vomica, so we don't
talk about it.
But yeah, we should absolutelytalk about it.
So wonderful.
Well, let's get started.
So, first of all, nux Vomica inits crude form.
Right, if you were to, it'spoisonous, so we would never.
(01:07):
We would never consume it's.
The poison nut is what it is.
So we would never consume thatin its crude form.
But homeopathy being founded onthe principle of like cures,
like, it's good to know what thewhole form, the crude form,
would do, because you know whatthe whole form can cause, the
(01:29):
homeopathic form can address.
Speaker 1 (01:32):
Well, and even sometimes the way the plant
looks can play like, I think,gelsamium.
There are certain ones wherethe way that it grows and the
way that it behaves even matters, not just what it would do if
you ate it, which is, I mean.
Speaker 2 (01:47):
So close your mind.
Yeah yep.
So in its crude form um, itgrows in indonesia.
The seeds are rich instrychnine.
Um, it is a convant, so itcauses incredible convulsions in
the system.
It used to be in rat poisonused to be used to induce
(02:13):
vomiting it.
So, in the homeopathic form,what we're going to do now is
just list the conditions and orsymptoms that Noxvamica would be
(02:37):
useful to use for.
Speaker 1 (02:40):
Now let's just for one second say we're not going
to assume everybody listeningknows that in the homeopathic
form is very different than inthe crude form.
But that is all.
I mean basic homeopathyknowledge.
If you want that, melissa has areally easy little intro course
.
But in homeopathic form thesebecome curative, they're highly
(03:02):
diluted.
So if you've never heard thisstuff and you just heard
everything Melissa says, justknow homeopathic form is very
different.
Speaker 2 (03:10):
That's right.
So we can use the poisons, wecan turn them into homeopathic
medicines, and they're safe,because we are diluting and
succussing the crude form intohomeopathic form, which then,
after about a 6X or so, there'snothing left of the original
substance.
And so that's where sometimespeople are like check out, that
(03:32):
makes no sense.
So go take my introduction tohomeopathy class, you'll see.
You can get a goodunderstanding of how and why
homeopathy works.
But in its homeopathic form itwould be really good for a
workaholic, somebody who justworks way too much.
They can be extremely ambitious, competitive.
(03:55):
This is the alpha male with avengeance.
So Nuxvomica is really good forwomen, really good.
And children Um, it's a reallybig um male remedy, though it
just it fits a lot of men in oursociety today.
(04:27):
So hangovers, overindulgence,anger, rage.
They strain to work hard.
So they strain and forceeverything.
They overdo everything,swinging from overwork to not
doing enough, alternating.
They're just going back andforth.
So this is usually the boss ofthe office, right, they're in
(04:48):
charge, they do too much, theyoverdo everything and they um,
but they get stuff done.
Nux Vomica.
So listen, you know, often whenwe're, when we're doing Materia
Medica Monday, you hear the allthe negative kind of things.
Nuxfamica people get stuff done, and usually with some anger
(05:16):
and irritation along with it.
So if you take Nuxfamica, it'snot that you're going to now be
lazy and not get anything done.
You're still going to be driven.
Nuxfamica is highly driven.
You're still going to be driven.
Noxfamilk is highly driven.
You're still going to be drivento get things done.
But you just won't be so angryand irritated and rushed about
it and stressed out about it.
Right, you'll be.
You can just get stuff done andenjoy it.
(05:37):
Enjoy the process, man.
That's what I think we shoulddo.
Enjoy the process.
Um, so they often have um, youknow, especially men, but it
could be women too hightestosterone.
Um, it is the most prescribedremedy in the materia medica.
It can be used acutely orchronically, and the forcing
(06:07):
overtakes the ability.
What does that mean to you,Brie?
Speaker 1 (06:13):
What do you think?
I think when the next thing youhad written it, I think, maybe
expands on that they, they'relike what's that phrase?
The means?
Things are a means to an end.
Like, whatever you need to do,you can get to a position of
power by just like sheerambition and drive, even if
(06:34):
you're you might not be like themost intelligent or the best at
the job, but you're so drivenyou can just get there, no
matter what yeah did that feellike right?
Speaker 2 (06:45):
yeah, yeah, the forcing overtakes the ability
yes yep, exactly perfect.
Why don't you keep going withthe?
Speaker 1 (06:54):
okay, I got that, I can do that, um.
So, continuing off of that,they push to get positions that
are a little bit beyond them.
That makes me think of somebodylike I would never you if I
felt like I couldn't do it,absolutely not.
I'm not even going to putmyself out there, but they will.
Nux Vomica, people always haveto win the argument, um, even
(07:16):
the father or the mother has towin against their children in a
game.
Might Mary, not be me.
Um.
In Mario Kart only I'veactually used an Exomca.
So I do feel like some of thisfits Um.
There may be an underlyinginsecurity, but it's usually
(07:39):
just innate.
They have to do all the thingsHigh, highly driven.
These may be sports stars, um,they may, I mean at their worst,
use people, drugs, alcohol.
They get what they want.
Um, at a very they're verybasic they can.
(08:01):
So again, you're hearing allthese negatives in an extreme
sense or operating in a verybasic, selfish, survival-minded
mentality.
So they can be very aggressive.
They might be fighters, veryviolent, selfishly motivated,
maybe doing it for therecognition that they get.
They must get to the top, havethe best, be the best, are very
(08:26):
controlling.
Next, vamika, people usuallyhave a very strong constitution,
so burnout isn't as likely.
I know people like that, theEnergizer Bunny.
They drink a ton of coffee tokeep them going during the day
and maybe drink alcohol at nightto calm them down after go go
(08:47):
go all day.
Nexfamika is a big addictionremedy and so this could be
addiction to alcohol, but alsowe've talked about coffee even
or I mean smoking otheraddictions, so might be a good
one to use following anaddiction for withdrawal
symptoms, which maybe we saythat somewhere later.
(09:10):
Nuxvomica wants a quick fix.
If you've ever used Nux, it'shighly known for its digestive
properties, so a lot ofdigestive issues.
It can be like a digestive aidwhere people would use a
digestive aid for a quick fixinstead of eating well or
(09:31):
exercising.
They may have liver problems,headache with gastric symptoms.
They may be suicidal tendency,maybe mentally, but not the type
that feels like they would acton it.
They are not cowardly people,so they'll go fight the good
(09:53):
fight and defend the weak.
They can't relax.
They may be constipated.
We use it often forconstipation.
I mean I would think we startthere most often.
Yeah, yeah, absolutely At anyage.
Really right.
Speaker 2 (10:10):
Yep Any age.
Speaker 1 (10:11):
Mm-hmm, do you want to do some?
Speaker 2 (10:15):
Sure, the nox vomica person equates relaxation to
laziness sleep because of toomany thoughts.
This is the first remedy thatyou would use in an overdose
situation.
They can be really pure, goodand clean and a workaholic
(10:38):
Impatience.
That's a big one Impatient,irritable.
They destroy things when theydon't work irritable.
Speaker 1 (10:50):
Um, they destroy things when they don't work.
I'm laughing because I meanI've been there.
I think I also think of thelittle kid.
This can be a really good onefor some.
I don't know the word, just Imean this type of tendency in a
child.
I had one who he messes up thatpaper is crunched up.
He's so mad he messed up hisdrawing, he'll throw it across
the room.
Can't not have that.
Or if something doesn't work,I'm just going to smash it.
(11:12):
Yep, yeah, yeah.
Speaker 2 (11:15):
Digestive issues because of stress.
They're very independent,forceful, zealous, a fiery
personality, but they get verycold and are very sensitive to
the cold.
So noxfamic is chilly, verychilly, sensitive to noise and
(11:36):
smells.
This is one of the biggest momremedies.
Speaker 1 (11:41):
It has helped me too.
I cannot tell you.
I thought this is just a stateI live in with three little kids
.
It's noisy and it'soverstimulating and I just
thought I lived there, I had tocope.
It helps so much.
I don't know, I can't say that.
I didn't feel it was loud, butmy I didn't respond so strongly
(12:05):
inside.
Speaker 2 (12:05):
That's the thing, that's exactly what.
So we're not, we're not goingto take the noise away, but
you're not going to have thatfeeling, whatever.
That is irritation, anger, Evensometimes like a physical.
Speaker 1 (12:18):
If mentally I could tell myself to be calm and I'm
thinking, I'm feeling calm, butmy body, I, my heart rate would
kind of go up and I would get, Iwould physically feel worked up
.
And that even is much betterwhen I'm using Noxvamica.
Speaker 2 (12:35):
Yeah, a lot of moms go through that with the noise
sensitivity.
And another personal story Iused to it didn't bother me at
all, ever.
And so my friends would be likewhy are you allowing your kids
to have all these loud, noisy?
I was like the noisier the morefun they're having, and so we
(12:57):
would just be like so loud.
And then Paul's like I got togo outside.
Speaker 1 (13:02):
Yeah, I remember you telling me that.
And listen, I'm fine with kidnoise, but like there is some
things that toys and like aplastic toy on tile through the
roof Just can't know, I don'tcare how much fun they're having
, I can't do it, or I meanthat's how I felt, like I would
just immediately be angry.
(13:23):
So anyway, yeah.
Speaker 2 (13:27):
So Nux Vomit is a great one for you mamas who are
overstimulated and can't standall the noises or the smells.
So Nux likes spicy food andthey love fat.
They eat a lot of fast foodbecause it's quick.
(13:48):
Remember they love that quickfix, even if their stomach will
hurt afterwards, body odor frompoor diet and constipation.
They may be a gambler, addictedto all kinds of things.
(14:10):
Work, alcohol, drugs can becomeparanoid later in life.
Half the people, half theprison inmates, are Nux.
Speaker 1 (14:18):
Vomica Nux Vomica should be in our water instead
of fluoride.
That sounds nice.
Speaker 2 (14:21):
Yeah, any form of colic, so it can be abdominal,
kidney, gallbladder colic wouldbe Nuxvomica.
They might end up with a herniabecause they strain so much so
it could be the constipationRemember earlier we were talking
about?
They strain to work and theystrain.
They're always like strivingand straining.
And, yeah, it's better fornuxvomica feels better when they
(14:47):
loosen their clothes, betterfor a short nap, like a power
nap.
They can be fanatical, jealous,sleepy after meals, hate being
interrupted, hate beingquestioned, contradicted.
Anything going wrong withintheir body, they hate it.
(15:07):
They can get angry with theirown body when they get sick and
they can dominate relationships.
So do you want to read theseprotocols we want to share with
everyone?
Speaker 1 (15:23):
Yeah, so Nexthalmica is in the Banerjee protocol for
colitis.
So Nuxvomica is in the Banerjeeprotocol for colitis In the
protocol book.
I believe it's page 61.
That has Natsulf 200C in liquidonce per week, nuxvomica 30C
twice per day and then, in caseof diarrhea and abdominal gripe,
ipecac 30 and Merxol 6C everyfew hours acutely and that's
(15:48):
again that's for colitis.
So that's a banerjee protocol.
That's not either of ourprotocol.
So you could find that if youneed it again online or in the
book.
Um, for coffee addiction, whichI come on, why would anybody
not want to be addicted tocoffee?
(16:09):
I'm kidding, says me who lovescoffee.
Nux Vomica 200 once daily Forlabor and delivery.
Nux Vomica 200C for intensepain, nausea, vomiting during
labor, if you have any gas or Imean this could even be
(16:30):
post-surgery.
So if you have just trapped gas, nux can be really good.
I love it.
For colic, this is not aprotocol but I love Nux Vomica
in colosynthes.
I've used it in thirties andtwo hundreds and they used it in
(16:53):
30s and 200s and they.
Speaker 2 (16:55):
It is game changer for baby colic.
Speaker 1 (16:56):
Um, what else do we use?
Noxomica, did we say headachesin the in the list?
Okay, so I have my materimedica open.
I'll read from here about it isa great headache.
You told me that.
Um, it's a great migraineremedy, specifically um over the
eyes, like so a frontalheadache with the desire to
press on the head um a bruisedsensation of the brain.
(17:17):
This could be a hangoverheadache, particularly with
irritability.
Um the feeling as if a nail isdriven in headaches from drugs
or alcohol, pressing, throbbingheadache, worse than the
sunshine.
Headache from constipation.
Head feels distended and sore,great restlessness and the scalp
(17:43):
is sensitive to slight touch.
So I mean that's a big headache.
Remedy for headache.
Let's say you are.
Would you start most times inacute situations like that with
a 200?
Yeah, I would go up, okay.
Speaker 2 (17:59):
Absolutely.
Um.
Yes, nuxvomica is in my littleum little constipation with
headache protocol that I made upyears ago and in that protocol
it's Nuxvomica, bryonia, natmirand then sepia if you're an
(18:19):
adult woman, but leave the sepiaout if you're not.
Speaker 1 (18:25):
Okay, so another thing that you and I it was
brought back as we were lookingthrough lots of people right now
in acute consults for walkingpneumonia and coughs and that
tight cough and that tightnessin the chest, and so a couple of
things.
There's a cotton exomica has acough.
(18:46):
It can be a cough at nightpreventing sleep.
Dry cough, worse after midnightor violent in the morning
before rising.
Dry cough with rattling of themucus.
Tight, dry, hacking cough attimes with bloody expectoration
and cough brings on a burstingheadache.
Speaker 2 (19:08):
You said something so interesting.
Oh, you said dry cough withrattling of mucus.
That's so weird.
Speaker 1 (19:19):
Well, that sounds like I'm thinking like an
antimonium tart type, like whereit's dry in your throat but
you're feeling mucus in hereyeah, maybe that's.
That's kind of what I wasthinking um dry cough with okay,
yeah, so the rattling, butyou're not getting it up, so
it's dry yeah, that's what Iassumed, but yeah, that wasn't
(19:42):
actually super clear.
Yeah, the chest hasconstriction tightness across
chest during cariza, or chillcariza, I don't know um I say
cariza itching and scrapingunder middle of sternum causing
cough, and I keep seeingsensation as if something were
(20:06):
torn loose in the chest duringcough.
That torn like something tornloose which I don't know what
that feels like.
I guess and I've never heardanybody say that that's very
different, like that feelsdifferent than something broken
loose, like torn loose soundspainful.
What was I gonna say?
Okay, what else?
For nux, there was a coupleother things photophobia, so
(20:28):
sensitivity to light, light.
I've seen it a few timeshighlighted in Materia Medica.
Let's see.
Do you want me to do somemodalities of NUX, mamika?
Yes, so better from a nap,better moist air, damp and wet
(20:48):
weather.
That's actually a good one,because not many things are
better from damp weather.
Right, that's true, like coughs, better from free discharges.
Better with strong pressure, solike wrapping the head up,
lying on the sides.
Better hot drinks and fattythings.
(21:12):
Worse from overeating, worsewith coffee, liquor, stimulants.
So overindulgence Worse withoverindulgence in all the ways.
Worse cold open air, dry air,drafts and wind.
Worse cold open air, dry air,drafts and wind.
And worse with noise, odors andworse pressure from clothes and
(21:34):
worse uncovering.
So all those things you saidthey want loose clothes.
They don't want the tightclothes, which is so funny, so
that's a good thing.
Acutely, too, you could be like.
Maybe you're not always anexfamica person, but maybe you
you could be like.
Maybe you're not always a NuxVomica person, but maybe you go
to dinner an hour later.
You're feeling like I got toget these clothes off.
I am so annoyed right nowEverything's annoying me and
(21:57):
you're not like your stomach'supset, nux Vomica, or you get a
headache, nux seriously, if allelse fails and it's, you're not
feeling great.
I love Nux Vomica.
Speaker 2 (22:09):
Yep, yep, and you know, if you've never taken Nux
before, I do suggest startingwith a 30C just to see how you
do and then go up, you know, toa 200, if you do well or need it
.
Speaker 1 (22:22):
I just thought of morning sickness.
I thought of it earlier.
Absolutely yeah, and you haveactually helped.
I think a 30 and a lot ofpeople I know works better for a
pregnant mom, I guess, and whatI've seen that was from you.
I learned that from you, whereI like 200 and almost all the
time, but we do use a lot of200s but with nausea if it
(22:46):
aggravates that can really oh,it'd be terrible, maybe
miserable.
So yeah, I see that work verywell for moms who are really
nauseous or vomiting a lot.
Speaker 2 (22:59):
so that's great.
Nux is amazing, so everybodyneeds to have nux vomica on hand
always.
Yes,
Welcome back to Homeopathy at Home with Melissa.
Hey Melissa, hey Brie, great tosee you.
Same, we're going to pick backup for a Materia Medica Monday
today and do a really great bigremedy that we love.
Speaker 2 (00:18):
Nux Vomica.
You know, I could not believe.
When I looked at our list I waslike how have we never talked
about Nuxvomica?
This is the most amazing remedy.
Everybody should know.
Speaker 1 (00:30):
Yeah, I bet probably one of the most widely used,
especially in newbies.
Almost every I mean beginnerknows about Arnica and Nuxvomica
is really big.
Speaker 2 (00:43):
Yep, yep, and you know, maybe that's what I was
thinking is, like everybodyknows Nux Vomica, so we don't
talk about it.
But yeah, we should absolutelytalk about it.
So wonderful.
Well, let's get started.
So, first of all, nux Vomica inits crude form.
Right, if you were to, it'spoisonous, so we would never.
(01:07):
We would never consume it's.
The poison nut is what it is.
So we would never consume thatin its crude form.
But homeopathy being founded onthe principle of like cures,
like, it's good to know what thewhole form, the crude form,
would do, because you know whatthe whole form can cause, the
(01:29):
homeopathic form can address.
Speaker 1 (01:32):
Well, and even sometimes the way the plant
looks can play like, I think,gelsamium.
There are certain ones wherethe way that it grows and the
way that it behaves even matters, not just what it would do if
you ate it, which is, I mean.
Speaker 2 (01:47):
So close your mind.
Yeah yep.
So in its crude form um, itgrows in indonesia.
The seeds are rich instrychnine.
Um, it is a convant, so itcauses incredible convulsions in
the system.
It used to be in rat poisonused to be used to induce
(02:13):
vomiting it.
So, in the homeopathic form,what we're going to do now is
just list the conditions and orsymptoms that Noxvamica would be
(02:37):
useful to use for.
Speaker 1 (02:40):
Now let's just for one second say we're not going
to assume everybody listeningknows that in the homeopathic
form is very different than inthe crude form.
But that is all.
I mean basic homeopathyknowledge.
If you want that, melissa has areally easy little intro course
.
But in homeopathic form thesebecome curative, they're highly
(03:02):
diluted.
So if you've never heard thisstuff and you just heard
everything Melissa says, justknow homeopathic form is very
different.
Speaker 2 (03:10):
That's right.
So we can use the poisons, wecan turn them into homeopathic
medicines, and they're safe,because we are diluting and
succussing the crude form intohomeopathic form, which then,
after about a 6X or so, there'snothing left of the original
substance.
And so that's where sometimespeople are like check out, that
(03:32):
makes no sense.
So go take my introduction tohomeopathy class, you'll see.
You can get a goodunderstanding of how and why
homeopathy works.
But in its homeopathic form itwould be really good for a
workaholic, somebody who justworks way too much.
They can be extremely ambitious, competitive.
(03:55):
This is the alpha male with avengeance.
So Nuxvomica is really good forwomen, really good.
And children Um, it's a reallybig um male remedy, though it
just it fits a lot of men in oursociety today.
(04:27):
So hangovers, overindulgence,anger, rage.
They strain to work hard.
So they strain and forceeverything.
They overdo everything,swinging from overwork to not
doing enough, alternating.
They're just going back andforth.
So this is usually the boss ofthe office, right, they're in
(04:48):
charge, they do too much, theyoverdo everything and they um,
but they get stuff done.
Nux Vomica.
So listen, you know, often whenwe're, when we're doing Materia
Medica Monday, you hear the allthe negative kind of things.
Nuxfamica people get stuff done, and usually with some anger
(05:16):
and irritation along with it.
So if you take Nuxfamica, it'snot that you're going to now be
lazy and not get anything done.
You're still going to be driven.
Nuxfamica is highly driven.
You're still going to be driven.
Noxfamilk is highly driven.
You're still going to be drivento get things done.
But you just won't be so angryand irritated and rushed about
it and stressed out about it.
Right, you'll be.
You can just get stuff done andenjoy it.
(05:37):
Enjoy the process, man.
That's what I think we shoulddo.
Enjoy the process.
Um, so they often have um, youknow, especially men, but it
could be women too hightestosterone.
Um, it is the most prescribedremedy in the materia medica.
It can be used acutely orchronically, and the forcing
(06:07):
overtakes the ability.
What does that mean to you,Brie?
Speaker 1 (06:13):
What do you think?
I think when the next thing youhad written it, I think, maybe
expands on that they, they'relike what's that phrase?
The means?
Things are a means to an end.
Like, whatever you need to do,you can get to a position of
power by just like sheerambition and drive, even if
(06:34):
you're you might not be like themost intelligent or the best at
the job, but you're so drivenyou can just get there, no
matter what yeah did that feellike right?
Speaker 2 (06:45):
yeah, yeah, the forcing overtakes the ability
yes yep, exactly perfect.
Why don't you keep going withthe?
Speaker 1 (06:54):
okay, I got that, I can do that, um.
So, continuing off of that,they push to get positions that
are a little bit beyond them.
That makes me think of somebodylike I would never you if I
felt like I couldn't do it,absolutely not.
I'm not even going to putmyself out there, but they will.
Nux Vomica, people always haveto win the argument, um, even
(07:16):
the father or the mother has towin against their children in a
game.
Might Mary, not be me.
Um.
In Mario Kart only I'veactually used an Exomca.
So I do feel like some of thisfits Um.
There may be an underlyinginsecurity, but it's usually
(07:39):
just innate.
They have to do all the thingsHigh, highly driven.
These may be sports stars, um,they may, I mean at their worst,
use people, drugs, alcohol.
They get what they want.
Um, at a very they're verybasic they can.
(08:01):
So again, you're hearing allthese negatives in an extreme
sense or operating in a verybasic, selfish, survival-minded
mentality.
So they can be very aggressive.
They might be fighters, veryviolent, selfishly motivated,
maybe doing it for therecognition that they get.
They must get to the top, havethe best, be the best, are very
(08:26):
controlling.
Next, vamika, people usuallyhave a very strong constitution,
so burnout isn't as likely.
I know people like that, theEnergizer Bunny.
They drink a ton of coffee tokeep them going during the day
and maybe drink alcohol at nightto calm them down after go go
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go all day.
Nexfamika is a big addictionremedy and so this could be
addiction to alcohol, but alsowe've talked about coffee even
or I mean smoking otheraddictions, so might be a good
one to use following anaddiction for withdrawal
symptoms, which maybe we saythat somewhere later.
(09:10):
Nuxvomica wants a quick fix.
If you've ever used Nux, it'shighly known for its digestive
properties, so a lot ofdigestive issues.
It can be like a digestive aidwhere people would use a
digestive aid for a quick fixinstead of eating well or
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exercising.
They may have liver problems,headache with gastric symptoms.
They may be suicidal tendency,maybe mentally, but not the type
that feels like they would acton it.
They are not cowardly people,so they'll go fight the good
(09:53):
fight and defend the weak.
They can't relax.
They may be constipated.
We use it often forconstipation.
I mean I would think we startthere most often.
Yeah, yeah, absolutely At anyage.
Really right.
Speaker 2 (10:10):
Yep Any age.
Speaker 1 (10:11):
Mm-hmm, do you want to do some?
Speaker 2 (10:15):
Sure, the nox vomica person equates relaxation to
laziness sleep because of toomany thoughts.
This is the first remedy thatyou would use in an overdose
situation.
They can be really pure, goodand clean and a workaholic
(10:38):
Impatience.
That's a big one Impatient,irritable.
They destroy things when theydon't work irritable.
Speaker 1 (10:50):
Um, they destroy things when they don't work.
I'm laughing because I meanI've been there.
I think I also think of thelittle kid.
This can be a really good onefor some.
I don't know the word, just Imean this type of tendency in a
child.
I had one who he messes up thatpaper is crunched up.
He's so mad he messed up hisdrawing, he'll throw it across
the room.
Can't not have that.
Or if something doesn't work,I'm just going to smash it.
(11:12):
Yep, yeah, yeah.
Speaker 2 (11:15):
Digestive issues because of stress.
They're very independent,forceful, zealous, a fiery
personality, but they get verycold and are very sensitive to
the cold.
So noxfamic is chilly, verychilly, sensitive to noise and
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smells.
This is one of the biggest momremedies.
Speaker 1 (11:41):
It has helped me too.
I cannot tell you.
I thought this is just a stateI live in with three little kids
.
It's noisy and it'soverstimulating and I just
thought I lived there, I had tocope.
It helps so much.
I don't know, I can't say that.
I didn't feel it was loud, butmy I didn't respond so strongly
(12:05):
inside.
Speaker 2 (12:05):
That's the thing, that's exactly what.
So we're not, we're not goingto take the noise away, but
you're not going to have thatfeeling, whatever.
That is irritation, anger, Evensometimes like a physical.
Speaker 1 (12:18):
If mentally I could tell myself to be calm and I'm
thinking, I'm feeling calm, butmy body, I, my heart rate would
kind of go up and I would get, Iwould physically feel worked up
.
And that even is much betterwhen I'm using Noxvamica.
Speaker 2 (12:35):
Yeah, a lot of moms go through that with the noise
sensitivity.
And another personal story Iused to it didn't bother me at
all, ever.
And so my friends would be likewhy are you allowing your kids
to have all these loud, noisy?
I was like the noisier the morefun they're having, and so we
(12:57):
would just be like so loud.
And then Paul's like I got togo outside.
Speaker 1 (13:02):
Yeah, I remember you telling me that.
And listen, I'm fine with kidnoise, but like there is some
things that toys and like aplastic toy on tile through the
roof Just can't know, I don'tcare how much fun they're having
, I can't do it, or I meanthat's how I felt, like I would
just immediately be angry.
(13:23):
So anyway, yeah.
Speaker 2 (13:27):
So Nux Vomit is a great one for you mamas who are
overstimulated and can't standall the noises or the smells.
So Nux likes spicy food andthey love fat.
They eat a lot of fast foodbecause it's quick.
(13:48):
Remember they love that quickfix, even if their stomach will
hurt afterwards, body odor frompoor diet and constipation.
They may be a gambler, addictedto all kinds of things.
(14:10):
Work, alcohol, drugs can becomeparanoid later in life.
Half the people, half theprison inmates, are Nux.
Speaker 1 (14:18):
Vomica Nux Vomica should be in our water instead
of fluoride.
That sounds nice.
Speaker 2 (14:21):
Yeah, any form of colic, so it can be abdominal,
kidney, gallbladder colic wouldbe Nuxvomica.
They might end up with a herniabecause they strain so much so
it could be the constipationRemember earlier we were talking
about?
They strain to work and theystrain.
They're always like strivingand straining.
And, yeah, it's better fornuxvomica feels better when they
(14:47):
loosen their clothes, betterfor a short nap, like a power
nap.
They can be fanatical, jealous,sleepy after meals, hate being
interrupted, hate beingquestioned, contradicted.
Anything going wrong withintheir body, they hate it.
(15:07):
They can get angry with theirown body when they get sick and
they can dominate relationships.
So do you want to read theseprotocols we want to share with
everyone?
Speaker 1 (15:23):
Yeah, so Nexthalmica is in the Banerjee protocol for
colitis.
So Nuxvomica is in the Banerjeeprotocol for colitis In the
protocol book.
I believe it's page 61.
That has Natsulf 200C in liquidonce per week, nuxvomica 30C
twice per day and then, in caseof diarrhea and abdominal gripe,
ipecac 30 and Merxol 6C everyfew hours acutely and that's
(15:48):
again that's for colitis.
So that's a banerjee protocol.
That's not either of ourprotocol.
So you could find that if youneed it again online or in the
book.
Um, for coffee addiction, whichI come on, why would anybody
not want to be addicted tocoffee?
(16:09):
I'm kidding, says me who lovescoffee.
Nux Vomica 200 once daily Forlabor and delivery.
Nux Vomica 200C for intensepain, nausea, vomiting during
labor, if you have any gas or Imean this could even be
(16:30):
post-surgery.
So if you have just trapped gas, nux can be really good.
I love it.
For colic, this is not aprotocol but I love Nux Vomica
in colosynthes.
I've used it in thirties andtwo hundreds and they used it in
(16:53):
30s and 200s and they.
Speaker 2 (16:55):
It is game changer for baby colic.
Speaker 1 (16:56):
Um, what else do we use?
Noxomica, did we say headachesin the in the list?
Okay, so I have my materimedica open.
I'll read from here about it isa great headache.
You told me that.
Um, it's a great migraineremedy, specifically um over the
eyes, like so a frontalheadache with the desire to
press on the head um a bruisedsensation of the brain.
(17:17):
This could be a hangoverheadache, particularly with
irritability.
Um the feeling as if a nail isdriven in headaches from drugs
or alcohol, pressing, throbbingheadache, worse than the
sunshine.
Headache from constipation.
Head feels distended and sore,great restlessness and the scalp
(17:43):
is sensitive to slight touch.
So I mean that's a big headache.
Remedy for headache.
Let's say you are.
Would you start most times inacute situations like that with
a 200?
Yeah, I would go up, okay.
Speaker 2 (17:59):
Absolutely.
Um.
Yes, nuxvomica is in my littleum little constipation with
headache protocol that I made upyears ago and in that protocol
it's Nuxvomica, bryonia, natmirand then sepia if you're an
(18:19):
adult woman, but leave the sepiaout if you're not.
Speaker 1 (18:25):
Okay, so another thing that you and I it was
brought back as we were lookingthrough lots of people right now
in acute consults for walkingpneumonia and coughs and that
tight cough and that tightnessin the chest, and so a couple of
things.
There's a cotton exomica has acough.
(18:46):
It can be a cough at nightpreventing sleep.
Dry cough, worse after midnightor violent in the morning
before rising.
Dry cough with rattling of themucus.
Tight, dry, hacking cough attimes with bloody expectoration
and cough brings on a burstingheadache.
Speaker 2 (19:08):
You said something so interesting.
Oh, you said dry cough withrattling of mucus.
That's so weird.
Speaker 1 (19:19):
Well, that sounds like I'm thinking like an
antimonium tart type, like whereit's dry in your throat but
you're feeling mucus in hereyeah, maybe that's.
That's kind of what I wasthinking um dry cough with okay,
yeah, so the rattling, butyou're not getting it up, so
it's dry yeah, that's what Iassumed, but yeah, that wasn't
(19:42):
actually super clear.
Yeah, the chest hasconstriction tightness across
chest during cariza, or chillcariza, I don't know um I say
cariza itching and scrapingunder middle of sternum causing
cough, and I keep seeingsensation as if something were
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torn loose in the chest duringcough.
That torn like something tornloose which I don't know what
that feels like.
I guess and I've never heardanybody say that that's very
different, like that feelsdifferent than something broken
loose, like torn loose soundspainful.
What was I gonna say?
Okay, what else?
For nux, there was a coupleother things photophobia, so
(20:28):
sensitivity to light, light.
I've seen it a few timeshighlighted in Materia Medica.
Let's see.
Do you want me to do somemodalities of NUX, mamika?
Yes, so better from a nap,better moist air, damp and wet
(20:48):
weather.
That's actually a good one,because not many things are
better from damp weather.
Right, that's true, like coughs, better from free discharges.
Better with strong pressure, solike wrapping the head up,
lying on the sides.
Better hot drinks and fattythings.
(21:12):
Worse from overeating, worsewith coffee, liquor, stimulants.
So overindulgence Worse withoverindulgence in all the ways.
Worse cold open air, dry air,drafts and wind.
Worse cold open air, dry air,drafts and wind.
And worse with noise, odors andworse pressure from clothes and
(21:34):
worse uncovering.
So all those things you saidthey want loose clothes.
They don't want the tightclothes, which is so funny, so
that's a good thing.
Acutely, too, you could be like.
Maybe you're not always anexfamica person, but maybe you
you could be like.
Maybe you're not always a NuxVomica person, but maybe you go
to dinner an hour later.
You're feeling like I got toget these clothes off.
I am so annoyed right nowEverything's annoying me and
(21:57):
you're not like your stomach'supset, nux Vomica, or you get a
headache, nux seriously, if allelse fails and it's, you're not
feeling great.
I love Nux Vomica.
Speaker 2 (22:09):
Yep, yep, and you know, if you've never taken Nux
before, I do suggest startingwith a 30C just to see how you
do and then go up, you know, toa 200, if you do well or need it
.
Speaker 1 (22:22):
I just thought of morning sickness.
I thought of it earlier.
Absolutely yeah, and you haveactually helped.
I think a 30 and a lot ofpeople I know works better for a
pregnant mom, I guess, and whatI've seen that was from you.
I learned that from you, whereI like 200 and almost all the
time, but we do use a lot of200s but with nausea if it
(22:46):
aggravates that can really oh,it'd be terrible, maybe
miserable.
So yeah, I see that work verywell for moms who are really
nauseous or vomiting a lot.
Speaker 2 (22:59):
so that's great.
Nux is amazing, so everybodyneeds to have nux vomica on hand
always.
Yes,
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