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1. BEHAVIOURAL
MATERIA MEDICA:
NUX VOMICA
By
Dr. Subrata K. Banerjea
GOLD MEDALIST
B.H.M.S. (HONOURS IN NINE SUBJECTS OF CALCUTTA UNIVERSITY)
FELLOW : AKADEMIE HOMOOPATHISCHER DEUTSCHER ZENTRALVEREIN (GERMANY)
DIRECTOR : BENGAL ALLEN MEDICAL INSTITUTE
PRINCIPAL : ALLEN COLLEGE OF HOMOEOPATHY, ESSEX, ENGLAND
“SAPIENS”, 382, BADDOW ROAD, GREAT BADDOW,
CHELMSFORD, ESSEX CM2 9RA, ENGLAND
Tel & Fax No. 44 (0) 1245 505859
E. Mail No. allencollege@btconnect.com
Website : www.homoeopathy-course.com
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FACE
• Smart.
• Bossy.
• Intoxicated
expression.
Formication. Heat.
Anxious. Distressed.
Sickly.
• Anxious, facial
expression –
intoxicated:- (a)
ambitious 
achiever, (b) can not
tolerate fools, (c) from
drink.
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TONGUE
• Posterior yellow
coating.
• Large and flabby.
• Small aphthous
ulcers, with
bloody saliva.
• First half of
tongue clean.
• Posterior covered
with deep fur;
white, yellow,
cracked edges.
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NAILS
•Dry,
harsh
(Psoric) +
thick and
ridges
(Sycotic).
•Twitching
sensation
.
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VOICE
•Strong,
decisive,
dictatorial.
•Confused.
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BEHAVIOUR
• Ambitious.
• Arrogant,
charismatic
inspiring
enthusiasm.
• Confident,
courteous.
• Workaholic,
perfectionist.
• Aggressive,
independent.
• Impatient.
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DRESS
• Charismatic.
• Attractive,
matching.
• Fussy.
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HEAT AND COLD RELATIONSHIP
• Nux
vomica is
a very
chilly
medicine
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APPEARANCE
• Nux vomica is ideally suited to `thin
spare subjects’ with dark hair and dark
complexion, who lead a sedentary life,
nervous, extremely susceptible to
external impressions, habituated to
over study, debauches. Thin, irritable,
choleric persons, who make excessive
mental exertion. Extremely susceptible
to external impression. Patient who
deprive themselves of sleep and
exercise, in pursuance of their studies
(Farrington).
• Smart, dapper.
• Neat and tidy – suit and a tie.
• Chilly person.
• Thin sparse, quick, active, nervous.
• Trim. Prefers dinner party to BBQ!
• Late night person; cat-naps as sun sets
 then can be awake till late night with
coffee, wine and women!
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MAKING APPOINTMENT
• Bossy and
impatient about
holding the phone
for long and your
inability to fit `Mr.
Boss’ according
to his suitable
time to visit you.
• Will appear on
time on the day of
appointment.
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PERSONALITY
• Ambitious.
• Arrogant
charismatic.
• Confident
courteous.
• Sincere.
• Aggressive,
independent.
• Impatient.
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GESTURE
• Spiteful,
irritable,
faultfinding.
• Never
contented,
competitive.
• Strong feeling
of right and
wrong.
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13. • Gesture &
Behaviour
• Irritable &
Impatient
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SIT & BEHAVE
• Impatient.
• Fault finding.
• Aggressive.
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GAIT
• When
walking
drags
his feet.
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NATURE
• Independent.
• Sensitive (physical & emotional).
• Jealous (abusive).
• Fastidious (Especially at work,
precise, everything has its
appointed placed; infuriated
by slow and careless
workers).
• Obsessive.
• Workaholic (Competitive,
ambitious: Career and work
oriented).
• Impatient (wishes to be cured
quickly).
• Aggressive (breaks, hits,
throws).
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LOOK & DIAGNOSE
•Charismatic.
•Aggressive,
impatient.
•Fastidious.
•Mr. Boss.
•Chilly.
•Confident.
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REACTION TO EMOTIONS
• Grieving or sad mood:
Deception causes grief
 mortification.
• Anxious mood: Fear of
misfortune, short of money
in future.
• Aggressive mood: Desire
to break things.
• Personality: Charismatic.
• Envious mood:
Quarrelsome at qualities of
others.
• Miserable nature: Desire
to kill beloved ones.
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19. Abuse
Fright
Aggressive
Fault
finding
Impatient
Workaholic
MENTAL AETIOLOGIES PSYCHIC MANIFESTATIONS
Compe-
titive
Fastidious
Anger
Mental Aetiologies
Mary
Destructive Independent
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Loss
Failure
Acade-
mic,
Project,
etc.
Com-
plaints
related to
business
affairs
Indig-
nation
Humi-
liation
Jeal-
ousy
Profe-
ssional
jealousy
(Reper-
tory to
jealousy,
profe-
ssional
Deception
Discords Wounded
honour
Work
focussed
Over rule
restrictions
Urge to
achieve
Confident
& arrogant
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20. Neatness
Efficiency Order
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Essential
for `Peace
of Mind’
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21. Focused
competitive
& ambitious
Workaholic
(career &
work
oriented)
Fasti-
dious &
fault
finding
(infuriated
by the
careless &
slow-
workers)
Confident
&
arrogant
Urge: to
achieve
(the con-
queror,
dictatorial)
; need for
power
Overrules
restrictions
Work
Focused
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22. Unresolved
anger
Compulsive
neurosis
behaviour &
disorders
Destructive
& violent
(breaks,
hits, throws)
Impatient
Easily
offended
Anger & violent
rage, from
contradiction
Aggressive
Personality
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23. Sensitive
Indepen-
dent 
Fear of
marriage
Jealous 
Abusive
Fastidious 
Especially at
work (fussy,
precise,
everything has
its appointed
place)
Impatient  Hurried
 Wishes to be
cured quickly
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Order
Efficiency
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24. • Impa-
tient 
bossy
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25. Pompous
Anger Rage
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26. • Arrogant
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27. • “Nux is chiefly
successful
with the
persons of an
ardent
character; of
an irritable,
impatient
temperament,
disposed to
anger, spite or
deception”.
Hahnemann
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28. Anxiety
Solitude:
prefers
Alone
ame-
liorates
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29. Bossy
Arrogant Confident
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30. Competitive
Apexian Worka-
holic
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31. • Dicta-
torial
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32. Malicious
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Quarrelsome
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33. Fault finding
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Abusive
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34. P = Paralytic
Condition
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Nux Vomica is presented through its Common Name: Poison Nut
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35. O = Oversen-
sitiveness
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36. I = Ineffec-
tual
desire
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Stool
Urine
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37. S = Sleep:
Catnap
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38. O = Over-
sensitive
to cold
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39. N = Nausea
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40. N = Nash’s
sum-up
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41. U = Universal
antidote
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42. T = Trembling
 Spasm
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43. • Adopti-
bility
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44. • Appearance
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45. • Cons-
titution
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46. Rich and
stimulating food
Drugs
(pharma-
ceutical
and
recrea-
tional
Parties
Wine
Stimu-
lating
experi-
ences
Wine & women
Desires
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47. • Ailments
from:
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48. Hypersensitive
Spasmo-
dic
Cons-
trictive
Dyspeptic
Haemo-
rrhagic
Love for: sex,
wine & women
Aetio-
logy
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49. • Head
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HEAD TO FOOT APPROACH
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50. • Nose
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51. • Nose:
Catarrh
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52. • Breath
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53. • Mouth
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54. • Stomach
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55. • Consti-
pation
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56. • Extremities
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57. • Sleep
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58. • Sleep
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SLEEP
• Can not sleep after 3 a.m.
until towards morning 
wakes unrefreshed.
• Sun sets  Nux sleeps,
> cat nap sleep.
• Drowsy after meals, and in
early evening.
• Better after short sleep 
if aroused  irritable.
• Position during sleep: One
of both arms are under; on
back, hand flat under
occiput; head backwards.
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60. • Best time to
dispense
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61. THANK YOU!
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