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BMM-NUX VOMICA.ppt
- 1. BEHAVIOURAL
MATERIA MEDICA:
NUX VOMICA
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Dr. Subrata K. Banerjea, GOLD MEDALIST
B.H.M.S. (Honours In Nine Subjects Of Calcutta University)
Fellow: Society of Homoeopaths, U.K.
Fellow: Homoeopathic Medical Association of the United Kingdom
Fellow: Association of Natural Medicine, U.K
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: allencollege@btconnect.com
Web: https://allencollege.co.uk 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) cannot
tolerate fools, (c) from
drink.
NUX VOMICA
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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.
NUX VOMICA
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BEHAVIOUR
• Ambitious.
• Arrogant,
charismatic
inspiring
enthusiasm.
• Confident,
courteous.
• Workaholic,
perfectionist.
• Aggressive,
independent.
• Impatient.
NUX VOMICA
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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 impressions. 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!
NUX VOMICA
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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.
NUX VOMICA
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SIT & BEHAVE
• Impatient.
• Fault finding.
• Aggressive.
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NATURE
• Independent.
• Sensitive (physical & emotional).
• Jealous (abusive).
• Fastidious (Especially at work,
precise, everything has its
appointed place; infuriated by
slow and careless workers).
• Obsessive.
• Workaholic (Competitive,
ambitious: Career and work
oriented).
• Impatient (wishes to be cured
quickly).
• Aggressive (breaks, hits,
throws).
NUX VOMICA
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LOOK & DIAGNOSE
•Charismatic.
•Aggressive,
impatient.
•Fastidious.
•Mr. Boss.
•Chilly.
•Confident.
NUX VOMICA
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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.
NUX VOMICA
- 20. Abuse
Fright
Aggressive
Fault
finding
Impatient
Workaholic
MENTAL AETIOLOGIES PSYCHIC MANIFESTATIONS
Compe-
titive
Fastidious
Anger
Mental Aetiologies
Marry
Destructive Independent
NUX VOMICA
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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- 28. • “Nux is chiefly
successful
with the
persons of an
ardent
character; of
an irritable,
impatient
temperament,
disposed to
anger, spite or
deception”.
Hahnemann
NUX VOMICA
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SLEEP
• Cannot 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
or both arms are under; on
back, hand flat under
occiput; head backwards.
NUX VOMICA
