NUX VOMICA
Botany
Nux vomica is prepared from the ripe, dried seeds of Strychnos nux-vomica (the fallow nut). Distribution: Sri Lanka, India, Burma and Northern Australia.
This tree can reach a height of 20 meters. The plant has oval leaves and clusters of greenish white flowers, followed by fruits as large as a tennis ball with gray, flat, round seeds.
Contents
The bark, root and dermis contain strychnine and brucine.
Homeopathic image
Psychic: ambitious, goal-oriented, workaholic. Orderly. High sex drive. Theme: ailments from deceived ambition. Generals: chilly, worse in the morning, worse coffee and tobacco.
Need for coffee, fat, alcohol, seasoned (also gives an aggravation).
Physical: gastritis, constipation, spastic colon, lumbago. Convulsions. A cough to vomiting (the vomit).