NTJX VOMICA. 



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" To this class especially belongs Nux Vomica. The use of 

 it was formerly dreaded, because it had been tried only in very 

 large doses; and in cases with which it did not correspond, it 

 could not fail to injure. But it is the mildest and most precious 

 of medicine in instances where its symptoms accord with those 

 it excites in healthy persons, in a moderate dose. Nux Vomica 

 is chiefly successful with persons of an ardent character, or ft 

 temperament disposed to anger, spite, or deception. If the 

 catamenia occur several days too early, or are too abundant, 

 Nux is perfectly adapted to meet the consequences. 



u This medicine, taken some hours before going to bed, acts 

 more mildly than at any other time of the day. Any case of 

 immediate necessity must of course be excepted. It is best for 

 very sensitive persons not to take it fasting in the morning, or 

 on first waking, because its most powerful symptoms are then 

 called out. Also, it should not be taken immediately before or 

 after a meal, or when the head is much exercised; nor should 

 the patient after taking this (or any other medicine) directly 

 employ his faculties in writing, reflecting, reading, or reciting. 

 He must wait at least two hours to avert any ill consequences. 



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are many chronic affections; for instance, those caused by 

 excess of coffee or wine, especially in persons of sedentary 

 habits, or those proceeding from too protracted literary appli- 

 cation. It is also a remedy for many epidemic disorders and 

 acute fevers, chiefly those in which cold is preceded or accom- 

 panied by heat. It frequently prevents the bad effect of chills. 

 It is particularly suitable when the patient is worse in the 

 morning than any other part of the day ; when he awakes about 



three o'clock in the morning, and remains wakeful, with a mul 



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titude of ideas crowding upon his mind; and when just at day- 

 break he falls involuntarily into sleep, filled with busy dreams, 

 from which he awakes tired and indisposed to rise. It is also 

 adapted to persons who, several hours before bedtime, fall 

 asleep in their chair. 



