Nux Moschata – Nutmeg

The mother tincture is prepared from the dried seeds of the plant Myristica fragrans Houtt., a native of the Moluccas and New Guinea. N.O. Myristicaceae.

The main indications are:

Aggravated by draughts and damp, cold weather. Hysterical and hypochondriacal symptoms. Brain feels as if loose. Sensation of hovering in the air. As if in a dream. Eyes dry, can hardly close them. As if the tongue had gone to sleep. Thirstlessness in spite of the sensation of dryness. Excessive abdominal distension and wind. Soft stools can hardly be passed. Toothache, headache, diarrhoea, vomiting and coughing during pregnancy. Mental fatigue. Muscular rheumatism. Strangury after drinking beer or wine. Breasts under-developed. There is a characteristic hysterical aphonia,

i.e. speaking with a toneless, soft, whispering voice.

The German Monograph-Preparation Commission for the Homoeopathic Field of Therapy has, under the Preparation Monograph for Mysterica fragrans, published the following indication(s) in the German Bundesanzeiger (German Federal Gazette) for nux moschata: nervous physical complaints; insufficiency of digestive organs accompanied by flatulence; perception disorders.