Nux vomica. Kader Kochi.

Synonyms

Poison nut, Semen strychnos, Brucea antidysentrica, Vomiting nut, Kanjirum, Karaskaram, Kaalakoodaka, Vishadrumam.

Constituents

Deciduous tree. Height 12 meters. Allelopathic plant. Flowers are offensive. Bark, root and seed contain toxins. Seed contains brucine, strychnine, and tubocurarine like principle. Bee friendly.  

Therapeutics

This is great spasmodic medicine. 

It is medicine for low backache due to muscle laxity. 

It is a powerful respiratory, circulatory and nerve stimulant.

It is medicine for respiratory muscle paralysis.

It is medicine for progressive and focal muscular paralysis.

It is medicine for cardiac weakness, shock, and acute heart failure (Camphor, Capsicum, Lobelia, Sinapis, Convallaria, Ginkgo biloba).

It is medicine for impotence, and sexual paralysis.  

It is medicine for weakness following chilliness.

It is medicine for alcoholism, and narcotic poisoning (Sulphuric acid).

It is medicine for neuralgia, and neurasthenia.

It is remedy for epidemic influenza in tropical zone.

It is a natural anti-microbial agent (Apis melifica).

It is immune boosting remedy (Arsenic album, Sulphur, Ricinus communis, Asafoetida, Allium sativa, Helleborus, Gelsemium).

It is remedy for hypochondriasis, lack of confidence, and intolerance.

It is remedy for sleeplessness at 5 am.

It is a remedy for amblyopia.

It is remedy for gastric atony (Bitter elixir). 

It is remedy for constipation, and spastic colon. 

It is remedy for spinal stiffness, low backache due to spasm and spinal degeneration.

It is remedy for cramps, tetany, and epilepsy.

It is remedy for rabies.

It is great remedy for spasm and rigidity (Dopamine indirectly). 

It is helpful in hair growth (Millefolium, Aconitum, Jaborandi).

It is remedy for complaints better from warmth; and worse after eating. 

It must have avoided in morning, before or immediately after food in asthenic. It is better having at relaxed time, or in evening. 

It is toxic to dog and bat than ox. Its toxicity is similar to arsenic (Garlic breath, Sulphur breath).

It had been used as an antidote in snake bite (Root and bark). It is also the antidote for adverse effects of Ricinus communis, Petrochemical medicines and Alcohol (Allium sativa).

Its antidote is Gelsemium (Physostigma, Tabacum, Quercus, Veratrum album, Lobelia). 

It is a natural antiseptic. Box made with its wood had been used for preservation of dead body.

Dose 

1 to 4 drops (Single or Descending dose).

Dilution (Ascending potency)