Nux Vomica nux-v.
Mnemonic names
Nux v. / (1st N.) / The Quaker.
Verse
Nux vomica,- Those ills are thine
That show affection of the spine-
Paralysis, neuralgia, cramp,
And ailments of spasmodic stamp.
While Numbness over all prevails,
With blueness of the skin and nails.
Aboard thy gastro-entrail train,
Are colic, nausea, gastric pain,
And sour belching, stowed among
Foul morning taste, and blistered tongue,
And dryness of the mucous aisles,
And constipated bowels, and piles.
With flowing nose, and ringing ears,
A burning in the eyes appears,
And also dimness of the sight,
With over-sensitiveness to light.
Whilst these thy ills- Thy wife complains
Of falling womb, and lumbar pains,
And menses paying of their dues
Both in advance, and too profuse.
And during labor, pains so spent
They fail the after-birth to vent.
Thy mind is irritable- sad,
From slight annoyance getting mad.
And after going on a "spree",
Delirium tremens haunteth thee.
With all thy ills, the constant warning,
Is aggravation in the morning.
And after meal, the liquor drinking,
And mental labor, study, thinking,
And in the heat of summer- sinking.
Mnemonic sentences
The Quaker,-Has numbness in parts affected.
The Quaker, John J. Plat, seeks the yellow squaw at Kalmi Zoo Inn.
This Quaker,-Who is subject to Constipation,- Is with Collin Plum, a the cot of Owen Opi, in his absence in Glasco.
Indications
Numbness in Parts Affected: Nux. v., Hyper., Aco., Plat., Sec., Gel., Cimi., Kalm., ZN., Nux m.
Constipation: Nux v., Collin., PB., Calc. c., Thuj., Alu., Nat. m., Op., Bry., Sil., Graph., Lyc., Sul., etc.