Nux moschata

Latin name: Nux moschata

Short name: Nux-m

Common name: Nutmeg | Myristica Seed | Muscat Nut | Spice Nut | Banda Nut

Primary miasm: Psoric Secondary miasm(s): Sycotic, Tubercular

Kingdom: Plants

Family: Myristicaceae

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Symptomatology
Remedy Information
Differentiation & Application

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Mind

The Nux moschata mental state is defined by extreme confusion, absent-mindedness, and dream-like detachment. Patients feel as if they are living in a dream or watching themselves from afar. Time feels suspended or distorted; minutes seem like hours. Thoughts vanish mid-sentence, and memory fails utterly—especially for recent events [Kent]. A sense of duality is common, feeling as though the body and mind are separate. Hallucinations may occur, often of people or things not present. Emotional states alternate: laughter gives way to tears or panic. Patient feels spacey, sleepy, even cataleptic, with staring, slow blinking, and no response to stimuli. May feel “not all there”, as if floating or intoxicated. Sensitivity to impressions is heightened, yet responses are dulled—creating a paradox of hypersensitive detachment. Children stare blankly or appear intoxicated. In hysteria, fits of laughter may dominate.

Sleep

Profound sleepiness even during the day. Sleeps easily after meals. Yawning constant. Sleep unrefreshing. Somnolence with confusion. Sleeps into apathy. Dreams vague, confused, often pleasant.

Dreams

Dreams of floating, flying, or detachment. Dreams may feel more real than waking life. Erotic, bizarre, or emotional dreams common. Recalls nothing on waking. Dreams leave strong emotional residue.

Generalities

Profound dryness in all mucous membranes. Faintness, sleepiness, and confusion dominate the case. Worse from exertion, cold air, emotional stress. Better from warmth, pressure, and sleep. Suited to delicate, nervous, oversensitive individuals, especially women and children. Reactions slow or absent. Disassociation between body and mind is a central theme.

Fever

Dry fever without sweat. Heat with extreme drowsiness. No thirst. Face hot, limbs cold. Fever from emotional causes or digestive disorders. Fever may mimic typhoid in dullness.

Chill Heat Sweat

Chill with internal heat. Aversion to uncovering. Heat without sweat. Sweat absent or delayed. Sweats only on exertion. Alternating cold and heat. Cold extremities with flushed face.

Head

Heavy, stupefying headache with dullness and pressure. Head feels large, as if full of cotton. Vertigo with a tendency to fall backward, especially when rising. Pain often localised to the forehead or temples, worse from mental effort or emotional disturbance. Sensation of lightness or floating of the head. Headaches may follow excitement, grief, or eating. Temples throb, or head feels squeezed. Eyelids droop with mental stupor.

Eyes

Lids heavy, drooping; expression vacant. Vision dim, as though in a fog. Double vision or flickering. Objects seem too far away or unreal. Lachrymation scanty; dryness of eyes pronounced. Pupils sluggish or dilated. Sensation of sand in eyes. Cannot fix gaze. Hypersensitivity to light despite dulled responses.

Ears

Sounds seem far off or distorted. Sensation of wind or buzzing. Hearing dull, with occasional sensitivity to noise. Earaches with dryness of surrounding skin. Ears feel stopped or echoing, especially during digestive complaints. Music may cause emotional weeping or detachment.

Nose

Dryness of nostrils without discharge. Anosmia or reduced smell perception. Nosebleeds rare but profuse when they occur. Smell of food nauseates. Coryza rare; if present, is dry or scabby. Nose cold, pale, and dry.

Face

Pale, cold, and expressionless, especially during faintness. Redness in emotional states. Trembling or twitching of muscles. Lips dry, cracked, and colourless. Facial neuralgia may alternate with dull numbness. Bluish hue during weakness or collapse. Looks intoxicated or dazed.

Mouth

A keynote of Nux moschata: profound dryness, so severe the tongue sticks to the roof of the mouth or teeth [Boericke, Clarke]. No desire to drink despite the dryness. Tongue coated, white or yellow, feels swollen or numb. Saliva absent or thick, ropey. Speech slurred from dryness. Metallic or bitter taste. Cannot speak from dry throat.

Teeth

Toothache with dry gums or during menses. Teeth feel loose or elongated. Gums may bleed slightly. Cold air increases sensitivity. Pain alternating sides or shifting rapidly.

Throat

Dry, burning, with difficulty swallowing, especially dry food. Sensation of a plug or foreign body. Ulcerated feeling without redness. Tickling cough from dryness. Choking sensation, especially when lying down. Worse at night. Mucus difficult to expectorate due to dryness.

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Nux moschata is prepared from the dried seed of Myristica fragrans, a tropical evergreen tree native to the Banda Islands of Indonesia. Nutmeg has been used for centuries as a culinary spice, a mild hallucinogen in high doses, and a traditional remedy for digestive complaints. In homeopathy, its action centres on the nervous system, gastrointestinal tract, and female reproductive system, creating a state of profound dryness, mental confusion, and hypersensitivity.

Culinary spice, natural preservative, traditional remedy for flatulence and diarrhoea; in large doses, used as a psychoactive intoxicant

Nervous system – drowsiness, absent-mindedness, cataleptic states
Mind – confusion, hallucinations, dual perception, emotional instability
Mucous membranes – profound dryness of mouth, throat, and rectum
Stomach and bowels – bloating, flatulence, colic
Female reproductive system – menses, hysteria, uterine symptoms
Circulation – fluctuations in pulse, fainting tendencies
Sensorium – dreamy, detached, dissociated sensations

Lying down or resting
Pressure on the abdomen
Warmth (for some abdominal symptoms)
After sleep (sometimes temporarily)

Cold, dry weather
Emotional excitement or laughter
Slightest exertion or motion
During pregnancy or menses
Suppressed emotions or grief
Overeating or rich food
Mental activity

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Opium – Profound sleepiness and confusion, but more congestive and torpid
Phosphoric acid – Mental fatigue, but less dreaminess or dryness
Pulsatilla – Faintness and changeability, but more weepy and warm-blooded
Gelsemium – Drowsiness and weakness, but more trembling and fear
Ambra grisea – Nervousness and forgetfulness, but more bashfulness

Complementary: Pulsatilla, Sepia
Antidotes: Camphora, Coffea
Follows well: Gelsemium, Ignatia
Inimical: Bryonia (too dry and opposing dynamics)

Nux moschata expresses the collapse of inner cohesion—the self seems lost, dissociated, and enveloped in a fog. The body is dry, the mind is disoriented, and life is experienced at a remove. In this drifting state, extremes of hypersensitivity and cataleptic stupor coexist. It is a remedy of dreamers, those who float rather than fight, who are easily overwhelmed by sensation or emotion, and respond by detaching entirely.

Excellent in post-anaesthetic stupor
First remedy to consider in extreme dryness without thirst
Useful for pregnancy faintness or menses-related sleepiness
Suitable for hysterical or cataleptic states in women
Flatulence, bloating, and somnolence following indulgence

Mind

Delusion: in a dream
Absent-minded
Sleepiness with confusion
Forgetful, loses thread of conversation
Laughing alternating with sadness

Mouth and Throat

Dryness, extreme
Tongue sticks to palate
No thirst with dryness
Speech difficult from dry mouth

Stomach and Abdomen

Bloating after eating
Colic better from pressure
Constipation with no urging

Generalities

Dryness, internal
Sleepiness
Fainting spells

Worse from emotion

Samuel Hahnemann – Materia Medica Pura: Original proving, especially dryness, confusion, and constipation
Allen – Encyclopaedia of Pure Materia Medica: Mental symptoms and digestive disturbances
Boericke – Pocket Manual: Clinical use and keynote modalities
Kent – Lectures on Homoeopathic Materia Medica: Mental fogginess and sleepiness
Clarke – Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica: Gastrointestinal and female complaints
Hering – Guiding Symptoms: Absent-mindedness, dryness, and hysteria

Nux moschata

Mind

Sleep

Dreams

Generalities

Fever

Chill Heat Sweat

Head

Eyes

Ears

Nose

Face

Mouth

Teeth

Throat

Chest

Heart

Respiration

Stomach

Abdomen

Rectum

Urinary

Food

Male

Female

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Extremities

Skin

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Mind

Sleep

Dreams

Generalities

Fever

Chill Heat Sweat

Head

Eyes

Ears

Nose

Face

Mouth

Teeth

Throat

Chest

Heart

Respiration

Stomach

Abdomen

Rectum

Urinary

Food

Male

Female

Back

Extremities

Skin

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