Hello all,
Any suggestions would be very much appreciated. I've taken Nux on and off for over a year. Various potencies - probably too many times for my own good. I last took a 1LM potency dose on 01/03/2008. It caused a slight improvement in my digestion problems, but then started to cause an aggravation. This subsided after a few weeks. However, every 10 days I seem to have repeat aggravation of Nux - i.e. fitful peristalsis, waking at 3am. Any suggestions as to why this could be occurring in this periodic way? Any suggestions as to how to antidote would be extremely welcomed. Thanks.

To antidote Try sipping verry strong coffee
Or breath in
camphor fumes
or you can read the full list of homeopathic antidotes for nux.

acon
ars
bell
camph
cham
cocc
coff
euphm
op
puls
thuja

Hope this helps

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Gina,
Thanks for your reply. I have tried coffe and Coffea. They seem to ameliorate the situation for a while. However, it seems that every 10 days or so I get another Nux 'attack'. I took one LM dose in water - according to the Dr. Little method - just about 6 weeks ago. I wonder if it is believable that such a dose at the potency would last this long! The Nux attacks are sometimes unbearable - irritability and anxiety in the mornings, fitful digestion intermittent, angina etc. Looking for anyway to antidote and suggestions as to why this is occurring. Thanks again.

My reply is to stop the "Do it yourself" prescribing of homeopathic remedies.
Not only is the healing and cure powerfull,but the aggravations and provings are difficult to handle if you have no training in what to do next.
Best advice is to locate a classical homeopath near by you and make an appt,to clear up this complex situation.
Dont know where your located or I could recom. a homeopath for you
In my last post I listed the antidotes
Only a trained homeopath can go through the Materia Medica and find your well indicated antidote from that list,you cannot just swallow all of it.

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Gina,
Yes you are correct. Its a lesson I learned the hard way. I wonder if you could shed some light on the seeming periodicty of the remedy's action? Is it usual for a 1LM dose of Nux to have over 6 weeks of action? And, it seems that the aggravation is worse on certain days better on some others. Is this common? Thanks as always for any suggestions and insights.

more on LM prescribing at
[Homoeopathic Online Education, David Little] Home
see his articles section

No normally I dont see LM lasting for 6 weeks But then again I dont know the full case history here,that was a general reply to LM's..............................

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Gina,
Can excessive dosing cause a permanent proving of the remedy? Thanks for your insights.

Thekind posted:"I've taken Nux on and off for over a year. Various potencies - probably too many times for my own good"............................................. ....



Doing this without guidance from a trained homeopath will lead to these sort of problems.
I have never seen a "Permanent proving,lasting forever"...............But then again I dont know homeopaths personally that do repeated same dose after dose for days/weeks/months...........................

Perhaps this is possible- I really dont know,maybe other Homeopaths can add a comment..........................

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Gina,
Yes, you know what they say about half-knowledge! I've learned the lesson much too clearly. Thanks for your insights.

Here is the list copied from MacRepertory (number after name indicates degree):
acon3, coff2, ign2, ambr, ars, bell, camph, cham, cocc, dig, euph, iris, lach, op, pall, plat, puls, stram, thuj