Cocculus
(Cocculus indicus · Indian cockle)
The remedy of the exhausted night-watcher. In the materia medica, Cocculus is associated with weakness, dizziness and nausea from lost sleep, caregiving and motion, with a hollow, empty feeling and slowed thinking.
Source
The seeds of Indian cockle (Anamirta cocculus), a climbing plant of South and Southeast Asia
Kingdom
Plant
Abbreviation
Cocc.
Home acute kit
Usually prescribed by a homeopath
The classic picture
(a remedy is chosen when the whole picture fits the person, not from a single symptom)
Exhausted and weak after lost sleep, nursing or caring for someone through the night
Dizziness and nausea from riding in cars or boats, even from watching motion
Hollow, empty feeling in the head and body; thinking feels slow and dull
Very anxious about the health of others; time seems to pass too quickly
Tends to feel better
Lying on one side
Tends to feel worse
Loss of sleep
Riding in a car, train or boat
Noise, touch and jarring
Eating
How it compares
(remedies that are often confused with Cocculus)
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Nux vomica
(Strychnos nux-vomica)
Also suits overwork and lost sleep; Nux vomica is irritable and driven, Cocculus drained and slow.
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Tabacum
(Nicotiana tabacum)
Also a motion-sickness picture, with deathly pallor and cold sweat, better for fresh air.
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Petroleum
(Petroleum)
Also motion sickness, but Petroleum feels better for eating and has dry, cracked skin.
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From the classic texts
“All its symptoms are worse riding in a carriage or on shipboard; hence its use in seasickness. Sensation of hollowness, or emptiness, as if parts had gone to sleep.”
“Bad effects: from loss of sleep, mental excitement and nigh watching; feel weak if they lose but one hour's sleep…”
Articles that mention Cocculus
Homeopathic Remedies for Motion Sickness, Jet Lag and Travel Stress
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