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Coffea vs Nux vomica
(Coffea cruda · Strychnos nux-vomica)
Both come up for sleepless nights with a busy, overactive mind and heightened senses.
In short
Coffea is wide awake with a joyful rush of ideas; Nux vomica is irritable and overworked, waking around 3–4 am with work on the mind.
Side by side
(the classic distinctions homeopaths look for)
| Feature | Coffea |
Nux vomica |
|---|---|---|
| Sleeplessness | Can't get to sleep for a flood of ideas | Wakes around 3–4 am, sleeps heavily near morning |
| Mood | Excited, wired, almost euphoric | Irritable, impatient and short-tempered |
| Trigger | Sudden emotion, even good news or surprise | Overwork, rich food, coffee or alcohol |
| Senses | Everything feels too loud and too much | Sensitive to noise, light, smells and cold |
| Typical person | Overexcited the night before a big event | Driven professional running on stimulants |
Coffea
Better
Warmth, Lying down, Ice water held in the mouth
Worse
Strong emotion, even joy, Noise and strong smells, Cold, open air, Night
Nux vomica
Better
A short, uninterrupted nap, Evening, Warmth, Firm pressure
Worse
Morning, After eating, Coffee, alcohol and stimulants, Mental strain, Cold
From the classic texts
“Neuralgia in various parts; always with great nervous excitability and intolerance of pain, driving to despair. Unusual activity of mind and body. Bad effects of sudden emotions, surprises, joy, etc.”
“Nux is pre-eminently the remedy for many of the conditions incident to modern life.”
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Coffea
(Coffea cruda · Unroasted coffee)
The remedy of the racing mind. In the materia medica, Coffea is associated with sleeplessness from a flood of ideas, heightened senses and pain that feels unbearable, often after joy, good news or surprise.
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Nux vomica
(Strychnos nux-vomica · Poison nut)
The remedy of modern life. Nux vomica is associated with driven, overworked, irritable people, and with the aftermath of too much rich food, coffee, alcohol or late nights.
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