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Cocculus Indicus

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Indian Cockle · Anamirta Cocculus · "The Motion Sickness Remedy"
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🎯 Acts primarily on the nervous system to treat spasmodic and paretic conditions, particularly those resulting from exhaustion, night-watching, or motion sickness.
📖 Boericke writes:
(COCCULUS)
Within the sphere of action of Cocculus are many spasmodic and paretic , notably those affecting one-half of the body. Affects the cerebrum, will not cure convulsive seizures proceeding from the spinal cord (A. E. Hinsdale) Painful contracture of limbs and trunk; . Many of the evil effects of night-watching are relieved by it. It shows a special, attraction for light-haired females, especially during pregnancy, causing much and backache. Unmarried and childless women, sensitive and romantic girls, etc. 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. Feels too weak to talk loud.
👤 Constitution
•Typically light-haired females, sensitive and romantic girls, or unmarried and childless women who are prone to exhaustion and backache.
⭐ Key Symptoms — Give When You See
Affects the cerebrum, will not cure convulsive seizures proceeding from the spinal cord (A. E. Hinsdale) Painful contracture of limbs and trunk; .
introduction
Many of the evil effects of night-watching are relieved by it.
introduction
It shows a special, attraction for light-haired females, especially during pregnancy, causing much and backache.
introduction
Time passes too quickly; absorbed in reveries.
mind
Profound sadness.
mind
, , especially when riding or sitting up.
head
Metallic taste.
stomach
Distended, with wind, and feeling as if full of sharp stones when moving; better, lying on one side or the other.
abdomen
Pain in abdominal ring, as if something were forced through.
abdomen
Abdominal muscles weak; it seems as if a would take place.
abdomen
pain in small of the back.
back
Pain in shoulder and arms as if bruised.
back
🩺 Systems & Indications
🧠Mind
Used for mental exhaustion, deep sadness, and anxiety about others, often following sleep deprivation.
Capricious.
Heavy and stupid.
Time passes too quickly; absorbed in reveries.
Inclination to sing irresistible.
Slow of comprehension.
Mind benumbed.
Profound sadness.
Cannot bear contradiction.
Speaks hastily.
Very anxious about the health of others.
🔑 Modalities
↓Worse from
💊 Dosage & Potency

Historical record, not a prescription. Boericke published this in 1927. It is not medical advice — consult a qualified practitioner before acting on it.

Summarised from the passage below — Boericke’s own wording is the record.

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Centesimal
Primary Dosage
🌿 Remedy Relationships
🚫 Antidotes
Coffea Cruda →Nux Vomica →
🔄 Compare With
Pulsatilla Pratensis →Ignatia Amara →Symphoricarpus Racemosus →Petroleum →

Boericke's Materia Medica

In Boericke’s Repertory

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Cocculus Indicus is listed in 317 rubrics across 21 chapters — italicised by Boericke in 127 of them, marking the remedy as more frequently verified there.

Head46Nervous System43Locomotor System43Female Sexual System40Stomach38Abdomen26Mind19Modalities17Fever11Throat7Face6Respiratory System4Eyes3Skin3Circulatory System3Generalities3Mouth1Teeth1Taste1Tongue1Male Sexual System1

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