An alternative approach to medicine based on the belief that natural substances, prepared in a special way and used most often in very small amounts, restore health. According to these beliefs, in order for a remedy to be effective, it must cause in a healthy person the same symptoms being treated in the patient. Also called homeopathy.
COCCULUS INDICUS

Homeopathic Medicine :: COCCULUS INDICUS
1. - Anxiety as if she had committed a great crime, startles easily.
2. - Very sensitive mood, everything worries her.
3. - Choking constriction in upper part of throat, which impedes breathing and provokes cough.
4. - Excessive nausea and other affections caused by the motion of a carriage, swing or ship.
5. - During the menses so weak that can scarcely stand or talk.
6. - Intolerance of open air whether cold or warm.
7. - Hysteria and other nervous troubles arising from over anxiety, night watching and consequent loss of sleep.
8. - Sensation of hollowness in one or more cavities of the body, especially the abdomen.
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(SEVEN-HUNDRED RED LINE SYMPTOMS from COWPERTHWAITE?S MATERIA MEDICA ; Written by Class of 1897 of Chicago Homoeopathic Medical ; Rewritten by J. W. Hutchison, M. D. of Saginaw, Mich.)
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Homeopathic Medicine :: COCCULUS INDICUS published at
SpiritIndia on Wednesday, May 24, 2006)