Cocculus Indicus Homeopathic remedies are prescribed on the principal that 'like cures like', in a tiny dilution - so the indications below are what a healthy person would feel if taking Cocculus Indicus. If your symptoms fit within the symptoms below, then Cocculus Indicus would be a good bet. The following are the strongest indications of Cocculus Indicus for its use in homeopathy. Entries on a white backgorund are from Boericke's Materia Medica, other entries are from a reversed Kent's repertory. Homeopathic remedies are not the same as herbal remedies. Please remember though, this homeopathy materia medica is provided for information only, with no guarantee of accuracy; it is not intended as a substitute for medical advice, nor as a claim for the effectiveness of Cocculus Indicus in treating any of the symptoms below. If symptoms persist, seek professional medical advice - minor symptoms can often be a sign of a more serious underlying condition. Homeopathic remedies are very dilute, and while the homeopathic remedy may be beneficial, the raw product may be harmful. To purchase Cocculus Indicus and other homeopathic remedies online, please click the button above. Within the sphere of action of Cocculus Indicus are many spasmodic, and paretic affections, 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; tetanus. 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 nausea 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. WORSE, eating, after loss of sleep, open air, smoking, riding, swimming, touch, noise, jar; afternoon. Menstrual period. After emotional disturbance. Relationships Antidotes: Coffee, Nux. Compare: Picrotoxin - alkaloid of Cocculus Indicus - (epilepsy, attacks in the morning on leaving horizontal position, hernia, locomotor ataxia, night-sweats); Symphoricarpus (morning sickness); Petrol.; Puls.; Ignat. mind; aversions, dislikes; open air; mind; talking, conversation; dislike of talking, desire to be silent, taciturn; mind; preoccupied; absorbed, buried in thought; introspection; mind; perception; time; time passes too quickly; mind; memory; forgetful; mind; insecure, uncertain, scared; anxiety; sleep; after period; ; mind; intellectual faculties; impaired thinking; confusion; after eating; ; mind; intellectual faculties; impaired thinking; confusion; after drinking; ; mind; intellectual faculties; impaired thinking; confusion; mind; hysteria; fainting; mind; hysteria; mind; emotions, feelings, attitude, disposition; mildness; mind; symptoms follow intense emotions; ailments from grief; mind; symptoms follow intense emotions; anger; mind; delusions, imaginations, hallucinations, illusions; mind; dazed; mind; unconsciousness; Inclination to sing irresistible Mind benumbed Profound sadness Cannot bear contradiction Speaks hastily Very anxious about the health of others. Slow of comprehension mind; memory; weakness of memory; Time passes too quickly; absorbed in reveries Heavy and stupid Capricious vertigo, dizziness; while sitting; sitting up in bed; ; vertigo, dizziness; loss of sleep; ; vertigo, dizziness; vertigo, dizziness; on rising; from bed; ; vertigo, dizziness; tendency to fall over; falling sideways; vertigo, dizziness; as if intoxicated; vertigo, dizziness; must lie down; vertigo, dizziness; with nausea; vertigo, dizziness; with nausea; on rising in bed; ; head; pain, headache; back of head (occiput); extending to other parts; neck; ; head; pain, headache; back of head (occiput); ; head; pain, headache; in forehead; ; head; pain, headache; from loss of sleep; from working at night; ; head; pain, headache; travelling; while travelling; ; head; pain, headache; travelling; travelling by train or underground; ; head; pain, headache; with other pains; pain in nape of neck; ; head; pain, headache; Sense of emptiness in head Vertigo, nausea, Especially when riding or sitting up Trembling of head Pain in eyes as if torn out of head. Opening and shutting sensation, especially in occiput Pupils contracted Sick headache from carriage-riding, cannot lie on back part of head Headache In occiput and nape; worse, lying on back of head head; pain, headache; pressing (see bursting, pulling); forehead; riding; ; vision; colours and shapes in front of eyes; colours; black; spots; floating (aka muscae volitantes or spiders); face; pain; affected by movement (for better or worse); when opening the mouth (see movement); ; face; skin; discoloration; iron deficiency anaemia (greenish-yellow discoloration); Prosopalgia in afternoon, with wide radiations of pain. Paralysis of facial nerve Cramp-like pain in masseter muscle; Worse, opening mouth mouth; taste; metallic; mouth; dryness; tongue; ; mouth; taste; bitter; while smoking; ; abdomen; pain; groin region; hernia; as if a hernia would appear; abdomen; stomach; nausea; during headache; ; abdomen; stomach; nausea; on movement; ; abdomen; stomach; nausea; while travelling; ; abdomen; stomach; nausea; on rising; up in bed; ; abdomen; stomach; nausea; seasickness; abdomen; stomach; pain; during chill; ; abdomen; stomach; nausea; sitting; when sitting up in bed; ; abdomen; pain; night; midnight; ; abdomen; stomach; vomiting; while travelling; ; abdomen; stomach; nausea; thought of food; ; abdomen; stomach; nausea; like fainting; abdomen; pain; cramping, griping; on movement; ; abdomen; pain; cramping, griping; during period; ; abdomen; pain; cramping, griping; during chill; ; abdomen; stomach; loathing of food (see nausea); abdomen; bloated; during period; ; abdomen; bloated; trapped wind; ; abdomen; emptiness; abdomen; flatulence; night; midnight; ; abdomen; pain; pressing; lower part of abdomen; during period; ; abdomen; pain; cutting; during period; ; abdomen; stomach; nausea; after eating; ; abdomen; stomach; nausea; from dryness in throat; ; abdomen; stomach; nausea; after drinking; ; abdomen; stomach; nausea; when cold; ; abdomen; stomach; nausea; afternoon; ; abdomen; stomach; aversion to certain foods or drinks; all food; smell of; abdomen; stomach; aversion to certain foods or drinks; all food; with hunger; abdomen; stomach; appetite; lacking, no appetite; with hunger; abdomen; pain; cramping, griping; night; midnight; ; Loss of appetite Nausea, with faintness and vomiting Metallic taste Paralysis of muscles preventing deglutition Dryness of oesophagus Seasickness ( Resorcin 1x.) Cramp in stomach during and after meal Aversion to food, drink, tobacco Abdominal muscles weak; it seems as if a hernia would take place. Pain in abdominal ring, as if something were forced through Distended, with wind, and feeling as If full of sharp stones when moving; better, lying on one side or the other Smell of food disgusts ( Colch.) Hiccough and spasmodic yawning Stomach; Nausea from riding in cars, boat, etc., or looking at boat in motion; worse on becoming cold or taking cold Desire for cold drinks, especially beer Sensation in stomach as if one had been a long time without food until hunger was gone rectum; diarrhoea; from riding; ; Purulent, gushing leucorrhoea between menses; Very weakening, can scarcely speak Painful pressing in uterine region, followed by hemorrhoids Too early menses, clotted, with spasmodic colic Female; Dysmenorrhoea, with profuse dark menses genitals; female; pain; cutting; womb; ; genitals; female; pain; cutting; womb; with every breath; ; genitals; female; pain; cutting; womb; during period; ; genitals; female; pain; cutting; womb; during movement; ; genitals; female; pain; cramping; womb; from movement; ; genitals; female; vaginal discharge; bloody; genitals; female; period; copious; walking; genitals; female; period; copious; genitals; female; pain; cramping; womb; during period; ; genitals; female; pain; womb (see abdomen, pain); movement; genitals; female; period; frequent; ; genitals; female; period; copious; standing; So weak during menstruation, scarcely able to stand. Dyspnoea as from constriction of trachea, as if irritated by smoke Choking constriction in upper part of oesophagus, oppressing breathing and inducing cough. Sensation of emptiness and cramp in chest cough; intermittent; chest; perspiration; back; weakness (tired feeling, in spine); lumbar (lower half of back); ; back; weakness (tired feeling, in spine); neck; ; back; weakness (tired feeling, in spine); lumbar (lower half of back); walking; ; Stiffness on moving shoulders. Pressure in scapula and nape Pain In shoulder and arms as if bruised Paralytic pain in small of back Cracking of cervical vertebrae when moving head extremities, limbs; tingling, prickling, asleep (see numbness); foot; alternating with hands; ; extremities, limbs; weakness; leg; ; extremities, limbs; weakness; knee; while walking; ; extremities, limbs; weakness; knee; ; extremities, limbs; pain; sensation as if broken; extremities, limbs; numbness (see tingling); foot; sole of foot; sitting; ; extremities, limbs; numbness (see tingling); foot; sole of foot; ; extremities, limbs; numbness (see tingling); foot; alternating with hands; ; extremities, limbs; numbness (see tingling); foot; ; extremities, limbs; numbness (see tingling); hand; alternating hands; ; extremities, limbs; weakness; thigh; ; extremities, limbs; weakness; lower limbs; paralytic; extremities, limbs; pain; sensation as if broken; upper arm; on raising it; ; extremities, limbs; paralysis; extremities, limbs; paralysis; painless; extremities, limbs; paralysis; upper limbs; sensation of paralysis; extremities, limbs; paralysis; lower limbs; painless; extremities, limbs; perspiration; foot; ; extremities, limbs; stiffness; extremities, limbs; tingling, prickling, asleep (see numbness); hand; ; extremities, limbs; tingling, prickling, asleep (see numbness); foot; ; extremities, limbs; tingling, prickling, asleep (see numbness); foot; while sitting; ; extremities, limbs; weakness; tottering; extremities, limbs; weakness; lower limbs; ; extremities, limbs; numbness (see tingling); hand; ; extremities, limbs; numbness (see tingling); upper limbs; ; extremities, limbs; numbness (see tingling); Limbs straightened out, painful when flexed. Intensely painful, paralytic drawing Inflammatory swelling of knee Lower limbs very weak Knees crack on motion Numb and unsteady Hands are alternately hot and cold; numbness and cold sweat now of one, now of the other hand One-sided paralysis; worse after sleep Arms go to sleep Trembling and pain in limbs extremities, limbs; movements and positions; trembling; hand; when raising them high; ; extremities, limbs; movements and positions; trembling; hand; while eating; ; extremities, limbs; movements and positions; trembling; during chill; ; extremities, limbs; movements and positions; trembling; extremities, limbs; heaviness; lower limbs; ; Lameness; worse by bending sleep; restless; sleep; dreams; frightful; sleep; dreams; anxious; sleep; sleeplessness, insomnia; night; from nursing the sick; ; After loss of sleep, night-watching, nursing. Constant drowsiness Coma vigil Spasmodic yawning sleep; sleeplessness, insomnia; night; from anxiety; ; chill; in warmth; in warm room; not relieved in warm room, nor by a warm heater; chill; internal; ; fever; alternating with chills; Chill, with flatulent colic, nausea, vertigo, coldness of lower extremities, and heat of head Nervous form of low fever Sweat general Chilliness, with perspiration, and heat of skin. perspiration; cold; perspiration; single parts; front of body; ; skin; discoloration; red; spots; skin; discoloration; pale; generalities; temperature (felt and effects of temperature); hot feeling; flushes of heat; generalities; standing; generalities; from loss of sleep; ; generalities; symptoms from masturbation; ; generalities; rising; generalities; while travelling; ; generalities; relaxation of muscles; generalities; pulsation; internally; ; generalities; paralysis; after diphtheria; generalities; touch; generalities; trembling; externally; ; generalities; weakness (see lethargic, weariness); walking; in open air; ; generalities; weakness (see lethargic, weariness); from loss of sleep; ; generalities; weakness (see lethargic, weariness); paralytic; generalities; weakness (see lethargic, weariness); from nursing the sick; generalities; weakness (see lethargic, weariness); nervous weakness; generalities; weakness (see lethargic, weariness); loss of sleep; ; generalities; walking; generalities; walking; generalities; trembling; after emotions; ; generalities; paralysis; painless; generalities; pain; sudden, sharp; muscles; burning in muscles; ; generalities; faintness, fainting; hysterical (see hysteria); generalities; physical exertion; generalities; convulsions; internal; ; generalities; convulsions; convulsive movements; generalities; constriction; externally; generalities; extreme emotion; generalities; anaemia; as from iron deficiency - greenish yellow skin; generalities; open air; generalities; insensitive to pain (see irritability); generalities; lying down; lying in bed; generalities; lying down; lying on side; generalities; pain; sore, bruised; bones; ; generalities; pain; sore, bruised; externally; ; generalities; pain; pressing; together; generalities; pain; pinching; internally; ; generalities; pain; paralytic; generalities; numbness; internally; in single parts; ; generalities; numbness; externally; generalities; movement; generalities; aversion to open air; Cocculus Indicus is available to buy through our online shop from WHP in USA, Boiron in USA, Boiron in Canada, Hylands in USA, Weleda in UK (not for export), Helios, Europe, by clicking the red 'View Purchase Options' button. Alternative names, keywords, and common mis-spellings Indian Cockle, Cocculus, Coccul