We’re nearing the end of the third week of acute symptoms for the kiddos in our house. Some of the symptoms (or kids) have needed close attention from mom and homeopathic care.
Cocculus Indicus, however, was for me rather than the kiddos. It’s a remedy to think of when you are feeling the effects of worrying about or nursing your loved ones.
Last week after being awake with my sleepless daughter for two nights, and well into the second week of kids being symptomatic, I couldn’t settle in to sleep despite feeling absolutely exhausted in mind and body. One dose of 30C Cocculus, and I fell fast asleep.
Cocculus is also a remedy to have on hand for motion sickness and vertigo when the specifics fit.
If you’re a caregiver and you don’t have Cocculus in your kit at home, it’s one I highly suggest getting in 30C and/or 200C potency.
Homeopathy for Caregivers: Cocculus Indicus
Here are a few things to know about this remedy and the experience of the person who may feel supported by this remedy:
- Bad effects of prolonged insomnia, aka worse from loss of sleep. The loss of sleep produces oversensitivity of the nerves.
- Sleeplessness from exhaustion or cares.
- Worse with motion or watching moving objects.
- Worse riding in a car, boat.…think headache, nausea, or vomiting from motion sickness.
- Worse from anxiety; anxious about the health of others.
- Worse during menses…severe dysmenorrhea with weakness.
- Acute senses with heavy or paralytic muscular weakness.
- Slowness of reaction or response…slow in answering, slow to react to the prick of a pin.
- Weakness of the nervous system, of the spine, of the legs
- Empty, hollow sensations.
- Vertigo with nausea.must lie down, nausea and vomiting on rising.
- Paralysis originating in diseases
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