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Examples
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All Humble Elias can say to Jenna's future pupils is "Nux Vomica Kids, don't come to class without a vial of Nux Vomica".
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To relieve the bowels when costive, take a dose of _Nux Vomica_ at night, and
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Vomica, two drams, placed in a gelatin capsule and given with capsule gun.
The Veterinarian Charles James Korinek
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Vomica, three ounces; Quinine, two ounces; Nitrate of Potash, two ounces; Potassium Iodide, one ounce.
The Veterinarian Charles James Korinek
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_Nux Vomica_ given at night and repeated morning and noon, will generally serve to cause an evacuation.
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If the patient was costive previous to the attack, and the dysentery came on without much looseness, _Nux Vomica_ should be given alternately with _Mercurius cor.
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= Nux Vomica = consists of the seeds of the _Strychnos nux vomica_.
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_Nux Vomica_ should be used once in about four hours, for twelve hours before sailing, as a preventive to sea-sickness.
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If the patient is, and has been, for some time, costive, _Nux Vomica_ should be given once in six or eight hours until the bowels move.
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If it depends upon biliary derangement, _Nux Vomica_ and
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