Nux Vomica, Ma Qian Zi 马钱子 Ma Qian Zi (TCM)Ko Byi La  ཀོ་བྱི་ལ  (Tibetan)Kapilu, Kakatinduka, Vishtinduk (Ayurveda)Azaraqi, Kuchla, Al-Muqsa (Unani)Azaraqi, Aishul-Ghurab (Arabic) Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Hand-Atlas Medicinisch-Pharmaceutischer, 1884 Darstellung und Beschreibung Pharmacopoea Borussica, Berg, 1858 Pacakaged Nux Vomica as imported from India.A Manual of Organic Materia Medica and Pharmacognosy, Sayre, 1907 Above: Nux Vomica seedKrauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578Nux Vomica seed; Raw (top) and prepared (bottom)(Adam, 2015) Botanical name: Strychnos nux-vomica Parts used: Purified (Detoxified) Seed; in India, occasionally the root-bark or leaf is used Temperature & Taste: Cold (slightly Warm when purified), Dry. Extremely Bitter, Pungent. Very Toxic Classifications: 2F. PURIFYING.  2O. ASTRINGENT.  2Q. ANODYNE.  2R. NARCOTICS & HYPNOTICS3I. APHRODISIAC4j. NERVINETCM:T. External Medicines Uses: Unblocks the Channels, Opens Obstruction, Regulates Qi: (West, TCM, Ayurveda, Tibet, Unani) a potent CNS stimulant; used for various Wind disordersLocomotor Ataxia, Paralysis, Facial Paralysis, Bells Palsy; used for ‘all chronic Paralytic affections’ (Squires).relaxed Muscles and Tendons; Trembling, and Stiffness of the LimbsNeuralgia including Sciatica and Trigeminal Neuralgia.general Debility; NeurastheniaMental Disorders, Schizophrenia, Insanity; MelancholyEpilepsyImpotence, Sexual disordersInsomnia due to FatigueEmotional disorders, Hysteriain Eastern medicine, in its detoxified form it is often used in large formulas to promote greater effect of the formula, clear Obstruction, regulate Qi and harmonise the…

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