Nux Vomica Poem

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Victor Nuxs Nasty Day

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Welcome toDr John Englishs Homeopathic Poems

This poem and its cartoons introduce you to the

homeopathic remedy Nux vomica

This poem contains over 70 rubrics (symptoms characteristic of

the Nux vomica constitution). Can you spot them?

For the answers and much more see:

www.enjoylearninghomeopathy.co.uk

Text Dr John English, 2012

Illustrations Cecil Holden, 2012

Victor Nuxs Nasty DayDr John English


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Im in a hurry, mind your backs!

Put those cases on the racks!

As usual, the train is late,

I shall never make my date.


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Here at last, the office door,

Sweep those petals off the floor!

Wheres my secretary? Gaye!What is there to do today?

Appointment lists? We start at eight?

Never finish at this rate!

At ten there are three items listed,

Why is that? Oh, Iinsisted!

I only have myself to blame

For booking Mr. Whats-his-name.


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Busy till there is at oneA working lunch with Mr. Lun.

Which restaurant? Oh, Im in luck

Ill order special Peking Duck.

I spect Ill eat more than oughter!

The thought of it makes my mouth water


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Ah! the coffee. Put it there.

Not so distant! Near my chair.This place is an untidy mess

You should know this causes stress.

Put my papers in neat piles

Then greet the visitors with smiles.

While youre at it, clean those shoes!

Therell be some row if you refuse!


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Ive five minutes for this report,

Should be much longer, life is short.

Shut that door, and please keep quiet!

That noise sounds like some sort of riot.

God! it fills me up with anger,

Ears assaulted by that clamour!Cant think straight with all that noise

Do I employ a mob of boys?

The more there is upon my plate

The harder tis to concentrate,

And then I start to get the shakes

And make incredible mistakes.

Its still too early for a drink,

A whisky now would help me think.


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Stomach pills, for goodness sake!

That meal has left me stomach-ache.

Ever since the luncheon ended

Ive been feeling quite distended.

And later, you may hear me groan

From pain as if there were a stone.


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I never learn, and always rue,

Quickly, I must find the loo!

Such colic, as I sit and strain,

So little out, more must remain!

To make it worse Im getting drowsyIts hard to work when feeling lousy.


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I say, that office girls a corker!

I must see if I can talk her

Into something. Make a date;

What a thought! Im getting sexy!

...Saves me getting apoplexy.


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Whats on tonight? A dinner date:

The Englishes? Their food is great,

And they are generous with the booze

What better could a person choose?


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Success all round, this is the life,

To crown it, Ive a gorgeous wife.

Some people think I give her hell

But theres another side as well,

Im at my best into the night,

Our sex life makes it all alright.

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Thanks a lot! A splendid dinner!

Roast beef surely is a winner.

Glad you served it with the fat,

Ive quite a taste for some of that.

Brrrr! Its cold outside the door,

A summer coat, wish I had more.

An early frost, wind from the east,Unseasonal, to say the least.

One for the road, Ill have instead,

Another on my way to bed.

Oh God! Turn down that bloody light!Have some sense, its much too bright!

Its what? The same as every day?

It cant be, its just what you say!

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Quick, just go and get a pail,

A pain as if there were a nail

Hammered hard into my head

While straining to be sick in bed.

Too late to wish that Id stayed sober,

Now my brain keeps turning over

Pain from my occiput is tearing

Muscles in my neck, and baring

All my sensitive nerve ends.

Touch me not! Ill make amends

Truly, itd take a lotllMake me go back on the bottle.


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Tchooo! a body-racking sneeze

Has come to make my ills increase.

Nose, a creeping, crawling tickle,

Now its morning starts to trickle,

Soon to be a watry flood

Mingled probably with blood.

Now my throat is getting rough

And sore, as if that werent enough

Hacking cough, Im going west,

Something torn loose in my chest.

Now another pain, infernal

Soreness that is retrosternal.

From my arms and legs I shiver

As Im gripped by rising fever.


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These blankets ought to keep me warm,

Wrapped right round my aching form

But fail to achieve the task.For deliverance I would ask

From the chains of fevers cage

Petty things which make me rage:

Every little draught of air,

Every tick the clock makes there,

Eyes that cannot stand the light,

Even smells which would delight,

Normally, now cause me ire

And from which I will perspire.

Suddenly, beneath this sheet

I am intolerant of the heat,

Yet, if I poke out one toe

As if Im naked in the snow!


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Whos there? You must be Dr. Jones.

This cold eats right into my bones.

Quick, find some balm to ease this chill,

Ive work to do, I cant be ill!

Is there no way to cure this flux?

Whats that? A tiny dose of Nux.

Do you know, I think youre right,

In a minute Im alright!

Really, you must stay and dine,

Please join me in a glass of wine!


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Dr John Englishs Homeopathic Poems

Dr John English has written over thirty poems and

other creative learning materials for homeopaths.

This poem contains over 70 rubrics (characteristic

features of Nux vomica). Can you spot them?

For the answers, other poems and much more see:

www.EnjoyLearningHomeopathy.co.uk

Other titles

Pulsatilla

The Ballad of Jack and Jill

Natrum muriaticum

Ode to Natrum Mary

And plenty more!

About the Author

Dr John English FRCGP FF Hom Dip Med Ac, lives inSalisbury with his wife, Wendy, and Jem the dog. Theyare visited frequently by an ever increasing number ofgrandchildren. He graduated in medicine in 1957, soondiscovering during national service in Nigeria thatgeneral practice was where his heart lay. He developeda thriving and unusual National Health Service practice,

introducing homeopathy and other complementary techniques to his

patients. For this innovative approach, he was awarded the Fellowship ofthe Royal College of General Practitioners. He taught homoeopathy forover forty years, developing his unique body of teaching materials as alecturer at Londons Royal Homoeopathic Hospital and as a guestspeaker worldwide. He was also rapporteur for an EC (EU) committeethat met for three years evaluating homeopathy, though its positivefindings were never published. Whilst most famous amongst his familyfor verses on annual birthday cards, his homeopathic poems have beenreceived with affection and sometimes astonishment! by his pupilsand colleagues. Accurate, yet engaging, the remedy poems reflect hiscreative approach to passing on the wisdom of homeopathy to newgenerations of homeopaths.

About the IllustratorCecil Holden (19192004) started sending cartoons to magazines as aglider pilot during the Second World War. After demob he entered theteachers training scheme eventually spending his working life in primaryschools in Sheffield. As well as watercolours and cartoons, he was anaccomplished musician, writing and arranging music and publishingpoetry and articles on a variety of subjects.


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Did you spot the Nux vomica rubrics in

the poem?

For the answers and much more, visit

www.enjoylearninghomeopathy.co.uk

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