Cocculus indicus is a plant remedy belonging to the sycotic miasm.

alert and anxious for the feelings and health of others, they can stay awake for nights, anxiously nursing the sick. “Anxiety for the health of others” and “Loss of sleep aggravates” are two leading indications for this remedy. The loss of sleep produces an oversensitivity of the nerves – they become “raw” and “on the edge”: “Oversensitivity to noise, to riding in a carriage, to odours, to looking at moving objects”, “Giddiness, dullness, a sense of imbalance”. As a result, the patients want to lie down with their eyes closed. They are oversensitive to rudeness and feel hurt easily: “Sadness, as if from an insult”. Their situation is such that they don’t feel so connected to and are liable to be insulted by the family, and they cannot express their own feelings: “Sadness”, “Sits with eyes closed, absorbed in sad thoughts”, “Recognizes everything but cannot move”. They absorb impressions, insults, etc., but cannot do anything about it. Cocculus may have to be differentiated from Causticum. Causticum is much harder, almost dictatorial and is mainly concerned about the unity and togetherness of the family or the group. It is not a problem with sensitivity. Rubrics – Sadness, as if from insult. – Anxiety, about health. – Anxiety, for others. – Anxiety, from loss of sleep. – Dwells on past, disagreeable occurrences. – Recognizes everything but cannot move. – Sensitive to all external impressions. – Sensitive to rudeness. – Sits as if wrapped in deep, sad thoughts and notices nothing. – Grief, ailments from. – Talk, indisposed to, desires to be silent, taciturn. Phatak – Car sickness. – Fear for health of others. – Romantic.