Ignatia Amara Homeopathic remedies are prescribed on the principal that 'like cures like', in a tiny dilution - so the indications below are what a healthy person would feel if taking Ignatia Amara. If your symptoms fit within the symptoms below, then Ignatia Amara would be a good bet. The following are the strongest indications of Ignatia Amara for its use in homeopathy. Entries on a white backgorund are from Boericke's Materia Medica, other entries are from a reversed Kent's repertory. Homeopathic remedies are not the same as herbal remedies. Please remember though, this homeopathy materia medica is provided for information only, with no guarantee of accuracy; it is not intended as a substitute for medical advice, nor as a claim for the effectiveness of Ignatia Amara in treating any of the symptoms below. If symptoms persist, seek professional medical advice - minor symptoms can often be a sign of a more serious underlying condition. Homeopathic remedies are very dilute, and while the homeopathic remedy may be beneficial, the raw product may be harmful. To purchase Ignatia Amara and other homeopathic remedies online, please click the button above. Produces a marked hyperaesthenia of all the senses, and a tendency to clonic spasms. Mentally, The emotional element is uppermost, and co-ordination of function is interfered with. Hence, it is one of the chief remedies for hysteria. It is especially adapted to the nervous temperament - women of sensitive, easily excited nature, dark, mild disposition, quick to perceive, rapid in execution. Rapid change of mental and physical condition, opposite to each other. Great contradictions. Alert, nervous, apprehensive, rigid, trembling patients who suffer acutely in mind or body, at the same time made worse by drinking Coffee. The Superficial and erratic character of its symptoms is most characteristic. Effects of grief and worry. Cannot bear tobacco. Pain is small, circumscribed spots ( Oxal-ac.) The plague. Hiccough and hysterical vomiting. BETTER, while eating, change of position. WORSE, in the morning, open air, after meals, Coffee, smoking, liquids, external warmth. Relationships Compare: Zinc.; Kali-phos.; Sep.; Cimicif. Panacea arvensis - Poor man’s Mercury - (Sensitiveness over gastric region with hunger but an aversion to food). Complementary: Coffea; Nux; Tab Ac. Antidotes: Puls.; Cham.; Cocc. mind; unconsciousness; transient; mind; conscientious about things of little importance; mind; symptoms follow intense emotions; ailments from grief; mind; symptoms follow intense emotions; disappointed love; mind; mental exertion; mind; emotions, feelings, attitude, disposition; anger (see irritability and quarrelsome); mind; symptoms follow intense emotions; anger; mind; emotions, feelings, attitude, disposition; anger (see irritability and quarrelsome); with anxiety; mind; emotions, feelings, attitude, disposition; anger (see irritability and quarrelsome); with fright; mind; emotions, feelings, attitude, disposition; anger (see irritability and quarrelsome); with silent grief; mind; emotions, feelings, attitude, disposition; anger (see irritability and quarrelsome); from contradiction; ; mind; emotions, feelings, attitude, disposition; impatience; mind; symptoms follow intense emotions; fright; mind; ailments after death of part of body; ; mind; delusions, imaginations, hallucinations, illusions; illusions of fantasy; mind; unconsciousness; after emotion; ; mind; unconsciousness; mind; talking, conversation; intolerant of contradiction; mind; sighing (see respiration); mind; preoccupied; brooding (see anxiety, sadness); mind; preoccupied; absorbed, buried in thought; introspection; mind; aversions, dislikes; open air; mind; aversions, dislikes; company; mind; consolation; mind; conversation; mind; delusions, imaginations, hallucinations, illusions; mind; emotions, feelings, attitude, disposition; inconstancy; mind; emotions, feelings, attitude, disposition; indecisive; mind; emotions, feelings, attitude, disposition; irritability; consolation; mind; emotions, feelings, attitude, disposition; unhappy; sadness, mental depression; during chill; ; mind; emotions, feelings, attitude, disposition; weeping, crying, tearful mood (lamenting); mind; emotions, feelings, attitude, disposition; weeping, crying, tearful mood (lamenting); involuntary; mind; hysteria; mind; hysteria; fainting; mind; insecure, uncertain, scared; anxiety; with fear; ; mind; insecure, uncertain, scared; fear; After shocks, grief, disappointment. Sighing and sobbing Not communicative Melancholic, sad, tearful mind; emotions, feelings, attitude, disposition; sensitive, oversensitive; mind; emotions, feelings, attitude, disposition; unhappy; sadness, mental depression; mind; emotions, feelings, attitude, disposition; unhappy; grief; silent; mind; emotions, feelings, attitude, disposition; laughing; mind; emotions, feelings, attitude, disposition; laughing; involuntarily; mind; emotions, feelings, attitude, disposition; laughing; spasmodic; mind; emotions, feelings, attitude, disposition; love; silent grief; mind; emotions, feelings, attitude, disposition; mood; alternating mood; mind; emotions, feelings, attitude, disposition; mood; changeable, variable mood; mind; emotions, feelings, attitude, disposition; quarrelsome, argumentative; mind; emotions, feelings, attitude, disposition; sentimental; mind; emotions, feelings, attitude, disposition; unhappy; despair; mind; emotions, feelings, attitude, disposition; unhappy; despair; during chill; ; mind; emotions, feelings, attitude, disposition; unhappy; grief; Changeable mood; introspective; silently brooding head; pain, headache; from emotions; after a fright; ; Feels hollow, heavy; Worse, stooping Congestive headaches following anger or grief; Worse, smoking or smelling tobacco, inclines head forward. Cramp-like pain over root of nose Headache as if a nail were driven out through the side head; pain, headache; piercing, stabbing (see cutting); as from a nail; sides; as if side driven outward, feels better when lying on it; ; head; pain, headache; as if crushed shattered, beaten to pieces; head; pain, headache; from emotions; from grief; ; head; pain, headache; from emotions; nervous; ; head; pain, headache; in forehead; ; head; pain, headache; sides; right; ; Asthenopia, with spasms of lids and neuralgic pain about eyes ( Nat-m.) Flickering zigzags. nose; smell; acute, over sensitive; sensitive to strong odours; nose; smell; acute, over sensitive; nose; running or blocked nose (coryza); running, wet; Twitching of muscles of face and lips Changes color when at rest. face; skin; discoloration; pale; during period; ; face; skin; discoloration; red; evening; ; face; distortion; face; perspiration; face; skin; discoloration; changing colour; face; sunken; Toothache; worse after drinking Coffee and smoking. Constantly full of saliva Easily bites inside of cheeks mouth; biting self; tongue; ; Sour taste mouth; dryness; mouth; saliva; sour (see taste); mouth; taste; sour; mouth; biting self; cheek when talking or chewing; throat; inflammation; follicular; throat; choking, constricting; evening; ; throat; choking, constricting; gullet; ; throat; choking, constricting; throat; larynx (voice box); spasm in vocal cords, stopping breathing; throat; sensation of something in throat; lump; throat; thrush; throat; irritation; increases the more one coughs; throat; irritation; larynx; ; throat; irritation; throat-pit; ; throat; sensation of something in throat; sulphur vapour; throat; pain; sore; throat; pain; sudden, sharp; when not swallowing; ; throat; sensation of something in throat; lump; rising sensation; throat; spasms, convulsions etc.; throat; pain; when not swallowing; ; Sore throat; stitches when not swallowing; better, eating something solid Feeling of a lump in throat that cannot be swallowed Tendency to choke, globus hystericus Stitches between acts of swallowing Stitches extend to ear ( Hep.) Tonsils inflamed, swollen, With small ulcers follicular tonsillitis. abdomen; as if intestines were loose; as if intestines were hanging down; Cramps in stomach; worse slightest contact Stomach; Sour eructation All-gone feeling in stomach; Much flatulence; hiccough Averse to ordinary diet; longs for great variety of indigestible articles Craving for acid things Rumbling in bowels Throbbing in abdomen ( Aloe; Sang.) Colicky, griping pains in one or both sides of abdomen. abdomen; pain; after intense emotions; after excitement; ; abdomen; complaints of spleen; ; abdomen; stomach; thirst; during chill; ; abdomen; stomach; indigestion; after grief; ; abdomen; stomach; sensation of stomach hanging down, relaxed; abdomen; stomach; flabbiness; abdomen; stomach; burping, belching; abdomen; stomach; disordered; not relieved by eating; ; abdomen; stomach; disordered; sighing; ; Sinking in stomach, relieved by taking a deep breath. abdomen; stomach; desires, cravings; indistinct, knows not what; abdomen; stomach; aversion to certain foods or drinks; tobacco; smoking (his accustomed cigar); abdomen; sense of weakness; Weak feeling in upper abdomen rectum; pain; soreness; after stool; ; rectum; constriction, contraction, closure, etc.; after stool; ; rectum; constriction, contraction, closure, etc.; painful; rectum; constriction, contraction, closure, etc.; Itching and stitching up the rectum rectum; pain; after stool; ; rectum; pain; griping; rectum; pain; pressing (pressure); rectum; pain; soreness; rectum; pain; sudden, sharp; extending to other parts; upward; ; rectum; prolapse; rectum; prolapse; evening; ; rectum; prolapse; during stool; ; rectum; haemorrhoids; walking; rectum; haemorrhoids; internal; Prolapse Stools pass with difficulty; Painful constriction of anus after stool Diarrhoea from fright Stitches from anus deep into rectum Hemorrhage and pain; worse when stool is loose Pressure as of a sharp instrument from within outward. Stitches in hemorrhoids during cough Profuse, watery ( Phos-ac.) urine; clear as water; genitals; male; withered; penis; ; genitals; male; shrivelled; genitals; male; retraction; penis; ; genitals; male; pain; sore; penis; foreskin; margin; ; genitals; male; itching; penis; foreskin; ; genitals; male; excoriated (as if grazed, chaffed); penis; foreskin; on the margin; genitals; female; period; suppressed; from grief; ; During menses great languor, with spasmodic pains in stomach and abdomen Female; Menses, BLACK, too early, too profuse, or scanty Feminine sexual frigidity Suppression from grief. respiration; deep; respiration; deep; desire to breathe deeply; respiration; sighing; respiration; shrill grating sound; Hollow spasmodic cough, worse in the evening, little expectoration, leaving pain in trachea. Much sighing Coughing increases the desire to cough Spasm of glottis (Calc.) Reflex coughs Dry, spasmodic cough in quick successive shocks cough; hacking cough; evening; ; cough; from emotions; after stress; ; cough; violent; cough; sensation of sulphur fumes or vapour; cough; short; evening; ; cough; short; cough; hollow; morning; on waking; ; cough; hacking cough; evening; in bed; ; cough; hacking cough; evening; after lying down; ; cough; hollow; evening; ; cough; sensations in throat and air passages (either from coughing, or causing coughing); from irritation in air passages; increases the more one coughs; cough; sensations in throat and air passages (either from coughing, or causing coughing); from irritation in air passages; in larynx; ; cough; sensations in throat and air passages (either from coughing, or causing coughing); from irritation in air passages; in throat-pit; ; cough; racking; cough; dry cough; evening; ; cough; dry cough; cough; coughing; cough; evening; in bed; ; cough; evening; ; chest; constriction, tension; chest; constriction, tension; spasmodic; chest; oppressed feeling; chest; anxiety; region of heart; ; back; stiffness; neck; ; extremities, limbs; movements and positions; twitching; extremities, limbs; hands and feet; corns; sore; extremities, limbs; paralysis; hysterical; extremities, limbs; paralysis; after mental emotion; ; extremities, limbs; perspiration; hand; palm; ; extremities, limbs; movements and positions; jerking; falling asleep; ; Pain in tendo-Achilles and calf Jerking of limbs extremities, limbs; hands and feet; corns; burning; Ulcerative pain in soles. sleep; dreams; mental exertion; ; sleep; yawning; Very light Jerking of limbs on going to sleep Insomnia from grief, cares, with itching of arms and violent yawning Dreams continuing a long time; troubling him. chill; external; in spots; ; chill; external; ; chill; changing type; chill; beginning in particular area; abdomen and extending from abdomen; ; chill; in the open air; ; chill; chill; shaking, shivering, rigors; evening; ; chill; warmth; external warmth; chill; warmth; warm room; chill; single parts; ; chill; shaking, shivering, rigors; fever; external heat; fever; external heat; with chilliness; fever; external heat; afternoon; with redness without internal heat; fever; warmth; covering; fever; desire to uncover; fever; stages of chill, heat and sweat; chill followed by heat; fever; with chill; fever; attacks changing; fever; localised; front of body; ; fever; afternoon; ; Chill, with thirst; not relieved by external heat During fever, itching; nettle-rash all over body. perspiration; single parts; ; perspiration; sensation as if about to perspire, but no moisture appears; perspiration; hot; Itching, nettle-rash Very sensitive to draft of air Excoriation, especially around vagina and mouth. skin; out-breaks on skin; like nettle rash; during fever; ; generalities; pain; sudden, sharp; internally; ; generalities; pain; pinching; internally; ; generalities; pain; jerking; internally; ; generalities; pain; constricting; internally; generalities; flabby feeling; generalities; faintness, fainting; hysterical (see hysteria); generalities; sensation of plug; internally; ; generalities; pressure; on painless side; generalities; sensitive; to pain; generalities; temperature (felt and effects of temperature); warm heater; generalities; tobacco; generalities; twitching; generalities; twitching; twitching, involuntary movements (chorea); generalities; warm heater; generalities; faintness, fainting; on excitement; ; generalities; faintness, fainting; generalities; sensation of ball internally (compare knotted sensation); generalities; change of position; generalities; blood vessels; excited, rapid blood flow; after emotions; generalities; constriction; internally; generalities; contradictory and alternating states; generalities; convulsions; convulsive movements; generalities; convulsions; from fright; ; generalities; convulsions; hysterical; generalities; convulsions; internal; ; generalities; convulsions; after punishment; ; generalities; eating and food; eating; generalities; eating and food; coffee; generalities; eating and food; sweets; generalities; aversion to open air; Ignatia Amara is available to buy through our online shop from WHP in USA, Boiron in USA, Boiron in Canada, Hylands in USA, Weleda in UK (not for export), Helios, Europe, by clicking the red 'View Purchase Options' button. Alternative names, keywords, and common mis-spellings St. Ignatius Bean, Ignat, Ignatia, Iamara