Arnica Montana - Mind symptoms
Leopard's Bane, Arnica, Mountain Arnica
Homeopathic remedies are prescribed on the basis that in a tiny dilution like cures like, so while very dilute Arnica Montana may help, unprocessed Arnica may be best avoided.
Below are the main rubriks (i.e strongest indications or symptoms) of Arnica in traditional homeopathic usage, not reviewed by the FDA.
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MIND
Mind
Fears touch, or the approach of anyone
Unconscious; when spoken to answers correctly, but relapses
Indifference; inability to perform continuous active work; morose, delirious
Nervous; cannot bear pain; whole body oversensitive
Says there is nothing the matter with him
Wants to be let alone
Agoraphobia (fear of space)
After mental strain or shock.
Aversions, dislikes; indolence, aversion to work
indolence, aversion to work; in open air
indolence, aversion to work; while walking
thinking; afternoon; after walking in open air
being touched
to being spoken to
Behaviour; disobedience
frivolous
makes gestures; of hands; grasping or reaching at something
makes gestures; picks at bedclothes
industrious
mischievous
shrieking
brain cry
during sleep
inclination to sit
sits quite stiff; still
Consolation
Dazed; during vertigo, dizziness
Death; presentiment of death
Delirium
during chill
after haemorrhage
murmuring
muttering
with sleepiness
says is well when not
Delusions, imaginations, hallucinations, illusions; creatures and animals; sees cats
creatures and animals; dogs; sees
death; sees dead persons
death; corpse on a bier; mutilated body
environment and surroundings; churchyard; visits a churchyard
illusions of fantasy
paranoia; is about to be arrested
about self; circumstances; thinks is well
unpleasant; sees mutilated bodies
visions or presence of phantoms, figures, people; night
visions or presence of phantoms, figures, people; black
visions or presence of phantoms, figures, people; dwells upon visions
visions or presence of phantoms, figures, people; frightful
visions or presence of phantoms, figures, people; spectres, ghosts, spirits; black forms when dreaming
desire for open air
Desires, wants; to kill; after supper
desire for mental work
As if in a dream
Symptoms follow intense emotions; anger
fright
Excitement
evening; in bed
ailments from emotional excitement
Mental exertion
Fantasies; absorbed in fantasies
of exaltation
Emotions, feelings, attitude, disposition; anguish
anguish; night
anguish; during chill
anguish; during heat
anguish; while perspiring
anger (see irritability and quarrelsome)
when obliged to answer
from the cough
defiant
ecstatic
haughty
impulsive; capriciousness
indecisive
indifference, apathy, etc.
during chill
to everything
during fever
irritability
in open air
during chill
after eating
when questioned
sends doctor home, says is not sick
after supper
laughing
loathing
work
mildness
malicious
mirth, hilarity, liveliness, etc.
mood; alternating mood
mood; changeable, variable mood
mood; repulsive, bad mood
morose
quarrelsome, argumentative
rage, fury (see insanity, mania, delirium)
violent, intense feeling
reserved; after walking, in open air
rudeness
excessively religious (see anxiety, despair, fear); praying
sensitive, oversensitive
to all external impressions
to noise
easily offended
suspicious
unhappy; despair
discouraged
unhappy; discontent, displeased, dissatisfied, etc.
with everything
unhappy; lamenting, regretting
complaining (see lamenting)
while asleep
moaning, groaning; during chill
moaning, groaning; during heat
unhappy; sadness, mental depression
night
from injuries of the head
weeping, crying, tearful mood (lamenting); night
weeping, crying, tearful mood (lamenting); aggravated by own weeping
weeping, crying, tearful mood (lamenting); after anger
weeping, crying, tearful mood (lamenting); before coughing
weeping, crying, tearful mood (lamenting); during coughing
weeping, crying, tearful mood (lamenting); after coughing
weeping, crying, tearful mood (lamenting); after eating
weeping, crying, tearful mood (lamenting); while perspiring
Intellectual faculties; bright, intelligent, clear; clairvoyance
impaired thinking; absent-minded (see forgetful)
impaired thinking; difficulty concentrating
impaired thinking; confusion
morning
as if in a dream
impaired thinking; dull, sluggish
morning
morning; on waking
after dreams
after injuries of head
on waking
impaired thinking; mistakes; speaking
impaired thinking; mistakes; words; misplacing
impaired thinking; mistakes; using wrong words
thoughts wandering
Insanity
mania, madness
from drinking (delirium tremors)
Insecure, uncertain, scared; anxiety
anxiety; night
anxiety; during chill
anxiety; during fever
anxiety; during flushes of heat
anxiety; about future
anxiety; about health
anxiety; hypochondriac - worrying about imagined illness
anxiety; periodical
anxiety; during sleep (see dreams)
anxiety; on waking
fear; night
fear; of extreme emotion
fear; of others approaching
in case touched by them
fear; of public places
fear; of death; of sudden death
fear; of disease; of paralysis
fear; of evil
fear; fall upon him, high walls and building
fear; of misfortune
fear; of suffocation; night
fear; of touch
frightened easily
starting, startled
starting, startled; evening; on falling asleep
starting, startled; from fright
starting, startled; on falling asleep
starting, startled; during sleep
starting, startled; at things of little importance
at things of little importance
timidity
Memory; active memory
forgetful
of words while speaking
weakness of memory
for what was read
for what has been said
for what was about to say
for words
Mental symptoms alternating with physical symptoms
Perception; senses; acute
senses; dull
Preoccupied; absorbed, buried in thought
brooding (see anxiety, sadness)
Quiet, peace (or lack of); feeling of tranquillity
when walking in open air
Restlessness, nervousness
during heat
trembling
Sighing (see respiration); during heat
Talking, conversation; aversion to answering
answers not lucid; refuses to answer
answers not lucid; daze returns quickly after answer
contradicts people
contrary (see obstinate, irritable)
critical
obstinate
declares there is nothing the matter with him
dislike of talking, desire to be silent, taciturn
after walking in open air
talking aggravates all complaints
muttering (see delirium)
in sleep
speech; hasty
speech; loud
speech; unintelligible; in sleep
speech; wandering
talkative
makes speeches
says is well, when very sick
Thinking of complaints
Thoughts (see preoccupied); thoughtful
Unconsciousness
answers correctly when spoken to, but delirium and unconsciousness return at once
during fever
lies as if dead
on rising up
during vertigo, dizziness
Wearisome, tired