Valeriana

▲   GENERAL

General

Hysteria, over-sensitiveness, nervous affections, when apparently well-chosen remedies fail. Hysterical spasms and affections generally. Hysterical flatulency.

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Compare: Asa Foetida ^Asaf.; Ignatia ^Ign.; Crocus Sativus ^Croc.; Castor Equi ^Castor.; AMM. Valeriana ( in neuralgia, gastric disturbance and great nervous agitation). Insomnia especially during pregnancy and menopause. Feeble, hysterical nervous patients.

▲   MIND

Mind

Changeable disposition

Feels light, as if floating in air

Over-sensitiveness ( Staphysagria ^Staph.) Hallucinations at night

Irritable

Tremulous.

Emotions, feelings, attitude, disposition; sensitive, oversensitive

Hysteria

▲   HEAD

Head

Sensation of great coldness

Pressure in forehead

Feeling of intoxication.

Headache

Pain, headache

from certain movements; from stooping

in forehead; from stooping

cutting, darting, stabbing; forehead

pressing (see bursting, pulling); forehead; alternating with expansion; with stitching, sudden, sharp pain

▲   EYES

Eyes

Pain; during heat

▲   EARS

Ear

Earache from exposure to drafts and cold

Nervous noises

Hyperaesthesia.

▲   FACE

Face

Heat; while sitting

Perspiration

▲   MOUTH

Taste

Taste

bad; morning; on awaking

slimy

morning

morning; on waking

▲   THROAT

Throat

Sensation as if a thread were hanging down throat

Nausea felt in throat

Pharynx feels constricted.

▲   CHEST

Chest

Pain

pressing

pressing; outward

Respiration

Choking on falling asleep

Spasmodic asthma; convulsive movements of the diaphragm.

Asthma attack; spasmodic

Problems come on suddenly

▲   SKIN

Skin

Dry; burning

Out-breaks on skin; rash (see granular); white

▲   BACK AND NECK

Back

Pain

while sitting

while standing

lumbar (lower half of back); while sitting

lumbar (lower half of back); standing

as if sprained; lumbar (lower half of back)

while sitting

while standing

extending to above hip, on sitting or standing

▲   ABDOMEN

Abdomen

Heartburn with gulping of rancid fluid

Bloated

Hysterical cramps

Thin, watery diarrhoea, With lumps of coagulated milk, with violent screaming in children

Greenish, papescent, bloody stool

Eating

Spasms in bowels after food and at night in bed.

Eructation

Eructations foul

Nausea

Stomach; Hunger, with nausea

Nausea, with faintness

Vomiting

Child vomits curdled milk in large lumps after nursing.

Stomach

vomiting; after drinking; after milk

vomiting; milk; curdled

▲   RECTUM, ANUS, STOOL

Stool

Curdled

▲   GENITALS ETC

Urine

Sediment

red

Menses

Female; Menses late and scanty ( Pulsatilla ^Puls.)

▲   EXTREMITIES, LIMBS

Extremities, limbs

Rheumatic pains in limbs

Constant jerking

Heaviness

Sciatica; Pain worse standing and resting on floor (Belladonna ^Bell.); Better walking

Pain in heels When sitting.

Movements and positions

twitching

twitching; while sitting

Pain

sitting

joints; paralytic

ankle; while sitting

ankle; while standing

ankle; while walking

foot; heel; while sitting

foot; heel; walking

pulling; movement

pulling; while sitting

pulling; walking

pulling; upper limbs; while sitting

pulling; upper limbs; walking

pulling; lower limbs; movement

pulling; lower limbs; sitting

pulling; lower limbs; walking

pulling; lower limbs; bone

pulling; leg; Achilles tendon; movement

pulling; leg; shin; movement

pulling; leg; shin; while sitting

pulling; leg; shin; walking

pulling; ankles

while sitting

walking

as if sprained; ankle; when running up stairs

as if sprained; ankle; while standing

as if sprained; ankle; walking

stitching, sudden, sharp

foot; heel

foot; heel; while sitting

tearing; upper limbs

while sitting

walking

tearing; leg; while sitting

tearing; leg; while walking

tearing; leg; calf; afternoon

tearing; leg; calf; pulsating

tearing; leg; calf; while sitting

tearing; leg; calf; walking

twinging; calf, while sitting

Tension, tightness

leg; calf; afternoon; 5 p.m.

leg; calf; while sitting

▲   FEVER AND CHILL

Fever and chill

Long lasting heat, often with sweat on face

Heat predominates

Sensation of icy coldness ( Heloderma; Camp.; abies c.)

▲   GENERALITIES

Sleep and dreams

Sleepless, with nightly itching and muscular spasms

Worse on waking.

Generalities

Morning

Evening

Movement; after

Movement

Pain

pulling

pulling; while sitting

jerking; externally

pressing; internally

sudden, sharp; outward

While sitting

Standing

Sensation of threads

On walking

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