IGNATIA AMARA
HOMEOPATHIC MATERIA MEDICA
by William BOERICKE, M.D.
Produces
a marked hyperæsthesia 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.
Mind.--Changeable mood;
introspective; silently brooding. Melancholic, sad, tearful. Not
communicative. Sighing and sobbing. After shocks, grief, disappointment.
Head.--Feels hollow, heavy; worse,
stooping. Headache as if a nail were driven out through the side.
Cramp-like pain over root of nose. Congestive headaches following anger or
grief; worse, smoking or smelling tobacco, inclines head forward.
Stomach.--Sour eructation. All-gone
feeling in stomach; much flatulence; hiccough. Cramps in stomach; worse
slightest contact. Averse to ordinary diet; longs for great variety of
indigestible articles. Craving for acid things. Sinking in stomach,
relieved by taking a deep breath.
Sleep.--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.
Modalities.--Worse, in the morning, open
air, after meals, coffee, smoking, liquids, external warmth. Better, while
eating, change of position.
Ignatia
amara is a homeopathic remedy that is also known as simply 'Ignatia'. The
homeopathic remedy ignatia amara is most associated with the emotional
condition of grief, i.e. loss, and the experiences associated with it.
What is the homeopathic remedy
Ignatia used for?
Ignatia,
or ignatia amara, is a homeopathic remedy people sometimes use to treat
anxiety. Ignatia comes from the seeds of the St. Ignatius bean tree. ...
Homeopaths have used ignatia to treat grief and depression. They have also
used it to treat situational anxiety
What is Ignatia 200 used for?
Ignatia
is also used as a remedy for headaches, sore throat, trembling,
nervousness, insomnia , heart palpitations, gas, indigestion , weakness,
and weeping. Other conditions include irritable bowel syndrome , painful
hemorrhoids , or a dry, tickling cough
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