Ignatia amara

Mental.--Any one suffering from suppressed or deep grief, with long-drawn sighs, much sobbing, etc.; also, much unhappiness, can't sleep, entirely absorbed in grief; for recent grief, as at the loss of a friend; affections of the mind in general; particularly if actuated by grief; sadness; hopelessness; hysterical variableness; fantastic illusions.

Sensations.--As of a ball in the inner parts; pain as if parts would burst, were pushed or pressed asunder; sensation as if inner parts were distended; of hollowness. "Faint, all gone" feeling, especially in the pit of the stomach; griping with feeling of tearing away; of a nail or of darting in the inner parts; burning, darting in the epigastrium.

Generalities.--Affecting particularly the left ear; right side; internal head; left hypochondriac region; joints of the jaws--as lame, cracking when chewing etc.; inner region of the stomach; region of the spleen; rectum; heel. Catalepsy with bending backward; opisthotonos; hysterical spasms, especially if accompanied with sighing; corns painful, as if sore; dreams continuing a long time, are exciting, and cause patient to feel a good deal troubled; chilliness of single parts.

Patient's face changes color very often when at rest; flat taste; obstructed flatus; flatus in general; stools acrid.

Worse.--From mental affections; from anger; anger with fright; anger with silent grief; from anxiety; anxiety with sorrow; unhappy love; mortification caused by offence; from exertion of the mind; sweets; coffee; tobacco; from pressure on painless side, can lie better on painful side; from strong smells; between swallowing; from ascarides; when yawning.

Better.--From changing the position; while eating; from eructation; when taking an inspiration; from swallowing (as in some sore throats); near a warm stove.

Remedies following:--Arsen., Bellad., Calc. carb., China,, Lycop., Nux vom., Pulsat., Rhus tox., Sepia., Sulphur.

Antidotes:--Coffea, Nux vom., Pulsat.