Ignatia amara
de Henry N. Guernsey — Key-Notes to the Materia Medica
Historical reference for practitioners and students. The statements below reflect the named author’s homeopathic teaching and do not establish treatment effectiveness. This text is not medical advice and must not replace appropriate diagnosis or care.
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.