Valeriana
Allen, Keynotes and Characteristics with Comparisons of Some of the Leading Remedies of the Materia Medica, 3rd ed., 1910, p. 298
Valerian. Valeriana ece.
Keynotes
Excessive nervous excitability; hysterical nervous temperament (Ign., Puls.); persons in whom the intellectual faculties predominate ; changeable disposition. Red parts become white (Per.). Feels light as if floating in the air (Asar., Lac c. — as if legs were floating, Sticta). Oversensitiveness of all the senses (Cham., Nux). Sensation of great coldness in head (on vertex, Sep., Ver.).
Sensation as if a thread were hanging down throat (on tongue, Nat., Sil.).
Child vomits: curdled milk, in large lumps; same in stools (^th.) ; as soon as it has nursed, after mother has been angry.
Sciatica: pain < when standing and letting foot rest on floor (Bell.) ; when straightening out limb, during rest from previous exertion; > when walking.
Relationship p. 299
. — Compare: Asaf., Asar., Croc.. Ign.. Lac c., Spig., Sulph. For the abuse of Chamomile tea. For pains in heels: Agar., Caust., Cyc.. Led.. Mang., Phyt.