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.

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