Valeriana

Hysteria, over-sensitiveness, nervous affections, when apparently well-chosen remedies fail. Hysterical spasms and affections generally. Hysterical flatulency.

Mind p. 665

Changeable disposition. Feels light, as if floating in air. Over-sensitiveness. [Staph.] Hallucinations at night. Irritable. Tremulous.

Head p. 665

Sensation of great coldness. Pressure in forehead. Feeling of intoxication.

Ears p. 665

Earache from exposure to draughts and cold. Nervous noises. Hyperesthesia.

Throat p. 665

Sensation as if a thread were hanging down throat. Nausea felt in throat. Pharynx feels constricted.

Stomach p. 665

Hunger, with nausea. Erucatations foul. Heartburn with gulping of rancid fluid. Nausea, with faintness. Child vomits curdled milk in large lumps after nursing.

/Abdomen.—Bloated. Hysterical cramps. Thin, watery diarrhœa, with lumps of coagulated milk, with violent screaming in children. Greenish, papescent, bloody stool. Spasms in bowels after food and at night in bed.

Respiratory p. 665

Choking on falling asleep. Spasmodic asthma ; convulsive movements of the diaphragm.

Female p. 665

Menses late and scanty. [Puls.]

Extremities p. 665

Rheumatic pains in limbs. Constant jerking. Heaviness. Sciatica; pain worse standing and resting on floor [Bell.]; better walking. Pain in heels when sitting.

Sleep p. 665

Sleepless, with nightly itching and muscular spasms. Worse on waking.

Fever p. 665

Long lasting heat, often with sweat on face. Heat predominates. Sensation of icy coldness. [Heloderma; Camp.; Abies c.]

Relationship p. 665

Compare: Asaf.; Ign.; Croc.; Castor.; Amm. valer. (in neuralgia, gastric disturbance, and great nervous agitation). Insomnia especially during pregnancy and menopause. Feeble, hysterical nervous patients.