valeriana officinalis
Materia Medica
Hysteria, over-sensitiveness, nervous affections, when apparently well-chosen remedies fail. Hysterical spasms and affections generally. Hysterical flatulency.
Mind: Changeable disposition. Feels light, as if floating in air. Over-sensitiveness (Staph). Hallucinations at night. Irritable. Tremulous.
Head: Sensation of great coldness. Pressure in forehead. Feeling of intoxication.
Ears: Earache from exposure to draughts and cold. Nervous noises. Hyperaesthesia.
Throat: Sensation as if a thread were hanging down throat. Nausea felt in throat. Pharynx feels constricted.
Stomach: Hunger, with nausea. Eructations 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 diarrhoea, 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: Choking on falling asleep. Spasmodic asthma; convulsive movements of the diaphragm.
Female: Menses late and scanty (Puls).
Extremities: Rheumatic pains in limbs. Constant jerking. Heaviness. Sciatica; pain worse standing and resting on floor (Bell); better walking. Pain in heels when sitting.
Sleep: Sleepless, with nightly itching and muscular spasms. Worse on waking.
Fever: Long lasting heat, often with sweat on face. Heat predominates. Sensation of icy coldness (Heloderma; Camp; Abies c).
Compare
Asaf; Ign; Croc; Castor; Amm valer (in neuralgia, gastric disturbance, and great nervous agitation).
Compare
Insomnia especially during pregnancy and menopause. Feeble, hysterical nervous patients