VALERIANA OFFICINALIS
Valerian
(VALERIANA)
Hysteria, over-sensitiveness, frightened affections, when curiously well-chosen redress 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 incredible coldness. Pressure in forehead. Feeling of intoxication.
Ears.–Earache from publicity to draughts and cold. Nervous noises. Hyperaesthesia.
Throat.–Sensation as if a thread had been striking 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 giant 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 meals and at night time in bed.
Respiratory.–Choking on falling asleep. Spasmodic asthma; convulsive actions of the diaphragm.
Female.–Menses late and scanty (Puls).
Extremities.–Rheumatic pains in limbs. Constant jerking. Heaviness. Sciatica; ache worse standing and resting on flooring (Bell); higher walking. Pain in heels when sitting.
Sleep.–Sleepless, with nightly itching and muscular spasms. Worse on waking.
Fever.–Long lasting heat, frequently with sweat on face. Heat predominates. Sensation of icy coldness (Heloderma; Camp; Abies c).
Relationship.–Compare: Asaf; Ign; Croc; Castor; Amm valer (in neuralgia, gastric disturbance, and super worried agitation). Insomnia particularly all through being pregnant and menopause. Feeble, hysterical anxious patients.
Dose.–Tincture.
