Materia Medica de A a Z

VALERIANA OFFICINALIS (valer)

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. Hyperæsthesia.

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 diarrhoa, 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 (Helo); Camp (Camph); Abies c (Abies-c)].

Relationship

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

Dose

Tincture.