- Ignatia Amara
Common Name: St. Ignatius bean
Symptoms: Ignatia Amara is one of the chief remedies for hysteria. It primarily works on emotions and is used to treat conditions that occur due to the hampering of mental coordination. This remedy can also help manage the following symptoms:
- Feeling of deep sadness without any cause along with sighing and sobbing
- A feeling of heaviness in the head
- Effects of grief, shock, disappointment and worry, for example, insomnia due to grief
- Twitching of limbs while falling asleep
The symptoms worsen in the morning and after meals. They may also be aggravated by going out in open air, smoking, and external warmth. Symptoms get better with changing positions and while having a meal.
- Phosphoricum Acidum
Common Name: Phosphoric acid
Symptoms: Phosphoric acid is mainly used for treating mental debility and it aids in the management of nervous exhaustion. This remedy can also help manage the following symptoms:
- Impaired memory
- Delirium with shock
- Effects of mental shock and grief
- Heaviness of the head with a crushing headache
- Loss of interest in activities
- Thinning and greying of hair (Read more: Grey hair causes)
- Vertigo in the evening, while walking and standing
- Drowsiness
- Excessive sweating during night and in the morning
Symptoms aggravate with exertion, excessive sexual activities, loss of vital fluids and talking about the symptoms. Anything that slows down circulation also worsens the symptoms. The symptoms get better by keeping oneself warm.
- Pulsatilla Pratensis
Common Name: Wind flower
Symptoms: It is best suited for individuals who tend to be sad, cry easily and randomly while talking. The following symptoms can also be treated using this remedy:
- Fear of being alone in the evening and of ghosts
- Feeling sad for no reason
- Fond of sympathy
- Easily discouraged
- Stitching pain in the head which travels to face and teeth
- Excessively emotional
- Excessive sleepiness in the afternoon
Symptoms worsen from heat, post-meals, especially after having fatty food, in the evening, with warmth and while lying on the left side. Symptoms get better by moving about, going out in open air, and consumption of cold food and drinks.
- Anacardium Orientale
Common Name: Marking nut
Symptoms: Marking nut is an effective remedy for weakened or damaged memory, irritability, emotional disturbances, depression and reduction in sensory perceptions such as that of smell, sight and hearing abilities. It works well in those who are easily offended and tend to use violent language. This remedy can also help in the treatment of the following symptoms:
- Hallucinations
- Anxiety while walking, as if the person is being followed
- A profound feeling of sadness with no reason
- Absent-mindedness
- Vertigo
- Brain-fag (brain fatigue)
Symptoms worsen on applying hot water and the person gets relief after meals and in the side-lying position.
- Sepia Officinalis
Common Name: Inky juice of cuttlefish
Symptoms: It is effective for individuals who tend to get easily offended and show the following symptoms:
- Irritability
- Extreme sadness
- Weeping while telling the symptoms
- Anxiousness in the evening
Symptoms worsen in the evening and before noon, with dampness, on going out in cold air and after sweating. Symptoms get better by exercising, after taking a good sleep, and with hot applications.
- Belladonna
Common Name: Deadly nightshade
Symptoms: Belladonna affects the whole nervous system. It is particularly used to treat delirium, restless sleep and excited mental state. This remedy can also be used in the management of:
- Hallucinations and illusions, the person sees gruesome faces and monsters
- A desire to escape
- Absent-mindedness
- Fainting
- Screaming in sleep
- Sleeplessness with drowsiness
Symptoms worsen due to loud noise, in the afternoon and while lying down. Symptoms get better on sitting in a semi-erect position.
- Hyoscyamus Niger
Common Name: Henbane
Symptoms: Hyoscyamus niger is effective for those who have a suspicious nature. The following symptoms can be treated using this remedy:
- Jealousy and foolishness
- Obscene and lascivious mania
- Laughing at everything
- Delirium with a desire and attempt to escape
- Sleeplessness
Symptoms worsen at night, after meals, while lying down and during periods. Symptoms get better on stooping.
- Cannabis Indica
Common Name: Hashish
Symptoms: Cannabis Indica is used to treat subconscious or dual nature state. In this state, the individual is apparently under the control of a second self, which is different from the original self. However, the original self does not let the second self do any tasks. This remedy can also help treat the following symptoms:
- Hallucinations and imaginations
- Forgetfulness and inability to complete sentences
- Delirium
- Uncontrollable laughter
- Anxiety and depression
- Constant fear of madness
- Mania
- Talkativeness
- Drowsiness with an inability to sleep
Symptoms worsen in the morning and while lying on the right side. Coffee, liquor and tobacco also aggravate the symptoms. Symptoms get better with rest, cold water and on going out in fresh air.
- Aurum Metallicum
Common Name: Metallic gold
Symptoms: Metallic gold is useful for treating depression, hopelessness and a tendency to self-destruction, such as the desire to commit suicide. Other symptoms that can be managed using this medicine include:
- Extreme sensitivity to noise
- Excitement and confusion
- Blaming oneself for everything
- Fear of people and society
- Sleeplessness
- Sobbing aloud in sleep
- Nightmares
Symptoms worsen in winter and certain symptoms only show up in the winter season between sunset and sunrise.
- Agnus Castus
Common Name: The chaste tree
Symptoms: This remedy is used for cowardly or timid people who show the following symptoms:
- Absent-mindedness and forgetfulness
- Nervous depression
- Fear of death and sadness
- Natrium Muriaticum
Common Name: Chloride of sodium
Symptoms: It is primarily used for treating weakness and weariness. A few other symptoms that can be treated using natrium muriaticum are:
- Side effects of fright, grief and anger
- Depression due to chronic diseases
- Irritability
- Tears with laughter
- Sleepiness before noon
- Nervous jerking before sleep
Symptoms worsen due to mental exertion, with warmth and talking. Symptoms also aggravate at the seashore and on lying down at 10 am. Symptoms get better in the open air, wearing tight-fitting clothes, bathing in cold water and by putting pressure against the back.
- Cimicifuga Racemosa
Common Name: Black snake-root
Symptoms: Black snake-root is primarily used for treating restlessness and pain. It can also be used to manage the following symptoms associated with mental disorders:
- Severe depression
- Illusion and disturbed mental state
- Uninterrupted and continuous talking
- Self-destructive habits
- Mania
- Sleeplessness
Symptoms worsen in the morning and during periods. Symptoms get better by eating and with warmth.
- Stramonium
Common Name: Thorn-apple
Symptoms: Thorn-apple is useful in the management of restlessness and disturbed mental condition. It is also used to treat the following symptoms:
- Talkativeness
- Compulsive laughter, singing and rhyming (Read more: Pathological laughter and crying causes)
- Seeing and hearing ghosts
- Talking with spirits
- Inability to tolerate darkness and solitude
- A desire to escape
- Rapid mood swings from joy to sadness
- Spasms on looking at a bright and shiny object
Symptoms worsen when the person is alone or in a dark room, right after waking up, and while swallowing and looking at a bright object. Symptoms improve in a place with sufficient light and by staying in company. Warmth also improves the symptoms.
- Staphysagria
Common Name: Stavesacre
Symptoms: It is mainly used in highly sensitive people and is effective in the management of the following symptoms:
- Sudden and forceful expression of passion
- Irritability
Stavesacre is especially given to children who keep on crying for certain things and refuse to take them when offered
Symptoms worsen due to emotions like anger and grief, with fluid loss and due to overindulgence in sexual activities. Symptoms get better after taking a good night's rest, after having breakfast, and with warmth.
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