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Valeriana officinalis

Valerian

6 health issues Boericke 1927

Main symptoms

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

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Mind & mood

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

Symptoms by body part

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. Belching foul. Heartburn with gulping of rancid fluid. Nausea, with faintness. Child vomits curled 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.

Female

Menses late and scanty.

Extremities

Rheumatic pains in limbs. Constant jerking. Heaviness. Nerve pain down the leg; pain worse standing and resting on floor; 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.

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