Valeriana officinalis
as H.C. Allen recorded it in Keynotes and Characteristics with Comparisons of Some of the Leading Remedies of the Materia Medica, 1899
Valerian
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Keynotes
Valeriana
Valerian. Valerianae ece.
Excessive nervous excitability; hysterical nervous temperament (Ign., Puls.); persons in whom the intellectual faculties predominate ; changeable disposition.
Red parts become white (Per.).
as if legs were floating, Sticta).
Oversensitiveness of all the senses (Cham., Nux). Sensation of great coldness in head (on vertex, Sep., Ver.).
Sensation as if a thread were hanging down throat (on tongue, Nat., Sil.).
Child vomits: curdled milk, in large lumps; same in stools (^th.) ; as soon as it has nursed, after mother has been angry.
Sciatica: pain < when standing and letting foot rest on floor (Bell.) ; when straightening out limb, during rest from previous exertion; > when walking.
Lac c., Spig., Sulph.
For the abuse of Chamomile tea.
For pains in heels: Agar., Caust., Cyc.. Led..
Mang., Phyt.
What the other books say about Valeriana officinalis
The same remedy read by a different author. They disagree, and the disagreements are where the remedy becomes recognisable.
- Valeriana officinalis in Boericke — The concise clinical Materia Medica that most Indian colleges teach from, in full.
- Valeriana officinalis in Kent — Kent teaching a class, one remedy at a time — fewer remedies, far more on each.
- Valeriana officinalis in Boger — A compressed key — the generals and the characteristic modalities, with very little narrative.
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Cite this page. H.C. Allen. Keynotes and Characteristics with Comparisons of Some of the Leading Remedies of the Materia Medica. 3rd edition (1910). Philadelphia: Boericke & Tafel. Valeriana officinalis — Keynotes, pp. 297–298. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/books/allen/valeriana-officinalis. Published 1910: public domain in the US (before 1931) and in India (author died 1909). Replaces B. Jain's 2005 "rearranged and classified" edition (© the publisher), per the owner's decision of 13 Sep 2026. Reproduced as the author wrote it; a historical reference for students and practitioners, not medical advice.