Valeriana officinalis
as William Boericke recorded it in Homoeopathic Materia Medica, 1927
Valerian
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Mind
Changeable disposition. Feels light, as if floating in air. Over- sensitiveness (Staph). Hallucinations at night. Irritable. Tremulous.
General
Hysteria, over-sensitiveness, nervous affections, when apparently well-chosen
remedies fail. Hysterical spasms and affections generally. Hysterical flatulency.
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 diarrhœa, with lumps of coagulated milk, with violent screaming in children. Greenish, papescent, bloody stool. Spasms in bowels after food and at night in bed.
Female
Menses late and scanty (Puls).
Respiratory
Choking on falling asleep. Spasmodic asthma; convulsive movements of the diaphragm.
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; Camp; Abies c).
Relationships
Compare: Asaf; Ign; Croc; Castor; Amm valer (in neuralgia, gastric disturbance, and great nervous agitation). Insomnia especially during pregnancy and menopause. Feeble, hysterical nervous patients.
Dose
Tincture.
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 Allen's Keynotes — The few symptoms that, when genuinely present, point at one remedy and not its neighbours.
- 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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Create a free accountCite this page. William Boericke. Homoeopathic Materia Medica. 9th edition (preface dated San Francisco, June 1927). Valeriana officinalis — Mind. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/books/boericke/valeriana-officinalis. Published 1927: public domain in the US (since 2023) and in India (author died 1929). Reproduced as the author wrote it; a historical reference for students and practitioners, not medical advice.