Ignatia amara

as Cyrus Maxwell Boger recorded it in A Synoptic Key of the Materia Medica, 1931

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Keynotes

twitchings, tremor, etc.; during pain. Jerks run through whole body. SENSE OF A LUMP, foreign body or sharp pressure. Globus. Clavus. Hysteria. Pain in a spot, < close attention. Symptoms pass off with a profuse flow of urine. Oversensitive to pain. Tonic spasm of single parts, with frothing at mouth. Neurotic inheritance. Spasms from punishment (Agar.). .................... Brooding grief. Silent and sad; inward weeping. Intolerant of contradiction; of reprimands (Colo. Stap.). Angry with himself. Delicately conscientious. Everything irks her. Weak and excitable. ALERT, OVERSENSITIVE AND NERVOUS. Highly emotional. Capricious. Moody. Changeful. Faints easily. SIGHS, weeps or laughs by turns. Unhappy; love. Enjoys being sad. GRIEF; brooding. Alternate headache and backache (Melil.). Headache ends in yawning and vomiting. Eyelids seem dry. Flashes of light, from violent coughing. Nose sensitive to inspired air. Pain over root of nose. Sneezing attacks. One cheek red. Jaws snap shut; bites inside of cheek, tongue, etc. Masseters stiff and hard. Indurated tonsils; with little ulcers. Cramp in gullet. Swallows over a lump, > solids. Hiccough; with eructations, empty or bitter. Nausea or vomiting, > indigestible foods. Hunger, with nausea. Craves raw foods. Empty sinking or spasmodic ache in stomach; not > eating. Stool painful; difficult although soft, then constriction of rectum. Obstipation of neurasthenics. Pain shoots up rectum. Piles, > sitting. Prolapsus recti. Irregular menses. TAKES DEEP BREATHS; for relief. Choking. Spasm of glottis. Hacking cough. Cough violent, it shuts off the breath; dry, as from dust or sulphur fumes; < coughing. Constriction of thorax. Goitre. Tension in nape. Cramp in calf. Heavy feet. Painful skin, > pressure. Violent, spasmodic yawning. Light sleep, every sound wakes. Dreams same horrid dreams, over and over. Chill with a red face. Chill, shaking; nervous; with thirst; < pain. Heat, with aversion to uncover, but no thirst.

Worse

EMOTIONS: GRIEFS. Chagrin. WORRY. Fright. Shock. AIR: Open. Cold. Odors. Touch. Coffee. Tobacco.

Better

Position: Change of. Lying on part. Urination. If alone. Pressure. ERRATIC, CONTRADICTORY OR SPASMODIC EFFECTS; often violent; with rigidity,

Region

MIND. NERVOUS SYSTEM. Cerebro-spinal axis.

Relationships

Complementary: Aur. Nat-m. Pho-ac. Sep. Related: Cimi. Nux-v. Sep.

What the other books say about Ignatia amara

The same remedy read by a different author. They disagree, and the disagreements are where the remedy becomes recognisable.

Ignatia amara in Boericke — The concise clinical Materia Medica that most Indian colleges teach from, in full.
Ignatia amara in Allen's Keynotes — The few symptoms that, when genuinely present, point at one remedy and not its neighbours.
Ignatia amara in Farrington — Lectures that teach remedies in families, by comparing them with each other.
Ignatia amara in Kent — Kent teaching a class, one remedy at a time — fewer remedies, far more on each.

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Cite this page. Cyrus Maxwell Boger. A Synoptic Key of the Materia Medica. 1931. Ignatia amara — Keynotes. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/books/boger/ignatia-amara. Author died 1935: public domain in India. The catalogue records 1931; a 1931 edition is public domain in the US from 1 Jan 2027 at the latest — the edition this transcription follows is not stated in the file. Reproduced as the author wrote it; a historical reference for students and practitioners, not medical advice.