Ignatia Amara

Taciturn, with continuous sad thoughts; still, serious melancholy, with moaning

Sadness and concentrated sorrow, with sighing

Irresolution; anxious to do now this, now that

Impatience

Strong disposition to be frightened

Morose and discontented humour, and involuntary reflections on painful and disagreeable things

Intolerance of noise

Effrontery

Tenderness of disposition and of conscience

Inconstancy

Alternation of foolish gaiety and tearful sadness

Laconic speech

Great weakness of memory

Love of solitude

Anguish, esp. in the morning on waking, or at night, sometimes with palpitation of the heart

Lachrymose and apathetic humour, with dread of exertion

Inclination to grief, without saying anything about it

Changeable disposition; jesting and laughing, changing to sadness, with shedding of tears (hysteria)

Despair of being cured

The least contradiction excites rage and passion, with redness of face

Fearfulness, timidity

Anger, followed by quiet grief and sorrow

Fear of robbers at night

Cries, and complete discouragement, at the least provocation.

Vertigo; with sparks before the eyes

Great heaviness of the head, as if it were full of blood

Pressive headache, esp. above the root of the nose, and often accompanied by inclination to vomit, < or > by stooping

Stinging pain, from within to without in the forehead

Cramp-like pressure on the forehead and occiput, with obscuration of sight, redness of the face, and weeping

Painful sensation of expansion in the head, as if the cranium were going to burst, esp. when conversing, reading, or listening to another

Pain, as from a bruise in the head, esp. in the morning, on waking

The headaches are < by coffee, brandy, tobacco-smoke, noise, strong smell, from reading and writing; from the sunlight; from moving the eyes;

> when changing the position and when lying on the painful side

Headaches with zigzags before the sight

Skin across forehead feels drawn, with a lost and drowsy feeling, and thousands of stars float before sight

Headache, as if a nail were driven into the brain; or out through the side of the head;

> when lying on painful side

Pressive headache in the forehead and vertex

Piercing and shooting tearings, deep in the brain and forehead, > by lying down

Pressive, pulsative headache

Trembling of the head

Throwing of the head backwards (during spasms);

> by heat

Falling off of the hair.

Pressure on the eyes, sometimes, as if sand had been introduced into them

Inflammation of the eyes

Redness of the eyes

Acrid tears in the eyes during the day; agglutination of the eyelids during the night

Lachrymation, esp. in the brightness of the sun

Swelling in the upper lid, with enlargement of the (bluish) veins; the eyelid is turned upward

Inflammation of the upper part of the eyeball as far as it is covered by the upper lid

Convulsive movements of the eyes, and of the eyelids

Fixed look, with dilated pupils

Photophobia

Sight confused, as if directed through a mist

Flickering zigzags (and stars) before the eyes.

Swelling of the parotids, with shooting pain

Redness and burning heat in one of the ears

Hardness of hearing; except for the human voice

Itching in the ears

Noise before the ear, as from a strong wind

Worry takes away hearing and intensifies the noises.

Itching in the nose

Nostrils excoriated and ulcerated, with swelling of the nose

Epistaxis

Stoppage of one nostril; dry coryza, with dull headache, and excessive nervous excitement

Dryness of the nose.

Face pale, red, or blue, or earth-coloured and wan

Alternate redness and paleness of the face

Clay-coloured, sunken face, with blue margins around the eyes

Perspiration on the face alone

Redness and burning heat in one of the cheeks (and in one ear)

Convulsive startings and distortion of the muscles of the face

Eruption on the face

Lips dry, cracked, and bleeding

Pain, as of excoriation, in the internal surface of the upper lip

Scabs on the commissurae of the lips, and on the lips

Pains in the submaxillary glands

Convulsive jerking of the corners of the mouth

Ulceration of one of the corners of the mouth

Spasmodic clenching of the jaws (lock-jaw).

Odontalgia, as if the teeth (the molars) were broken

Looseness of the teeth

Toothache towards the end of a meal, < after its conclusion

Difficult dentition, with convulsions.

Inflammation and redness of the mouth, and of the palate

Constant secretion of mucus, or accumulation of acid saliva in the mouth

Aptness to bite the tongue, on one side posteriorly, when chewing or speaking

Moist tongue, loaded with a white coating

Stitches in palate, extending to the ear

Foam at the mouth

Voice weak and tremulous.

Sore throat, as if there were a plug in it, when not swallowing

Palate red and inflamed, with a sensation as if what is swallowed passed over a burning and excoriated tumour

Shootings in the throat, extending sometimes to the ear, chiefly when not swallowing

When swallowing sensation as if one swallowed over a lump, causing soreness and a cracking noise

Inflammation, swelling, and induration of the tonsils, with small ulcers

Impeded deglutition (of drinks)

Constriction of the gullet, with sobbing risings

Pain in the submaxillary glands when moving the neck.

Repugnance to food and drink, esp. to milk, meat, cooked victuals, and tobacco-smoke

Want of appetite, and speedy satiety

Insipid taste, like chalk, in the mouth

Weakness and difficulty of digestion

Sour taste in the mouth

Bitter and putrid taste of food, esp. of beer

Repugnance to, or strong desire for, acid things

Dislike to wine and brandy

Painful inflation of the abdomen after a meal

Feeling of hunger in the evening, which prevents one going to sleep

Desire for different things, which are disregarded when obtained

Food has no taste

Milk taken in the morning leaves an after-taste for a long time

After smoking, hiccough, nausea, sweat, and colic.

Regurgitation of food, or of bitter serous matter

Hiccough from smoking

Hiccough, always after eating or drinking

Acid risings

Nausea, with agitation and anguish

Vomiting of food, even at night

Vomiting of bile and mucus

Periodical attacks of cramp in the stomach, which disturb sleep at night, and are < by pressure on the part affected

Dull aching or shootings in the epigastrium

Coldness, or sensation of burning in the stomach, esp. after taking brandy

Sensation of emptiness, and of weakness, in the epigastrium

Sensation of weakness (sinking) in the pit of the stomach

Heaviness and pressure in the pit of the stomach

Fulness and swelling in the epigastrium

Painful sensitiveness of the pit of the stomach to the touch.

Sensation of fulness and inflation of the hypochondria, with difficulty of respiration

Pain in the l. hypochondrium, < by pressure, and by walking

Shooting sensation of burning and pressure, or swelling and hardness in the region of the spleen

Expansive pain in the abdomen, as if the intestines were going to burst

Inflation of the abdomen

The flatulence presses on the bladder

Cutting pains in the umbilical region

Spasmodic pains, cutting, stinging, like labour pains

Violent aching in the abdomen

Rolling sensation around the navel

Drawing and pinching in the region of the navel

Sensation of protrusion in the umbilical region

The pains in the abdomen are < after taking coffee, brandy, or things sweetened with sugar

Shootings and pinchings in the abdomen, esp. in the sides

Periodical cramp-like pains in the abdomen

Cramp-like pressure in the inguinal region

Beating in the abdomen

Borborygmi in the intestines

Flatulent colic, esp. at night

Sensation of weakness and trembling in the abdomen, with sighing respiration.

Constipation from taking cold; from riding in a carriage

Hard evacuations, with frequent ineffectual efforts

Unsuccessful urging to stool, felt mostly in the upper intestines

Faeces yellow, whitish, of a very large size, soft but difficult to eject

Diarrhoea of sanguineous mucus, with rumbling in the abdomen

Slimy evacuations, accompanied by colic

Discharge of blood from the anus

Prolapsus of the rectum while at stool

Itching and tingling in the anus

Ascarides in the rectum

Contraction of the anus

Contractive pain, as of excoriation, in the anus, after evacuation

Prolapsus ani, with smarting pain, from slight pressure to stool

Shootings from the anus high up into the rectum

Smarting in the rectum during the loose evacuations.

Frequent and copious emission of watery urine

Urine lemon colour

Involuntary emission of urine

Urgent and irresistible want to make water

Continual want to urinate after taking coffee

Sensation of burning and smarting in the urethra during micturition

Itching in the fore part of the urethra

Urging to urinate with inability.

Much itching in the genital parts, and in the penis, in the evening after lying down, removed by scratching

Pain, as of excoriation and ulceration, on the margins of the prepuce

Strangling sensation, and aching in the testes, esp. in the evening, after lying down

Sweat on the scrotum

Lasciviousness, with weakness of genital power (without erections)

Contraction of the penis; it becomes quite small

Absence of sexual desire

Erections, with painful uneasiness, and aching at the pubis

Erections during every evacuation.

Catamenia premature and violent, every ten or fifteen days

Blood of the catamenia black, of putrid odour, mixed with clots

Metrorrhagia

During the catamenia, heaviness, heat, and pain in the head, photophobia, colic, and contractive pains, anxiety, palpitation of the heart, and great fatigue, even to fainting

Cramp-like and compressive pains in the region of the uterus, with fits of suffocation; pressure, and lying on the back, mitigate the pain

Cramp in the uterus, during the catamenia

Uterine spasms, with lancinations, or like labour pains

Corrosive and purulent leucorrhoea, preceded by contractive pressure in the uterus.

Sensation of soreness in the larynx

Constrictive sensation in the trachea and larynx

Voice feeble, inability to speak loud

Catarrh, with coryza and headache

Cough, excited by a sensation of constriction at the fossa of the neck, as from the vapour of sulphur

Hollow spasmodic cough, caused in the evening from a sensation of vapour or dust in the pit of the throat; in the morning, from a tickling above the pit of the stomach, with expectoration in the evening difficult, tasting and smelling like old catarrh.

(Whooping-cough)

Obstinate nocturnal cough

Dry cough, sometimes with fluent coryza

Cough, continuing equally day and night

The longer he coughs the more the irritation to cough increases

Dry, hoarse cough

Spasmodic shaking cough

Short cough, as from a feather in the throat, becoming stronger from repetition (the more he coughs, the more he wants to)

Hoarse dry cough, excited by a tickling above the stomach.

Desire to draw a long breath

Slow breathing

Difficulty of respiration, and oppression of the chest, esp. at night (after midnight)

Oppressed breathing, alternating with convulsions

Difficult respiration, as if hindered by a weight upon the chest

Shortness of breath when walking, and cough as soon as one stands still

Sighing respiration

Feeling of suffocation on running

Aching of the chest

Constriction of the chest

Shootings in the chest and in the sides, excited by flatulency (flatulent colic).

Palpitation of the heart at night, with shootings in the heart, or else in the morning on waking, as well as when meditating, and during repose

Throbbing in the chest

Sticking in precordial region on expiration

Cardiac hyperaesthesia

Anxious feeling in precordia; sinking sensation and emptiness at stomach; constriction, with anxiety and disposition to cry.

Stiffness of the nape of the neck

Stitches in the small of the back; in the nape of the neck

Aching pain in the glands of the neck

Enlarged glands (painless), like nodosities, in the neck

Pain in the os sacrum in the morning, when lying on the back

Violent sacral pains, like shootings or pullings, or like squeezing by a claw

The back is bent forward

Convulsive bending backwards of the spine

Lancinations as by knives, from the loins to the thighs

Weak back, with sciatica.

Lancinating, cutting pain in the shoulder-joint, when bending the arm forward

Insupportable pains in the bones and joints of the arms, as if the flesh were being loosened, or with a paralytic sensation and pain of dislocation (on moving the arm)

Convulsive startings in the arms (in the deltoid muscle) and in the fingers

Tearing in the arms, excited by cold air

Tension in the wrist

Hot sweat of the hands

Sensation of torpor and digging in the arms, at night in bed (with the sensation as if something living were running in the arm)

Warm perspiration in the palm of the hand and fingers.

Incisive, tearing pains in the posterior surface of the thighs, on fatiguing the muscles

Sciatica, with weakness of back and lower limbs

Limbs swollen, thigh knotty, cannot get up or lie down without pain (generally l.)

Heaviness of the legs and of the feet, with tension in the legs, and calves of the legs, on walking

Heat of the knee, with coldness and itching of the nose

Convulsive startings of the legs

Stiffness of the knees and of the feet

When walking, the knees are involuntarily drawn up

Cracking in the knee

Painful sensibility of the soles of the feet, when walking

Shootings and pain, as from ulceration in the soles of the feet

Sensation of burning in the heels at night, on placing them near one another; when they come in contact they are cold to the touch

Coldness of the feet and legs, extending above the knee

Sensation of burning in corns.

Itching (over the whole body), which is easily removed by scratching

Chilblains

Excoriation of the skin;

(esp. round vagina and mouth

Cooper)

Itching on becoming warm in the open air

Great sensitiveness of the skin to a draught of air

Nettle-rash over the whole body, with violent itching (during the fever).

Profound and comatose sleep, with stertorous respiration

Violent spasmodic yawnings (with pain in the lower jaw, as if dislocated, with running of the eyes), esp. in the morning, or after a siesta

Very light sleep; hears everything that happens around him

Sleep, disturbed by nightmare, or by starts and frequent dreams

Starting of the limbs on going to sleep

Dreams, with reflection and reasoning, or with fixed ideas

Dreams with fixed ideas, continuing after waking

Restless sleep, and great restlessness at night

Starts with fright on going to sleep

Whimpering during sleep.

Pulse hard, full and frequent, or very variable

Febrile shivering, esp. in the back and arms, with thirst for cold water, and sometimes with nausea and vomiting

Chill, frequently only of the back part of the body

Mitigation of the cold by external heat

External heat with internal coldness

Universal heat, esp. in the head, with redness, principally (of one) of the cheeks, and adipsia, sometimes with internal shuddering, coldness of the feet, shootings in the limbs, and headache

Chill and coldness, causing the pains to increase

Sudden flushes of heat over the whole body

Troublesome sensation of heat, sometimes with sweat

Absence of thirst during the heat, and perspiration, or during the apyrexia

Only external heat, without thirst, with aversion to external heat

Fever, with headache, and pain in the pit of the stomach, great fatigue, paleness of face, or paleness and redness alternately, lips dry and cracked, nettle-rash, tongue white, profound sleep with snoring, &c

Intermittent fever; chill with thirst, followed by heat (without thirst), followed by chill with thirst, or afternoon fever; shiverings with colic (and thirst), afterwards weakness and sleep, with burning heat of the body

During the fever violent itching; nettle-rash over the whole body

Burning heat of the face, only on one side

Very little perspiration, or only in the face

Sweat, with shootings and buzzing in the ears

Sweat during a meal.