{"id":16439,"remedy_name":"Valeriana Officinalis","remedy_type":"Herbal Remedy","alternative_names":[""],"miasm":"Psoric Miasm","temperament":"Hot","aggravation_time":"Morning","keynote_indications":"Source: Derived from the fresh root of  Valeriana officinalis, commonly known as Valerian or. Garden Heliotrope, a perennial plant in the Caprifoliaceae family, prepared for homeopathic use. through trituration and serial dilution to enhance therapeutic action while eliminating material. sedative properties, in accordance with homeopathic pharmacopeia standards. Traditional Context: Historically employed in homeopathy for neurological, psychological, and. musculoskeletal  disorders,  particularly  those  involving  nervous  excitability,  insomnia,  and. spasmodic pains. It is noted for symptoms such as restlessness, hysterical states, and aggravation. from rest, often worsened by rest, evening, or emotional stress, and ameliorated by motion, fresh. air, or distraction. Modern Context: Indicated for neurological conditions (e.g., insomnia, restless legs syndrome),. psychological  conditions  (e.g.,  generalized  anxiety  disorder,  adjustment  disorder),. musculoskeletal conditions  (e.g., fibromyalgia, muscle spasms), and  constitutional conditions. (e.g., chronic fatigue syndrome, neurasthenia). It suits patients with acute or chronic symptoms. characterized by  nervous excitability ,  restlessness,  insomnia,  spasmodic pains , or  emotional. sensitivity, typically exacerbated by rest, evening, emotional stress, or confinement, and often seen. in individuals with dynamic, oversensitive constitutions. The remedy is particularly relevant for. those with neurological or psychological conditions, often presenting with symptoms like insomnia. or  anxiety,  commonly  observed  in  patients  with  generalized  anxiety  disorder,  restless  legs. syndrome, or fibromyalgia triggered by rest, emotional stress, or lack of stimulation.","modalities":"Worse from: Rest, evening, night, emotional stress, confinement, lying down, warmth. (neurological symptoms), dampness, fasting, tight clothing, morning, lack of stimulation.","symptoms_by_system":{"Mind":"Mental disturbances passing from one extreme of emotions to another, from the highest joy to deepest \ngrief, from mildness to grumbling. Changeable disposition and moods. Impatience, passes quickly from one \nsubject to another. Tremulous. Over-sensitiveness (Staph.). Irritable. Anger. Mad, raving, swearing. \nHysterical spasms and disorders gener ally. Wriggles or squirms about. Inclined to faint. Hysteria, dreads \nbeing alone and especially in the dark. Hallucinations at night. Erroneous ideas, thinks she is some one else, \n \n \nas if all around were strange and disagreeable. Delusions of animals, men. Feels light, as if floating in air. Mental disturbances passing from one extreme of emotions to another, from the highest joy to deepest \ngrief, from mildness to grumbling. Changeable disposition and moods. Impatience, passes quickly from one \nsubject to another. Tremulous. Over-sensitiveness (Staph.). Irritable. Anger. Mad, raving, swearing. \nHysterical spasms and disorders gener ally. Wriggles or squirms about. Inclined to faint. Hysteria, dreads \nbeing alone and especially in the dark. Hallucinations at night. Erroneous ideas, thinks she is some one else, \n \n \nas if all around were strange and disagreeable. Delusions of animals, men. Feels light, as if floating in air.","Vertigo":"Vertigo on stooping, feels light, as if floating. Head confused, as after intoxication. Intoxication and \ndizziness with absence of ideas. Whirling in head when stooping forwards.  \nCOMMENTS - Franz wrote that it was the custom among women in Germany to take \nValerian almost as frequently as coffee. He attributed much of the nervous suffering, then prevalent, to this \npractice. \u201cThere is scarcely a remedy,\u201d he said, \u201cwhich com municates its primary as well as secondary action \nto the organism with more intensity than Valer.\u201d \nHe referenced his own eye symptoms, which were both severe and remarkable, though he had no tendency \nto anything of the kind before. His symptoms were excited at intervals for four months afterwards, the cause \nwas frequently unknown, showing the deep action on the organism. \nFranz recorded burning, smarting and pressure in the margins of the eyelids, which seemed sore and swollen. \nThere were also hallucinations of hearing and of sense. \n\u201cImagines she is some one else and moves to the edge of the bed to make room.\u201d \u201cAnx ious, hypochondriac \nfeeling, as if the objects around him had been taken from him, the room appears to him desolate, he does not \nfeel at home in the room, he is compelled to leave it.\u201d \u201cAs if in a dream.\u201d \n\u201cThe many inveterate spasms of the stomach and abdomen. The incurable cases of hysteria and \nhypochondriasis. Moral disturbances, passing from one extreme of emotion to another. From the highest joy \nto t he deepest grief from leniency. Kindness and mildness to grumbling impatience, obstinacy and \nquarrelsomeness from a sinking of the vital forces. A painful craving for stimulants to the greatest liveliness \nand extravagance and vice versa.\u201d \nIn Franz\u2019s opinion, tedious convalescence after nervous fevers, and paralysis and contractions of the limbs, \nwere owed less to the original intensity of the disease than to the Valer, with which the patients had been \ndosed. They were only saved from worse effects because Valer, was frequently given in combination with one \nor more of its antidotes. \nFranz noted that the first and most rapid effect of Valer., which precedes any after symptoms, is an acceleration \nof the pulse and congestion of the head. Symptoms of the upper an d lower limbs alternate frequently. \nPrincipally produces symptoms at noon \nValeriana officinalis and early afternoon, and the hours before midnight. The abdominal symptoms are \nparticularly felt in the evening. \nDisturbed digestion. Fetid tallow taste before dinner. Flat, slimy taste early in the morning, on waking. Nausea \nbegins in umbilical region, rising into pharynx. \nDarting, tearing pains that come and go. Pains appear suddenly. Tearings, cramps, better morning. Constant \nheat and uneasi ness. Restlessness . Nervous irritation, can not keep still. Tissot recommended Valer. for \nepilepsy. \nNash cured a severe case of sciatica in a pregnant woman based on the symptoms, \u201cpain worse standing and \nletting the foot rest on the floor.\u201d She could stand with the foot resting on a chair or lie down in comfort. \nHering said it met \u201cNervous disorders occurring in excitable temperaments. In hypochondriasis it calms the \nnervousness, abates the excitement of the circulation. \n\u201cIt removes the wakefulness, promotes sleep and induc es sensation of quietude and comfort. Sadness is \nremoved in globus hys tericus in all asthmatic and hysterical coughs. Nervous palpitations, profuse flow of \nlimpid urine. Red parts become white.\u201d","Head":"Headache, which appears suddenly or in jerks. Fullness as from rush of blood to head. Pressive \nheadache. Headaches, better moving about, worse sunshine. Moving eyes aggravates headache. Sensation \nof great coldness. Pressure in forehead. Bending head back aggravates pain in occiput. Headache, which appears suddenly or in jerks. Fullness as from rush of blood to head. Pressive \nheadache. Headaches, better moving about, worse sunshine. Moving eyes aggravates headache. Sensation \nof great coldness. Pressure in forehead. Bending head back aggravates pain in occiput.","Eyes":"Swelling and painful sensibility of eyelids. Myopia. Brightness and light before eyes in a dark room, \nvision sharp. Sparks before eyes. Objects seem too near eyes. Wild look.","Ears":"Otalgia with spasmodic drawings. Jerkings in the ears. Hyperesthesia. Earache from exposure to \ndrafts and cold. Nervous noises. Tinkling and ringing in the ears. Illusions of hearing, imagined he heard the \nbell tinkle.","Face":"Pain appears suddenly and jerks. Muscles twitch. Cheeks red and hot in open air.","Mouth":"Rancid, greasy taste. Bitter taste on tip of tongue. Tongue thickly coated. Nausea felt in throat. White \nblisters on tongue and upper lip, painful when touched. Toothache with shooting pain. \nNose - Violent sneezing.","Throat":"Choking in throat-pit on falling asleep, wakes as if suffocating. Pharynx feels constricted. Sensation \n \n \nas if a thread were hanging down throat with salivation and vomiting. Nausea felt in throat.","Chest":"Sudden stitches in chest and liver from within out. Eruption of small, hard nodosities on chest. \nConstitutions - Hysterical women who have taken too much chamomile tea. Nervous, irritable, and hysterical \nsubjects in whom the intellectual faculties predominate and who suffer from hysteria and neuralgia. Stitching in heart with quick, small and weak pulse. \nKidneys - Much straining and prolapsed rectum during urination. Urine increased and more frequent in \nnervous women. Urine contains a white, red or turbid sediment. Choking in throat on falling asleep. Wakes as if suffocating. Spasmodic asthma, convulsive \nmovements of the diaphragm. Obstructed respiration and anguish in chest.","Stomach & Abdomen":"Weak stomach and digestion. Sense of something warm rising from stomach and causing \nsuffocation Cramps in stomach. Foul belchings, like bad eggs. Heartburn with gulping of rancid fluid. Nausea \nwith faintness. Child vomits curdled milk in large lumps after nursing after mother\u2019s anger. \nTemperature - Chilliness, generally begins in neck and runs down back. Body ice cold with nausea and \nvomiting. Sensation of icy coldness (Helo., Camp., Abies -c.). Heat predominates.  Fever composed  of \ndisagreeable heat only. Long lasting heat, often with sweat on face. Sudden gushes of sweat, mostiy on \nfore\u00f1ead. Abdomen inflated and hard. \nHysterical cramps. Spasms, cramps in bowels after food and at night in bed. Flatulence. Draws abdomen in \ninvoluntarily. Voracious hunger with nausea, as if from navel.","Urinary & Genital":"Creeping and drawing in of penis, as if it had gone to sleep. Menses late and scanty (Puls.). Neurasthenia of sexual organs.","Extremities":"Muscle  cramps  or  spasms,  with  a  sensation  of  tightness  or  jerking,  resembling. muscle spasms, worse with rest, evening, dampness, or night, often with soreness or. twitching. Generalized aching or soreness, with a tendency to stiffness or fatigue, resembling. fibromyalgia, aggravated by rest, evening, or stress, often with trigger points or. weakness. Joint  pains  or  stiffness,  with  a  sensation  of  heaviness  or  burning,  resembling. osteoarthritis, worse with rest, evening, or cold, often with crepitation or reduced. mobility. Tendency  to  musculoskeletal  hypersensitivity,  with  aggravation  in  rest  or  damp. states. Constitutional:. Chronic fatigue or weakness, with a sensation of exhaustion or debility, resembling. chronic fatigue syndrome, worse with rest, stress, morning, or confinement, often. with pallor or weight changes. Valeriana officinalis (Valerian) 2013. Neurasthenic  states  or  sluggishness,  with  a  tendency  to  low  vitality  or  burnout,. resembling neurasthenia, aggravated by rest, evening, or emotional stress, often with. chills or flushing. General sensitivity or fragility, with a sensation of internal irritation or vulnerability,. resembling post-viral fatigue, worse with rest, stress, or lack of stimulation, often. with hypersensitivity or irritability. Tendency  to  constitutional  hypersensitivity,  with  aggravation  in  rest  or  stressed. states.","Neck & Back":"Lancinations in left lum bar region above hip, worse when standing and es pecially when sitting, than \nwhen walking. Rheumatic pains in the shoulder blades. \nCausations - Injuries, slightest injury causes spasms.","Skin":"Skin too dry and warm. Painful erup tions. Eruption of small nodosities, at first red and confluent, then \nwhite and hard.","Sleep":"Sleeplessness with nightly itching and muscular spasms from excitement, worse on waking. Cannot \nsleep before midnight. Insomnia, during pregnancy and menopause. Di sturbed sleep with toss ing and \nanxious, confused dreams.","Generalities":"Pressure of hand or covering with hat causes icy coldness on vertex. As if flying in air. As if eyes \nwould be pierced from within outward. As if smoke in eyes. As if a thread were hanging down throat. Like \nlead in limbs. Lightness in leg. As if strained in right ankle. As if bruised in outer malleolus of right foot."},"schema_version":"1.0","api_provider":"Allahshafi"}