Valerian
- Hysteria, over-sensitiveness, nervous affections, when apparently well-chosen remedies fail.
- Hysterical spasms and affections generally.
- Hysterical flatulency.
Mind
- Changeable disposition.
- Feels light, as if floating in air.
- Over-sensitiveness (Staph).
- Hallucinations at night.
- Irritable.
- Tremulous.
Head
- Sensation of great coldness.
- Pressure in forehead.
- Feeling of intoxication.
Ears
- Earache from exposure to draughts and cold.
- Nervous noises.
- Hyperesthesia.
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 diarrhoea, with lumps of coagulated milk, with violent screaming in children.
- Greenish, papescent, bloody stool.
- Spasms in bowels after food and at night in bed.
Respiratory
- Choking on falling asleep.
- Spasmodic asthma; convulsive movements of the diaphragm.
Female
- Menses late and scanty (Puls).
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).
Relationship
- 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.
