Description

Dr. Reckeweg Ignatia Amara(Dilution)

  • Tincture and trituration of the seeds is used for medicinal preparation.

Common Name: St. Ignatius Bean, Faba indica

Causes & Symptoms for Dr. Reckeweg Ignatia Amara 

  • Ignatia is especially suited to sensitive, delicate women and children.
  • Twitching or spasms, or convulsions from exciting or depressing emotions, fright indicates Ignatia.
  • especially if caused by fright or grief on the mental side, or teething or worms.
  • Anyone suffering from suppressed, deep grief, with long drawn sighs, much sobbing, Ignatia works well.
  • Ignatia has a good action over motor and sensory nerves, Twitching of muscles of face and lips.
  • Uncontrollable laughter alternating with outbursts of tears.
  • Hiccough worse by eating, or smoking, or emotional disturbances

Mind and Head 

  • Ignatia is suitable to changeable, moody disposition, easily frightened, Anger, followed by quiet grief and sorrow.
  • The least contradiction excites rage and passion, with redness of face.
  • Painful sensation of expansion in the head, as if the cranium were going to burst, Head better lying on painful side.
  • Headaches are aggravated by coffee, smoking, the abuse of snuff, inhaling tobacco smoke, alcohol.
  • Headaches terminate with a profuse flow of urine.
  • Pressive headache, especially above the root of the nose, and often accompanied by inclination to vomit, worse or better by stooping

Eyes, ear, nose 

  • Redness of the eyes, Convulsive movements of the eyes, and of the eyelids is relieved with Ignatia.
  • Swelling in the upper lid, with enlargement of the (bluish) veins, the eyelid is turned upward.
  • Swelling of the parotids, with shooting pain, Itching in the ears.
  • Nostrils excoriated and ulcerated, with swelling of the nose, stoppage of one nostril, dry coryza, with dull headache.