Remedy
Ignatia (St. Ignatius bean)
Ignatia amara
A remedy for depression marked by rapid emotional changes, sighing, and a sense of holding grief or disappointment inside. Useful when low mood follows loss, disappointment, or suppressed feelings, with a tendency to laugh and cry in quick succession.
Key indications
- Alternate remedy for low mood; with rapid mood swings or hypersensitivity to stress
- Low mood after grief, loss, disappointment, or suppressed emotion
- Tendency to laugh and cry alternately, or emotional sensitivity after shock
- Worse from consolation, coffee, or emotional confrontation
- Better from warmth, gentle distraction, and releasing emotion
Worse from
Emotion, coffee, tobacco smoke, consolation
Better from
Warmth, eating, distraction, urinating
Suggested dosage
200C twice daily.
Frequently taken with
Lachesis (bushmaster snake venom)General guidance only. 200ck may be substituted for 200C potencies. Stop the remedy upon significant improvement. If no improvement after 2-3 doses in acute cases or after 4-6 weeks in chronic cases, try a different remedy. Consult a experienced practitioner if you feel you need additional help for serious or persistent symptoms.