Ignatia (St. Ignatius bean)
Ignatia amara
For homesickness carried with sighing, mood swings, and a lump in the throat. The person is quietly devastated by being away from home, holds back tears in company and releases them in private, and feels the absence of familiar people and places with keen, changeable sensitivity.
Key indications
- Best for: Alternate remedy for homesickness; with mood swings and sensitivity to stress
- Holds back tears in company, then weeps alone
- Keenly feels the absence of familiar people and places
- Changeable emotions; can be consoled one moment, inconsolable the next
- Symptoms worse after an emotional parting or bad news from home
Emotion, coffee, consolation, thinking of home, being away from home
Warmth, eating, distraction, news from home
200C 1-2 times daily during beginning of upset from homesickness; reduce as the longing eases. Preferably give away from bedtime.
No complementary remedies listed yet.
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.