About Ignatia Amara Homeopathic Dilution

Ignatia, also known as Strychnos Ignati, derives its homeopathic essence from the seeds of the St. Ignatius plant. It primarily addresses emotional disturbances, depression, grief effects, and mental shock, particularly stemming from the loss of loved ones. Nat Mur complements its action.

This remedy is well-suited for sensitive, delicate individuals, especially women and children. While it may not be effective for aggressive personalities, it proves beneficial for gentle, sensitive individuals with nervous complaints.

Indicated for hysteric and nervous afflictions marked by extreme emotional disturbances, including effects of grief and worry, spasmodic hiccups, and hysterical vomiting.

Hahnemann conducted provings of the St. Ignatius Bean, documenting its effects in the third edition of his Materia Medica Pura, with additional information found in Allen’s Encyclopedia.

Brands: Ignatia Amara Homeopathy Dilution is available in brands such as SBL, Schwabe, and others (Hahnemann, Similia, Medisynth). When selecting 'Others', one of the three brands will be provided, subject to availability.

Ignatia Amara Homeopathy Medicine is available in 2 dram medicated globules in various potency here. 

What do doctors recommend Ignatia Amara for?

Dr. Kirti Singh recommends Ignatia Amara 200 for emotional disturbance, anxiety, depression, and schizophrenia, highlighting its effectiveness in addressing various mental conditions. Dr. Rawat Choudhary also advocates for Ignatia Amara 200 as a top choice for mental depression, especially in cases related to broken relationships or loss of loved ones. Dr. KS Gopi suggests Ignatia for bipolar disorder stemming from depression, particularly in patients with a history of long-held grief. Dr. Vikas Sharma regards Ignatia Amara as highly effective for mood swings, particularly suited for individuals experiencing sudden shifts from sadness to happiness or from weeping to laughter.

Key guiding symptoms for Ignatia amara include:

1. Overly idealistic view of life
2. Excessive industriousness, working excessively hard to achieve ideals
3. Perfectionism and a strong drive to do what is right
4. Anxiety and fear of failure, anticipating negative outcomes
5. Ailments triggered by shock, disappointment, grief, or failure
6. Irritability of the nervous system, easily irritated by external stimuli
7. Cramping, spasms, or abnormal contractions in any part of the body
8. Depressed mood, feelings of failure, and guilt
9. Inconsolable sadness and a desire for solitude.

Ignatia Amara Homeopathy therapeutic range of actions as per Boericke Materia Medica

This remedy significantly heightens all senses and can trigger clonic spasms. Emotionally dominant, it disrupts functional coordination, making it a primary treatment for hysteria. It is particularly suited to women with a nervous temperament—those who are sensitive, quickly excitable, dark-haired, mild-mannered, perceptive, and fast acting. Patients may experience rapid, stark changes in mental and physical states, displaying great contradictions.

Ideal for alert, apprehensive, and trembling individuals who are acutely sensitive both mentally and physically, and whose conditions worsen with coffee consumption. The erratic and superficial nature of its symptoms is a defining characteristic. It is also used to address the effects of grief, worry, and inability to tolerate tobacco. It targets pain that is localized to small, defined spots and can relieve symptoms of the plague, as well as hiccough and hysterical vomiting.

Dose-Sixth, to 200th potency.

Ignatia Amara Patient Profile

• Mind: Extreme mood changes, sadness, melancholy, tearfulness, brooding, non-communicative, involuntary sighing and crying aftershock, grief, and disappointment.
• Head: Heaviness of head, hollow feeling worsened by bending forwards, pain like a nail driven through temples, pinching pain over the root of the nose, headaches with congestion and rush of blood after anger, grief, smoking, or smelling tobacco.
• Eyes: Weakness of eye muscles, lack of coordination, eyelid spasms, neuralgic pain in the orbit and eyes.
• Throat: Sensation of a lump in throat, frequent inclination to swallow but inability to swallow, sore throat with stitches and choking sensation extending to ear, inflammation of tonsils with crypts and small ulcers.
• Female: Irregular menstruation (flow black, too early, too profuse, or scanty), great prostration and spasmodic pains during menses, frigidity in females, suppressed desire from worries and grief.
• Modalities: Symptoms worsen in the morning, open air, after meals, coffee, smoking, liquids, and warmth, but improve during eating and change of position.

Dosage: Please note that the dosage of single homoeopathic medicines varies from drug to drug depending upon the condition, age, sensitivity and other things. In some cases they are given as regular doses as 3-5 drops 2-3 times a day whereas in other cases they are given only once in a week, month or even in a longer period. We strongly recommend that the medication should be taken as per the physician's advice.