Valeriana officinalis, commonly known as Valerian, is a renowned homoeopathic medicine prepared from tincture of the fresh root, with profound action on the nervous system, particularly helpful in hysterical conditions, over-sensitiveness, and nervous disturbances, especially when apparently well-selected remedies fail. Belonging from Valerianaceae family, it is highly supportive in addressing nervous affections, irritability, spasms, and functional disturbances linked to heightened sensitivity or emotional imbalances.
Common Names: Mushkbala, Valerian
SBL’s Valeriana officinalis can be helpful in the following conditions:
Hysteria & Nervous Disturbances:
- Helps in hysterical spasms and conditions with sudden emotional changes.
- Aids in over-sensitivity to pain, sound, and touch.
- Feeling as if floating or disconnected from the body (lightness in body).
- Hallucinations at night, irritability, and sudden mood shifts.
Head & Mind Symptoms:
- Cold sensation in the head and pressure in the forehead.
- Helps with dizziness, confusion, and a feeling of intoxication.
- Mind symptoms often include tremors and restlessness.
Ear & Throat Complaints:
- Supportive for earache caused by cold and draughts.
- Addresses nervous-origin ear noises and hyperesthesia (heightened hearing sensitivity).
- Throat feels constricted with a peculiar sensation of a thread hanging down.
- Nausea felt in the throat, constriction of pharynx.
Gastrointestinal Disturbances:
- Hunger with accompanying nausea and foul eructations.
- Heartburn with sour or rancid regurgitation.
- For infants who vomit curdled milk in large lumps after nursing.
- Hysterical cramps in the abdomen and flatulence.
- Diarrhœa: thin, watery stools mixed with curdled milk, often with intense crying in children.
Respiratory Complaints:
- Choking sensation especially while falling asleep.
- Spasmodic asthma or breathing difficulties.
- Jerky or convulsive movements involving the diaphragm.
Female Reproductive System:
- Addresses late and scanty menses, with neurasthenia of sexual organs.
Extremities & Muscular Issues:
- Rheumatic and neuralgic pains in limbs.
- Constant jerking and trembling of muscles.
- Pain in heels when sitting; better on walking.
- Sciatica pain worsens when standing still, relieved by motion.
Sleep Disturbances:
- For individuals who feel sleepless with tossing, anxious with confused dreams.
- Worse on waking; with nightly itching and muscular spasm.
Fever:
- Long-lasting internal heat with facial perspiration.
- Alternates between heat and icy cold sensations.