Common Name: St. Ignatius Bean

SBL's Ignatia Amara can be helpful in the following conditions:

• Hysteria

• Ignatia is particularly useful for individuals with heightened sensitivity and emotional disturbances. It addresses symptoms such as tonic spasms, hyperesthesia of the senses, and a tendency toward rapid and extreme mood changes.

• Grief and Emotional Trauma

• This remedy is effective for those suffering from the effects of grief, worry, and disappointment. Symptoms may include silently brooding, melancholic mood, sighing, sobbing, and an inability to communicate feelings.

• Headaches

• Ignatia is indicated for headaches that feel like a nail driven into the side of the head, cramp-like pains over the root of the nose, and congestive headaches following anger or grief.

• Asthenopia (Eye Strain)

• Symptoms include spasms of the eyelids and neuralgic pain around the eyes, often accompanied by flickering zigzags.

• Facial Twitching

• The remedy helps with involuntary twitching of facial muscles and lips, as well as changes in facial color when at rest.

• Oral Conditions

• Conditions such as a sour taste in the mouth, a tendency to bite the inside of the cheeks, constant saliva, and toothache aggravated by coffee and smoking are addressed by Ignatia.

• Throat Problems

• Digestive Issues

• Abdominal Pains

• Symptoms include rumbling in the bowels, a weak feeling in the upper abdomen, and colicky, griping pains in the sides of the abdomen.

• Ignatia is useful for itching and stitching sensations up the rectum, prolapse, painful constriction of the anus after stool, and hemorrhoids with pain and bleeding.

• Urinary Issues

• It is indicated for profuse, watery urine.

• Respiratory Conditions

• Menstrual and Female Reproductive Issues

• The remedy is suitable for menstrual irregularities such as early, profuse, or scanty black menses, feminine sexual frigidity, and menstrual suppression due to grief.

• Musculoskeletal Pains

• Symptoms include jerking of limbs, pain in the Achilles tendon and calf, and ulcerative pain in the soles.

• Sleep Disturbances

• Ignatia can help with very light sleep, jerking limbs upon falling asleep, insomnia due to grief and cares, and prolonged, troubling dreams.

• Fever and Skin Conditions