Grief, death, disappointed love. Inner romantic notions that reality cannot live up to.

Contradictory and changing conditions. Silent grief and brooding thoughts. Emotions that come out in outbursts as in brief bouts of crying.

Lots of sighing, tics around your mouth, bites inside the cheeks, swallow a lot of saliva and it feels like there is a lump in the throat.

All types of symptoms that come after grief or disappointment. Especially in cases where the patient has difficulty accepting their loss and prefers to keep their grief and pain to themselves.

Ignatia is also a remedy filled with opposite, unreasonable and constantly changing symptoms, such as sore throat that gets better from eating something that is very dry; chilly but don’t like the blanket or a very hot patient who prefers to sit next to the stove.

Often used when you have lost a close person or are sad due a breakup or separation. Igantia will most often prefer to handle their grief alone. They react with involuntary reactions instead, such as sighing, yawning or hiccups. They are inconsolable and cannot accept their loss at all. Can’t even speak or are paralyzed by grief.

All symptoms are aggravated by tobacco, coffee and alcohol.

In short: Romantic idealist suffering from acute grief.

Other helpful hints: Ignatia is also called a female nux vomica.