Homeopathy Essay

Compare and contrast Natrum mur and Ignatia amara in regards to:

Emotional Shock: Natrum personalities can be called as loners. They like to be alone. Being in a company leads to irritability among these patients. They don’t like to share their grief and emotional trauma with anyone else. They keep their tensions and secrets hidden within their hearts. They prefer brooding in solitude rather than blurting it out to someone very close to them. They will repress their emotions and blame themselves for all the wrong things happening in their lives. They do not turn to anyone for any kind of help, especially when it comes to the emotional matters (Lilley). Whereas, the Ignatia patients are the ones who like to sit alone, sob and sigh in grief. Their reactions can be very different than expected usually. They may laugh over a painful situation at once, and then may suddenly break into tears. Their reactions are highly unpredictable (Souter). They may cry over a trifling issue and may start laughing over a matter which calls for much serious approach. Their responses contradict to the situations. They try to hide their emotions from the world outside by putting a fake smile on their faces. Whereas the Natrum mur personalities do show their disagreement quite boldly and in an open manner.
Grief: Natrum mur is used for the cases where the patient reacts to a situation of grief with great irritability. He wants to cry, but is not able to. They cannot cry in front of others, they can cry only when alone. They won’t be able to sleep easily due to the past thoughts that keep hounding their minds. On the other hand, Ignatia is prescribed for a person who cries with great outbursts. They can be seen crying anytime, they are mostly seen with moist eyes when going through any stressful situation. Unlike the Natrum mur people, they won’t present as irritable, rather they will try to look calm and composed. They will try to hide their pain from others with a contended look on their faces (Smith).
Disappointment: Both Natrum mur and Ignatia amara are used for disappointments. The differences in the points of prescribing lie in their reactions to the disappointing situations.

How are the remedies similar?

Answer: It is a known fact that Natrum mur is the chronic of Ignatia. Both the remedies are used for disappointed affections. They are used for patients suffering from the bad effects of grief, of any type. Both the patients are emotional and easily affected by traumas. They like to keep things to themselves and brood silently.

How are the remedies different?

Answer: Ignatia and Natrum mur are quite identical to each other in many aspects. They are often prescribed wrongly. They replace each other in many cases. But there do exist various points of differences. Ignatia acts more on the superficial planes, whereas Natrum mur has a deeper action. Ignatia patients are weaker emotionally; they break down easily in minor stressful situations. In comparison to that, Natrum people are way stronger at the emotional level. They can bear more emotional trauma than the Ignatia people. Ignatia is prescribed for cases of stress which affect the patient only mentally. On the other hand, Natrum mur is used for cases where the patients suffer physically following an emotional shock (International Academy of Classical Homeopathy).

Some of the mind rubrics covering both the medicines in Kent:

Absent minded
Absorbed
Affectionate
Anger, irascibility
Anger, after anger, vexation, etc.
Anger, violent
Anxiety
Anxiety, morning
Anxiety, waking, on
Anxiety, night
Anxiety, fear, with
Anxiety, fever, during
Anxiety, menses, during
Bad news, ailments from
Censorious, critical
Cheerful, gay, happy
Cheerful, sadness, with
Company, aversion to
Concentration, difficult
Confidence, want of self
Confusion of mind
Delirium
Indolence
Indifference
Discontented
Discouraged
Dullness
Central themes for both the drugs according to Allen’s Keynotes:
Ignatia: Remedy of contradictions. Changeable mood. Intolerance to tobacco smoke. Involuntary sighing. Bad effects of grief. Complaints occur precisely at the same hour daily. Likes to be alone. Alternating symptoms nearly in all the body systems.
Natrum mur: Desire for salt. Sweat on palms. Constipation. Mapped tongue. Takes cold easily. Headache from exposure to sun. Dreams of robbers. Oily and shiny face. Aversion to breads.

Clinical Indications for both the drugs:

Ignatia: Convulsions. Dentition. Diphtheria. Dysmenorrhea. Phlyctenular ophthalmia. Rectal prolapsed. Haemorrhoids. Rheumatic fever.
Natrum mur: Anemia. Addison’s disease. Aphthae. Depression. Diabetes. Dyspareunia. Epilepsy. Goitre. Gout. Hodgkin’s disease. Spermatorrhea. Sunstroke. Stomatitis. Ulcers. Warts. Whooping cough. Nettlerash. Facial nerve paralysis (Clarke).

Stimuli to which these drugs are sensitive to:

Ignatia: Sensitive to pain. Intolerance to tobacco smoke, smoking and being around smoke. It leads to headache in them.
Natrum mur: Intolerance to sunlight. It causes headache among the patients.

Works Cited

Clarke, John Henry. "Ignatia. - A DICTIONARY OF PRACTICAL MATERIA MEDICA By John Henry CLARKE, M.D. Presented Bym�Di-T �". Homeoint.org. N.p., 2000. Web. 2 Jan. 2016.
International Academy of Classical Homeopathy,. "Natrum Muriaticum | International Academy Of Classical Homeopathy". N.p., 2016. Web. 2 Jan. 2016.
Lilley, David. "Nat Mur - British Homeopathic Association". British Homeopathic Association. N.p., 2016. Web. 2 Jan. 2016.
Smith, Katherine. "Homeopathy For Grief And Emotional Trauma - Natural Medicine". Natural Medicine. N.p., 2011. Web. 2 Jan. 2016.
Souter, Keith. "Ignatia - British Homeopathic Association". British Homeopathic Association. N.p., 2016. Web. 2 Jan. 2016.