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Ignatia vs Staphysagria
(Ignatia amara · Delphinium staphisagria)
Both come up when an emotional hurt is held inside and starts to affect how someone feels physically.
In short
Ignatia is fresh grief with sighing and swinging moods; Staphysagria is indignation swallowed after an insult, leaving someone shaky and unwell.
Side by side
(the classic distinctions homeopaths look for)
| Feature | Ignatia |
Staphysagria |
|---|---|---|
| Cause | Grief, loss or heartbreak | Insult, humiliation or held-back anger |
| Emotion | Changeable: laughing one moment, crying the next | Wounded pride and suppressed resentment |
| Telltale signs | Frequent sighing; lump in the throat | Very sensitive to what others say |
| Body | Contradictory, unexpected symptoms | Painfully sensitive cuts; styes; irritable bladder |
| Worse for | Consolation, sometimes; coffee | The least touch on the affected part |
Ignatia
Better
Eating, Changing position
Worse
Consolation, sometimes, Coffee, Tobacco smoke, Morning
Staphysagria
Better
Warmth, Rest at night, After breakfast
Worse
Anger, indignation or humiliation, The least touch on the affected part, Tobacco
From the classic texts
“Mentally, the emotional element is uppermost, and co-ordination of function is interfered with.”
“Impetuous, violent outbursts of passion, hypochondriacal, sad. Very sensitive as to what others say about her.”
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Ignatia
(Ignatia amara · St. Ignatius bean)
A leading remedy for fresh grief and emotional shock. Ignatia is associated with sighing, a lump in the throat and moods that swing quickly, often with contradictory symptoms.
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Staphysagria
(Delphinium staphisagria · Stavesacre)
The remedy of swallowed anger. In the materia medica, Staphysagria is associated with the effects of insult, humiliation and held-in indignation, and with sensitive cuts and incisions, such as after surgery.
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