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.
Source
The seeds of stavesacre, a larkspur of the Mediterranean
Kingdom
Plant
Abbreviation
Staph.
Home acute kit
Usually prescribed by a homeopath
The classic picture
(a remedy is chosen when the whole picture fits the person, not from a single symptom)
Very sensitive to what others say; easily hurt by harmless words
Holds back anger after an insult, then feels shaky, exhausted or unwell
Clean cuts and incisions that are painfully sensitive, with stinging, smarting pain
Recurring styes on the eyelids, and an irritable bladder that burns even when not urinating
Tends to feel better
Warmth
Rest at night
After breakfast
Tends to feel worse
Anger, indignation or humiliation
The least touch on the affected part
Tobacco
How it compares
(remedies that are often confused with Staphysagria)
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Ignatia
(Ignatia amara)
Ignatia's hurt is fresh grief with sighing; Staphysagria's is indignation held in.
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Nux vomica
(Strychnos nux-vomica)
Nux vomica lets anger out; Allen calls Staphysagria its reverse, the person who subdues their wrath.
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Colocynthis
(Citrullus colocynthis)
Colocynthis turns anger into cramping, doubled-up pain; Staphysagria tends to swallow it and feel ill.
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Side-by-side comparisons
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From the classic texts
“Impetuous, violent outbursts of passion, hypochondriacal, sad. Very sensitive as to what others say about her.”
“Was insulted; being too dignified to fight, subdued his wrath and went home sick, trembling and exhausted (the rev. of Nux).”
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