Homeopathic remedies do not suppress symptoms. They stimulate the processes of recovery and even growth. In other words, homeopathic remedies cannot make grief go away.
They cannot allow someone to avoid grief. Initially, within the first few hours or days, a state of shock occurs. In the following weeks – a state of irritability, anger or sadness and tears. For the first few weeks – deep sadness, loneliness and depression. Shock has elements of fear, excitement, and even panic.
This condition is well known as an indication for Aconitum. An acute, intense, sudden condition usually does not last long. Mood changes from deep depression to hysterical laughter within minutes.
Ignatia is characteristic of this period. Inappropriate behaviors: laughing when others are serious and sad, or refusing to speak. A person in Ignatia takes deep breaths and complains of a lump in the throat that makes swallowing difficult. Swallowing solids is easier than liquids (quite the opposite of what you would normally expect).
This intense state often appears within the first few hours and days after a bereavement, often at the time of a funeral. Ignatia is a great remedy for loss. Hysterics. Sits, sighs and sobs. Melancholia with a tendency to tears. Face flushes with excitement. Laughter ends in shrieks or chest convulsions with blue face. Nervous women, dejected by recent grief.
They hide their grief. The sick cherish their grief and protect it from others. Grief is accompanied by sighs and sobs. Sobs over nothing. Extremely businesslike. Sad in the evening. Imagines he can’t get up and walk. He is afraid that he will get sick with a stomach ulcer. Afraid of every little thing.
His face reddens from a slight contradiction. Impatient, indecisive, inclined to quarrel. Desires inappropriate things. The noise is unbearable. Doesn’t want to talk. Indifference to everything. Prone to anger. Intrusive ideas. The patient suppresses and hides his grief from others. The patient wants to be alone with his grief.
Magnesia Carbonicum and Magnesia Muriaticum are characterized by rapid outbursts of anger and a strong sensitivity to being alone. Kent describes them as means for orphans. Jan Scholten uses them for children whose parents are separated or divorced. He also suggests that Magnesia Carbonicum is more indicated when the patient has strong feelings of anger towards his father, and Magnesia Muriaticum is more indicated when anger is felt towards his mother.
This anger is felt until the death of a particular parent, or it may arise only after that. Often, loved ones suffer from a sense of injustice. It seems that the deceased mistreated them during the last days of his illness. This state of anger and indignation is commonly seen in indications for Staphysagria.
This state is characterized by the expression “this is not fair!”. Colocynth, which we commonly associate with abdominal colic, is also one of these angry, indignant remedies.
Hyoscyamus. Seizures after disappointments in love. Jealous and suspicious. Tears up love letters and destroys all reminders of her former lover. Pulsatilla is indicated for people who have a strong sense of loss and abandonment. They feel very alone.
Pulsatilla is looking for comfort and support. They need company and the sympathy of others. They need support and attention. They want to be hugged. Pulsatilla also shows instability in the early stages of grief. Their mood can change quickly. Tearful, sad and melancholy. She is not centered within herself.
The sick woman confides her grief to anyone who approaches her. She is looking for sympathy. She is timid and accommodating. An entirely different way of dealing with the feeling of loss is found in Natrum Muriaticum.
He must be left alone. He hates the fuss and feels much worse when people express comfort to him. Natrum Muriaticum really only needs time, They need their own space and time. Tearfulness and depression. Gloomy mood from colic in the rectum and from constipation. Constant recollection of past troubles. Irritability. Indifference and variability of mood. Worse from consolation. Hopelessness.
Migraine with zigzag vision, depression, palpitations and skin problems after disappointment in a relationship. Melancholic people who are always worse from consolation.
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