Sepia is not known to be as great a heart remedy as Cactus , but it has cured many cases of heart troubles. Sepia has cured endocarditis, and a remedy that will take hold in endocarditis and root it out must be a deep acting remedy. He feels that if he ceases to move the heart will cease to beat. The headaches are of the congestive type. The most violent pain is in the occiput, and it is felt sometimes as a hammering.
Every pulsation is felt like the blow of a hammer in the base of the skull.
These headaches are so violent that the patient can not stand up, but will lie perfectly exhausted, as if paralyzed from the pain. There is an occipital headache that compels walking or rolling the head. The face is flushed and dusky and the patient is dazed. There is much nervous excitement. Complaints from fear, from embarrassment, from shock that is attended with fear, from sudden surprises that are attended with fright.