Pica is a disorder that refers to compulsive eating of non-food items or non-nutritive things by a person. For example, a person having pica may eat chalk, sand, ice, paper etc. The main symptom of pica is eating non-food stuff and it is diagnosed when this habit persists for at least one month duration. People with pica tend to eat a variety of non-food items. Some common ones are ice, clay, chalk, charcoal, coffee grounds, dirt, sand, soap, buttons, paper, paint, burnt matches, cigarette ashes and metal pieces. Some people with pica may eat their nose pickings, ear wax, wool, stones, wood, talcum powder, paper clips, thread, mucus, vomit, even their faeces or in some cases, faeces of animals. In some cases pain in the stomach, blood in the stool, diarrhoea (loose stool) and constipation may arise. They may also have damaged teeth from eating indigestible things.

Homeopathy offers a natural solution for mild to moderate cases of pica. With the help of homeopathic medicines, one’s desire to eat non-food items reduces gradually. Homeopathy addresses the underlying root cause of pica to provide excellent results. These are helpful for people of all age groups. They work in a very safe and natural manner without causing any type of harm at all.

Homeopathy provides individualized treatment to offer the best help in pica cases. Homeopathic medicines are selected individually for every case depending upon the type of craving and the attending symptoms that are present. The use of homeopathic medicines is recommended for some non-food cravings and for mild to moderate cases of pica in which no serious complication is present. In serious cases with attending complications, it is strictly advisable to take help from conventional mode of treatment.

Homeopathy is a 200-yr-old system of healing in which medicines boost body’s own healing forces to overcome health complaints. This also applies to pica cases where they stimulate the body to overcome pica. It is advised to take any homeopathic medicine for treating pica under the supervision of a homeopathic physician after a detailed case analysis. A complete course of homeopathic treatment under the guidance of a homeopathic doctor brings great recoveries.

Homeopathic medicines for pica have no side effects at all. These medicines are prepared from naturally occurring substances and are used in tiny and highly diluted forms that function only to relieve the complaint of pica with complete safety and no harmful reactions. Besides being safe another advantage of using homeopathic medicines is that they never cause any dependency. These medicines can be easily stopped when the results are as desired.

Top 7 Homeopathic Medicines For Pica

The top indicated homeopathic medicines for pica are Calcarea Carb, Alumina, Nitric Acid, Silicea, Veratrum Album, Nux Vomica and Lac Felinum.

1. Calcarea Carb – Top Grade Medicine

It leads the chart of homeopathic medicines for treating cases of pica. Its use is mainly recommended for persons who tend to eat non-food things like chalk, dirt, sand, slate and coal. There may be craving for eating pencils. A desire for eating soap may be present where this medicine is required.

When to use Calcarea Carb?

This medicine is suggested to manage pica where craving for chalk, sand, slate, dirt, pencils and soap is present.

How to use Calcarea Carb?

This medicine can be taken once a day in 30C power.

2. Alumina – For Craving To eat Chalk, Charcoal, Coffee Grounds, White Rags

Alumina is the next well-indicated medicine for those who desire to eat indigestible things. Its use is considered for persons who crave to eat chalk, tea or coffee grounds, charcoal. Next, it is used in cases where desire to eat white rags is there. In cases needing it, there may be constipation. The stool may be hard or even if it is soft, it is passed with great straining. The stool may not be passed daily and the person doesn’t wish to pass stool until there is a large accumulation.

When to use Alumina?

Alumina should be considered to manage pica with a desire to eat chalk, charcoal, coffee grounds, white rags, etc. This can be attended with constipation where stool passes with great straining.

How to use Alumina?

Alumina 30C can be used once a day.

3. Nitric Acid – With Desire For Lime, Chalk, Slate

It is another beneficial medicine for cases where desire for lime, chalk or slate is present. Along with these cravings, there may be some gastric complaints. In some cases, there may be attending diarrhoea (loose stool). The stool may be yellow or green and pass with a lot of gas.

When to use Nitric Acid?

It is recommended to use this medicine for cases of pica in which there is urge to eat chalk, lime or slate.

How to use Nitric Acid?

This medicine can be taken once or twice a week in 30C power.

4. Silicea – For Desire To Eat Mud

This medicine is beneficial for persons who have a desire to eat mud. They have loss of appetite and they have aversion to eating cooked food. There may be constipation with great difficulty in passing stool. The stool when partly expelled from the anus recedes back in the rectum. When stool is passed, it is followed by burning and smarting sensation at the anus. Additionally the abdomen may be hard, distended and bloated. A tendency of excessive sweating on head, hands and feet may be present where this medicine is required.

When to use Silicea?

The use of Silicea is advised for pica cases with prominent craving to eat mud. Some of its attending symptoms are constipation, bloated abdomen and a tendency of profuse sweating mostly on the head, hands and feet.

How to use Silicea?

Usually, this medicine is prescribed in 6X potency two to three times a day.

5. Veratrum Album – For Craving Of Ice

This medicine suits cases of pica where the person has a craving to eat ice. Additionally, one may suffer from diarrhoea. There is passing of frequent stool which is watery, greenish, profuse, gushing and mixed with flakes. Stool is offensive. It is accompanied with cold sweat on the forehead.

When to use Veratrum Album?

This medicine is of great help for pica cases with excessive craving for ice.

How to use Veratrum Album?

This medicine can be used in 30C potency once a week.

6. Nux Vomica – When There Is Craving For Eating Chalk

This medicine is helpful when there is a desire to eat chalk. A prominent attending symptom is constipation with ineffectual urge to pass stool. Here a person has frequent urge to pass stool but only a small quantity of stool is passed at a time. Soon after evacuating the bowels, the desire for passing stool is felt again. Along with this, pain and a sensation of weight is felt in the abdomen. This tends to get worse from eating. Stomach bloating, nausea, vomiting with excessive retching are other attending symptoms.

When to use Nux Vomica?

This medicine works well when there is craving for chalk in cases of pica. Constipation with frequent urge to pass stool is a prominent attending symptom.

How to use Nux Vomica?

One can take this medicine once or twice a day in 30C potency.

7. Lac Felinum – For Desire To Eat Paper

This medicine is particularly useful when there is a desire to eat paper. Persons needing it may also complain of soreness and sensitivity in the stomach. A heated sensation is also felt in the stomach. There is a loss of appetite along with these symptoms.

When to use Lac Felinum?

Lac Felinum is a suitable medicine to treat pica cases with desire to eat paper.

How to use Lac Felinum?

This medicine can be taken in 30C potency once in every 10 to 15 days.

Causes

Some people may eat non-food items just because they like their taste and texture and relish eating them. Sometimes in case of children who eat dirt, sand and other non-food items doesn’t indicate pica and may be it is just a child’s way of exploring his/her surroundings with senses. But in many cases, it could arise from some underlying health problem. Pica can arise in cases of nutritional deficiencies like that of iron, calcium and zinc. Mostly it is associated with iron deficiency anaemia. In some cases, may be the body is demanding non-food items to fulfil the nutritional demands of the body due to deficient nutrients. Next, it can occur during pregnancy. Pica can also be seen in persons having stress, anxiety and having some psychological condition. Few examples of these conditions include OCD – obsessive compulsive disorder (A psychological disorder in which a person has compulsions to repeatedly perform certain activities/behaviours or have repeated unwanted thoughts in mind) and schizophrenia (it is a serious psychological disorder characterised by abnormal interpretation of reality, hallucinations, delusions and disordered thinking). Persons with autism, intellectual disabilities and developmental disabilities are also at high risk of pica. Other than the above, it can be present in people belonging to certain nations where eating clay is common and is also acceptable. Also in people of some cultures eating certain non– food items is considered to have healing properties so it is considered normal.

Complications

The nature of complications depends upon the type of things eaten by the person. Eating certain things like ice doesn’t lead to any complication when the diet of a person is normal. But serious complications can occur in case a person eats other dangerous items like paint that may contain lead and cause lead poisoning. Some other complications of this condition include breaking of the teeth, choking, stomach ulcers, parasitic infections, blockage in intestines and injuries to the throat and GIT (gastrointestinal tract).

Malabsorption Syndrome refers to disorders in which the small intestines are unable to properly absorb enough nutrients (like carbohydrates, proteins, fats, vitamins and minerals) from the food. Homeopathic remedies for malabsorption syndrome help in providing symptomatic relief and improving absorption power of the intestine.

Reasons

The small intestine plays the major role of absorbing nutrients from the partially digested food into the bloodstream. In case of malabsorption syndrome the small intestine is not able to absorb nutrients from foods properly. Malabsorption can also occur if there is a lack of the right amount of digestive enzymes.

Causes

Firstly, it can occur if there is inflammation or an infection in the small intestine that causes its damage and hinders in carrying out its normal function of absorption. The damage can also arise from some injury, trauma or surgery of the small intestine. Second important reason is celiac disease (It is an autoimmune disease in which eating gluten which is a protein found in wheat, barley and rye causes damage in the lining of the small intestine and hinder its function of absorption of nutrients from food in the sufferer. The main symptoms that result include diarrhoea, bloating, fatigue, weight loss, and anaemia). Third main cause is Crohn’s disease (It is one of the IBD-inflammatory bowel diseases that can cause inflammation in any of the segments of the gastrointestinal tract from mouth to anus. The symptoms that it causes mainly include diarrhoea, abdominal distension, pain in abdomen and weight loss). It can also result from excessive use of antibiotics and some other drugs like colchicine, tetracycline, irritant laxatives and radiation therapy. Another cause is parasitic disease (eg. giardia, or helminthiasis). Lactose intolerance or lactase deficiency is also one of the reasons behind it. Apart from these it can also occur in case of cystic fibrosis (It is an inherited disorder that mostly cause damage to lungs , but can also cause damage to also the intestines, pancreas, liver and kidneys) and from disease of liver, pancreas (pancreatitis) or gallbladder.

It can also result if the stomach does not produce enzymes properly and if there are problems with mixing of the eaten food with stomach acid and its enzymes.

Some of the rare causes includes tropical sprue (This disease is usually found in tropical regions in which there occurs inflammation of small intestine and flattening of villi which are finger like projections extending in lumen of small intestine that increase the surface area of intestine on inner side for absorption of nutrients), Whipple’s disease (It is a rare disease caused by bacteria Tropheryma whipplei that mostly affect gastrointestinal tract and the joints but may also affect other organs like brain, lungs, eyes, heart, joints, skin), short bowel syndrome (a condition in which some part of the small or large intestine has been removed / missing or damaged that doesn’t function properly)

Malabsorption syndrome may also be seen in case of congenital defects like biliary atresia which is a serious liver disorder in which the one or more bile ducts that carry bile from the liver are absent, narrowed or blocked.

Symptoms

Its symptoms depend upon the cause behind it, the type of nutrients which are not absorbed, the duration and severity of the condition. The symptoms also occur from deficiency of unabsorbed nutrients. Some of the main symptoms include diarrhoea, abdomen bloating, tiredness, gas, bad smelling stool, greasy / sticky stool, pale / white stool, bulky stool, cramps in the stomach and weight loss. Other than this if there is deficient absorption of fat then the stool is sticky, stool has an offensive odour and stool is light coloured. In case of protein deficiency there arise hair loss or dry hair and fluid retention. There may also occur anaemia, muscle wasting and bones may become brittle. In case of children the growth may be hindered and the weight gain in them is not at the right pace as compared to same age grouped children.

Homeopathic Remedies for Malabsorption Syndrome

Homeopathic medicines play a great role in managing malabsorption syndrome. These medicines help in providing symptomatic relief and improving absorption power of the intestine. Use of homeopathic medicines is recommended in these cases when they are of mild to moderate intensity. But in case the intensity of symptoms is severe or there is some serious / surgical cause behind it then it is strictly advisable to take help from conventional mode of treatment. The causes and the symptoms for this syndrome are highly variable and the homeopathic medicine is selected individually for every cause based on symptomatic picture. So one should take any homeopathic medicine for it after consulting a homeopathic physician who can best judge the medicine that will suit a given case of malabsorption syndrome after detailed case analysis.

1. Aloe – To Manage Diarrhoea

It is a natural medicine prepared from gum of a plant Aloe Socotrina that belongs to the family liliaceae. It is a very useful medicine for managing diarrhoea. The indication for using this medicine is watery, lumpy stool soon after eating or drinking anything. Sometimes mucus passes in the stool. Cramp in the abdomen is felt with this before and during stool. Another attending symptom to it is constant bearing down sensation in the rectum.

2. China – For Diarrhoea Attended With Marked Weakness

It is a natural medicine prepared from the dried root of plant Cinchona Officinalis also known as peruvian bark. It belongs to the family rubiaceae. This medicine is beneficial medicine for cases where diarrhoea is marked. In cases needing it the stool is loose, watery, profuse, frequent and passed along with much gas. The stool can be frothy and may also have an offensive smell. The stool occurs especially after eating. It is attended with intense weakness. Weight loss can also be present. Other than this there is excessive gas in the abdomen along with its bloating or distension. Persons needing this medicine may also be anaemic.

3. Lycopodium – For Gas And Abdominal Bloating

This medicine is prepared from plant Lycopodium Clavatum also known as club moss. This plant belongs to family lycopodiaceae. It is very effective for cases of gas and abdominal bloating. People who need it feel fullness and bloating in the abdomen soon after eating even a little amount. Rumbling, croaking, rattling in the abdomen is there from gas. They may also have gnawing, constrictive or burning pain in the stomach with this.

4. Silicea – For Weakness, Weight Loss, Diarrhoea

Silicea is another valuable medicine for many complaints arising when food is not properly assimilated in the body. Here this medicine firstly helps persons who have weight loss and who feel exhausted easily. Next it benefits persons who have chronic loose stool. In this condition they have frequent, liquid stool. The stool may contain undigested food particles. The stool has an horribly offensive odour. There may be bloating and hardness of the abdomen. Apart from all above this medicine also helps in cases where the bones have become weak, brittle.

5. Arsenic Album – For Managing Tiredness

Arsenic Album is a prominent medicine for managing tiredness, fatigue in these cases. Persons requiring it start to feel exhausted after little exertion. They want to lie down from fatigue. Other than this it is also well indicated for managing diarrhoea with copious stool having highly offensive odour. Lastly it is helpful for persons who are having weight loss issues.

6. Colocynth – For Relieving Stomach Cramps

It is prepared from pulp of fruit Citrullus colocynthis also known as cucumis colocynthis or bitter apple. This plant belongs to the family cucurbitaceae. It offers great help in managing stomach cramps. It gets worse by eating or drinking where it is required. Bending double, lying on stomach or pressure gives relief. Abdominal bloating can be present with this.

7. Alfalafa – To Improve Body Weight And Manage Exhaustion

This medicine is prepared from plant Medicago Sativa also known as California Clover or Lucerne. This plant belongs to the family papilionoideae. This medicine is known as a fat producer and helps in weight gain. Next it helps in managing weakness, exhaustion and improving stamina and energy levels in a person. Persons who need it may have a complaint of gas in the abdomen, distension of abdomen and cramping / griping pain in the abdomen.

8. Phosphorus – For Hair Loss Or Dry Hair And Exhausting Diarrhoea

This is a very valuable medicine for managing hair loss and hair dryness in these cases. Hair fall is excessive and is in bunches where this medicine is required. Sweating on the scalp may be present with this. Scalp may be itchy also. This medicine is also significant for cases where exhausting diarrhoea is present. In such cases the stool is yellow, or green, watery, profuse and gushing. It has a fetid or sour smell. It may have flakes of mucus or blood in it sometimes.

9. Ferrum Phos – To Manage Anaemia

This medicine is well indicated to manage anaemia in these cases. In cases needing it the face appears pale and earthy. There is marked weakness both on the mental and physical sphere. There is aversion to doing any exertion. Along with this there is thinning and weight loss. Loss of appetite may also be there.

10. Calcarea Phos – When Bones Become Weak Brittle Bones

Calcarea Phos is considered in cases where bones has become weak and brittle that are prone to break easily. The person needing it may also be anaemic. They may have green loose stool which is very fetid. Cutting or sharp pain in the abdomen may be felt before stool.

Blurred vision is a very common eyesight problem which means lack of sharp vision that causes difficulty to see clearly. It may occur in one or both the eyes. It may arise slowly gradually or all of sudden. Not all the cases are a reason for concern while others may need medical treatment sometimes urgent depending upon the cause behind it. Homeopathic medicines for blurred vision help in improving the vision as well as managing its attending symptoms like eye pain.

Causes

Firstly, it can arise from eye strain. The straining of eyes can result from using electronic devices (like mobile phone, computers) constantly for an extended period. Next it can arise from reading in dim light and driving for long hours without taking a break. 

It can also appear in case of nearsightedness (myopia – in which a person can see close objects clearly but the far away objects appear blurred to them), farsightedness (hyperopia – in this the sufferer can see distant objects clearly but the near objects are blurry to them), astigmatism (a vision problem arising from a defect in the shape of the cornea) and presbyopia (loss of your eyes ability to focus on close objects).

Its third reason is conjunctivitis (inflamed membrane covering the white of the eye) that can occur from viral or a bacterial infection. 

The fourth reason is keratitis (inflammation of the cornea). It can arise from an infection like from herpes virus or other infection. The risk of infection is raised from using contact lenses for a long time or using them without properly cleaning them. 

Another reason is iritis (inflammation of the coloured ring surrounding the pupil of the eye that controls the amount of light entering into the eye).

The sixth reason is uveitis (inflammation of middle layer of tissue in the eye wall)

A few other reasons include corneal abrasion (scratch on cornea), trauma / injury to eye, head injury, cataract (opacification of the eye lens), glaucoma (eye condition in which there occurs damage to optic nerve from abnormally high intraocular pressure).

Other than this, it can occur from age related macular (macula is an area near the center of the retina) degeneration  that results in a loss of central vision.

Dry eye syndrome (a condition arising from inadequate lubrication for the tears) is yet another reason behind it.

Blurred vision can also occur in case of diabetes, hypertension (high blood pressure)

Apart from above, it can arise in case of migraine with aura, Ocular migraine (migraine involving visual disturbance), temporal arteritis (a condition arising from inflammation or damage of the temporal arteries) and optic neuritis (inflammation of the optic nerve responsible for transmitting visual information from eyes to brain).

Lastly there are some very serious causes behind it that need immediate medical treatment. These include detachment of retina (in which there is tearing of retina from the back of the eye resulting in loss of its blood and nerve supply), stroke (sudden cut off the blood supply to a part of the brain) and  transient ischaemic attack (stroke lasting less than 24 hours).

Symptoms

Some other symptoms that can occur along with blurred vision includes eye pain, redness in eyes, sensitivity to light (photophobia), double vision (diplopia), spots floating before eyes (floaters), eye discharge, itchy eyes,  headache, nausea, difficulty in speech and one sided weakness. The attending symptoms depend upon the cause behind the blurred vision.

Homeopathic Medicines For Blurred Vision

There is a good scope in homeopathy to bring improvement in cases of blurred vision. Homeopathic medicines help in improving the vision as well as managing its attending symptoms like eye pain, redness in eyes, double vision (diplopia), spots floating before eyes, eye discharge, itchy eyes, headache, nausea. These medicines are helpful in cases of mild to moderate intensity arising from mild causes. While in case of severe cases and those arising from some serious cause behind it urgent help is advised from conventional mode of treatment.

It is strictly advised to use any homeopathic medicine for cases of blurred vision under the guidance of a homeopathic physician. This is because only a homeopathic physician can find the suitable medicine needed for a case after detail case study and in case he suspects the blurring of vision to be arising from serious cause then he can advise to take urgent help from conventional mode as homeopathy has limitations in treating such medical emergencies. Some of the indications that are serious and alarm to take urgent help from conventional mode are sudden blurry vision or when it is attended with dizziness, problem in walking, numbness / weakness in one side of body or the face, leg,  arm, on one side of the body, facial droop, difficulty speaking or a severe headache and eye injury.

1. Natrum Mur – Top Grade Medicine For Blurred Vision

Natrum Mur is a leading medicine for managing blurred vision. Persons needing it have difficulty in seeing objects clearly. They also have frequent dimness of vision when reading and writing. Along with this they may also have complaints of double vision. Another symptom they have is seeing fiery, zigzag spots, streaks of light or black spots in front of the eye. They also have eye strain. Aching in eyes is also felt by them. In some cases needing it there may be redness of whites of eyes, watering from eyes, sensitivity to light, inflamed conjunctiva. Along with this there can be smarting, itching and burning in the eyes. It is also indicated for headaches accompanied with disturbed vision.

2. Gelsemium – For Blurred Vision With Headache

This medicine is prepared from the bark of the root of plant Gelsemium Sempervirens commonly known as yellow jasmine. This plant belongs to family loganiaceae. It is a significant medicine to manage blurred vision along with headache. Sometimes there is double vision also. Pain above eyes is felt with this. Next there can be black specks before eyes. There is also difficulty in reading and writing from dim vision. Heated sensation in eyes may occur with this. Pain in eyes is yet another attending symptom.

3. Phosphorus – For Dim Vision With Sensation Of Everything Covered With A Mist

This medicine is beneficial for cases in which there is dimness of vision with a sensation as if everything is covered with a mist. In such cases other symptoms that are present include double vision, and floating black spots before the eyes. It is an effective medicine for blurring of vision after reading. Lastly this medicine is well indicated to improve vision in cases of glaucoma. 

4. Ruta – For Blurred Vision With Eye Pain And Burning In Eyes

It is prepared from plant Ruta Graveolens commonly known as garden rue. This plant belongs to family rutaceae. It is a prominent medicine for cases of blurred vision with pain and burning sensation in eyes. It is also leading medicine for blurred vision with straining of eyes. It is indicated for blurring of vision from reading for an extended period of time and straining eyes at fine work like sewing. Along with above symptoms there may be watering from the eyes.

5. Physostigma – For Dim, Blurred Vision When Object Seems Mixed

This medicine is prepared from beans of plant Physostigma venenosum also called Calabar Bean.  This plant belongs to family leguminosae. It is indicated for those complaining of dim, blurred, hazy vision. To them the objects seem mixed together. They may also see black spots or flashes of light before eyes. Next they have pain in their eyes after using them. They also feel dull pain over the eyes and between the eyes. Sometimes they have double vision too.

6. Euphrasia – To Manage Blurred Vision And Itchy Watery Eyes

This medicine is prepared from plant Euphrasia Officinalis commonly known as eyebright. This plant belongs to family scrophulariaceae. It is very effective to manage blurred vision and itchy, watery eyes. Persons who require it feel better in blurred vision by wiping the eyes. They mostly have dim vision in the evening time. They feel everything is covered in a mist. With this they may have eye pain that can be burning, cutting, stitching in nature. It is a great medicine for managing cases of conjunctivitis and iritis.

7. Belladonna – For Blurred Vision, Eye Redness 

It is prepared from plant deadly nightshade. This plant belongs to family solanaceae. This medicine is useful to manage blurred vision and reduce eye redness. Along with this eye pain can be present. The pain can be aching, pressive or shooting type. Other symptoms that are there include dryness in eyes, a sensation of sand in the eyes and burning sensation in eyes. It also offers help to manage blurred vision along with headache (mostly throbbing type in the temporal region means sides or dimness of vision and eye discharge

This medicine is prepared from plant Pulsatilla Nigricans commonly named as wind flower. This plant belongs to family ranunculaceae. It is a significant medicine for managing dimness of vision and eye discharge. There appears a fog or mist before eyes where it is required. Along with this bright streak before eyes may be felt. A feeling of pressure in the eye is another accompanying symptom. It is also indicated for conjunctivitis with  profuse watering or discharge from eyes (yellow, thick) especially during the day and dimness of vision. Burning, itching and sensation of sand in the eye may appear with this.

9. Cyclamen – For Dim Vision Accompanied With Spots Before Eyes

It is a natural medicine prepared from the root of plant Cyclamen Europaeum commonly known as Sow – bread. This plant belongs to family primulaceae. This medicine is recommended when there is dimness of vision accompanied with spots or fiery sparks before eyes. There may also be flickering of different colours, glittering needles before the eyes. There is difficulty to differentiate objects clearly due to blurred vision. Headache is also present with this. 

10. Lac Caninum – For Headache With Blurred Vision And Nausea, Vomiting

This medicine is well indicated when there is headache attended with blurred vision and nausea, vomiting. Next symptoms that can be there include coloured spots before the eyes, difficulty in reading. During reading or looking at objects closely there appears a film over the eyes. Pain in eyes is also felt when reading.

Malnutrition is a condition that causes poor health from eating food that does not supply the right amount of one or more nutrients required for maintaining  healthy tissues and function of organs (undernutrition).The nutrients can be carbohydrates, fat, protein, vitamins or minerals. It may also result from over consumption of  wrong food like high calorie fat food (overnutrition). Though it can affect children of any age, it is mostly seen in young children. Homeopathic treatment of malnutrition uses natural methods to treat the root cause of the condition and should be used along side conventional treatment only.

Causes

Firstly it can occur from not taking enough food or taking diet of poor quality. Not taking a healthy and well balanced diet causes deficiency of nutrients leading to malnourishment. Poverty is one of the main causes in developing countries that cause lack of access to good nutritious diet. Next it can also occur if a child has problem with absorbing nutrients from some medical disease (eg crohn’s disease which is a type of inflammatory bowel disease in which  inflammation can occur in any section of gastrointestinal tract leading to symptoms of abdominal pain, severe diarrhoea, weakness, weight loss;  celiac disease Which is an autoimmune disease in which eating gluten – a protein found in wheat, barley and rye triggers an immune response in small intestine of sufferer. It damages the lining of the small intestine’s lining and prevents absorption of nutrients. In this condition diarrhoea, bloating, weakness, weight loss, and anaemia occur mostly). Thirdly it can result when a child takes diet having indigestible and harmful food items that may cause loss of appetite leading to malnutrition.

In case of newborns, those who are not breastfed have high chances of malnutrition because breast milk provides the important nutrients to the baby for proper development. Lack of breastfeeding can expose the child to malnourishment because it deprives the child of nutrients for growth and development. Other than this children who have premature birth or suffer from excessive vomiting, persistent diarrhoea (loose stool), pneumonia (infection that  causes inflammation of the air sacs in one or both lungs) have high chances of developing malnutrition.

Symptoms

The symptoms arising from undernutrition may include one or more of these symptoms including stunted growth (low height for age), being underweight, wasting (low weight for height or getting thin from rapid loss of weight or failure to gain weight), loss of fat and muscle mass, dry hair, brittle hair, dry and scaly skin, thin papery skin, increasing susceptibility of infections, hollow cheeks, sunken eyes, irritability, weakness, lethargy, impaired cognitive ability, slow intellectual development, mental retardation, anaemia, weak bones, weak immunity and catching the infections frequently and in severe intensity.

Intense protein deficiency leads to a condition called kwashiorkor that results in retention of fluid in the body and a protrusion of the abdomen. In this the child looks plump due to fluid retention and there is odema in legs and feet. Intense deficiency of calories results in a condition known as marasmus in which there occurs wasting and excessive loss of muscle and fat.

In case of undernutrition the signs and symptoms also depend upon the nutrient which is specifically deficient.  For example if iodine is deficient then there occur problems with thyroid gland and issues with growth and development. In case of vitamin A deficiency there may occur dry eyes, vision problems and can even increase risk of night blindness. Diet deficient in zinc may lead to diarrhoea, loss of hair, stunted growth, appetite loss. If iron is deficient then it may disturb brain function, and stomach problems and cause anemia (lack of healthy red blood cells to transport the right amount of oxygen to the body’s tissues).

In case of overnutrition there mainly occurs obesity and getting overweight. 

Homeopathic Treatment Of Malnutrition

Homeopathy offers supportive help in managing these cases. Firstly, a nutritious and well balanced diet needs to be started in these cases. Along with this and conventional help these medicines can be taken to treat the effects that have occurred from malnutrition (like weight loss, low immunity, weak bones, loss of fat, muscle mass, dry hair, dry skin). The homeopathic medicines can be taken for mild to moderate cases of malnutrition. These work by improving the body’s power to assimilate the food properly. However, in cases which are severe urgent help from conventional mode of treatment should be taken that may require intensive care and continuous monitoring. 

1. Natrum Mur 

This medicine is suitable for thin children having dry skin, earthy complexion. Their neck looks markedly thin. They are cross and irritable and cry easily. Along with this they have great weakness and tiredness. They get exhausted very easily. Hair loss may be present in them. They may be anaemic also.

2. Silicea

It is especially suited to weak, malnourished children who are thin and have emaciated bodies but with large heads. With this the colour of the face is pale waxy. They may also have swollen abdomen. They have a tendency to excessive sweating on the scalp, feet. They have poor stamina with a tendency to get easily exhausted. Their muscles and bones are weak. The hair is brittle and fragile in them. 

3. Abrotanum 

This medicine is prepared from fresh leaves and stems of plant Artemisia abrotanum commonly known as southernwood. It belongs to family composition. This medicine is well indicated for cases where emaciation of legs is prominent. Children needing it have pale, old looking faces, which are wrinkled with blue rings around the eyes. They are malnourished and have poor assimilation of food. They have decreased in muscle strength. 

4. Calcarea Phos

This medicine is prominently indicated for children who are emaciated with large abdomen. Their necks appear too thin and limbs are cold. They also have weak digestion. Next main characteristic feature to use this medicine is weak, thin and brittle bones. Along with this anaemia may be present. 

5. Lycopodium 

This medicine is prepared from plant Lycopodium Clavatum commonly known as Club moss. It belongs to the family lycopodiaceae. It is indicated for malnourished children with weakness of digestion. They have alternate diarrhoea and constipation. They also have excessive gas along with a bloated abdomen. Mostly wasting of the upper body is seen among them and the lower one has fluid retention. Their muscle power is weak. They have poor circulation of blood along with coldness, cold limbs. They are very irritable in addition to the above symptoms.

6. Baryta Carb

It is a very valuable medicine when there is stunted growth (low height), thinning of the body. In cases needing it the face of the child appears bloated and along with swelling of abdomen. He is mentally as well as physically weak. Mental dullness and slow intellectual development is also present. Low immunity with a tendency to catch cold frequently is also there.

7. China 

It is yet another significant medicine for these cases. It is prepared from dried bark of the plant Cinchona Officinalis belonging to rubiaceae. The indication for using it is excessive thinning of legs and arms. Children needing it have pale faces that look sickly with bluish rings around the eyes. Lips appear dry, blackish. Anaemia may be present in them. Another main complaint that they may have is diarrhoea along with marked weakness.

8. Alfalfa 

It is a natural medicine prepared from plant Medicago Sativa also known as California Clover or Lucerne. This plant belongs to the family papilionoideae. Its use is considered in case of malnutrition when weakness, exhaustion are marked. The child needing it is very thin with wasting of tissue and has a lack of appetite. This medicine helps to improve appetite, digestion and helps weight gain. 

9. Tuberculinum

This medicine suits children in which there is emaciation in spite of good appetite.  They have weakness, exhaustion and feel tired all the time. They have low immunity with a tendency to catch cold easily. They may have prominent diarrhoea with excessive wasting (weight loss).

10. Iodum 

Just like above medicine it is indicated where a child has weight loss and thinning even after having a good appetite. They have wasting of fat, muscles and glands in the body. With this I have excessive weakness. They have been sweating from doing slightest work. Their skin is dry, looks dirty yellow. Anxiety, restlessness, cross, irritable nature may be noted in them. Problems related to thyroid gland may be present in cases that require this medicine.

11. Natrum Carb

This medicine is indicated for children having weight loss with pale face and blue rings around the eyes or dark streaks under the eyes. Face may also look bloated. They also have marked anaemia. The skin is dry cracked in them. Exhaustion is also there. Mental weakness and slow, difficult comprehension can attend above symptoms.

Sarcoidosis is a disease in which tiny clumps of inflammatory cells (granulomas) grow in various organs of the body (most commonly the lungs and lymph nodes) causing its inflammation. Other parts affected include eyes, skin, heart, liver, brain, kidneys, bones, muscles, joints and spleen. Homeopathy for sarcoidosis should be considered only for supportive treatment, with conventional treatment being necessary for recovery or to reduce the severity of the symptoms. 

Causes

The exact cause of sarcoidosis is yet unknown. But it is thought to be arising from an autoimmune response. In this case the body’s immune system from a misdirected response to certain substances starts to destroy the body’s healthy tissue. But what triggers this response is not clear. As per few researches, bacteria, viruses, dust, chemicals or the body’s own proteins could be the trigger factor. The factors could make the immune system react abnormally that result in collection of immune cells in a pattern of inflammation called granulomas in various organs in persons predisposed to it genetically. The function of the organ in which the granulomas form gets affected. 

Any person can develop it but a person having a family history of sarcoidosis is at more risk of developing it. The chances of its development are little more in women as compared to men. The symptoms mostly appear in people between the ages of 20 and 60 years of age. 

Symptoms

In many cases no signs and symptoms arise. When these occur they depend on which organ is affected by it. In some cases the symptoms develop gradually and remain for many years. While in other cases the symptoms arise all of sudden and also get well quickly.

The general symptoms include fatigue, weight loss, swollen painful joints and swollen lymph nodes. When lungs are affected then the symptoms that arise include dry cough, chest pain, wheezing and shortness of breath. When it affects eyes then the signs and symptoms that may appear include pain in eye, blurring of vision, redness of eyes, dry eyes, itchy eyes, burning in eyes and sensitivity to light. In case of skin involvement there occur skin rash with bumps on skin mainly having red or reddish-purple colour mostly on the ankles or shin bone. These are warm and tender to touch. Other signs include dark or light coloured skin than usual, nodules under skin usually around scar tissue, sores on  nose, cheeks and ears. Next the symptoms from heart involvement includes chest pain, shortness of breath, palpitations, irregular heartbeat, fainting and edema .

Complications 

Many long term complications can arise in these cases. Firstly, it is related to lungs where it can cause fibrosis which means permanent scarring that makes breathing difficult. In these cases it may also lead to pulmonary hypertension. Secondly in case of eyes it can cause cataract (clouding of lens of the eye) and damage to the retina leading to blindness. 

Next when it affects the heart it may cause disruption of blood flow and abnormal heartbeat.  Other than this in case of involvement of kidneys it may cause kidney stones, hinder kidney function and can lead to kidney failure. Lastly when it affects the nervous system it may lead to paralysis of facial muscles.

Homeopathy for Sarcoidosis

Homeopathy offers a supportive help to manage symptoms of sarcoidosis along with conventional mode of treatment. Homeopathic medicine has a great scope to provide symptomatic relief in these cases. These medicines work by moderating the overactive immune system. Though these medicines can’t reverse the damage already occurred to the organs but can work to halt its further progression. They are effective to manage mild to moderate symptoms related to lungs, skin, joints, eyes, fatigue. The homeopathic medicines are selected based on the individual’s symptoms after thorough case analysis. So one must consider taking any homeopathic medicine under the guidance of a homeopathic physician. The homeopathic medicines are most helpful for mild to moderate cases but in severe cases one must take help from conventional mode of treatment. Some of the serious symptoms that need immediate help from conventional mode of treatment include intense difficult breathing, palpitations of heart, vision changes and facial numbness.

1. Bryonia Alba – For Dry Cough, Chest Pain

It is a natural medicine prepared from the root of the plant Bryonia Alba having commonly known as white bryony and wild hops. This plant belongs to the family cucurbitaceae. It is an effective medicine for managing dry cough and chest pain. To use this medicine the pain in chest pain is a sharp, stitching  type. Most times the pain gets worse from coughing and deep breathing. Cough is mainly dry, hard, hacking in nature. It gets worse mostly after eating and drinking. Sometimes vomiting occurs with a cough.  In some cases  brick / rust coloured sputum  is expectorated with cough. Other than coughing it also helps to manage joint pains and swelling. In this case the joint pains are worse from motion and better from rest in cases needing it.

2. Arsenic Album – To Manage Cough and Breathing Difficulty

It is a significant medicine to manage cough accompanied with breathing difficulty. Cough is short and dry for using this medicine. The shortness of breath is there which gets worse at night time. Along with this wheezing from the chest is prominently present. Sensation of contraction or tightness of chest is also there. Soreness in the chest can also be felt while coughing. An important symptom that occurs along with above is marked anxiety and restlessness.

3. Spongia – To Manage Dry Cough

Spongia is also a great medicine to manage dry cough. Persons who need it have dry, rough, short and irritating coughs. They feel extreme dryness in all the air passages. The cough gets worse mostly during night time. It may be better by taking warm drinks. Along with cough there may be difficulty in breathing and suffocation. Another attending symptom is burning sensation in the chest. Sometimes they also complain of whistling in the chest and pain in the chest on coughing.

4. Drosera – For Managing Dry, Irritative Cough

This medicine is prepared from plant Drosera Rotundifolia commonly known as round leaved sundew. It belongs to the family droseraceae. It is a suitable medicine to manage dry, deep, irritative cough. In cases needing it there occur frequent spell attacks of cough that follow each other rapidly. In some cases vomiting occurs with a cough. The cough may get worse from talking and during night time on lying down. Sometimes breathing difficulty is present with the above symptoms.

5. Arsenic Album – To Manage Fatigue

Other than cough and shortness of breath, It is a top listed medicine to manage fatigue. People needing it get tired, fatigued even from little exertion. They wish to lie down due to weakness. They suddenly feel weak Anxiety and restlessness may be present. In some cases needing it there is weakness at night time. There can also be weight loss along with above symptoms

6. Kali Phos – For Managing Weakness

Kali Phos is another well indicated medicine for managing weakness in these cases. Persons requiring it feel weak and tired. They feel fatigue for slightest causes. The weakness is present on both mental and physical spheres. This medicine helps to boost energy levels in these cases. 

7. Rhus Tox – For Swollen Painful Joints 

Rhus Tox is a very effective medicine to manage joint complaints. It is very useful to manage joint pain. It also offers help to reduce swelling of the joint and relieve stiffness of joints. Most people needing it complain of worsening joint complaints at rest. They feel relief from motion. They also feel better from warm applications.

8. Belladonna – For Redness and Pain of Eyes

This medicine is prepared from plant deadly nightshade. This plant belongs to family solanaceae. It is a well-indicated medicine for managing redness and pain in eyes. The eyes are red, congested in cases that require it. Along with this eye pain is marked. The nature of pain to use this medicine can be aching, shooting, burning type. This most times gets worse from light exposure and movement. Dryness in eyes can be marked along with above symptoms. A sensation as if there is sand in eyes may also be felt. Lastly sensitivity to light can be there in addition to above. 

9. Euphrasia – For Itchy, Burning Eyes

It is prepared from plant Euphrasia Officinalis having commonly named Eye – bright. This plant belongs to family scrophulariaceae. It works well in cases of itchy and burning eyes. Persons who need it may also have eye pain in their eyes. They usually have stitching, smarting, cutting, biting pain in the eye. The eye pain gets mostly worse at night time. Eyes are red with this. A feeling of dust or sand in the eyes attend above.

10. Apis Mellifica – For Managing Skin Rash

It is a prominent medicine for managing skin rash. Most persons requiring it complain of burning, stinging pain in the rash. They also have itching in the rash. They may have worsened itching from warmth. The skin rash may be sensitive to touch.

11. Graphites – For Dry, Rough, Skin Rash

It is well-indicated for managing dry, rough skin rash. This may be attended with itching that gets worse at night time. Other than this it is also indicated for nodules under the skin.

Delusions are defined as fixed, false, irrational beliefs despite evidence that they are false and not real. A person having delusions becomes preoccupied with the fixed beliefs that appear real to them. These beliefs can not be shaken even by providing facts or reasoning. Homeopathic Medicines For Delusions are natural, safe and very effective.  

Few examples of delusions include belief someone is spying on them, belief that some famous person is in love with them.

Causes

It is not exactly known what causes delusions. However, it is thought that certain genetic, psychological and environmental factors play a role in its development. These may run in families. Next brain damage / trauma and an imbalance between neurotransmitters (these are chemical messengers that transmit signals from nerve cells to target cells) may increase the chance of developing delusions. Mental stress and trauma can also trigger delusions. It can be a symptom of psychotic disorders (like schizophrenia – a psychological disorder in which a person interpret reality abnormally and have hallucinations, delusions, and disordered thinking), delusional disorder, major depression, paranoia, a mood disorder, a personality disorder, postpartum psychosis and parkinson’s disease. Some neurological conditions like dementia and brain cancer can also cause delusions. Certain drugs, alcohol intoxication and toxins are also known to cause delusions. 

Types

Bizarre Delusions : The delusions are said to be bizarre when the belief is physically impossible and other members of the same culture do not understand or share that belief. An example of this type is a belief that a stranger has removed his / her internal organs and then replaced them with someone else’s organs without leaving any scars.

Non – Bizarre Delusions : These delusions that though false but have possibility to occur in real life like being poisoned, being followed.

Mood – Congruent Delusions : These delusions are a part of the mood of a person like depression or mania.

Mood – Neutral Delusions : These delusions are not related to the sufferer’s emotional state.

Themes of Delusions

The delusions are based on various different themes but some themes are more common as follows.

Persecutory Delusions

Persons with these delusions believe that they are being spied on, followed, tracked, drugged, cheated on, a victim of a plot or a person is trying to hurt them or working against them. These are the most common delusions in paranoid schizophrenia.

Grandiose Delusions

Persons having these beliefs believe that they are  very powerful, important, famous, valuable and have extraordinary talent.

Delusional Jealousy 

In this type persons believe that their partners are unfaithful or having an affair without any proof.

Somatic Delusion

In this type individuals have false belief that they have something wrong with their body part, or a body part is damaged or diseased or a part of their body is missing. They may also believe that their body is infested with insects, worms, and bacteria.

Delusion Of Control 

Persons believe that their thoughts, feelings, behaviours are being controlled by another person or some external force. 

Religious Delusions

In this a person believes that he is god or chosen to act like god

Erotomanic Delusions 

Person has a belief that some famous person or a person of high social status is in love with him.

Delusion of Guilt 

it is common in people having depression with feeling of guilt 

Delusion of Infidelity 

Person has excessive jealousy or possessiveness toward another person.

Delusion of Reference 

Here a person has belief that the statement or remarks that he / she reads or hears have a personal meaning.

Cotard Delusion 

People with this believe that they have died and don’t exist.

Mixed 

The person has delusions of two or more themes.

Some other delusions include that the mind is being read by another person, that other person is thinking through his / her mind.

Homeopathic Medicines For Delusions

Homeopathy carries a great scope for treating cases of delusions. Homeopathic medicines for treating cases of delusions are natural, safe and very effective. Delusions based on various themes can be treated with them. These medicines help by gradually reducing the intensity and frequency of delusions. The results depend upon the severity and duration of the illness. Homeopathic medicines do not have any side effects and any risk of dependency. The most suitable medicine for treating delusions is selected by a detailed case analysis so any homeopathic medicine should be taken under the guidance of a homeopathic physician.

1. Lachesis – Top Grade Medicine

Lachesis tops the list of homeopathic medicines for treating cases of delusions. This medicine is mainly indicated for delusions of persecution. Persons needing it believes someone is pursuing them, they are being followed by enemies or enemies are trying to harm them. Another main belief that they may have is being poisoned. Jealousy and suspiciousness is marked among them. Other indications for using it are a person’s belief that some stronger power or superhuman is controlling them, or they are dead or there are robbers in the house  It is leading medicine for paranoid schizophrenia with delusions of persecution.   

2. Hyoscyamus – For Delusion Of Being Poisoned

This medicine is prepared from plant Hyoscyamus niger commonly known as Henbane. This plant belongs to family solanaceae. This medicine is well indicated for persons having delusions of being poisoned. They are very suspicious and fear to eat or drink for fear of being poisoned. They also have delusions of being betrayed, being sold or having some plot against them.

3. Stramonium – For Delusions Of Identity

It is a natural medicine prepared from a plant known as thorn-apple that belongs to the family solanaceae. Its use is indicated when delusions about identity are present. People needing it believe that they are tall, they are double, limbs are separated from the body, or a part of the body is missing. Another delusion they have is that all the surrounding objects are small and they are very large. Next delusion indicating its use is belief they are possessed by the devil. Other than this its use is recommended when there is delusion of being committed an unpardonable sin. Lastly, the delusion by a man that his wife is not faithful indicates use of this medicine.

4. Anacardium Orientale – For Delusion Of Being Under Superhuman Control

This medicine is prepared from a layer of nuts between the shell and kernel of the marking nut. It belongs to family anacardiaceae. This medicine is mainly indicated for cases where there are delusions of being under superhuman control. Next it is indicated for persons having delusions that they are double and delusion that mind and body are separated. Apart from these it is valuable medicine for delusion that everything is a dream and there is no reality in anything; delusion that a demon and an angel is sitting on shoulder commanding to do things.

5. Platina – For Delusion Of Superiority (Delusion Of Grandiose)

It is a prominent medicine for cases having delusions of superiority. It is indicated where a person feels as he is too large and superior and all persons around him are very small and inferior mentally and physically. Secondly it is indicated for delusions as if everyone is an enemy and all persons are devil. Lastly it is indicated for delusion of being not appreciated. 

6. Kali Bromatum – For Delusions Of Being Pursued And Of Conspiracies

Homeopathic medicine Kali Bromatum is beneficial for cases having delusions of being pursued and of conspiracies. Other than this it works well in cases of  profound depression with fits of uncontrollable weeping, indifference to life and religious delusions with persistent sleeplessness. Apart from above delusions of being a devil and fearful delusions are suggestive of its use.

7. Sabadilla – For Delusions Of Imaginary Diseases

This medicine is prepared from seeds of the plant Sabadilla Officinalis also known as Cebadilla and Cevadilla. It belongs to the family Melanthaceae of the Liliaceae. It is useful for cases presenting with delusions of imaginary diseases and sickness. It is also helpful for delusions that limbs are crooked or parts are sunken or one side of the body is longer than the other.

8. Lac Caninum – For Delusion Of Being Surrounded By Snakes

Lac Caninum is particularly indicated for delusion as if surrounded by snakes. In addition to above this medicine is also indicated for delusions of having a horrible disease and the whole body being filled with pus. Other delusions where this medicine seems indicated is delusion of spirit in the surrounding air and delusion of wearing someone else’s nose.

9. Sulphur – For Delusions Of Grandiose

It is beneficial medicine for delusions of grandiose. Person needing it believes that he is a great person. He possesses much pride and is very egotistical.

10. Hydrogen – For Delusion Of Being Separated From The World

It is well indicated for persons who have delusions of unreality and are separated from the world. It is valuable for persons having delusions that they are smaller than normal, that they are dirty or they are pulled downwards. It is also significant for cases having delusions of insects on the back of the head.

Hydronephrosis refers to swelling of the kidney that arises when urine is unable to drain properly from the kidney to the bladder. This results in its build up in the kidney. It mostly occurs in one kidney but may develop in both. Homeopathic remedies for hydronephrosis play a supportive role in managing cases of hydronephrosis and providing symptomatic relief. These should be taken only under the guidance of a homeopath, along with  conventional treatment.

Under normal conditions, urine is formed in the kidneys then it passes down through the ureter into the urinary bladder where it stores until it is voided out of the body through urethra. But in case the urine remains in the kidney, or back flows in the kidney, then there are chances of development of hydronephrosis.

Causes

Most times, hydronephrosis can result from any sort of blockage or obstruction in the urinary tract. Blockage mostly in the ureters (I.e. the tubes that connect kidneys to the bladder and drain urine from the kidneys) lead to this condition. This blockage usually arises from kidney stone, but can also arise from scar and blood clot. Due to blockage in the ureter the urine may backflow up in the kidney leading to its swelling. Other reasons  for blockage include a twist or bend in the meeting point of ureter and pelvis of kidney (this junction is known as ureteropelvic junction), an enlarged prostate (BPH – benign prostate hyperplasia) in men that can cause compression and obstruction of the urethra, tumours in pelvis can put pressure on the urinary system and pregnancy that may lead to compression of urethra from growing foetus. Sometimes it can also arise from ureter narrowing due to some injury or an infection.

Next it may occur from vesicoureteral reflux. In this reflux the muscular valve present at the junction of the urethra and bladder does not work correctly. This leads to backward flow of urine into the kidney. Normally urine flows down from kidney to ureter then bladder and urethra. When there occurs a backward flow of urine which is the wrong direction of urine flow then it causes problems with emptying of the kidney resulting in its swelling. Other than these hydronephrosis may also occur from some problem or damage to the nerves around the bladder, and birth defects that cause structural abnormalities of the junctions between kidney, ureter and bladder that hinder normal drainage of urine.

Symptoms

It may not always cause symptoms. When the symptoms arise they include frequent urination, urgent need to urinate, pain with urination, incomplete voiding, or bladder emptying. Other symptoms include  pain in flank, or back that may radiate to the lower abdomen or groin, nausea and vomiting, fever. In babies usually no symptoms arise. When they arise they include not feeding well, reduced energy levels, irritability, repeated urinary tract infection that may present with only  unexplained fever, abdomen pain, blood in urine, fever.

Hydronephrosis increases the risk of urinary tract infections (UTI). Some of the signs and symptoms of urinary infection includes pain / burning with urination (dysuria), frequent / constant urge to urinate, urgency to pass urine, scanty urine, a weak urine stream, pain in the bladder, cloudy urine, pus / blood in urine,  lower abdominal pain, flank pain, back pain, a fever, chills, nausea, vomiting.

If UTI is not treated well in time then there are chances of development of serious conditions like pyelonephritis (infection of kidney). If the hydronephrosis is severe then it can lead to permanent kidney damage.

Homeopathic Remedies for Hydronephrosis

Homeopathy plays a supportive role in managing cases of hydronephrosis and providing symptomatic relief. These medicines can be used along with conventional mode of treatment for reducing kidney swelling and its symptom management. These medicines also help in managing cases of urinary tract infections. Homeopathic medicine for cases of hydronephrosis should only be taken under supervision of a homeopathic physician who will guide the right medicine after case analysis. In severe cases, one should seek urgent help from the conventional mode of treatment to prevent complications and kidney damage.

1. Sarothamnus – With Drawing Pain in Kidney

This is a natural medicine prepared from flowers of plant Sarothamnus Scoparius commonly known as Cystisus scoparius and scotch broom. This plant belongs to family leguminosae. It is indicated when there is drawing pain in the kidneys. With this there is increased urination. Frequency to urinate is high at night time.

2. Apocynum – With Dull, Aching Pain in Kidney

This medicine has a marked action on urinary organs and offers great help in cases of hydronephrosis. In cases needing it there is dull aching pain in kidneys. Along with this there is a sensation of distended bladder. Next there is a passage of hot urine. Thick mucus may pass in urine. After urination burning in urethra is also felt.

3. Apis Mellifica – For Pain with Urination

It is a well-indicated medicine when there is pain with urination. Burning, scalding, smarting, stinging sensation is felt during urination. Most burning is felt during last drops of urine. Urination is frequent day and night even every half hour. Urine passed is scanty. Sometimes blood passes in urine. Other than this there is pain in the kidney region. It worsens from stooping. Soreness on pressure and bruised sensation in the kidney region is also felt.

4. Nitric Acid – For Frequent Urination

This medicine is helpful when there is frequent urination, particularly at night. Urine quantity is scanty. It may contain mucus, pus or blood and is very offensive. With this cutting pain in the abdomen may be there. Next indicating symptoms for using it is difficult urination, burning pain after urination. Lastly there may be cramp like contractive pain in the kidneys that radiates towards the bladder where this medicine is required.

5. Arsenic Album – For Burning Pain while Urinating

Use of this medicine is considered when there is burning pain while urinating. Most time burning is felt in the beginning of urination. Urine is scanty and passes with difficulty. It may be turbid, have pus and blood in it. Stitches in the renal region may also attend.

6. Phosphorus – For Frequent and Urgent Need to Urinate

This medicine is beneficial when there is frequent and urgent desire to pass urine. Urine passed is scanty, thick, turbid. Sometimes it may have brown colour with red sand like sediment and offensive smell. Dull pain in the kidney region can accompany above symptoms.

7. Berberis Vulgaris – With Pain in Kidney Region

This medicine is prepared from the bark of the root of the plant barberry. This plant belongs to the family berberidaceae. It is indicated when there is pain in the kidney region. The pain can be pressing, shooting, tearing, tensive or bruising type. The pain can radiate to the bladder or thighs. This pain worsens from stooping, sitting, lying. It is better by standing. This is attended with frequent urging to urinate. The urine is pale yellow with gelatinous sediment, or mucous sediment and is warm. During urination burning in urethra is felt. After urinating there is a sensation as if some urine is not passed yet and there is a need to go for urination again.

8. Argentum Met – For Frequent Urination

It is a significant medicine for managing cases of hydronephrosis. Persons who need it complain of frequent urination. They also have inflammation of bladder (cystitis) and urethra (urethritis).

9. Solidago – With Kidney Pain on Pressure

It is also an important medicine for managing urinary complaints. It is prepared from plant Solidago Virgaurea having the common name Golden – rod. This plant belongs to family compositae. This medicine is useful when there is pain in the kidneys on pressure. This pain may extend to the abdomen and bladder. Along with this there is difficult scanty urination. Urine may have thick sediment and a sour smell.

10. Cantharis – To Manage Cystitis, UTI

It is a top most medicine for managing complaints of cystitis, urinary tract infections. Its use is considered when there is painful or burning urination. This may be present during, before or after urinating. Persons needing it also have a constant urge to pass urine but pass small quantities of urine.

11. Terebinthina – For Painful Urination with Blood in Urine

Terebinthina is very useful when there is painful urination with blood in urine. There is marked tenesmus (ineffectual and painful straining at urine). The frequency to urinate is increased along with marked urgency. Urine passes with pain and in small quantities. Sometimes urine passes in drops with straining. There is a feeling of incomplete emptying of the bladder after urination. Burning, drawing pain in kidneys may occur with above symptoms.

Eye strain (also called asthenopia) is a common condition arising in some people from intense use of the eyes (like from using a computer for an extended period of time) that makes eyes tired. In this a group of symptoms occur that mainly includes eye pain, blurred vision, tired eyes and headache. The top-grade homeopathic medicines for eye strain are Ruta and Natrum Mur.

It can cause discomfort but is not usually serious and does not cause any permanent eye damage. It gets better after giving the eyes some rest. But sometimes it can point towards an eye condition linked with it that requires treatment.

Causes 

It tends to occur when there is tiredness of the eyes for any reason. This most of the time results from constant reading for an extended time period without any break in between; reading fine print; using computer, mobiles, tablets or watching television for a long time constantly; and  driving for long distances. Next reasons include remaining in either too dim or too bright an environment, trying to see in dark, dryness of eyes, exposure to bright light, uncorrected refractive error, stress and fatigue.

Among all the factors above, use of computers, mobiles, tablets for long periods of time remain the most common reason behind eye strain. The eye strain occurring from using these digital devices is referred to as computer vision syndrome. There is more eye strain when we use computer or mobile as compared to reading from a book. This is because when we use the computer or mobile eye blinking is decreased that causes dryness of the eyes. Next there are high chances in this case if we use these digital devices from wrong distance (too far or too close to eyes) ; from wrong angles required for eye focus; doesn’t maintain right posture when viewing a digital device and if the brightness is not properly adjusted.

Symptoms 

Its signs and symptoms include tiredness of the eyes, soreness of the eyes, itchy eyes, burning sensation in the eyes, dryness in the eyes or watering from the eyes.  Next symptoms are headache, blurring of  vision, double vision, sensitivity to light, difficulty in concentrating and difficulty in keeping the eyes open. Other symptoms are neck, shoulder and back pain.

Homeopathic Medicines for Eye Strain

Persons experiencing eye strain can benefit from homeopathic treatment. These medicines help in managing the symptoms of eye strain. The homeopathic medicines are of natural origin that bring relief in its symptoms like tiredness of eyes, soreness of eyes, itchy eyes, burning sensation in eyes, dryness in eyes, watering from eyes, headache, blurring of vision, sensitivity to light. The homeopathic medicine for a case of eye strain is selected individually from a huge list of medicines based on the symptom picture. Among the various homeopathic medicines for managing eye strain, Ruta and Natrum Mur tops the list.

1. Ruta – Top Grade Medicine for Eye Pain from Eye Strain

Ruta is a leading medicine to manage cases of eye strain. It is a natural medicine prepared from plant Ruta Graveolens having the common name Garden Rue. This plant belongs to family rutaceae. Persons needing it feel straining of eyes after too much reading or doing some fine work. They feel pain in and over eyes after this. They also have blurring of vision. Heated sensation or burning and watering of the eyes may be present.  Another attending symptom is a feeling of pressure deep in the eyes. 

2. Natrum Mur – For Headache from Eye Strain

It is a very effective medicine for managing headache arising from eye strain. It may be attended with sensitivity to light.  The headache worsens from eye movement and reading. Persons who need it also feel drawing pain and stiffness in the muscles of the eyes when moving them. The eyes give out while reading and writing.  They also have itching in the eyes. Next they may complain of smarting and burning sensation in the eyes. Watering from eyes is also there. 

3. Onosmodium – For Eye Pain, Headache 

This medicine is prepared from plant Onosmodium Virginianum also known as False Gromwell. This plant belongs to family boraginaceae. It is the next very helpful medicine for managing cases of eye strain. It helps when there is aching, feeling of tension, stiffness, strained sensation in the eyes as occurring from reading small print. Next it is a very effective medicine for managing headache which is associated with eye strain. Mostly pain is felt in the back of the head along with soreness and stiffness where it is required.

4. Phosphorus – For Eye Pain and Blurred Vision

It is well indicated for cases presenting with eye pain and blurred vision from eye strain. The eye pain and blurring of vision arises after reading where this medicine is indicated. Sometimes there seem to be black spots before the eyes. The complaints get worse from looking at bright shining objects. With eye pain, stiffness may also be felt usually on moving the eyes. Sometimes a sensation of heat in the eyes is experienced along with above symptoms.

5. Jaborandi – For Tiredness of Eyes and Burning in Eyes

This medicine is prepared from plant Pilocarpus pinnatifolius. This plant  belongs to family rutaceae. It works very well in cases of tiredness of the eyes and burning in the eyes from eye strain. There is tiredness of eyes from slightest use where this medicine is required. Along with this there occurs pain in the eyes from exerting vision in doing fine work. Apart from these headaches may appear upon using the eyes. With this smarting and pain is felt in the eyes.

6. Gelsemium – For Sore, Aching Eyes

Homeopathic medicine Gelsemium is prepared from the bark of the root of plant Gelsemium Sempervirens having the common name yellow jasmine. The plant belongs to family loganiaceae. It is very useful to manage sore, aching eyes in these cases. Eyes feel sore especially when moving them. Along with this heaviness of eyes, bruised feeling in the eyes and double vision (diplopia) may occur. 

7. Phosphoric Acid – For Headache and Pressive Pain in Eyes 

Phosphoric Acid is indicated when there is headache and pressive pain in the eyes. Sensitivity to light may also be there. Next there may be watering from the eyes. Another attending symptom is pressure in the eyes with a sensation as if eyeballs are too large. 

8. Arnica – For Sore, Bruised Feeling in Eyes

This medicine is prepared from a plant named Arnica Montana having the common name Leopard’s – bane or fallkraut. This plant belongs to family compositae. This is very beneficial medicine for cases having sore, bruised feeling in the eyes. People needing it also feel tiredness in the eyes and watering from the eyes. They may also have dull pain over the eyes. Another complaint that they have is burning sensation in the eyes. Lastly they may have a sensation of great weight and heaviness in the eyes. 

9. Belladonna – For Dryness and Eye Pain 

This medicine is prepared from plant deadly nightshade. This plant belongs to family solanaceae. It is valuable to manage dryness and pain in the eyes. Persons who require it complain of aching, pressing, stinging or burning pain in the eyes. The pain gets worse from exposure to light. A heated sensation in the eyes accompanies above symptoms. Itching and smarting sensation can also be experienced in the eyes.

10. Spigelia – For Pain in and around the Eyes

This medicine is prepared from plant Spigelia anthelmia having the common name Pink – root. This plant belongs to family loganiaceae. It is valuable to manage pain in and around the eyes. The pain is aching, tensive, pressive, digging, boring type in cases needing it. The pain most times gets worse from turning the eyes. The pain may extend through the eyeball back into the head in some of the cases. Sometimes there is excessive watering from the eyes. Heat and burning sensation in the eyes may occur with above symptoms. 

11. Pulsatilla – For Aching in Eyes after Using Them

It is a natural medicine prepared from plant Pulsatilla Nigricans also known as Pasque Flower and Wind flower. This plant belongs to family ranunculaceae. It is indicated when there is much aching sensation in the eyes after using them. Some other symptoms that can accompany it include pressing, tearing, burning pain in the eyes. Itching in eyes is yet another symptom that can arise in addition to above symptoms.

12. Natrum Carb – For Managing Burning Pain in Eyes

This medicine is prominently indicated when there is burning pain in the eyes. This gets worse most times while reading and writing. Dryness in the eyes is felt with this. There may also be sensitivity to light. 

13. Sulphur – For Itching in Eye and Pain

Use of this medicine is considered when there is itching in the eyes and pain in the eyes. On closing eyes flashes of light may be seen. Apart from this intense pain in head may be felt. 

Eye pain which is medically known as Ophthalmalgia, is very common and can occur either on the eye’s surface or deep within the eye. In case of pain on the surface of the eye, burning, shooting pain, scratching and itching are felt.  The pain deep in the eyes is felt as aching, throbbing or stabbing pain. Homeopathic medicines for eye pain target and treat the root cause behind it to relieve the pain.

Most of the time eye pain is not a symptom of a serious condition. But it can be indicative of a serious issue when there is severe eye pain accompanied by vision loss that requires immediate medical attention. 

Causes

It can arise from various reasons. Firstly it can arise from allergies, some foreign object in the eye (like a bit of dirt, an eyelash), an injury to the eye and dry eyes. Secondly , it can occur from conjunctivitis (inflammation of the conjunctiva means the membrane covering the white of the eye). It is also known as pink eye that can be caused from an infection or allergies. Third reason for it is blepharitis (inflammation of the margins of the eyelid where eyelashes grow). It arises from clogging, infection or inflammation of oil glands at the edge of eyelashes. Fourthly it can occur in case of scleritis (inflammation of the white part of the eye), iritis (inflammation of iris which is the coloured ring that surrounds the pupil of eye and controls the amount of light that enters into the eye) and  keratitis (inflammation of cornea I.e. the clear, dome shaped tissue in front of the eye covering the pupil and iris).

Its causes also include irritation from contact lens (as from using lenses without proper disinfection), corneal abrasion (scratch on the cornea) and infection of the cornea (as from herpes).

Another reason is uveitis (inflammation of the middle layer of tissue in the eye wall). Apart from above it can appear in case of styes ( a red lump near the eyelid edge arising from bacterial infection and attended with pain) and chalazion (cyst in the eyelid arising due to blocked meibomian gland that produces an oily substance to help lubrication of the eye).

There are other reasons such as entropian (inward turning of eyelid), ectropian (outward turning of eyelid), glaucoma (eye condition that damage the optic nerve from abnormally high intraocular pressure in the eye), some complication of eye surgery and inflammation of the optic nerve which connects the back of the eyeball to the brain (optic neuritis).

Lastly, it can arise in case of sinusitis (that cause pressure behind eyes that lead to pain in eyes), migraine and cluster headache.

Symptoms 

Depending upon the cause of the eye pain some other symptoms can attend it. These include irritation, itching and redness of the eyes. Next symptoms that can accompany are watery eyes, discharge from the eye, light sensitivity, blurred vision and dark, floating spots before the eyes (floaters).

Homeopathic Medicines For Eye Pain 

Homeopathic medicines are very effective for cases of eye pain. The homeopathic medicines target to treat the root cause behind it and bring great relief in the eye pain. Along with managing the eye pain these also help to relieve any attending symptoms like itching, redness of eyes, watery eyes, discharge from the eye and light sensitivity. Use of homeopathic medicines is recommended for cases of mild to moderate eye pain where no serious cause is associated with it. In cases the eye pain is severe, or attended with blurred vision / loss of vision, nausea, vomiting or when incurred from trauma, or exposure to chemicals then urgent help from conventional mode of treatment needs to be taken as it may be arising from some serious medical reason that needs emergency treatment. Homeopathy has a limitation in treating such cases.

1. Belladonna – For Painful, Red Eyes

This medicine is prepared from plant deadly nightshade. This plant belongs to family solanaceae. It is very effective medicine to manage eye pain. For using this medicine the pain can be shooting, aching, pressing, stinging or burning in nature. The pain can worsen from movement or exposure to light. Along with pain, eyes are very red and congested. Dryness and a sensation of sand may also be felt in the eyes. It is one of the well indicated medicines for pain in inflammatory eye conditions. It works well in early stages of conjunctivitis when eyes are red along with dryness and burning pains. Next it is prominent medicine for keratitis with eye congestion, sharp shooting eye pain, heat in the eyes and sensitivity to light.

2. Spigelia – When Eye Pain Worsens From Eye Movement

This medicine is prepared from plant Spigelia anthelmia commonly known as Pink – root. This plant belongs to family loganiaceae. It is a well indicated medicine for managing eye pain that worsens from eye movement. It is indicated when there is pressive, tensive, stitching, stabbing or shooting type of pain. The pain may pass through the eyeball back into the head. Along with pain there may be sensation of sand in the eyes, dry heat and burning in the eyes. Next this medicine is well indicated when eye pain gets worse at night or in open air.

3. Ruta – For Eye Pain That Worsen From Reading

This medicine is prepared from plant Ruta Graveolens commonly known as Garden Rue. This plant belongs to family rutaceae. This medicine is highly beneficial for persons who complain of eye pain from reading. This is mainly worse from reading fine print. They also have redness and heat in the eyes. They may have eye strain as well as headache too. Other than above this medicine is also helpful when eye pain occurs from sewing.

4. Natrum Mur – For Eye Pain With Watering From Eyes

It is a suitable medicine for managing cases of eye pain attended with watering from eyes. Conjunctiva is also red with this. Eyes are also  congested and sore along with sensitivity to light. Smarting and itching also appear along with above symptoms. In some cases needing it black spots or streaks of light appear before the eyes. It is also of great help in case of blepharitis with smarting, burning pain and sensation of sand in the eyes and excoriating watering from the eyes.

5. Euphrasia – For Painful, Itchy, Watery Eyes

It is a natural medicine prepared from plant Euphrasia Officinalis having the common name Eye – bright. This plant belongs to family scrophulariaceae. It is a prominent medicine for painful, itchy, watery eyes. The pain can be sharp, pressive or cutting in nature where this medicine is required. With this burning, biting, stitching, smarting sensation in the eyes attends. Next accompanying symptom is a sensation of dust or sand in the eyes. The conjunctiva is red along with the above symptoms.

6. Phosphorus – For Sensitivity To Light (Photophobia) With Eye Pain

This medicine is significant for treating cases in which there is sensitivity to light (photophobia) with eye pain. It’s also indicated for pressing burning pains in case of inflammation of eyes. Another key symptom to use is deep, dull eye pain after reading. Apart from above it is useful to manage eye pain in case of glaucoma. In such cases shooting pain is there in the eyes. Sparks before eyes, violent burning sensation in eye and sensitivity to light are some attending symptoms in these cases.

7. Aconite – For Red, Inflamed, Painful Eyes

This medicine is prepared from plant Aconitum Napellus having a common name monkshood. This plant belongs to family ranunculaceae. Its use is considered when the eyes are red, inflamed and painful. The pain can be burning, pressive or shooting type. This is mainly felt on moving the eyeballs. Profuse watering from eyes may also be there. Its use is also indicated in case of scleritis with tearing pains and sensitivity to light.

8. Apis Mellifica – For Burning, Stinging Eye Pain

Apis Mellifica is very useful when there is burning stinging eye pain. Along with this conjunctiva is bright red. Itching and watering from eyes which are hot attends above features. Next symptoms that are present include light sensitivity and puffy, swollen eyelids.

9. Pulsatilla – For Stitching Eye Pain With Sensitivity To Light

This medicine is prepared from plant Pulsatilla Nigricans commonly named as wind flower. This plant belongs to family ranunculaceae. It is great medicine for stitching pain in eyes with sensitivity to light. Other than this it is useful for pressing, tearing and stinging pain in eyes. There may be relief in eye pain by cold applications where this medicine is needed. Burning, itching in eyes with desire to rub and scratch may be present. In some cases eye discharge mainly yellow coloured is also there. Sometimes there is gluing up of lids in the morning.

10. Merc Sol – When Eye Pain Arise From Exerting The Eyes

It is well indicated when there is pain in eyes that appear from exerting the eyes. This pain may be an aching, cutting or stinging type. Other than this it is a prominent medicine for iritis with throbbing shooting pains in the eye. Next it is indicated for conjunctivitis with burning pains and watering from eyes. Its last indication is blepharitis with  red, thick and swollen eyelids with soreness, pain, burning and profuse watering from the eyes.

11. Allium Cepa – For Red, Itchy Eyes With Burning, Biting Sensation

This medicine is valuable to treat cases of red, itchy eyes along with burning, biting and smarting in the eyes. Watery discharge from eyes is also there. It is also indicated medicine for nasal allergies (hay fever). Frequent sneezing and watery discharge nose accompany the above symptoms in these cases.

Covid-19 is an infectious disease caused by the new coronavirus (severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, or SARS-CoV-2). This virus strain was identified in December 2019. This disease has been declared as a pandemic in March 2020 by the World Health Organization (WHO). Homeopathy for post Covid syndrome can be of great help in managing the lingering symptoms of the infection. 

It spreads from person to person directly by inhaling the respiratory droplets released from an infected person via coughs, sneezes or talks.  It can also spread indirectly if a person touches any surface that has been contaminated by this virus and then touches his or her mouth, nose or eyes without first washing and disinfecting the hands properly. 

The symptoms of Covid -19 vary from mild to severe in intensity. The symptoms tend to appear between 2 – 14 days after the virus exposure. The most common symptoms of Covid – 19 includes fever, cough and fatigue (tiredness). Loss of smell and taste may be the early symptoms in many cases. Its other symptoms include difficulty in breathing, body aches, fatigue, headache, sore throat, runny nose or congested nose, nausea, vomiting and diarrhoea. The elderly people and those already having certain health conditions (like diabetes, serious heart disease, lung disease, cancer, asthma and chronic kidney disease) are at high risk of developing severe symptoms and serious complications. 

Post Covid Syndrome and Its Symptoms

There is evidence that few people who suffered from Covid -19 may experience some long-term, debilitating symptoms that occur after having recovered from the acute infection. Though recovered from the initial stage, they struggle to overcome the lingering health issues that follow it.

These include chronic fatigue (weakness), loose stool (diarrhoea), nausea, loss of appetite, abnormal heart rate, recurring shortness of breath, disturbed sleep, muscle weakness, muscle pain, joint pain, weight loss, loss taste and smell, depression, anxiety, brain fog, difficulty in concentrating, memory issues, dizziness and confusion. They may linger on for weeks to months. These symptom sets are together referred to as post covid syndrome.  Some of the symptoms that linger on are quite similar to the ones that occur in chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), also known as myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME). As per a study it is estimated that around 87 % of patients after initial recovery from COVID still have one persistent symptom. Further among the various symptoms it is seen that about 60% of people after recovering from acute infection of Covid-19 still face complaints of persistent fatigue. Though this syndrome can affect people of any age, but in elderly and those having health issues (like diabetes, hypertension and weak immune system) the effects persist for long.

Other than above symptoms it may also cause inflammation in the brain, heart damage, lung damage and stroke. 

It has been suggested that inflammatory cytokines accumulation in the CNS (central nervous system) might be the reason for symptoms occurring after recovery from viral infection.

Homeopathy for Post Covid Syndrome & Symptom Management 

Homeopathy can be of great help in managing the lingering symptoms of Post Covid syndrome. Though in homeopathy there are no specific medicine, but the medicines can be selected and used based on the symptom picture in every case which is the basic mode applied for selecting homeopathic medicines for treating /managing any of the medical conditions. One can consider use of these medicines for supportive help along with conventional mode of treatment for symptom management. The homeopathic medicines can be used to manage its symptoms including chronic fatigue (weakness), loose stool (diarrhoea), nausea, disturbed sleep, sleeplessness, muscle pain, joint pain, depression, anxiety, brain fog, difficulty in concentrating and dizziness. Following are some of the medicines that can be helpful for it as per the symptom indication. It is strictly advised to consult a homeopathic physician before considering use of any of the following medicines and self prescription should not be done at all. Only a homeopathic physician can judge and guide about the appropriate medicine, its dosage and repetition that is needed for a given case after complete case analysis.

1. Arsenic Album – To Manage Fatigue, Anxiety Issues

This medicine can be used for managing fatigue, weakness. Its use is indicated where a person feels weak, tired from doing even a slight exertion. There is a desire to lie down with this. They feel exhausted that most times worsens at night time. This is also an important medicine to manage anxiety issues. With anxiety restlessness is marked. Apart from  above it is a good remedy for managing diarrhoea (loose stool) and vomiting.

2. Gelsemium – For Managing Dizziness, Weakness, Brain Fog

This medicine is prepared from the bark of the root of a plant Gelsemium Sempervirens commonly known as yellow jasmine. This plant belongs to family loganiaceae. This medicine is useful to manage complaints of dizziness and weakness. It is one of the well indicated medicines to manage fatigue after viral infections. Persons who need it have marked drowsiness and dullness along with weakness and dizziness. Muscle ache and muscle weakness are present too. It also helps to manage brain fog and concentration issues, problems with fixing attention present along with dullness of mind. 

3. Kali Phos – For Marked Weakness on Mental and Physical Sphere

It is the next important medicine that can be considered where a person complains of marked weakness on both mental and physical spheres. Other than this it may be used in cases of sleep disturbances (sleeplessness and restlessness during sleep). Next, it is indicated for managing brain fog, depression and anxiety issues.

4. Phosphoric Acid – For Managing Fatigue, Brain Fog 

It is also a significant medicine which is used in convalescence period when recovering from an illness. It helps to manage fatigue felt since a debilitating acute illness. This medicine also helps in cases of brain fog and concentration problems. Memory weakness and dullness of mind is present with this.

5. Rhus Tox – To Manage Muscle Pain, Joint Pain

In homeopathy Rhus Tox is a leading medicine for managing muscle pain and joint pains. This medicine helps in relieving the pain as well as stiffness in the joints and muscles. Most persons who need it feel that their pain worsens from rest and gets better by movement. They may also have redness and swelling in the joints. 

6. Conium – To Manage Complaint of Dizziness

It is a very effective medicine for managing complaints of dizziness. For using this medicine the dizziness may be worse by lying down, turning in bed,  or from moving the head or eyes even slightly. Other than this it is also indicated for managing weakness and concentration difficulty. In most cases needing it great weakness is felt in the morning in bed.

7. China – For Loose Stool, Weakness

It is a natural medicine prepared from dried bark of plant Cinchona Officinalis also known as Peruvian bark. This plant belongs to family rubiaceae. In homeopathy it is a very beneficial medicine for managing complaints of diarrhoea and the attending weakness. The main indications for using it are brownish loose stool passed with excessive gas.  It is usually painless. The stool may have undigested food particles in it. It may have a foul odour. The stool is very weakening. Abdominal bloating may be present along with above symptoms.

8. Ipecac – To Manage Complaint of Nausea

This medicine is prepared from the dried root of plant Cephaelis ipecacuanha that belongs to the family rubiaceae. It is indicated when there is distressing nausea. With this there is excessive accumulation of saliva in the mouth. The nausea may be constant. Weakness can attend the complaint of nausea. Empty burping may occur with this. Abdominal distension may also be present. Sometimes vomiting of white, glairy mucus arises.

9. Ignatia – To Manage Depression Symptoms 

It is a top grade medicine in homeopathy when it comes to manage depression symptoms. This medicine is prepared from plant Ignatia Amara commonly known as St. Ignatius Bean. This plant belongs to family loganiaceae. People who require it remain sad, melancholic and weep frequently with this. They remain irritable and desire loneliness. They also have mental dullness. Sometimes they have mood swings from sadness to happiness and crying to laughing. They feel worse from consolation. 

10. Aconite – To Manage Anxiety Issues

Aconite is another well indicated medicine for managing anxiety issues like medicine Arsenic Album. Aconite is prepared from plant Aconitum Napellus commonly known as monkshood. This plant belongs to family ranunculaceae. Aconite is of great help when it comes to managing anxiety issues. Persons needing it feel restless with internal anxiety. They have a desire to move or  change their position frequently. They do everything in great haste. They may have panic attacks with anxiety, palpitations and trembling of body.

11. Coffea Cruda – For Managing Sleeplessness 

Just like medicine Kali Phos, Coffea Cruda offers great help in cases of sleeplessness. Persons needing it remain restless in bed and tosses from side to side. They have  constant thoughts in mind and many ideas crowding the mind. It is well indicated for managing complaints of sleeplessness after acute diseases.