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Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS), as the name suggests, refers to a constant feeling of being tired physically and mentally, almost like the body’s vital systems are switched off or are working on a low battery. It is also known as myalgic encephalomyelitis. Recently, a new term has been introduced to denote this syndrome called Systemic Exertional Intolerance Disease (SEID). It is diagnosed when extreme tiredness remains for a minimum six months that decreases the ability to do daily routine activities and is unexplained by any underlying medical condition.
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome can be very effectively treated with natural homeopathic remedies. Homeopathic medicines help the Chronic Fatigue Syndrome patients by increasing their body stamina and threshold for bearing fatigue against a particular level of exertion. They also help in energising the body’s immune system to come out of extreme physical or mental weakness and rejuvenate the person. Homeopathic medicines provide long term relief in CFS cases by working at a deep level to root out the cause. The regular use of homeopathic medicines for a recommended time period as suggested by a homeopath can help in reducing dependency on conventional medicines to a great extent.
Safe, Natural treatment
Homeopathy is a safe, natural healing system of medicine that treats CFS without any sort of unwanted harmful after effects. As homeopathic medicines are sourced from natural substances these are completely safe to use with zero side effects. These are capable of treating CFS in a very gentle, harmless way and help in recovering naturally.
Individualized treatment
Homeopathy follows the principle of individualisation when it comes to prescribing homeopathic medicine for any case including CFS. It means that homeopathy selects the most appropriate remedy by evaluating the characteristic key symptoms in every individual case rather than prescribing the same medicine in all persons having CFS. Such well-selected individualised medicines bring great recoveries in CFS cases.
Boosts self-healing mechanism of the body
Each one of us has a self-healing mechanism in the body to fight health issues and overpower them. Homeopathy works to boost this mechanism to deal with CFS and overcome it on its own naturally. In this way, initially the symptoms of CFS are relieved followed by gradual decrease in the intensity and frequency of recurrent episodes of symptoms till the time it goes away completely.
Top 7 Homeopathic Remedies For Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
The top seven medicines for chronic fatigue syndrome are Kali Phos, Arsenic Album, Coffea Cruda, Gelsemium, Rhus Tox, Belladonna and Ignatia.
1. Kali Phos – Top Remedy For CFS
Kali Phos leads the chart of homeopathic medicines for treating cases of CFS. It is recommended to manage multiple concerns in persons having this syndrome. To begin with, it is a marvellous medicine to manage fatigue. It can be given when even the slightest mental or physical exertion leads to extreme fatigue. Even a little work seems like a Herculean task. The person feels worn out with no energy at all. Secondly, it can be given to manage sleep issues. It is very effective in managing sleeplessness and restless sleep. Its use is indicated to manage weak memory, forgetfulness, and impaired memory. Forgetfulness is noticeable while speaking or writing. Lastly, it can be used for persons having a stressed mind, worries, sadness, and depression.
When to use Kali Phos?
Kali Phos can be used as a first remedy in CFS cases to manage tiredness, sleep issues, memory problems, and depressive feelings.
How to use Kali Phos?
Though Kali Phos can be used in different potencies, the best results have been witnessed from 6X potency that comes in tablet form. Kali Phos can be taken in 6X potency three to four times a day (4 tablets at a time makes one dose of this medicine for adults).
2. Arsenic Album – For Extreme Tiredness
Arsenic Album is highly effective to manage extreme tiredness. It suits those who feel like lying down all the time due to excessive fatigue. Even a little exertion leads to utmost lack of strength and weakness. Standing, walking and the slightest exertion result in fatigue. Such persons also hesitate to do anything due to fear of exertion because they anticipate exhaustion. Apart from disabling fatigue, Arsenic Album can also treat anxiety.
When to use Arsenic Album?
Arsenic Album is an ideal choice to manage extreme tiredness in cases of CFS from the slightest exertion with a desire to lie down all time
How to use Arsenic Album?
It is available in different potencies varying from low (like 30C) to high (like 200C, 1M). To begin with, it is advised to take this medicine in 30C potency once or twice a day. Kindly consult a homeopathic doctor to use its high potencies.
3. Coffea Cruda – For Sleep Issues
Coffea Cruda is a natural medicine to manage sleep issues. It is a top remedy to manage sleeplessness. Persons needing it have a lot of thoughts and ideas in mind at night that keep them awake. It is also indicated for restless sleep and frequent waking from sleep. Its use is also considered when a person can sleep only specifically till 3:00 am after which no sleep occurs.
When to use Coffea Cruda?
Coffea Cruda can be used in CFS cases to deal with issues of sleeplessness and restless sleep.
How to use Coffea Cruda?
This medicine works wonders in 30C potency. Coffea Cruda 30C can be taken two times a day.
4. Gelsemium – For Weakness, Dizziness, Muscle Pain, Poor Concentration
Gelsemium is a herbal medicine to manage weakness and dizziness. Persons needing Gelsemium have marked weakness and sleepiness throughout the day. Heaviness in the head may also be felt. Dizziness and vertigo are also marked. It gets worse when walking and from head movement. Muscle weakness and pain also show their impact on them. The muscle pain is mostly present in the neck, shoulders, back, hips and legs. The patient may also experience trembling and weakness in limbs. Besides the above indications, it is also useful when there is dullness of mind and poor concentration.
When to use Gelsemium?
This medicine proves effective for those having weakness, dizziness, muscle pain and concentration issues.
How to use Gelsemium?
Its use is usually recommended in 30C power that can be taken twice a day.
5. Rhus Tox – For Muscle Or Joint Pain
Rhus Tox is the most widely used homeopathic medicine for muscle or joint pain. It is usually the first choice of medicine of most physicians to manage muscle or joint pain. The key indication for its use is worsening of pains from rest and relief from movement. There may also occur relief in joint pain from massage or warm applications.
When to use Rhus Tox?
Rhus Tox can be given in cases having muscle or joint pains anywhere in the body that gets worse from movement and better from rest.
How to use Rhus Tox?
This medicine can be used in different potencies like 30C, 200C, 1M. In the beginning, Rhus Tox 30C can be used two to three times a day. When pain decreases, its dosage can be reduced. Do not self-medicate with its high potencies like 200C, 1M.
6. Belladonna – To Manage Headaches
To treat headaches though there are numerous medicines in homeopathy, but Belladonna tops the list. It is the most commonly used medicine for headache. In most cases that need it, headache is throbbing, pulsating type. It may get worse from noise and light exposure. Binding the head tightly brings relief.
When to use Belladonna?
The use of Belladonna should be preferred in CFS cases to manage headache, especially when it gets worse from noise and light exposure.
How to use Belladonna?
It is usually used in 30C potency. This medicine can be taken in 30C potency two to three times a day as per the severity of the complaint.
7. Ignatia – For Managing Depression
Ignatia is a prominent natural homeopathic remedy to deal with depression in chronic fatigue syndrome. It is best suited when there is sadness along with weeping spells. Consolation worsens the complaint. Next, there may be a desire to remain alone and, aversion to meeting people and going out of the house. At times, there are mood swings.
When to use Ignatia?
This medicine can be given to persons who feel sad and depressed with frequent weeping episodes in cases of CFS.
How to use Ignatia?
This medicine can be taken in 30C potency once or twice a day.
What Are The Symptoms Of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome?
1. Fatigue: It is the main symptom. Fatigue is marked to such an extent that it hinders daily routine work and taking resting does not bring much relief. It gets worse from activity, either physical or mental.
2. Sleep issues: Sleeplessness or unrefreshing sleep
3. Pain: Pain may occur in muscles or joints. Headache can also occur
4. Poor memory, difficultythinking, indecisiveness, confusion or poor and difficult concentrating power
5. Sore throat
6. Depressed feelings and mood swings
7. Dizziness
8. Enlarged lymph nodes in neck or axillae (armpits)
What Are Causes/ Contributory Factors Behind It?
The exact cause of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome is not clear, but various factors have been linked to it though not confirmed. These contributory factors include:
1. Viral infection (Epstein Barr virus, herpes simplex virus1 and 2, human herpes virus 6, measles virus, cytomegalovirus)
2. Dysfunction of immune system
3. Genetic predisposition toward Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
4. Hormonal imbalance: Imbalance of hormones produced by pituitary glands, adrenal glands is suspected
5. Stress: It may include either mental stress or physical stress as caused by some injury or surgery
Complications
Some complications of CFS include depression, anxiety, social isolation and restricted lifestyle.
Hello Dr Sharma,
Today I read your website suggesting Homeopathy medicines for Chronic fatigue and extreme tiredness.
Let me narrate my ailment… I am 61 years, feel sleepy & yawning losing focus on hearing or listening to what people are saying. I was in the middle east and there too over past 8 months this type of feeling was there. Before breakfast, there is a feeling hunger and a gnawing feel to eat something.
After eating or drinking say coffee or tea or milk the hunger pang is satisfied and immediately say 10 – 20 minutes thereafter I feel sleepy, begin to yawn, or grit my teeth to suppress the yawn so as not to embarass myself or the other person. There is lack of enthusiasm and energy feel bored and have a wandering mind thereby not focusing what the other person has to say.
Recently I have undertaken some outsourcing work from abroad and unable to focus…. I get a bit irritated and postpone doing the work for the next day…
Please suggest a good homeopathic medicine to negate all the above symptoms and I should feel energetic to regain my earlier dispostition.
Thank you sir.
Sesh Iyengar
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Dear sir
I am 70 years old Ifeel very week in the morning,takes more time to get up in the morning.I am
getting fatigue very fast after small work.I cannot walk little distance, some times gets calf
muscle and sometine thigh pain.I loose temper early I im diabetic and having B P also.
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My brother age 48 yrs. is suffering from sleeping disease with snoring,respiratory distress & distended abdomen. He sleeps even when he is sitting. Thirst is less. Please advise me what medicine with potency to prescribe.
I am feeling tired, headache, pain in whole body and also feeling low energy whole day. I am also not feeling sexually active.
Dear Dr. Sharma,
I am writing this message for treatment required for my wife Anshu, She is suffering from CFS.
The root casuse is rooted 8 to 9 yrs ago when she didn’t got good care and rest neither during the pregnancy nor after the delivery by cesarean. She was ignored for nutritious food required and the rest required during the said period.
Because of all this she suffered from depression and chronic Low Blood pressure. I have got treatment done for depression through homeopathy. I am also giving ANGIOTON of Dr.Willmar Schwabe for treatment of Chronic Low Blood Pressure.
Pls. suggest medicine for CFS and Chronic Low Blood Pressure considering that depression is also not fully vanished, its attack also comes due to old bad memories pregnancy period.
Regards,
Sanjay Gupta
San Jay did you used to be on the group nephkids?
Dear doctor sharma,
I am eighty yr. old and suffering from leg muscle weakness. If I walk 10 yards I fell extreme weariness in my legs as I have walked 10 miles. It becomes difficult to continue walking without taking rest. This suffering is more during daytime less after sunset. I cannot stand sun or heat of summer. I prefer winter though normally i cannot take bath in cold water. I prefer both sweets and salty things. I am very emotional and short tempered and extremely punctual in life. Can you pl. suggest a medicine.
dear doctor ji
for the past 3 days i was having fever, headache, cold, throat pain and joint pain. i took reckweg R -1 and R -6. since yesterday my fever had come down.
now i am feeling slight giddiness and very weak & fatigue.
kindly suggest me medicine
regards
sir
last two days i have fever with shunken eyes & dark circle around eyes also feel weakness,pls suggest some remedies
sir
i have a fever from last 2 days ,with shunken eyes & dark circle around eyes,also feeling quite weaknees,pls suggest some remedies.
I’ve recently had a baby 6 weeks ago. Even during pregnancy I was very tired. Now it’s even worse. I’m tired and weak an have no energy. Prior to no energy it started with my joints hurting. Especially at night and first thing in the morning. I can’t walk Down stairs. My hips and ankles and back hurt.
I feel quite tired all the time. Lacks self confidence upto the level that i cant stand for my own. People are befooling me n even i cant ask for my own money from them . makes false excuses all the time lies to myself as well. sexual weakness is also there with early dischrge.
hi doctor
raza from islamabad pakistan, age 36 fat 130 kg hieght 6′ 5” fair color tired extremly numbness in both feet restless at night, too much worried about domestic issues family related bearly control my urine which is dark in colour. plz see carlsbad aqua that covers most of my symptoms.
i m having great general weakness tiredness low control over urination plz suggest me a remedy..
thx
Raza
Dear dr. I am 47 years of age with liver cirrhosis. Although my tests of lft and cbc are fine. From one month feeing tired. Sleep disorder. Anxiety and vertigo type condition, sometimes fear of falling. I ve tried opium 200x. Little effective. Plesse tell me some medicine safe for my liver.
sir help me i am 20 year old very poor person.
from 2 years i am tired and energyless all the time
headache, concentration problem and my all joint pain without redness swelling
i test all test d3 ,thyroid,rbc,cortisol,celaic,
nobody can found my disease i want your help. i thinck this is chornic fatigue syndrome or fibromyalgia. otherwise i will suiside
my no .9823665172
Sir, my mother is 64 yrs old ,on 08 march 16 ,she has undergone PIVD c5-c6 cervical spine surgery….after one month she is feeling very much weakness, no power in body..heaviness/ weight in whole body….without support she can’t walk..not sleep…she feels no power in her body……kindly suggest me to cure this problm….
i feel extreme weariness in my legs after a short walk. i am 80 yrs old. male patient. can you pl. suggest a medicine.
Sir,
My age is 54 years. I always feel tired. My BP and blood sugar is normal.
What should be the potency and dose of Kali Phos for me?
I am said that I am sufferring from Chronic Fatigue Syndrome..No allopathy cure..
can u help??