The loss of appetite is known as Anorexia. There are various causes for the loss of appetite. Some causes are psychological in nature and include stress, grief and anxiety disorders. Other causes may be bacterial or viral infections. Diseases like hypothyroidism, tuberculosis, chronic liver disease, chronic kidney disease, hepatitis, and cancer can also lead to the loss of appetite. Certain medications and drug addictions also cause Anorexia. Another significant reason for the loss of appetite is Anorexia Nervosa. In homeopathy, cases of loss of appetite are treated with much success. Homeopathic treatment for loss of appetite uses medicines that help stimulate appetite.
Homeopathy helps by safely boosting the appetite. It works by correcting the cause of the anorexia to enhance the appetite. These medicines are useful for treating anorexia in patients of all age groups. Top grade homeopathic medicines to treat loss of appetite are Alfalfa, Antimonium Crudum, Psorinum, China, Colchicum, and Ignatia.
Homeopathic Treatment for Loss of Appetite
1. Alfalfa – Top Grade Medicine for Poor Appetite
Alfalfa is a high-grade treatment for loss of appetite. Alfalfa helps tone up the appetite in a very natural way. Along with boosting the appetite, it also helps to provide mental and physical strength to the body. Alfalfa works well in patients who experience a loss of appetite accompanied by weight loss, loss of flesh and emaciation. In such cases, the medicine helps improve the appetite as well as gain weight. Alfalfa is also a suitable medicine for anorexia nervosa and loss of appetite with weakness, fatigue, and exhaustion.
2. Antimonium Crudum And Psorinum – Appetite That Has Diminished After a Severe Disease
Antimonium Crudum and Psorinum are well indicated medicines for treating anorexia. These medicines help stimulate appetite after a serious illness. A patient needing Antimonium Crudum experiences a loss of appetite along with an aversion to every kind of food. But in some cases, the patient can eat acidic and sour things and has an aversion to all other food. Nausea and a bitter taste in the mouth are accompanying symptoms. Along with these features, the tongue feels thickly coated. Psorinum works well when there is a loss of appetite, but there is a constant thirst for water. Other symptoms include belching that tastes like rotten eggs. Psorinum is also useful for the loss of appetite and weakness arising after an acute disease. In such cases, Psorinum helps to improve appetite as well as provide strength to the body.
3. China – For Poor Appetite and Abdominal Fullness
China is a beneficial remedy for improving appetite. It works by helping to aid the desire to eat. This medicine works well in cases of reduced appetite with a sensation of fullness in the abdomen. China is useful when a person feels full in the stomach all the time. The abdomen feels bloated and distended. There is an aversion to all food. China works well in cases where there is not a complete loss of appetite, but the patient feels satiated by eating very little. Lastly, China is a beneficial medicine for a total loss of appetite during malaria.
4. Colchicum – When Nausea Accompanies Anorexia
Colchicum is another excellent treatment for loss of appetite. It helps to promote appetite in such cases. Colchicum is most helpful when nausea is present along with the loss of appetite. A person requiring Colchicum gets nauseous at the thought or smell of food. The patient feels hungry, but on smelling food, the appetite vanishes. If food is somehow taken, it seems tasteless. Colchicum helps to reduce nausea and stimulate the appetite.
5. Ignatia – Anorexia From Depression or Sadness
Ignatia is a high-grade treatment for loss of appetite. It helps to bring back appetite in patients who have lost their appetite due to depression. The guiding feature to use Ignatia is a loss of appetite from sadness, grief, and depression. A patient needing Ignatia refuses to eat and is absorbed in sad thoughts. The person feels sad and disappointed all the time, avoids the company of people, and feels exhausted both mentally and physically. Ignatia will help to recover from depression and assist in regaining the healthy appetite.
Baby girl 5year ,thin body, height 2.5 feet eat very much less food interesting in eating toffee chocolate and so many food not good for baby please suggest some homeopathy medicine.
Thanks
Ignatia Is that good for my daughter she had Anorexia
3 yrs ago now better still need help
For eating im in new york can u help me she is 18 years old
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My mom doesn’t have any appetite.
She has hypothyroidism and congestive heart failure.
She also has ovarian cancer that we are treating.
She lost a lot of weight. What remedy is good for her ?
Thank you.
Meri mother ko bhukh lagi hone ke bawajud khana samne rakhe hone pr bhi ichcha nahi hoti , kripya koi achchi dawa bataiye jisse unki khane ke prati ruchi jagrit ho. Unka weight 10-12kgs kam ho gaya he. Unki age 77yrs he
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I am diabetic and have stents in my heart. I am about 65 year old. I take many medications and insuline. I started taking ozempic injection for last couple of months. My sugar control excellent since I started taking ozempic but my appetite diminished significantly associated with nauseating feelings and feel abdominal fullness all the time.
Can you please advise some homoepathic medicine with necessary strength. Thanks for your time.
Regards
Mam, my son does not feel hungry in the morning and does not have any breakfast, ,he only eats around 12 , what medice can be given please advise
Hi Dr Sharma
Alfalfa” Can this medicine be given to a cancer (Bone metastasis ) patient?
Dr. I am 64 years old female with normal health, I had fever few week ago thereafter I lost my hunger completely. Kindly suggest the medicine or treatment.
Hello dr. I am 23yrs old female weight 45 kgs having anxiety disorder and for this I lost 5 kgs I was 50kgs. Loss of appetite, fullness in stomach, nausea all these are the major symptoms I am facing. Please help me out
Dear Dr Sharma
I have a female labrador 15 months old whose first heat started in Sep. She kept having secretions from mammary glands till recently. Ever since her heat finished she does not eat. Before that she was a voracious eater. When we take her near food, ivcluding chicen, she sniffs it and turns away. Rarely she takes a small bite. We have to then hand / forse feed her. Intake of water is good, she is otherwise actie and her CBC, LFT, KFT, USG stomach, Xray chest and pancreas test are normal. No loss of weight. At the time of heat the house was underging anti termite treatment and she may have sniffed chloroperiphos fumes. But that was 4 to five months before.
Recently we have started giving her appetite booster, after which she eats a little. Vets have asked us to ask a good homeopath, hence posting this
Hi Dr Sharma
I lost my appetite. weak to walk
Symptoms include
At the time when abdomen is empty gases supervens
On eating some thing relieves for some time. But I never feel hungry. No demand for food. No thirst. Morning rush of gases. Every thing turntturn in gase
My mother is 78 years old, with 92kg wt. she is very fond of eating but for last couple of month she had lost appetite and also under some depression as my elder brother (62 yrs) had diagnosed with Cancer since last year.
Can you suggest any homeopathy medicine for my mother for her loss of appetite.
12 years boy bed wetting, Loss of appitite and he is lean boy.Please choose best remidi
DEAR DR,
MY BOY CHILD IS OF AGE 2 YEARS 10 MONTHS. HE IS TOTALLY NOT INTERESTED IN TAKING FOOD. I TRIED EVERYTHING, BUT HE IS NOT INTERESTED AT ALL. THOUGH HE IS VERY ACTIVE IN EVERYTHING. SLEEPS 12 HOURS MINIMUM. PLAYS WELL.
ONE OF MY HOMEOPATHIC DR ADVISED ME OF ALFALFA MT AS MY BOY IS NOT INTERESTED IN ALFALPHA OR ANY KIND OF TONIC/SYRUP.
KINDLY ADVICE ME SOME MEDICINES SO THAT I CAN GIVE HIM IN GLOBULES.
DEAR DR,
MY BOY CHILD IS OF AGE 2 YEARS 10 MONTHS. HE IS TOTALLY NOT INTERESTED IN TAKING FOOD. I TRIED EVERYTHING, BUT HE IS NOT INTERESTED AT ALL. THOUGH HE IS VERY ACTIVE IN EVERYTHING. SLEEPS 12 HOURS MINIMUM. PLAYS WELL.
ONE OF MY HOMEOPATHIC DR ADVISED ME OF ALFALFA MT AS MY BOY IS NOT INTERESTED IN ALFALPHA OR ANY KIND OF TONIC/SYRUP.
KINDLY ADVICE ME SOME MEDICINES SO THAT I CAN GIVE HIM IN GRANULES.
Sir,
My daughter eating very less quantity. sometimes she do not eat anything.she is not feeling hungry.
Hello , dr sharma 1am 29 yrs old and suffering hair fall prblm. I watched yours video in youTube . You say best medicine for hair fall lycopodium 30 potency.
Sir, i want to know that dose in a day
My mother aged 86 years has of late been very aversive to food and does wish to anything. She wishes to sleep a lot and seems generally slow and not the energetic types which she has generally been. In the last about 15 months of lockdown she did not have the occasion to go out to mandir or her kitty and Satsang. Generally she had a very bold and positive outlook. She has gained some weight during lockdown. Sometimes she experiences sharp loss in her voice, though it is for sometime.
My 30 months old son is not interested in having food. I tried alfalfa. but he is not interested in taking liquid medicine, as when i give globules he takes it easily. So i want to know that is there any products like afalfa, whic is available in globules. Thanking you.
What could be given to a 56 years old lady cancer patient having loss of appetite and decline in weight due to allopathic cancer drugs along with exposure to radiation theropy
a patient( F)of age 56 recovered from brain stroke n lost a good percentage of memory ,most often doesn’t recognize or recollect the names. The severe problem is now she has almost lost appetite n stake very little of diet.The allopathic doctors are almost failed to recover her appetite.
So seek your advices