Numbness of the hands and fingers mainly arises from irritation, compression or damage to the nerves that supply the hands and fingers. It can be one-sided or both sided and can arise due to various reasons. The main causes of numbness in hands and fingers include carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS), cervical spondylosis/radiculopathy, cubital tunnel syndrome, brachial plexus injury, peripheral neuropathy and ganglion cyst that may press upon the nerve. Homeopathic medicines for numbness in hands and fingers help treat the problem from the root.
Other reasons include Vitamin B12 deficiency, long-standing/uncontrolled diabetes mellitus, multiple sclerosis, Raynaud’s disease, Lyme disease, alcohol use disorder, Guillain-Barre syndrome, and spinal cord injury.
Symptoms of Numbness
Numbness in hands and fingers can by other symptoms like tingling, pricking, pin-needle sensation or burning in hands and fingers. Clumsiness or lack of strength/weakness may also be felt in the arm, hand or fingers along with above-mentioned symptoms.
Homeopathic Medicines for Numbness in Hands and Fingers
There are excellent medicines in homeopathy to treat numbness of hands and fingers in an effective manner. These medicines are selected individually for every case of numbness in hands/fingers. The reason behind numbness and attending symptoms like tingling, pin needle sensation, pricking, and weak muscles are taken into consideration to finalize the prescription. The top remedies for treating numbness in hands and fingers include Causticum, Hypericum, Kali Phos, Paris Quadrifolia and Phosphorus.
1. Causticum – Top Grade Medicine for Numbness
Causticum is a top-listed medicine for treating numbness in hand and fingers. Excessive weakness and a paralytic feeling in hand is prominently present with numbness. Hands and fingers feel icy cold. Sweat on the hands may also be present. In some cases drawing pains in the hands attend. Pain in the thumb and index finger is also there. Causticum is one of the leading medicines to treat numbness in the fingers arising in cases of carpal tunnel syndrome (due to pinching of the median nerve).
2. Hypericum – For Numbness in Hands/Fingers from Nerve Injury
Hypericum is prepared from a plant Hypericum Perforatum commonly known by the name of St. John’s Wort. The natural order of this plant is Hypericaceae. It is highly useful in cases of numbness of hands/fingers arising from nerve damage or injury. Along with numbness complaint of tingling and crawling sensation in hands/fingers may be present. A burning sensation may also be complained of in hands and fingers.
3. Kali Phos – Indicated for Numbness in Fingertips
Kali Phos is a remedy of great value to treat a number of nervous complaints. It is well indicated for treating cases where numbness in the fingertips is prominent. Prickling in hands is also noted in cases needing Kali Phos. General debility and weakness is present mostly with the above complaints. Persons requiring Kali Phos often have a nervous and sensitive constitution. Neuralgic pains that are better by gentle exercise also point towards its use.
4. Paris Quadrifolia – For Numbness in Fingers in Cervical Spondylosis
Paris Quadrifolia is prepared from a plant named One-berry. This plant belongs to natural order Trilliaceae. Paris Quadrifolia is highly beneficial to treat numbness in fingers in cases of cervical spondylosis. Fingers feel and cold alternately with numbness. Tearing, drawing or shooting pain in fingers assist sometimes. Along with this pain in nape of neck and shoulders is marked. The pain from the neck often radiates down to the fingers. Exertion worsens the pain. Weight and weariness in the nape of the neck is also felt. The neck is tensed and stiff. Swelling of the neck may also accompany the above symptoms.
5. Phosphorus – For Hand Numbness in the Morning
Phosphorus is a suitable medicine to manage hand numbness arising mainly in the morning. Hands feel numb and insensible on waking in the morning. Burning sensation in the palms may be there. Hands are weak and its movements are also clumsy. The heaviness of the hands is also there. Numb, insensible fingertips accompanied with crawling sensation is another key feature to use Phosphorus.
6. Silicea – For Numbness of Hands at Night
Silicea is an excellent medicine to manage numbness of hands at night time. There is also a weakness of hands where Silicea is indicated. Hands start to feel lame after slight exertion or while writing sometimes. Tingling in fingers and burning sensation in the ends of fingers is also characteristic of using Silicea. Profuse sweat on hands is noted most times with the above symptoms. Silicea is also helpful to relieve hand numbness in case a ganglion cyst is compressing the nerve and causing numbness. In addition to the above, Silicea is useful in cases of numbness in arms. In such cases, the arms feel heavy and there may be a pricking and pin-needle sensation.
7. Calcarea Carb – For Numbness upon Grasping
Calcarea Carb is very effective to manage numbness of hand/finger while grasping anything. There is also tingling in the fingers as if they are asleep. Weakness in the fingers is present. Fingers feel heavy on movement. Hands may be cold. Excessive sweat on hands is also marked. Fingers may feel stiff in the morning. Sometimes hands feel cramped, especially in the morning. Hands may be swollen and may have nervous tingling.
8. Natrum Mur – For Numbness and Tingling in Hands/fingers
Natrum Mur is significant medicine to treat numbness attended with tingling in hands and fingers. Rubbing the hands often help to relieve numbness where Natrum Mur is indicated. Burning sensation in the hands, especially in the palms, is well noted. Cramping is also present in the hands and fingers in a few of the cases requiring this medicine.
Dear Doctor, I have pain on right knee, and numbness of thai muscle.
Please advice a medicine for this.
Hatheli or ungliyon mein dard or Jhan-jhnahat hota hai or raat mein ye samasya badh jati hai
my left side has painful shoulder, pain while sleeping on left or right side. Tingling down upto thumb and first finger and sometimes numbness. Pain also continues sometimes in the day
Right side shoulder also is also painfully stiff. Left one is severe and
acute
Hatheli or ungliyon mein dard or Jhan-jhnahat hota hai or raat mein ye samasya badh jati hai
From six month
Dr Sharma I shall be thankful for right medicine
Hi Mam. I have feeling numbness in my right arm, habd and fingers. It is very painful and I cannot move my arm backward. Could you kindly prescribe me homeo medicine for effective treatment with no or at least monor dide effects.
Causticum is fully indicated in my case. I took it I’m 200 and then 10000 potency, but no relief. I am 70 yr old, except tingling, numbness, pain in palm, Aggravation
at 11pm night, with cold and with rest in bed, suffering for last 15 days.
Please guide me.
Mine started out with my hands all the way down to my feet within a month and a half I can walk there’s no pain everything’s numb
सुबह के समय रात दो बजे के बाद 05 बजे तक हाथ के पंजे और अंगुलियों में झुनझुनाहट और सुन्नपन रहता है । दबाने और रगड़ने से सही हो जाता है। डा शेर बहादुर जौनपुर उत्तर प्रदेश 9936441070
I am suffering from Numbness in right hand fingers & palm along with ganglion appears on the right-hand joint. In X-Ray, Cervical Spondylosis has been detected and a Cervical Collar is also adopted for the last couple of months. But no sign of improvement in numbness & ganglion as well. Please suggest a good Homoeopathy Doctor in Kolkata with whom I can contact and can be treated. Please support.
Dr sahab रात को सोते समय मेरे दोनों हाथ सुन्न हो जाते हैं उसके बाद नींद खुल जाती है । फिर हाथों को ऊपर नीचें या थोड़ी एक्सरसाइज करने पर सही हो जाते हैं। फिर नींद आने पर दुबारा सुन्न पन महसूस होता है । मुझे स्पॉन्डिलिट की परेशानी भी है जिससे वर्किंग activities में दिमाग चकराता है। प्लीज सजेस्ट
numbness in all fingers of both the hands due to problem in c3-4, c4-5,,c5-7 cervical spine.
ais medicines & treatment to solve this problems available by homeopathy medicines ???
సెర్వికల్ స్పాండిలైటిస్ నాకు మదనుడి సతే వాళ్ళు వరకు తేమురులు వస్తున్నాయి
I have had Heberden’s and Bouchard’s nodes in fingers and also bone growth below big toe presumably from osteoarthritis. Can these be dissolved with homeopathy. Recently, I’ve developed numbness and tingling in fingertips. I also have a recent diagnosis of squamous cell skin cancer of mole on upper back near neck that was removed. Please advise.
Hello,I am suffering from whole body numbness with needles prickling sensation I have got done the NCV n Whole spine detailed MRI everything is good suffering from arthritis,diabetes with multiple health issues I am 45 year old looking forward to your help🙏
Dear Doctor
I am patient of full body numbness and unable to walk totally on bed after few days allopathic medicine get temporary relief but not fully recovered
I request consider my condition as I am 55 year old female
My MRI show that spinal spondylitis in S5 and L 1 rest the things are normal stomach normal thirst normal
Regards
Leewati
I have numbness and tingling symptoms in left hand palm near index finger and left foot sole. Please advise medications
Pls let me know homeopathy medicine for loss of sensation in palm and fingers of right hand and left foot – age 19 – female patient
Pain in index finger and hand with pins like sensation mostly in morning .some time in neck left side.
Numbness of lower lip and chin after lower jaw surgery
I get numbness and tingling symptoms in both the hands and fingers. Please advise
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सर मेरे दो रोज रात को सोकर सुबह जागने पर दाहिने कंधे में कोहनी तक और दाहिनी ओर की ही गर्दन में बहुत दु:खने जैसा दर्द हुआ पर सुबह उठने के थोड़ी देर बाद बिल्कुल भी दर्द नहीं रहा पर तीसरे दिन 22-05_3023 को तो सुबह जने के बाद भी आराम नहीं आया और किसी भी पोजीशंन में बैठने पर भी बहुत दु:खता ही रहा , फिर मैंने ए22-05-2023 को ही एक फिजिशियन को दिखाया उन्होंने ब्लड जांच कराई उसमें विटामिन D की बहुत कमी बताई और उसकी पूर्ति के लिये एक दवा लिख दी और फिजियोथेरेपी लेने की सलाह दी जो मैंने अभी तक किया भी है, ईसी दौरान दर्द बढता ही गया बैचन ही रहने वग गया तो मैंने ओर्थो वाले को दिखाया उन्होने गर्दन और कंधे का एक्सरे कराया और उस एक्सरे में उनको कुछ नजर नहीं आया और सात दिन तक लेने की दो तरह की गोली (दोनों में से एक गोली सुबह और एक गोली शाम को ) लेने की लिखकर दी और एक तैल की शीशी जिसकी दर्द की जगह मालिश करने के लिये दी , पर अब दो दिन से मेरे दर्द में आधा आराम तो है लेकिन अंगठे में और उसके नीचे वाले हिस्से में शून्यता , सामान्य अंगूली से भिन्न असामान्य स्पर्श का आभास होने लग गया है और यह अब अंगूठे के बाहर हाथ की तरफ भी बढने लग गया है । कृपया इसके लिये कोई श्रेष्ठ होमियोपैथिक दवा है तो बतलिने की कृपा करें।
Humare left hand mein kohini ke left side mein khichav ho raha hai aur halka dard hai kripya ker ke batayein kaun si dawa le
At night n day time, specialy at night my feet under knees to feet fingers feel tingling n slight numbness. In hand fingers are also feel little bit of tingling. I have high blood pressure but well controlled. Suger is pre diabatic. My Age is 64. I have nurve problem but till I do not take any medicine. My both hands r tremendous shaking. Kindly advice.