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Body aches are very common these days. It can occur from various reasons from mild to serious ones. It may simply arise from exertion, lack of sleep, stress or from different medical reasons, like viral/bacterial infections and arthritis (joint inflammation), among many other issues. The intensity and frequency of pain differ from case to case. The type of pain – aching, sore, cutting, tearing, sharp pain –varies from person to person.
Homeopathic remedies are very effective in treating body pains and aches. As body pain may arise from various sort of reasons, so for curing it that root cause has to be identified and treated. So in these cases, homeopathic medicines give excellent results by healing the internal cause behind it. Along with relieving body aches, these medicines also help in managing the attending symptoms like stiffness, soreness, fever and weakness. In conventional mode, pain killers, NSAIDs (non – steroidal anti – inflammatory drugs), steroids are being utilised to manage body aches as per the cause behind it that may have adverse effects from long-term use. While homeopathic medicines for body pains are a natural substitute for conventional medicines. These medicines help to reduce dependency on allopathic medicines to a great extent.
The selection of homeopathic medicine for body aches depends on the characteristic symptoms in every individual case. So homeopathic prescription varies from case to case and similar medicine is not prescribed in every case of body aches. This is as per the law of individualization in homeopathy.
Homeopathy is recommended for both acute and chronic cases of body aches. By following a regular course of homeopathic treatment as prescribed by a homeopathic physician, most of the cases of body aches recover completely. However, the time taken for complete healing depends on the duration and intensity of the problem.
The best feature while using homeopathic medicines for treating body pains is that they are free from side effects. This is because they are made from naturally occurring plants and substances that do not cause any harmful reaction.
Top 6 Homeopathic Medicines for Body Pains and Aches
The top medicines for body pains and aches are Rhus Tox, Arnica Montana, Bryonia Alba, Magnesium Phosphorica, Gelsemium Sempervirens and Eupatorium Perfoliatum.
1. Rhus Tox – Topmost Medicine
Rhus Tox is a natural medicine that has proved to be the best in treating general body pains and aches. This medicine is prescribed for patients in whom the body aches become worse in resting position and get better by walking. The body pains are accompanied by anxiety and restlessness. The patient feels a need to constantly move to get relief. The body aches trouble a person when a person gets up to walk after rest but as the patient walks, the pain goes on decreasing gradually. Marked stiffness always accompanies body aches. This medicine is specific if the body pain starts after getting wet in rain. Its use is highly recommended in those body pains that are a result of overexertion, overstraining or overstretching of muscles, and joint inflammation.
When to use Rhus Tox?
It is a marvellous medicine for managing body aches that get worse at rest and better from motion. The body aches can be related to overexertion, muscle pain or joint pain.
How to use Rhus Tox?
It is available in different potenices from low to high potency, initially it is advised to take it in 30C potency two to three times a day.
2. Arnica Montana – For Injury-Related Bodyaches
Arnica Montana is also an excellent medicine for body aches. This medicine has the great ability to reduce body aches which occur due to injuries either recent or old. Joint pains that result from injury can be treated with this remedy. This medicine is used where excessive, bruised type of aching of the body is present. The whole body feels sore as if beaten. The patient requiring Arnica finds it difficult to lie down calmly in bed. The bed feels hard on which he lies, which makes him constantly change his/her position in bed. The whole body feels lame. Arnica can very effectively treat the soreness and body aches due to overexertion.
When to use Arnica Montana?
It is a highly effective medicine for managing sore, bruised, aching body aches resulting from an injury either recent or old ones when the body feels as if beaten.
How to use Arnica Montana?
It can be taken in 30C potency three or four times a day initially, gradually decreasing the dose once relief sets in.
3. Bryonia Alba – For Body Aches When Muscle Or Joints Are Affected
This medicine gives excellent results when body pains result from either muscular or joint involvement. The prominent symptom guiding the use of this medicine is – worsening of the body pains on the slightest motion. The body pains get better on absolute rest. Every part of the body is painful to touch. An increased thirst for large quantity of water is always present in patients requiring this medicine.
When to use Bryonia Alba?
It is the best choice to manage body aches related to muscles or joints when pains are worse from slight movement and better from rest.
How to use Bryonia Alba?
The potency of this medicine differs from case to case from low to high. Low potencies like 30C can be taken two to three times a day. Use of high potency like 200C is limited to once a day.
4. Magnesium Phosphorica – For Body Aches Better From Warm And Pressure
Magnesium Phosphorica is used for a wide range of body pains and aches. The main indications for its use are relief in pain from warm application and pressure application to the affected parts of the body and worsening by cold air exposure. The body pains can be shooting, cutting or stitching in nature.
When to use Magnesium Phosphorica?
It is an apt medicine for cases of body aches in which there is relief from warm application and pressure while there is worsening of pain from cold air exposure.
How to use Magnesium Phosphorica?
Most of the time, it is prescribed in 6X potency and can be taken three to four times a day as per pain severity.
5. Gelsemium Sempervirens – For Body Aches Attended With Weakness, Dullness And Drowsiness
Gelsemium Sempervirens is a wonderful natural medicine for treating body aches that are accompanied by dullness, drowsiness and weakness. The whole body feels tired. Pain is mostly present in the neck, back and lower limbs. The body pains are attended with weakness even from slight exertion. This medicine can also help in relieving the neck and shoulder pain with headache.
When to use Gelsemium Sempervirens?
It is a well-indicated medicine to manage body aches attended with marked weakness, tiredness, dullness and drowsiness.
How to use Gelsemium Sempervirens?
It can be used in 30C potency one to two times a day.
6. Eupatorium Perfoliatum – For Body Pains And Aches During Fever
Eupatorium Perfoliatum is the best natural medicine for treating body pains during fever. This is mainly given where severe and general bone pains predominate. This medicine gives quick relief in the body aches during fever like malaria or influenza. The patient feels as if the whole body is broken.
When to use Eupatorium Perfoliatum?
It is a highly suitable medicine to deal with body aches occurring during fever.
How to use Eupatorium Perfoliatum?
This medicine may be taken two to three times a day in 30C power.
Causes behind body aches
The causes may include exertion, vitamin D and calcium deficiencies, low potassium levels, lack of sleep, and injuries. Various medical conditions lead to body aches. First is fever. Second is arthritis which means inflammation of the joints. Third is fibromyalgia which causes widespread pain in different body parts at specific tender points attended by tiredness, memory issues, and sleep problems. The fourth cause can be Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) which causes marked weakness along with muscle / joint pains, sleeplessness, and poor memory. Other causes may include anemia (lack of sufficient red blood cells to carry enough oxygen to body tissues); lupus (an autoimmune disorder in which the immune system attacks and inflames the healthy tissues and organs of the body that leads to a butterfly-shaped rash on the face and may cause joint pains, fever, tiredness, chest pain, dry eyes and memory loss; Lyme disease which is a bacterial infection spread by tick bites; myositis (inflammation of muscles); and fluid retention.
Sir I m lecture…. I m having heavy painn selling in joints n knees…… I m not able to work. feeling tired too. is there any supplements for it.
Respected Dr
i have sharp bodyache,cold and cough.a mild pain in chestbones.couging till late night.pls.suggest.
Respected Sir, Suffering from Ankylosing Spondylitis and always body is in unbearable pain, please please please help.
Respected Dr sahab
I m suffering from severe pain in full body especially in neck, shoulders, both hands and both legs. I feel the pain 24 hours especially at bed time. Feel better if pressed but no relief. Suffering for last 15/20 years. No doctor has yet diagnosed the desease. Several pathology test done but no result. Pl help. Prescribe some high dose for immediate relief.
I will be obliged.
Regards
Sandeep Tandon
Dr. Sharma
I reside in Canada. Have been diagonised with osteo arthritis in both knees since some years. This year started getting severed pain in right leg starting in the thigh just above the knee. Feels like a nerve because the pain moves right to my shin and ankles. Sometimes the shin hurts even while sleeping. I find it difficult to get up from a sitting position and take my first steps. Have been told I have a bakers cyst but no remedy – only prescribed Vimovo which only kills the pain has not cured anything. Don’t want to continue with Vimovo forever as it has a lot of bad side effects. Please help me find a cure soon.
Thanks and regards
Nancy De Souza
My son Eden have a pain since 10 years. After sleeping he get pain in bones. Too much pain. Please tell me the medicine. He is married now, age 23.
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Paul
My son Eden have a pain since 10 years. After sleeping he get pain in bones. Too much pain. Please tell me the medicine.
Dear Dr sharmaji from last week I am feeling slitly dullness like fever in the morning fever body pain if I walk hardly half km get tired please let me sujest good medicine In homeopathy thanks
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Sir,
My name is Bindiya. Daxaben Bodat is my sweet mom. We are Indian and reside in India.She had last 6 year pain in left leg. We are show many Doctor but they told me it is rheumatism. It cant to stop ever time pain.in rainy season to pain in left leg. But now she had pain all left body part.so that what I do?
which type of medical testing best and necessary?plz help me i love my mom…
Too much body ache from last few days, feverish feeling but no fever, passing a very tense full period due to businesses, so many times headache at occipital area specially if I take very little alcohol, no other major diseases, age 65, fairly built medium body.
I can feel something in my throat which when I swallow any food and drink I hear friction in my throat but it doesn’t cause me pains….and shoulder pains
mother in law age 82, has varicose ulcers on right leg above inner ankle…no sugar slight bp..
can u plz suggest homeopathic medicines…leg bone pans are really severe..
I am 44 yrs old. past 7 months back i have TSH will be 100>, present i have 8.0 . In that I have body pain especially back side and also under rib pains is heavily. while sleeping and also wake up in the bed and also while sleeping in bed to turn body pains is heavily. Including 1 1/2 months back left side shoulder joint and also hand pain also. breathing problem also and also uneasyness sir, please give me for remedy and medicine and diet also sir. I have triglycerides also it will be 250 sir.
Respected sir,
I am suffering from continue body and fever throughout the day and night.
what type disease this was ? pl tell me sir,
due to this I was depressed and some time think about suicide.
please solve my problems , I am only son for my parents.
yours faithfylly
Vijaykumar m
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Severe pains like someone beaten badly.. worse when some one touch.. joints inflammation n muscular pain small joints are stiff sspecialy wrist n finger joints are more painful … hip bone n bachache are worse while lying on a bed or standing all pains are same n continious kindly suggest remedy with accurate potency
sir ,my husband is 42yrs old , he is taking bp , cholestrol tablets for over 8 Yrs , last his pressure was 160/100 ,giddiness ,for2-3days he went for the blood test ,his serum creatinine was 1.03mg/dl is there any homeopathy medicines.
I have rls but the big issue is that I have this near constant tightness in my hips and thighs and sometimes my feet that does not seem to be affected by stretching . The only thing I have found is Hyland leg cramps PM that works but so far nothing for during the day. I am also not sleeping
Dear Sir
My father is 78 years old. He is suffering from muscles pain specially in shoulder, thigh and back from last few years. and this problems rises more in summer. He feels hot and cold more than others. We live in Bhilwara rajasthan where whether are more effective in seasons.He suffers to pass air (called Apan vayu in ayurveda). After releasing of this air he fees very comfortable. He has age releted spine problem also so his legs does not allow him to walk much. Please suggest medicines .
Thanks
Regards Sharad
Sir,
. I am 39 year old & i suffer from headache,joint pain ,stomach pain. sir I take medicine last 7 month but no result find .sir I thing this is due to gass problem please sir told me suitable medicine for this disease
. Name:-Ramkesh Sharma
. Age:- 39
. please reply sir