NOOR HOMEOPATHIC CLINIC

2010-09-15T10:44:00.000-07:00

Homeo Physician Dr Akhtar Ali Rao

Emergency medicen

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For all accident in which any type of shock occur

Arnica 200 (5 drops daily)

For any type of vomiting which cannot controlled
Ipecac 30 (5 drops 3 times daily)

For used as baby tonic specially during teething period
Chamomilla 30 (5 drops 3 times daily)

For throat disease such as Tonsilitis, Pharangitis
Belladonna 30 (5 drops 3 times daily)

For sudden and severe pain at any site of body
Aconitum 30 (5drops 3 times daily)

For Toothache and pain of wisdom teeth
Chamomilla 30 and mag phos 30 (5 drops 3 times daily ) PlantGO Q (For External Use)

For Sleeplessness
Passiflora Q (10 drops in small quantity of water)

For constipation, headache, for those persons who perform only sitting work
Nux Vomica 30 (5 drops 3 times daily )

For morning sickness
Ipecac 30 (5 drops 3 times daily)

For amenorhoea
Pulsatilla 200 (5 drops 3 times daily)

For abdomen worms
Cina 30 (5 drops 3 times daily)

For wounds
Calendula 30 (5 drops 3 times daily ) Calendula Ointment (For External Use)

For failure in love and business and any shock
Ignatia 200 (5 drops daily)

For weak memory , tension , anxiety, depression , headache
Kali Phos 200 (5 drops daily)

For warts
Thuja 200 (5 drops daily)

For burns and relieve the raw burning pain and promotes healing
Cantharis 200 (5 drops daily)

For headache of young girls
Natrum Mur 6x (3 tab 4 times daily)

For use in any disease of eyes such as inflammation , infection, redness, swelling, etc
Euphrasia eye drops
For any insect bite
Apis Mellifica 30 (5 drops 3 times daily)

For ear vacks
Mulleion Oil Ear drops

Kids first aid kit

2010-02-19T00:38:00.000-08:00

1. Arnica Montana (6C)
2. Calcarea Phosphorica (6C)
3. Gelsemium Sempervirens (30C)

18 Remedy Urgent Care Remedy 30X homeopathic medicines.

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1. Aconitum Napellus (30X)
2. Apis Mellifica (30X)
3. Arnica Montana (30X)
4. Arsenicum Album (30X)
5. Belladonna (30X)
6. Cactus Grandiflorus (30X)
7. Cantharis (30X)
8. Carbo Vegetabilis (30X)
9. Chamomilla (30X)
10. Cocculus Indicus (30X)
11. Colocynthis (30X)
12. Euphrasia Officinalis (30X)
13. Glonoin (30X)
14. Hypericum Perforatum (30X)
15. Ignatia Amara (30X)
16. Magnesia Phosphorica (30X)
17. Nux Vomica (30X)
18. Phosphorus (30X)

ALLERGY REMADY
1. Galphimia Glauca (6C)
2. Histaminum (30C)
3. Apis Mellifica (30C)

Leg cramps care 3 selected remedies for Muscle Cramp,
Fleeting Pain, Restless Leg This kit contains the following 3 remedies by Boiron:
1. Cuprum Metallicum (6C)
2. Magnesia Phosphorica (6C)
3. Zincum Metallicum (6C)

Menopause care
3 selected remedies for Perspiration, Sudden Flash and Hot Flashes

1. Belladonna (6C)
2. Glonoin (6C)
3. Lachesis (30C)

Sinus care
3 selected remedies for Stinging Pain, Nasal Congestion and Burning Pain

1. Kali Bichromicum (6C)
2. Mezereum (6C)
3. Hepar Sulphuris Calcareum (30C)

100 top remedies

2009-07-17T12:30:00.001-07:00

91(Nintyone 30c remedies) and 9 Nine 200C remedies)

The following 100 remedies are top remadies in Homoeopathy
1. Aconitum Napellus (30C)
2. Aesculus Hippocastanum (30C)
3. Agaricus Muscarius (30C)
4. Allium Cepa (30C)
5. Aloe Socotrina (30C)
6. Anacardium Orientale (30C)
7. Antimonium Crudum (30C)
8. Antimonium Tartaricum (30C)
9. Apis Mellifica (30C)
10. Argentum Nitricum (30C)
11. Arnica Montana (30C)
12. Arsenicum Album (30C)
13. Baptisia Tinctoria (30C)
14. Belladonna (30C)
15. Bellis Perennis (30C)
16. Berberis Vulgaris (30C)
17. Bryonia Alba (30C)
18. Cactus Grandiflorus (30C)
19. Calcarea Carbonica (30C)
20. Calcarea Fluorata (30C)
21. Calcarea Phosphorica (30C)
22. Calcarea Sulphurica (30C)
23. Calendula Officinalis (30C)
24. Cantharis (30C)
25. Carbo Vegetabilis (30C)
26. Caulophyllum Thalictroides (30C)
27. Causticum (30C)
28. Chamomilla (30C)
29. Cimicifuga Racemosa (30C)
30. Cinchona Officinalis (30C)
31. Cocculus Indicus (30C)
32. Coffea Cruda (30C)
33. Colocynthis (30C)
34. Conium Maculatum (30C)
35. Cuprum Metallicum (30C)
36. Digitalis Purpurea (30C)
37. Drosera Rotundifolia (30C)
38. Echinacea Angustifolia (30C)
39. Eupatorium Perfoliatum (30C)
40. Euphrasia Officinalis (30C)
41. Ferrum Phosphoricum (30C)
42. Gelsemium Sempervirens (30C)
43. Glonoin (30C)
44. Graphites (30C)
45. Hamamelis Virginica (30C)
46. Hepar Sulphuris Calcareum (30C)
47. Hypericum Perforatum (30C)
48. Ignatia Amara (30C)
49. Ipecacuanha (30C)
50. Kali Bichromicum (30C)
51. Kali Carbonicum (30C)
52. Kali Muriaticum (30C)
53. Kali Phosphoricum (30C)
54. Lac Caninum (30C)
55. Lachesis (30C)
56. Ledum Palustre (30C)
57. Lycopodium Clavatum (30C)
58. Magnesia Phosphorica (30C)
59. Mercurius Corrosivus (30C)
60. Mercurius Vivus (30C)
61. Natrum Muriaticum (30C)
62. Natrum Phosphoricum (30C)
63. Natrum Sulphuricum (30C)
64. Nux Vomica (30C)
65. Petroleum (30C)
66. Phosphoricum Acidum (30C)
67. Phosphorus (30C)
68. Phytolacca Decandra (30C)
69. Podophyllum Peltatum (30C)
70. Pulsatilla Nigricans (30C)
71. Pyrogenium (30C)
72. Rhus Toxicodendron (30C)
73. Rumex Crispus (30C)
74. Ruta Graveolens (30C)
75. Sabadilla (30C)
76. Sabina (30C)
77. Sanguinaria Canadensis (30C)
78. Sarsaparilla (30C)
79. Secale Cornutum (30C)
80. Sepia (30C)
81. Silicea (30C)
82. Spigelia Anthelmia (30C)
83. Spongia Tosta (30C)
84. Staphysagria (30C)
85. Sulphur (30C)
86. Symphytum Officinale (30C)
87. Thuja Occidentalis (30C)
88. Urtica Urens (30C)
89. Valeriana (30C)
90. Veratrum Album (30C)
91. Zincum Metallicum (30C)
92. Aconitum Napellus (200C)
93. Apis Mellifica (200C)
94. Arnica Montana (200C)
95. Arsenicum Album (200C)
96. Belladonna (200C)
97. Cantharis (200C)
98. Carbo Vegetabilis (200C)
99. Chamomilla (200C)
100. Hypericum Perforatum (200C)

Alternative names, keywords, and common mis-spellings

Aconitum Napellus, Aesculus Hippocastanum, Agaricus Muscarius, Allium Cepa, Aloe Socotrina, Anacardium Orientale, Antimonium Crudum, Antimonium Tartaricum, Apis Mellifica, Argentum Nitricum, Arnica Montana, Arsenicum Album, Baptisia Tinctoria, Belladonna, Bellis Perennis, Berberis Vulgaris, Bryonia Alba, Cactus Grandiflorus, Calcarea Carbonica, Calcarea Fluorata, Calcarea Phosphorica, Calcarea Sulphurica, Calendula Officinalis, Cantharis, Carbo Vegetabilis, Caulophyllum Thalictroides, Causticum, Chamomilla, Cimicifuga Racemosa, Cinchona Officinalis, Cocculus Indicus, Coffea Cruda, Colocynthis, Conium Maculatum, Cuprum Metallicum, Digitalis Purpurea, Drosera Rotundifolia, Echinacea Angustifolia, Eupatorium Perfoliatum, Euphrasia Officinalis, Ferrum Phosphoricum, Gelsemium Sempervirens, Glonoin, Graphites, Hamamelis Virginica, Hepar Sulphuris Calcareum, Hypericum Perforatum, Ignatia Amara, Ipecacuanha, Kali Bichromicum, Kali Carbonicum, Kali Muriaticum, Kali Phosphoricum, Lac Caninum, Lachesis, Ledum Palustre, Lycopodium Clavatum, Magnesia Phosphorica, Mercurius Corrosivus, Mercurius Vivus, Natrum Muriaticum, Natrum Phosphoricum, Natrum Sulphuricum, Nux Vomica, Petroleum, Phosphoricum Acidum, Phosphorus, Phytolacca Decandra, Podophyllum Peltatum, Pulsatilla Nigricans, Pyrogenium, Rhus Toxicodendron, Rumex Crispus, Ruta Graveolens, Sabadilla, Sabina, Sanguinaria Canadensis, Sarsaparilla, Secale Cornutum, Sepia, Silicea, Spigelia Anthelmia, Spongia Tosta, Staphysagria, Sulphur, Symphytum Officinale, Thuja Occidentalis, Urtica Urens, Valeriana, Veratrum Album, Zincum Metallicum, Aconitum Napellus, Apis Mellifica, Arnica Montana, Arsenicum Album, Belladonna, Cantharis, Carbo Vegetabilis, Chamomilla, Hypericum Perforatum

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36 TOP REMADIES IN HOMOEPATHY

2009-07-17T12:30:00.000-07:00

1. Sulphur
2. Arsenicum Album
3. Phosphorus
4. Calcarea Carbonica
5. Lycopodium Clavatum
6. Pulsatilla Nigricans
7. Graphites
8. Sepia
9. Rhus Toxicodendron
10. Natrum Muriaticum
11. Mercurius Vivus
12. Belladonna
13. Causticum
14. Nux Vomica
15. Lachesis
16. Silicea
17. Nitricum Acidum
18. Apis Mellifica
19. Aconitum Napellus
20. Kreosotum
21. Carbo Vegetabilis
22. Bryonia Alba
23. Agaricus Muscarius
24. Argentum Nitricum
25. Baryta Carbonica
26. Alumina
27. Kali Carbonicum
28. Conium Maculatum
29. Hepar Sulphuris Calc
30. Aurum Metallicum
31. Mezereum
32. Phosphoricum Acidum
33. China Officinalis
34. Petroleum
35. Thuja Occidentalis
36. Aloe Socotrina

Treatment for Urine Problems

2009-06-13T12:49:00.000-07:00

Burning sensation before, during and after act of urination
Feeling of frequent urination day and night at short intervals
Feeling of frequent urination day and night at short intervals but urine passed in scanty amount
Feeling of utter weekness after the act of urination
Feeling of chilliness/coldness after the act of urination
Inability to retain the urine
Habit of bed wetting both in males and females at any age
Change of color of urine.
Feeling of hot urine during the act of urination
Blood in urine
Blood passes out in double stream
Feeling of white Albumin (Dhatu) before/with/after Urine
Feeling of excessive thirst but urine passes in scanty amount as compared to water intakeOur treatment is completely without any side effects and therefore can be used in all weathers. So, you can consult us without any worries or hesitations. We will be glad to hear from you and help you to remove your problems and providing you HEALTH and CONFIDENCE.

Height Increase

2009-06-13T12:45:00.000-07:00

Short height always creates a kind of complex in young boys and girls. Young generation always want to have good height. But Unfortunately many of them do not have good height due to many reasons. If you are also seeking to increase your height, then We have a very good news for you. We have treatment for height increase without excercise and without any side effects. We have treated many people successfuly. Many professional personalities like models, singers, artists and actors are being benifitted from our treatment and achieved lot of success in their profession. Many youth after having treatment from us have been selected in Armed forces.Moreover, Our treatment is without any side effects and therefore can be used in all weathers. So, you can consult us without any worries or hesitations. We will be glad to hear from you and help you to increase your height and providing you HEIGHT and CONFIDENCE.

Female Sex Realted Problems

2009-06-13T12:30:00.000-07:00

Treatment for Female Sex Realted Problems:Menstruation disorders include amenorrhea (lack of menstruation), dysmenorrhea (painful periods), irregular cycles, menorrhagia (excessive menstrual bleeding), polycystic ovaries, endometriosis, fibroids and premenstrual syndrome (PMS).To Increase the size of the breast (Enlargement of Breasts) if due to any reason such as lack of diet, tension etc, breasts are not developed properly, it is cured with our treatment.Control of Milk in BreastsFor increasing milk supply in breastsFor reducing milk supply in breastsFor stopping milk supply in breastsRetraction of nipples or cracking of nipples or pain in the nipplesHabit of Mastubration in femalesIndulgence of HomosexualityAbsence of sensation during the act of sexAversion to intercourse for any reasonsLeucorrhea, commonly known as whites, refers to a whitish, green or yellow discharge from the female genitals. It is an abnormal condition of the reproductive organs of women. Our treatment is without any side effects and therefore can be used in all weathers. So, you can consult us without any worries or hesitations. We will be glad to hear from you and help you to remove your problems and provide you HEALTH and CONFIDENCE.

For treatment contact to.

H/Dr.Rao,92-3345471219

male sex problems.

2009-06-13T12:23:00.000-07:00

Treatment for male sex problems.
Erectile dysfunction (Impotency)
Feeling of deficient erections
Erection when half sleep in the morning and ceases when fully awake
Loss of erection before sex without discharge
Loss of erection during sex with or without discharge
Premature Ejaculation (discharge of semen before the act of sex)
Hasty Ejaculation during the act of intercourse
Feeling of inability to do sex over longer period of time
Inability to enjoy further intercourse after act of sex
Impotency associated with history of sugar
Penis not developed normally (Hypogonadism - Penis enlargement)
Penis retracted inwards due to overweight or certain bad habits.
Habit of Mastuburation
Volume of semen ejaculated is less or thin.
Impotency due to some injury or Venereal Diseases
Indulgence in Homosexuality
Want of erection at the time of intercourse as due to shyness or a thought that he is impotent, where as actually he is not so .
for treatment Contac to.
Dr.Rao.0334-5471219

(SARS) / Atypical Pneumonia

2009-06-01T12:50:00.000-07:00

What is SARS?
SARS stands for Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome. The illness is an acute respiratory infection of unknown cause. The main symptoms of SARS are high fever (> 38 degrees Celsius), dry cough, and shortness of breath or breathing difficulties. Changes in chest x-rays indicative of pneumonia also occur. SARS may be associated with other symptoms, including headache, muscular stiffness, and loss of appetite, malaise, confusion, rash and diarrhea. Death occurs in some cases due to respiratory failure.

What is the cause of SARS?
A new form of virus is being implicated in the recent outbreak of atypical pneumonia. The current studies show that the virus is either a paramyxovirus or a coronavirus-like virus.
Homeopathy Treatment of SARS
Considering the limitation of conventional medicine in treatment of viral disorders and the lack of any effective treatment for SARS patients in the conventional medicine, it is necessary that other alternative systems be used to combat this condition. Homeopathy with its vast range of medicines (>3000) can prove to be very effective against this atypical pneumonia. In this spirit an analytical study has been made for the relative effectiveness of Homeopathy medicines in this condition.
The information about the recent outbreak of SARS has been closely studied and the signs and symptoms have been analyzed to find out the group of remedies that can prove most effective against this form of pneumonia. The medicines for each stage are given in the order of importance. The details of this analysis are as follows:
Prophylaxis - The medicine that can prove to be a prophylactic in this pneumonia is Chelidonium majus. This medicine can be taken by people working closely with SARS patients like doctors, nurses, relatives and colleagues of known patients.
First Stage - The medicines that can help most of the SARS cases in the initial phase are Aconitum napellus, Arsenic album, and Belladona. Of these, Aconite will prove most important in aborting the disease when given at the onset of flu-like symptoms. This medicine should be given as soon as one experiences flu-like symptoms.
Second Stage - When the symptoms of pneumonia are well apparent, then the medicines that can prove to be of maximum value in current outbreak are Natrum sulphuricum, Phosphorus, Chelidonium, and Bryonia alba.
Third Stage - If the patient is terminally ill with threatened respiratory failure, the medicines that can help to save many lives are Crotalus horridus, Lachesis, Ailanthus glandulosa, and Muriatic acid.
Dosage and Repetition - Considering the severity and rapidity of illness lower potencies (6c, 12c, 30c) are recommended. The medicines should be repeated at short intervals (1/2 to 2 hrs)
Patient Management
Patients should be placed in an isolation unit. Strict respiratory and mucusol barrier nursing is recommended. It is very important that suspected cases are separated from other patients and placed in their own hospital room.
Health care workers and visitors should wear efficient filter masks, goggles, aprons, head covers, and gloves when in close contact with the patient.
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Note - The Homeopathy medicines mentioned in this article have been worked out with theoretical assessment of current information on SARS. Most of these medicines have known action in cases of pneumonia but the author does not guarantee a cure. Homeopathy medicines when taken in low potencies for short duration of time are usually harmless. Still, it is recommended that you consult your physician/homeopath before taking any medicine.
References -
Homeopathy Repertory - KentHomeopathy Repertory - BoenninghausenHomeopathy Therapeutics - WardHomeopathy Repertory & Materia Medica - BoerickeHomeopathy Repertory - PhatakHpathy.comUS Centre for Disease Control and PreventionWorld Health Organisation

SCROFULA

2009-06-01T12:48:00.001-07:00

SCROFULA(See also Tuberculosis)

Scrofula is a tuberculous infection of the skin of the neck, most often caused by mycobacteria (including Mycobacteriumtuberculosis), in adults. In children, it is usually caused by Mycobacterium scrofulaceum or Mycobacterium avium.
Infection with mycobacteria is usually caused by inhaling air contaminated by these organisms. The bacteria spread throughout the body, and may cause rubbery enlargement of the lymph nodes in the neck (cervical lymph nodes) as well as elsewhere. If these are not treated, the lymph nodes may become ulcerated, producing draining sores.

Scrofula Tuberculosis - Symptoms
- painless swelling of cervical (neck) lymph nodes - ulceration is rare today - lymph nodes may be enlarged elsewhere - fevers, chills, sweats, and weight loss can occur in 20% of individuals
Homeopathic Medicines & Treatment for Scrofula Tuberculosis
#Calcarea carbonica. [Calc]Our chief remedy in scrofula which corresponds to Hahnemann's psora and to what is called now by the modern term arthritism. Its symptoms mark the diathesis, of which it presents a perfect picture. Thus there is sweat on the head which is chiefly confined to the scalp and is sour and offensive. The glands swell readily and tend to suppurate, the face is pale, and such patients are slow and sluggish; the fontanelles are open, there is a large abdomen and a swollen upper lip; this is characteristic. Dentition is slow, the feet are cold and clammy. There is constipation with chalky stools. Partial sweating is very characteristic as about the head at night. Emaciation, the skin hangs in folds which are flabby. Children of this type are slow in learning to talk and walk. Arthritic affections of the spine and hip-joint, imperfect nutrition from mal-assimilation, tendency to eruptions. The ophthalmias and otorrhoeas of Calcarea are decidedly scrofulous; craving for eggs is an indicating symptom. Phosphorus. Here the psoric patient is delicate and refined; the child is beautiful, with a consumptive tendency. Causticum. Defective nutrition of the whole nervous system. Calcarea phosphorica is rather more adapted to cases where the tuberculous tendency is more manifest and the bones are involved. Alnus rubra. Glandular enlargement, unhealthy skin eczema, impaired digestion from lack of gastric juice and consequent marasmus. Use the tincture.
#Sulphur. [Sulph]A prince of remedies and one of our mainstays in the treatment of scrofula; the child is active, nervous and quick, sweats about the head and has a coarse, dry skin and a tendency to eruptions; the head is large, the fontanelles open, there is a defective osseous growth, a tendency to rickets and caries of the spine, appetite is voracious, glands diseased, patient hungry and emaciated. Child looks like a dried-up old man skin is yellow wrinkled, flabby and dirty.
#Baryta carbonica. [Bar-c]Emaciated, large abdomen, hunger and emaciation. Mental and bodily weakness. It also has pimples, humid sores and other skin manifestations. Stony hard indurations also are marked.
#Silicea. [Sil]This remedy corresponds well to the scrofulous diathesis, swellings and suppurations of glands. Imperfect nutrition from mal-assimilation, not from want of food, sweat of head and offensive sweating ;of feet indicate Silicea. Tendency to boils, indurations and carbuncles. Magnesia muriatica. Sweating of feet, enlarged liver and skin eruptions. Bromine. Indurated glands with tendency to suppuration, hardness of the glands. Iodine. Hungry, eats all the time and yet emaciates, indolent swelling of the glands; they are hard and painless; torpor and sluggishness mark the patient. The whole lymphatic system seems invaded. Iodoform. Dr.C.S. Raue recommends highly this remedy in the 3x, to check glandular swellings. He has used it empirically in a large number of cases with success.
#Graphites. [Graph] Enlargement of glands of axilla, groin and neck, skin symptoms, diarrhoea which is thin, offensive and partially digested. The abdomen is large and hard. It is especially indicated by the unhealthy skin conditions, the eruptions it produces and also; the anaemia; it produces an anaemia almost as marked as Ferrum. The patients requiring Graphites are especially liable to take cold. Infiltration of tissues is another condition.
#Mercurius. [Merc]This remedy produces a scrofulous dyscrasia, an anaemia and it corresponds well to the tendency of scrofula to localize itself in glandular structures and in the mucous membranes, as shown in scrofulous affection of the eyes, nose and mouth. Its special indications are the oily or sour sweat, especially on the scalp, the cold and damp limbs, the swollen glands and the profuse suppurations. Such a child will have open fontanelles, imperfect teeth, slimy diarrhoea with much straining, a dirty color of the skin, etc. It is often useful after Sulphur; it seems to rouse the action of Sulphur where that languishes. These scrofulous manifestations are part and parcel of Hahnemann's psora. Mercurius under the rule of sulphur roots out the psoric taint and scrofulous tendencies. Hepar sulphur. Suppurative conditions of scrofula, vertebral caries, etc.

SCIATICA

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SCIATICA

Sciatica refers to pain that begins in the hip and buttocks and continues all the way down the leg. This condition is often accompanied by low back pain, which can be more or less severe than the leg pain. The term "sciatica" indicates that the sciatic nerve, which travels from the lower back through the buttocks and into the leg, is thought to be the cause of the pain in this condition. True sciatica is a condition that occurs when a herniated lumbar disc compresses one of the contributing roots of the sciatic nerve. This type of low back pain is less common than other causes and conditions that produce back pain.
The most common symptom of true sciatica is posterior thigh, lower leg or foot pain that can be much worse than the accompanying lower back pain. Usually a patient will experience moderate to severe pain, which begins in the buttocks and runs down through the leg or foot. It is important to know that true sciatica will produce pain that radiates beyond the knee. Often a patient will have a previous history of lower back pain beginning a few days or weeks before the leg pain occurs, then the leg pain becomes worse than the back pain, and in some cases the back pain will completely disappear.
However, in the case of longstanding history of sciatica, the pain may gradually become localized to the buttocks and back of the leg. In this situation, the patient may have a vague aching pain that does not reach all the way to the lower leg or foot, though it may have done so earlier in the course of the disease

Homeopathic Medicines & Treatment for Sciatica, Pain in Sciatic Nerve
#Colocynth. [Coloc] The most important remedy in sciatica, corresponding to the worst cases. There are pains in the sciatic nerve extending the knee or to the heel, worse from any motion, and especially aggravated by cold. The pain is paroxysmal, followed by numbness and partial paralysis. There is a sensation which has been described as if the thigh were bound with iron bands, or as though screwed in a vise; the muscles are fearfully tense and fixed. Particularly is the right side involved and there are stitches during walking. It is especially useful in recent cases, though Aegida cured a case of long standing with the 3d dilution in which there were spasms and violent pains. There is a sense of constriction around the hip. The pains, too may come suddenly and leave suddenly, they may be sticking and burning, and all are worse from cold or damp and at night,when the patient can find no easy position for the limb. Colocynth typifies the sciatica due to nerve changes with no special inflammatory conditions attending it. Here it touches remedies like Arsenicum, Chamomilla, Gelsemium,and Gnaphalium. The 6th potency will be found to act better than the lower potencies.
#Gnaphalium. [Gnaph]This remedy is quite similar to Colocynthis. O'Connor thinks it is the best remedy in the absence of the other symptoms and many others consider it specific.It has intense neuralgic pains along the nerve,and numbness. The whole trunk and the main branches seem affected, worse when lying down, worse from motion, stepping and better whiles sitting in a chair. The pains extend to the toes. Terebinth has exquisite sensitiveness ;of the lower extremities, with painfulness along the tract of the nerve; ;drawing, tearing, paralytic pains.
#Arsenicum. [Ars]With this remedy the pain is marked by complete intermissions; it exacerbates every night at a particular hour, and becomes unbearable; it is increased by vigorous and relieved by gentle motion. It is aggravated by cold, but relieved momentarily by warmth. It is a pure neuralgia, neither inflammatory, toxaemic nor reflex. Arsenicum is one of our most reliable remedies in sciatic. Chamomilla should also be thought of in pure neuralgias of the sciatic nerve with unbearable pains, and the more it pains the hotter the patient becomes.
#Rhus toxicodendron. [Rhus-t]This remedy typifies sciatic with muscular and ligamentous involvement. It is seldom adapted to recent cases, but comes in later. The pains are tearing and burning, worse during rest, alleviated a short time only during motion. There is lameness and a disposition to muscular twitchings, bowels are constipated. It is a rheumatic sciatica, the fibrous sheath of the nerve being involved. It is a rheumatic sciatica, the fibrous sheath of the nerve being involved. It is rheumatic sciatica, the fibrous sheath of the nerve being involved. It is the best remedy for a combination of lumbago and sciatica. Sciatica arising from over-exposure to wet or from lifting, wrenching and over-exertion. Great relief from warmth. Arnica is also a remedy for sciatica due to over-exertion. The acute pains are followed by a sensation as if bruised. Ruta. This remedy also has shooting pains down the back, down the sciatic nerve on first moving or on rising after sitting; the patient is obliged to walk about constantly during the paroxysms o;f pain. The pains are felt most in the region of the knee. It is worse during damp or cold weather and from cold applications. Bryonia has shooting pains worse from motion and relieved by hard pressure. It is a valuable drug in the treatment of sciatica of rheumatic origin. Ledum also has sciatic pains mixed with rheumatism.
#Kali iodatum. [Kali-i]The pains calling for this remedy are worse at night, and from lying on the affected side, better from motion. When of mercurial or syphilitic origin, it is well indicated and may help, but it is not a very reliable remedy. Kali bichromicum. Darting pains in the left thigh relieved by motion. Phytolacca. The pains are darting and tearing, aggravated by motion. It is perhaps better adapted to syphilitic cases. Colchicum. Right-sided sharp-shooting pains extending to knee, worse by motion; the patient must keep quite. The pain is sudden, constant and intolerable. Viscum album has the credit of curing a number of severe and long standing cases.
#Ammonium muriaticum. [Am-m] Sciatica, with aggravation of pain while sitting, somewhat relieved by walking and entirely relieved by lying down. Pains in the left hip as if the tendons were too short. Legs feel contracted. Painful jerks, feet feel as if asleep.
#Pulsatilla. [Puls] This remedy typifies a sciatica due to venous stasis and is useful in the milder forms where there is a sense of fatigue and heaviness , flying attacks, aching in lions and hips. Uterine sciatica. Here it is akin to such remedies as Sepia, Belladonna, Ferrum, Sulphur,Graphites and Mercurius. Lycopodium is sometimes most useful in chronic cases where there are fine burning or stinging pains, or tearing, drawing or jerking pains worse from rest. The lithic acid constitution will decide the remedy.
#Aconite. [Acon] The congestive variety of sciatica from exposure to colds, dampness and from suppressed perspiration indicates Aconite. there is much numbness, perverted sensation, pricking and a sense of coldness in the parts, especially toes. The pains are very severe and worse at night; the patient is restless, there is tingling along the affected nerve. Glonoine. Hale recommends the 6th of this remedy in cases where there is much throbbing, numbness, heaviness and uneasiness.
#Belladonna. [Bell] Here the inflammation is high and the pains come on suddenly. There is a neuritis, and the course of the nerve is sensitive; the pain is especially severe at night, the parts are sensitive to the touch, the least concussion or a draft of air aggravates. Severe lancinating pains coming on in the afternoon or evening; has to change position often; worse from motion, noise, shock or contact; cannot bear the clothing to touch him. Relieved by letting the limb hang down, warmth and the erect posture.
#Nux vomica. [Nux-v] From its action on the spinal cord, Nux is frequently the remedy in sciatica. It has lightning-like pains, with which twitching of the parts. Violent pains, has to change position; pains shoot down into the foot, the limb is stiff and contracted and the parts feel paralyzed and cold. Better when lying on the affected side and from the application of hot water. Constipated bowels and sedentary habit. Plumbum also has lightning-like pains and in paroxysms. Pains and cramps along sciatic nerve, and especially where atrophy is present. Use potencies not lower than the 12th to the 30th. Coffea may also be indicated where there is great hyperaesthesia of the senses and physical exhaustion and debility present. If the sciatica be in those of a haemorrhoidal constitution. Sulphur may be the remedy. If dependent on vertebral disease then such remedies as Phosphorus, Silicea, Natrum muriaticum and Sulphur will need to be prescribed according to the symptoms. Nor should the tissue remedies be forgotten, as many undoubted cures have been made with Magnesia phosphorica and Kali phosphoricum.

Schizophrenia(brain disorder)

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Schizophrenia(brain disorder)

What Is Schizophrenia?
Schizophrenia is a chronic, severe, and disabling brain disorder. It affects about 1 percent of people all over the world.
People with schizophrenia may hear voices other people don't hear or believe that others are reading their minds, controlling their thoughts, or plotting to harm them. These experiences are terrifying and can cause fearfulness, withdrawal, or extreme agitation. People with schizophrenia may not make sense when they talk, may sit for hours without moving or talking much, or can seem perfectly fine until they talk about what they are really thinking. Since many people with schizophrenia have difficulty holding a job or caring for themselves, the burden on their families and society is significant as well.

Schizophrenia is a major mental illness characterized by persistent defects in the perception or expression of reality. A person suffering from untreated schizophrenia typically demonstrates grossly disorganized thinking, and may also experience delusions or auditory hallucinations. Although the illness primarily affects cognition, it can also contribute to chronic problems with behavior or emotions.
Schizophrenia may develop so gradually that the family and even the person with the disease may not realize that anything is wrong for a long period of time. This slow deterioration is referred to as gradual-onset or insidious schizophrenia. A gradual build-up of symptoms may or may not lead to an acute or crisis episode of schizophrenia. An acute episode is short and intense, and involves hallucinations, delusions, thought disorder, and an altered sense of self.
Sometimes schizophrenia has a rapid or sudden onset. Very dramatic changes in behaviour occur over a few weeks or even a few days. Sudden onset usually leads fairly quickly to an acute episode. Some people have very few such attacks in a lifetime; others have more. Some people lead relatively normal lives between episodes. Others find that they are very listless. depressed, and unable to function well.
In some, the illness may develop into what is known as chronic schizophrenia. This is a severe, long-lasting disability characterized by social withdrawal, lack of motivation, depression, and blunted feelings. In addition, moderate versions of acute symptoms such as delusions and thought disorder may be present in the chronic disorder.
There are 5 recognized types of schizophrenia: catatonic, paranoid, disorganized, undifferentiated, and residual. Features of schizophrenia include its typical onset before the age of 45, continuous presence of symptoms for 6 months or more, and deterioration from a prior level of social and occupational functioning.
Schizophrenia Symptoms & Signs
People with schizophrenia may show a variety of symptoms. Usually the illness develops slowly over months or even years. At first, the symptoms may not be noticed. For example, people may feel tense, may have trouble sleeping, or have trouble concentrating. They become isolated and withdrawn, and they do not make or keep friends. As the illness progresses, psychotic symptoms develop:
• Delusions - false beliefs or thoughts with no basis in reality • Hallucinations - hearing, seeing, or feeling things that are not there • Disordered thinking - thoughts "jump" between completely unrelated topics (the person may talk nonsense) • Catatonic behavior - bizarre motor behavior marked by a decrease in reactivity to the environment, or hyperactivity that is unrelated to stimulus • Flat affect - an appearance or mood that shows no emotion
No single characteristic is present in all types of schizophrenia. The risk factors include a family history of schizophrenia. Schizophrenia appears to occur in equal rates among men and women, but women have a later onset. For this reason, males tend to account for more than half of patients in services with high proportions of young adults. Although the onset of schizophrenia is typically in young adulthood, cases of the disorder with a late onset (over 45 years) are known.
Childhood-onset schizophrenia begins after the age of 5 and, in most cases, after relatively normal development. Childhood schizophrenia is rare and can be difficult to differentiate from other pervasive developmental disorders of childhood, such as autism.
No one symptom positively identifies schizophrenia. All of the symptoms of this illness can also be found in other brain disorders. For example psychotic symptoms may be caused by the use of drugs, may be present in individuals with Alzheimer’s Disease, or may be characteristics of a manic episode in bipolar disorder. However, when a doctor sees the symptoms of schizophrenia and carefully asseses the history and the course of the illness over six months, he or she can almost always make a correct diagnosis.
The symptoms of schizophrenia are generally divided into three categories, including positive, disorganized and negative symptoms.
• Positive Symptoms, or "psychotic" symptoms, include delusions and hallucinations because the patient has lost touch with reality in certain important ways. "Positive" as used here does not mean "good." Rather, it refers to having overt symptoms that should not be there. Delusions cause the patient to believe that people are reading their thoughts or plotting against them, that others are secretly monitoring and threatening them, or that they can control other people's minds. Hallucinations cause people to hear or see things that are not there.
• Disorganized Symptoms include confused thinking and speech, and behavior that does not make sense. For example, people with schizophrenia sometimes have trouble communicating in coherent sentences or carrying on conversations with others; move more slowly, repeat rhythmic gestures or make movements such as walking in circles or pacing; and have difficulty making sense of everyday sights, sounds and feelings.
• Negative Symptoms include emotional flatness or lack of expression, an inability to start and follow through with activities, speech that is brief and lacks content, and a lack of pleasure or interest in life. "Negative" does not, therefore, refer to a person's attitude, but to a lack of certain characteristics that should be there.
Schizophrenia is also associated with changes in cognition. These changes affect the ability to remember and to plan for achieving goals. Also, attention and motivation are diminished. The cognitive problems of schizophrenia may be important factors in long term outcome.
Schizophrenia also affects mood. Many individuals affected with schizophrenia become depressed, and some individuals also have apparent mood swings and even bipolar-like states. When mood instability is a major feature of the illness, it is called, schizoaffective disorder, meaning that elements of schizophrenia and mood disorders are prominently displayed by the same individual.
Cause of Schizophrenia
Scientists still do not know the specific causes of schizophrenia, but research has shown that the brains of people with schizophrenia are different, as a group, from the brains of people without the illness. Like many other medical illnesses such as cancer or diabetes, schizophrenia seems to be caused by a combination of problems including genetic vulnerability and environmental factors that occur during a person's development. Recent research has identified the first genes that appear to increase risk for schizophrenia. Like cancer and diabetes, the genes only increase the chances of becoming ill, and do not cause the illness all by themselves.
Schizophrenia Treatment
During an acute episode of schizophrenia, hospitalization is often required to promote safety, and to provide for the person's basic needs such as food, rest, and hygiene.
Antipsychotic or neuroleptic medications work by changing the balances of chemicals in the brain and are used to control the symptoms of the illness. These medications are effective, but are also associated with side effects that may discourage a patient from taking them regularly. However, many of these side effects can be addressed, and should not prevent people from seeking treatment for this serious condition.
Common side effects from traditional antipsychotics may include sedation and weight gain. Other side effects are known as extrapyramidal symptoms (muscle contractions, problems of movement and gait, and feelings of restlessness or "jitters").
Long-term risks include a movement disorder called tardive dyskinesia, which involves involuntary movements. Newer agents known as atypical antipsychotics, appear to have a somewhat safer regarding side effects. They also appear to help people who have not benefited from the older traditional medications. Ongoing treatment with medications is usually necessary to prevent a return of symptoms.
Supportive and problem-focused forms of psychotherapy may be helpful for many individuals. Behavioral techniques, such as social skills training, can be used in a therapeutic setting, or in the patient's natural environment to promote social and occupational functioning.
Family interventions that combine support and education about schizophrenia (psychoeducation) appear to help families cope and reduce relapse. Patients who lack family and social support may be helped by intensive case management programs that emphasize active outreach and linkage to a range of community support services.
Expectations (prognosis) for Schizophrenia
There are many different potential outcomes of schizophrenia. Most people with schizophrenia find that their symptoms improve with medication, and some achieve substantial control of the symptoms over time. However, others experience functional disability and are at risk for repeated acute episodes, particularly during the early stages of the illness.
Supported housing, vocational rehabilitation, and other community support programs may be essential to their community tenure. People with the most severe forms of this disorder may remain too disabled to live independently, requiring group homes or other long-term, structured living environments.
Homeopathic Treatment for Schizophrenia
Homeopathy treats the person as a whole. It means that homeopathic treatment focuses on the patient as a person, as well as his pathological condition. The homeopathic medicines are selected after a full individualizing examination and case-analysis, which includes the medical history of the patient, physical and mental constitution etc.
Following homeopathic medicines cover symptoms of various types and stages of schizophrenia:
Lachesis, Ars-alb, Aurum-met, Hyoscyamus, Lycopodium, Pulsatilla, Stramonium, Sulphur, Aconite, Belladona, Ignatia, Merc-sol, Psorinum, Rhus-tox, Anacardium, Calc-carb, Causticum, Cimicifuga, Helleborus, Kali-brom, Natrum-sulph, Opium, Sepia, Aurum-mur, Cannabis-indica etc.
* Medicines indicated in Blue Color may prove especially useful in sudden onset schizophrenia and acute crisis of schizophrenia, depending upon the symptom presentation.
** Medicines indicated in Red Color may prove especially useful if depression and suicidal tendencies are marked.
*** Medicines indicated in Green Color may prove especially useful if 'flat-effect' is marked.
Homeopathic medicines are selected on the basis of symptoms, cause, family history and constitution of the person affected. Considering all these factors any of the above (or some other) homeopathic medicine may be indicated and helpful in a case of schizophrenia.

SCARLET FEVER

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SCARLET FEVER

Scarlet fever is a rash accompanied by a sore throat caused by the streptococcus bacteria. The disease most commonly affects children, but can occur in any age group. The characteristic symptoms are a rash and a 'strawberry tongue'.
The rash of scarlet fever usually begins like a bad sunburn with tiny bumps (papules), and it may itch. The rash usually appears first on the neck and face, often leaving a clear unaffected area around the mouth. It spreads to the chest and back, then to the rest of the body. In body creases, especially around the underarms and elbows, the rash forms classic red streaks called Pastia's lines. Areas of rash usually blanch (turn white) when you press on them. By the sixth day of a strep infection the rash usually fades, but the affected skin may begin to peel.
Children with strep throat infections also commonly have: chills, body aches, loss of appetite, nausea, and vomiting.

Homeopathic Medicine & Treatment for Scarlet Fever
#Belladonna. [Bell]this remedy corresponds to the asthenic type, with a bright red rosy hue to the skin,a bright red throat, pain in the epigastrium, the strawberry tongue and the glandular swellings. Thus it is seem that it corresponds to the smooth bright red,Sydenham variety of scarlet fever. It has no correspondence with a miliary rash or with malignant symptoms. There are usually present in a well-marked Belladonna case symptoms of cerebral irritation, such as delirium, twitching of muscles, uneasy sleep. Mercurius will be indicate in certain epidemics by its characteristic throat symptoms, but Belladonna is more often called for. Aconite may be needed at the onset if its symptoms be present, though this remedy usually finds no place in the treatment of conditions due to a poisoned state of the blood. Hahnemann's discovery that Belladonna is a prophylactic in scarlet fever has been abundantly verified in practice. Sulphur is also a most useful remedy to use in scarlet fever, but its especial field is for the sequelae bursting forth upon a scrofulous diathesis.
#Gelsemium. [Gels]Here the patients are quiet and listless; they are prostrated and stupid; the pulse is throbbing but compressible, and at the onset of the disease it suits cases where neither Aconite nor Belladonna re indicated. The asthenic form, with great prostration is more often met with in poorly nourished children, and here Gelsemium is often the remedy. If the case develops any special malignancy of symptoms other remedies will be needed.
#Bryonia. [Bry]Bryonia is a remedy often of great value. When we recall its headache, white then brownish tongue, the characteristic thirst, the sharp pains in the tardy development of the rashes, occurring perhaps sin blotches and resembling that of measles, or a disappearing rash with possibly delirium on waking, Bryonia will do good service.#Ailanthus. [Ail]This is a most potent antidote to malignant scarlet fever and suits especially severe cases. The patient lies in a stupor, the rash is imperfect, dark and purplish;swollen, livid throat and infiltration of the cellular tissue about the neck; excoriating nasal discharge, drowsiness and prostration, violent vomiting, severe headache and dizziness, small quick pulse, the stools thin, bloody and offensives and there is much foetor to all the discharges. It will save life oftentimes in the most desperate cases. Arum triphyllum has excoriating discharges from the nose,swollen tongue, sore throat; the child is restless and irritable, he tosses about. The extreme soreness of the throat is characteristic of Arum ;the lips and nose are irritated and the child picks at them until they bleed.
#Rhus toxicodendron. [Rhus-t]A most useful remedy in adynamic forms of scarlet fever. Here the child is restless, drowsy, has a red and smooth tongue, oedematous fauces, the parotids are especially apt to swell or suppurate, the eruption does not come out well, and when it does come out is is miliary. The great depression, weakness and bodily restlessness and the supervening of rheumatic symptoms late in the disease will serve to indicate Rhus. Apis mellifica must be carefully distinguished from Rhus. This remedy has high fever, restlessness and nervous agitation; the mouth and throat are red and the tongue blistered; there is early prostration and scanty urine, drowsiness, miliary rash. It is a remedy ;only occasionally useful in scarlet fever; it stands midway between Belladonna and Rhus toxicodendron; there will generally be present an oedematous condition of the skin and throat, and the skin will prick and sting. It come in well, however, in albuminuria following scarlet fever.
#Lachesis. [Lach]This remedy suits forms of the disease having a malignant tendency; the child is drowsy and the rash comes out imperfectly and slowly, is dark interspersed with a miliary rash; the throat is inflamed, the cervical glands are swollen, the tongue is dirty yellow. It suits cases core adynamic than those calling for Rhus. Hydrocyanic acid is also sometimes indicated in scarlet fever o;f a malignant type, and Muriatic acid suits malignant cases oftentimes better than either Rhus or Lachesis. With this acid the rash comes out sparingly and is interspersed with petechiae or bluish spots; the child is restless, throws off the bedclothes; the skin takes on a purple hue and there is great weakness and prostration, delirium, a rapid intermitting pulse, foul breath, acrid nasal discharge and sore, bleeding ulcerations in the mouth. Under Arsenicum the rash comes out imperfectly; the child is thrown into convulsions and then relapses into a stupor.
#Ammonium carbonicum. [Am-c]This is also a useful remedy in scarlet fever. The throat is swollen internally and externally,the glands are enlarged, the tonsils are swollen and bluish and the child is drowsy. The drowsiness, miliary eruption and dark throat will distinguish from Belladonna.
#Zincum. [Zinc]Zincum will be needed in certain enervated children who become restless and delirious, or else are quit and unconscious and very weak, too weak in fat to develop an eruption, and as a result of this non-development of the eruption brain symptoms, such as meningitis with sharp pains through the head, supervene. In these cases it will often bring out the eruption and safe the child. Cuprum may be needed in troubles from a suppressed rash and Calcarea carbonica must be thought of for scrofulous children with an undeveloped or receding rash. Kali sulphuricum is a remedy for the stage of desquamation.

Problems During & After PREGNANCY

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Problems During & After PREGNANCY

Homeopathic Medicines & Treatment for Problems During & After PREGNANCY

#Pulsatilla. [Puls]This remedy suits many ailments of the pregnant state. Thus, it is useful in threatened abortion when the character of the pains are changeable, and there is faintness and oppression; of the chest, in retained placenta from the feeble contractions of the uterus. Then, too, it is claimed that by acting on the uterine walls it stimulates their growth and prevents irregular developments and subsequent irregular contractions and this tends to normal presentations. It is, more over, a useful remedy for false pains. Vesical symptoms accompanying pregnancy call for Pulsatilla. It also; has, like Hamamelis, a tendency to remove undue soreness of the uterus and abdominal walls. It is useful after delivery when the breasts are swollen and painful, with scanty, almost suppressed flow of milk, accompanied by the gloomy, tearful disposition.
#Bryonia. [Bry]In milk fever, where the breasts are stony hard, exquisitely sensitive to the touch and feel heavy this remedy is most useful. there is chilliness, splitting headache, fever coated tongue bitter taste and aching in back and limbs. Aconite. Indicated by mental symptoms, fear of death, insomnia during pregnancy, impending abortion caused by anger.
#Magnesia carbonica. [Mag-s]Toothache of pregnant women has been relieved by this remedy, the pains are worse at night and compel the patient to get up and walk about. Nux has toothache in cross, morose women. Sepia is frequently indicated in the constipation of pregnancy; the 200th potency works well. In cases where Sepia fails Opium will often cure. Hamamelis. The drug par excellence for milk leg.
#Nux vomica. [Nux-v] Morning sickness; the patient is haggard and sick in the morning; retching predominates over vomiting. Anacardium. Similar the relief from eating characterizes. Cerium oxalate. This remedy has been used successfully in the nausea and vomiting of pregnancy. Symphoricarpus. By some physicians this remedy is considered specific. It has deathly nausea and vomiting, and certainly it acts as a palliative in many cases; the 1X dilution is recommended. Dr. Burdick used the 200th. Natrum phosphoricum is a very useful remedy in the nausea of the early months of pregnancy. Carbolic acid will cure vomiting of pregnant women,who at the same time have a frantic headache and are irritable.

PROSTATE GLAND Enlargement, Prostatitis,

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PROSTATE GLAND Enlargement, Prostatitis, Benign Prostate Hypertrophy BPH

Homeopathic Medicines & Treatment for PROSTATE GLAND Enlargement, Prostatitis, Benign Prostate Hypertrophy BPH

#Sabal serrulata. [Sabal]This medicine has been recommended for various prostatic troubles, but its homoeopathic use seems confined to acute cases of enlarged and inflamed prostate. The gland is hot, swollen and painful. Here also come in our regular inflammation polychrests such as Aconite and Belladonna and it will not be necessary to go outside of them. Sabal is not altogether useless in senile hypertrophy. The writer has seen a marked palliative action in several cases and avoidance of surgical interference.
#Conium. [Con] This remedy is useful in chronic hypertrophy of the prostate with difficulty in voiding urine,it stops and starts, and there is an accompanying catarrh of the bladder. The suitability of Conium to the complaints of the aged should be considered. Dr. Bessey, of Toronto, speaks highly of Cimicifuga in prostatic hypertrophy.
#Ferrum picratum [Ferr-p]is one of the best medicines for prostatic enlargements in the aged. The 3X is advised.
#Chimaphila [Chim] gives occasional good results in relieving the tenesmus, frequent urination and general discomfort due to prostatic hypertrophy. Spongia is also is also a remedy for this condition.
#Thuja. [Thuj] Frequent pressing to urinate with small discharge, patient strains much. Stitches from rectum into the bladder. Discharge of prostatic juice in the morning on awaking. Lycopodium, pressure in the perinaeum near anus while urinating

Premenstrual Syndrome

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Premenstrual Syndrome
PMS

INTRODUCTION:
Pre-menstrual Syndrome (PMS) is a term used to describe a varied group of physical and psychological symptoms that occurs few days or week before the menstruation or any time after ovulation and disappear almost as soon as menstrual flow starts or shortly thereafter.
Sometimes the symptoms are so severe that they interfere with their day-to-day lives. This type of PMS is called premenstrual dysphoric disorder, or PMDD.
Premenstrual syndrome involves a combination of physical, mental, and behavioral symptoms. PMS is a complex health concern. Up to 70-80% of women experience some symptoms of PMS during their childbearing years.

ETIOLOGY OF PMS:
Exactly what causes premenstrual syndrome is not known, but several factors may contribute to the condition. It is often linked with genetic factors because twins often suffer with it.
Current theory suggests that central nervous system neurotransmitter's interaction with sex hormones may be responsible for PMS. It is also linked with activity of serotonin. Research points to the changes that occur in hormone levels before menstruation begins; when the ovaries are working to make both estrogen and progesterone. Women who do not ovulate do not have PMS. It is believed that change in progesterone level is responsible for woman’s mood, behavior, and physical changes during the luteal phase (or second half) of the menstrual cycle.
All women have both female and male hormones within the natural balance of the body. However, increased levels of male hormones as well as increased levels of prolactin can result in a delayed ovulation and low levels of progesterone, leading to PMS. Cyclic changes in hormones seem to be an important cause, because signs and symptoms of premenstrual syndrome change with hormonal fluctuations and also disappear with pregnancy and menopause.
Low levels of serotonin, an important chemical produced by the brain, may in fact be the major cause of PMS responses. Serotonin helps to regulate sleep cycles and carbohydrate metabolism and influences the regulation of estrogen and progesterone. There is a theory that the common PMS response of increased appetite with cravings for carbohydrates may be caused by low serotonin levels. Insufficient amounts of serotonin may contribute to other symptoms of PMS, such as depression, fatigue, food cravings and sleep problems.
According to another theory PMS involves inflammatory substances called prostaglandins. Prostaglandins are produced in the breast, brain, reproductive tract, kidney, and gastrointestinal tract where PMS symptoms originate; which is responsible to problems such as cramping, breast tenderness, gas, diarrhea, and constipation.
Another theory explaining PMS also linked to low levels of vitamins and minerals. Other possible contributors to PMS include eating a lot of salty foods, which may cause fluid retention, and drinking alcohol and caffeinated beverages, which may cause mood and energy level disturbances.
Endorphin levels drop during the luteal phase of the menstrual cycle; which may lead to nausea, jumpiness, and various types of pain in some women. Normal levels of this hormone lead to cheerful, happy moods and also make people less sensitive to pain.
However, it may be related to social, cultural, biological, and psychological factors.
SYMPTOMS OF PMS:
There are a number of symptoms that comes under this heading, the exact symptoms and severity may vary in different cases and with every menstrual period. The most common symptoms include:
1. Mood swings
2. Anxiety and stress
3. Irritability
4. Dizziness
5. Breast tenderness and swelling
6. Acne
7. Abdominal Bloating
8. Tiredness/ fatigue
9. Sex drive changes, loss of sex drive or disinterest in sex
10. Lack of control or impulsivity
11. Feel temporarily antisocial, avoiding friends and rejecting invitations
12. Low self-esteem, tend to have negative, sad thoughts and experience a transitory lack of enthusiasm and energy
13. Stiff neck
14. Headaches/migraines
15. Depression
16. Crying Spells
17. Sadness, feelings of "fogginess"
18. Difficulty concentrating
19. Indecisiveness
20. Forgetfulness
21. Weight gain from Water retention
22. Appetite changes and food cravings for carbohydrates and sweets
23. Insomnia or difficulty in falling asleep
24. Muscular and joint pain
25. Unable to concentrate
26. Mild fever
27. Social withdrawal
28. Allergic and infection problem may worse
29. Irregular heart beats, palpitations
30. Chest pains
31. Swelling of ankles, feet, and hands
32. Backache
33. Abdominal pain
34. Recurrent cold sores
35. Nausea
36. Constipation or diarrhea
37. Decreased coordination
38. Less tolerance for noises and lights
39. Painful menstruation
40. Confusion
41. Poor judgment
42. hostility, or aggressive behavior
43. Increased guilt feelings
44. Slow, sluggish, lethargic movement
45. Decreased self-image
46. Paranoia or increased fears
47. Low self-esteem
Although the list of potential signs and symptoms is long, most women with premenstrual syndrome experience only a few of these problems.
DIAGNOSIS OF PMS:
There is no special test to point out PMS. The following may help in making the diagnosis:
· Complete history of the patient
· Physical examination
· Psychiatric evaluation in some cases
· Mineral Analysis Test
· Blood tests to rule out other illnesses
CONVENTIONAL TREATEMENT OF PMS:
Line of treatment depends upon symptoms present in PMS
Anti-inflammatory drugs
Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) such as ibuprofen or naproxen sodium can for cramps and breast discomfort. COX-2 inhibitors are a new type of NSAID. It is longer-acting NSAID's. Administration of COX-2 inhibitor has risk of heart attacks and strokes. COX-2 inhibitors and traditional NSAIDs have risk of serious skin reactions, stroke, deep vein thrombosis, and pulmonary embolism.
Hormonal therapy
Oral contraceptives for stopping ovulation and stabilize hormonal swings; Progesterone support, Gonadotropin hormone agonists in severe PMS.
Antianxiety drugs and antidepressants - may help with mood, irritability, and concentration. Anti-anxiety drugs such as Benzodiazepines or Alprazolam. Antidepressants: Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), which include fluoxetine, paroxetine and sertraline for fatigue, food cravings and sleep problems.
Diuretics if weight gain, breast swelling, and bloating are associated with PMS. Diuretics such as Metolazone and spironolactone .
Medroxyprogesterone acetate- it temporarily stops ovulation. However, Depo-Provera may cause an increase in some signs and symptoms of PMS, such as increased appetite, weight gain, headache and depressed mood.
If psychological symptoms are present then tranquillizers or antidepressants are prescribed.
Supplements of Calcium, Magnesium, Vitamin B-6 and Vitamin E. Multivitamin and Mineral supplement programme may helpful in some cases.
In rare cases where PMS symptoms are severe and no relief with any medications or other therapies and when pregnancy is not the objective then surgical procedure involving a partial hysterectomy can be considered.

Homeopathic Treatment of Premenstrual Syndrome
Homeopathy treats the person as a whole. This means that homeopathic treatment focuses on the patient as a person, as well as his pathological condition. The homeopathic medicines are selected after a full individualizing examination and case-analysis, which includes the medical history of the patient, physical and mental constitution etc. A miasmatic tendency (predisposition/susceptability) is also often taken into account for the treatment of chronic conditions. The medicines given below indicate the therapeutic affinity but this is not a complete and definite guide to the treatment of this condition. None of these medicines should be taken without professional advice.

Reportorial rubrics
[Kent] Generalities, Menses, before
[Murphy] Female, Pre-menstrual syndrome
Other useful rubrics from the repertory are:
MIND Irritability, menses, before CHEST Pain, mammae, menses, before CHEST Swelling, mammae, menses, before
Homeopathic Remedies
Bovista lycoperdon, Calcarea carbonicum, Calcarea phosphoricum, Cuprum metallicum, Kali carbonicum, Lachesis, Natrum muriaticum, Veratrum album, Zincum metallicum; Hyoscyamus niger, Phosphorus, Phytolacca decandra.
Materia medica
Bovista lycoperdon
ConstitutionHaemorrhagic diathesis. Patient having nervous temperament. Chilly patient.MindStammering. Everything falls from the hand. Enlarged sensation. Absent minded. Patient becomes sensitive. Marked languor and lassitude. Mood swing. Quarrelsome. Irritable with weak memory. Feel sad.SymptomsDiarrhoea before and after menses. Cannot bear tight clothing around the waist. Palpitation. General puffiness of body. Numbness and tingling in various parts. Vertigo before menses. Stammering females who drops everything falls from hands.
Other symptoms may include traces of menses between menstruations. Soreness of pubes during menses. Palpitation and tremors.
Calcarea carbonica
ConstitutionPersons of scrofulous type, who take cold easily, with increased mucous secretions. Suited to girls who grow fat, flabby, pale and fair skin, chalky look and having leuco-phlegmatic temperament.MindRumination and worrying. Aversion to work and becomes low- spirited and depressed. Confusion, forgetfulness. Fear of misfortune. Absent minded during menses. Worried about everything. Very timid.SymptomsGreat sensitiveness to cold; partial sweats. Before menses, headache, colic, chilliness and leucorrhea. Headache with cold hand and feet. Big head with large hard abdomen. Cannot bear tight clothing around the waist. Fluid retention and feeling of being overwhelmed. Burning and itching of parts before and after menstruation; in little girls. Hot swelling breasts. Breasts tender and swollen before menses.
Menses too early too profuse too long with vertigo toothache and cold, damp feet, the least excitement causes return.
Other symptoms associated with this remedy include feeling extremely fatigued and depleted, with cold limbs and difficulty climbing stairs or even walking and worsen with exposure to cold or dampness in the morning, and with exertion. PMS present with symptoms such as chills passing up and down the body, the sudden appearance of sweats especially on head, neck, and chest at night. A clammy feeling in the feet and back pain. Female complains of uterine pain and burning sensation in vagina. Worried about everything. Nightmares and disturbing sleep.
Calcarea phosphorica
ConstitutionIt is suitable to anaemic, dark complexioned, lean thin subjects who grow too rapidly with weak bones and curved spine. Girls slow in maturing. Anaemic females who are peevish, flabby, have cold extremities and feeble digestion.MindPatient is feeble minded. Unable to sustained mental effort. Mental anxiety with all the trouble. Irritable patient. Lack of memory.SymptomsSexual desire increased before menses. Nymphomania, all organs in erection with irresistible desire, particularly before menses with aching, pressing or weakness in uterine region. Eruption worse during menses. Leucorrhea like white of an egg.
Other symptoms with this medicine are all its symptoms are worse from any change of weather. Numbness and crawling are characteristic sensations, and tendency to perspiration and glandular enlargement. Headache, worse near the region of sutures, from change of weather, of school children about puberty. Flushes of heat and faintness, sweats easily. Menses are profuse and the patient is weak and tubercular. Menses early, scanty, every two weeks, excessive and bright red in color. If lat then first bright and then dark with violent backache. Stiffness and pain with cold, numb feeling in the limbs. Craving for bacon, ham, salted or smoked meats.
Cuprum metallicum
ConstitutionCarbo- Nitrogenoid constitution.MindNervous, uneasy, malicious and morose. Weeps violently.SymptomsViolent cramps in the abdomen, extending into chest, before, during, or after suppression of menses. Palpitations before the menses. Convulsions before menses. Puerperal convulsions with open mouth and poisthotonos. Menses too late, protracted.
Kali carbonicum
ConstitutionIt is suited to the females of soft tissues with tendency to fat that are sensitive to atmospheric changes.MindPsychological changes sudden mood swings. Despondent. Very irritable. Obstinate and hypersensitive to pain, noise, touch. History of delayed menses in young girls. SymptomsPremenstrual syndrome with swollen breasts. Which come along with the presence of stitching and intense pains, water retention. Other symptoms may include weakness with soft pulse, coldness, general depression, and very characteristic stitches, which may be felt in any part of the body, or in connection with any affection. Sweating, backache, and weakness. Such patients tend to notice an increased sex drive and greater libido. Physical weakness is another symptom which is almost always seen in all patients. Also complain of sourness in the stomach, and she may suffer acidic belching. These often come along with shooting pains in the abdominal region; the patient may also be affected by cramps all over the body. Females tend to suffer from persistent constipation. Frequent need to urinate. Intense backache. Patient may complain of insomnia at night.
Lachesis
ConstitutionIt is better suited to thin emaciate having haemorrhagic diathesis.MindPatient is very uncomfortable with desire to go in open air and run about before menses. Delirium tremens with much trembling and confusion. Cannot bear anything tight anywhere. Sad in the morning; no desire to mix with the world. Restless and uneasy; does not wish to attend to business; wants to be off somewhere all the time. SymptomsCraving for alcohol, oysters. Climacteric troubles, palpitation, flashes of heat, hæmorrhages, vertex headache, fainting spells; worse, pressure of clothes. Persistent throbbing headache with vertigo. Patient is physical exhaustion and feels fatigue. Diarrhea. Patient often suffer from faintness, and may experience sudden flashes of heat during the day.
Natrum muriaticum
ConstitutionIt is especially to the sensitive, anemic and chlorotic people.MindDepressed and introverted. Irritable. Consolation aggravates the complaints. Patient wants to be alone and cry. Anxiety and fear. Alternating mental conditions.SymptomsMigraine which affects the patient and induces flashes of light in the visual field. Cardiac and muscular palpitations. Females may experiences nausea, vomiting and faintness. Physical weariness and intense and persistent trembling sensations. Muscular twitching. The condition of the patient can greatly worsen around ten in the mornings, staying in a warm room, and being exposed for long period of time to harsh sunlight can also aggravate the symptoms. The condition of the patient can improve when staying out in the open air. Craves for salt and water-thirst is a typical symptom.
Veratrum album
ConstitutionWomen of sanguine or nervo-sanguine temperament. SymptomsNymphomania before the menses, unsatisfied passion in lying-in women. Other symptoms are menstrual periods with very heavy flow and cramping, with a feeling of exhaustion and icy coldness suggest a need for this remedy. Vomiting and diarrhea are often seen. Periods may start too early and go on too long. The woman feels worse at night, from exercise, and from drinking things that are warm. Cold drinks, small meals, and wrapping up in warm clothes or covers may help to bring improvement.
Zincum metallicum
ConstitutionNervous constitution.MindAversion to work and talk. Forgetful SymptomsFemale symptoms are always associated with restlessness, depression, coldness, spinal tenderness and restless feet. Dry cough before and during menses. Other symptoms may include; Period of depression in disease. Spinal affections. Twitching. Pain, as if between skin and flesh. Great relief from the complaints after menstrual flow. Very sensitive to noise. Breasts painful. Nipples sore.
Hyoscyamus niger
ConstitutionSuited to nervous, irritable, excitable, sanguine people with light haired.MindConfusion of mind. Mania, erotic and restless.SymptomsBefore menses, hysterical or epileptic spasms. Excited sexual desire. Disturbs the nervous system profoundly. It is as if some diabolical force took possession of the brain and prevented its functions. It causes a perfect picture of mania of a quarrelsome and obscene character.
Phosphorus
ConstitutionIt suits to tall, slim, transparent skin, dark-haired persons, especially women who disposed to stoop shoulder.MindRestless. Loss of memory. Great lowness of spirits.SymptomsWeeps before the menses. Great susceptibility to external impressions, to light, sound, odors, touch, electrical changes, thunder-storms. Suddenness of symptoms, sudden prostration, faints, sweats, shooting pains, etc. Fearfulness, as if something were creeping out of every corner. Clairvoyant state. Great tendency to start. Excitable, produces heat all over. Stitching pain in mammae.
Phytolacca decandra
ConstitutionIt is suited to rheumatic or syphilitic subjects.MindGreat fear, she is going surly die. Loss of personal delicacy. SymptomsAching, soreness, restlessness, prostration, is general symptoms guiding to Phytolacca. Mastitis; mammæ hard and very sensitive. Breast is hard, painful and of purple hue. Irritable breasts, before and during menses.

FEW TIPS FOR PREVENTION OF PMS:
You can manage the PMS symptoms or sometimes changes in the regular diet and lifestyle may reduce the symptoms. This plan is usually recommended first.
DIET
o Eat a well-balanced diet with increased whole grains, vegetables, fruit,
o Eat smaller, more frequent meals each day to reduce bloating and the sensation of fullness. It may help you to keep blood sugar at a steady level and reduce cravings.
o Avoid candy, sodas, and sugary foods during the week before your period which helps to decrease bloating and swelling.
o Limit salt and salty foods to reduce bloating and fluid retention.
o Limit caffeine it can make breast tenderness worse and increase headaches.
o Avoiding caffeine, sugar, nicotine, and alcohol eases irritability and improves sleep patterns.
o Take the foods high in complex carbohydrates, such as fruits, vegetables and whole grains
o Take diet rich in of vitamins and minerals
o Choose foods rich in calcium
EXERCISE
o Keeping a consistent exercise program may also improve your well-being throughout the menstrual cycle.
o Regular daily exercise like brisk walking, cycling and swimming can help to improve overall health and alleviate symptoms such as fatigue and a depressed mood.
o Regular aerobic exercise also reduces stress and promotes regular sleep patterns. Regular aerobic exercise is beneficial and may reduce PMS responses because it increases production of endorphins (the body's natural painkiller), which in turn may raise the serotonin level.
o Physical exercise increases sympathetic tone, a condition that lowers heart rate and reduces anxiety sensations.
REDUCE STRESS
o Get plenty of sleep. The body may have different sleep requirements at different times during a woman's menstrual cycle, so it is important to get adequate rest.
o Practice progressive muscle relaxation or deep-breathing exercises to help reduce headaches, anxiety and trouble sleeping or insomnia.
o Yoga may help.
Keep a record to identify the triggers and timing of your symptoms. This will allow you to intervene with strategies that may help to lessen them.
A warm bath, listening to music, massage therapy may help.

PNEUMONIA

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PNEUMONIA

Pneumonia is an inflammation of the lung caused by infection with bacteria, viruses, and other organisms. Pneumonia is usually triggered when a patient's defense system is weakened, most often by a simple viral upper respiratory tract infection or a case of influenza. Such infections or other triggers do not cause pneumonia directly but they alter the mucous blanket, thus encouraging bacterial growth. Other factors can also make specific people susceptible to bacterial growth and pneumonia.

PNEUMONIA - CAUSE
Bacteria are the most common causes of pneumonia, but these infections can also be caused by other microbial organisms. It is often impossible to identify the specific culprit. The most common cause of pneumonia is the gram-positive bacterium Streptococcus pneumoniae (also called S. pneumoniae or pneumococcal pneumonia ). The most common gram-negative species causing pneumonia is Haemophilus influenzae (generally occurring in patients with chronic lung disease, older patients, and alcoholics). Atypical pneumonias are generally caused by tiny nonbacterial organisms called Mycoplasma or Chlamydia pneumoniae and produce mild symptoms with a dry cough. Viruses that can cause or lead to pneumonia include influenza, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), herpes simplex virus, varicella-zoster (the cause of chicken pox), and adenovirus.
PNEUMONIA - Symptoms of Common Pneumonias
General Symptoms. The symptoms of bacterial pneumonia develop abruptly and may include chest pain, fever, shaking, chills, shortness of breath, and rapid breathing and heart beat.
Symptoms of pneumonia indicating a medical emergency include high fever, a rapid heart rate, low blood pressure, bluish-skin, and mental confusion.
Coughing up sputum containing pus or blood is an indication of serious infection.
Severe abdominal pain may accompany pneumonia occurring in the lower lobes of the lung.
In advanced cases, the patient's skin may become bluish (cyanotic), breathing may become labored and heavy, and the patient may become confused. Symptoms in the Elderly. It is important to note that older people may have fewer or different symptoms than younger people have. An elderly person who experiences even a minor cough and weakness for more than a day should seek medical help. Some may exhibit confusion, lethargy, and general deterioration.
Symptoms of Pneumonia Causes by Anaerobic Bacteria
People with pneumonia caused by anaerobic bacteria such as Bacteroides, which can produce abscesses, often, have prolonged fever and productive cough, frequently showing blood in the sputum, which indicates necrosis (tissue death) in the lung. About a third of these patients experience weight loss.
Symptoms of Atypical Pneumonia
General Symptoms for Atypical Pneumonias. Atypical nonbacterial pneumonia is most commonly caused by Mycoplasma and usually appears in children and young adults. Symptoms progress gradually, often beginning with general flu-like symptoms, such as fatigue, fever, weakness, headache, nasal discharge, sore throat, ear ache, and stomach and intestinal distress.
Vague pain under and around the breast bone may occur, but the severe chest pain associated with typical bacterial pneumonia is uncommon.
Patients may experience a severe hacking cough, but it usually does not produce sputum. Symptoms of Legionnaire's Disease. Symptoms of Legionnaire's disease usually evolve more rapidly and include high fever, a dry cough, and shortness of breath, often accompanied by headache, muscle pains, fatigue, gastrointestinal problems, and mental confusion.
Homeopathic Treatment & Medicines for PNEUMONIA
#Aconite. [Acon]Probably no fact is more fully established in medicine, in any school, than the beneficial action of Aconite action of Aconite in pulmonary congestions. It is the remedy of remedies in the first stage of pneumonia,because it corresponds more closely to the symptoms usually found in that stage. It should not, however, be used in this or any disease in the first or any stage unless the symptoms call for it. The symptoms are these: High fever preceded by a distinct chill; the pulse is full, hard and tense; a history of exposure may also be taken into consideration; dry, cold winds. The skin is hot and dry, without moisture upon it; there is a hard, dry, teasing and painful cough; there may be some expectoration present, if so it is watery, serous and frothy, may be blood tinged, but not thick. Thick expectoration indicates that exudation is commencing, and then Aconite is no longer the remedy. There is pain also with Aconite, which is poorly borne. With these symptoms there is great restlessness, tossing about, anxiety and perhaps fear; of death. It will strengthen confidence in remedies to see Aconite act in these cases. Veratrum viride in some is similar to Aconite in some particulars, but it is easily distinguished; there is a full rapid pulse and a great deal of arterial excitement; the eyes are glistening and there is a red streak down through the centre of the tongue. It is, perhaps more often indicated at the commencement of pneumonia than is Aconite. A great indication for Aconite in pulmonary congestions is suddenness ;of onset, and especially so if it occurs in young and plethoric persons who are full of life and vigor; for it is per-eminently in such patients that congestions, when appearing at all, appear suddenly. Gelsemium lacks the suddenness ;of Aconite. Here apathy is marked, and the two drugs need never be confounded.#Ferrum phosphoricum. [Ferr-p] This, like Aconite, is a remedy for the first stage before exudation takes place, and, like Aconite, if there be any expectoration it is thin, watery and blood streaked. It is a useful remedy for violent congestions of the lungs, whether appearing at the onset of the diseases or during its course, which would show that the inflammatory action was extending; it thus corresponds to what are termed secondary pneumonias, especially in the aged and debilitated. There is high fever, oppressed and hurried breathing, and bloody expectoration, very little thirst; there are extensive rales, and perhaps less of that extreme restlessness and anxiety that characterizes Aconite. This remedy, with kali muriaticum, forms the Schuesslerian treatment of this disease.
#Iodine. [Iod] this remedy is one both for the first and second stage of pneumonia, especially for the croupous form. It has high fever and restlessness like aconite, and there is ad tendency to rapid extension of the hepatization. There is a decided cough and great difficulty in breathing, as if the chest would not expand; the sputum is blood streaked. Iodine may also be a remedy in the later stages when resolution does not progress, the lung breaking down with hectic and suppurative symptoms. Dr. Kafka, our celebrated German confrere, prescribed drop doses of Iodine in the 1st,2d or 3d dilution every hour or so as soon as physical signs of pneumonia showed themselves, and claimed that it would arrest the process of hepatization within twenty-four hours. He considered that Aconite was entirely unnecessary in the treatment of pneumonia. It is also favorably spoken of by Prof. T. F. Allen.#Veratrum viride. [Verat] In violent congestions about the chest preceding pneumonia Veratrum viride may be the remedy, and thus it is seem that its use is more in the beginning of the disease, and especially where there is great arterial excitement, dyspnoea,chest oppdression and stomach symptoms of nausea and vomiting; the engorgement is profound, and here it greatly resembles Sanguinaria; but it differs from that drug, in that it is of ;little use after hepatization has taken place. There is high fever, violent action of the heart, the pulse is full, hard and rapid, and the tongue has a red streak down the center; this latter symptom is a characteristic keynote of the drug. The air cells at the bottom of the lobes are filling up with frothy mucus. the pulse will indicate, it being full and hard. Hard, quick and small indicates Aconite. Strike out anxiety and alarm and insert an ugly delirium with a deeply flushed, bloated face and headache and you have veratrum viride. One must beware not to encourage cardiac depression with this remedy.
#Bryonia [Bry]is the remedy for pneumonia; it furnishes a better pathological picture of the disease than any other, and it comes in after Aconite, Ferrum phosphoricum and Veratrum viride. The fever continues, but the skin is not as hot and the patient not as restless as in Aconite. the cough of Bryonia is looser and more moist than that of Aconite, and there are usually sharp stitching pleuritic pains,the cough of Bryonia is also hard and dry at times and the sputum is scanty and rust colored, so typical of pneumonia. There may be circumscribed redness of the cheeks, slight delirium and apathy; the tongue will most likely be dry, and the patient will most likely be dry,l and the patient will want to keep perfectly quiet. It is a right-sided remedy and attacks the parenchyma of the lung, and is perhaps more strongly indicated in the croupous form of pneumonia. The patient dreads to cough and holds his breath to prevent it on account of the pain it causes; it seems as though the chest walls would fly to pieces. The pains in the chest, besides being worse by motion and breathing, are relieved by lying on the right o;r painful side, be cause this lessens the motions ;of that side. Coughs which hurt distant parts of the body call for Bryonia. Phosphorus most commonly follows Bryonia in pneumonia, and is complementary. In pneumonias complicated by pleurisy Bryonia is the remedy, par excellence. Halbert believes that Cantharis relieves the painful features of the early development of the exudate better than any other remedy, a hint which comes from Dr.Jousset, who used the remedy extensively.
#Kali muriaticum. [Kali-m]Since the advent of Schuesslerism this has been a favorite remedy with some physicians, and not without a good ground for its favoritism. Clinical experience has proved that this drug in alternation with Ferrum phosphoricum constitutes a treatment of pneumonia which has been very successful in many hands. The symptoms calling for Kali muriaticum as laid down by Schuessler are very meager, it is given simply because there is a fibrinous exudation in the lung substance. There is a white, viscid expectoration and the tongue is coated white. It is better suited to the second stage, for when the third stage appears with its thick, yellowish expectoration it is replaced by Kali sulphuricum in the biochemic nomoenclature.
#Phosphorus [Phos] is "the great mogul of lobar pneumonia." It should be remembered that Phosphorus is not, like Bryonia, the remedy when the lungs are completely hepatized, although it is one of the few drugs which have been known to produce hepatization. When bronchial symptoms are present it is the remedy, and cerebral symptoms during pneumonia often yield better to Phosphorus than to Belladonna. There is cough ;with pain under sternum, as if something were torn loose; there is pressure across the upper part of the chest and constriction of the larynx; there is pressure across the upper part of the chest and constriction of the larynx; there are mucous rales, labored breathing, sputa yellowish mucus, with blood streaks therein, or rustcolored, as under Bryonia. After Phosphorus, Hepar sulphur. naturally follows as the exudate begins to often; it is the remedy of the third stage, the fever is ;of a low character. Tuberculinum. Arnulphy says that in lobular pneumonia this remedy surpasses Phosphorus or Antimonium tartaricum, and competent observers are convinced that it has an important place in the treatment of pneumonia; some using it in very case intercurrently; doses varying from 6x to 30x. When typhoid symptoms occur in the course of pneumonia then Phosphorus will come in beautifully. Phosphorus follows Bryonia well, being complementary to it. There is also a sensation as if the chest were full of blood, which causes an oppression ;of breathing, a symptom met with commonly enough in pneumonia. Hughes maintains that Phosphorus should be given in preference to almost any medicine in acute chest affections in young children. Lilienthal says Phosphorus is our great tonic to the heart and lungs. Hyoscyamus. Dr. Nash considers this remedy one ;of the best in typhoid pneumonia, meaning that it is more frequently indicated than any other.
#Sanguinaria. [Sang]When Sanguinaria is indicated in pneumonia there will be fever, burning and fullness in the upper chest, a dry cough, sharp, sticking pains more on the right side, dyspnoea, and the expectoration is rust-colored, here resembling Phosphorus. It has circumscribed redness and burning heat of the cheeks, especially in the afternoon. The hands and feet are either very hot or very cold, the heart is weak and irregular, there is great engorgement of the lungs and the congestion is very intense, here resembling Veratrum viride. Sanguinaria has imperfect resolution and purulent expectoration, as in Sulphur but it is more offensive,even becoming so to the patient himself. #Chelidonium. Bilious pneumonia is, perhaps more often indicative of Chelidonium than of any other remedy. there are stitching pains under the right scapula, loose rattling cough and difficult expectoration, oppression ;of chest, as under Antimonium tartaricum, and fan-like motions of the alae nasi, as under Lycopodium. Mercurius is quite similar in bilious pneumonia; the stools will decide, those of Mercurius being slimy and accompanied by tenesmus; the expectoration is also apt to be blood-streaked. With chelidonium there is an excess of secretion in the tubes, which ;is similar to Antimonium tartaricum, and an inability to raise the same. It has been greatly praised in catarrhal pneumonia of young children where there is plentiful secretion and inability to raise it. The right lung is more often affected in cases calling for chelidonium.
#Antimonium tartaricum. [Ant-t]This drug is especially indicated in pneumonia and pleuro-pneumonia at the stage of resolution. There are fine moist rales heard all over the hepatized portion of the lungs; these are different from the Ipecac rales; they are fine, while those of Ipecac are coarse. With Antimonium tartaricum there is great oppression of breathing, worse towards morning, compelling the patient to sit up to breath. There are also sharp, stitching pains and high fever, as under Bryonia, and it, perhaps, more closely corresponds to the catarrhal form than it does to the croupous. Bilious symptoms, if present, do not contra-indicate, as there are many of these in its pathogenesis. There is one peculiar symptom, the patient feels sure that the next cough will raise the mucus, but it does not. When there is deficient reaction, as in the aged or ;in very young children, this remedy is particularly indicated .
#Kali carbonicum [Kali-c]is, perhaps, more similar to Bryonia than any drug in the symptom of sharp, stitching pains in the chest. These are worse by motion, but, unlike Bryonia they come whether the patient moves or not, and are more in the lower part of the right lung. In pneumonia with intense dyspnoea and a great deal of mucus on the chest, which, like in all of the Kalis, is raised with difficulty, wheezing and whistling breathing, Kali carbonicum is the remedy, especially if the cough be tormenting. It comes in with benefit ofttimes where Antimonium tartaricum and Ipecac have failed to raise the expectoration. Kali bichromicum may be indicated by its well-known tough, stringy expectoration.
#Sulphur is a remedy to be used in any stage of pneumonia. It will prevent, if given in the beginning, if the symptoms indicate it. It will prevent hepatization and cause imperfect and slow resolution to react. When the case has a typhoid tendency and the lung and the lung tends to break down, where there are rales, muco-purulent expectoration slow speech, dry tongue and symptoms of hectic, Sulphur is the remedy. Weakness and faintness are characteristic symptoms. Dr. G. J. Jones says a dyspnoea occurring at night between 12 and 2 causing the patient to sit up in bed is a valuable symptom. Its field is especially in neglected pneumonias in psoric constitutions, with tendency to develop into tuberculosis. In purulent expectoration Sanguinaria is the better remedy, especially where it is offensive even to the patient himself. If the lung be hepatized, the patient at night restless and feverish, ulceration threatened, and there is no tendency to recuperation then one may depend upon Sulphur. Lycopodium is also; a most useful remedy in delayed or partial resolution. There is a tightness across the chest, aching over lungs, general weakness. Hughes says it is the best remedy where the case threatens to run into acute phthisis.

PLEURODYNIA

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PLEURODYNIA

Pleurodynia is also called Bornholm Disease, viral (coxsackie B) epidemic disease with an incubation period of two to four days, marked by a brief fever, severe chest and lower back pain aggravated by deep breathing and movement, and a tendency to recur at intervals of a few days. The disease is usually self-limiting, terminating in complete recovery.

Homeopathic Medicines & Treatment for Pleurodynia
#Ranunculus bulbosus. [Ran-b] This remedy acts especially upon the chest walls, causing pain likes pleurodynia. Its symptoms are worse from change of weather. Hughes claims wonderful success with this remedy when the pain is so intense that the patient dare not move, and many others have verified this claim. It has also a left-sided infra-mammary pain. **Aconite may be found useful if the attack has been brought on by exposure to a dry, cold wind fever is present.
#Cimicifuga. This remedy is also praised by Hughes in pleurodynia which is worse on the right side, especially if hysterical or due to uterine troubles. It also has a left-sided pain below the mammary gland. There is usually accompanying it a sense of faintness at the pit of the stomach.
#Arnica [Arn] is especially the remedy for pleurodynia or rheumatic pleurisy from over-exertion. The chest feels bruised, the pain is increased by motion and still more by pressure. **Rhus radicans has pleurodynia with pains shooting into the shoulder. **Gaultheria is suitable to pleurodynia, where the pain is located in the anterior mediastinum. **Guaiacum. According to Farrington this remedy rarely fails in pleurodynia with tuberculosis.
#Bryonia. [Bry] Here the pains are stitching and tearing, aggravated by motion and expiration. They are diminished by lying on the affected side, thereby differing from **Nux vomica,as with this remedy the patient cannot lie on the painful side. **Bryonia is especially useful in the rheumatic diathesis.

PLEURISY, Pleural Effusion

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PLEURISY, Pleural Effusion

Pleurisy, also called pleuritis, is an inflammation of the pleura, which is the moist, double-layered membrane that surrounds the lungs and lines the rib cage. The condition can make breathing extremely painful, and sometimes it is associated with another condition called pleural effusion where excess fluid fills the area between the membrane's layers.
Viral infection is probably the most common cause of pleurisy. Other diseases that can cause pleurisy are lung infections, such as pneumonia and tuberculosis, and other diseases such as systemic lupus erythematosus (lupus), rheumatoid arthritis, cancer, liver and kidney disease, heart failure and pulmonary embolism. Other causes include chest injuries and drug reactions.

PLEURISY, Pleural Effusion - Symptoms
- Recent or present respiratory illness with its symptoms - Cough - Fever - Malaise - Localized chest pain on the chest wall - Pain with each breath - Worsened by coughing - Worsened by deep breathing
Homeopathic Medicine & Treatment for PLEURISY, Pleural Effusion
#Bryonia. [Bry] This remedy suits most cases of pleurisy, and its symptoms picture this disease more closely than any of our remedies. It should be given after the stage of exudation has arrived and the fever has abated somewhat, though the fever may still be considerable. There are friction sounds present and the great characteristic of sharp,stitching pains, which are worse from the slightest motion; even breathing is painful and the patient lies on the painful side of lessen the motion. "Dry" pleasure during pneumonia or phthisis. It comes in after Aconite. Aconite. This remedy for the chills, high fever, sharply defined chill; but it is only useful in the first stage before the exudation has taken place; there may be sharp stitches in the chest from the intense congestion, but these,if marked, usually indicate Bryonia. An additional indication for Aconite would be in case the attack arose from a chill following a checked perspiration. The good effects of the remedy are usually manifested promptly. Ranunculus bulbosus. Sharp, stitching pains in the chest,worse on the right side. It is often found useful to absorb the effusion. Stannum. Knife-like pains in the left axilla. Asclepias. Also a pleuritic remedy; there is a dry, hacking cough, scanty expectoration, pains relieved by bending forward; the suffering is intense. Hale says: " It seems to be a lesser Bryonia and is probably not adapted to serve cases."
#Apis [Apis] Pleurisy with exudation, hydrothorax ; a useful remedy in the stage of effusion after the fever has abated and the pains have disappeared. Sulphur suits all forms of exudation; there ia a sharp, stitching pain through the left lung to the back, worse lying on back and from least motion. It follows Aconite and Bryonia well. It is one of our most valuable absorbents. Hepar. Purulent exudation ; also an excellent remedy in pleurisy complicated with bronchitis. It will hardly ever fail in plastic pleurisy when its specific indications are present. It will often clear up cases of purulent pleurisy which tend to induce consumption.
#Belladonna. [Bell] Pleurisy in children, of the congestive type, often ushered in by convulsions instead of fever. Arnica. Pleuritis from external injury calls for Arnica . It is useful in traumatic and haemorrhagic cases.
#Cantharis. [Canth] A valuable remedy in profuse sero-fibrinous exudations, is indicated by dyspnoea, palpitation, profuse sweats, weakness, tendency to syncope with scanty and albuminous urine. Dr.Jousset accounts Cantharis a leading drug in pleurisy with effusion. It has caused this condition in animals.
#Arsenicum. [Ars] Serous pleurisy; it oftentimes promptly relieves the painful asthmatic respiration and favors absorption. It usually is a quick acting remedy. Arsenicum iodatum is suitable to tuberculous cases and also Iodoform.

PERITONITIS

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PERITONITIS

Peritonitis is an inflammation (irritation) of the peritoneum, the membrane that lines the wall of the abdomen and covers the abdominal organs. Peritonitis can result from infection (such as bacteria or parasites), injury and bleeding, or diseases.

The signs and symptoms of peritonitis include:
• Swelling and tenderness in the abdomen; pain can range from dull aches to severe, sharp pain causing board-like rigidity• Fever and chills• Loss of appetite• Nausea and vomiting• Increased breathing and heart rates• Shallow breaths• Low blood pressure• Limited urine production • Inability to pass gas or feces
Homeopathic Medicine & Treatment for Peritonitis
#Aconite. [Acon] When peritonitis arises from exposure to cold, and only then, is Aconite the remedy. The indications are a rapid increase of the fever, with violent peritoneal pains. Here it will relieve the pains and reduce the raging febrile storm, and after this is accomplished the remedy should be discontinued. It may perchance be the remedy in traumatic peritonitis, but as soon as the disease has localized itself Aconite is of no more use than it is in peritonitis from perforation, obstruction of the bowels or in the infectious forms. For the sharp febrile attacks the lower dilutions in repeated doses are to be preferred. Ferrum phosphoricum is also a valuable remedy for peritonitis arising from cold.
#Bryonia. The second stage of peritonitis, especially of the serous variety, corresponds well to Bryonia; as a rule, however, it should not be given if copious diarrhoea be present. Thus we see that this remedy comes in at the most important stage of the disease, and it may be given until the effusion becomes free or purulent, when the symptoms will no longer correspond. It is indicated when the fever is violent with a burning heat all over; the patient is in an impatient irascible mood and the excitability of the nervous system is marked. There is violent thirst, the patient drinking much and probably vomiting it soon afterwards. The patient is alternately chilly and hot, and the great characteristic of the remedy is present, namely, sharp stitching pains in the abdomen worse from pressure and motion. The abdomen is also swollen, hot and sensitive ; there is constipation and the patient has a yellowish gray complexion. Sulphur follows Bryonia, but if ulcerative symptoms be present do not give it, as it would be a loss of time. It comes in after Aconite in peritonitis from cold.
#Belladonna. [Bell] The characteristic of Belladonna are the swollen abdomen, which is tense like a drum, very sensitive to touch, so sensitive that the patient wants the bedclothes removed. The least jar greatly aggravates. There is much cerebral irritation; perhaps delirium and the discharge is scanty or suppressed. The slightest noise, loud talking and light aggravates. The patient is uneasy; must constantly change her position, but is made worse thereby. There is a sensation as if the bowels were grasped or clawed and a violent pressure towards the genital organs; the latter symptom is almost a deciding one. There is also a continued distressful retching, and vomiting even of bile. This vomiting is especially met with Belladonna. Dr. Kafka recommends, in case Belladonna fails, Atropine sulphate 6X, especially is this remedy useful in secondary peritonitis in sensitive individuals,at the commencement of perforation.
#Mercurius. [Merc] When suppuration has commenced, and the abdomen is tympanitic, showing evidences of effusion which is partly serous and partly purulent, and the patient has rigors and sweats, Mercurius is the remedy. It follows Belladonna well and often. There is the nocturnal aggravation, the desire for cold water, the borborygmus and the diarrhoeic stools. Frequent exacerbating fever with creeping chills and copious perspiration, with no relief, is a group of valuable symptoms for Mercurius. Mercurius corrosivus is also useful, especially in the purulent form, with burning and cutting pains. Hughes prefers it to Bryonia, in most cases, but it is likely to be better indicated in the purulent cases than in the serous cases. Peritionitis with effusion. The inflammatory action of this drug is intensely acute and tends rapidly to septic and gangrenous disorganization. It is especially useful in violent cases.#Rhus toxicodendron. [Rhus-t] When there is a typhoid tendency Rhus is the remedy in most cases. The fever is high, the tongue is dry, the tip is red, the skin is also dry and there is great adynamia and weakness. It comes in late in a case,after Bryonia, where there is swelling of the abdomen and diarrhoea which has been preceded by constipation. Its application to septic stages and its well-known power to prevent absorption of poisonous materials renders renders it a most valuable medicine. Terebinth. When renal complications arise and there are violent drawing pains in the region of the kidneys, scanty, bloody or suppressed urine, excessive abdominal distension, weakness and prostration this remedy will not disappoint.
#Lachesis. [Lach] Another remedy for the low forms is Lachesis. Here the fever is worse at night. The slightest touch to the surface of the body is unbearable. It follows Belladonna well. There is tenderness at one spot and typhoid symptoms are present. In inflammations associated with a gangrenous tendency, such as is found in appendicitis, it may be well indicated. Apis may be useful in the chronic form, with tendency to dropsies. Colocynth is also recommended, but it hardly corresponds to inflammatory conditions of any kind. It belongs to the neurotic remedies. Arsenic iodide corresponds especially to the tubercular variety and Arsenicum album is of great value in septic cases of an asthenic type.

Peptic Ulcers

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Peptic Ulcers
The term peptic ulcer usually refers to an ulcer in the lower esophagus, stomach, or duodenum.

Peptic Ulcers - CAUSE
1. Heredity - Patients with peptic ulcer often have a family history of the disease, this is particularly so with duodenal ulcers which develop below the age of 20 years. The relatives of chronic ulcer patients have three times the expected number of ulcers.
2. Helicobacter pylori - This is the most important etiological factor in peptic ulcer disease, accounting for 90% of duodenal ulcers and 70% of gastric ulcers. By causing gastritis it reduces the resistance of the gastric mucosa to attack be acid and pepsin and a gastric ulcer may result.
3. Non Steroidal Anti Inflammatory Drugs (NSAIDS) - These damage the gastric mucosal barrier and are an important etiological factor in up to 30% of gastric ulcers.
4. Smoking - confers an increased risk of gastric ulcer and to a lesser extent duodenal ulcer.
Peptic Ulcers - SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS
· Abdominal pain - Pain is referred to the epigastrium and is often so sharply localized that the patient can indicate its site with tow or three fingers - the 'pointing sign'
· Hunger pain - Pain occurs intermittently during the day, often when the stomach is empty, so that the patient identifies it as 'hunger pain' and obtains relief be eating.
· Night pain - Pain wakes the patient from sleep and may be relieved by food, a drink of milk or antacids. This symptoms if found, is virtually pathognomonic of peptic ulcer disease..
· Episodic pain/ Periodicity - Characteristically pain occurs in 'on again/off again' episodes, lasting one to three times a week at a time, three to four times in a year. In temperate climates seasonal variation may be noted with an increased frequency of symptoms during winter and spring.
· Other symptoms -
· Waterbarsh
· Heartburn
· Loss of appetite
· Vomiting
Peptic Ulcers - HOW DIAGNOSIS IS DONE?
· Endoscopy is the preferred method.
· Double contrast barium meal examination may be done.
Peptic Ulcers - COMPLICATIONS
The ulcer may occasionally perforate leading to peritonitis and other complications.
Peptic Ulcers - WHAT TO DIFFERENTIATE FROM?
· Occasional dyspepsia (indigestion)
· Malignant ulcer/ carcinoma
HOMEOPATHIC TREATMENT & Medicines for Peptic Ulcers
Homeopathy offers some very good medicines for peptic ulcer disease. But for a homeopath, the symptoms of the disease are much more important than the ulcer itself. This is because to select the right medicine a homeopaths needs to differentiate between the finer presentations of a disease which, vary from person to person. A homeopath not only tries to heal the ulcer but also tries to remove the general predisposition to acquire it. The homeopath not only tries to find 'What is wrong?', but also 'Why it went wrong?'; 'Where it started going wrong?'; 'How it evolved to the current stage?' etc. To find the answers to all these questions, a homeopath tries to gather as much information as possible regarding the pat and present medical history of the patient, his/her family history, his/her general physical and psychological characteristics etc. This hard work on the part of homeopath not only helps in removing the acute symptoms and the ulcer but also is usually able to remove the tendency for relapse. The 'on-again/off-again' nature of the disease is often removed and the general health of the person also improves as a result.
Some of the commonly used medicines for gastritis and duodenal ulcers are

Argentum-nit, arsenic-alb, atropine, geranium, hydrastis, kali-bichrom, merc-cor, ornithogalum, phosphorus, uranium-nit, terebintha, lycopodium, pulsatilla, graphites, natrum-phos, medorrhinum etc.
Peptic Ulcers - CONVENTIONAL TREATMENT
· Drugs which decrease the secretion of acids in stomach are the mainstay of treatment. These include drugs like cimetidine, ranitidine, famotidine, nizatidine, omeprazole (proton-pump inhibitor) etc
· Bismuth salts, antibiotics, and metronidazole are given to eradicate Helicobacter pylori
· Antacids are prescribed for symptomatic relief.
· Surgery is rarely indicated for ulcers resistant to therapy or where there are frequent relapses.
WHAT ELSE CAN I DO? - ACCESSORY MANAGEMENT
· Avoid cigarette
· Aspirin and Bon-steroidal Anti-Inflammatory drugs should be avoided
· Spicy and rich food may aggravate. If so, it should be avoided.
· Drink lots of water.
· Take frequent small meals instead of two or three big meal

PARALYSIS, Palsy

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PARALYSIS, Palsy

Paralysis or palsy (pôl'ze) , complete loss or impairment of the ability to use voluntary muscles, usually as the result of a disorder of the nervous system. The nervous tissue that is injured may be in the brain, the spinal cord, or in the muscles themselves. Accordingly there may be general paralysis, involvement of only one side (hemiplegia), paralysis on both sides at one level (paraplegia or quadriplegia), or localized paralysis in a small group of nerves or muscles.
The cause of paralysis may be any injury that tears or compresses the nerves; it may be hemorrhage, tumor, infection, or substances toxic to nerve tissue. One of the most frequent causes of paralysis is stroke, in which hemorrhage, thrombosis, or obstruction of a cerebral vessel interferes with nerve function. Another disorder in which a resting tremor is one of the main symptoms, accompanied by slowness and poverty of movement, muscular rigidity, and postural instability is Parkinson's disease. Cerebral palsy is due to an injury to the brain motor tissue before or during birth. However, this disorder is nonprogressive. Partial or complete paralysis often accompanies multiple sclerosis.

Homeopathic Medicine & Treatment for Paralysis
#Rhus toxicodendron. [Rhus-t] Hahnemann commented on the power of Rhus in curing paralysis of the lower extremities, and here it has proved exceedingly useful. It is especially adapted to all forms of paralysis which are of a rheumatic origin or brought on by getting wet or exposure to dampness in any form. Also in paralysis caused by nervous fevers and typhus. There is much stiffness in the limbs, a dragging gait, and it suits particularly chronic cases, though it may be of great use in such forms as acute infantile paralysis. In this latter affection Sulphur should not be forgotten. Rhus vies with Causticum in paralysis of the muscles, eye and facial, from damp cold, especially in those of a rheumatic diathesis. Dulcamara is in many respects similar to Rhus. It has simple paralysis of the lower extremities, or a beginning paralysis worse from damp weather, or caused by lying on the damp ground. Not so suitable chronic cases. Cocculus has paralysis of the lower extremities from cold, recent cases with pain in the paralyzed part. Hysterical paralysis. Natrum muriaticum is also valuable in paralysis from cold.
#Causticum. [Caust] This remedy also has paralysis from exposure to the cold of winter. Facial paralysis from exposure to dry cold weather. Cowperthwaite published a large number of cases of facial paralysis cured with Causticum 30, and its value in this affection seems established. It has also paralysis of single parts, face, tongue, pharynx, etc. In paralysis which is remote form apoplexy, the paralysis remaining after the patient has recovered otherwise, inability to select the proper word is an important indication. Other evidences of its paretic conditions are found in the aphonia and the weakness of the sphincter vesicae. It is also a great remedy in ptosis of rheumatic origin. Kalmia also has this, while the ptosis of Sepia is dependent on menstrual difficulties. Jahr lauds Causticum in paralysis. It is more apt to be right-sided. Baryta carbonica. There are more contractions and spasms under Causticum than Baryta, which causes paralysis by producing degeneration of the coats of the blood vessels. Bayes recommends Baryta in facial paralysis and also in paralysis of old people, and Hartmann says that glossal paralysis can scarcely ever be cured with Baryta. It also has paralysis after apoplexy; there is want of steadiness. Facial paralysis of young people where the tongue is implicated.
#Gelsemium. [Gels] Complete motor paralysis, rather functional than organic in origin. It is one of our best remedies in post-diphtheritic and in infantile paralysis. Paralysis of the ocular muscles, ptosis; the speech is thick from paretic conditions of the tongue. Paralysis from emotions. Aphonia, paralysis of the larynx. Conium has paralysis of central region; the sensation is little involved , and the tendency of the paralysis is to move from below upwards. Acute ascending paralysis. Paralysis of the aged. Argentum nitricum. Post-diphtheritic paralysis; also paraplegia. Nux vomica. Paralysis of the lower extremities, contractive sensations and heaviness in the limbs. Paralysis of the bladder in old men.
#Aconite. Hempel, who used Aconite for all ailments claimed that it was the sovereign remedy for almost every species of paralysis, and its symptoms are certainly indicative of the truth of his assertion. It has the well-known numbness and tingling. Facial paralysis accompanied with coldness from exposure to dry, cold winds, especially in acute cases, well indicate the remedy. Paraplegia with tingling. Rhus, Sulphur and Causticum have paralysis from cold. Cannabis Indica and Staphisagria have tingling.
#Plumbum. [Plum] Paralysis, with atrophy, is the watchword of Plumbum. Wrist drop, paralysis of the extensors. Paralysis due to sclerosis or fatty degeneration. Paralysis with contractions. Bayes states that he has not seen any beneficial results from Plumbum in paralysis of the lower extremities,and it does seem to affect the upper extremity more than the lower. Ptosis, heavy tongue, constipation, paralysis after apoplexy, with pale, dry cold skin. Tremor followed by Paralysis. Paralysis agitans. The mercurial tremor resembles this affection, and hence Mercurius should be a remedy for paralysis agitans; Plumbum, Atropine sulphate, Zincum and Hyoscyamus are the principal remedies in this affection. The paralysis of Plumbum is probably of spinal origin. Cuprum is quite similar to Plumbum in many paralytic conditions; it seems, however, to have more cramping.
#Phosphorus [Phos] has also proved useful in paralysis from fatty degeneration of the nerve cells, and in such cases the symptoms will point to it. Progressive spinal paralysis calls for the remedy. Alumina has paralysis of the lower extremities, especially of spinal origin. The legs are so heavy that the patient can scarcely drag them; weariness even while sitting. Dr. Arnulphy thinks Phosphorus homoeopathic to all forms of paralysis due to degenerative processes and especially when resulting from a drain on the sexual system. Functional paralysis from fatigue.

PANCREAS, DISEASES

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PANCREAS, DISEASES OFAcute & Chronic Pancreatitis

Homeopathic Medicines & Treatment for Pancreatic Diseases, Pancreatitis

#Iris versicolor. [Iris] This remedy has a positive effect upon the pancreas, and Dr. Farrington gives the following symptoms as indicative of the remedy: Burning distress in the region go the pancreas, with vomiting of a sweetish water; the saliva has a greasy taste; there is a watery diarrhoea which contains undigested fat, worse in the morning ; sick headaches may accompany.#Iodine. [Iod] This remedy causes in its action upon the salivary gland an increased secretion of watery saliva. It also has violent copious vomiting of a watery or sour substance, has a diarrhoea of copious soft, watery, foamy stools, which contain fat, and there is a violent pain in the epigastrium and back. There is great emaciation: the patient is hungry, eats enormously and yet grows thin; there is a soapy taste in the mouth and general enlargement of the glands.
#Phosphorus. [Phos] This remedy will prove valuable in tuberculous patients, where there are evidences of fatty degeneration of the various organs, especially of the heart, liver or kidneys. The stools are undigested, containing particles, of fat the face is pale, yellow, and the patient anaemic. It is useful, in atrophy of the pancreas with diabetes. Oily looking stool with particles in the looking like frog spawn or sago, is characteristic.
#Belladonna. [Bell] Reil and Buechner class Belladonna among remedies for pancreatic affections. The later says: "Catarrh of the pancreatic duct is best met by Belladonna followed by Mercurius." Baehr recommends Atropine sulphate in pancreatic diseases. Belladonna is the most efficacious remedy in acute haemorrhagic pancreatitis.