HOMEOPATHY FOR WINTER DISEASES

HOMEOPATHY FOR WINTER DISEASES

Even though we enjoy wintery mornings and enjoy the cold weather, let us not forget the repercussions of winter. To enjoy this weather and in good health some health precautions are needed.

Winter can be a tough time for people who tend to have a weaker immune system. During winters, the body heat usually experiences a drop as the environment cools. At the same time the body is adjusting to the new climate. As a result, the change in the process is demonstrated through a number of diseases. Adults as well as the children are very susceptible to the change in climate. Children especially end to be more absent from school and are more prone to catch a lot of winter related diseases as their immunity is still developing.

During these months we are susceptible to diseases and should know how to manage ourselves better. Most of the diseases affect both adults and children.

Let’s take a look at some common winter woes:

COMMON COLD: The direct result of the loss of body heat due to an obvious drop in the temperatures leads to cold. However, one is more likely to catch cold even one keeps switching over warm and cool environment owing to air conditioners. It’s important to keep ACs at an even temperature during winter. Prevent this infection by washing your hands regularly.

FLU: Shield yourself from chilly winds, wear warm clothes. This illness is airborne and hence beyond a point there is no control over it.

ITCHY SKIN: A lot of derm-sensitive people develop itchy skin during winter. Keep your skin moisturized with petroleum jelly, coconut oil or almond oil regularly.

HEADACHE: Cold winds can sometimes play havoc on your head. Hence, shield yourself with a warm muffler or scarf.

SORE THROAT: They are common in winter and are usually caused by viral infections. Gargle with warm salty water, it really helps in soothing the throat due to its anti-inflammatory properties.

ASTHMA: Cold air is a major trigger of asthma symptoms such as wheezing and shortness of breath. People with asthma should be especially careful in winter, be regular with your medicines and keep reliever inhalers close by.

PAINFUL JOINTS:  Many people with arthritis experience painful and stiff joints in winter. Daily exercise can boost a person’s mental and physical state and thus overall health.

HEART ATTACKS:  Heart attacks are more common in winter. This may be because cold weather increases blood pressure and puts more strain on the heart. Your heart also has to work harder to maintain body heat when it’s cold. Stay warm.

BRONCHIOLITIS: Bronchiolitis is a common viral respiratory infection in young children. It is most frequently seen in children less than 12 months old. Symptoms include nasal congestion, cough, low-grade fevers, and wheezing.

 PNEUMONIA:  Unlike the other common winter illness, pneumonia is often caused by a bacterial infection. It can present in many different ways. Sometimes it starts as a cold that just continues to worsen. If your child has had a cold for several days and suddenly develops a high fever and worsening cough, this could be a sign of pneumonia and you should seek medical help.

 TONSIL INFECTION: It causes irritation of the throat, pain in the throat, enlarged tonsils and the child is unable to gulp food or liquids. Eating anything cold may trigger this or even a virus or bacteria in the air can cause it. Avoid feeding your child anything cold when the weather is cold.

ACUTE EAR INFECTION: This leads to ear pain, blocked ears, itchy Ears. Excessive cold may result into an acute ear infection. Another cause of bacterial ear infection is due to moisture in the ear. A ear infection can occur even overnight, so it is best to identify it at the earliest.

Stay healthy this season with Homoeopathic medicines. Eat freshly cooked food preferably warm and choose immunity boosting vegetables to fight off small colds and coughs.

HOMEOPATHY

Homoeopathy today is a rapidly growing system and is being practiced all over the world. It strength lies in its evident effectiveness as it takes a holistic approach towards the sick individual through promotion of inner balance at mental, emotional, spiritual and physical levels. When Winter diseases are concerned there are many effective medicines available in Homoeopathy, but the selection depends upon the individuality of the patient, considering mental and physical symptoms.

Homoeopathic medicines are effective both for controlling and preventing winter diseases.

ALUMINA

Alumina is prescribed for skin symptoms worse in winter. Red rhagades on hands, worse in winter and from washing.

AMMONIUM BROMATUM

Ammonium bromatum is indicated for fever troubled with cold in winter. Must warm feet even in warm room.

AMMONIUM CARBONICUM

Ammonium carb is prescribed for cold in winter season. Catch cold easily in winter. Profuse watery coryza. Discharge of sharp, burning water. Stoppage of nose at night with long continued coryza. Cannot breathe through nose. Snuffles of children. Ammonium carb is suited to overweight persons, scrofulous children and stout and sedentary women.

ARGENTUM NITRICUM

Argentum nitricum is indicated for violent pain in chest and shoulders pressing inward, returning every winter.

ASCLEPIAS TUBEROSA

Asclepias tuberose is effective of diarrhea in winter. Diarrhea worse in winter. Stool with a feeling as stream of fire passing through abdomen. Stools like white of eggs , yellow, green, clammy, enveloped in froth like moss. Stools smell like rotten eggs or burn like fire.

BISMUTHUM

Bismuthum is prescribed, where headache returning in winter season. Cutting or pressure above right orbit extending to occiput. Headache alternates with stomach pain.

BRYONIA ALBA

Bryonia alba is prescribed for cough during the winter season. Cough , which is dry, or mucus  very difficult to cough out.  The patient experiences severe chest pain during coughing. Cough worse from motion, and better when taking rest. There is an increased thirst for large quantities of water. Inflammatory rheumatism in winter

 

CASTOR EQUI

Castor equi  is prescribed, where the person dreams of fruit hanging on trees in winter.

CHAMOMILLA

Chamomilla is best for cough in winter. Cough and hoarseness with rattling mucus trachea, especially during winter. Rough, scraping cough of children in winter with tickling in supra sterna fossa, worse at night.  Cough worse at 9-12 p.m during sleep, does not wake up the child. Hot coryza with obstruction of nose inability to sleep.

DOLICHOS PRURIENS

Dolichos is indicated for itching in winter. Itching without eruption. Itching first on feet, every winter higher up, after 7 years reaches hip and abdomen. Itching, worse at night. Itching with liver problems.

FLOURIC ACID

Flouric acid is prescribed, where sensation of increased ability to exercise his muscles without fatigue. Flouric acid is less affected by excessive heat in summer or in cold weather.

GELSEMIUM SEMP.

Gelsemium is indicated for flu symptoms during winter season. There is running nose, which is bland and sneezing accompanied by pain in eyes and head. The patient may also experience weakness, dizziness, and drowsiness. There is frequent and violent chilliness up and down the back, face flushed and dark red. Aching pain in muscles. No thirst, but severe headache is a leading symptom. Hoarseness with dryness of throat, burning in larynx, descending into trachea. Cough from tickling and dryness of fauces. Sensation of soreness in chest when coughing.

HEPAR SUPHURIS

Hepar sulph is indicated for loss of voice and cough in winter or when exposed to dry, cold wind. Cough excited when any part of the body gets cold or uncovered. Whitlows occurring  on upper limbs every winter for several years is another symptom of Hepar sulph

KALI BROMATUM

Kali bromatum is best for slightly elevated, smooth, red patches like urticaria , but with hardened bases like erythema nodosum  ,  especially in winter. Itching worse at night in bed and in high temperature.

KALI BICHROMICUM

Kali bichromicum is prescribed for winter complaints with complete nasal obstruction, worse in the cold, better with heat, accompanied by a nasal tone of voice and thick, stringy mucus.

KREOSOTUM

Kreosotum is indicated for violent winter cough of old people, with spasmodic turns at night, and very copious light coloured mucous sputa. Also pain or pressure referable to sternum.   

NUX VOMICA

Nuxica vomica is effective for stuffy colds, snuffles after exposure to dry, cold atmosphere, worse in warm room. Coryza, fluent in day time, stuffed up at night or alternates between nostrils. Sneezing, violent, abortive from intense crawling in nostrils. Acrid discharge, but with stuffed up feeling. Difficulty in breathing.

PETROLEUM

Petroleum is one of the top remedies for skin complaints during winter season. Deep cracks appear in folds, nipples, finger tips etc. Scaly eruptions on hand in winter.  Dirty, hard, rough, thickened skin like parchment. Ulcers in winter.  Skin gets raw, festers or won’t heal, worse in folds. Slightest scratch makes skin suppurate. Thick, greenish, crusts, burning and itching, redness, raw, cracks bleed easily. Eczema in winter. Chilblains, moist, itch and burn, become purple.

PSORINUM

Psorinum is another top remedy for winter complaints of skin. Eruption appears around toes and finger nails in winter. Skin dirty, scabby, greasy, breaks out in folds. Intolerable itching is another character which is worse from heat of bed. Herpetic eruptions, especially on scalp and bends of joints with itching. Eczema behind ears. Excrescences disappear in summer, only to occur again in winter. All skin complaints are worse in winter.

RHUS TOXICODENDRON

Rhus tox is indicated for inflammatory rheumatism worse in winter. Slight hacking cough in winter.

RUMEX CRISPUS

Rumex is a remedy for cough in winter. Cough originally produced by cold air during winter. Cough worse by laying down, and especially 11 o’clock at night. Cough is excited by tickling behind the sternum and attended by a sprain like aching near sternum and with accumulation of mucus in fauces near the posterior nares.

SEPIA OFFICINALIS

Sepia is another winter remedy, where catarrh every winter with violent coughing; after being in a draft cough tormenting and dry. Severe orthopnoea, had to sit straight up day and night, with horrible anxiety about a rattling in chest, with soreness as if raw on chest. The person fears to suffocate.

STANNUM METALLICUM

Stannum met is a remedy of constipation appearing every Monday or on days after a fete, but only in winter, while the rest of the week the stools were regular. There is fullness in lower part of abdomen, with swelling, malaise, great heat in head, better in open air, returning in house, with ill-humour and sadness. The person felt hungry at noon but no appetite in evening.

STAPHYSAGRIA

Staphysagria is indicated for croupy cough in winter, alternating with sciatica in summer. Cough drove him out of bed compelling him to sit up all night, could not breath while lying down. Sensation as if something were loose in pit of stomach, like loose flesh, that pulled every time he coughed. Cough excited by tobacco smoke.

SULPHUR

Sulpjur is prescribed, where deafness and surging noise in right ear in winter , worse on excitement or moving. Rheumatism in winter, worse warm in bed; at night, pain in face, comes on 11 to 12 p.m. Headache, worse in winter.  Ulcer of more than two years on duration on left leg, above outer malleolus, as large as a quarter dollar, with areola much swelled, very hard, dull purplish red, stinging pains, scanty discharge. Before appearance of ulcer had much rheumatism, better in winter, worse before a storm. Feet hot at night, keeps them out of bed.

SYPHILLINUMSyphillinum is indicated for chronic asthma in summer, especially when the weather was warm and damp; most frequently in evening, passing off at daybreak; soreness of chest, with great anguish and inability to retain a recumbent position. In Winter severe bronchial cough succeeded asthmatic attacks. A regular type of chills and fever developed; suffered from this many years before. Cold pain in legs.

 

HOMEOPATHIC APPROACH TO HYPERHIDROSIS

Hyperhidrosis is the name given to excessive and uncontrollable sweating. Sweat isa weak salt solution produced by sweat glands. These are distributed over the entire body but are most numerous on the palms and soles.

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Baryta carbonica

Fetid foot sweat, with callosities on the soles which are painful on walking. Soles feel bruised at night, keeping one awake rising and walking.

Belladonna

Sweat on covered part. Sweat during sleep. Suddenly occurring and suddenly disappearing.

Bovista

Profuse perspiration, especially in armpit. Onion-like smell offensive odour.

Bryonia alba

Sweat on short spell; only on single part; oppressive drawing in head as sweat subsides.

Butyric acid

Preparation on slight exertion; profuse; offensive sweat of feet; crumbling away of fingernails.

Calcarea carbonica

Profuse perspiration, especially on the scalp even while sleeping; leaving the pillow extremely wet. Foot sweat which makes feet sore; feet feel cold and damp, as if she had wet stockings. Burning in the soles. Chilly patient. Catches cold very easily. Craving for eggs and indigestible things like, dirt, chalk, lime, pencil. Suited to fat, fair, and flabby persons.

Carbo vegetabilis

Foot-sweat excoriating toes; toes red, swollen; stinging, as if frosted; tip of toes ulcerated.

Chamomilla

Excessive sweating in women after confinement.

Cinchona officinalis

Exhausting night sweat; partial cold sweat on the face; all over body with thirst.

Conium maculatum

Sweat as soon as one sleeps; or even when closing eyes; night and morning sweat; with offensive odour and smarting in skin.

Crataegus

Excessive sweating; skin eruption.

Graphites

Profuse foot sweat, the most moderate walking causes soreness between toes. Spreading blisters on the toes. Thick and crippled toe-nails.

Ferrum metallicum

Profuse long-lasting sweat. Clammy debilitating sweat especially in anaemic persons.

Hepar sulphuris calcareum

Profuse sweat day and night without relief. Sweat on every mental and physical exertion. Sour, offensive sweat.

Iodum

Acrid, corrosive foot-sweat; oedematous swelling of the feet.

Jaborandi

Copious perspiration. Profuse salivation. Increases secretion of all glandular parts of body.

Kali carbonica

Profuse fetid foot-sweat. Swelling and redness of the soles. Chilblains. Stitches in the painful and sensitive corns. Sweat on upper part of the body, especially after eating.

Lactic acid

Profuse inoffensive sweating of feet.

Lycopodium clavatum

Profuse and fetid foot-sweat, with burning in the soles. One foot hot, the other cold, or both cold and sweaty. Swelling of the soles. They pain when walking. Fissures on the heel.

Magnesia muriatica

Great tendency of head to sweat.

Mercurius solubilis

Profuse perspiration with all complaints; doesn’t get relief. Worse at night.  Breath and body smells foul. Weakness along with sweating. Profuse salivation. Increase thirst.

Petroleum

Feet tender and bathed in a foul moisture. Feet swollen and cold. Hot swelling of the soles, with burning. Heel painfully swollen and red. Chilblain. Tendency of skin to fester and ulcerate.

Phosphorus

Exhausting perspiration all over. Perspiration after walking. Perspiration smelling like garlic.

Polyporus officinalis

Excessive sweating of consumptives.

Psorinum

Profuse perspiration after acute diseases, with relief of all suffering.  Offensive sweat. Cannot tolerate cold air even in hot weather.

Pulsatilla nigricans

Left side sweat; only on feet and head.

Rheum

Copious sweat, especially of scalp. Constant whether sleep, wake, motion, rest. Hairs always wet.

Sambucus nigra

Profuse sweat over entire body during waking hours; on going to sleep, dry heat returns.

Selenium

Profuse sweating on armpit, genitals, on anterior part of body; stains linen yellow and stiffen

Sepia

Profuse foot-sweat or very fetid, causing soreness of toes; burning, or heat of the feet at night; crippled nails.

Silicea

Profuse sweating of feet, hands, and armpits. Extremely offensive, sometimes sour or putrid odour. Nervous, irritable, and obstinate persons. Profuse sweating on hands, because of this difficulty in writing and grasping objects. Profuse offensive sweat in armpit.

Sulphuric caid

Excessive sweating, better after drinking wine.

Sulphur

Profuse sweating. Excessive heat in palms, soles and head with increased sweating. Highly offensive odour.

Thuja occidentalis

Fetid sweat on toes, with redness and swelling of the tips; nets of veins, as if marbled, on the soles of the feet; suppressed foot-sweats, nails crippled, brittle or soft. Sweat on uncovered part. 

Veratrum album

Cold clammy sweat staining linen yellow. Worse on the forehead.

Zincum metallicum

The feet are sweaty and sore about toes; also, fetid. Chilblains from scratching and friction. The suppression of sweat causes paralysis of the feet. Cannot tolerate covering during sweat.

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HOMEOPATHIC APPROACH TO ARTERIOSCLEROSIS

Arteriosclerosis occurs when the blood vessels that carry oxygen and nutrients from your heart to the rest of your body (arteries) become thick and stiff — sometimes restricting blood flow to your organs and tissues. Healthy arteries are flexible and elastic, but over time, the walls in your arteries can harden, a condition commonly called hardening of the arteries.

Atherosclerosis is a specific type of arteriosclerosis, but the terms are sometimes used interchangeably. Atherosclerosis refers to the buildup of fats, cholesterol and other substances in and on your artery walls (plaques), which can restrict blood flow.

These plaques can burst, triggering a blood clot. Although atherosclerosis is often considered a heart problem, it can affect arteries anywhere in your body. Atherosclerosis may be preventable and is treatable.

Causes: Atherosclerosis is a slow, progressive disease that may begin as early as childhood. Although the exact cause is unknown, atherosclerosis may start with damage or injury to the inner layer of an artery. The damage may be caused by:

·         High blood pressure

·         High cholesterol

·         High triglycerides, a type of fat (lipid) in your blood

·         Smoking and other sources of tobacco

·         Insulin resistance, obesity or diabetes

·         Inflammation from diseases, such as arthritis, lupus or infections, or inflammation of unknown cause

Once the inner wall of an artery is damaged, blood cells and other substances often clump at the injury site and build up in the inner lining of the artery.

Over time, fatty deposits (plaques) made of cholesterol and other cellular products also build up at the injury site and harden, narrowing your arteries. The organs and tissues connected to the blocked arteries then don't receive enough blood to function properly.

Eventually, pieces of the fatty deposits may break off and enter your bloodstream.

In addition, the smooth lining of a plaque may rupture, spilling cholesterol and other substances into your bloodstream. This may cause a blood clot, which can block the blood flow to a specific part of your body, such as occurs when blocked blood flow to your heart causes a heart attack. A blood clot can also travel to other parts of your body, blocking flow to another organ.

Symptoms: Atherosclerosis develops gradually. Mild atherosclerosis usually doesn't have any symptoms.

You usually won't have atherosclerosis symptoms until an artery is so narrowed or clogged that it can't supply adequate blood to your organs and tissues. Sometimes a blood clot completely blocks blood flow, or even breaks apart and can trigger a heart attack or stroke.

Symptoms of moderate to severe atherosclerosis depend on which arteries are affected. For example:

If you have atherosclerosis in your heart arteries, you may have symptoms, such as chest pain or pressure (angina).

If you have atherosclerosis in the arteries leading to your brain, you may have signs and symptoms such as sudden numbness or weakness in your arms or legs, difficulty speaking or slurred speech, temporary loss of vision in one eye, or drooping muscles in your face. These signal a transient ischemic attack (TIA), which, if left untreated, may progress to a stroke.

If you have atherosclerosis in the arteries in your arms and legs, you may have symptoms of peripheral artery disease, such as leg pain when walking (claudication).

If you have atherosclerosis in the arteries leading to your kidneys, you develop high blood pressure or kidney failure.

Risk factors--Hardening of the arteries occurs over time. Besides aging, factors that increase the risk of atherosclerosis include:

·         High blood pressure

·         High cholesterol

·         Diabetes

·         Obesity

·         Smoking and other tobacco use

·         A family history of early heart disease

·         Lack of exercise

·         An unhealthy diet

Complications: The complications of atherosclerosis depend on which arteries are blocked. For example:

Coronary artery disease. When atherosclerosis narrows the arteries close to your heart, you may develop coronary artery disease, which can cause chest pain (angina), a heart attack or heart failure.

Carotid artery disease. When atherosclerosis narrows the arteries close to your brain, you may develop carotid artery disease, which can cause a transient ischemic attack (TIA) or stroke.

Peripheral artery disease. When atherosclerosis narrows the arteries in your arms or legs, you may develop circulation problems in your arms and legs called peripheral artery disease. This can make you less sensitive to heat and cold, increasing your risk of burns or frostbite. In rare cases, poor circulation in your arms or legs can cause tissue death (gangrene).

Aneurysms. Atherosclerosis can also cause aneurysms, a serious complication that can occur anywhere in your body. An aneurysm is a bulge in the wall of your artery.

Most people with aneurysms have no symptoms. Pain and throbbing in the area of an aneurysm may occur and is a medical emergency.

If an aneurysm bursts, you may face life-threatening internal bleeding. Although this is usually a sudden, catastrophic event, a slow leak is possible. If a blood clot within an aneurysm dislodges, it may block an artery at some distant point.

Chronic kidney disease. Atherosclerosis can cause the arteries leading to your kidneys to narrow, preventing oxygenated blood from reaching them. Over time, this can affect your kidney function, keeping waste from exiting your body.

HOMEOPATHY

Homoeopathy today is a rapidly growing system and is being practiced all over the world. Its strength lies in its evident effectiveness as it takes a holistic approach towards the sick individual through promotion of inner balance at mental, emotional, spiritual and physical levels. When arteriosclerosis   is concerned there are many effective medicines are available in Homoeopathy, but the selection depends upon the individuality of the patient, considering the mental and physical symptoms.

AURUM METALLICUM 

Aurum met is one of the best remedies for arteriosclerosis with valvular lesions. There is a sensation as if heart stopped beating for two or three seconds, immediately followed by tumultuous rebound with sinking at epigastrium. The patient is suffering from high blood pressure. Pulse rapid, feeble and irregular. Pain beneath the breast bone at night Oppression at the heart and having violent palpitations. Mentally the patient is highly depressed, always talk of committing suicide but fear of death. The person is hopeless with grief.

BARYTA CARBONICUM

Baryta carb is another effective remedy for arteriosclerosis with hypertension and aneurysms. Pulse full and hard. Palpitation when lying on left side or when thinking of it. There is senile dementia , leading to confusion and mental weakness.

BARYTA MURIATICUM

Baryta mur is excellent for arteriosclerosis of aorta and large blood vessels. The heart beat is irregular and the pulse scarcely perceptible. The bllod pressure is increased and throbbing of the heart increased. Elderly person have asthma, headaches, vertigo, and tinnitus.

CACTUS GRANDIFLOROUS

 Cactus grandiflorous is effective for arteriosclerosis with marked heart weakness. The heart feels clutched and released alternately by an iron band. Palpitation worse lying on left side, with vertigo, dyspnoea and flatulence.

CONIUM MACULATUM

Conium mac is best for arteriosclerosis with violent palpitations. Palpitations worse exertion , drinking, at stools . Pulse unequal and irregular. There is weakness of mind and body with vertigo, trembling and palpitations.

CONVALLARIA MAJALIS

Convallaria majalis is excellent for arteriosclerosis of cigarette smokers. Sensation as if the heart ceased beating, and then starting very suddenly. Another feature is extremely rapid and irregular pulse. Feeling as if heart beat throughout the chest.

CRATAEGUS OXYCANTHA

Crataegus is considered a heart tonic. Crataegus has got great solvent powers upon calcerous and crustaceous deposits in the lumen and arteries. There is least dysponea on least exertion. Extreme shortage of breath with heart pain. The pulse is irregular, feeble and intermittent.

NATRUM IDATUM

Natrum iodatum is for arteriosclerosis with angina pectoris , vertigo and dyspnea.

PLUMBM METALLICUM

Plumbum met is best for arteriosclerosis of anemic , weak persons and those suffering from hypertension. There is painful constriction of peripheral arteries. The pulse soft, small , dicrotic, wiry, slow, sinks even to 40. Plumbum is more indicated when chronic nephritis occurs. 

SECALE CORNUTUM

Secale cor is more indicated in the early hardening of arteries, which is rapidly progressive. Secale cor is indicated for arteriosclerosis with ice-cold extremities. There is boring pain in the chest. Dyspnea and oppression occur with cramps in the diaphragm. Palpitation with intermittent pulse.

STRONTIUM CARBONICUM 30-Stronium carb is best for arteriosclerosis with high blood pressure producing a flushed face and pulsating arteries. There is violent beating of arteries and heart. Strontium is also good for arteriosclerosis with vertigo and nausea.

STROPHANTHUS HISP.

Strophanthus is best for arteriosclerosis, especially tobacco smokers. The arteries are very rigid and the pulse is rapid, alternating with slow, weak, small and irregular. Cardiac pain and dyspnea.

TABACUM

Tabacum is best for hardening of coronary arteries. Violent palpitations, worse lying on left side. Pulse thread, intermittent, hard , cord like and imperceptible.

 

 

 

HOMEOPATHY FOR DRUG ADDICTION

HOMEOPATHY FOR DRUG ADDICTION

AVENA SATIVA

Avena sativa is one of the best remedies for drug addiction. It is effective for the bad effects of morphine or heroin addiction. It is a good remedy for those addicted to cocaine, marijuana, nerviness, tranquilizers or sedatives. Insomnia due to drug s or alcohol. Sleeplessness with nervous exhaustion and weakness.

NUX VOMICA

Nux vomica is effective for the bad effects of alcohol, tobacco, opium, coffee, wine etc. The patient is nervous and highly irritable.  Headache and intoxicated feeling. Dyspepsia, nausea and vomiting, constipation are other leading symptoms.

MORPHINUM

Morphinum is used for the bad effects of over use of drugs. Mentally the patient is depressed and behaves in a dream-like state. Vertigo and dizziness on least movement of head. Face is dusky red or pallid lividity of face, lips, tongue, mouth, or throat. Violent throbbing in heart and carotids. Alternation of tachycardia and bradycardia.

COFFEA

Severe insomnia due to drug addiction. Hyperactivity of mind and body. Increases the sensibility of nerves, making them over excitable and over sensitive. Special senses become over acute, emotions especially joy and pleasurable surprise, produces dangerous symptoms. Now joyous, now gloomy. Coffea removes the bad effects of sleeping pills.

CANNABIS INDICA

Exaltation of spirits. Constant fear of becoming insane. Horror of darkness. Absent minded, forgetful. Emotions and sensations are exaggerated.

BELLADONNA

Fear of darkness and vision of ghosts as a result of drug addiction.  Desire to escape or hide himself. Acuteness of all senses.  Changeable moods. Hallucinations, sees monsters, hideous faces. Spit on faces of other persons. Easily angered.

HYOSYAMUS NIGER

Headache from narcotic addiction. Hallucinations most marked. Talks with imaginary persons to dead ones. Imagines things are animals. Inclined to laugh at everything. Does foolish things, behaves like mad. Laughs, sings, talks, babbles and quarrels.

SULPHUR

Sulphur antidotes the bad effects of Cannabis addiction. Sulphur patient express sadness and melancholy. They imagine himself a great man. Strong impulsive tendency to suicide by drowning or leaping from a window.

LACHESIS

Headache from narcotics addiction. The patient is highly talkative. Sensation of tension in various parts. Cannot bear anything tight anywhere. Sensation of constriction in throat, abdomen and head.

PULSATILLA NIGRICANS

Diarrhea from heroin addiction. Changeable stools, no two stools alike.

PASSIFLORA INCARNATA

Sleeplessness due to drug addiction.  Effective for morphine addiction. Give mother tincture doses.

OPIUM

Drowsiness and coma from drug addiction. The patient falls into a heavy deep sleep. Thinks he is not at home. Sees frightful visions of mice, scorpions. Perversion of all senses. Euphoric state, overexcitement and sleeplessness.

VIPERA

A remedy for drug addictions by injections.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HOMEOPATHY FOR BUNION

A bunion is a painful bony bump that develops on the inside of the foot at the big toe joint. Bunions are often referred to as hallux valgus.

BENZOIC ACID: An important remedy for bunion. Tearing pain in big toe. Urinary symptom is very important for the selection of this remedy.The urine is hot , dark brown, offensive, similar to horse’s urine.

RHODODENDRON: Bunion with gout. Swelling and tearing pain. Worse from rest. Cannot sleep unless legs are crossed. Pain in Achilles tendon on stepping.

HYPERICUM PERF: Bunion with tingling and burning pain. Joints feel bruised.

PREVENTION

The best way to reduce the chances of developing bunions is to wear shoes that fit properly. Shoes that are too tight or have high heels can force your toes together.

Make sure your shoes are the correct size and that there is enough space to move your toes freely.

It is best to avoid wearing shoes with high heels or pointy toes