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Friday, April 3, 2009
Skin infection, boils etc. and Echinacea
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Facial hair, unwanted hair, excessive hair and homeopathy
- It is said that facial hair in women are a symbol of blessing. These should not be removed in any case.
- Other says that the women with facial hair are un-reliable. Some says, no they become wise after the growth of facial hair.
Unwanted and/or excessive hair growth depends upon several different factors. There fore the best way to treat above is to control these factors.
- altered androgen metabolism
- increased androgen production
- decreased androgen binding in the circulation
- exogenous androgens
Note: Increased growth of hair on the face of women just before and just after menopause is quite a common occurrence. It is primarily because of decreased estrogens.
What Homeopathy Says
Homeopathic Treatment:
THUJA OCC
Thuja is derived from the leaves and twigs of the evergreen conifer tree, also known as white cedar tree.
Thuja is useful when any of the following are indicated:
Mental and Emotional aspects
SABAL SERRULATA
Urinary.--Constant desire to pass water at night. Enuresis; paresis of sphincter vesicæ . Chronic gonorrhea's. Difficult urination. Cystitis with prostatic hypertrophy.
MEDORRHINUM
A powerful and deep-acting medicine, often indicated for chronic ailments due to suppressed gonorrhea's. For women with chronic pelvic disorders. Chronic rheumatism. Great disturbance and irritability of nervous system. Pains intolerable; tensive; nerves quiver and tingle. Children dwarfed and stunted. History of sycosis. Often restores a gonorrhœal discharge. Intensity of all sensations. Edema of limbs; dropsy of serous sacs. Disseminated sclerosis.
Mind.--Weak memory. Loses the thread of conversation. Cannot speak without weeping. Time passes too slowly (Cannab ind; Arg n). Is in a great hurry. Hopeless of recovery. Difficult concentration. Fears going insane (Mancinella). Sensibility exalted. Nervous, restless. Fear in the dark and of some one behind her. Melancholy, with suicidal thoughts.
Face.--Pallor, acne, blotches of reddish color. Small boils break out during menses.
Stomach.--Coppery taste and eructation's of sulphuretted hydrogen. Ravenous hunger soon after eating. Very thirsty. Cravings for liquor, salt, sweets, etc, warm drinks. Pernicious vomiting of pregnancy.
Abdomen.--Violent pain in liver and spleen. Rests more comfortably lying on abdomen.
Urine.--Painful tenesmus when urinating. Renal colic Urine flows very slowly.
Female.--Intense pruritus. Menses offensive, profuse, dark, clotted; stains difficult to wash out, urinates frequently at that time. Sensitive spot near os uteri. Leucorrhea thin, acrid, excoriating, fishy odor. Sycotic warts on genitals. Ovarian pain, worse left side, or from ovary to ovary. Sterility. Metrorrhagia. Intense menstrual colic. Breasts cold, sore, and sensitive.
Male.--Nocturnal emissions, followed by great weakness. Impotence. Gleet; whole urethra feels sore. Urethritis. Enlarged and painful prostate with frequent urging and painful urination.
Skin.--Yellow. Intense and incessant itching; worse night and when thinking of it. Fiery red rash about anus in babies. Copper-colored spots. Favus. Tumors and abnormal growth.
THYROIDINUM
Thyroid produces anemia, emaciation, muscular weakness, sweating, headache, nervous tremor of face and limbs, tingling sensations, paralysis. Heart rate increased, exophthalmos and dilation of pupils. In myxedema and cretinism its effects are striking. Rheumatoid arthritis. Infantile wasting. Rickets. Delayed union of fractures. In half grain doses twice a day over a considerable period said to be effective in undescended testicle in boys. Thyroid exercises a general regulating influence over the mechanism of the organs of nutrition, growth and development. Thyroid weakness causes decided craving for large amount of sweets.
Mind.--Stupor, alternating with restless melancholy. Irritable, worse least opposition; goes into a rage over trifles.
Heart.--Weak, frequent pulse, with inability to lie down. Tachycardia (Naja). Anxiety about chest, as if constricted. Palpitation from least exertion. Severe heart pain; Ready excitability of heart. Heart's action weak, with numbness of fingers.
Stomach.--Desire for sweets and thirst for cold water. Nausea worse riding in car. Flatulence, much flatus in abdomen.
Urinary.--Increased flow; polyuria; some albumen and sugar. Enuresis in weakly children who are nervous and irritable (1/2 gr night and morning). Urine smells of violets, burning along urethra, increase of uric acid.
Extremities.--Rheumatic arthritis with tendency to obesity, coldness and cramps of extremities. Peeling of skin of lower limbs. Cold extremities. Aching pains. Edema of legs. Trembling of limbs and entire body.
Skin.--Psoriasis associated with adiposity (not in developing stage). Skin dry, impoverished. Cold hands and feet. Eczema. Uterine fibroids. Browny swelling. Swelling of glands of stony hardness. Sluggish cases. Jaundice with pruritus. Ichthyosis, lupus. Itching without eruption, worse night.
SEPIA OFF
Mind and Disposition. Sadness with weeping. Great indifference, even to one's family. Restlessness, fidgety. Great excitability in company. Dread of being alone. Is easily offended and inclined to be vehement. Sadness about one's health and her domestic affairs. Anxiety, with flushes of heat. Aversion to one's occupation. Heavy flow of ideas. Weak memory.
Face. Pale yellow puffiness of the face, with blue margins around the eyes. Yellow color of the face (and of the white of the eyes).Yellow saddle across the nose and face. Yellowness around the mouth.Tetters around the mouth. Moist, scaly eruptions in the red parts of the lips and on the chin. Swelling of the under lip. Erysipelas and swelling of one side of the face from the root of a decayed tooth. Herpes, scurf's and black pores in the face. Neuralgic pains in the face (left side, from abuse of tobacco).
Stomach and Abdomen. Taste putrid or sour. Food tastes too salt. Canine hunger and sensation of emptiness in the stomach. Thirst in the morning or thirstlessness. After eating, acidity in the mouth and belatedness of the abdomen. Aversion to meat and milk, which cause diarrheas'. Eructation's, sour or like rotten eggs, or bitter. Eructation's which cause blood to rise in the mouth. Water-brash after drinking or eating. Acidity of the stomach (with disgust for life).Nausea, especially in the morning and while fasting or when riding in a carriage. Nausea and vomiting after eating. Vomiting of pregnant women, sometimes of milky water. Vomiting, of bile and food, in the morning, with headache. Painful sensation of emptiness in the stomach and abdomen. Pain in the stomach after eating. Pressure in the stomach, as from a stone, especially after eating or at night. Cutting, boring, from the region of the stomach towards the spine. Burning in the stomach. Pulsation in the pit of the stomach. Rumbling in the abdomen, especially after eating. Soreness of the abdomen in pregnant women in the abdomen, pressing, cutting, stinging burning, coldness. Stitches in the liver and left hypochondrium. Brown spots on the abdomen.
Sexual Organs. Men. Continued erections at night. The prepuce ulcerates and itches continually. Weakness of the genitals ; they perspire profusely, especially the scrotum. Scrotum swollen. Cutting in the testes. After coition great weakness in the knees. Women. Pressure, as if every thing would protrude (with oppression of breathing). Prolepsis of the uterus, of the vagina. Induration of the neck of the uterus. Violent stitches in the vagina, upwards. Redness, swelling and itching humid eruption on the labiæ. Catamenia too early and too profuse, or too scanty, or suppressed. During menstruation, depression, toothache, headache, bleeding of the nose, and soreness in the limbs. Leucorrhea, of yellow or greenish water, like pus, or of bad-smelling fluids. Inclination to miscarriages.
Skin. Itching in the face, on the arms, hands, hips, feet, abdomen and genitals, changing to burning when scratching. Soreness of the skin and humid places in the bends of the joints. Brown spots, or claret-colored, tetter-like spots on the skin. Pemphigus ; ring-worms ; boils ; blood-boils. Ulcers, painless (knuckles, finger-joints, tips of the fingers, joints and tips of the toes), or itching, stinging and burning. Humid tetters, with itching and burning. Lymphatic swellings. Crippled nails.
IGNATIA AMMARA
Mind and Disposition. Sensitiveness of feeling ; delicate conscientiousness. Fearfulness, timidity. Irresoluteness ; anxious ; to do now this, now that. The slightest contradiction irritates. Intolerance of noise. Taciturn, with continuous sad thoughts ; still, serious melancholy, with moaning. Anger, followed by quiet grief and sorrow. Inclination to grief, without saying any thing about it ; keeping it to himself. Great tenderness. Changeable disposition ; jesting and laughing, changing to sadness, with shedding of tears. (Hysteria).Inclination to start.
Face. Alternate redness and paleness of the face. Redness and heat of one cheek (and ear).Clay-colored, sunken face, with blue margins around the eyes. Perspiration only in the face. Convulsive twitching's in the muscles of the face. Twitching of the corners of the mouth. Spasmodic closing of the jaws (lock-jaw).Lips dry, cracked, bleeding. Ulceration of one of the corners of the mouth.
Urinary Organs. Sudden irresistible desire to urinate. Frequent discharge of watery urine. Pressure to urinate, from drinking coffee. Burning and smarting in the urethra during micturition. Itching in the forepart of the urethra.
Genital Organs. Men. Violent itching of the genitals in the evening ; relieved by scratching. Lasciviousness without erections. Contraction of the penis ; it becomes quite small. Erections during stool. Perspiration on the scrotum. Women. Menstruation too early (and too profuse).Menstrual blood, black, of putrid odor, in clots.
Metrorrhagia. During menstruation uterine spasms, with crampy pressing (relieved by pressure and in a recumbent posture).Uterine spasms with lancinations or like labor pains.
Skin. Itching over the whole body, which disappears on scratching. Itching when becoming heated in the open air. Great sensitiveness of the skin to a draught of air.
Other homeopathic medicines includes calc carb,, calc phos, pulsatilla, nat mur, etc.
TIPS
1. THUJA 10M just once a month for three months. Three doses in total.
2. Oleum jac 3x and Thuja 3x, if taken on alternate week usually remove this complaint.
Saturday, February 28, 2009
Have a great Sleep
- Noise
- Light
- Temperature and humidity
- Uncomfortable pillows
- Uncomfortable bed
- Recovering from jet lag
- Hunger
- Habits of overwork or extended sleeping schedule
- Overexcitement or anxiety or depression
- Thoughtful and restless
- Nightmares
- Drugs and smoking
- Excess coffee or tea intake
- Painful and chronic diseases
- Fear of strangers
- Fear or change of environments due to strange places, loneliness, hospital stay, etc.
- Fear of any other cause
- Never miss dinner even if you have no desire to eat.
- Take a light meal.
- There should be a gap of at least one hour between dinner and going to bed.
- Take a walk before sleep
- Try to relieve tension, anxiety and fear through walk, having gossip with family members,friends etc.
- Forget the day’s activities and expect tomorrow's dawn of brightness
- Take a warm bath.
- Read some mind relaxing books for sometime before sleep
- Stay in comfortable position and situation to get a good start-up.
- Relax your mind.
Your Sleeping Posture tells about you.
Ferrum Phos sleep support when tiredness, simple anemia
Insomnia after a fright.
Actea Racemosa
During menstruation
Arsenicum Album
When anxious and agitated
Avena sativa
Sleeplessness from worry/anxiety or due to nervous exhaustion from overworks.
Belladona
Insomnia despite being really sleepy
Calc Phos
Cannot get to sleep before midnight and then feels dreadful trying to wake up in the morning.
Cocculus indicus
After several sleepless nights Feels anxious, worries, especially about loved ones. Sleep is restless
Coffea cruda
Unusual activity of the mind; wakeful; mind full of ideas, races from one idea to the next; mind keeps going over the day's events.
Daphne indica
Inability to sleep, often from aching bones; nightmares; patient starts when falling asleep.
Gelsemium
For fear of not sleeping orAfter receiving bad news
Ignatia
When upset
Kali phosphoricum
Great nerve tonic. Helps for sleeplessness due to overwork, business worries and over-excitement; nightmares in children; restlessness and heat during sleep.
Lupulus humulus
Over-excitability; nervous tremors; wakefulness.
Nux Vomica
Loss of sleep especially from overwork, mental strain or too much caffeine. Wakes feeling tense and exhausted. After too much alcohol or eating too much
Passiflora incarnata
Quietens the nervous system and produces normal sleep. Insomnia in infants, children and the aged. Neuroses in children. Useful for restlessness and wakefulness due to physical and mental exhaustion.
Stramonium
For fear of the dark
Sulpher
Sleeplessness resulting from a sedentary lifestyle. Due to feet burning
Theridion
Sensitive to the slightest noise
Valeriana officinalis
Sleeplessness from nervous excitement; patient lies wide awake, tossing and turning, falling asleep toward morning with vivid dreams; nightmares and hallucinations at night; dread of being alone especially in the dark.
Zincum Metallicum
Here some Homeopathic medicines are elaborated in detail. For further reading, kindly consult a Homeopathic Materia Medica.
Arsenicum Album
Calcarea phosphorica:
Ignatia
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Eye care while using Computer
- Improper positioning of the PC
- Poor lighting.
- Poor posture.
- Stiff deadlines.
Symptoms of eyestrain are enlisted below. It is not necessary that once should have all of these symptoms.
- Reduce glare.
- eep the PC away from you and at right angles to a window.
- Turn off or shield overhead lights.
- Wear a visor to block overhead lights if necessary.
- Place your paperwork close enough so that you don’t have to keep refocusing when switching from the screen to the paper.
- Use a paper document holder placed at the same height as the PC screen.
- Place the screen in such a manner that your line of sight is 10 to 15° (about one–third of a 45° angle) below the horizontal position.
- Dust off the screen often.
- Blink often to keep your eyes from getting dry.
- Try keeping the PC screen at least two feet away from your eyes.D) TISSUE SALTS FOR EYE DISEASES
Ferrum phos
Saturday, February 14, 2009
Constipation-Treatment at Home
What is Constipation (Qabz)
Constipation is normally considered as a routine problem in our society. In fact, the constipation is the beginning of many diseases.
Constipation is when you pass stools less often than usual, or when you are having difficulty going to the toilet because your stools are hard and small.
It is retention of the stools or inability to have a bowel movement for any reason. Constipation may be acute or chronic.
Causes of Constipation
The details of possible causes are reproduced below:
· Un-balanced or poor diet such as eating same kind of food for long time, lack of vegetables, not enough fiber in the diet, deficiency of Vitamins, too rough or dry food.
· Not enough liquids, lack of exercise, ignoring the urge to have a bowel movement
· Sitting habits, anxiety, worry, etc. lead to 'Spastic Colon'. Poor muscular tone and anemia also lead to constipation.
· Deficient activity of thyroid and pituitary gland, Catarrh of the colon, Brain tumor, etc, lead to constipation.
· Certain crude drugs such as opium iron etc; hard waters and functional inactivity of the liver cause constipation.
· Chronic constipation may lead to Hemorrhoids (Piles) and distension of colon with ulcerative condition etc.
Symptoms of Constipation:
Laziness, sadness, sleeplessness, headache, coated tongue, loss of appetite and anemia are some of the symptoms. In certain cases, the retention of the stools is followed by alternating diarrhea, which sometimes leads to wrong diagnosis.
TREATMENT OPTIONS FOR CONSTIPATION
1. TREATMENT AT HOME
A three steps simple treatment which can easily be done at home is given below. It is very effective in most of the chronic cases.
First Step
a) Take one full glass of warm water (approx. 300-350 ml capacity) with one tea spoon of home used salt (sodium chloride) dissolved in it, 15-30 minutes before going to bed daily for 10 nights.
b) The same should be repeated at morning, 15-30 minutes before going to toilet and taking breakfast.
Second Step
c) Take one full glass of warm water (approx. 300-350 ml capacity) without salt, 15-30 minutes before going to bed daily for next 10 nights.
d) The same should be repeated at morning, 15-30 minutes before going to toilet and taking breakfast.
Third Step
e) Take one full glass of simple water (approx. 300-350 ml capacity) without salt, 15-30 minutes before going to bed daily for next 10 nights.
f) The same should be repeated at morning, 15-30 minutes before going to toilet and taking breakfast.
Note: This procedure can be changed according to the condition of the patient. However, in most cases this simple method is effective.
2. Treatment through Tissue Salts (Biochemical Salts)
A very effective composition is given under: In my experience, it always provided perfect results.
Composition: CP3x, CF3x, KM3x, NM3x, Sil6x (all in equal quantity)
Indications: Bowels constipated, dry, hard, stool, dull headache, foul breath, coated-tongue.
Note: This composition can be prepared by oneselfl. However, it is also available at all Homeo stores with different names such as Bioplasgen No.4, Biocom No.4 or Biochemic No. 4 etc)
Dosage: (Take 4 tablets 4-6 times a day as per requirement, regularly for long time. These tablets should be directly put on tongue and let be dissolved. )
Besides, following salts are very useful according to symptoms mentioned against each:
Ferr. Phos: Is useful in constipation when it is due to heat in the lower bowel (rectum) causing hardening of the stools. The stools are very dry. It cures piles and prolapsus of the rectum due to constipation.
Kali Mur: Is indicated when the constipation is due to torpidity of the liver with want of bile. The tongue is coated white or grayish white. Patient cannot tolerate fatty food.
Kali Phos: Is useful in constipation due to nervous causes. It cures paretic condition of' the rectum and colon. The stools are dark brown in colour.
Nat. Mur: Is prescribed when the trouble is due to lack of moisture in the intestinal tract. Dryness of the bowels with watery secretions in other parts. Watery eyes, excess of saliva, watery vomiting call for the use of this remedy. There is water-brash and dribbling of saliva during sleep. Stools are hard, dry and difficult to pass. Constipation with headache and drowsiness needs Nat. Mur.
Cal. Fluor: Is useful when there is inability to expel the faces. This inability is due to the relaxed condition of the rectum. Constipation after confinement needs this remedy.
Nat. Sulph: Is useful when the stools are hard, knotty and streaked with blood preceded and accompanied by smarting in the anus. Even soft stool is expelled with difficulty. It has fetid flatus in large quantities.
Nat. Phos: Should be thought of in obstinate cases. It has habitual constipation with occasional attacks of diarrhoea. The child suffers from worms and acidity.
3. Treatment in Homeopathy
Note: Homeopathic Treatment requires strict individualization. Please do not take any medicine without consulting your physician/homeopath.
CONSTIPATION
Condition: When there is constipation with no urgings for a stool and/or when there is painful gas;
Medicine Suggested: Raphanus 30 C
Condition: Stools feel too large and hard to pass, especially in the elderly
Medicine Suggested: Bryonia 30C
Condition: No desire to open bowels for several days, then pass large stool. Colicky pains and bowels ache
Medicine Suggested: Graphites 30C
Condition: Great flatulence. No stools passed for several days, then hard stools passed with difficulty.
Medicine Suggested: Lycopodium 30C
Condition: Frequent urge to pass stools, but always feel that more to come
Medicine Suggested: Nux vom 30C
Condition: Not strong enough to expel stool, so slips back in.
Medicine Suggested: Silicea 30C
Condition: Stools large, hard, dark and dry. Painful to pass
Medicine Suggested: Sulphur 30C
Some other important medicines includes Opium, Plumbum Met, Alumina etc. for which Materia Medica should be consulted.
Constipation in children
Due to indigestion or liver problem then Bryonia 3.( After Bryonia stool will become dry,hard,long,blackish and it comes with great difficulty ).
In case of long and hard stool Nux Vom 3.
In case of abdominal disorders and white coating on tongue Antim Crud 6.
In case of hard stool and wind formation in stomach Lycopodium 30.
Cronic Constipation then give Sulphur 30 in between.
Note: Mother Tincture’s form of Abroma augusta radix, Hydrastis, Senna as per symptoms are also very effective.