Lycopodium Hopeopathic Treatment

                                                    Lycopodium
Lycopodium is one of the pivotal remedies of the materia medica, and an intimate acquaintance with its properties and relations is essential to a proper understanding of the materia medica as a whole. The spores from which the attenuations are made have been called "vegetable sulphur" (probably on account of their use for producing stage-lightning at theatres), and Lyc. ranks with Sulphur and Calcarea in the central trio around which all the rest of the materia medica can be grouped. The Lycopodiums stand between the mosses and the ferns, and in past eras occupied a most important place in the world's vegetation as fossils show. In the old school the function of Lyc. has dwindled into its use as an "inert" coating for pills and an "inert" powder for dusting on excoriated surfaces.

                                      The Lyc. keynotes are very pronounced, and though I cannot say that one is more important than another, I give them in this order. (1) < From 4 to 8 p.m. [In one case cured by Lyc. it was: "Bad from 4 to 6; better at 8; gone at 9."] In any case, when the symptoms are < from 4 to 8 p.m., the chances are very great that the rest of the case will correspond to Lyc., no matter what the disease may be. 

Causation.-

Fear. Fright. Chagrin. Anger. Vexation. Anxiety. Fevers. Over-lifting. Masturbation. Riding in carriage. Tobacco-chewing. Wine.

SYMPTOMS.:-

Head.-

Dizziness and vertigo, as from intoxication.-As soon as she sees anything turning about she feels as if her body were turning about.-Whirling vertigo, esp. when stooping, or in a warm room, with inclination to vomit.-Headache from vexation.-Headache, with disposition to faint, and great uneasiness.-Headache with vertigo.-Heaviness of the head.

Eyes.-

Aching in the eyes.-Gnawing, burning, and shooting pains in eyes (and lids), esp. in evening, by candle-light.-Smarting in eyes.-Sensation of coldness in eyes, evening.-Dryness of eyes; and lids; as if dust in them; difficult to open.-Smarting and burning.-Swelling and painfulness of lids.-Inflammation of the eyes and lids.-Stye.-Styes on the internal canthus.-Agglutination of eyelids, esp. at night, and lachrymation, < by day, and in a cold wind.-Twitching of the eyelids.-Troubled sight, as from feather-down before the eyes.-Photophobia.-Itching in canthi.-Dim,

Ears.-

Otalgia in open air.-Congestion in the ears.-Ulceration of the ears.-Discharge from the ears.-Hearing excessively sensitive to least noise; music occasions fatigue.-Tinkling and buzzing in ears.-Roaring, humming, and whizzing in ears.-Sensation as if hot blood rushed into ears

Appetite.-

Loss of appetite.-Mouth clammy or bitter, esp. in morning, often with nausea.-Nausea in pharynx and stomach.-Nausea in morning and when riding in a carriage.-Sourness in mouth, esp. in morning, or sour taste of food.-Absence of thirst, or burning thirst.-Nocturnal thirst.-Loss of appetite, sometimes with the first mouthful.-Sudden satiety.

 Abdomen.-

Tension round hypochondria, as from the pressure of a hoop.-Pressure and tension in liver; esp. on satisfying one's appetite.-Cramp-like pain in diaphragm, and contusive pain in liver, on stooping.-Pain when walking in upper part of r. hypochondrium, as if the suspensor ligament of the liver would tear.-Pressive pain in r. hypochondrium, at times took away the breath, became a sticking.-Pain in liver as from a blow, < by touch.-Violent gall-stone colic.-Sharp pain in dorsal hepatic region,

 Male Sexual Organs.-

Shooting, drawing, and incisive pain in the glans.-Bastard gonorrhoea, with a deep red and smarting pustule behind the glans.-Excoriation between scrotum and thighs.-Dropsical swelling of genital organs.-Immoderate excitement, or absence of sexual desire.-Repugnance to coition, 

ACID PHOS HOMEOPATHIC MEDICINE USE

                                          ACID PHOS

Best suited to persons of originally strong constitutions, who have become debilitated by loss of vital fluids, sexual excesses (Cinch.); violent acute diseases; chagrin, or a long succession of moral emotions, as grief, care, disappointed affection. 

Characteristics.-
Phos. ac. is less poisonous than Phos. Our chief knowledge of it is derived from Hahnemann's provings in M. M. P. These show a marked action on the emotional and sensorial faculties, a drowsy, depressed, apathetic state being produced, such as is not unfrequently met with in typhoid fevers. The keynote of the Phos. ac. stupor is that the patient is easily aroused and then is fully conscious. Indifference; prostrated and stupefied with grief; effects of disappointed love. Home-sick. The mind is confused; thoughts cannot be connected; thinking makes him dizzy. The legs tremble in walking and the limbs are as difficult to control as the thoughts. Many symptoms of vertigo are produced, and one is peculiar. Phos. has a sensation as if the chair he was sitting on was rising;

Causation.-
Bad news. Grief. Chagrin. Disappointed love. Separation from home. Loss of fluids. Sexual excesses. Injuries. Operations. Over-lifting. Over-study. Shock.

SYMPTOMS.

 Mind.-
Disposition to weep, as from nostalgia.-Bad effects from grief, sorrow, unfortunate love, with great emaciation, sleepiness, and morning sweat.-Sadness and uneasiness respecting the future.-Anxious inquiries respecting the disease under treatment.-Restlessness and precipitation.-Silent (sadness) peevishness and aversion to conversation.-Great indifference.-A complete indifference to everything; 

 Head.-
Vertigo: head sinks forward or backward; on closing eyes; at climaxis with flushes and sweat; in typhus; when lying in bed, as if fee; were going up and he was standing on his head; after reflection.-Stupefaction in forehead, with somnolency without snoring, eyes closed.-Head bewildered, as after intoxication or immoderate pollutions.-Sensation as if intoxicated, evening, in warm room, with humming in head, 

 Male Sexual Organs.-
Lancinating pains in glans.-Fine pricking at point of penis.-Burning cutting in glans with an out-pressing pain in both groins.-A feeling of heaviness in glans, esp. when urinating.-Tingling and oozing vesicles round fraenum.-Sycotic excrescences with heat and burning.-Crop of warts on prepuce.-A crop of pedunculated warts come round corolla glandis after taking Pho. ac. in summer drinks (agg.-R. T. C.).-Condylomata.-Eruption on penis and scrotum.-Inflammatory swelling of scrotum.-Pain in testes when touched.-Gnawing pain in testes.-Swelling of testes (l.)

 Female Sexual Organs.-

Oophoritis, metritis, or prolapsus from debilitating or emotional influences; amenorrhoea.-Very irritable uterus.-Uterine ulcer, with copious, putrid, bloody discharge, itching or corroding pain, or no pain.-Hepatic pains during menses.-Menses too early and too long; too copious; too late; dark clotted; preceded by leucorrhoea, and for one or two days by griping and rumbling in abdomen.-Yellowish, itching leucorrhoea after menses.-Distension of uterus as by gas.-Itching pricking like flea-bites between mammae, obliging her to rise at night.-Dysuria during pregnancy; 

 Neck and Back.-

Tension and cramp-like drawing in muscles of neck, esp. on moving head.-Miliaria on neck.-Boils under axillae; on nates.-Boring pain between scapulae.-Spondylitis of cervical vertebrae.-Eruption, painful to touch, on back, shoulder-blades, neck, and chest.-Burning pain in a spot above small of back.-Itching stitch in coccyx; fine stitches in coccyx and sternum.-Crawling (formication) tingling in back and loins.

Cactus grandiflorus Homeopathic Medicine

                        Cactus grandiflorus

Tincture of youngest and tenderest stems and flowers collected in summer.

Characteristics.

      

      Cactus affects powerfully the entire organism, but its intensest operation is on the heart and circulation.

      

In congestive violence it rivals Acon., which is one of its antidotes.

      As with Acon., too, the pains are unendurable, they extort screams.

      Sadness, apprehension, fear of death and a tendency to be easily frightened characterize the Cactus mental state, as they do many conditions of heart disease.

      Given as an organ-remedy it will benefit a large number of cases of weakened and painful heart, and if its keynote symptom of constriction-"as if an iron band prevented its normal movements," or "heart as if compressed violently and as violently struggled to burst its bonds"-is present, it will cure.

     

Pain and numbness in left arm accompanying heart disease.

      Sharp pains in diaphragm and girdle pain round its attachment.

      Indigestion with these symptoms.

      Snader considers Cactus specially indicated where the heart is weak and the arteries atheromatous.

      

Causation.

      Sun.

      Damp.

      Love disappointment.

Mind.

      Sadness and bad humor, taciturnity, melancholy, hypochondriasis.

      Cries, knows not why, worse by consolation.

      Screaming with pain.

      During menses, hysteria.

      Fear of death, belief that his disease is incurable.

      Love of solitude.

Head.

      Vertigo, from sanguineous congestions to head.

      Heavy pressing in the head as if a great weight lay on the vertex, better from pressure, worse from noise (even talking) and light.

      Throbbing pain with sensation of weight and violent neuralgias in right side of head, periodic.

      Feeling as if head compressed in a vice, and would burst from severity of pain.

Eyes.

      Dimness of sight, cannot see at a distance, objects seem obscured.

Ears.

      Hearing diminished by the buzzing in the ears.

      Pulsations in the ears (otitis).

Nose.

      Profuse epistaxis, soon ceasing.

Face.

      Paleness of the face.

      Bloated and red, with pulsations in head.

      Prosopalgia, right-sided, chronic, worse from slightest exertion, bearable only when lying still in bed, brought on by wine, music, strong light, missing dinner at usual hour.

Mouth.

      Loss of taste for food with nausea.

      Tongue purple, thick brown sordes on teeth.

      Prickling on point of tongue.

      Breath very offensive.

Throat.

      Feeling of warmth about throat and chest.

      Constriction of oesophagus, which prevents swallowing.

      Constriction of throat exciting a constant desire to swallow.

      Suffocative constriction at throat with full, throbbing carotids.

      Scraping sensation at soft palate.

Stomach.

      Appetite good, digestion weak.

      Complete loss of appetite, stomach rejects everything.

      After eating, weight and distress in stomach.

      Nausea in the morning, lasting all day.

      Acrid, sour fluid in stomach which rises in throat and mouth.

      Frequent vomiting.

      Copious hematemesis.

      Burning pulsation or heaviness in stomach.

      Constriction or pulsation in scrobiculus.

      Gastro-enteritis.

Abdomen.

      Pulsation in the celiac artery (after dinner), burning extends down from it in flashes.

      Sharp pains shooting through diaphragm and up into chest.

      Colic with loose stool.

      Insupportable heat in abdomen.

      Pain and bearing-down in lower abdomen.

Stool and Anus.

      Constipation, stool hard and black.

      Diarrhoea, watery, mucous, bilious (in forenoon).

      Sensation of great weight (in anus), and urging to evacuate a great quantity, but nothing passes.

      Copious hemorrhage from the bowels (from the anus).

      Itching in the anus.

      Fluent hemorrhoids.

      Fistula in ano with violent palpitation of heart.

Urinary Organs.

      Constriction of neck of bladder.

      Irritation in urethra, as if he would pass water constantly.

      Urine passes by drops, with much burning.

      Profuse urine, of a straw color.

      Urine, on cooling, deposits a red sand.

      Hematuria, urination prevented by clots.

      Frequent urging, at night, with a copious flow each time.

Male Sexual Organs.

      Prostatic affections, weight in anus.

Female Sexual Organs.

      Pulsating pain in uterus and ovaries.

      Constriction in uterine region, round pelvis.

      Constriction of vagina preventing coition (vaginismus).

      Very painful menstruation, extorting loud cries.

      Menses too early, scanty menstruation, ceasing while lying.

      Labor suppressed.

      Breast, tumour in, inflammation of.

Respiratory Organs.

      Difficulty of breathing, attacks of suffocation with fainting.

      Chronic bronchitis, with rattling of mucus.

      Spasmodic cough and copious mucous expectoration.

      Pricking pains in chest with oppressed respiration (pneumonia).

      Oppression of breathing in going upstairs.

      Catarrhal cough with much viscid expectoration.

      Much rattling of mucus.

      Cannot lie in a horizontal position.

      Periodical suffocation, with fainting, and sweat on face and loss of pulse.

      Hemoptysis, with convulsive cough.

      Sharp pains shooting from body to back and up into chest, with sensation of rush of blood to chest (rheumatism of diaphragm).

Chest.

      Difficulty of breathing, continued oppression and uneasiness as if the chest were constricted with a (hot) iron band, hindering respiration.

      Whirling sensation from chest to brain, arterial throbbing.

      Oppressed breathing from a weight on chest.

      Congestion of the chest which prevents lying down, palpitation, constriction as from a tight cord around false ribs.

      Sensation of a great constriction in middle of sternum, as if the parts were compressed by iron pincers, with oppression of breathing, worse on motion.

Heart and Pulse.

      Pain deep in heart like a jerking body, frequently repeated.

      Something seemed to be whirling up from chest to brain.

      Sensation as if heart turned over, as if it whirled round, as if some one was grasping heart firmly, with sensation as if it whirled round, as if heart was bound down and had not room enough to beat, as if bolts were holding it, as if compressed or squeezed by a band.

      Lancinating pain in heart when perspiration fails.

      Deathlike feeling at heart and round to left back.

      Acute pains, pricking and stitches in the heart.

      Palpitation of the heart, day and night, worse when walking, and at night, when lying on left side.

      Palpitation in small irregular beats (at times frequent, at others slow), from slightest excitement or deep thought, with necessity for deep inspiration.

      Pains in apex of heart, shooting down left arm to ends of fingers, feeble pulse, dyspnea.

      Endocardial murmurs, excessive impulse, increased precordial dulness, enlarged ventricle.

      Heart disease with edema of left hand only.

      Aneurism.

      Atheromatous arteries.

Neck and Back.

      Exophthalmic goiter.

      Cold in back and icy cold hands.

      Rheumatism of shoulder.

      Pain under left shoulder-blade (with palpitation).

      Lumbar muscles tender on pressure and stiff, especially on first moving after repose.

Limbs.

      Rheumatic pains, in shoulders, upper and lower arms, in hips down to feet, worse in rest and in motion, and in all positions.

Upper Limbs.

      Pain in shoulders and arms.

      Sore aching in left arm down to elbow, down to fingers.

      Numbness of left arm.

      Formication and weight in arms.

      Edema of the hands, worse in the left

Lower Limbs.

      Restlessness of legs, cannot keep them still.

      Edema of the feet, extending to the knees, the skin is shining, pressure with the fingers leaves an indentation.

Generalities.

      General weakness and prostration of strength.

      Sensation of constriction: in throat, chest, heart, bladder, rectum.

      Hemorrhages: from nose, lungs, rectum, bladder, stomach.

      Congestions.

Skin.

      Dry, scaly herpes on the outside of the elbow, and on the right internal malleolus.

Sleep.

      Sleeplessness without cause, or from arterial pulsations in the scrobiculus, and in the right ear.

      Dreams: frightful, lascivious.

Fever.

      Slight chilliness towards ten AM..

      Chilliness, with chattering of the teeth.

      Chilliness not relieved by covering, 11 aand 11 p-m.

      Burning heat, with shortness of breath.

      Scorching heat at night, with headache, following a chill and terminating in perspiration.

      Coldness in back and icy cold hands.

      Intermittent fever (quotidian) recurring every day at the same hour (for many successive days

Abortion Homeopathic Treatment

                                           Abortion

Abortion is the expulsion or extraction of the fetus from the womb before it is viable, usually before the 20th week of gestation.

Abortion or Miscarriage is the spontaneous loss of a pregnancy before the 20th week. About 10 to 20 percent of known pregnancies end in miscarriage. But the actual number is likely higher because many miscarriages occur so early in pregnancy that a woman doesn't realize she's pregnant.

Miscarriage is a somewhat loaded term — possibly suggesting that something was amiss in the carrying of the pregnancy. This is rarely true. Most miscarriages occur because the fetus isn't developing normally.

Miscarriage is a relatively common experience — but that doesn't make it any easier. Take a step toward emotional healing by understanding what can cause a mis carriage, what increases the risk and what medical care might be needed.

Types of Abortion

An abortion can occur spontaneously due to complications during pregnancy or can be induced, in humans and other species. In the context of human pregnancies, an abortion induced to preserve the health of the gravida (pregnant female) is termed a therapeutic abortion, while an abortion induced for any other reason is termed an elective abortion. The term abortion most commonly refers to the induced abortion of a human pregnancy, while spontaneous abortions are usually termed miscarriages.

Recurrent pregnancy loss (RPL) or recurrent miscarriage (medically termed habitual abortion) is the occurrence of three consecutive miscarriages. If the proportion of pregnancies ending in miscarriage is 15%, then the probability of two consecutive miscarriages is 2.25% and the probability of three consecutive miscarriages is 0.34%. The occurrence of recurrent pregnancy loss is 1%. A large majority (85%) of women who have had two miscarriages will conceive and carry normally afterwards.

Signs and Symptoms of Abortion

The physical symptoms of a miscarriage vary according to the length of pregnancy:

At up to six weeks only small blood clots may be present, possibly accompanied by mild cramping or period pain.
At 6 to 13 weeks a clot will form around the embryo or fetus, and the placenta, with many clots up to 5 cm in size being expelled prior to a completed miscarriage. The process may take a few hours or be on and off for a few days. Symptoms vary widely and can include vomiting and loose bowels, possibly due to physical discomfort.
At over 13 weeks the fetus may be easily passed from the womb, however the placenta is more likely to be fully or partially retained in the uterus, resulting in an incomplete abortion. The physical signs of bleeding, cramping and pain can be similar to an early miscarriage, but sometimes more severe and labour-like.

 Causes

Abnormal genes or chromosomes

Most miscarriages occur because the fetus isn't developing normally. About 50 percent of miscarriages are associated with extra or missing chromosomes. Most often, chromosome problems result from errors that occur by chance as the embryo divides and grows — not problems inherited from the parents.

Chromosomal abnormalities might lead to:

Blighted ovum. Blighted ovum occurs when no embryo forms.

Intrauterine fetal demise. In this situation, an embryo forms but stops developing and dies before any symptoms of pregnancy loss occur.

Molar pregnancy and partial molar pregnancy. With a molar pregnancy, both sets of chromosomes come from the father. A molar pregnancy is associated with abnormal growth of the placenta; there is usually no fetal development.

A partial molar pregnancy occurs when the mother's chromosomes remain, but the father provides two sets of chromosomes. A partial molar pregnancy is usually associated with abnormalities of the placenta, and an abnormal fetus.

Molar and partial molar pregnancies are not viable pregnancies. Molar and partial molar pregnancies can sometimes be associated with cancerous changes of the placenta.

Maternal health conditions

In a few cases, a mother's health condition might lead to miscarriage. Examples include:

·        Uncontrolled diabetes

·        Infections

·        Hormonal problems

·        Uterus or cervix problems

·        Thyroid disease

Risk factors

Various factors increase the risk of miscarriage, including:

Age. Women older than age 35 have a higher risk of miscarriage than do younger women. At age 35, you have about a 20 percent risk. At age 40, the risk is about 40 percent. And at age 45, it's about 80 percent.

Previous miscarriages. Women who have had two or more consecutive miscarriages are at higher risk of miscarriage.

Chronic conditions. Women who have a chronic condition, such as uncontrolled diabetes, have a higher risk of miscarriage.

Uterine or cervical problems. Certain uterine abnormalities or weak cervical tissues (incompetent cervix) might increase the risk of miscarriage.

Smoking, alcohol and illicit drugs. Women who smoke during pregnancy have a greater risk of miscarriage than do nonsmokers. Heavy alcohol use and illicit drug use also increase the risk of miscarriage.

Weight. Being underweight or being overweight has been linked with an increased risk of miscarriage

Invasive prenatal tests. Some invasive prenatal genetic tests, such as chorionic villus sampling and amniocentesis, carry a slight risk of miscarriage.

Complications

Some women who miscarry develop a uterine infection, also called a septic miscarriage. Signs and symptoms of this infection include:

·        Fever

·        Chills

·        Lower abdominal tenderness

·        Foul-smelling vaginal discharge

HOMOEOPATHIC REMEDIES

ARNICA MONTANA 30-Arnica Montana is one of the well indicated Homeopathic medicines for treating threatened abortion from trauma, falls or injuries.

CAULOPHYLLUM THALICTROIDES 3x-- Caulophyllum Thalictroides is an effective remedy for  tendency towards habitual abortion from uterine weakness and uterine atony. History of leucorrhea of acrid nature may also be present.

CROCUS SATIVA 30- Crocus Sativus is another effective remedy for  threatened abortion during the first month of pregnancy.Abortion with dark and stringy blood.

ERIGERON 30-Erigeron is considered when there is threatened abortion from exertion.Pregnant women with weak uterus a bloody discharge on slight exertion.

HELONIAS Q-- Helonias Dioica is another effective remedy for  habitual abortion where the uterus is weak, with a feeling of weight and soreness in the womb. During abortion, bleeding of dark, foul blood is present. Dragging in the pelvis may be observed. Other symptoms  include exhaustion, profound sadness and irritability.

VIBURNUM OPULUS Q-Viburnum Opulus is one of the top  Homeopathic medicines for tendency towards recurrent/habitual abortion in the early months, i.e. between the first three months. Cramping pain in the uterus, which extends down the thighs, is observed. Women who need Viburnum Opulus may also have a history of late and scanty menses. The menses last for a few hours only. Offensiveness in menses is noted. History of leucorrhea of thick, white nature, often blood streaked, may also be present.

SABINA OFFICINALIS 30-Sabina Offcinalis is an excellent  Homeopathic medicine for tendency towards recurrent/habitual abortion occurring in the third month. Miscarriage is accompanied by bright blood mixed with clots. Along with this, pain from sacrum to pubis during bleeding is present. Sabina Offcinalis is an effective remedy for  threatened abortion with marked pain from sacrum to pubes.

SECALE CORNUTUM 30-  Secale Cornutum is prescribed when women have a history of recurrent miscarriage with dark or blackish bleeding. There may also be history of brownish, offensive leucorrhea. Women prescribed Secale Cornutum have thin, cachetic and feeble constitution.

APIS MELLIFICA 30-Apis Mellifica is the best Homeopathic medicine for tendency towards recurrent/habitual abortion in the fourth month. Bleeding during abortion in the fourth month, with soreness and tenderness in the womb, is a sign of  Apis Mellifica . This medicine is also useful where there is a history of ovarian cyst with stinging pains. Case history will reveal short and scanty periods. Acrid, green leucorrhea at some point in the past may also be observed.

KALI CARB 30-Kali Carb is the effective Homeopathic medicine for tendency towards recurrent/habitual abortion at 5 months. The symptoms included  by women during such abortions include bleeding with back pain radiating down the hips and thighs. Kali Carb will also show great results in treating weakness arising from the miscarriage.

SEPIA SUCCUS 200-Sepia Succus is an effective Homeopathic medicine for treating the tendency towards repeated abortion occurring at 6 or 7 months. Abortion in the sixth or seventh month with bearing down pain in the uterus is a prominent symptom that decides on Sepia Succus as the best medicine. In a few cases, griping or burning pain in the uterus may be observed.Women have history of  irregular menses, yellow/green leucorrhea and uterine fibroids.

FERRUM METALLICUM 30-Ferrum Met is  a very useful medicine for tendency towards recurrent/habitual abortion occurring at the end of the eighth month. Women who need Ferrum Met will have a history of previous abortions with pale blood and shooting or labour-like pain in the uterus. Profound weakness and anaemia may also be observed among women who need Ferrum Metallicum.Ferrum Met is useful where women have had many miscarriages with pale and watery bleeding. This is attended with labour-like pains in abdomen and small of the back.

TRILLIUM PENDULUM 3X--Trillium Pendulum is the most effective Homeopathic medicine for tendency towards recurrent/habitual abortion in anaemic women who have had early miscarriages with gushing bright blood. The bleeding worsens with the slightest movement. The bleeding is attended with pain in the hips and back.

THYROIDINUM 30-Thyroidinum helps to avoid miscarriage and tendency to premature labor when the cause is not a mechanical origin. It controls slow oozing from the uterus.Thyroidinum also prevents abortion when there is thyroid dysfunction.