Bronchial Asthma

Homeopathy and Bronchial Asthma

Definition:

An acute, spasmodic condition, characterized by paroxysms of wheezy, difficult breathing and tightness in the chest. Usually becomes chronic.
Causes:Often said to be of allergic, dietetic, climatic, emotional or familial origin. No consistent cause is known. Usually better from a change of environment.
Symptoms:Difficulty of expiration, tightness of the chest, anxiety, fatigue, laboured, audible expiratory phase, with a high pitched wheeze. Perspiration. Grey, yellow or white, cast-like sputum.

Treatment:

Aconitum napellus: A plethoric individual; with anxiety and dyspnea after exposure to wind, cold or chill.

Antimonium tartaricum: Presence of fine, sibilant, mucous races throughout the chest. Full of phlegm, with inability to expectorate. Severe dyspnea. The patient must be seated up.

Arsenicum album: Short, anxious breaths, worse on lying down. Pale face, burning heat in the chest, cold sweats; prostration worse after midnight (or at noon). Patient prefers warm drinks and warm food.

Cuprum arsenicosum: Severe shortness of breath, a sense of constriction and weight in the chest, often with pain under the (left) shoulder blade. The patient is usually icy cold and covered with sweat.

Grindelia: Stops breathing when falling asleep, wakes up suffocating with a start, gasps for breath. Cannot breathe easily when lying down.

Ipecacuanha: Tightness in the chest and a loud rattling cough; sweating, anxious; cold, restlessness and nausea.

Kalium carbonicum: Severe wheezing and shortness of breath; worse at night in the early evening and in the morning. Usually a 3 a.m. aggravation. Worse with dust and central heating. Usually associated with anxiety and weakness.

Lachesis: Sleeps into an aggravation of the asthmatic attack.

Medorrhinum: A dry cough and shortness of breath; worse when lying down and better on kneeling with face down, or lying on the stomach. Useful in chronic, intractable, recurrent cases. Not to be repeated for a period of at least six months after the initial administration.
Natrium sulphuricum: For asthma during damp weather. Moist asthma with rattling in the chest. Looseness of bowels during and after each attack (sycotic taint).

Nux vomica: Spasms of the bronchi; irritability and a tongue with a yellow coating. Nausea, flatulence and constipation. Asthma is worse in the early mornings.
Phosphorus: One of the best and most reliable remedies, when there is noisy, wheezy breathing, oppression and cough in a tall, thin, narrow-chested person. The patient is nearly always anxious and needs much reassurance and attention.

Sulphur: For chronic cases, with a recurrent cough and the expectoration of foul, thick mucus. Failure to respond to earlier remedies.

Natrum-sulph and other remedies for Asthma

Asthma and Homeopathy

It is usually caused by an unknown allergy and can be aggravated by infections such as colds and influenza, as well as by anxiety.

Asthma requires detailed specific prescribing of the "right" homeopathic remedy.

Here is a short of some possible homeopathic remedies. Select the most appropriate remedy on individualization basis. For details please consult Materia Medica.

Arsenicum - The attacks tend to occur between midnight and 3am and force you to sit up and catch your breath. You feel very restless and anxious, and feel better walking around, even though you are quite cold and weak.

Pulsatilla - You are an affectionate, dependent person and possibly hysterical during the attack. You need cool, fresh air; hot and stuffy rooms make you feel terrible.

Chamomilla - Your mood is one of extreme irritability; anger may even have brought on the attack. This remedy is especially helpful in treating irritable, asthmatic children.

Natrum Sulph - This is an important remedy if your attack are brought on by damp or wet weather. The attacks occur very early in the morning and can also follow colds or exertion

Ipecac - Your chest feels full of phlegm that you cannot shift. This provides spasms of coughing, leading to nausea and vomiting. Fresh air helps.

Childhood Asthma and Homeopathy

Asthma In Children and Homeopathy

Homeopathy treats Asthma in childhood effectively , however, it is advised that it should be done under the care of a qualified practitioner.

Some of the Most common remedies with most important symptoms are as under:-

Symptoms: Asthma after fit of anger. Irritable hard, dry cough. Better from bending head backwards; cold, fresh air and drinking cold water; and being carried about. Impatient, irritable and whining; spiteful.

Suggested Remedy: Chamomilla 30c

Symptoms: Asthmatic bronchitis - rattling and bubbling. Chest full of mucus - but not easily coughed up. Better sitting up to breathe; better in open air or by open windows. Spasmodic coughing violently with each breath till blue in the face. Nausea and gagging and much saliva. Hoarseness at end of episode. Returns periodically each year.

Suggested Remedy: Ipecac 30c.

Symptoms: Worse 4 to 5 am and in cold, wet weather and cold, damp places. Very breathless, with much rattling of mucus in chest. Mucus thick and greenish. Pain in lower chest. Every cold results in asthma.

Suggested Remedy: Nat sulph 30c.

Symptoms: Great difficulty breathing or lying down.Variable hoarseness. Dry cough early night, loose cough in the morning – yellow green sticky mucus. Better open air and gentle motion, sympathy and consolation. Worse for heat of a warm room.

Suggested Remedy: Pulsatilla 30c.

Cold drinks and other allergies

Part 4 Allergies (due to certain foods, drinks, medicines) 

Symptom/Problem:
Allergic to heat
Suggested Remedy:
Apis mel.30

Symptom/Problem:
Allergic to cold drinks, fruits, rotten food, iodine
Suggested Remedy:
Arsenic alb 30

Symptom/Problem:
Allergic to dampness
Suggested Remedy:
Dulcamara 30 or 200

Symptom/Problem:
Allergic to smell of flowers(asthma)
Suggested Remedy:
Ailanthus g. 30

Asthma and its homeopathic treatment

ASTHMA and its Homeopathic Treatment

The word 'asthma' is derived from the Greek meaning ' panting' or 'labored breathing'. Asthma is a condition characterized by a paroxysmal wheezing dyspnoea (difficulty in breathing), mainly expiratory.

Asthma is very common respiratory complaint, so it is essential to know the symptoms. The treatments available, and the ways of preventing an attack. Asthma involves a severe narrowing of the bronchial tubes. These lead from the windpipe-called the trachea-into the lungs and the carry the oxygen we breathe in to all parts of the lungs and provide product a path for the carbon dioxide (a waste product of the body) to escape up the trachea when we breathe out. The narrowing of the bronchial tubes-or bronchi-results from the contraction of the muscle lining them and cause difficulty in breathing that is most marked when breathing out. For this reason, asthmatics tend to breathe in with short gasps and breathe out with a long breathe against the obstruction.

Causes of Asthma

According to the etiology, bronchial asthma is divided in the following groups:

1. Allergic (extrinsic/ atopic) - This type of asthma usually starts in childhood and is often preceded by eczema. But most of the young adults (35 yrs) developing asthma also fall in this category. Genetic factors also play a significant role in this. In this type of asthma the allergen leads to production of excessive (IgE) immunoglobulins.

2. Infective or Intrinsic - This is not hereditary or allergic, but may be caused by, or at least associated with upper respiratory tract or bronchial infection which is usually viral.

3. Psychological factors (like anxiety, emotional stress etc) are often considered to be the sole cause of some asthmatic attacks, but it is still not certain whether it can be the sole cause or is only a precipitating factor.

4. Occupational asthma - This can occur in certain industries in which there is exposure to metallic dusts (esp. platinum salts), biological detergents, toluene diisocyanate, polyurethane, flour and dust from grains etc.

Asthma - MECHANISM - WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENS?

What ever may be the cause, it ultimately leads to paroxysms of bronchial obstruction produced by widespread bronchial spasm accentuated by plugging of the bronchi with excessive mucus.

Asthma - SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS

• Recurrent episode of paroxysmal dyspnoea (difficulty in breathing)

• The breathing is laboured, with a wheezing sound, mainly on expiration.

• Asthma attacks often occur in the early hours of morning (when there is no immediate precipitating cause). During the attack patients often prefers to sit then lie down.

Asthma - HOW DIAGNOSIS IS DONE?

Diagnosis can usually be made clinically by a competent doctor. Allergen sensitivity tests, X-ray, spirometry, sputum and blood tests etc may be of use in finding the cause and severity of the condition.

Asthma - WHAT TO DIFFERENTIATE FROM?

• Bronchitis

• Cardiac asthma

• Renal asthma

• Isolated attacks of non-paroxysmal dyspnoea.

Asthma - COMPLICATIONS

• Apart from chronicity, usually no complications.

• Pneumothorax, emphysema, or areas of consolidation or pulmonary collapse may occur in very advanced cases.

HOMEOPATHIC TREATMENT CURE & MEDICINE

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.

General Approach - As far as I know homeopathy is the only system of medicine which tries to 'cure' this disease, instead of trying to provide symptomatic relief. While dealing with a case of asthma, a homeopath not only records the symptoms of the disease but also studies the medical history, family history, physical and psychological characteristics of a person. This helps to find the cause, the precipitating factors, and the hereditary tendency etc. Of special interest to a homeopath is the history of suppression of skin disease. Homeopaths believe that when there is a tendency or predisposition for a disease - it first manifests on the less vital organs, towards the periphery (like skin). If this manifestation is suppressed than the disease shifts inwards, towards the more vital organs (like lungs, heart, brain etc).

The fact that in children asthma is often preceded by eczema is observed by the allopath also. This fact is written in all their textbooks of medicine. They say that children often 'move-out' of eczema and 'move-into' asthma. But they are unable to make a correlation. Homeopaths believe that the suppression of eczema with topical preparations, does not cure the disease/sensitivity of the person, it merely drives it inwards.

Now after ascertaining the symptoms and the cause, the homeopath tries to find a medicine which matches the symptoms as well as the general characteristics of the person. The medicine so selected is administered to the patient.

It is often (not necessarily) observed by homeopaths that when a right medicine is given, the asthma disappears but the old eczema (if it was there originally) reappears for some time, before finally disappearing itself. This

Reappearance of old symptoms is seen as a reversal of disease process and is considered a very good prognostic sign by homeopaths.

Following homeopathic medicines have been found effective in many cases of Asthma:

MEDICINES -

There are lots of medicines in homeopathy for asthma and it is not possible to list them all here. Some of the common medicines are Arsenic-Alb, Ipecac, Lachesis, Pulsatilla, spongia, sulphur, Ignatia, Antim-tart, Hepar-sulph, Nat-sulph, and Tuberculinum etc. The selection of medicine varies from patient to patient.

Acalypha indica: Cough with bloody expectoration; sometimes violent dry cough precedes the expectoration.

Ailantheus glandulosa: Deep dry and hacking cough, with asthmatic expansion of lungs; cough with headache and congestion of face.

Aletris farinosa: Short, dry and tickling cough worse on waking and talking; discharge of urine during cough; cough suddenly relieved by menstruation.

Aralia racemosa: Cough associated with constriction of chest, worse lying down, after the first sleep, has to sit up and cough violently; asthma, with oppression as from a weight on stomach, worse night on lying down, better by raising a little tough mucus.

Asarium europaeum: Frequent cough followed by difficult breathing; cough caused by deep inspiration.

Blatta orientalis: Asthma associated with bronchitis, suitable for fatty people, cough associated with dyspnoea.

Blumea odorata: Barking like cough controls hoarseness due to cough.

Boerhavia diffusa: Indicated for dry cough as well as cough with whitish thick expectoration.

Ephedra vulgaris: Mother tincture is used to control asthmatic attack; in reduced doses it is also helpful in pulmonary heart disease.

Glycyrrhiza glabra: Used as expectorant; prevents recurrent respiratory infections.

Grindelia: Tenacious mucous difficult to detach.

Justicia adhatoda: Violent cough with tough expectoration and tightness of chest; great fear of suffocation; usually cough associated with vomiting.

Pothos foetidus: Asthma worse from any inhalation of dust. Rumex crispus: Cough usually with headache; worse eating, in the evening and on lying down

Asthma - Lifestyle & General Management

• Avoid the allergen you are sensitive to.

• Do regular light exercise like brisk walking or jogging. Heavy exercise can precipitate an attack of asthma, so always do mild exercise without putting too much strain on your body.

• Learn breathing exercises to improve your lung capacity. Of especial use is 'pranayam', a yoga exercise.

• Learn some stress relieving exercises, meditation, or yoga to minimize the psychological factors related to disease.

• Eat healthy, nourishing and well balanced diet.

Note: The articles published here are mostly received from different doctors/homeopaths and they are personally responsible for the information provided in the articles. Althoug utmost care is taken before publishing the article, however, the owner of this blog is not responsible for correctness of any information and /or any consequence of using any medicine without consulting the recognized doctor.

Compiled by:Dr.Muhammad Asif Nayyer
Aliysha Health Care Centre
Gulshan-e-Iqbal-Karachi-Pakistan.

Diseasewise suggested homœopathic remedies

Disease wise suggested homeopathic remedies

Dr. Sayeed Ahmad D. I. Hom. (London)

*Abortion at 2nd or 3rd month* Cimicifuga, Sabina, Secale cornutum.
*Abortion from debility* Aletris, Helonias.
*Abortion from traumatism* Arnica.
*Abortion threatened* Blumia odorata, Caulophyllum, Helonias, Viburnum.
*Abscess* Myristica.
*Acne* Berberis aquefolium, Juglans regia.
*Addison's disease* Adrenalin.
*Adenoids* Agraphis nutans.
*Adiposity* Calotropis, Fucus vesiculosus, Phytolacca Berry.
*After-pains* Caulophyllum.
*Agalactea* Ricinus communis, Urtica Urens.
*Ague* China.
*Albuminuria* Apis mellifica, Cannabis Sativa.
*Alcoholism* Avena sativa, Nux vomica, Quercus, Sulphuric acid.
*Alopecia* Pix liquida, Thuja occidentalis, Ustilago maydis.
*Amenorrhœa* Ashoka janosia, Gossypium, Pinus Lambertina, Pulsatilla.
*Anæmia* China officinalis, Ferrum phoshoricum.
*Anasarca* Apis mellifica, China officinalis, Convalleria majalis, Digitalis.
*Angina pectoris* Amyl nitrite, Cactus grandiflorus, Cratægus, Spigelia.
*Ankylostomiasis* Carduus marianus.
*Anorexia* Chelidonium, China officinalis, Gentiana lutea, Hydrastis.
*Aphonia* Borax.
*Aphthæ* Hydrastinum muriaticum, Kali muriaticum.
*Apoplexy* Aconitum napellus, Laurocerasus.
*Appendicitis* Bryonia alba.
*Arteriosclerosis* Allium sativum, Cactus grandiflorus, Digitalis, Sumbul, Thiosinaminum.
*Arthritis* Caulophyllum, Urtica urens.
*Ascarides* Abrotanum.
*Ascites* Adonis vernalis, Apis mellifica, Apocyanum, China officinalis, Digitalis.
*Asthma, cardiac* Convalleria majalis, Iberis, Strophanthus.
*Asthma* Blatta orientalis, Grindelia, Lobelia inflata, Passiflora, Pothos, Senega.
*Atrial fibrillation* Digitalis.
*Atrophy* Oleum Jecoris.
*Azoturia* Senna.
*Backache* Phosphoric acid, Berberis vulgaris, Chelidonium, China officinalis, Lobelia inflata.
*Barber's itch* Thuja occidentalis.
*Bed-sores* Calendula officinalis, Echinacea, Hypericum.
*Biliousness* Carica pappaya., Chelidonium.
*Bladder (irritable)* Berberis vulgaris, Eupatoreum purpureum, Senega, Solidago, Vesicaria communis.
*Blood pressure - high*Cratægus, Rauwolfia serpentina, Veratrum album.
*Blood pressure - low* Avena sativa, Cactus grandiflorus, Ginseng.
*Bone affections (bruised)* Symphytum.
*Bradycardia* Apocynum, Digitalis.
*Brain fag* Phosphoric acid.
*Breast, shrivelled* Sabal serrulata.
*Bright's disease* Apocynum, Terebinth.
*Bronchitis (chronic)* Ammonium carbonicum, Senega.
*Bronchitis* Bryonia alba, Justicia adhatoda, Solidago.
*Bronchopneumonia* Ammoniacum gummi.
*Bronchorrhœa* Ammoniacum gummi, Balsamum peruvianum, Eucalyptus.
*Bruises and contusions* Arnica montana, Calendula officinalis, Hamamelis.
*Bubo* Bufo rana.
*Burns* Cantharis, Urtica urens.
*Bursæ* Benzoic acid, Ruta graveolens.
*Calculi (biliary)* Berberis vulgaris, Chelidonium, China officinalis, Chionanthus, Cholesterinum.
*Cancer bladder* Taraxacum.
*Cancer gastric* Geranium, Ornithogalum.
*Cancer mammæ* Bryonia alba.
*Cancer pains* Euphorbium.
*Cancer rectal* Hydrastis, Ruta graveolens.
*Cancer tongue* Fuligo ligni.
*Capillary stasis* Echinacea.
*Carbuncle, urethral* Thuja occidentalis.
*Carbuncles* Ledum palustre.
*Cardiac dropsy* Adonis vernalis.
*Cardiac dyspnœa* Aspidosperma.
*Catalepsy* Cannabis indica.
*Cataract* Cineraria maritima.
*Catarrh, chronic* Eucalyptus.
*Cellulitis* Apis mellifica, Rhus toxicodendron.
*Cheyne-Stokes Respiration* Grindelia.
*Chillblains* Agaricus.
*Cholelithiasis* Chionanthus, Hydrastis.
*Cholera* Camphora, Coffea mocha, Trychosanthis dioica.
*Chordee* Agave, Yohimbinum.
*Chorea* Agaricus muscaris.
*Cicatrices* Thiosinaminum.
*Cirrhosis of liver* Carduus marianus, Chelidonium, China officinalis.
*Climacteric flushings* Amyl nitrite, Sanguinaria.
*Colitis* Cynodon dactylon.
*Colic (renal) * Berberis vulgaris, Hydrangea, Ocimum canum, Pareira brava, Sarsaparilla, Solidago, Urtica urens.
*Collapse* Aconite radix, Camphora, Hydrocyanic acid, Kali cyanatum.
*Cold sores* Camphor.
*Condylomata* Thuja.
*Conjunctivitis* Euphrasia.
*Constipation in children* Abroma augusta radix, Hydrastis, Senna.
*Convulsions* Œnanthe.
*Coryza* Eucalyptus, Ocimum canum.
*Cough, dry* Mentha piperata, Laurocerasus.
*Cough, hoarse* Verbascum.
*Cough, laryngeal* Capsicum.
*Cough, phthisical* Allium sativum.
*Cough, spasmodic* Belladonna.
*Cracked lips* Condurango.
*Croup* Aconite, Sanguinaria, Spongia.
*Cyanosis* Laurocerasus.
*Cystitis* Equisetum, Pareira brava, Vesicaria.
*Cysts* Apis mellifica.
*Dandruff* Badiaga, Cochlearia, Thuja occidentalis.
*Deafness* Hydrastis, Mezereum, Verbascum.
*Debility* Aletris farinosa, Helonias indica, Phosphoric acid.
*Delirium tremens* Apocynum, Capsicum, Rananculus bulbosus.
*Dentition* Terebinth.
*Diabetes insipidus* Alfalfa, Phosphoric acid.
*Diabetes mellitus* Abroma augusta radix, Arsenic bromatum, Syzygium jambolanum, Uranium nitricum.
*Diarrhœa* Achyranthus, Ægle marmelos, Chapparo, Cynodon dactylon.
*Diphtheria* Apis mellifica, Echinacea.
*Dipsomania* Capsicum.
*Dissecting wounds* Echinacea.
*Drooling* Trifolium.
*Dropsy thirst, without* Apis mellifica.
*Dropsy* Ægle folia, Apis mellifica, Apocynum, Bœrhavia diffusa, Thlaspi.
*Dropsy, cardiac* Adonis vernalis.
*Dropsy, hepatic* Liatris spicata.
*Dropsy, renal* Urea.
*Dropsy, thirst with* Apocynum.
*Duodenal ulcer* Ornithogalum.
*Dysentery* Ægle marmelos, Aloe, Atista indica, Cephalandra indica, Cynodon dactylon, Holarrhena antidysenterica.
*Dysmenorrhœa* Abroma augugta radix, Ashoka, Viburnum opulis.
*Dysmenorrhœa, membranous* Xanthoxyllum.
*Dyspepsia, atonic* Abies nigra, Anacardium.
*Dyspepsia, nervous* Anacardium.
*Dysphagia* Cajuputum.
*Dyspnœa* Aspidosperma, Senega.
*Earache* Mullein Oil, Plantago.
*Ear discharge* Mullein Oil.
*Ecchymosis* Arnica.
*Eczema* Alnus rubra, Anacardium, Juglans cinerea.
*Elephantiasis* Hydrocotyl.
*Emphysema* Lobelia inflata.
*Empyema* Arnica.
*Enteritis, acute* China officinalis.
*Enuresis* Equisetum, Rhus aromatica, Verbascum.
*Epididymitis* Sabal serrulata.
*Epilepsy* Œnanthe crocata, Passiflora.
*Epistaxis* Ambrosia, Bryonia alba, Hamamelis, Millefolium.
*Epithelioma* Thuja occidentalis.
*Erysipelas* Apis mellifica.
*Erythema nodosum* Apis mellifica.
*Erythema* Antipyrine.
*Eustachian deafness* Hydrastis.
*Exophthalmic goitre* Lycopus, Pilocarpinum.
*Exudative pleurisy* Abrotanum.
*Eyes, inflammation* Euphrasia, Ruta graveolens.
*Fever* Acetanilidum, Ferr phos, Gnaphelium.
*Fever, typhoid* Baptisia, Phosphoric acid.
*Fibroids* Thlaspi, Trillium.
*Fissures* Condurango, Graphites, Ledum palustre.
*Flatulence* Asafœtida.
*Freckles* Badiaga.
*Gall stones* Berb vulgaris, China officinalis, Chionanthus.
*Ganglion* Ruta graveolens.
*Gangrene* Echinacea.
*Gastritis* Arsenic album.
*Gastric ulcer* Geranium, Ornithogalum, Urtica urens.
*Gastroenteritis* Lactic acid.
*Gleet* Guaicum, Thuja occidentalis.
*Globus hystericus* Asafœtida.
*Goitre* Fucus vesiculosus.
*Gonorrhœa* Cannabis sativa, Vesicaria communis.
*Gout* Ledum palustre, Urtica urens.
*Gravel* Coccus cacti, Hydrangea, Solidago, Urtica urens.
*Hæmatemesis* Ficus religiosa, Hamamelis, Ipecac.
*Hæmaturia* Cannabis sativa, Ficus religiosa, Millefolium, Ocimum canum, Thlaspi.
*Hæmoptysis* Acalypha indica, Erigeron, Geranium, Millefolium.
*Hæmorrhages* Adrenalin, China officinalis, Hamamelis, Millefolium, Sabina, Trillium.
*Hæmorrhoids* Æsculus hippocastanum, Aloe, Dolichos, Ficus religiosa, Hamamelis.
*Hallucinations* Antipyrine.
*Hay fever* Ambrosia, Pothos fœtidus.
*Headaches, anæmic* China officinalis.
*Headaches, bilious* Chionanthus.
*Headaches, bursting* Glonoine.
*Headaches, congestive* Aconite, Glonoine.
*Headaches, nervous* Chionanthus.
*Headaches, sick* Sanguinaria.
*Heart hypertrophy & dilatation* Cactus grandiflorus, Cratægus, Strophanthus.
*Heartburn* Geranium.
*Heart affections, palpitations* Cratægus.
*Heart failure* Adon vernalis.
*Hectic fever* Baptisia.
*Hepatitis* Carduus marianus, Chelidonium.
*Herpes labialis* Capsicum.
*Hiccough* Ginseng.
*Hoarseness* Verbascum.
*Hookworm* Chenopodium.
*Hydrocephalus* Apocyanum, Hedera Helix.
*Hydrothorax* Adonis vernalis.
*Hysteria* Crocus sativa, Ignatia, Passiflora.
*Impotence* Ægle folia, Agnus castus, Ashwagandha, Turnera, Yohimbinum.
*Influenza* Eucalyptus, Eupatorium perfoliatum.
*Insomnia* Avena sativa, Passiflora, Piscidia.
*Intermittent fever* Atista indica, Andersonia, Cephalandra indica, Chininum sulph, Chirata, Desmodium, Eupatorium perfoliatum, Lucas aspera.
*Jaundice* Carica pappaya, Chelidonium, Chionanthus, Digitalis, Kalmegh, Myrica, Podophyllum.
*Kidneys (congestive) * Chimaphila umbellata, Terebinth, Vesicaria, Uva ursi.
*Labour pains false* Caulophyllum.
*Labour, retained placenta* Caulophyllum.
*Labour, hæmorrhage, after* Trillium.
*Lectophobia* Cannabis sativa.
*Leprosy* Calotropis, Hydrocotyle.
*Leucoderma* Hydrocotyle, Psoralea corylifolia.
*Leucorrhœa* Ashoka, Caulophyllum, China officinalis, Hydrastis.
*Leucorrhœa, acrid* Hydrastis.
*Leucorrhœa, blackish* China officinalis.
*Leucorrhœa, bland* Fraxinus americana.
*Leucorrhœa, bloody* China oficinalis, Thlaspi.
*Leucorrhœa, offensive* Carbolic acid.
*Leucorrhœa, profuse* Hydrastis.
*Leucorrhœa, stringy* Hydrastis.
*Lice* Staphysagria.
*Lithiasis* Benzoic acid, Berberis vulgaris, Hydrangea, Ocimum canum, Solidago, Thlaspi, Urtica urens.
*Liver (congestion) * Berberis vulgaris, Bryonia alba, Carduus marianus, Chelidonium, Carica pappaya.
*Lumbago* Berberis vulgaris.
*Malaria* Alstonia, Chirata.
*Malnutrition* Alfalfa, Gentiana lutea.
*Marasmus* Alfalfa, Oleum jecoris.
*Mastitis* Phytolacca.
*Meniere's disease* Chenopodium.
*Menorrhagia* Ashoka, China officinalis, Ficus religiosa, Sabina.
*Menstruation, delayed* Ashoka, Caulophyllum.
*Menstruation, painful* Abroma augusta radix, Ashoka, Viburnum opulis.
*Menstruation, profuse* Ficus religiosa, Trillium.
*Mental weakness* Avena sativa, Ashwagandha.
*Milk leg* Hamamelis.
*Miscarriage, repeated* Ashoka, Viburnum opulis.
*Miscarriage, threatened* Sabina, Viburnum opulis.
*Morning sickness* Aletris farinosa, Symphoricarpus racemosus.
*Morphine habit* Avena sativa.
*Mountain sickness* Coca.
*Mumps* Pilocarpine.
*Muscæ volitantes* Cypripedium.
*Myocarditis* Digitalis.
*Myositis* Arnica.
*Nævus* Thuja occidentalis.
*Nephritis* Apis mellifica, Berberis vulgaris, Cantharis, Eucalyptus, Terebinth.
*Nettle rash* Apis mellifica, Hygrophilia, Strophanthus.
*Neuralgia* Sanguinaria.
*Neuralgia, periodic* Cedron.
*Neurasthenia* Avena sativa, Arnica, Cypripedium, Phosphoric acid.
*Neurasthenia, gastric* Anacardium, Gentiana.
*Neuritis* Hypericum.
*Night blindness* Physostigma.
*Night sweats* Chamomilla, Phosphoric acid, Pilocarpine.
*Obesity* Fucus vesiculosus, Phytolacca berry.
*Œdema* Apis mellifica, Digitalis.
*Osteomalacia* Phosphoric acid.
*Otitis media* Chenopodium.
*Otorrhœa* Hydrastis.
*Ovarian cyst* Apis mellifica.
*Ovaritis* Xanthoxyllum.
*Oxaluria* Berberis vulgaris, Senna.
*Ozæna* Hydrastis.
*Palpitations* Adonis vernalis, Cactus grandiflorus, Convalleria, Digitalis, Iberis amara.
*Paresis* Badiaga.
*Paresis, pneumogastric* Grindelia.
*Paresis, respiratory* Lobelia inflata.
*Pemphigus* Caltha palustris.
*Pericarditis* Digitalis.
*Periostitis* Apis mellifica, Asafœtida.
*Peritonitis* Apis mellifica, Apocynum, Lycopodium.
*Pharyngitis, follicular* Æsculus hippocastanum, Hydrastis, Sanguinaria.
*Phlebitis* Hamamelis.
*Phthisis* Acalypha indica.
*Phthisis, laryngeal* Drosera.
*Pleurisy* Aconite, Apis mellifica.
*Pleurisy, effusion stage* Abrotanum, Kali iodatum.
*Pleurodynia* Bryonia alba.
*Pneumonia* Chelidonium.
*Polypi* Sanguinaria, Thuja occidentalis.
*Polypi, nasal* Teucrium.
*Polyuria* Phosphoric acid, Rhus aromatica, Uranium nitricum.
*Proctitis* Aloe.
*Prosopalgia* Cactus grandiflorus.
*Prostatitis* Sabal serrulata, Thuja occidentalis.
*Prostatic hypertrophy* Chimaphila umbellata, Hydrangea, Sabal serrulata.
*Pruritus* Carduus marianus.
*Psoriasis* Arsenic bromatum, Chrysarobinum.
*Purpura* Hamamelis.
*Pyæmia* Echinacea.
*Pyelitis* Chimaphila umbellata, Terebinth, Uva ursi.
*Pyorrhœa* Plantago, Terminalia chebula.
*Ranula* Thuja occidentalis.
*Raynaud's disease* Cactus grandiflorus, Secale cornutum.
*Rheumatism* Kalmia, Thuja occidentalis.
*Rheumatism, chronic* Oleum jecoris.
*Rheumatism, gonorrhœal* Thuja occidentalis.
*Ringworm* Chrysarobinum, Sepia.
*Scabies* Balsmum peruvianum.
*Sciatica* Viscum album.
*Scurvy* Agave, Citric acid, Hamamelis.
*Sepsis* Echinacea.
*Somnambulism* Artemisia vulgaris.
*Spermatorrhœa* Agnus castus, Avena sativa, Damiana, Ginseng, Ocimum canum, Yohimbinum.
*Spleen affections* Azadirachta indica, Asafœtida, Ceanothus, Carica pappaya, Calotropis, Kalmegh, Leucas aspera, Luffa actangula, Quercus.
*Sterility* Agnus castus, Thlaspi, Turnera.
*Stings* Apis mellifica, Ledum palustre, Urtica urens.
*Stomach dilatation* Hydrastinum muriaticum.
*Subinvolution* Fraxinus americana.
*Sycosis* Thuja occidentalis.
*Synovitis* Apis mellifica.
*Syphilis* Guaicum.
*Syphilis, latent* Calotropis.
*Tachycardia* Cactus grandiflorus, Convalleria, Cratægus, Digitalis, Iberis amara.
*Tape worm* Cuprum oxidatum nigrum, Filix mas.
*Tape worm* Filix mas.
*Tetanus* Passiflora.
*Thread worm* Turpentine oil, Chelone.
*Tobacco craving* Daphne indica.
*Toothache* Plantago.
*Traumatism* Arnica, Bellis perrenis, Calendula officinalis, Hamamelis, Hypericum, Ledum palustre, Ruta graveolens, Symphytum.
*Tumours* Hydrastis, Thuja occidentalis.
*Typhoid* Abroma augusta radix, Baptisia, Bryonia alba, Phosphoric acid.
*Ulcers* Calendula officinalis, Carbolic acid, Echinacea.
*Urethral carbuncle* Eucalyptus.
*Urethritis* Cantharis.
*Uric acid diathesis* Ocimum canum.
*Urticaria* Antipyrine, Apis mellifica.
*Uterine displacement* Fraxinus americana.
*Uterine tumours* Thlaspi.
*Vaginismus* Cactus grandiflorus.
*Varicose veins with rapid reducers* Glonoine.
*Varicose veins with arterial lesions* Adrenalin.
*Varicose veins* Hamamelis.
*Venous stasis* Æsculus hippocastanum.
*Warts* Thuja occidentalis.
*Well's disease* Chelidonium.
*Whooping cough* Drosera.
*Worms* Santoninum, Filix mas.

NOTE :
Any information given above is not intended to be taken as a replacement for medical advice. Therefore, it is very important that the patients should avoid self-treatment and rather consult the most abled and qualified classical homœopath and take the treatment under his proper guidance and advice.

Dr. SAYEED AHMAD is a renowned and successful Homœopath for more than 25 years. He has been awarded Honours with Diploma "D. I. Hom." for securing highest 97% marks from The British Institute of Homœopathy, England. He is writer of 13 books on homeopathy.
Homeopathy for Humanity Society Pakistan is proud to publsh his articles on homeopathy with his permission.

Pioneers on Alternation of Remedies

Pioneers on Alternation of Remedies

· Bryonia is frequently suitable after Ipecac in acute asthma…Dr. Teste.

· Sabadilla follows Bryonia well in Pleurisy and has cured after Aconite and Bryonia failed…. Dr. H. C. Allen.

· Merc Sol, and Sepia after Belladona are most reliable in uterine congestion…. Dr. T. K. Moore.

· If Rhus Tox. fails in lumbago, try Calcarea Fluor…. Dr. Thurston.

· Colocynthis cures colic again and again. Then Kali Carb. steps in to end the trouble…. Dr. T. K. Moore.

· In Pneumonia with pleurisy, one dose of Aconite followed by one dose of Sulphur will frequently give relief…. Dr. J. T. Kent.

· Aconite must be given in all those cases where the patients are almost frantic with pain, which is indescribable, and which Coffea has failed to relieve…. Dr. C. G. Raue.

· Asthma – Arsenicum palliates only – Natrum Sulph saves a day by bringing an improved state of health. Dr. T. K. Moore.

Homeopathic Dr. Sultan Mahmood,

Hill View Avenue, Rawalpindi

E-Mail:- hdrsmahmood@hotmail.com

Specific Remedies where symptoms are not required

Specific Remedies where symptoms are not required

• In congestion of lungs, Aconite is the main remedy ---- Dr. Boehr.

• Fracture of bones knit more quickly with Symphytum-30 two to three times a day for a week ---- Dr. Schmidt.

• Merc Cor. may safely be regarded as a specific for the whole process of an ordinary attack of dysentery ---- Dr. Boehr.

• Nothing equals Hypericum in cases of smashed finger ---- Dr. Farrington.

• Arsenic is undoubtedly the safest remedy for bronchial asthma ---- Dr. Boehr.

• Ipecac is one of the first remedies of which we think in an attack of acute
asthma and it is worthy of the place it holds ---- Dr. Hering.

• We have no remedy which equals Arnica in concussion of brain or spine
or both ---- Dr. Farrington.

• Of all homeopathic remedies for toothache, none can compare with
Plantago ---- Dr. Hale.

• Arnica if given at once after a fracture, it almost instantly relieves the
muscular spasms ---- Dr. Stearns.

• Berberis Vul. is an excellent remedy for renal colic ---- Dr. Hering.

• In simple acute pleurisy, Aconite is the sufficient remedy ---- Dr. Hughes.

• In pneumonia with pleurisy, one dose of Aconite followed by one dose
of Sulphur will frequently give relief ---- Dr. Kent.

• China off. sometimes comes itself with glory by the way it controls
gas formation ---- Dr. Stearns.

• Arnica is an excellent remedy to administer after
delivery ---- Dr. Cowperthwaite.

Homeopathic Dr. Sultan Mahmood,
Hill View Avenue, Adyala Road,
Rawalpindi
E-Mail:- hdrsmahmood@hotmail.com

Breathing related issues : Ayurvedic , home remedies

 Breathing related issues : Ayurvedic , home remedies 

1. Breathing Problems Causes:
• Heart or Lung Conditions: Most cases of shortness of breath are due to heart or lung conditions. These organs play a crucial role in transporting oxygen to tissues and removing carbon dioxide. 
• Common Causes:
• Asthma: Inflamed airways can make breathing difficult.
• Anxiety: Physical symptoms, including shortness of breath.
• Choking: Obstruction in the airway.
• Lack of Exercise: Sedentary lifestyle affecting lung function.
• COPD and Emphysema: Chronic lung diseases.
• Heart Disease: Reduced blood supply to body tissues.
• Allergies: May cause breathing difficulties.
• Pneumonia: Infection in the lungs.
• High Altitude: Reduced oxygen levels.
• Obesity: Extra weight can strain breathing.
• Environmental Factors: Pollution in air , heat waves, life-threatening temperatures.
2. Ayurvedic Medicines for Breathing Problems:
• Ayurveda offers herbal remedies to strengthen lungs and improve respiratory function:
• American Ginseng: Restorative tonic for lungs and adrenals.
• Schizandra: Adaptogenic herb that strengthens lungs and adrenals.
• Bala: Antispasmodic herb for bronchospasm and cough.
• Pushkarmool: Acts as a bronchodilator.
• Vasaka: Supports respiratory health.
• Licorice: Soothes airways.
• Tulsi (Holy Basil): Tulsi is useful for respiratory problems.
3. Homemade Remedies for Breathing Problems:
• Pursed-Lip Breathing: Helps control shortness of breath by slowing breathing pace and making each breath deeper.
• Steam Inhalation: Adds warmth and moisture, loosening mucus in airways.
• Drinking Black Coffee: Contains caffeine, which may help open airways.
• Eating Fresh Ginger: Known for its anti-inflammatory properties.
• Changing Position: Find a comfortable and supported position.
• Using a Fan: Provides immediate relief by increasing airflow.
• Inhaling Steam: Helps relax airways.
• Drinking Peppermint Tea: May soothe respiratory discomfort.
• Eating Thyme: Contains compounds beneficial for respiratory health.
• Taking Ginkgo Biloba: Gingko Biloba beneficial for  lung function.
4. Emergency Tips for Breathing Problems:
• If someone experiences severe shortness of breath:
• Call 911 or Seek Urgent Medical Help: Especially if accompanied by chest tightness, blue lips, or mental confusion.
• Loosen Tight Clothing: Allow for better airflow.
• Help Use Prescribed Medications: Inhalers, oxygen, or other prescribed treatments.