There's no need to suffer through pregnancy
5. March 2009, 20:58 | by There's a remedy for that
Homeopathy is ideal for women in their child-bearing years as it is a gentle yet highly effective system of medicine. Some pregnant women choose to live with the discomfort of minor complaints such as morning sickness or heartburn, rather than seek treatment because they are concerned about the side effects of conventional medicines with regard to their unborn child. Homeopathic medicines have no side effects because only a minute amount of the active ingredient is used in their preparation. They work by stimulating the body’s own healing powers. By stimulating the vitality of a pregnant woman, homeopathic treatment will also benefit her baby. By being as healthy as possible during pregnancy, you are giving your baby the ideal conditions in which to thrive. Good homeopathic treatment prior to conception can help you to conceive and to be as healthy as possible during your pregnancy. The many physical and emotional changes of pregnancy may cause minor health problems such as urinary disorders, heartburn, anaemia, varicose veins, backache, cramps, thrush, water retention, stretch marks, digestive disorders or emotional distress. All these problems can be helped with affordable homeopathic remedies. When choosing a remedy, consider the symptoms, keeping these points in mind:
1. Where is the pain?2. What does it feel like?
3. What makes it better or worse?
Choose the remedy that best describes the symptoms. REMEMBER: There is no wrong remedy. You can only err by not trying and therefore not assisting the body to heal. Selecting the best remedy may take a little practice but you will get better at it.
Homeopathic remedies are affordable, safe and highly effective. A single remedy can last for several years, and can be used over and over to treat a host of different ailments. Our range of 85 remedies is available from agents countrywide, or online from www.theresaremedyforthat.com. For more information contact our call centre on 076 130 8058.
BELOW IS A LIST OF REMEDIES THAT WILL HELP WITH VARIOUS PREGNANCY AILMENTS. PLEASE REMEMBER THAT EVERY SITUATION IS DIFFERENT AND THERE IS NO ONE-SIZE-FITS-ALL REMEDY. TO SELECT THE CORRECT REMEDY FROM THE GIVEN LIST, WHICH MATCHES YOUR EXACT SYMPTOMS, REFER TO EUGENIE ROWSON'S THERE'S A REMEDY FOR THAT!
AILMENTS DURING PREGNANCY | REMEDIES (200C) | REMEDIES (200C) | |
| Backache and sciatica | Mag Phos, Rhus Tox, Ruta Grav, Sepia | Bladder infections | Staphysagria, Cantharis, Apis Mel, Colocynthis |
| Constipation, bloatedness, flatulence | Bryonia, Nux Vom, Lycopodium, Nat Mur, Sepia, Silica | Cramps | Mag Phos, Cuprum, Colocynthis |
| Faintness/dizziness | Cocculus, Kali Phos | Heartburn | Lycopodium, Carbo Veg, Pulsatilla |
| Insomnia | Coffea, Nux Vom, Cocculus, Sepia | Morning sickness, nausea, vomiting | Ipecac, Sepia, Nux Vom, Cocculus |
| Piles | Aesculus, Aloe Soc, Collinsonia, Nux Vom | Thrush | Borax, Kali Mur |
| Varicose veins | Pulsatilla, Nux Vom, Calc Fluor, Ars Alb (veins burn like fire), Hamamelis (hard, knotty, swollen veins) | Water retention | Apis Mel (face, hands, legs, feet, no thirst), Rhus Tox (restless, stiff, better for moving), Bryonia (constipation, swelling worse during day, goes down at night), Ars Alb (thirst) |
| Stretch marks | Calc Fluor | Weepiness | Pulsatilla, Nux Vom, Sepia |
| Premature contractions | Cimicifuga | Overexertion | Arnica |
| Shock | Aconitum (Homeopathy’s Rescue Remedy) – also wonderful for a distressed baby | Nervous apprehension before labour | Aconitum |
CHILDBIRTH AND LABOUR | |||
| False labour pains | Cimicifuga | Overwhelming fear, anxiety before delivery | Aconitum |
| Oversensitivity to light, sound, etc irritability, impatience chilly, fearful; unable to relax | Chamomilla, Coffea, Nux Vom | Intense, violent, spasmodic labour pains | Nux Vom, Coffea, |
| Severe, prolonged labour, weak contractions | Cimicifuga | Slow labour, unproductive contractions | Pulsatilla |
| Nervous apprehension before delivery, performance anxiety | Gelsemium | Fatigue during last stages of labour, muscular weakness | Gelsemium |
| Easy recovery after delivery | Arnica | Bleeding and tearing | Hamamelis, Hypericum |
| Recovery after a Caesar | Arnica, Staphysagria, Hypericum | Nausea from anaesthetic | Phosphorous |
POSTPARTUM | |||
| For smooth and quick contraction of uterus, improved muscle control | Arnica | Faintness | Arnica |
| Violent afterpains and cramping | Nux Vom, Cuprum, Cimicifuga, Staphysagria (cutting pains) | Torn perineum | Hypericum |
| Sore, stiff muscles from long difficult delivery | Rhus Tox | Haemorrhage / bleeding | Hamamelis, Ferrum Phos, Belladonna, Ipecac |
| Shaky, trembling legs | Cuprum, Zincum Metallicum, Cimicifuga | Depression, weepiness, feeling of gloom | Ignatia, Cimicifuga, Aurum (suicidal feelings), Pulsatilla |
| Mom feels overwhelmed, overburdened, overworked | Sepia, Nat Sulph (after difficult birth) | Fatigue, sleeplessness, worry | Arnica, Cocculus |
| Mastitis – tender hot breasts | Belladonna (worse at 3pm), Bryonia (worse for motion), Silica (hard lumps in breasts) | Cracked, sore nipples | Belladonna, Bryonia, Graphites |
| Too much milk (copious flow) | Belladonna | Too little milk (as a result of fatigue, sleeplessness nights, anxiety) | Causticum. Cocculus |
| Tender inflamed nipples | Chamomilla (woman is irritable and impatient) | Sore bruised nipples | Arnica, Hamamelis |
| Weaning | Pulsatilla | Sore plugged milk duct | Bryonia, Phytolacca |
| Pain in opposite breast during nursing | Borax |
FOR BABY | |||
| Colic | Mag Phos (distressed uncomfortable baby), Cuprum (cramping), Colocynthis,Pulsatilla (for colic worse in evening), Chamomilla (wants to be carried, one pale, one red cheek, non-stop crying),Colocynthis (when child curls up and bends knees to get relief from cramping) | Diarrhoea | Ars Alb |
| Distressed baby | Aconitum | Bruising | Arnica |
| Windy / gassy baby | Nux Vom | Constipated, angry, irritable baby | Nux Vom |
| Hiccoughs | Pulsatilla | Thrush | Borax |
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