Homeopathy for self help: There's no need to suffer through pregnancy

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