Pregnancy

ABORTION:

Aconite N

Abortion due to dreadful dreams such as the sight of robbers, fire or drowning in the sea etc. Give in 200 potency.

Arnica Mont

When abortion is due to a false step or by carrying heavy weight or other physical over-exertion, shocks, falls, bruises or concussions. There may be pain with or without flow or flow with or without pain.

Sabina

For abortion every second or third month. Habitual abortion. Discharge of dark blood. Pain in small of back and genitals.

Viburnum Pru

An excellent remedy to prevent miscarriage, especially in eighth month when children so delivered die soon after birth. It even neutralizes the effect of medicines taken for causing abortion. No woman can possibly abort if compelled to use this remedy.

Sepia

Abortion during the fifth to seventh month. Patient is feeble, delicate. Disposition to leucorrhoea and constipation.

Gelsemium

Abortion due to mental excitement. The pain goes from abdomen upwards and establishes in the back.

Aurum Mur

Nat. When due to induration of cervix.

Pulastilla

It is an excellent remedy for exciting abortion; it should be given for a month or so in IX dilution. It arrests miscarriege if ^iven in 30 dilution. Patient is timid. Chilly. Thirstless. Flow intermittent.

Crocus

Abortion of third month. As if something alive in abdomen.

Thlaspi

Abortion when bleeding persists. Use mother tincture.

Gossypium

This is another remedy which is said to be useful for producing abortion. It should be given in mother tincture in drop doses.

Calcarea Carb

In plethoric women with profuse and pre­mature menstruation, disposed to leucorrhoea. Pain in the small of back.

Camphor

Suitable to females of feeble constitution disposed to leucorrhoea, colds on the chest or in the head or catarrhal discharges.

Ferrum Met

Suitable to chlorotic patients who suffer from amenorrhoea and are suffering from leucorrhoea.

Ipec

Bleeding acute with continuous flow of bright red blood, colic, cutting pain in abdomen. Violent pressure on the womb.

Platina

This may be tried when Ipec. fails.

Secale Cor

When the uterus is organically diseased or deficient in vitality. Suitable for feeble and exhausted females. Abortion at the third month.

Note

It should he clearly understood that in homeopathy there are no remedies which would create diseases; hence failure to produce abortion will be the general rule. The above remedies may, however, be tried in cases where this course is needed in the interest of the health of the patient. It is a crime to cause abortions in healthy persons.

ALBUMINURIA:

Apis Mel

It is the head remedy for albuminuria during pregnancy.

Cantharis

Albuminuria with burning and scalding whilst urinating. Urine scanty.

Terebinth

Albuminuria with retention of urine, or urine is passed in drops.

Enonymin

Albuminuria during pregnancy. Give 2 grains of IX in half a tumbler of water, one teaspoonful a dose every hour.

Helonias

Albuminuria during pregnancy.

Mercurius Cor

Albuminous nephritis of pregnancy.

Phosphorus

Albuminuria in late and full term of pregnancy.

ANUS

Capsicum

Burning in anus during pregnancy.

AVERSION:

Sepia

Aversion to bread in pregnancy. Cannot think of food, which makes her sick.

Laurocerasus

Aversion to food during pregnancy.

Bearing down (Prolapsus (See also "bearing down" under "uterus"):

Sepia

Is the head remedy .for bearing down, whether in pregnancy or otherwise. Labour-like pains at seventh month. Give high dilution, i.e. 1000 or CM.

Sarsaparilla

Drawing pain in the back, radiating to hands, feet and toes. Severe pain in the back before and during stool.

Kali Carb

Severe pain in the small of back as if a heavy weight came into pelvis, (low down). Give one dose in 1000 potency and wait for three or four days.

Secale Cor

Frequent and prolonged forcing pain. Consti­tution thin and ill-humoured.

Pulsatilla

Labour-like pains with bearing down sensation. It may be due to night watching or mental strain.

Ustilago

Is useful in painful and prolonged pregnacy.

BREATHING:

Nux Vomica

Difficult breathing during pregnancy.

COUGH:

Kali Bi

Constant hacking cough. Nervous, threatening abortion.

Kali Brom

Reflex cough of pregnant women. Dry fatiguing cough at night. Causticum. Dry cough.

Conium

Dry constant cough worse on mental or physical exertion, from speaking or walking, worse at night.

Bell

Hacking cough, dry face becomes flushed.

DEATH:

Aconite N

Fear of death during pregnancy. Use 200 dilu­tion. Two or three doses at 4 hours interval will suffice.

DESIRE:

Veratrum Alb

Desire for acids; wants every thing cold, salty or food.

Sulphur

Desire for sugar or pickles.

Magnesia Carb

Desire for certain kind of food.

Natrum Mur

Desire for salt and salted food.

Chelidonium

Desire for unusual articles of food.

Nit. Acid

Desire for earth or chalk or lime.

Alumina

Desire for charcoa], chalk or lime.

DROPSY:

Apis

Is an excellent remedy with dropsical swelling of feet and face. There is no thirst.

Apocynum

When dropsy is due to liver. There is thirst and the patient wants to be in the open air.

Are. Alb

Dropsy is due to heart trouble with thirst for small quantities of water at short intervals.

Digitalis

Dropsy with palpitation of heart.

FALSE CONCEPTION:

Crocus

Violent foetal movements in uterus or imaginary pregnancy.

Caulophyllum

False conception, imaginary pregnancy.

FOETUS — DISPLACEMENT AND MOVEMENT OF:

Pulsatilla

An excellent remedy for putting the foetus or child in the right place. It covers even when the child turns upside down.

Canlophyllum

When the movements have ceased.

Corcus

When the movements are too violent and painful.

Thuja

Violent movements of the child during the seventh or eighth month which disturb her sleep with urging to urinate.

Arnica M

When sensitiveness, soreness and tenderness is felt in uterus on account of motion of the foetus.

Lycopodium

Foetus in uterus causing annoyance by excessive movement.

Sulphur

Foetus in utertus as if hurting by fists.

INSANITY:

Stramonium

Insanity during pregnancy. Give in 200 dilution.

Labour pains (false) (See under "delivery")

LIVING BIRTH:

Actea Racemosa

Living birth ensured in women who have previously delivered only dead children.

PAIN:

Viburnum Op

Pain or cramps in the abdomen and legs during pregnancy.

SLEEPLESSNESS:

Anacardium

This may be given in 200 dilution for sleep­lessness in pregnancy.

Coffea

If Anacardium fails, this remedy may be tried. A dose of 200 at bed time may suffice.

Aconite N

If caused by fright, fear or anxiety. Hyocyamus. If due to nervousness and irritability.

Ignatia

If caused by anxious thoughts, grief, sadness or any depressing emotion.

TOOTHACHE:

Staphisagria

Painful throbbing, gnawing or drawing sensation in teeth and gums; stupifying or boring headache; teeth loose; black, decayed and brittle.

Spigelia

Tearing and sticking pain with painful jerks, worse by cold; most violent on retiring to rest, reclining the head on the pillow and diminishing in severity on raising the head.

Sepia

Is head remedy for toothache during pregnancy.

Chamomilla,

When pain proceeds from single carious teeth.

Pulsatilla

When one side of the jaw is affected or the pain shifts about.

Coffea

When the pain is severe and is relieved by keeping cold water in the mouth.

NuxVom

When the pain proceeds from the decayed tooth to the facial bones and gets worse by wine, coffee and mental work. Pain sticking, drawing, tearing, digging or jerking.

Belladonna

When accompanied with headache. Tearing, drawing and throbbing pain.

Urine (Retention of):

Nux Vom, Camphor

and

Pulsatilla

May be tried in the given order in retention of urine during pregnancy. If there is no relief within 24 hours, catherter should be applied.

Sepia

and

Causticum

For frequent desire to urinate. Urine in few drops escapes before reaching the vessel.

VOMITING (MORNING SICKNESS):

Nux Vomica alternated with Antium Crud

Arrests vomiting during pregnancy, if these two remedies are given every one hour alternatively for a few days. Nux. Vom. should be given in IX dilution whereas Antim. Crud. in 6 dilution. Flatulence without sickness is covered by Nux. Vom. Tongue coated with creamy fur; acidity and heartburn, with stomach out of order.

Symphoricarpus Race

Deathly nausea, vomiting continuous, violent retching. Give in 200 dilution. Head remedy.

Ipec

Excessive flatulence with sickness and heart-burn. An excellent remedy for morning sickness.

Colchicum

The nausea is felt in the head and is worse whilst riding a carriage or sailing. Smell of food brings nausea.

KaliCarb

Nausea without vomiting coming on when walking. Great sleepiness while eating is the ranking symptom of this remedy.

Cucurbita Peps

Vomiting and salivation during pregnancy. In severe cases, trial should be given to this remedy. Excellent remedy for tapoworm.

Lactic Acid

Vomiting of pregnancy with water brash, saliva and acidity.

Asarum Europum

Nausea of pregnancy.

Phosphorus

When sight of water excited vomiting of pregnancy. Must close her eyes when bathing. Aggravated by putting hands in warm water.

Nux Moschata

Nausea or vomiting during pregnancy; from wearing pessaries.

Kali Chlor

An excellent remedy for nausea of pregnancy with sore throat.

Kreosotum

Nausea and vomiting of sweet water.

AletrisFar

Vomiting with pale, sickly, chloratic face, would like to lie down and do nothing but rest. Vomiting in such debilitated pregnant women.

Sepia

Morning sickness of pregnancy with all-gone sensation at the pit of the stomach. The vomiting is relieved by eating.

Sterility (Barrenness):

Sepia

It is the head remedy for sterility. There is irregularity of menses with leucorrhoea and constipation.

Baryta Carb

Sterility due to dwindling of ovaries and mammary glands, yet the lymphatics become enlarged and infiltrated.

Aurum Mur

Nat. Specific for sterility. It may be given in 3X trituration. It cures ulceration, induration, chronic metritis, ulcers of the os, swelling of the ovary. Also covers habitual abortion and prolapsus of the uterus.

Phosphorus

With late and profuse menses; excessive voluptuousness.

Kali Br

From atrophy of ovaries.

Aurum Met

Sterility due to depression of mind.

Nat. Carb

Discharge of mucus after an embrace in the women and sterility as a result thereof.

Pituitrin

It regulates action of 'corpus lutuem' in sterile women and favours conception in many cases.

Agnus Castus

When there is absence of sexual desire and/ or menses. Leucorrhoea staining yellow.

Aleteris F

When sterility is due to weakness of the uterus. This remedy tones up the uterus.

Platina

Sterility in women with excessive sexual desire. It has cured sterility of 12 years standing.

Thuja

Sterility with leucorrhoea. Anaemia may also be present. Hair on the face and legs of women with offensive pespiration about the genitals.

Caulophyllum

Sterility after leucorrhoea in a woman married ten years ago was cured with this remedy.

SUCKLING, DISINCLINATION TO:

Cina

When the child refuses to take the breast, although applied within few hours after delivery. One dose need only be given in 200 dilution.

Mercurius Cor

This should be tried in 6th dilution, if Cina fails.

Silicea

When the infant takes the breast readily, but immediately thereafter returns the milk.