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What is Chilblains?

Also known as pernio, or biwai in hindi बिवाई these are skin sores or bumps due to painful inflammation of small blood vessels in skin. Chilblains are usually considered to be an idiopathic condition which means that there is no particular cause behind it. It can be related to body’s abnormal reaction, a hereditary condition or a disorder of the connective tissue. People at risk are women, underweight people and those with Raynaud's phenomenon.

You can avoid chilblains by 

• reducing exposure to cold or humid climates.
• stop hands and feet getting exposed to cold temperature
• avoid tight clothes and shoes that restrict circulation of blood to the feet, toes, and extremities.
• Diabetic should keep watch, People with diabetes may get infected by chilblains without realizing it.

What doctors recommend for chilblains treatment in homeopathy

1. "You can keep chilblain in check by monitoring your blood sugar" says Dr Aparna Samanta. She prescribes a diet of iron rich food, dates, apricot, leafy green vegetables and apples to address chilblains naturally. She further adds that people suffering recurring chilblains may prevent it by soaking affected body part in warm water mixed with epsom salt (sendha namak in hindi). She recommends Carbo Veg 30 and Secale corr 30 in homeopathy for this condition. Watch her You Tube video " सर्दियों में ठंडे हाथ पाँव के लिए होमियोपैथी का बेस्ट इलाज || Homeopathy For CHILLBLAINS FROSTBITE" to know more
2. For chilblains with burning sole Dr Rukmani recommends Sulphur 30 or 200. (3-drops single dose before meal orally till improvement starts). For chilblains with pain fire like Worse in winter she recommends Petroleum 30 or 200. Nitric Acid 30 or 200 Potency for chilblains with ulcer. Watch her You Tube video “Chilblains? Perniosis? Swollen Fingers,Toes Best Treatments | Chilblains Best Homeopathic Medicine” to know more
3. Dr Aadil Chimthanwala recommends 

• Agaricus =  Intense itching & burning, numbness, cramps
• Hepar Sulph = chapped palms & soles, deep cracks, nails painful - wraps up the body
• Borax  = S/o cobwebs on palms, burning heat, redness of finger tips better by fresh air

Watch his You Tube video titled "DTD | Chillblains | बिवाई | Homeopathy | Aadil Chimthanawala | Chilblains Homeopathic Medicine" to know more 

Homeopathic Medicines for Chilblains as per Materia Medica

Tamus Communis is effective in chilblains, it quickens recovery process by helping to open up blood vessels and improve circulation. Agaricus is also considered a top grade homeopathic remedy for chilblains. Other medicines are given specific to chilblain symptoms (refer dr recommendations above)

 External Application: 

Witch hazel & Calendula are both soothing and cooling, reduce itching and make the lesions go away. Whilst antiseptic creams should be applied to broken chilblains,

The vagina of a woman secretes a while discharge which when in small volume or having slight wetness is considered normal. However, when this increases, it is a symptom of a underlying problem. This can last from a few weeks to a few months. As a natural process. this discharge increases on the 14th or 15th day of her menstrual cycle, 4 days before she gets her period and during pregnancy. This does not need any treatment, In other cases, treatment is essential.

Reasons - I! could happen due to some problems with the uterus, when the uterus, ovaries, or fallopian tubes get inflamed or when there is some infection. This discharge secretes from the uterine and vaginal lining. In some cases, when the uterine Opening gets distorted during delivery or some injury caused at that time can result in infection which causes a yellowish-green discharge.

At time, when the uterus moves from its place, it causes a thin watery discharge. The most common reason is infection due to lack of hygiene. White discharge also results out of infections caused due to sexual intercourse.

Naturopathy Leucorrhoea Treatment

Biochemic Medicines (Barakshar)

A mixture of Calcarea Phos 6X, Kali Mur 6x,Natrum mut 12X is beneficial for Leucorrhoea Treatment

The basic principal of Barakshar in layman’s terms is that there are few basic cell salt constituents in our body which should be present in right quantity to maintain health. An imbalance in these constituents causes ailments. When we restore that balance with these medicines, the disease is cured.

Home made mixtures

1. Soak the shin of the Amaranth root ('Amaranthus' of Family 'Amaranthaceae') in a quarter cup water. Strain this water and drink it every morning and evening.
2. The skin of a ripe fig or even two ripe and dry.fruits mixed with a quarter spoon honey and pinch of sugar can be eaten
3. Two big spoonful of fenugreek seeds must be soaked in a liter of water and then boil this water for half an hour This herbal tea can be had for great effect on this condition.
4. Consume the water of cooked rice with some cumin seeds ( Jeera) and candied sugar.
5. The skin of a pomegranate or a sweet lime (Mosambi) and the juice of gooseberries  can be mixed and taken regularly for white discharge.

Acupressure - Exert pressure on point number 11 to 15 daily for 2 minutes as per zone therapy

Others: Take adequate rest and reduce exertion. Avoid stale, oily foods, tea, coffee and Supari. Ensure that you include gooseberries, mosambi, carrots and milk in your diet. Control emotions like worry, sorrow and fear Exercise regularly. Yogasanas are the best. Avoid travels that are hectic

Leucorrhea Treatment in Homeopathy

Homeopathic remedies for Leucorrhea work to root out the underlying causes. The medicines are completely safe with no side effects as they are made of natural substances. Dr Pranjali, a well known homeopathic doctor based in Bangalore recommends 4 sets of remedies for Leucorrhoea; in children (teens), nursing mothers, menopausal females, and all other cases. Know more here

Naturopathy tips and tricks that will help you dissolve gallstone naturally without operation. We present doctor advised tip below

Olive oil & Sunflower Oil - Olive oil that is not processed in any form and Sunflower oil are beneficial in treating Gall Stones. Drink a quarter of a cup full of sunflower oil on an empty stomach in the morning and immediately have a cup of grape juice. This treatment must be continued as required from a few days to a few weeks. This treatment also cures Urinary stones.

Pear - It is now easily available even in India. Eating this fruit or drinking its juice can cure all ailments of the Gall Bladder.

Chicory - The flowers, seeds and roots of this tree are used for Gall related ailments. Consume its quarter cup concentrate thrice a day which enables fresh Bile Juice to secrete and reduces its concentration. It is useful for both Liver and Gail Bladder.

Barakshar (Biochemics) - Mag phos 6X and Natrum Sulph 12x mixture is useful for Gall Stones

Yoga - Ardhamatsendriyasan, Bhujangasan, Gomukhasan, Janushirasan, Paschimottanasan, Pavanmuktasan as well as Pranayam are useful.

Diet - Start by fasting for 2 days. Then start by drinking the juices of Beet, Fruits and some vegetables. Proceed by consuming a balanced diet after two days. Cooked vegetables and fruit juices must be emphasized. Include some curd and a spoonful of sunflower oil in your daily food. The patient must avoid non-vegetarian food and processed food (Like bread, cake, chocolates, packaged food, etc.). Also avoid oily, spicy food, alcohol, sugar based foods, coffee, pickles, etc. Avoid eating to stomach’s full at once. Have balanced moderate food.

Homeopathic medicines list for Gallstones treatment 

Piles is not an ailment in itself but the result of several problems. Hence, timely treatment is essential. You can start the recovery at home by avoiding certain foods that aggravate piles, making lifestyle changes and starting naturopathy treatment that is simple yet effective. With these remedies you can cure piles quickly by reducing its symptoms and avoid surgery.

Naturopathy Remedies for Piles or Hemorrhoids Treatment

• Soak dry figs overnight and consume them by crushing in the morning along with water. Dried figs have more dietary fiber than most other common fruits, it is a  high source of fiber containing both soluble and insoluble fiber which ensures smooth bowel movement
• Twice a day, consume grated radish with a spoonful of honey. Radish is a vegetable rich in source of dietary fiber, which not only helps in softening the stools by adding bulk to the stools. Its mixture with honey significantly reduces pain and itching, as well as bleeding in hemorrhoids or piles as per study
• One can also apply the paste of the root of bitter gourd on the piles for relief. A decoction of sesame seeds is also beneficial. Boil 20 grams of sesame seeds in three and a half cups of water and boil it to a third volume. Now grind the seeds and mix with butter and serve the patient. Sesame has natural oil that greases up and soothes the stomach related tract. It cleanses the colon and  helps in easing the pressure on the anal muscles, helping you to pass stools without pain and discomfort.
• Wheat germ juice helps remove toxins from the intestine. One must drink fresh wheat- germ juice early in the morning daily.

Barakshar-  in native language means 12 Tissue remedies (in homeopathy it is called Biochemic remedies or Dr.Schussler Salts). Its based on the principle that there are few basic constituents in our body which should be present in right quantity to maintain health. An imbalance in these constituents causes ailments. When we restore that balance with these medicines, the disease is cured.

A mixture of Calcarea Fluor 3X, Ferrum Phos 3X, Kali mur3X, Calcarea phos3X works wonders for treating piles. This mixture is available in the form of Biocombination BC17 tablets

Homeopathy Medicines for Piles, Hemorrhoids

Nerve damage occurs from excessive pressure on nerve, nerve compression or nerve pinching. It can also occur from  diabetes, autoimmune diseases, or motor neuron disease.

Meralgia paresthetica also known as Bernhardt - Roth syndrome is a condition that causes numbness, tingling, burning and pain in the outer area of thigh due to pinching or damage to the lateral femoral cutaneous nerve.  

Homeopathic remedies for nerve damage can help halt further progression and give symptomatic relief to a person. Selection of homeopathic nerve remedy depends upon the individuality of the patient , considering mental and physical symptoms.

Kali Phos - For Numbness of Hands and Feet. Also recommended to manage prickling sensation in hands and feet and muscle weakness 

Hypericum 200 - For tingling and burning sensation in Limbs. Best medicines for managing cases of nerve damage that arise from injury. Excessive nerve pain is the guiding symptom

Lac Defloratum 30  - is a well-indicated where numbness over the outer side of thighs is prominent with attendant pain. The pain appears after stepping on the floor out of bed in the morning.

Magnesium Phos 200 -  For Nerve Damage Attended with Pain which seem to change location, tend to come and go and can be unbearable. Nerve Pain relieved by warmth.

Arsenic Album – For Burning Pains in Limbs with accompanying Weakness and heaviness

Causticum – For Cases Presenting with Muscle Weakness. It helps manage cases of paralysis of limbs, facial muscles, tongue, eyelids, vocal cords and urinary bladder

Plumbum Met - For Muscle Weakness, Paralysis  along with Wasting of Muscle (atrophy)

Agaricus & Zincum Met - For Muscle Twitchings. Agaricus for twitchings that are marked in the eyes, eyelids, and facial muscles, cheeks, limbs. incum Met is indicated for cases having twitching's in face and limbs

Cuprum Met - For Muscle Cramps, affected part may be hot and very sensitive to touch.

Colocynth 200 -  For Pain Radiating from Lower Back to Back of Legs (Sciatica). Highly effective medicine to manage sciatica pain arising from nerve damage irritation or compression

Gnaphalium 30 - For Sciatica Pain and Numbness. It gets worse from motion and is better by resting

Kalmia Lat 200 - is prescribed when numbness along with nerve pain occurs.  Neuralgic pains, shoot downwards with numbness is characteristic to Kalmia.

Homeopathy medicines for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome which is another form of pinched nerve pain in the hands, know more  

What doctors recommend for pinched nerve, neuralgic pain

Dr.Arwa Bohra recommends Hypericum for nerve pain. In acute cases where nerve pain is severe due to nerve injury or weight lifting, she recommends hypericum 30. In chronic cases like slipped disc, sciatica, trigeminal neuralgia she recommends Hypericum 200. Watch her YouTube video here Nerve pain treatment।।नसों के दर्द के लिए बेस्ट दवा।।Homeopathic medicine. Know the indications, health benefits, side effects, patient profile and more of Hypericum Perf here

Dr.Kirti V Singh recommends Homeopathic medicines for numbness, 

• Gelsemium 200 2 drops 2 times a day
• Arnica 200 2 drops 2 times a day
• Hypericum 200 2 drops 2 times a day
• Argentum metallicum 30 2 drops 3 times a day
• Agaricus muscarius 30 2 drops 3 times a day

Watch his Youtube video "Numbness, Tingling! Homeopathic medicine for Numbness?? explain?" for more information

 Nerve Injury Homeopathy Medicines list, Buy Online 

Eating disorders such as anorexia, bulimia and binge-eating disorder can  be due to behavioral non compliance or brain disorder (Biopsychosocial). A homeopath assess the individuality of each person which is an important factor in assessing the most suitable approach for dealing with food refusal. Homeopathic medicines are very helpful in treating eating disorders because the remedy can be mapped to the personality of the individual that is the root cause

Antimonium crudum is very helpful for infants who vomit milk immediately after breast-feed. The child may be obstinate and cross, not easily satisfied

Lycopodium child may be very hungry, but eating very little food satiates him easily.

Nux vomica is another  appetite stimulant but should only be used with the advice of an expert homoeopath.

Sepia 200 is effective for eating disorder due to hormonal imbalance in teens especially in girls.  They have Acid dyspepsia with bloated abdomen and sour belching,  and a faint sinking feeling at epigastrium.

Arsenicum Alb 200 for irritable , oversensitive people who are paranoid about dirt, germs and being poisoned by food. Such people cannot bear the sight and smell of food. Nausea, retching and vomiting after eating and drinking.

Carcinosin 200 is suited for people suffering  obsessive compulsive disorder. The fear of becoming fat and have grief or fears related to body weight.

Ignatia Amara 200 is suited for people who give up eating from grief, fright, or emotional shocks , disappointments. They are hysterical persons , loss of control of emotions and they faint very easily. 

Natrum Mur 200 is suited for those who loose appetite and hunger from ear of being rejected or hurt emotionally. They have a special craving for salt. They feel better in an empty stomach. They have terrible headaches.

Phosphoric Acid is good for eating disorder  resulting from chronic diseases. They are indifferent to all emotions and food with loss of  hunger

Naturopathy treatment for anorexia

1. Sour Grapes - Make chapattis by mixing the dough in the juice of sour grapes and serve the kids. This aids the strength of the intestinal muscles as also secretion of digestive juices.
2. Prepare a mixture in the proportion of one spoonful of lime juice, one spoon of ginger juice, one gram sea salt and seal in a bottle to be kept in sunlight for 3 days. Serve a lick to the children just before meals. It aids digestion and stimulates appetite. 
3. Apple: It aids the secretion of an enzyme called "Pepsin which aids digestions. It stimulates appetite.

Diet Planning tips for Parents (Indian)

Parents must pay attention to the kind of diet that the child has, since children mimic the elders, all must follow a similar diet plan. Schools these days start at around 9 o’clock in the morning. Wake the child at around 7. After his morning ablutions, serve him some tea with biscuits. Just before he leaves for school, serve him home made shira or uppit. People who consume non-veg can serve a boiled egg.

Add cup of tea or coffee prepared in milk. Pack a lunch of chapatti and vegetables along with groundnut chikki or a laddu  or even a fruit. After he returns from school, serve him a second round of chapatti/roti-vegetable or salad, rice, dal with a lemon. For evening snacks, if you can’t make him some fresh snacks, serve pre-made chivda, sandwich, bhadang, corn-chivda, etc. Fresh snacks like pohe (flattened rice), vermicelli (made like Maggi),Oatmeal. lahya (powdered puffed jowar like popcorn). Dinner can include something like dal-khichdi, kadhi, pulav with mixed vegetables, veg soups, leafy vegetables, Bhakri (Jowar), etc.

If you are inclined towards eating at a hotel, indulge yourself once a month only. Avoid serving hotel food in your kid’s lunch box completely. When you bring variety to home-made food, one is not inclined towards eating junk-food.

Homeopathic medicines for Bed sores (Decubitus Ulcers) like Arnica, Apis Mel, Silicea and Pyrogenium offer a natural way to heal them by providing relief from pain and curing blisters and pus in ulcers