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Gastro-Enteritis
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Homeopathic treatment is constitutional but the remedies listed below are recommended for use in emergencies. Choose the remedy which most closely match your illness. It is not necessary to have every symptom listed in order to bring about a cure. Take remedies of the 6c potency three times a day until certain improvement, then stop taking the remedy. If symptoms continue despite the repetition of the remedy, then try an other remedy or consult a homeopath. Take remedies in a clean mouth, 30 minutes before or one hour after food or drink, try not to touch and allow it to dissolve under the tongue. Remember not to use mint : toothpaste, chewing gum, chocolate, cough drops, etc.
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| Remedy | Cause, Stomach | Abdomen | Stool | Concomitants | General |
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| Nux Vomica | C: Overeating, excess stimulants, overwork. S: Irritability, sensation of weight and pain in stomach < morning, some time after eating |
Abdominal gas with distention and colic from or
extending toward the rectum Tearing, cutting pain with distressing but ineffective desire to defecate. > bending double |
Diarrhoea after debauch. Scanty stool,with much urging > by passing a stool, however small, < morning Dysentery. Diarrhoea with jaundice Constipation alternate with diarrhea after purgatives. |
Frontal headache in morning. Dizziness. Sensitive to noise, odour, light etc. Absence of all desire for defecation is a contra-indication for this remedy. |
Chilly and oversensitive, angry and easily offended, Irritable. Hints: acts better when given in the evening.. |
| Arsenicum Album | C: melons and watery fruits, acids, vinegar, ice-cream, ice-water, tobacco. S:. Burning pain from slightest food or drink > heat. Anxiety in stomach.. | Swollen and painful Burning pains like coals of fire Distressing but ineffective desire to defecate and protrusion |
Vomiting and diarrhea at same time. Frequent urging
with distressing but ineffective desire to defecate. Irritant, burning stools with putrid odor. Dysentery with bloody diarrhea. |
Fear and difficult respiration with stomach pain. Dry mouth, great thirst: drinks little at a time. Nausea, retching, vomiting after eating or drinking |
Faintness, icy coldness, great exhaustion with restlessness. |
| Carbo Vegetablis | C: < fat, fish, milk, oysters, ice cream, vinegar,
cabbage, , wine. S: Fullness, heaviness. Half-hour after eating. |
Cramp-like pains forcing patient to bend double Greatly distended, colic. > passing w ind Slow digestion, food putrefies before it digests Colic from riding in a car |
Diarrhea with putrid, very offensive, bloody,
watery, frequent stools, mucus. Followed by burning. Excesiv discharge of gas hot, moist, offensive. Sorreness, itching moisture at night. |
Haemorrhoids. Cold, chilly, air hunger, wants to be fanned. Cannot bear tight clothing around waist and abdomen Sluggish, lazy |
After an illness, accident or surgery from which
the patient never fully recovered. Hint: Useful in old people cases. |
| Lycopodium | C: Seafood, beans, fermentable and farinaceous
food, cabbage, over-eating S: Full, bloated feeling. |
Immediately after a light meal, abdomen is bloated.Copious
abdominal gas, noisy rumblings. Pain shooting across lower abdomen from right to left. |
Diarrhea. Stool hard, difficult, small, incomplete. Ineffectual urging |
Hemorrhoids Voracious appetite, especially at night. Must loosen clothing after eating. |
When the patient has a vigorous appetite, but becomes full and bloated after eating just a little. |
| Natrum Muriaticum | C: fibrous food like salads S: throbbing in pit of stomach after meals. |
Cutting pain in abdomen Distended Pain in abdominal ring on coughing. |
Painless and copious diarrhea, preceded by pinching pain in abdomen. Burning pains and stitching after stool. | Heartburn with rapid, strong heartbeating,. Unquenchable thirst Sweats while eating. |
Eat a lot, yet loose weight |
| Gelsemium | C: anticipation, emotional upsets. | Sensation of emptiness and weakness or of oppression,
like a heavy load. < evening |
Sudden diarrhea from nervous anticipation, emotion, fright, bad news. Stool painless or involuntary | As a rule, no thirst Hiccough. |
Tired feeling, apathy, dizziness, dullness drowsiness, and trembling. |
| Phosphorus | C: Ice cold food or drink. eating too salty S: Burning pains. Distention, belching of food or gas. Sudden hunger at 11 a.m., after eating |
Very weak, empty, gone sensation felt in whole
abdominal cavity. < evening, warm things, touch, physical and mental exertion, > cold things (food, open air, cold water), short sleep, lying on right side |
Painless, copious debilitating diarrhea. Very fetid stools and gas. Involuntary stool, sensation as if anus is wide open. Discharge of blood from rectum, during stool. |
Characteristic burning sensation between the scapulae Great weakness after stool Tongue with erectly projecting papillae |
Tall, slender persons, narrow chested, weakened by loss of fluids, with great nervous debility, emaciation |
| Sulphur | Burning, with sensation of a weight in stomach
after eating. Empty, weak feeling in the stomach at 11 a.m , must eat or will faint |
Colic after drinking, very sensitive to pressure.
Internal feeling of rawness and soreness Abdominal gas and colic with no wind, Movements as of something alive. < after eating, 12 a.m, 12 p.m, heat |
Early morning diarrhea, drives him from his bed,
painless. Frequent, unsuccessful desire Itching, burning, redness of anus. |
Complete loss or excessive appetite. Faint and weak if does not eat Intolerant of clothing and its weight Drinks much, eats little |
Ebullitions of heat, dislike of water, dry and hard hair and skin, red oriffices. |
| Sepia | Pregnancy, tobacco acids, pickles Nausea at smell or sight of food, disposition to vomit after eating Sour belching |
Rumbling abdominal distention from gas Bearing down pains in pelvis and/or abdomen. < lying on side < morning before eating |
Diarrhea from milk (boiled). Chronic diarrhea with jelly-like, lumpy stools Copious mucous in stool, with offensive odor Feeling of a ball in rectum Soft stool, very difficult |
White coated tongue Indifferent Hates fuss and sympathy Flashes of heat with sweat and faintness |
'' Ball'' sensation in inner parts. Bearing-down sensation. Indifferent to those loved best.Irritable. Very sad. Easy fainting. |
| Phosphoric Acid | Sour food and drink. Pressure as from a weight, with eating |
Distention and fermentation in bowels, much abdominal
gas. Loud rumbling. |
Diarrhea, white, watery, involuntary, painless,
Not especially exhausting |
Tongue swollen, dry, Sleepiness after eating Thirst for cold milk |
Diarrhea in weakly, rickety children |