Homeopathic Medicine for Depression and Anxiety

Aconitum nap. (Thrice a day): Depression with anxiety.

Agnus castus (Thrice a day): Depression due to impotency.

Ambra grisea (Thrice a day): Senile depression.

Ammonium carb. (Thrice a day): Depression of spirits. Uneasy. Dyspnea due to weakness. Weeps and cries, and has fainting fits.

Arsenicum alb. (Thrice a day): Sadness, restlessness, irritability, anxiety and fear. Thinks it is useless to take medicines for depression. Depression on account of hidden feeling of guilt.

Aurum met. 200 (One dose daily): Nervous breakdown. Thinks of committing suicide but fears death greatly. Disgusted of life and thoughts of profound despondency. Peevish. Rapid and constant questioning without waiting for the answers. Over-sensitive to noise.

Benzoicum acidum: Depression on account of some unpleasant events of the past. He/she dwells on such events too much.

Cadmium sulph. 200 (One dose daily): Depression due to lack of confidence and grit.

Caladium seg. (Twice a day): Depression due to impotency.

Calcarea fluor. 12x: Great chronic depression. Feels he/she will loose big wealth and be ruined. This remedy takes times to act.

Coca (Twice a day): Depression due to over-work and excesses.

Cocculus ind. (Thrice a day): The patient is sad, absorbed within himself. He is brooding, moody, silent and sits in a comer buried in thoughts.

Conium mac. (Thrice a day): Depression during menstruation, pregnancy and menopause. Excitement causes mental depression. Timid. Weak memory. Afraid of being alone.

Gaultheria Q (Twice a day) 10 drops in ½ cup of water: Depression causing pain in the stomach and vomiting.

Gelsemium (Thrice a day): General depression from heat of sun and due to impotency.

Helleborus (Thrice a day): Depression in women during puberty, when menses have not started or are suppressed. Sensation of depression. General muscular weakness. Sinking sensation worse from 4-8 p. m. Mania of the melancholic type. Frequent sighing.

Hypericum 1x (Thrice a day): Depression. Sadness and mood swings. Feeling of exhaustion. Feeling that everything is just too much of trouble. Does not want to get up in the morning. Feels as if an icy cold hand was touching the head. Feels as if lifted high in air. Anxiety. Brain seems compressed and head feels longer. Constant drowsiness. Commits mistakes while writing. Ill-effects of shock. Anxiety of fear of falling from heights.

Ignatia amara (Thrice a day): Depression due to grief and worry. Melancholic. Full of contradictions. Tearful. Blames herself for everything going wrong.

Kalium brom. (Thrice a day): Depression after unsatisfying sexual intercourse. Fear of moral deficiency.

Kalium phos. 200x (Twice a day): Mental and physical depression caused by excitement, over-work, worry and insomnia.

Lycopodium (Thrice a day): Depression in a student due to failure in school examinations.

Mancinella (Thrice a day): Mental depression at puberty and at menopause.

Murex purp. (Thrice a day): Great sadness. Very anxious and worried about the future and depressed.

Natrium mur. (Thrice a day): Depression due to hunger.

Natrium sulph. (Thrice a day), Thuja occ. (Thrice a day): Depression due to the hidden feeling of guilt.

Nux vomica (Thrice a day): Depression after seminal emissions.

Ocimum can. 3x (Thrice a day): Stress and depression. Forgetful. Lack of concentration.

Phosphorus (Twice a day): Great lowness of spirits. Easily offended. Fearful. Restlessness. Fear that he has an incurable heart.

Pulsatilla nig. (Thrice a day): Depression due to hormonal changes. There is an extreme tendency to cry and craving for sympathy, fresh air and cold drinks.

Staphysagria 200 (One dose daily): Depression on account of insults and anger. Depression without any cause or from sexual sins or of a forced sexual intercourse and rape.

Sulphur 200 (One dose only) Repeat every 3rd day: Depression after child birth. Postpartum depression.

Tarentula his. (Thrice a day): Prostration, restlessness and trembling.

Tuberculinum 1M (One dose only) Repeat after 15 days: Irritable. Insomnia. Melancholia worse in the morning after sleep. Use foul language, curse and swear.

Zincum met. (Thrice a day): Depression on account of a disease and suppression of menses. Great relief from discharges.

NOTE 1: Depression can be caused by genetic factors or environmental ones. New research suggests that women mostly suffer on account of hereditary cause.

NOTE 2: World health organization predicted that by 2020 depression world jump to be the greatest cause of death and disability world wise – due to more stressful lifestyles, poverty and violence. Globally, there are 1 million suicides a year out of 10 million attempts due to depression at present.

NOTE 3: Clinical depression has a number of symptoms. These include lack of interest in sex and in things which usually give pleasure. Often all these feelings are associated with not being able to sleep, changes in eating habits, fatigue, lack of concentration and feeling of worthlessness and hopelessness. All these can be treated by oral medicines as discussed above.