Homeopathic Medicine for Pregnancy Related Problems
For details of a particular symptom during pregnancy also see the particular head in this book.
Agaricus mus. (Thrice a day): For weakness of the lower extremities.
Alumina (Thrice a day): Craving for eating chalk, lime, soil or charcoal.
Amygdalus per. Q (Thrice a day) 10 drops in ┬╜ cup of water: This is a very good remedy for тАШmorning sicknessтАЩ. Constant nausea and vomiting in pregnant women and also gastric and intestinal irritation.
Anacardium ori. (Thrice a day): Dyspepsia and insomnia.
Antimonium crud. (Thrice a day): Loss of appetite. Desire for acids, bitter lemon, pickles, etc.
Apocynum can. (Thrice a day): It is useful when there is albuminuria or some kidney problem.
Arnica mont.: For mis-step or an accident during pregnancy – when the miscarriage is threatened, repeat every 15 minutes till the desired results are achieved.
Beilis per. (Thrice a day): Backache and inability to walk.
Cocculus ind. (Thrice a day): Bleeding during pregnancy due to lack of sleep. Clotted blood with spasmodic colic. Nausea and backache specially of light haired and romantic females.
Conium mac. (Thrice a day): Breasts become painful. Constipation.
Ficus ind. Q (Thrice a day) 10 drops in ┬╜ cup of water: It is a very useful remedy for all sorts of abnormal bleeding before and after pregnancy.
Gratiola off. (Thrice a day): Vertigo. Dyspepsia, dysphagia, cramps and colic with wind in the abdomen. Constipation or diarrhea – stool forcibly evacuated without pain.
Ipecacuanha (Thrice a day): Nausea and vomiting in pregnancy.
Kalium carb. (Thrice a day): For weakness in general.
Lac def. (Thrice a day): Vomiting during the first quarter of pregnancy.
Magnesium carb. (Thrice a day): Toothache during pregnancy.
Manganum acet. (Thrice a day): Desire for always lying down in bed.
Murex purp. (Thrice a day): Walking difficult in pregnancy because of weakness in all joints. Must lie down from weakness but her symptoms worsen on lying down and after sleep.
Natrium mur. (Thrice a day): Unnatural and excessive craving for salt during pregnancy.
Nitricum acidum (Thrice a day), Calcarea phos. (Thrice a day): Longing for indigestible things like chalk, sand, etc.
Phosphorus (Twice a day): Albuminuria during pregnancy.
Pulsatilla nig. (Twice a day): Give it in 30 potency when the position of the unborn child is not normal i.e., head is not below and is upside or lying sideways. It also avoids displacement of the uterus and keeps it in the right place.
Secale cor. 6 (Thrice a day): Discharge of blood during pregnancy.
Sepia (Thrice a day): It is a good remedy for toothache or constipation during pregnancy. It is useful when there is always an urgent desire to void urine and if not voided in time, a few drops may escape. It is also useful in vomiting of pregnancy. Unusual bleeding during pregnancy from 5th to 7th month or a habitual abortion from 3rd to 7th month. Constipation during pregnancy.
Stramonium (Thrice a day): Symptoms of insanity or mania during pregnancy.
Sulphur (One dose daily): Sensation in the abdomen as if a child is kicking from inside.
Sulphur 6 (One dose daily), Calcarea phos. 6x (One dose daily): If a woman gives birth habitually to babies who die soon after birth or early in infancy, give these medicines one dose each, daily during the last two months of pregnancy. The child should be given Alfalfa Q, 5 drops, three times a day for several months, 10 minutes before each feed.
Symphoricarpus 200 (One dose daily): It is a routine prescription for vomiting during pregnancy. The leading symptom is relief from lying on the back. Nausea is worse from any motion. Appetite lost.
Symphytum off. (Thrice a day): Persistent vomiting.
Tabacum 200 (One dose only): Vomiting during pregnancy with much spitting sometimes of stool-like things. Uncovering of abdomen lessens nausea and vomiting.
Thuja occ. (Thrice a day): Violent movements and kicking of the child inside the abdomen. It compels the mother to urinate on account of pressure on the urinary bladder.
Tuberculinum 200 (One dose only): Always in best of health during pregnancy and then goes down rapidly after confinement.
Viburnum prun. Q (Twice a day): 5 drops a dose will cure cramps during pregnancy.
NOTE 1: It is said that for obtaining a male child, the woman should take Natrium mur. 6x, one dose daily and for obtaining a female child, Pulsatilla 6x, one dose daily from 3rd to 5th month of pregnancy. In the first weeks of gestation, male and female embryos develop a like тАФ both start with what are called undifferentiated gonads that can turn out to be ovaries or testes and will all become females except for the intervention of contain factors that put us into the male line. For those factors to operate, the Y chromosome is needed. Females have an XX sex chromosome compound and man XY which is genetically determined the moment the sperm fertilizes the egg. It is the Y portion that ultimately decides to build testes or breasts.
NOTE 2: Aurum mur. CM (one dose) given at the time of commencement of pregnancy usually results in birth of a male child.
NOTE 3: More and more women are now opting for a caesarean section because it is easy and safe. It is advantageous when the baby is in a wrong position for a vaginal birth and where the woman does not want any more children. The risk of complications grows with each Surgery. Now the Surgery can be performed while the woman is awake using modern anaesthetics. A small incision is made which is less disfiguring than the previous method.