Homeopathic Medicine for Pains

For pains, in a particular part of the body or an organ, see under the appropriate heading. Following are the general characteristics of pains. These have proved to be a useful guide but it is not all.

How pain travels

Despite years of research, questions still remain about exactly what happens between the moment you step on a nail and the moment you say “ouch”. Scientists are scrambling to answer these questions in their search for new pain relievers.

1. Receptors at the end of nerves in the skin, muscles, bone, blood vessels and internal organs detect a potentially harmful stimulus.
2. A pain message in the form of electrical impulses travels along the nerve to the spinal cord.
3. The pain message enters the dorsal horn, where the peripheral nerve releases chemical transmitters that activate a number of nerve cells in the spinal cord.
4. The spinal cord processes the information and transmits it to the brain via other nerve cells. The spinal cord usually sends a signal for the muscles to contract, to move the limb away from pain.
5. The message is forwarded to several specialized regions of the brain that control physical sensation, emotional feeling and thinking.

Acidum fluor. (Thrice a day), Cimicifuga (Thrice a day), Colchicum autum. (Thrice a day), Phytolacca dec. (Thrice a day): Pains like electric shocks.

Aconitum nap. (Thrice a day), Chamomilla (Thrice a day), Kalmia lat. (Thrice a day), Platinum met (Thrice a day), Rhus tox. (Thrice a day), Calcarea phos. (Thrice a day), Kalium carb. (Thrice a day), Causticum (Thrice a day): Pains are accompanied with numbness.

Aconitum nap. (Thrice a day), Chamomilla (Thrice a day), Coffea cruda (Thrice a day): Painful parts are sensitive.

Aesculus hip. (Thrice a day), China off. (Thrice a day), Lycopodium (Thrice a day): Pains with sensation of fulness.

Agaricus mus. (Thrice a day): Neurotic pains as if cold needles are running in nerves.

Ammonium carb. (Thrice a day), Eupatorium perf. (Thrice a day), Aurum met. (Thrice a day), Kalium bich. (Thrice a day), Asafoetida (Thrice a day), Mercurius sol. (Thrice a day): Pains in bones.

Aranea diad. (Thrice a day): Pain in the bones of extremities and heels.

Arnica mont. (Thrice a day), Baptisia (Thrice a day), Pyrogenium (Thrice a day). Beilis per. (Thrice a day), Eupatorium perf. (Thrice a day), Ruta (Thrice a day): Pains are sore and bruised in character.

Arsenicum alb. (Thrice a day), Aesculus hip. (Thrice a day): Pains are better by warmth.

Arsenicum alb. (Thrice a day), Belladonna (Thrice a day), Cantharis (Thrice a day), Capsicum (Thrice a day), Phosphorus (Thrice a day), Sulphur (Thrice a day): Pains are burning.

Arsenicum alb. (Thrice a day), Apis mel. (Thrice a day): Burning pains relieved by warmth.

Aurum met. (Thrice a day): One of the best remedies for bone pains.

Belladonna (Thrice a day), Lilium tig. (Thrice a day), Sepia (Thrice a day), Kalium bich. (Thrice a day): Pains are bearing down.

Belladonna (Thrice a day), Glonoinum (Thrice a day), Sepia (Thrice a day), Melitotus alba (Thrice a day), Kalium carb. (Thrice a day): Pains are throbbing or pulsating in character.

Berberis vulg. (Thrice a day): Pains change in regard to place and character. Pains in the kidneys maybe felt all over the body, emanating from the small of the back. Wandering and radiating, not worse by pressure but worse on standing and active exercise.

Bryonia alba (Thrice a day): Pains are better by rest.

Bryonia alba (Thrice a day), Kalium carb. (Thrice a day), Squilla maritima (Thrice a day): Pains are sharp, cutting and stitching.

Calcarea carb. (Thrice a day): Pain in chest worse by touch or on inspiration.

Camphora (Thrice a day): Pain disappears or is better while thinking of it.

Camphora (Thrice a day), Secale cor. (Thrice a day), Heloderma (Thrice a day), Pulsatilla nig. (Thrice a day), Calcarea carb. (Thrice a day), Arsenicum alb. (Thrice a day), Cistus can. (Thrice a day), Veratrum alb. (Thrice a day): Pains with sensation of coldness.

Chamomilla (Thrice a day): Pains are accompanied with sweating. Very useful for pains with numbness.

China off.: Pains worse by slight touch but better by hard pressure.

Cocculus ind. (Thrice a day), Phosphorus (Thrice a day), Sepia (Thrice a day): Pains with sensation of emptiness.

Conium mac. (Thrice a day): Putting feet on the chair relieves pains of extremities.

Cuprum met. (Thrice a day), Colocynthis (Thrice a day), Magnesium phos. (Thrice a day): Pains are gripping, cramping and lightening in type.

Cyclamen (Thrice a day): Pain in parts where bones lie near surface. Pains are not violent but only sore.

Eupatorium perf. Q (Thrice a day) 10 drops in ½ cup of water: Aching in the bones of extremities.

Ferrum mur. 6x (Thrice a day): Pain in the right shoulder, right elbow with tendency to cramps. Better walking slowly or resting, and worse at midnight, cold washing or over-heating.

Gelsemium (Thrice a day), Picricum acidum (Thrice a day), Acidum phos. (Thrice a day): Pains are accompanied with weakness and debility.

Gnaphalium (Thrice a day): Pain is worse both by lying and walking but is better by sitting.

Guaiacum off. (Thrice a day), Apis mel. (Thrice a day), Pulsatilla nig. (Thrice a day): Pains are better by a cold bath, cold application and cold air.

Hepar Sulphuris (Thrice a day): Pains are accompanied with fainting.

Hypericum (Thrice a day): Relieves pains after operation – supersedes the use of morphia. Excessive painfulness points to the use of this remedy.

Ignatia amara (Thrice a day), Kalium bich., Oxalicum acidum (Thrice a day), Lilium tig.: Pain in small circumscribed spots.

Indigo tinc. (Thrice a day): Pain in limbs better by walking and worse after every meal.

Kalium carb. (Thrice a day): Early morning aggravation is important. Pains are better by motion and moving about. Pains are sharp, throbbing and cutting.

Kalium carb. (Thrice a day), Colocynthis (Thrice a day), Rhus tox. (Thrice a day), Sepia (Thrice a day), Magnesium phos. (Thrice a day): Pains are better by pressure.

Kalium sulph. (Thrice a day): Shifting and wandering pains.

Kalmia lat. (Thrice a day): Neuralgic pains shoot downwards with numbness. Pains come suddenly and go suddenly.

Kalmia lat. (Thrice a day), Chamomilla (Thrice a day), Sepia (Thrice a day), Magnesium phos. (Thrice a day): Pains travel downwards.

Lac can. 200 (Twice a day): Erratic pains changing sides. Pain first on one side then on the other.

Lac can. (Thrice a day), Pulsatilla nig. (Thrice a day), Tuberculinum (Thrice a day), Phytolacca dec. (Thrice a day), Berberis vulg. (Thrice a day): Pains are erratic. They are wandering, changing and irregular.

Lachesis (Thrice a day): Pain anywhere which is aggravated by the slightest touch, even with a feather and also early morning aggravation is very important. Pain travels from left to right.

Lachesis (Thrice a day), Pulsatilla nig. (Thrice a day), Tarentula cub. (Thrice a day): Pains accompanied with a blue swelling.

Ledum pal. (Thrice a day), Sabina (Thrice a day), Lachesis (Thrice a day), Sepia (Thrice a day): Pains travel upwards from below.

Lycopodium (Thrice a day): Pains travel from right to left and increase from 4. 00 to 8. 00 p.m. and decrease by uncovering the head. Pains come and go suddenly.

Magnesium phos. (Thrice a day): Cramping pains anywhere – coming and going, better by heat, warmth and pressure. Patient must move about, and passing wind constantly.

Manganum acet. (Thrice a day): Every part of the body feels sore and painful when touched. Pain from above downwards.

Medorrhinum 200 (One dose only) Repeat after a week: Pains are worse when thinking of them and from sunrise to sunset. Patient finds relief in knee – elbow position.

Mezereum (Thrice a day): Any pain when chilliness and sensitiveness to cold air accompanies and when it shoots upwards.

Morphinum (Thrice a day): Palliative in severe pains.

Natrium mur. (Thrice a day): Pains with a constrictive sensation. More in morning in bed. Headache is worse from sunrise to sunset.

Nitricum acidum 200 (One dose daily): Paroxysmal pain appearing and disappearing suddenly, and usually worse at night. Pains just like waves.

Oxaiicum acidum: Violent pain in small circular spots worse movement and thinking of them.

Phytolacca dec. (Thrice a day): Pains in the right shoulder with stiffness and inability to raise the arm, worse morning. Pains fly like electric shocks and shift rapidly.

Pulsatilla nig. (Thrice a day): Pains are accompanied with chilliness. More severe the pain, the harder the chill.

Pulsatilla nig. (Thrice a day), Belladonna (Thrice a day), Colchicum autum. (Thrice a day), Kalium sulph. (Thrice a day), Kalium bich. (Thrice a day), Aesculus hip. (Thrice a day): Pains are wandering – travel from one part to another.

Rhamnus cal. Q (Twice a day) 10 drops in ½ cup of water: One of the most positive remedies for Rheumatism and muscular pains when the pains are worse in the evening.

Rhus tox. (Thrice a day): Backache worse from rising from a seat.

Ruta Q (Twice a day) 10 drops in ½ cup of water: Pain in the bruised bones.

SacroLacticum acidum (Thrice a day): Cold pains as if produced by fine, icy cold needles with tingling as in case of frostbite. Great physical weakness.

Sarsaparilla (Thrice a day), Medorrhinum (Thrice a day), Berberis vulg. (Thrice a day), Equisetum (Thrice a day), Thuja occ. (Thrice a day): Pains while urination.

Sepia (Thrice a day): All pains are from below upwards. Pain on the right side one day and on the left side the other day.

Stannum met. (Thrice a day): Pains that come and go gradually call unmistakably for this remedy.

Syphilinum 1000 (One dose only): Pains from sunset to sunrise. Worse in the morning. Pains decrease and increase gradually.

Thuja occ. (Thrice a day): Pains are accompanied with micturition.

Valeriana (Thrice a day): Pains worse standing and resting on the floor and better by walking.

Veratrum alb. (Thrice a day): Pains are accompanied with delirium.

NOTE 1: Pain itself is no disease. It is only a symptom of some diseases, only the person having it can describe it. So, the underlying cause of pain should be searched. When treated it will cause disappearance of the pain. For example, if the pain is due to a cut, the cut should be cured. If the pain is due to a burn, the burn should be treated. If the pain is due to a fracture, the fracture should be set and so on.

NOTE 2: Despite all the advances of modern medicine, the main remedies used to fight pain today are essentially the same as those used in the ancient times. Opium was cultivated long before Hippocrates, founder of modern medicine. Aspirin and morphine were isolated in 1800s and these formed the foundation of the modern pharmaceutical industry.