Homeopathic Remedies for Menstrual Cramps

Abroma radix 1x (One dose daily): This remedy suits most of the cases of dysmenorrhea, unless symptoms definitely point out to another remedy. The use of this remedy proves very useful. 5 drops of it in a little warm water are given in a single dose on the first day of the flow and a dose is given every day during menses and after their cessation for 7 days continuously. It cures. If not, repeat it when the menses are about to start, 2 days before the start – next time. It also brings about conception in young, sterile, married ladies.

Aletris far. (Thrice a day): Pains like Chamomilla but the patient is constipated and weak.

Calcarea carb. 200 (One dose only) Repeat after 1 week: Swelling and pain in breasts before start of menses in fat ladies having thyroid and pituitary dysfunctions.

Calcarea phos. 6x (Thrice a day): Dysmenorrhea in young girls at puberty, during the first few monthly menses.

Caulophyllum (Thrice a day): Severe labour-like pains in the abdomen during the periods.

Chamomilla 200 (One dose daily): Labor-like pains in abdomen and hips. The menses are profuse. Diarrhea may accompany. Painful and delayed menses. Much irritability during the periods.

Cimicifuga (Thrice a day): Pains increase with establishment of menstrual flow.

Coffea cruda (Thrice a day): Painful menstruation with clots of black blood. Vulva and vagina are too sensitive.

Colocynthis (Thrice a day): Menses start early and pain starts before the start of menses compelling the patient to bend double because the pain is relieved by pressure. It is greatly ameliorated by applying hot water bottles on the abdomen.

Conium mac. 200 (One dose daily): Swelling and pain in the breasts before start of menses. Scanty, painful menses. It is especially useful in old maids and unmarried girls after puberty.

Kreosotum (Thrice a day): Pain is worse after menses. Bleeding stops on sitting and walking, and reappears on lying down. Blood is offensive to smell.

Lapis albus (Thrice a day): Black clots on the first day of the start of the flow. Pains are very severe and the patient may become unconscious because she cannot tolerate the pain. The pain subsides as the flow starts.

Lobelia inflata (Thrice a day): Vomiting before and after start and cessation of menses. Pain in abdomen, ovaries and legs are so severe that the patient faints.

Magnesium phos. 6x (Four times a day): It can be given in alternation with Abroma radix, it proves very useful. The pain is relieved by warmth and pressure like Colocynthis.

Piscida Q (Thrice a day) 10 drops in ½ cup of water: Painful irregular menses. Material doses relieve pains and regulate the flow.

Pulsatilla nig. 200 (One dose daily): Mild patients with weeping tendencies. Pain subsides on consolation or in open air. Menstruation too late and scanty, changeable and clotty; stops and restarts.

Sepia (Thrice a day): Headache accompanied with vomiting before start of menses which are profuse and early. Vomiting and acidity after menses.

Tuberculinum 1M (One dose only) Repeat after 15 days: Menses painful, too early, too profuse and last for a longer period. Pain increases as the flow starts and during menstruation.

Viburnum op. 1x (Thrice a day): It is a uterine tonic. The pain starts before start of menses compelling the patient to bend double. The pain vanishes when the flow begins.

Xanthoxylum (Thrice a day): Black and thick menses with pain in the back and legs. Worse left side.