Ascites

 Ascites

Ascites

  1. Acetic acidum
  2. Adon .v
  3. Apis
  4. Apocynum
  5. Blatta am
  6. Digitalin
  7. Helliborousniger
  8. Lycopodium
  9. Prun. Sp
  10. Seneca

Acetic acidum

Characteristics particular

·         Aceticumacidum is used to treat oedema, weakness and difficulty in breathing. Some of the other symptoms that can be treated with this medicine are

·         Vomiting

·         Intestinal bleeding

·         A sinking feeling in the stomach

·         Great thirst and weakness with diabetes

·         Belching with a sour after-taste

·         Frequent watery stools

·         Emaciation and debility with profound anaemia

·         Frequent fainting spells

·         Passing large volumes of pale urine 

·         Burning pain in the stomach and chest

modalities

·         > drinking water ( except during fever )

Digitalin

Characteristic particulars

·         When jaundice arises from cardiac diseases, Digitalis may be the remedy.

·         There is no retention of bile, nor obstruction of the ducts, but the jaundice is due to the fact that the liver does not take from the blood the elements which go to form bile.

·         There is drowsiness, bitter taste, soreness , enlargement and bruised feeling in the region of the liver.

·         Digitalis is useful in the worst forms of jaundice if the pulse be irregular and intermittent, and if there be rapid prostration of the strength.

·         White, chalk-like, ashy, pasty stools. Diarrhoea during jaundice.

Modalities

  • < - sitting erect, after meals, music
  • > - empty stomach

Lycopodium clavatum

Characteristic particulars

  • Lycopodium acts powerfully on the liver.
  • The region of the liver is sensitive to the touch, and there is a feeling of tension in it, a feeling as if a cord were tied about the waist. Cirrhosis.
  • The pains are dull and aching instead of sharp and lancinating.
  • Fullness in the stomach after eating a small quantity.
  • There is apt to be weight and aching in the liver; he can lie on that side, but on turning to the left side the liver seems to pull and draw.
  • Pain in back and right side from congestion will often yield to the remedy.

Modalities

  • < - right side, from right to left, above downward, 4 to 8 pm,
  • > - motion, after midnight, warm food and drink

 Prunus Spinosa

Characteristic particulars

·         This remedy is primarily used in oedema due to fluid accumulation. Few other symptoms that can be effectively managed with prunusspinosa are

·         Wheezing

·         Pain and cramps in the bladder region

·         Difficulty breathing

·         Symptoms worsen while walking.

Modalities

·         < - walking

Senecio Aureus

Characteristic particulars

·         Golden Ragwort is best suited for individuals with liver cirrhosis. It can also help treat the following symptoms:

·         Nausea and burps with a sour after-taste

·         Abdominal pain

·         Sharp and sudden chest pain