Dr. Sanjay Panicker, a homeopathic consultant, discusses the different types of arthritis and the homeopathic remedies for it.
Homeopathic remedies for Arthritis - Dr. Sanjay Panicker
May 5, 2016
Arthritis is nothing but inflammation of the joints, inflammation means it is characterized by redness, swelling, stiffness and pain. So wherever in the body there is inflammation or redness and if the joint is affected then it is called as Arthritis. Arthr means joint and Itis means inflammation. Very often patients get scared by hearing Arthritis, Arthritis is no major term it only means inflammation of the joints nothing else. There are different types of Arthritis what type of Arthritis is very important because even homeopathic treatment is based on the type of Arthritis. There are Arthritis like Rheumatoid Arthritis, there are Arthritis is like Gout which is a metabolic Arthritis where is with some substances in the blood because of uric acid. There is Arthritis which can come on from infection, there can be Arthritis which can come on from injury, there can be Arthritis which can come on from overused like for instance I had a patient who were using laptop too much and then he develop Arthritis in fingers, so different types of Arthritis, if it is due to mechanical reason like an injury or because of overuse of the hands and the legs and it is easier to treat this particular condition. Medicines like arnica, ruta can be used in the treatment, symphytum can be used in the treatment of mechanical injury resulting in Arthritis. Arthritis can also happened because the auto immune that is our own immune system doing damage to the joints and in the auto immune Arthritis that is the most difficult type of Arthritis to deal with and you have conditions like rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing Spondylitis this type of Arthritis are a little difficult to treat but not that we have not treated, so many cases are there, even RI positive patients where have been able to be negative, patients with ankylosing Spondylitis who have been able to manage for so many years without steroid and patience with conditions like Gout where the Uric acid has become normal without Zyloric and allopathic medicine. So here we are correcting basic metabolism of the body, correcting the functioning of the body and seeing biochemical functions in the body or restored back to normal and thus the problem is getting corrected. There are medicines, most common medicine any homeopathic would use is Rhus Tox and Magnesium phos these rhus tox is nothing but plant extract and magnesium as you know is a mineral Phosphorus also mineral, magnesium phos is a combination of that which is again used to relieve pain. So these medicines are very commonly used in Arthritis there are so many other medicines like custicum, you got ledum pal, we got symphytum, and you got arnica these kind of medicines are also used to pain relief. Again if the information is very acute even use the redone is one of the remedy, bryonia is one of the major remedy used in arthritis but if you are always a superficial remedy which can work at that particular sector, but if we want to cure this disease entirely from the root then we must identify what is the cause of the arthritis, what is a type of Arthritis and what is the reason why this person has developed this particular issue. Very often people with arthritis define that there's a lot of stress, emotional stress has its impact on arthritis. So it is important to understand that correct the emotional factor and see that the body adapts to that emotional situations if the adaptation which is more important. There are homeopathic remedies which helps the person to adapt to that particular situation in commodity arthritis, so there you need to go for a detailed case analysis understand that particular person nature, personality type stress level, how it is connected with the problems that he is having, this particular link has to be established and then we have to prescribe for him in a more deeper away then only you can eradicate these kind of problems.