Role of homeopathy in cases of dysmenorrhoea

Homeopathy has a promising role in Dysmenorrhoea. The homeopathic medicines help to reduce the intensity of pains of the condition. Homeopathic treatment for dysmenorrhoea removes the cause and treats the patient. Every patient with dysmenorrhoea may present with a diverse set of individual symptoms, which are vigilantly noted while deciding the homeopathic line of treatment. These are most valuable remedies in homeopathic treatment for dysmenorrhoea are mentioned below:

1] Vibernum Opulus:

• Chief remedy in homeopathic treatment for dysmenorrhoea in spasmodic and membranous type dysmenorrhoea when the menses are too late, scanty and lasting for few hours
• Tearing and shooting pain in ovarian region
• On examination, the parts are found congested and oedematous
• Excoriating leucorrhoea which causes itching of genitalia
• Patient complaints of pain in back, radiating to loins and womb which are more in the early morning
• Mentally the patient is irritable with vertigo. She feels as if falling forward

2] Belladona:

• Congestive dysmenorrhoea is well marked remedy in homeopathic treatment for dysmenorrhoea
• Congestion of the endometrium, ovaries, fallopian tubes, cervix, etc.
• Dragging pains around the loins
• Profuse menstrual bleeding which is bright red in colour
• Pains come suddenly and disappear suddenly
• Mental symptoms are usually associated with high fever
• When the pains subside, patient goes into semi comatose state

3] Xanthoxyllum:

• The action of the remedy is usually on the mucous membrane of uterus and it also acts on ovary
• The menses are too early and too painful
• Usually associated with ovarian neuralgia with pain in loins and lower abdomen
• The pains are agonising and shooting which start in left loin and travel down the thighs
• With dysmenorrhoea there are griping pains in abdomen with diarrhoea

4] Caullophyllum:

• Suitable remedy of homeopathic treatment for dysmenorrhoea in spasmodic type
• The patient has lack of tonicity of the womb
• Before and during menstruation, there are spasmodic pains and patient complains that they flew in all directions
• Pains are intermittent and come in paroxysms
• With spasmodic pains of dysmenorrhoea the patient also complains of spasms of stomach with dyspepsia

5] Borax:

• Menses are too soon, profuse, with griping pain in abdomen. These pains extend to small of back
• Membranous dysmenorrhoea with pain in the breast during menses indicates this remedy
• Patient is very anxious especially from motions which have a downward direction
• Anxious expressions on the face during the downward motion
• Excessive nervous, easily frightened, very sensitive to sudden noises