ELANRA NATURAL HEALTH Homoeopathic First Aid |
This page was last updated on: April 1, 2005
For those of you interested in the use of homoeopathy as a first treatment instead of as a last resort below are some ot the most common problems and their treatments. Each dose is 2 pilules if using tablets or 4 drops if using liquid remedies. |
ABSCESSES Hepar Sulph 30c - 3 times daily for 3 days Bathe with Calendular Lotion ANAL GLANDS If there is pus: Hepar Sulph 30c - 3 times daily for 3 days If longstanding: Calc Sulph 30c - 3 times daily for 3 days APPETITE Lack of: Carb Veg 30c - Twice daily for 4 days If eats a little then leaves it: Lycopodium 30c - one dose as needed If begins to eat once you have introduced it into his mouth: China 6x - 3 times daily for 5 days Excessive: Iodum 200c - once daily for 2 days Depraved: If fat: Calc carb 6x - 3 times daily until improvement If lean: Calc phos 6x - 3 times daily until improvement Finicky: Chininum Arsenicosum 4x - 3 times daily until improvement BALANTITIS Thuja 30c - 3 times daily for 2 days BONE INJURIES If bruised: Ruta Grav 30c - 2 doses, 2 hours apart If broken: Symphytum 30c - 3 times daily for 5 days BRUISES Arnica 30c - 3 doses 2 hours apart, then Ruta Grav 30c - twice daily for 2 days COLIC Colocynthis 30c - every 30 minutes for up to 6 doses COLITIS Colch 30c - twice daily for 3 days CONJUNCTIVITIS Pulsatilla 30c - twice daily for 2 days, if not responding by then, Arg Nit 30c - once daily for 3 days Wash with Euphasia tincture - 5 drops in a little warm water twice daily CUTS Wash with Calendular Lotion Arnica 30c - 3 doses 2 hours apart If punctured: Ledum 30c - 3 doses 4 hours apart CYSTITIS Simple: Cantharis 30c - 1 dose immediately, then 3 times daily for 3 days Bloody: Berb Vulg 30c - 1 dose immediately, then 3 times daily for 3 days DIARRHOEA Simple: Ars Alb 30c - 3 times daily for 4 days Bloody: Merc corr 30c - 3 times daily for 4 days After eating: China 200c - 6 hourly for 2 days DROPSY Apis 30c - 2 doses 1 hour apart EAR INFECTIONS Simple: Hepar Sulph 30c - 3 times daily for 3 days Foul smelling: Merc corr 30c - dose immediately, then 3 times daily for 3 days With dry skin: Ars Alb 30c - 3 times daily for 2 days Smell like garlic: Tellurium 30c - 3 times daily for 2 days ECLAMPSIA Avoid if possible by giving Calc Phos 30c - twice daily for 3 days prior to delivery If established: Calc Phos 30c - 2 hourly for 3 days, and that means at night too EYE INJURIES General: Aconite 30c - 2 doses 2 hours apart Bloody: Ledum 30c - 3 hourly for 3 doses Damage to eyeball: Symphytum 30c - 3 times daily for 4 days FALSE PREGNANCY Helonias Dioica 30c - 3 hourly for 4 days if milk also add Lac Can 30c - 3 hourly for 4 days FEVER General: Belladona 30c - every 15 minutes for 6 doses, then 4 times daily while needed With thirst: Ars alb 30c - every 15 minutes for 4 doses, then 3 times daily for 3 days Septic: Pyrogen 30c - 2 hourly for 6 doses, then 3 times daily for 2 days FLATULENCE Carbo Veg 30c - one dose often enough if caught early, if not, 3 times daily for 2 days FOOD POISONING Ars Alb 30c - 2 doses 2 hours apart, then 4 hourly for 2 days FRACTURES Symphytum 30c - 3 times daily for 5 days GASTRO-ENTERITIS Ars Alb 30c - 2 hourly first day, then 4 times daily for 3 days GLANDS - ENLARGED Baryta Carb 30c - 3 times daily for 2 days HAEMORRHAGE Bright Red: Ipec 30 - hourly for 3 doses Watery, bright: Phosphorous 200 - 2 hourly for 2 doses HAY FEVER Ars Alb 30c - 3 times daily for 2 days HOMESICKNESS Ignatia 30 - twice daily for 3 days, if due to boarding, start night before dog is placed in kennels INSECT BITES Apis 30c - 3 doses 15 minutes apart, followed by Ledum 30c - 2 doses, if punctured or still painful MASTITIS Painful,hard, no infection: Bryonia 30c - 3 times daily for 2 days Lumps & redness: Phytolacca 30c - 2 hourly for 4 doses and alternate with Belladonna 30c - 2 hourly for 4 doses METRITIS Sepia 30c - 3 times daily for 2 days, followed by Hydrastis 30c - 3 times daily for 3 days MOUTH ULCERS Merc Sol 30c - 3 times daily for 3 days OEDEMA Apis 30c - 3 times daily for 2 days OTORRHOEA Psorinum 200c - once daily for 2 days, followed by Malandrinum 30c - 3 times daily for 2 days PLACENTA RETAINED If immediately after birth: Caulophylum 30c - hourly for 4 doses If delayed & septic: Secale Corn 30c - twice daily for 4 days and Pyrogen 30c - twice daily for 4 days RHEUMATISM Jointmed - 3 times daily for 3 days or Better for rest: Bryonia 30c - 3 times daily for 2 days Better for movement: Rhus Tox 30c - 3 times daily for 3 days RUNNY NOSE Clear: Hydrastis 30c - twice daily for 2 days Green: Pulsatilla 30c - twice daily for 2 days Yellow: Hepar Sulph 30c - twice daily for 2 days SHOCK Aconite 30c - every 30 minutes for up to 4 doses SUNSTROKE ( HEATSTROKE) Aconite 6x - every 10 minutes, then at longer intervals as improvement occurs and Gelsemium 30c - 3 times daily for 3 days TEETHING Chamomilla 30c - as needed TENDONS Strained: Arnica 30c - hourly for 2 doses, then 3 times daily for 2 days Torn: Ruta Grav 30c - 2 hourly for 3 doses, then wice daily for 2 days TRAVEL SICKNESS Travelmed - every 15 minutes for up to 6 doses before travelling, then every 30 minutes during journey. Use for 5 trips on end, even if symptoms cease. UTERINE INERTIA Caulophylum 6x & Secale Cornutum 6x - every 15 minutes in alternation VOMITING Simple: Nux Vom 30c - 2 hourly as needed With diarrhoea: Ars Alb 30c - 2 hourly as needed WOUNDS Punctured: Ledum 30c - 3 times daily for 3 days Involving nerves: Hypericum 30c - 3 times daily for 3 days After surgery (especially adominal): Staphisagria 30c - 3 times daily for 5 days |
