Efficacy of Homeopathy in handling Pregnancy Labour and Some of their Complications

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Efficacy of Homeopathy in handling Pregnancy
Labour and Some of their Complications

• Dr. JAYESH V. SANGHVI M.D.Hom
• Chennai

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ABSTRACT
With a backdrop of 25yrs of experience in
Homeopathic practice this paper showcases the
study of how Homeopathy has clinically proved its
effectiveness in helping the mother-to-be, with a
comfortable pregnancy an easy labour often
handling the related complications that sometimes
set in, in the most satisfactory mannerThe
conditions dealt herewith include- i) Hyperemesis
gravidarum ii) Placenta Praevia iii) Incompetent
cervical os iv) Tendency to miscarriage v)
Absence of labour pain vi) Uterine inertia vii)
Mal presentation vii) Atony of the uterus viii)
Easy quick delivery in a Primi multipara..
Many remedies find mention as regards these
conditions in the Materia medicas Repertories,
but after clinical experience research, most of
these have been filtered and brought down to a
few remedies that bring on satisfactory results,
thereby helping realize the motto - healthy
mother happy child
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INTRODUCTION
My 25 years of experience in Homeopathic practice
has not only taught me but often surprised me
with the kind of action Homeopathy has, not only
in dealing with normal pregnancy labour, but
also infertility, complications faced during
pregnancy labour, problems faced by both mother
child post- delivery, etc with a good success
rate. When we look into our Materia medicas
Repertories there are many medicines mentioned
for these conditions. Let me put forth to you a
handful of these medicines which have
successfully helped me help others better.
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SEPIA

• CLINICAL-
• Amenorrhoea
• Miscarriages tendency
• Morning sickness
• Pregnancy disorders
• ACTION-
• Affects the generative organs of both men women
  a large number of symptoms occurring in other
  organs have some relation thereto.
• Affects the venous circulation especially of the
  female pelvic organs.

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• FEMALE-
• Never well since puberty, childbirth after
  weaning or hormone pills
• Tendency to miscarriage- especially 5th- 7th
  month
• Morning sickness
• Infertility
• Severe itching in vulva causing abortion
• Motion of fetus intolerable
• Retained placenta after abortion
• Weak uterus

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CIMIFUGA

• CLINICAL-
• Abortion, tendency
• Miscarriage
• Pregnancy disorders
• Puerperal mania
• Uterine disorders
• ACTION-
• It is a great female remedy
• Given before term, it renders labour easier,
  cures sickness of pregnancy, prevents after pain
• It has ensured living births in women who have
  previously borne only dead children without any
  discoverable cause.

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• FEMALE-
• Uterine atony
• Slow labour pains
• Suppressed lochia
• Puerperal fever
• Puerperal mania
• After-pains
• Nausea vomiting during pregnancy

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CASE OF PLACENTA PREVIA INCOMPETENT OS

• Name Mrs. B.M.
• Age 29years
• K/C/O Infertility due to PCOS. C/O Secondary
  infertility.
• Treatment started on 14th Aug 06
• Brief Menstrual History Cycles irregular,
  profuse. At first spotting for 5-6 days followed
  by profuse flow for about a week with large
  clots, backache leg ache. Almost always needed
  medications to stop flow.

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CASE OF RECURRENT MISCARRIAGE DUE TO
VAGINAL/CANDIDA INFECTION

• Name Mrs. B.S.
• Age 24 years
• Brief History K/C/O Chronic fatigue Anemia
  (Strong family history)
• H/O- Recurrent miscarriage due to recurrent
  tendency to vaginal infections
• Menstrual history Lasts for 12 days every 21-22
  days, Very profuse with severe dysmenorrhoea.
  Profuse Leucorrhoea
• Treatment started on 25th May05

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Efficacy of Homeopathy in Normal Delivery

• Name Mrs. S.K.
• Age 25 years
• Treatment started on 14th Feb08
• LMP 6th Dec07
• EDD 13th Sep08

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PULSATILLA

• CLINICAL-
• Breast feeding disorders
• Fetus, mal-position
• Pregnancy, troubles
• Puerperal convulsions
• Puerperal fever
• Puerperal mania
• Retained placenta
• ACTION-
• Pre-eminently a female remedy
• Action on generative organs
• Presides in a most beneficial manner over the
  function of parturition
• Antispasmodic and relaxing qualities on tense
  uterine tissue and encourages the uterus to grow
  more evenly, changing shape so that the baby can
  naturally assume the best position

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• FEMALE-
• Mal position of fetus, breech
• Weak labour pains
• After pains too long too violent
• Post-partum hemorrhages from retained placenta

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GELSIMIUM

• CLINICAL-
• Labour
• Pregnancy toxemia
• Puerperal convulsions
• Uterus disorders
• ACTION-
• Central action on muscles, motor nerves pelvic
  organs
• General state of paresis incordination of
  muscles
• Functional paralysis

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• FEMALE-
• Rigid os
• False labour pains
• Threatened miscarriage
• Labour pains go up or backwards
• A wave like sensation from the uterus to the
  throat with choking feeling, impedes labour
• Puerperal convulsions
• Severe after pains

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• DISCUSSION
• Apart from the medicines discussed above,
  there are many other medicines in Homeopathy
  which help in dealing with Pregnancy, Labour
  their complications. To name a few Caulophyllum,
  Helonias, Kali carb, Ustilago, etc.

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• Caulophyllum
• Is helpful to women with weak muscle tone in the
  uterus thus there is Habitual abortion.
• It has extraordinary rigidity of the os.
• False labour pains.
• It revives labour pains furthers progress of
  labour.
• There is a history of irregular periods, slow and
  difficult labor with previous deliveries, or
  weakness of the cervix.
• The woman may feel erratic pains like sticking
  needles, or episodes of contracting pain.
• Helonias
• Has extreme sensitiveness expressed as a
  consciousness of a womb.
• Useful in Albuminuria, Eclampsia, Toxemia, Edema
  
• Diabetes during pregnancy.
• Tendency to miscarriage spontaneous abortion.
• Atony of the uterus.
• General weakness
• Tendency to prolapse malposition of the womb.

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• Kali carb
• Useful in Albuminuria, Eclampsia Toxemia during
  pregnancy
• Severe lumbar backache
• Bearing down pains
• Easy child birth
• False labour pains.
• Ineffectual/ inefficient labour pains
• Tendency to miscarriage in the 3rd month
• Threatened miscarriage
• Puerperal convulsions mania
• Ustilago
• Uterus flabby hypertrophied
• After-pains
• Subinvolution of genitalia after child birth
• Uterine bleeding during after labour
• Deficient labour pains
• Copious lochia

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CONCLUSION

• Thus, though our books mention lot of
  remedies which help during various phases of
  pregnancy, labour their complications, clinical
  experience has proved time again the efficacy
  of Sepia Cimicifuga. They not only treat
  infertility be it primary or secondary but also
  have shown amazing results in maintaining the
  normal progress of a pregnancy, helping in an
  easy labour or tackling their resultant
  complications. Ultimately culminating in an easy
  child birth thereby bringing into realization
  our motto of a HEALTHY MOTHER A HAPPY CHILD.

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