Slipped disc(see Backache,spondylosis etc. also)
Symptoms/Problems |
Remedy |
Frequency(doses) |
| Head remedy(to start the treatment);spine very sensitive;spasms in muscles of neck and back;feels bruised pain;as if bed is too hard;worse by movement but has to keep moving |
Arnica 30 or 200 |
4 hourly(3) |
| Sudden onset of severe pain after exposure to dry cold winds;worse with every movement and at night;patient thirsty,restless,touchy and scared |
Aconite 200 |
3 hourly |
| Burning,stitching and stinging pain;whole back feels tired and bruised;worse by heat and least movement;patient restless.irritable and depressed;wants to be uncovered and to be in cool air |
Apis mel.30 or 200 |
3 hourly(3) |
| Violent cutting or tearing pain in the neck,spine or hips;walks restlessly to and fro in search of comfort;bed seems to surging up and down;worse when at rest |
Belladonna 30 or 200 |
3 hourly |
| Pain in nape,back and limbs;after exposure to dry cold,especially eastern winds;better from heat,least movement;great thirst for large amount of water at long intervals |
Bryonia alb.200 |
3 hourly(3) |
| Drawing and tearing pain in limbs;specially at back of knee with stiffness and weakness;lower limbs very restless at night;better from warmth and moist weather,cold winds,draughts and taking coffee |
Causticum 30 or 200 |
3 hourly(3) |
| Pain intolerable;patient says that he would prefer death than this severe pain |
Chamomilla 30 or 200 |
1/2 hourly(3) |
| Wandering pain;felt specially in fingers and wrists;pain at bottom of spine when sitting;worse by cold air;patient is cross and listless |
Kali bich.30 or 200 |
3 hourly |
| Stitching and cutting pain often stabbing while at rest;pain extending up and down;back and into thighs;worse by walking;feels as if back would break;firm pressure in small of back gives relief |
Kali carb.200 |
3 hourly(3) |
| Pain which shifts rapidly and spread centrally;associated with great stiffness;better from cold;worse by heat and movement |
Ledum pal.200 |
3 hourly(3) |
| Pain which comes on after getting wet or over exertion;specially in lower part of the back;hurts while turning on bed,muscles seems paralysed;cramps in calves and soles at night;worse by dry cold,before rain |
Nux vomica 30 or 200 |
3 hourly |
| Shooting pain in nape and elsewhere;neck and shoulders 'crack on movement;legs feel heavy in daytime and ache at night |
Pulsatilla 200 |
3 hourly(3) |
| Pain brought on by over exertion or exposure to cold and wet;back pain is relieved by bending backwards;finger tips feel numb on grasping objects;pain and stiffness worse after rest and better by continued movement |
Rhus tox.200 or 1M |
3 hourly |
| Pain worse on walking on uneven surface,pavements etc.in old bachelors or maids |
Conium mac.200 |
4 hourly(3) |
| Prolapsed disc;pain lumber region;worse by coughing |
Ammon-carb.200 |
4 hourly(3) |
| Feels as if walking on cotton wools due to degeneration of spinal cord;stools hard,complicated |
Alumina 200 |
4 hourly(3) |
| In flat,flabby and chilly patients;worse while bathing and exposure to cold |
Calcarea carb.200 or 1M |
4 hourly(3) |