Homeopathy for irritable bowel syndrome

This generic term summarizes a clinical picture which is characterized by vegetative dysfunction predominantly localized in the large intestine without an organic cause.
Cramp-like abdominal pain, Flatulence, Belching, alternating between diarrhea and constipation. Bloated stomach affecting the heart. Complaints are often triggered by:

• mental excitement (Anger, grief, insult, hurt)
• intolerance or
• the abuse of irritants such as alcohol, nicotine, laxatives

Homeopathic medicines

As homeopathic medicines The following are possible for irritable bowel syndrome:

• Asa foetida (Stinkasant)
• Nux moschata (nutmeg)
• Argentum nitricum
• Nux vomica (nugget)
• Aethiops antimonialis (Spießglanzmohr)
• Colchicum autumnale (autumn crocus)
• Hydrastis (blood root)
• Potassium phosphoricum
• Magnesium chloratum

Irritable bowel syndrome (Colon irritabile) combined with cramp-like abdominal pain and flatulence

The inflated intestines and air in the stomach create an elevated diaphragm. This can cause heart problems and even cardiac arrhythmias (Roemheld syndrome)

Asa foetida (Stinkasant)

• Patients with a rapidly changing mood between laughter and fearful sadness
• "Premonitions seem to rise from the stomach"
• Much increases from bottom to top: from the intestines to the chest, from the heart to the head, from the stomach a globe feeling rises to the throat
• Stubborn constipation with Abdominal cramps and gas
• Watery diarrhea with an offensive odor
• Malodorous belching
• Very exhausted after eating, with pressure and feeling of fullness in the upper abdomen

What is felt is striking Pressure in the stomach with constant eructation, offensive.

Pressure rises to the neck, Globe feeling in the throat.

Much Gas discomfort, stubborn constipation, bloated stomach, smelly secretions. Switch to watery diarrhea with a foul odor.

Generally fearful attitude, mostly sad mood, quickly changing to laughter.

All complaints worsen at night.

Typical dosage of Asa foetida (Stinkasant) for irritable bowel syndrome: Tablets D4

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Nux moschata (nutmeg)

• Changeable character (“Heavenly cheering and saddened to death”), confused
• After mental overload, gastrointestinal complaints occur
• Stool is soft but cannot be emptied, yellow with undigested food residues
• Diarrhea alternates with constipation
• Disgust for food, feeling of lump in stomach
• Diarrhea after cold drinks
• Belly is very distended after eating (with pressure on the heart) and after the slightest mental excitement
• hiccup, loud belching
• Aggravated by cold
• Improvement through warmth

Stomach and intestines bloated, cramping abdominal pain With pressure towards the heart. Feeling of a lump in the stomach after eating, Bloating, Disgust for certain foods. Switch between diarrhea and constipation.

Complaints often arise after the slightest psychological excitement. Size Mood swings, Laughing and crying close together, drowsiness, indifference, poor memory. The dryness of all mucous membranes is striking.

Wet and cold worsen the symptoms, warmth improves.

Typical dosage of Nux moschata (nutmeg) for irritable bowel syndrome: Tablets D4

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Argentum nitricum

Prescription up to and including D3!

• Always in fearful restlessness, fear of upcoming events (for example, fear of exams)
• watery diarrhea triggered by this, which evacuate noisily with many winds, foul smelling, fibrous, slimy
• The urge to defecate before events trigger fear
• Pain in the stomach after eating but also on an empty stomach possible
• Craving for sweets, but they cannot be tolerated
• Significant flatulence and abdominal cramps caused by it

Diarrhea always triggered by Nervousness, anxious restlessness and Hurry, Fear of coming events (exams), also social angst (fear of other people, group situations). The basic feeling is the fearful expectation even of completely banal events. Diarrhea occurs, combined with flatulence.

Stool contains undigested food, bits of mucus, is foul smelling.

Also Breaking slime with frequent belching. The patient craves sweet foods, but these are not tolerated and often cause severe gas.

Restlessness, dizziness, poor memory.

All inflammation of the mucous membranes is associated with splinter pain.

General dosage of Argentum nitricum for irritable bowel syndrome: Drop D4

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Nux vomica (nugget)

Prescription up to and including D3!

• Irritable, over-sensitive, ambitious, and angry
• The ability to relax is lacking
• The complaints are often the result of disappointed ambition or anger
• Constipation, urge to defecate, but diarrhea after eating a lot and drinking alcohol
• Flatulence with pressure towards the heart, cramps
• stomach pain
• Nausea and tendency to vomit in the morning hours
• Aggravated by a lot of food, alcohol and nicotine and early in the morning
• Recovery through rest

Morning nausea and nausea. Switch between Loss of appetite and Cravings. stomach pain about half an hour after eating, sour Eructation, increased Flatulence attached to Abdominal cramps, vain urge to defecate, often hemorrhoids. Diarrhea after eating too much.

Irritable and very sensitive Patients who are upset by everything. Sedentary work, overworked city dwellers who spend the evening eating, drinking and nicotine a lot. Patients cannot relax, are ambitious and angry!

Wakes up early in the morning after a restless sleep, does not fall asleep again for hours and is then tired, irritated, come to that in the morning a headache and nausea. Generally one is frosty, freezes at the slightest draft.

The symptoms improve with rest, worsen with a lot of food and drink, and are worst in the morning.

Irritable bowel with secretion of mucus and cramp-like pain

General dosage of Nux vomica (nugget) for irritable bowel syndrome: Tablets D6

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Aethiops antimonialis (Spießglanzmohr)

Prescription up to and including D3!

• Sudden, very slimy diarrhea (ragged mucus)
• Mostly in connection with emotional conflicts, excitement, anger
• after eating too much
• by exposure to cold
• Painful cramps
• an existing one constipation can turn into diarrhea

Typical dosage of Aethiops antimonialis (Spießglanzmohr) for irritable bowel syndrome:
Tablets D6

Colchicum autumnale (autumn crocus)

Prescription up to and including D3!

• Painful stool with gelatinous phlegm
• Unsuccessful urge to defecate
• Great weakness
• dry mouth, much thirst
• Spasmodic abdominal pain, stomach pain with vomiting, even the smell or sight of food causes vomiting
• After defecation, the circulation is impaired (tendency to collapse, characteristic of Cholchicum)
• Desire for rest and warmth.

Slimy, sometimes bloody ones Diarrhea, painful, Circulatory weakness.

General feeling of great weakness, dry mouth with much thirst.

Violent stomach pain. Vomit of bile and phlegm, sometimes triggered by the sight and smell of food. Shaking hands.

Worsening of the symptoms Food smell, by touch, cold, Exercise and during the night. Improvement through warmth and rest.

Typical dosage of Colchicum autumnale (autumn crocus) for irritable bowel syndrome: Tablets D6

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Hydrastis (blood root)

Prescription up to and including D3!

• Spasmodic stomach and Liver pain
• Flatulence and often persistent constipation (hard stool with yellowish mucus) or diarrhea that forces you out of bed in the morning
• Sad, depressed, but also irritable and angry people
• Laxative abuse common

Switching between diarrhea with stringy, sticky slime and more persistent constipation which is also associated with mucus secretion.

Existing diarrhea drives the patient out of bed in the morning.

Stomach and liver pain, Stomach cramps, Flatulence.

In consequence of Laxative abuse patients often suffer from painful tears of the anus mucous membrane. Generally sad, irritable and angry mood.

Typical dosage of Hydrastis (blood root) for irritable bowel syndrome: Tablets D6

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Potassium phosphoricum

• Seizures of slimy diarrhea, cramps, then exhaustion and physical weakness
• Result of excitement, overwork, worry
• Depressed, discouraged and shy patients, daytime sleepiness
• The lightest work appears to be a difficult task
• Inability to do mental work
• Aggravated by mental exertion, emotional excitement, cold and in the morning hours

Nervous diarrhea, great inner peace and irritability. Basically fearful being depressive and shy. Bad memory, discouraged, every job appears to be a difficult task.

General Muscle weakness, Back pain, lack of resistance to the effects of cold. Diarrhea often slimy with a purulent odor, after which the patient feels a physical weakness.

The symptoms worsen towards morning, through mental exertion, emotional excitement and cold.

General dosage of Potassium phosphoricum for irritable bowel syndrome: Tablets D4

Pulsatilla

Magnesium chloratum

• Particularly suitable for women with "nervous", almost hysterical symptoms, who are overexcitable, ill-tempered and anxious
• Liver strain, liver congestion, belly distended, cannot lie on the right side
• Yellowish, spongy tongue
• Mouth dry and burning
• Constipation with dry, greyish-white stools (sheep bale droppings) alternating with acidic diarrhea
• The complaints occur in attacks with long periods in between without impairment
• Relief of discomfort in the fresh air

Acid diarrhea with convulsive stomach pain. Does not like fatty foods, mucous membrane in the mouth dry and burning, yellowish coated, spongy tongue.

Flatulence cause a bloated body, liver strain, can not lie on the right side. change to constipation, stool dry, hard, sometimes gray-white. Aversion to milk and meat.

General chilliness, Dizziness, Circulatory weakness.

The symptoms appear in attacks, sometimes with a long symptom-free time in between.

Weakness and reduced nutritional status. Pessimistic, exhausted, pale.

Inward-looking patients, calm on the outside, cry in silence. Mental injuries continue to have an effect for a long time, one does not want to be comforted, then becomes angry and rejecting.

Irritable and restless patients, basically tearful, afraid and wistful.

Especially irritable, nervous, sleepless women.

All complaints get better in the fresh air.

General dosage of Magnesium chloratum for irritable bowel syndrome: Tablets D3

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Irritable bowel syndrome combined with cramping abdominal pain and gas

By distended intestines and Air in the stomach arises a Elevated diaphragm.
This allows Heart trouble up to Cardiac arrhythmias occur (Roemheld Syndrome).

Nux moschata

Bloated stomach and intestines, cramping abdominal pain with pressure towards the heart.

Feeling like after eating Lump in the stomach, Bloating, Disgust for certain foods. Switch between diarrhea and constipation.

Complaints often appear already after the smallest psychological excitement on.

Size Mood swings, Laughing and crying close together, drowsiness, indifference, poor memory. It is striking Dryness of all mucous membranes.

Wet and cold aggravate the symptoms, warmth improves.

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Asa foetida

It is striking felt pressure in the stomach with permanent Eructation, smelling foul.

Pressure rises to the neck, Globe feeling in the throat.

Much Gas discomfort, stubborn constipation, bloated stomach. Smelly secretions. change to watery diarrhea with a disgusting smell.

General anxious attitude, most of time sad mood, changing quickly laugh.

All complaints worsen at night.

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Argentum nitricum

Diarrhea always triggered by nervousness, anxious restlessness and rush, fear of upcoming events (exams), too social anxiety (Fear of other people, group situations).
Basic feeling is anxious expectation even before completely banal events. Diarrhea occurs, combined with flatulence.

chair contains undigested food, Shreds of slime, is foul smelling.

Also Breaking slime with frequent belching.
The patient has Craving for sweet foods, but these will not tolerated and often solve strong ones Flatulence out.

Restlessness, dizziness, Poor memory.

All mucosal inflammations are with Splinter pain connected.

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Nux vomica

Morning sickness and Nausea. Switch between Loss of appetite and Cravings. stomach pain about half an hour after eating, acid regurgitation, increased Flatulence attached to Abdominal cramps, vain urge to defecate, often hemorrhoids. After a lot of food too diarrhea.

Irritable and very sensitive patients who are bothered by everything.
Sedentary work, overworked city dwellers who finish work lots of food, drink and nicotine spend. Patients cannot relax, are ambitious and angry!

Wakes up early in the morning restless sleep, does not fall asleep again until hours later and is then tired, irritable in the morning a headache and nausea.
Generally one is frosty freezes at the slightest draft.

The complaints improve themselves through rest, deteriorate and are from a lot of eating and drinking worst in the morning.

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Irritable bowel with secretion of mucus and cramp-like pain

Colchicum autumnale

Slimy, sometimes bloody ones Diarrhea, painful, Circulatory weakness.

Generally felt great weakness, dry mouth with much thirst.

Violent pain in the stomach. Vomit of bile and mucus, sometimes triggered by the The sight and smell of food. Shaking hands.

Worsening of symptoms by the smell of food, through touch, cold, movement and during the night. Improvement through warmth and rest.

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Potassium phosphoricum

Nervous diarrhea, great inner calm and irritability. Basically fearful, depressed and shy. Bad memory, discouraged, any work seems like a difficult task.

General muscle weakness, Back pain, lack of resistance to the effects of cold. Diarrhea often slimy with a purulent odor, then the patient feels a physical weakness.

The complaints worsen towards morning, through mental exertion, emotional excitement and cold.

Magnesium muriaticum (Magnesium chloratum)

Acid diarrhea with cramping abdominal pain. Doesn't like fatty foods, the mucous membrane in the mouth is dry and burning, yellowish, spongy tongue.

Flatulence cause a bloated body, liver strain, can not On the right side lie.
change to constipation, stool dry, hard, sometimes gray-white. Reluctance against milk and meat.

General chilliness, dizziness, Circulatory weakness.

The complaints kick in paroxysmal on, sometimes a long symptom-free time in between.

Weakness and reduced nutritional status. Pessimistic, exhausted, pale.

Introverted Patients, outwardly calm, cry in silence.
Mental injuries continue to have an effect for a long time, one does not want to be comforted, then becomes angry and rejecting.

Irritable and restless patients, basically tearful, afraid and wistful.

Especially irritable, nervous, sleepless women.

All complaints improve in the fresh air.

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Hydrastis

Switch between Diarrhea with stringy, sticky slime and persistent constipation which is also associated with mucus secretion.

Existing diarrhea drives the patient out of bed in the morning.

Stomach and Liver pain, Abdominal cramps, gas.

In consequence of Laxative abuse patients often suffer from painful Tears in the anus mucous membrane. General sad, irritable and angry mood.

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