EP11: Homeopathy for Period Pain

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The more that you strengthen what we call the vital force in homeopathy, or in Chinese medicine, they call it qi or prana and Ayurvedic medicine, then the more that you strengthen that, the more that it becomes stronger. And this is what we want to do. We want to empower the body. We want to empower the body to heal itself. And I think it's absolutely crucial that we learn how to do that with some very common remedies. So today we're going to be doing some of the top remedies for period pain. Now, this is not every single remedy that you could use for period pain, but these are some of the top remedies that you should definitely, definitely know about. Okay? And when you go, when we go through this presentation, you're like, identify with some of those remedies. So let's go on to period pain. So the first thing I want to discuss is, you know, period pain. What is period pain? Well, period pain or dysmenorrhea. Painful periods is the medical term, is common. It's very common. I mean, I see it all the time in practice with women. And it's a normal part of your menstrual cycle. And most women will get it at some point of their lives. It can start from puberty. And we'll talk a few remedies that people have never been well, since puberty in their first period, but it can start at any time. And it's normally felt as muscle cramps, often in the abdomen and the tummy area, which can spread to the back or spread to the thighs. And again, we'll cover some remedies which will differentiate between where the pain goes. It can also vary with each period as well. So some periods may have caused little or no discomfort, and others may be more painful. And sometimes the pain can be intense spasms, while other times it can just be dull but more constant. And sometimes you get pelvic pain even when you don't have your period. But today we're just going to really deal with acute, acute period pain that you can take acutely and if you do have more chronic, and it's been long lasting for many years, and the remedies, you take them and you palliate, but it still comes back month after month, then you may need to go see a qualified practitioner to get to the cause of the problem of what's going on. So the period pain happens when the muscular wall of the womb tightens or the uterus tightens or contracts. A mild continue occur in the womb, but they're usually so mild that most women can't feel them. But during the period, the wall of the womb starts to contract more vigorously to help the womb lining shed as part of your period. So this is an opportunity of the body to let go. Every month is to let go and almost like reset the system every month. And when the wall of the womb contracts, it compresses the blood vessel lining your room. And this temporarily cuts off the blood supply and oxygen supply to your womb. And without oxygen, the tissues in the womb release chemicals that often trigger pain. Okay, so this is, like I said, it's part of that process. And while your body is releasing these pain triggering chemicals, it's also producing other chemicals such as prostaglandins. And these encourage the wound to contract more the further increasing the level of pain. And it's not known why some women have more period pain than others. It may be that some women have more of a buildup of these prostaglandins, which means they experience stronger contractions. Okay, so every person's different, every woman is different around. And again, we know for homeopathy it's very, very individual. Now, according to the NHS website, pimple pain can also be caused by medical conditions which we're not covering today because this is more chronic problems. But it can be an underlying medical condition which tends to affect older women or women between the age of 30 to 45. And these can be endometriosis, it can be fibroids, pelvic inflammatory disease as well. And also adding, I'm hoping, pronounced this right, the adenomyosis. Okay, so that's where normally the tissue lines wound starts to grow within the muscular womb wall and makes your period particularly painful. But we're not going to be dealing with chronic conditions today. But Again, period pain can be associated with some of these more chronic problems. So again, I would advise all of you to seek treatment from a qualified practitioner which will be able to get to the cause of the problem. So let's get into the remedies. So the first remedy I want to discuss is belladonna. Now, again, we're going to do this in alphabetical order. This is not the order of importance at all. But with belladonna, it's menstrual cramps with the flow and a bearing down sensation. There's a bearing down sensation, feeling in the uterine area. And often with belladonna, as you know from doing these previous sessions, often it can be very fast, very intense and sudden pains, which are the keynote, throbbing, throbbing pains with belladonna. Or they can have sharp and cutting pains, but they can have a profuse bright red flow of bleeding and sometimes get this strange, rare and peculiar sensation as though it feels very hot, that the blood feels hot. And it's also sensational. With belladonna, all the blood rushes to a certain area and then starts to throw. And this is what you get with belladonna. It feels like all the blood rushing to one area and is the hot, congest, throbbing pain. Now with belladonna, the people are very sensitive to pain, want to be wrapped up, sensitive to drafts, oh, shut that door. Or you know, it's like the sensitive, very, very sensitive. But with belladonna, the pains, they come very suddenly and very intensely. But they'll go as quickly. Okay, so they go as quickly. And the better for standing or sitting upright, they have to be sort of semi erect in the bed if they're in bed. And also better for bending backwards. The pain may be better for bending backwards, but the worst lying down, like lying flat, worse being heated, worse for touch. And worse in the afternoons around 3pm or around 9pm, sort of early evening. Okay, so very, very centered. But the thing about this, the throbbing pains, as we talked about the sensation of heat, the sudden intense pains, but then they go just as quickly. Okay, so really, really important remedy to know. Belladonna, Belladonna. And again, you can see. Well, these remedies have such huge uses. I mean, we've mentioned belladonna virtually every week on these live sessions. Very, very, very important remedy. Next remedy is cholera blue cohosh. So this is for like severe labor, like pains during the period. It feels like they're going into labor and periods can be irregular. So they come and they go. It's like sometimes that the whole pattern can change. Month to month, it could be the late by three days or then early next month by four days. And they've often kind of had problems since puberty, since the periods first began. And here with Colophyllum, they have a drawing like pain in the thigh, as if the muscles are being pulled, feel like they're being pulled up. Or they can have shooting, cramping, like pains with nausea, feel sick and vomiting. And often before the flow actually starts, they can have a pain in the lower lumbar region. Okay. Sometimes they feel that the back can be breaking. And the thing with Colophyllum is that they feel very tired and very heavy. They feel like the limbs feel heavy, the body feels heavy. And that's very much like gelsemium. The gelsemium, even the eyelids can feel heavy, but this feel very tired. And again, one of the keynotes of Colophylum is you can have period pain, but at the same time have pain in the small joints, sometimes like the fingers or the toes, which is builds up before the period. But once the flow starts, the pain disappears. So remember when we do our clams I've talked about before, you're looking at location, looking at etiology. When it starts, you look at M for modalities, what makes it better or worse. You're looking for S for sensation. What's the sensation like of the pain. But then you've got C, which is concomitant what also comes along with the period. So this is where you would fill this in. They can have spotting and bleeding between the periods. And they're chilly, very chilly. Worse open air, worse for coffee, worse for motion, worse for coffee, better for warmth. Okay, they feel better for warmth. They want to be wrapped up. So that's cola final, Great remedy, Blue cohosh. These are all, remember, all homeopathic potencies. Next remedy, camomilla. So again, label like pains with chamomile. But this, this time with chamomile, they have brown blood, like a dark brown blood with clots. Keynote for belladonna. Very angry, very irritable. Leave me alone. They're so over sensitive to pain, they don't know what to do with themselves. They're in so much pain. And you know the capricious, the last for this. No, I don't want that. Can I have some cold water? No, no, I don't want that. It's in the wrong mug. It's like they don't know what they want. And they can be scolding. They become quite vicious when they're speaking with you. And the periods are very strong with cutting pains again may extend up and down the thighs. So again looking at these keynotes, pain can be up and down the thighs, but it's a cutting pain, worse anger, worse at night and again worse from coffee. Another remedy that's worse from coffee. So when you're looking at this, it could be down to, you know, three or four remedies. You look at the remedies that have these modalities better for cold applications. So they feel better with something cold maybe on their abdomen and they're better for moving around vigorously. So they may, they may want to go out for a walk and that eases the pain. And again you look at some remedies, they're worse for movement. This is how you differentiate between the remedies but will get you in with kah. Is that often that mental and emotional state as well? This very angry, very irritable, very over sensitive to pain. Just like you would see that in a child who was teething. Very angry, very irritable, don't know what they want. So again that's this would tie you in to Cameron Miller and indicate you to that great, great, great remedy. Next remedy, Simisifuga. So simisofuga, this has severe pain that gets worse as the flow increases. So some remedies have pain better for the flow, they build up and then it's bad pain and it's better once the flow starts. Simisofuga has severe pain that gets worse as the flow increases. And they have a cramping, shooting pain like electric shocks. And how can a back ached backache and muscle spasms in the back during the period. And one of the keynotes from Simisifuga, they have a sharp pain across from hip to hip, hip to hip. One of the keynotes of simisifuga or pains that go hip tip or go into the thighs and then shoot upwards. Now when simisofuga for this remedy, often it's for women who they get very negative, very gloomy when they're having their period and they look at everything that's wrong with their life. This get so negative and depression and it all comes around this time, once the period is finished, then the mood lifts and they're fine again until the next time. And again with Simicifuga the periods can be irregular, they can be late, they can be early, they can miss a month. So semester figures are great remedy the whole hormonal system. But again, another remedy that you definitely, definitely need to know. But again look at the modalities Here you can differentiate between the other remedies. Next remedy, collo synthesis. So again, this is. They have violent cutting griping pains, but intense griping pains so much that the person goes into a ball, draws the knees up to the chest, which relieves the pain. It relieves the pain very angry, like chamomile, irritable with the pains that can come on from suppressed anger or emotions. Sometimes I've seen this in cases where with the time of the period, any emotions that have been suppressed or kept in during the month will all come out at the time of the period. Why? It's a time of release, it's a time of letting go. And this is the opportunity every month, as I said, to reset, to let things go, to get rid of the old, ready for the bringing in the new. So the pains can be sudden and violent. I may cause a person to scream out or cry out a lot of pain with cola synthesis. And as he said, they can roll up in a ball and they can even vomit with the pain very restless, they can't find any relief anywhere. We're going to sit in the city and then they'll get on the floor, then they'll go into the bed. But they're better for warmth and better lying on the abdomen. Why? Because they're better for pressure. So the pain is a lot better for pressure with color synthesis and is ameliorated by Benny up double. It's the pressure. The worst from taking cold, the worst from emotions and the worst lying on the painless side. So wherever the pain is, they want to lie in it because it's better for pressure. The lie say the better for lying on the abdomen and the better when they lie on their back and they're not lying on the painless side, painful side. Then the pains will really come to be and they've got to back and put the pressure back on again. And generally this is a left sided remedy. So sometimes you see this again during the period they can have left sided pain, right sided pain, like ovarian pain. They'll get a whole set of different pains but with color synthesis. Remember, it's their mental emotion again, the anger. The rest of us are irritability. You think of chamomile, but with color synthesis they need that pressure. It's better for pressure. And often they'll come up, like I said, into a ball. Great remedy, callistence. It's great for any form of colic or anything like that. Next remedy magfos. Great, great remedy. I'm saying this about all the remedies. But magfos, what a wonderful remedy. Probably the most common remedy used in menstrual pain in painful periods. And this is severe menstrual cramping with radiating pains. So the pains again can be like belladonna, sudden, the burning, shooting like pains or boring pain with a sensation of constriction. And the pain often before the flow starts and is often worse at night. And they can have a lot of anxiety with these pains and they feel exhausted. Great prostration. They can even sweat with the pains. But they feel better for rubbing but better for warmth. This is the keynote, better for warm. So you can see the picture here of the lady with the hot water bottle. They're better for warmth. They're also better for hard pressure like colocynthis and doubling up. But the difference with that and colocynthesis is their mental and emotional state. I said incredibly angry, credibly eligible. With colocynthes, magfos is probably more anxious than anything. They're worse for cold air, worse for touch, worse for any form of exertion. It can bring on the cramps and worse at night. And often you'll find again this is a right sided remedy. Collins was left side. This is right sided. But they are better for rest with a hot water bottle often in bed. And some homeopaths actually put the magfos into warm water for the person to sip and to drink, which seems to help the remedy work better. I don't know, I just think they're better for the warmth, the warmth to drink. But it's a great remedy. One of the most commonly remedies for. It's almost like the homeopathic painkiller magfos. It's such a great remedy for any sort of nerve pain or pain, especially menstrual cramps or cramping. Great remedy to know magfos. Next remedy, pulsatilla. So with pulsatilla here, the periods can be erratic and they can change from month to month. And this is the keynote of pulsilla is changeability. If you look at pulsill as a plant, it's a flower, it's called the wind flower. It moves in the wind, very changeable. And the menstrual flow can be changeable. So it can be more during the day on walking about. But another keynote for pulsatila is that painful periods, ever since puberty, their periods, the cycle has never ever been regular, okay, or painless. It's often been painful. And the keynotes of pulsilla as we know, they weep easily before the period, crave affection, sympathy, they want to be looked after and you feel like you want to look after them. What can I do for you? How can I make it all right for you? Whereas the opposite to chamomile, it's like, well, you want to shut the door, you know, let them suffer themselves because they're so horrible to you and shouting at you and scolding you. Well, pulis very, very much more like they want the sympathy. They feel very forsaken and they'll say, why did you leave me? Why did you go out for half an hour to the shops? Well, I went out to go and get you some thumbs up. Oh, I felt, you know, I felt so alone. It's very forsaken. Pulsatella. They have intense bearing down pains in the abdomen, worse lying and chilliness. They feel very chilly with the pain, very cold, they can't get warm and they go very pale. There's a lot of paleness in the face during the when they've got the pain and they can often have diarrhea. They'll complain of diarrhea with the period. The worst for stuffy rooms. They don't like anything stuffy. They want movement of air. They'll ask for the window to be open or feel better for open air and the better to being consoled and being looked after or being hugged or being close to them. And again, the very famous keynote of pulsiller is they'll be thirstless during the period or during the having. When they've got the pain, they don't want any pain. Sorry. Anything to drink? Okay. Sepia. So sepia never been well since hormonal changes. Now this can be. Never been well since puberty, never been well since childbirth, never be since weaning. Never been well since the contraceptive pill. Big, big remedy for this. Anything involving hormonal changes. And this is where they have a painful period when the flow is scanty and can become too early, but again can have irregular periods and often with put cpa they have bloating before the period with very low energy. They feel exhausted. One of the keynotes for sepia, they'll crave chocolate. They crave chocolate. Again, a very common symptom, they crave chocolate. But the keynotes with bell with sepia is they, they have this dragging down sensation in the abdomen. It's like a bearing down sensation where they feel everything would escape through the vagina, feel everything would escape out. And sometimes you say that I need to feel like I need to cross my legs. It first feels that everything's going to come out, the sensation is so strong. Or they can have violent stitching pain upwards into the vagina. Very sharp pains, very irritable, very sensitive. And they have a desire to be left alone. Aversion to the loved ones. They don't want to be around the family, do this, want to be alone. Again, opposite to Paul Satilla, they can be worse from cold air, worse in the morning, worse in the evening, worse for standing anything where. Because with cpit, everything's very congested. So they're the worst for like standing or they need to be moving. So they're better for moving. Often better for being busy or being exerting themselves, for example, like, you know, exercise. It may feel better at this time, but they need movement. It gets rid of this congestion within the whole system. Better for pressure, for the pain, better warmth of the bed. Okay, so they feel better from the warmth of the bed. That's sepia. Again, Another huge, huge remedy, all sorts of reasons. And finally, this remedy called verburnum, better known as its herbal form, is cramp bark. So before menstruation, before the period, there's cramps and pain in the back, which extend to the pelvic area and down the thighs. Often can have a headache, feel sick and feel uneasy with themselves. And they have these colicky pains, really comic was come on suddenly, just before the period and can last for 10 or 12 hours. Okay. And they often again, they feel like their back is going to break with the pain. And often can have pain in the ovary areas, either what, left side, right side. And during the period there's a constant urgent to urinate. They need to feel like they need to empty the bladder and feel very nauseous, feel sick when the period, when the flow appears and they'll pass large quantities of clear, light urine. And they have again the same pain during the period where it goes into the pain to the uterus, the lower abdomen and again down the thighs, as we mentioned before, worse for movement. Again, opposite to sepia, worse for movement, worse for a sudden jar, which again belladonna can have, because it's worse for jarring, worse nighttime, worse being in a closed room. And again worse before period. Better for pressure, better for rest, better for open air cram box. So you can get this herbally or you can use it homeopathically. So I think that was nine remedies we went through there. Again, not in any particular order. Well, it was a particular order it was alphabetical order, but not order of importance. Again, you have got to match the right remedy with the symptoms that are being presented with you. Now, there's not one homeopathic remedy for painful periods. There can be many, many, many different remedies according to the characteristic symptoms of what the person is presenting. And if you're prescribing as a home prescriber, you're trying to match those keynotes, those individual symptoms, to what the person is saying. Now, if it's yourself, it's the same thing. And I say to everybody, I'm going to repeat this again. I think I'm going to do a video on this, on clams. Write down on a piece of paper, C L A M S and fill it in. I would start with location. So location where you know, period pain, where's the pain? They could say, you know, back goes into the thighs. Etiology, since the flow starts, modality, what makes it better and worse. Worse for rest, better for moving around, better for heat, whatever it is, sensation, cutting, shooting, burning, cramping. And if you're trying to prescribe for somebody else, member of your family, if they say it's just like a period pain, isn't it? We'll say, well, how would you describe that pain? And you give examples like, is it, you know, burning, is it hot, is it cramped? Or if you have to inflict the pain onto me, what would you do to me? And they could say, oh, yeah, I would have like an electric shock that went down your thighs. So, so it's, you need to get those characteristic symptoms. Then you can look at the remedies and think which one matches the best. You may be down to two or three that look really good. Choose one of them. Give it as a 30c potency. I say to everybody on this home prescriber sessions, third, just use 30C what you get in the remedy kits. You can buy them over the counter health food stores. You can buy them at homeopathic pharmacies. They're in the kits. Give it 30 and give it every hour for four, say four doses and sit and then stop. If it's improved, it's very severe. You give it every 20 minutes according to the intensity of the symptoms. So that's just a general rule of how to prescribe it. But please use these remedies. They can be so amazing with people, especially when they're in pain. There's an old myth with homeopathy that says it takes a long time for homeopathy to work that is not as utterly false. Homeopathy can work like that instantaneously in acute situations and in pain chronic cases, it's something different. You know, it's taking time to get into that state. And I was a mark. I would say for every year you've had it, it takes a month to clear homeopathy in a chronic case. In acute case, it should work instantaneously. In acute pain, as you describe mag fast, for example, in tooth that you can use in two straight away, it will work, it will ease the pain and then it may come back again. So you repeat the remedy again because you're following the vital force. What does a vital force show me? It needs to tell me. I need to repeat it. Thank you so much for joining me.

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