Saturday, March 21, 2009

Care Your Child Homeopathically

Homeopathy For Your Child:

Homeopathy is ideal for babies and children as it is a gentle yet highly effective system of medicine. The mildly sweet pills, powders or liquids are easy to dispense and are more palatable than many conventional medicines. The highly diluted natural substances that form homeopathic remedies mean that they are safe to use in the very young, including newborn babies. More than that, homeopathy can raise the immunity of your children to help deal with illness throughout their childhood.

Homeopathy not only helps when your child is ill. It can also help prevent illness and give support through difficult periods of their life.

Today, there are many pediatricians preferring homoeopathic treatment for their children & patients in various pediatric conditions.

Time has come that every mother, everybody who is health-conscious should realize the scope and role of homoeopathic science for day to day problems. When in doubt, when other systems of medicine fail to work quickly, and if you want your children to grow with natural, safe, non-toxic, effective and quick acting medicine, you should think of homoeopathy. The child makes the most eligible candidate for homoeopathy, with its gentle, rapid recovery and innocuous sweet pills.

What complaints can you safely treat at home?

Homeopathy works fast with children because they are usually full of vitality. Acute conditions such as ear infections, tonsillitis and flu, can be resolved rapidly using the right remedies, often avoiding the need for conventional medicines. Babies also tend to respond quickly to homeopathic treatment – there are remedies for colic, teething and nappy rash.

Teething - Chamomilla 30c – inconsolable and angry child
Colic - Magnesium phos 30c – baby doubles up in pain
Nappy-rash - Calendula 30c and Calendula cream – soothing and antiseptic
Earache - Pulsatilla 30c – clingy child, greenish discharge from ear
Fever - Aconite 30c – sudden fevers after getting chilled
Belladonna 30c – very high temperatures with a red face
Gelsemium 30c – slow fevers with chills, bone pain and fatigue
Coughs and colds - Bryonia 30c – miserable, irritable, better for keeping still
Pulsatilla 30c – plenty of yellow/green mucous; clingy and upset
Vomiting- Nux vomica 30c – bilious and bad tempered
Arsenicum album 30c – after bad food, with diarrhoea and restlessness
Bumps and bruises - Arnica 30c – also for shock and exhaustion

5 reasons why homoeopathy should be adopted for children:

  • Safe Medicine
  • Effective & Quick Treatment
  • Scientific & Natural Medicine
  • Builds Body Resistance
  • Child Friendly

Which diseases can homoeopathy cure?
All health-conscious mothers today must know which all diseases can homoeopathy help. In reality, it is practically impossible to enlist those innumerable conditions where homoeopathy is found effective. Besides the below-listed conditions as and when required, one must think of homoeopathy for any resistant, difficult disorder.

  • Infection :
  • Allergy :
  • Tonsillitis : Avoid Surgery
  • Mental Disorders :
  • Miscellaneous :
  • Various psychosomatic disorders such as Bed-wetting, Headaches, Gastritis, etc. respond to homoeopathy.Infant’s colic, Fever, Teething problems, Vomiting, Dysentery, Nephrotic Syndrome (Kidney disease), Growth related problems, Convulsions (Epilepsy), Infantile Eczema, Jaundice, Brain infections (Meningitis), Fungal infections, Warts, Hair-Loss (Alopecia), Growing pains, Poor concentration, Arthritis in children, Psoriasis, Leucoderma (white spots), Pimples, Thyroid problems, etc.

Friday, March 20, 2009

Knowing The Radial pulse Repertorically

Repertorial analysis of Radial pulse:
GENERALITIES;PULSE, frequent;
-daytime : Nat-a., nat-m.
-morning :., ars., canth., graph., kali-c.,
-forenoon : Calc., chin.,
-afternoon : Lyc.
-evening : arg-m., arg-n., carb-an., Caust., cinnb., crot-h., dulc., ferr., lach., lyc., mur-ac., nat-c., nux-v., ph-ac., phos., puls., sil., sulph., thuj., tub., zinc.
-midnight, after : Benz-ac.
-eating, after : Arg-n., iod., Lyc., nux-v., phos., puls., sulph.
-faster than the heart-beat : rhus-t., spig.
-motion agg. : bry., dig., gels., graph., iod., lycps., Nat-m., nux-v., phos.,
-noticing, it, when : Arg-n.
-rest, during : Mag-m.
-rising up on : Bry., dig.
-sitting, when : Mag-m.
-stool, after : Agar., Con.
-thinking of past troubles : Sep.
-vexation, after : Cham., nat-m., nux-v., petr., Sep., sulph.
-warm applications, from : Sulph.
-and intermittent : aur., dig., nux-v., sulph.,
-and small : Acon., ars-i., Ars., aur-m., aur., camph, con., dig., hell., iod., Laur., lycps., mur-ac., nux-m., Nux-v., Sil., Stram., Verat.,
-strong and small : Acon., apis., arn., ars., bell., chin., crot-t., gels., hyos.,

GENERALITIES;PULSE,full : Acon., all-c., Ant-t., arn., Bell., Berb., Bry., canth., Chel., chin., cupr., Dig., dulc., eup-per., Gels., glon., hep., Hyos., kali-c., Kali-n., lach., led., merc., mez., mosch., naja., nux-v., op., petr., ph-ac., phos., sabin., sep., sil., spig., Stram., sulph., tab., verat-v., verat.,
-morning : Phos., phyt., sep., zinc.
-afternoon : Iod., zinc.
-evening : Acon., hell., olnd., ran-b., seneg., sulph., thuj., zinc.
-night : Merc.
GENERALITIES;PULSE,hard : Acon., all-c., ant-t., arn., bar-c., Bell., benz-ac., Berb., Bry., cact., canth., Chel., chin., cina., cupr., dig., ferr., hep., Hyos., ign., kali-c., kali-n., kreos., lach., led., merc.,mosch., nit-ac., nux-v., phos.,.sep., sil., Stram., sulph., ter.,
-morning : Petr., phyt., zinc.
-noon : Ox-ac.
-evening : All-c., bapt., dulc., plb.
GENERALITIES;PULSE, heavy : Phos., stram.
GENERALITIES;PULSE, imperceptible : Acon., ars., cact., canth., carb-ac., Carb-v., cocc., Colch., Cupr., ip., merc., naja., op., sec., Sil., Verat.,
-imperceptible, almost : Acon., apis., ars., Camph., Gels., ip., lach., laur., merc., naja., podo., puls., rhus-t., spong., stram., tab., verat.,
-during convulsions : Nux-v., olnd.
-stupor : Hep.
GENERALITIES;PULSE, intermittent : acon., aeth., agar, arg-n., ars., aur., bry., camph., canth., caps., carb-v., cedr., Chin., cimx., colch., con., crot-h., Dig., gels., hep., iod., kali-c., kali-i., kalm., lach., laur., lil-t., lycps., merc-c., Merc., Nat-m., nit-ac., op., ox-ac., Ph-ac., phyt., plb., rhus-t., samb., Sec., sep., spig., stram., sulph., tab., zinc.
GENERALITIES;PULSE, irregular : Acon., agar.,Ant-c., arg-n., ars-i., Ars., asaf., aspar., aur., bry., cact., caps., chin-a., Chin., cimic., colch., con., crot-h., Dig., gels., hep., hyos., kali-bi., kali-c., kali-i., kalm., Lach., lycps., merc-c., merc., naja., Nat-m., olnd., op., Ph-ac., phos., phyt., plan., plb., rhus-t., samb., sang., Sec., sep., sil., spig., still., Stram., sulph., tab., Verat-v., verat.,.
-exertion, on slight : Arg-n., meny., nat-m.
-lying on back, while : Arg-n.
-stool, after : Agar.
-and slow : Dig., Kalm., naja., Verat-v.,
GENERALITIES;PULSE, irritable : Arg-m., ars., colch., dig.,
GENERALITIES;PULSE, jerking : Acon., aur., bar-c., dulc.,
GENERALITIES;PULSE, labored : Cupr., iris., kreos., merc., op.,
GENERALITIES;PULSE, slow : acon., agar., amyg., ant-t., aspar., bell., Berb., camph., Cann-i., cann-s., canth., caps., chel., chin-s., con., crot-h., cupr., Dig., Gels., hell., Kalm., laur., lob., lycps., manc., naja., nux-m., Op., podo., sang., sec., Sep., Stram., tab., verat-v., verat.,
-daytime : Mur-ac., sep.
-morning : Arg-m., chin-s., grat., olnd., petr.
-forenoon : Cinnb.
-afternoon : Chin-s., ox-ac.
-evening : Ars., graph., nat-a., phyt.
-slower than the beat of heart : dig., kali-n.,
GENERALITIES;PULSE, small : Acon., agar., ant-t., ars-i., Ars., aur-m., aur.,., bell., Camph., Carb-v., cham., chin., cocc., colch., con., Cupr., Dig., dulc., Guai., hell., hyos., iod., kali-c., kreos., lach., Laur.,lob., merc., mur-ac., nux-m., op., ph-ac., phos., plat., raph., samb., Sec., Sil., stann., Stram., sul-ac., sulph., ter., Verat.,
GENERALITIES;PULSE,soft : acon., Ant-t., ars., aur., carb-ac., Carb-v., colch., Cupr., Dig., gels., guai., kalm., Lach., lob., merc., Mur-ac., naja., Op., ox-ac., phos., plat., sang., spig., Stram., tab., Ter., verat-v., Verat.,
GENERALITIES;PULSE, spasmodic : Ars., bism., cupr., merc.,
GENERALITIES;PULSE, strong : Acon., bell., cann-i., hyos., raph., stram.
GENERALITIES;PULSE, tense : am-m., ant-t.,., camph., colch., con., ferr., hyos., kali-i., mez., verat-v.
GENERALITIES;PULSE, thready : Acon., alum., arn., ars., bell., camph., canth., carb-v., colch., cupr., dig.,
GENERALITIES;PULSE, tremulous : Ant-t., ars., bell., Calc., hell., kreos., rhus-t., sabin., Spig., staph.,
-night : Calc.
-eating, after : Calc.
GENERALITIES;PULSE, undulating : Ars.,
GENERALITIES;PULSE, weak : Ant-t., arn., Ars., aspar., Aur., Berb., Camph., canth., Carb-v., chin-a., chin., cimx., Crot-h., cupr., dig., Gels., glon., ign., ip., kali-bi., kali-br., kalm., Lach., Laur., lycps., merc-c., merc., mur-ac., Naja., Ph-ac., phos., puls.,rhus-t., sang., sec., spig., staph., stram., tab., verat-v.,
GENERALITIES;PULSE, wiry : Ars., cupr., dig., gels., ham., kreos., ox-ac., phos., phys., sec., zinc.

Thursday, March 19, 2009

Radial pulse

Significance of radial pulse:
The pulse is meant the expansion and elongation of the arterial walls passively produced by the pressure changes during systole and diastole of ventricles.
The arterial pulse is conveniently assessed by palpation of the radial artery.

Related terms:

  1. Pulse pressure: It is the pressure wave created by the ventricles while ejection of blood in to the fully distended aorta and propagated as a wave through the blood column towards periphery.
  2. Velocity of pulse wave: the velocity of pulse wave is much more rapid(6 times) than the velocity of blood flow. Pulse velocity depends on the elasticity of vessels.Thus, elasticity = 1.7/pulse velocity
  3. Elasticity of walls: elasticity decreases with age, so that in older people same cardiac output causes a high systolic pressure.Therefore, elasticity decreases, velocity increases.
Features of radial pulse:
While examining the radial pulse following features are to be noticed.

Rate: The normal adult has a pulse rate of about 72 beats each minute. Infants have higher average pulse rates. The normal pulse rate ranges based upon age are given below.
  • Adults: 60 to 100 beats per minute.
  • Children: 70 to 120 beats per minute.
  • Toddlers: 90 to 150 beats per minute.
  • Newborns: 120 to 160 beats per minute.
Pulse rates that are outside the normal range are classified as tachycardia or bradycardia.
  • Tachycardia: If the patient's pulse rate is over 100 beats per minute.
  • Bradycardia: If the patient's pulse rate is below 50 beats per minute.
Rhythm: Rhythm refers to the evenness of the beats. In a regular pulse, the time between beats is the same (constant) and the beats are of the same Strength
Volume:
Tension:

Varieties of radial pulse:
The normal pulse appears at regular interval and has a rate between 60-100/minutes.
Anacrotic pulse: It is a slow rising twice beating pulse where both the waves are felt during systole.
Dicrotic pulse: It is a twice beating pulse where the first percussion wave is felt during systole and the second dicrotic wave is felt during diastole.
It is seen when the peripheral resistance and diastolic pressure are low as in;
  • Fever
  • Congestive cardiac failure
  • Cadiac temponade
Pulsus bisferiens: It is a rapid rising twice beating pulse where both the waves are felt during systole.
It is seen in;
  • Idiopathic hypertrophic subaortic stenosis.
  • Severe AI with AS.
Pulsus parnus: It is a slow rising pulse like the anacrotic pulse but the anacrotic wave is not felt.
It occurs in;
  • Cardiac failure
  • Hypovolaemia
  • Vasoconstriction
Pulsus alternans: It describes an alternating pattern of large and small volume beats despite a regular rhythm.
It occurs in;
  • LVF
  • Toxic myocarditis.
Pulsus paradoxus:
Pulsus bigeminus:

Thready pulse:

Water hammer pulse:
Sinus arrhythmia:

Atrial fibrillation:

Ectopic beats:

Technique of examining radial pulse:






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