Homeopathic Medicine for Gout treatment:
Overindulgence in food and drink is typical of gouty patients. Accumulation of uric acid crystals in the joints causes severe pain suddenly at night. Homeopathic medicine for gout cures the acute attack effectively. Swelling and redness in joints can arrest with Homeopathy medicine for gout. In addition, Homeopathic treatment can prevent the recurrence of gout permanently. Just like all Overindulgence diseases, gout patients need to avoid overeating.
Acute Gout:
Apis is a first-grade Homeopathy medicine for gout of swollen, red joints. In this case, pain in joints worse on heat exposure and relive with cold. Belladonna helps in the treatment of redness and throbbing pain of gout. Over sensitiveness is the key point in this Homeopathic medicine.
Gouty Arthritis:
Ledum pal is the Homeopathic medicine for hot swollen gouty joint without redness. Here also the pain in the joint is increase from the heat and at night. The cold application always relieve the gout pain in spite of coldness in affected joints.
Colchicum on the other hand, is the Homeopathic medicine for gout joints with diarrhea. In this case, strong odors cause faintness. Fatty stools also observed along with gout, indicates this Homeopathy medicine for the treatment of gout.
Bryonia is another Homeopathy medicine for gout with biting pains. The least movement of joints increases the pain. Whereas red and hot gouty joint pain is, relieve in spite of hard pressure.
Also, see Homeopathic Medicines for Arthritis in Hands, Finger Joints, Knee, etc
Chronic gout:
Berberis, Sarsaparilla, Solidago Virga And Urtica Urens are well proved Homeopathic medicines for chronic gout. Uric Acid, Sulfur Flavum, Sepia, and Lycopodium are also greatly helpful in the Homeopathic treatment of chronic gout.
Tophi or nodosities:
Ledum pal and Benzoic Acid are Homeopathic medicines that benefit in the treatment of nodosities of gout.
Homeo medicines for Stiffness of gouty joints:
Guaiacum is the Homeopathic medicine for tendon contractions. Feeling great heat in the joint and pain worse from heat indicates this Homeopathy medicine. Lithium Carbonicum is the remedy for paralytic stiffness of joints in gout. Itching about joints especially indicates this Homeopathic medicine for gout. Swelling of toes relief from the heat also suggest Lithium carb for gout treatment in Homeopathy.
Formica Rufa is the Homeopathic medicine for gouty arthritis in those who feel muscles strained. This Homeopathic medicine also indicated for the treatment of sudden contractions and stiffness in gouty joints.
Gout case – Lithium Carbonicum in Homeopathy:
In this connection, we would like to present a case of gout cured with lithium Carbonicum. An old man of age 65, came with severe pain in the left ankle joint. Uric acid is a little high. In addition, fatty liver and high blood pressure presented. On examination, the symptoms are matching lycopodium. However, lycopodium for gout did not relieve pain in this case. Whereas, Ledum pal for gout is relieved pain shortly.
Based on ‘the disposed to weep about his lonesome condition’ we gave him Lithium Carbonicum in Homeopathy for gout pain. To our surprise, pain is completely relieved within an hour. After that, it needed to repeat the dose for two times within 6 months. The patient never complained about gout for 3 years.
References:
- BOUKO LEVY M., in his Homeopathic and Drainage Repertory
- Gout: Symptoms, Causes, and Treatments