| After pains (Pains after delivery)
are a result of the uterus contracting back to its pre-pregnancy
state after the birth.
AFTER PAINS - Homeopathic
Medicines & Treatment
#Cimicifuga [Cimic]
comes to mind at once for after pains when they are very intense,
when they are worse about the region of the groin, and the patient
is sensitive and cannot tolerate them. This intolerance of the pains
suggests Chamomilla, which is a remedy to be thought of here; also
Pulsatilla; the temperament of these two remedies will distinguish
them. Gelsemium. Hughes was accustomed to rely on this remedy in
the 1x for after pains. It acts best in very sensitive women who
cannot compel quiet or sleep.
#Caulophyllum [Caul]
Is another remedy which is useful for after pains. They are spasmodic
in character and fly across the lower part of the abdomen. It comes
in especially after a prolonged and exhausting labor. It is a specific
for false labor pains. Arnica is a remedy usually prescribed in
a routine way after labor for the soreness of the parts, and it
is a very useful remedy in after pains. Xanthoxylum,
clinically, has proved very efficacious. If the pains are intestinal
rather than uterine, Cocculus will
be found useful; and if they press on the rectum and bladder Nux
is the remedy. Bellis perennis. Soreness
all through the pelvis after labor; the patient cannot walk or stand;
bones seem to be giving away. Sabina and Sepia may also be indicated
by their peculiar pains, those of Sabina shooting from behind forwards,
and those of Sepia shooting upwards and accompanied by weight in
the lower bowel.
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