TOBACCO & WOMEN...

1. There has been an increase in prevalence among females for both smoking and smokeless tobacco


2. Women who consume 3’cigraettes per day double their risk, not only of heart attacks but also of death from other causes
   
3. Mishri use, which is common in women can lead to low birth weight babies and a reproductive effect of lower male to female sex ratio


4. When pregnant women smoke, carbon monoxide and nicotine passes into their lungs and blood stream, reducing the oxygen supply to their unborn baby. This means that their babies are:
   a) more likely to suffer from asthma attacks, chest infections and colds in later life
   b) may likely to be born prematurely
   c) more likely to be born underweight


5. Paan chewing among women in India has made oral cancer more common than breast cancer

HAPPY WOMAN'S DAY...

We wish all the Women across the globe a very Happy Women's Day...Here is an effort to relate Homoepathy to various phases in their lives...

PULSATILLA: BABY GIRL:Loose motions, crying easily,green stools sticky,yellow phlegm,recurrent colds, when sick wants to be held all the time, cranky clingy, chicken pox, mumps & measles.

LACHESIS: PRE-SCHOOL GIRL:

Curious+++, Restless at nights +++
Attracts attention, talkative++
Cannot tolerate tight clothes, very particular about clothes
Over sensitiveness++, emotional



THUJA: SCHOOL GOING GIRL

Prone to colds and cough, fearful, hides from strangers, lack of confidence, desire to play alone, asthma <>

NATRUM MUR: TEENAGE GIRL:

Patient is very emotional type, headache of anaemic girls, marked disposition to weep, Consolation from others aggravates her troubles...Craving for salt, easily offended, dwells over painful event, will never forget, very selective company

PULSATILLA: MENARCHE:

Irregular menses, changing symptoms+++, indecisive, slow, phlegmatic temperament easily moved to laughter or tears, affectionate mild, yielding disposition, timid, better in open air, digestive disorders- no two stools alike

SEPIA:PREGNANCY

Patient is basically worn out, physically mentally and emotionally. This can be from a particular difficult pregnancy or from an ardous delivery. Indifferent to family. Diseases of women:esp. those ocuring in pregnancy. Dread of men. Constipation of preganancy, morning sickenss in pregnancy, violent stitches in vagina…sight or thought of food sickens…smell of cooking food nauseates

LACHESIS: MENOPAUSE :

Great sensitiveness to touch,menses at regular times: too short, scanty, feeble,pains relieved by flow, always better during menses.


Climacteric ailments: hot flushes, hot perspiration, burning vertex headaches, hemorrhages, can't bear tight clothes

AURUM METALLICUM: OLD WOMEN

Helps in senior citizens in nursing homes where loneliness and lack of purpose often brings on "AURUM STATE" of emptiness and despair…AURUM covers physical and emotional pain as well as the desire to commit suicide. It covers the classic situation in which one spouse dies after many years of happy marriage

HOMEOPATHY FOR HEARTBURN AND INDIGESTION DURING PREGNANCY

HEARTBURN



Heart is a burning sensation in the center of the chest.



It actually has nothing to do with the heart.

It may get serve during the second (4-6 months) and third trimester (7-9 months) of pregnancy.



CAUSE :



Increased secretion of female hormones during pregnancy relaxes the sphincter between

the stomach and the food pipe (oesophagus) that normally prevents the normally prevents the stomach acids from passing back into the oesophagus. This causes the stomach acid to pass into the oesophagus and irritate its lining.



INDIGESTION



Indigestion or dyspepsia is digestion- related discomfort in the abdomen



CAUSES:



Hormonal changes during early pregnancy.

Pressure of the growing womb on the stomach in the later pregnancy.

Excessive intake of tea, coffee, caffeine, fried or fatty food or less intake of water may worsen it.



SYMPTOMS:



Heartburn

Excess gas

Bloating of abdomen

Burping

Feeling of fullness after a normal meal.



DO’S:



Eat smaller meals more often rather than three large meals.

Eat yogurt(curd) or drink a glass of milk.

Sit up straight when you are eating

Sleep well propped up, raising the head side of your bed.



DON’TS:



Don’t eat foods, which cause trouble. Avoid fried, spicy or rich foods.

Don’t drink much while eating.

Don’t eat or drink for a few hours before going to bed.

Don’t lie down immediately after eating.



HOW CAN HOMOEOPATHY HELP?



Following are some of the commonly used homoeopathic medicines for ‘Heartburn

And indigestion during pregnancy’ which may be used as first line treatment. It is advised that a qualified homoeopathic doctor should be consulted.



MEDICINE & its SYMPTOMS:



1) ANACARDIUM 30:

• Empty feeling in the stomach
• Eating relieves the symptoms of indigestion

2) NUXVOMICA 30:

• Bloating and sensation of weight in the stomach, As of a stone, worse sometime after eating
• Stomach region sensitive to pressure

3) PULSATILLA 30:

• Indigestion from eating rich food, cake, pastry
• Aversion to fatty and warm food
• Taste of food remains for a long time after eating
• Bad taste and rising of acidic fluid in the mouth in the morning
• Tongue dry, yet no thirst

4) SEPIA 30:

• Feeling of emptiness in abdomen, not relieved by eating
• Craving for vinegar, acids and pickle
• Acidity with bloated abdomen and sour belching.

DOSAGE- 4 pills 3-6 times a day – depending on the severity.