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Choosing the right homeopathic medicine for weight loss

Planning to try homeopathy to lose weight? Here is everything you need to know about the treatment.

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Written By: Mita Majumdar | Updated : April 28, 2015 10:46 AM IST

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According to homeopathy, obesity and weight gain is due to bad diets and poor nutrition. Fortunately, weight loss is an attainable goal, though low thyroid activity, diabetes, hormonal imbalance and even genetic factors can be a barrier. Homeopathy and nutrition is a potent combination for weight loss say homeopathy practitioners. Here's all you need to know about this alternate form of medicine and how you can

How it works

Homeopathy can help you lose weight by improving your digestion, metabolism and elimination process. In some cases it may also help you burn calories faster. You may also like to read expert diet tips to lose weight.

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In order to be prescribed treatment, a diagnosis is made and medications prescribed based on a person s constitution, that is, physical, emotional and mental aspects, obvious and detailed signs and symptoms. So, what may work for you, may not work for your sibling or friend. A correct diagnosis by the practitioner is vital for you to effectively lose weight. You may also be required to do a complete blood test, lipid profile, thyroid function tests,liver function tests, and tests to rule out diabetes and heart problems.

Common medications prescribed for weight loss

Here s a list of common remedies for weight loss in overweight or obese people and the symptoms that help a physician decide what medication would work for you.

Ammonium carb: This drug is prescribed if you have the following physiological traits.

  • Weak heart
  • Timid personality
  • Suffering from chronic rhinitis (inflammation of mucous membrane), worse during nights, difficulty in breathing
  • Early and copious periods with black and acrid blood
  • Depressed, disposition to weepiness
  • Disgust with life

Ammonium mur

  • Fat body, thin legs, large buttocks
  • Tendency towards grieving but cannot weep
  • Irritable and quick to anger
  • Severe ulcerative pain in the heel, worsened by rubbing

Antimonium crudum

  • Normally treats obesity in children and young people
  • Sensitive and sentimental people
  • Thickly coated white tongue
  • Nails discoloured and deformed
  • Belching with taste of what has been eaten, weak digestion
  • Craving salty and sour foods
  • Eruptions and blisters, worsened from heat of sun and touch
  • Alternating between diarrhoea and constipation, especially in older adults

Aurum metallicum

  • Presence of arteriosclerosis and high blood pressure.
  • Pain in heart region with pain moving down from the arm to the fingers
  • Suicidal tendency, disgust with life, melancholy, tendency to weep
  • Irritable, quick to anger
  • Ulcerated, painful nostril; soreness in nose
  • Sleeplessness

Calceria carbonica

  • Sweating on the forehead, wetting the pillow at night
  • Great anxiety with heart palpitation
  • Melancholy, apprehensive of impending evil
  • Dreading the night
  • Vertigo, especially on suddenly turning the head
  • Painful swelling of submaxillary glands, sensitive tooth, toothache
  • Heaviness of body
  • Sweating of palms
  • Profuse sweating with slightest exertion
  • Shortness of breath on ascending stairs

Ignatia

  • Sensitive mood, changing quickly from sadness to happiness and laughter to tears
  • Depression
  • Tendency to sadness and grief, brooding over imaginary troubles
  • Severe headaches, relief when lying on the painful side
  • Crawling, asleep sensation of the limbs
  • Redness of face

Phytolacca

  • Excessive weight
  • Dryness of throat, swollen tonsils, glandular swelling, symptoms better when lying down
  • Difficulty swallowing, shooting pain through both ears
  • Tongue feels rough, white coated blisters on both sides of the tongue, very red tip
  • Rheumatic pains, sciatica, but better after movement
  • Pale face

Graphites

  • Especially suited for women with disposition to delayed periods
  • Fatigue, weakness of the whole body
  • Itching and oozing blotches on the skin
  • Thick fingernails
  • Dark coloured, half-digested, thin stools that are too smelly
  • Too much flatus (gas)
  • Gripping pain in the stomach
  • Sad and despondent, thinks of death

Natrum mur, Lycopodium, Nux vomica

  • Those who have excess weight gain in areas like the thighs and the buttocks.
  • Cannot tolerate the heat radiated from the sun,
  • Are anemic and
  • Suffer from underlying depression along with weight gain

Who can or should not take the treatment?

Anyone can take homeopathy treatment. The positive point about homeopathy, as you can see from the remedies given above, is that it takes into consideration other maladies you may be suffering from. So, if you have high blood pressure and weight problems, you will be given a particular remedy, and the remedy will be different if you suffer from excessive weight along with arthritis.

There is a different remedy for overweight children depending on their age. Similarly, pregnant women will be given a different dosage of the remedy.

Side effects of homeopathy for weight loss

Homeopathic medicines for weight loss are generally considered to be without side effects and are considered safe for everyone including children, pregnant and nursing women. Although the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine states that there is not much evidence to support homeopathy's effectiveness for specific conditions including weight loss, it also notes that when taken under the supervision of professional practitioners homeopathic remedies for weight loss are considered safe and have shown positive results in some studies. The FDA, however, bans the HCG homeopathic remedy for weight loss, but does not say anything about other remedies for weight loss.

But, it is possible you might experience some side effects if the medications prescribed are wrong or is more than required by your constitution. Therefore, it is very important that you answer their questions very carefully.

Sometimes, you may experience an aggravation of your symptoms before you see any improvement. This is a common process, so don t worry too much about it. But, you should keep your homeopath in the loop about the progress or side effects you may be experiencing.

How soon can you expect results?

This is a tricky question! Homeopathy definitely takes a much longer time to show results as compared to conventional medicine. You may see results as quickly as three months or it may take a year before you see any results.

A word of caution: Homeopathic remedies will be effective for you only when the action of the medicine matches your constitution and symptoms. So, it is mandatory that you consult a qualified homeopathy practitioner for your problems.

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Mita Majumdar

Mita Majumdar

An educational medical writer by profession, Mita has more than 8 years of experience in writing for health and wellness websites. She is equally adept at transcribing medical, literary, and philosophy files.  When she is not glued to the computer screen, she ... Read More