Pain in any form isn’t a pleasant feeling, yet it is considered a boon as it warns us that something is wrong in the body and this pain pushes us to reach out for help. Bone pain is one such condition that needs our attention and it does have it sometimes depriving us of even sleep.
Bone pain presents itself as deep-seated pain and tenderness can be elicited by pressing the bones. Homeopathy has a great role here, both therapeutically leading to cure and palliative as well in the cases that have reached the incurable stage.
Causes-
- Fractures – accidental / injuries/ due to weak bones/ stress
- Primary bone tumours
- Cancerous bone disease
- Osteomalacia -bone softening
- Paget’s disease- improper bone metabolism leads to painful fragile bones
- Chronic infection – osteomyelitis
- Osteonecrosis-bone death due to lack of blood supply
Prevention-
- A balanced diet, so that we do not miss out on essential nutrients and remain safe from deficiency diseases like osteoporosis & osteomalacia.
- Regular exercise is a must and must not be compromised.
- The appropriate amount of water intake depends on the environment, but it must be at least 2-3 litres daily.
- Proper sleep and rest so that the body heals and repairs itself.
- Being aware of the family history and cautious about diseases like Pagets Disease and cancer.
- Avoiding too much alcohol consumption and any drug misuse especially steroids, both lead to Osteonecrosis.
- Smokers and patients with chronic diseases like Diabetes tend to be more prone to bacterial infections so better stop smoking and keep your sugar in check.
- All diseases can’t be prevented all the time, especially genetic disorders but we can surely try to limit them, so the key is about being health conscious and not live carelessly or in fear as well.
Homeopathy helps-
We have wonderful medicines to help the bone pains. Be it fracture or not, homeopathy has an impressive queue of drugs for it. Over 300 medicines are suggested for bone Pain in Complete repertory.
The most commonly used drugs are-
- Arnica, the injury doctor of every household;
- Symphytum, the bone healer;
- Calc Phos, the ultimate supplement for strong bones;
- Merc sol, the warrior against infections in bone;
- Arsenic, the knight against the cancerous might.
While I have mentioned a few medicines above, they all are specifically used by many. The essence of Homeopathy treatment still lies in the holistic approach, which means none of these drugs will be prescribed until and unless they fit the similima picture of the patient as a whole.
Books referred–
- Principles and Practice of Medicine by Davidsons, 20th edition
- API – Medicine- 12th edition
- The Complete Repertory
