Homeopathic Treatment of Retained Placenta
Homeopathy treats the person as a whole. It means that homeopathic treatment focuses on the patient as a person, as well as his pathological condition. The homeopathic medicines selected after a full individualizing examination and case-analysis.
which includes
- The medical history of the patient,
- Physical and mental constitution,
- Family history,
- Presenting symptoms,
- Underlying pathology,
- Possible causative factors etc.
A miasmatic tendency (predisposition/susceptibility) also often taken into account for the treatment of chronic conditions.
What Homoeopathic doctors do?
A homeopathy doctor tries to treat more than just the presenting symptoms. The focus is usually on what caused the disease condition? Why ‘this patient’ is sick ‘this way’?.
The disease diagnosis is important but in homeopathy, the cause of disease not just probed to the level of bacteria and viruses. Other factors like mental, emotional and physical stress that could predispose a person to illness also looked for. No a days, even modern medicine also considers a large number of diseases as psychosomatic. The correct homeopathy remedy tries to correct this disease predisposition.
The focus is not on curing the disease but to cure the person who is sick, to restore the health. If a disease pathology not very advanced, homeopathy remedies do give a hope for cure but even in incurable cases, the quality of life can greatly improved with homeopathic medicines.
Homeopathic Medicines for Retained Placenta:
The homeopathic remedies (medicines) given below indicate the therapeutic affinity but this is not a complete and definite guide to the homeopathy treatment of this condition. The symptoms listed against each homeopathic remedy may not be directly related to this disease because in homeopathy general symptoms and constitutional indications also taken into account for selecting a remedy.
Medicines:
Belladonna
- Heat and dryness of vagina.
- Red face and eyes.
- Profuse flow of bright red blood which speedily coagulates; blood feels hot as it passes through vagina; hour-glass contraction.
- sensations of heat – there may be gushes of blood, red, flushed face, and any sensation of jolting or jarring will upset her greatly.
- The labor is usually quite intense so it may be that she needs to pause and re-group before pushing out the placenta.
Caulophyllum
- Retained placenta from weakness and exhaustion.
- Flooding from inertia of uterus.
Cantharis
- Retained placenta or membranes.
- No expulsive pains; pain or burning while urinating.
- There may be retention of urine.
- Creates an expulsive action – this can also be used for miscarriage when there are no contractions, bleeding or move to expel the baby.
Gelsemium
- Cutting pains in lower part of abdomen running from before backward and upward which retard expulsion of the placenta.
Gossypium
- Retention of placenta which adheres firmly to walls of uterus
Leading indications.
Ipecac
- Retained placenta with constant flow of bright red blood.
- Pain about navel passing though uterus; constant nausea.
- Labored breathing.
Pulsatilla
- Inertia of uterus, expulsive power wanting.
- When placenta remains attached to walls of uterus; flooding; blood flows and stops and flows again.[2]
China
- Farrington recommends it when retained placenta attend with flooding and Puls.
- Under such circumstances, he used to administer China in repeated doses until the tonicity of uterus restore and then remove the placenta by the aid of the hand.
Secale
- For simple retained placenta; or hour-glass contraction of uterus causing retained placenta.
- With constant strong bearing down; with relaxed feeling of part.
Sepia
- Retained placenta after miscarriage.
- Usually in a woman that has had several pregnancies, may have been a labor that ends with a high level of exhaustion-mentally feeling done – so when it is time to deliver the placenta they literally have very little will left.[2]
