Arthritis and Rheumatic Pain

Homoeopathic remedies are a great help for people who suffer from joint pain associate with rheumatism and arthritis. There are many remedies to choose from and the best results are obtained when you pay careful attention to your particular problem and select a remedy based on the symptom picture.   

Attention to diet is extremely important with reduction in the intake of acid forming foods. As much as possible take whole foods to maximize the availability of vitamins, minerals and other important substances used by the body to repair and maintain healthy joints.  Include herbs such as Dandelion, Sage and Nettle in your diet for their healing properties as well as the abundant supply of nutrients they contain. 

The following remedies may help to relieve symptoms and stimulate healing however you may need to consult a homoeopathic practitioner to choose the correct remedy for a long lasting healing result.

Arnica: Suits muscular rheumatism from exposure to cold, damp and after over-exertion. Limbs ache and feel bruised and beaten. Worse from movement and fear of being touched.  

Arsenicum:   Sciatic pain especially in elderly people. Worse around midnight, restless, anxious and better from warmth. Burning pain down the leg, cramping in calves. 

Bellis perennis:    Injuries and muscular soreness in tissues deep in the body where pain remains despite Arnica. Gardeners backache from bending and stooping.

Bryonia:   Stabbing pain which is much better from staying very still, from pressure and lying on the painful part. Lumbago. Pain worse from slightest movement. Irritability. 

Colocynthis:   Shooting pain  down the right leg. Numb and weak. Worse cold. 

Hypericum:   Nerve damage. Sharp, shooting or tingling pains. Injuries to the coccyx. 

Ledum:   Gouty rheumatism that starts in the lower limbs and ascends. Stinging, tearing pains. Better cold compresses. 

Mag phos:   Sharp, spasmodic pains. Relieved by pressure, massage and warmth. Sciatica worse right leg. 

Pulsatilla:   Wandering and shifting rheumatic pains, maybe in the hips, knees and other joints.  Tearing, drawing, jerking pains. Constantly changing symptoms. Worse at night and from heat.   

Rhus tox:   Pain and stiffness from over-exertion, getting wet while hot or being caught in cold damp weather. Worse initially then better from continued movement. Cramping, tearing sciatic pain, stiffness in lower back, worse cold, damp and lying still.. Must move. 

Ruta grav:   Pain in ligaments and tendons, especially where they meet the bone. Sciatica worse in bed at night, the pain extends from the back to the hips and thighs.