Dr. Rashid Akhtar

Role of Homeopathy in Treating Digestive Problems

Digestive system is an intricate part of your body, spanning from the mouth to the anus. It plays a very important role in helping your body absorb essential nutrients as well as get rid of the waste that forms after digestion. Like every system in the body, it also gets plagued by health problems such as constipation, diarrhea, acid reflux or hemorrhoids.

How can homeopathy help in treating problems concerning your body's digestive system?

Homeopathy uses a single remedy to treat a condition irrespective of the number of organs or systems involved. It is an effective, safe and gentle treatment for curing digestion problems without any side effects. This is because the homeopathic medicines are derived from minerals, herbs or animal products. The ingredients are crushed and dissolved, shaken well and diluted till none of the original product exists anymore. The more diluted the substance is, the more its healing properties are believed to be.

Various digestive disorders like indigestion, stomach ache, gas ulcers, constipation, diarrhea, irritable bowel syndrome and heartburn can be treated with homeopathy. The remedies that homeopathy make use of help the body to correct its imbalance without causing any side effects.

Homeopathic remedies go to the underlying cause of the problem. When an individual experiences a stomach ache the body signals that something is not right within his or her body. Painkillers can help in controlling the pain for a short amount of time but it cannot treat the underlying imbalance.

A homeopath carefully selects a remedy for the digestive disorder keeping in mind the patient's emotional and physical factors along with his or her eating habits and lifestyle.

For instance: 'Nux Vomica' would be a good Homeopathic remedy for stomach problems when you feel heartburn that occurs after having coffee, spicy food or alcohol; however 'Pulsatilla' acts better for dealing with the gastric problems due to consumption of fatty food like pastries, or fried foods. In case you have a concern or query you can always consult an expert & get answers to your questions!
 

When you are becoming a mother, then a great deal of special attention needs to be paid towards you and the baby. At such a delicate juncture in life, you cannot risk the health of the baby and the mother by resorting to conventional medicine system that comes bundled with plenty of side effects. Listed below are a few reasons why you should opt for a homeopathic system of medication.

• It is completely safe as it has no side effects
• Homeopathic medicines are mostly prepared from non-toxic substances such as plants
• The medicine works by stimulating the body's own immune and healing systems
• Homeopathy not only targets one ailment but the overall well-being of the body

For the Mother

• Wound healing - After you deliver a baby, your body has a lot of internal bleeding and wounds that require special medical care. Here homeopathy comes to the rescue using Arnica Montana, which is one of the most popular agents that help in healing.
• Breast problems - Homeopathy is quite useful in treating a lot of breast related conditions like mastitis, cracked nipples, breast lumps and such others. In this condition a homeopathic medicine called Phytolacca Decandra can help treat such issues.
• Baby blues - It refers to periods of low moods and depressions that happen after conceiving a baby. In this case, the homeopathic medicine Pulsatilla helps you to revive your mood.
• For the Baby
• Teething - Teething is the stage when the baby tends to develop his or her baby teeth. It is identified by a baby with bright red cheek crying due to discomfort.
• Sleep - Uneven sleeping pattern of babies is also a common problem which causes them discomfort and irritation which makes them cry at times.
• Immunization - It is known that homeopathic medicine mostly focuses on the overall betterment of the human body.

Therefore, taking homeopathic remedies also fortifies your immune system thus helping the baby fight ailments in an efficient and effective manner. In case you have a concern or query you can always consult an expert & get answers to your questions!

We all know that the homeopathic system of medicine is side-effect free, so apparently, there is no harm if these medicines are not consumed in an appropriate manner. But the only issue of concern here is that the medicines would be less effective if you are not consuming them in the right manner. So here are a few tips that you necessarily need to keep in mind while following a homeopathic medicine course.

1. Never touch the medicines
Ideally you should never touch the homeopathic medicines with your bare hands, fingers or palm. This is because touching them reduces their potency, thereby declining their efficiency. Additionally, never use printed papers which contain ink like pages torn from a book, newspapers, etc. For handling homeopathic medicine. This is because the ink may react with the medicines, thereby hampering its efficiency. Always use bottle caps or plain papers provided along with the medicines.

2. Follow the thirty minute rule
This particular rule states that you should not ideally consume any food half an hour before and half an hour after consuming the homeopathic medicine dosage. This is done so that any other elements present inside the food do not react with the medicines, hence making them less effective.

3. Stay away from addictive substances
Addictive behaviors such as smoking or chewing tobacco, drinking alcohol and doing drugs are considered to have a nullifying effect on the homeopathic medications that you are exposed to. Thus it is desirable not to engage in such acts, till the time your homeopathic medications continues.

4. Strong smelling edibles 
You can have garlic and onion with homeopathic medicine, but make sure there is a gap of one hour before you consume them, either before or after. The strong smelling edibles will not hamper the medicinal effect, if taken 1 hour before or after the medicine.

In case you have a concern or query you can always consult an expert & get answers to your questions!

It is normal to feel nervous before an interview or be anxious about something, but letting that fear take over you is not normal. If your worries and stress interfere with your day-to-day life, you may be suffering from an anxiety disorder. Fear not, this is treatable with homeopathy. Here are a few homeopathic remedies to help calm an anxious person.

• Kali Phosphoricum: Kali Phosphoricum is a potassium phosphate that helps calm people when overwhelmed by anxiety attacks. This is suitable for people who are easily stressed, over sensitive, insecure, irritable and despondent. It also helps deal with the after effects of grief and fright. Physical ailments such as fatigue, dullness and lack of energy that are a result of anxiety can also be treated with this bio-chemic salt.
• Aconite Napellus: Aconite Napellus is made from a purple flowering plant by the same name. it has a number of uses, primary among which is to control  anxiety. This is one of the best homeopathic remedies for sudden, intense anxiety attacks and for post traumatic anxiety. It also helps deal with after effects of anxiety such as memory weakness, restlessness, oversensitivity and spells of rage.
• Argentum Nitricum: Argentum Nitricum is also known as nitrate of silver. This is helpful in cases where anxiety makes a person insecure and unsure of what to do. When you're anxious, you are likely to crave for something sweet and feel very hot. Both these are cyclic symptoms of anxiety, and can worsen the situation if not dealt with. However, Argentum Nitricum helps calm the digestive effects of sugar and cool the body to keep anxiety levels in check.
• Arsenicum Album: Arsenicum Album is a constitutional remedy that can treat both chronic and acute problems. This works well on people who are worried about safety and security. If issues like health, money and break-ins are the cause of your anxiety, this homeopathic remedy is ideal for you. It also helps deal with restlessness.
• Calcarea Carbonica: This homeopathic ingredient is made from the middle layer of sea shells. When it comes to anxiety, Calcarea Carbonica is well suited for people who are scared of change and over controlling. This anxiety is accompanied by excessive sweating due to any exertion and stubbornness. Such people are also often afraid of animals and of the dark and get easily confused. One of the biggest advantages of homeopathy over allopathic treatment is the absence of side effects when taken in low doses. However, even homeopathic medication can have side effects when taken in high doses. 

In case you have a concern or query you can always consult an expert & get answers to your questions!

A migraine is a headache that causes a distinct pulsating pain, usually in one side of the head. It is different from normal headaches in the sense that the pain is much more intense and it may be accompanied by nausea or vomiting as well. Some patients have also complained about light sensitivity while others have also complained about pain in all areas of the head.

Some of the factors that separate a migraine from a normal headache are as follows:
While a headache may last at best a day, migraines may last longer, sometimes even up to 3 days.

• Feelings of nausea or actual vomiting
• Sensitivity to light
• Extreme sensitivity to changes in sound

Causes Behind Migraines

Some of the common and known causes, which may trigger migraines in people are:

• Hormonal changes in the body that may have adverse effects
• Dehydration is also known to trigger migraines
• Patients with hypoglycemia may also face migraines if the blood sugar level drops within their body
• Change in air pressure due to change in altitude may also cause migraines to appear
• Lack of sleep
• Stress
• Lifestyle issues such as smoking and excessive alcohol consumption.

Remedies for Migraine in Homeopathy

Migraine is treated in homeopathy by attacking the root causes that may trigger them. Rather than temporarily alleviating pain, homeopathic treatments aim at curing the problem completely.

Some of the medicines that are known to be effective are:

• Natrum Mur: This provides great relief from migraines, which may have been caused by stress. Also, if a proper dosage is taken, it can help cure it as well.
• Belladonna: This had been known to be a great provider of relief for people who regularly face throbbing headaches.
• Glonoine: For people who frequently have migraines due to congestion of the sinuses, this medicine has been known to be very effective.
• Spigelia: To treat migraines in the left side of the head.
• Sanguinaria: Is highly effective for situations where the migraine is on the right side of the head.

In case you have a concern or query you can always consult an expert & get answers to your questions!

Modern Homoeopathy has newly introduced a scientifically advanced system of homoeopathy based on clinical practices which include some new concept of development along with a traditional system of homoeopathy.

• Complete Cure: Modern homoeopathy completely recovers the diseases and patient as a whole in the physical, mental and holistic way in order to prevent relapse of diseases for rest of life which is very essential and important. Most importantly, Modern Homoeopathy allows treatment of multiple diseases with same medicines at the same time, along with the rest of existing treatment.
• Easy: In Modern homoeopathy, we use different types of medicinal forms and scales like decimal potency, centimal potency, 50 millisimel potency, mother tinctures, biochemic medicines, patents etc.
• In Modern Homeopathy, mode of medicinal intake is very easy which can be taken without any confusion under the guidance of an expert homoeopathic consultant. Modern Homeopathy does not believe in the traditional law of homoeopathy that while taking homoeopathic medicines, there should be a restriction of high smelling foods or any other such thing.
• Safe: In modern homoeopathy, there are no side effects of medicines even after use of highly potentised medicinal selection as per requirement of response or stages of diseases. As we know that in 'homoeopathy potentisation process', the power or potency or quality of medicines will increase gradually and simultaneously its quantity of medicinal substance will be reduced, hence, chances of side effects are almost nil.
• Fast: The most differential concept of modern homoeopathy is its fast treatment process which gives it tremendous difference from the old system of homoeopathy, because in modern homoeopathy as of now 4,000 new medicines are available and 0-50 lakh potency is available, which are scientifically proved and capable of curing any health disease without any side effects.
• Cost-Effective: Modern Homoeopathy even after its multi-dimensional importance is very cost-effective in comparison to the rest of the other branches of medical science.

In case you have a concern or query you can always consult an expert & get answers to your questions!

Contact Dermatitis and Eczema or Atopic Dermatitis may be caused due to a variety of reasons. While contact dermatitis is a less severe condition that is caused when irritants escape from dirt and pollution to settle on the skin, Eczema refers to the inflammation of the skin due to allergic reactions or a family history of a similar condition. Contact dermatitis is usually characterised by sores and redness, while contact dermatitis will show up in the form of boil like eruptions. Homeopathy is one of the best, long term methods for treatment of this condition. 

Let us see how this medicinal field can be used:

1. Graphites: This medication helps in soothing the oozing that may happen from the boils found in eczema. This is also ideal for eczema patients who are obese or suffering from constipation. It is best suited for skin that has become hard and rough. It can cure the sticky discharge that may come from the pus filled boils. It can also be used for dermatitis, which can be seen in the folds of the skin and the abdomen. 
2. Mezereum: This medicine helps when there is a crust like formation due to dermatitis. The substance can also soothe the acute itching sensation, which takes place when there is pus filled below the dark layer of the crust. This itching usually gets worse at night.
3. Hepar sulphur: This medicine is best for severe cases when there is too much pus involved and about to burst out. It can also treat the deep cracks that may be found on the surface of the skin as well as the acute and intense itching sensation. Also, such severe cases leave the skin feeling sensitive to the slightest breeze or wind, in which case Hepar Sulphur can work well. 
4. Dulcamara: This medicine is best suited for patients, who live in places where it rains often and heavily. Dermatitis usually increases and becomes even more painful during monsoons and this medicine can help in bringing down the itching which may also cause bleeding on the yellow black crusts. 
5. Sulphur: When a burning sensation is one of the symptoms of dermatitis, Sulphur can be used. This is also prescribed for other skin ailments and for those who have a hereditary skin condition. This can also be used by patients who have had a relapse in their condition due to damp or cool weather, especially like monsoons, springtime or autumn. It also helps in soothing the symptoms of contact dermatitis which may occur due to contact with new detergent and clothing as well as pollution. If you wish to discuss any specific problem, you can consult a homeopath.

Hello friends, I am Dr. Rashid Akhtar, teaching Organon of medicine since last 14 years. Today our topic is hair loss. Hair loss is nowadays very important for our cosmetic value.  To prevent it , we have to take care off many things. Hair loss is mostly having two different practical clinical value.

• Alopecia type
• Hair loss.

Alopecia is a fungal infective disease in which loss of hairs from head and other body parts appears in patches, where a certain area is almost having complete loss of hair. Whereas simple hair loss is gradually a regular loss of hair from our scalp and these depends on many other conditions. We have to watch whether our hair quality is rough dry excessively thin or split ends.

Causes of hair loss-

Nowadays,the most important causes is the environmental cause that is the quality of water, the quality of air and pollution. These can be prevented by improving our lifestyle. Certain conditions of hair loss is due to our certain systemic diseases like disease of skin, seborrhoeic condition, Excessive oily skin. These all produces hair loss. Other condition is genetic hair loss and hormone related hair loss. Male pattern hair loss is age related hair loss which requires very least medical attentions. Certain hair loss which appears on different parts like a scalp and other area in very excessive and gross hair loss. These hairs loss should be taken care of with improvement in our diet, taking of excess and certain amount of vitamin E, lots of water and exercise. Besides this it requires a systemic treatment to improve the quality of your skin and root of the hair. Treatment of improvement of root of the hair is the most important factor and permanent solution for improving your hair quality as well as hair loss.

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Acne - Causes, types and treatment

Hello friends myself Professor Dr. Rashid Akhtar, doctor teaching Origin of medicines since last 14 years. Today our topic is Acne.

Acne is inflammation of skin, inflammatory skin disease especially inflammation of sebaceous gland. This inflammatory disease is nowadays affecting almost eighty percent population of our country especially the age group of 12 to 14 and most commonly in adolescence age group. The causes of these inflammations varies from simple physiological condition to environmental conditions related to endocrynal conditions as well as certain dietary or lifestyle conditions.

The types of acne varies from acne simple, acne Rosaceae, acne keloid and other types related to hormonal releases. Some systemic diseases are also related to this acne problem. Treatment of acne if it is due to lifestyle conditions then we have to improve our diet exercise and water intake. This condition improves acne in those conditions where environmental conditions are required. Certain acne is related to age where at certain age of adolescence when hormonal changes occurs acne frequently appears and it goes away with the age and especially persist for one year.

While certain times it disappears itself, Certain type which leads to complications, mostly treatment is required when these acne persist as well as if this acne produces some later effects. Treatment of acne in homeopathy if it is in inflammation and painful is simple. Arnica Montana is one of the very best medicine. if it is associated with conditions which leaves marks after acne then Thuja Occidentalis is important medicine. But those acne which are related to hormonal conditions they should be treated by proper homeopathic consultations because which requires correction of systemic conditions. If we are not treating properly with the correction of systemic conditions then this acne is one of the indication of future hormonal troubles especially in females these are one of the indicative of at adolescence age.

These are the indicative of PCOD. Polycystic ovarian disease and polycystic ovarian conditions are especially when thyroid hormones and ovarian diseases are together. They are involved, they produces initially acne then here on the face and disturbance of menses. If we are taking it seriously with proper homeopathic systemic disease and we treat it with accordingly the directions of chronic disease. Then we can prevent the future coming of PCOS and PCOD.

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