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Self-treatment of nausea and vomiting
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- General & physical measures, nutrition
- Plant drugs & herbs:
- Homeopathy for nausea
General & physical measures, nutrition
The stomach should be relieved with a three-day tea and water fasting. After that, food (rusks, gruel, vegetable stock) can slowly be fed again. The use of irritants such as alcohol and tobacco smoke should be avoided. For nervous disorders, it is advisable to learn relaxation techniques (self-hypnosis, progressive muscle relaxation, autogenic training). If poisoning is suspected, consult a doctor or hospital immediately!
Home remedies and naturopathy for nausea & vomiting. Image: Dan Race-fotolia Plant drugs & herbs:
Fresh ginger doused with hot water, as tincture or candied (in children), relieves nausea and vomiting, especially in motion sickness. Peppermint tea has a soothing and slightly numbing effect on the stomach lining and should be drunk lukewarm in small sips. Chamomile has a soothing, soothing and mild relaxing and can be taken as a tea or tincture. In case of nervous irritable stomach, valerian and melissa can also be added to the tea mix as herbal tranquilizers.
Biochemistry (Schüßler salts): Ferrum phos. D6 (# 3) and sodium phos.D6 (# 9) help with acid, sodium sulf. D6 (No.10) in bilious, magnesium phos. D12 (No.7) for spasmodic vomiting. Nausea and vomiting during pregnancy can be with phos phos. D6 (No.2), as well as vomiting after cold drinks and ice cream. Travel sickness can be phos with sodium. D6 (# 9) or sodium chloro. D6 (Nr8) is treated, additionally consists of dizziness is magnesium phos. To add D12 (# 7).
Homeopathy for nausea
Since, according to homeopathic law, the remedy is found not for a disease but for a particular constitution, expert therapeutic counseling is necessary for a profound cure. First, the following remedies can be tried in potencies D6 - D30:
Occurs after luscious meals, too much alcohol, coffee or other stimulants nausea with bloating and spasmodic stomach pain can Nux vomica D8 be tasted. Nausea and vomiting after eating spoiled or incompatible foods, feeling "dying" indicates Arsenicum album D12 down. If the stomach is stale and the intestines are bloated, it can be greasy, fried food Pulsatilla D6 help. Sudden, wavy gastrointestinal colic, e.g. are infectious, are with belladonna D30, these are painful and accompanied by diarrhea too Cuprum metallicum D12 China D12 is indicated in general indigestion with the "feeling a stone lies in the stomach". As a main remedy for motion sickness is Cocculus D6 to call.
Emotional & Bach Flowers:
Bach flower help by balancing mental states that underlie physical disorders. Since the self-assessment "blind spots" are unavoidable, it is helpful to have the appropriate Bach flowers by professional clinicians with an objective view and a good knowledge of flower descriptions to determine.
The following flowers are due to the symptoms:
- Crab apple - to support the cleaning process
- Rescue drops - in acute cases, add a few drops in lukewarm water, drink in small sips
- Rescue cream - Alternatively, rub the stomach area if emergency drops can not be taken or can not be kept
- Wild Rose, Willow, Gentian - come into question, since (according to Krämer) assigned to the Magenmeridian
- Scleranthus - classic for hormonal nausea, e.g. in pregnancy or in connection with menstruation
- Walnut - helps with vomiting or travel sickness to adjust to the change
Stomach problems indicate a problem in the area of conflict ability and the handling of one's own aggression. The following questions may indicate:
Do I eat everything inside me? What do I swallow?? or What can I not or will not swallow? What annoyed me about a hole in my stomach? What hits me on the stomach? (Dipl.Päd. Jeanette Viñals Stein, non-medical practitioner)