Complementary Alternative Cardiovascular Medicine
Complementary Alternative Cardiovascular Medicine
Complementary Alternative Cardiovascular Medicine
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Chapter 14 / Homeopathy and CVD 231<br />
struating women will be aggravated in all their symptoms the week<br />
before the menses and will be ameliorated when the flow begins. This<br />
will be true regarding heart symptoms and other physical complaints, as<br />
well as the mental and emotional sphere.<br />
Those benefiting from Lachesis are worse in the heat. Many of their<br />
complaints are accompanied by bluish, purplish discoloration, whether<br />
in the face, skin lesion, or varicose veins. Lachesis patients are quite<br />
intense on physical, mental, and emotional levels. One can see a tendency<br />
for jealousy and even suspiciousness or paranoia. They can hold<br />
on interminably to past angers and insults and be difficult to reason with.<br />
These people are generally quite loquacious and full of ideas and thoughts<br />
and feelings, which must be shared with whomever is at hand. The doctor<br />
may feel overwhelmed by such patients.<br />
For patients with peripheral vascular illness, homeopathy has much<br />
to offer. The remedy Sepia is used in the treatment of painful varicose<br />
veins, where there is a sensation of heaviness and drawing downward.<br />
This can be seen in men or women, although the remedy is used more<br />
frequently for women, especially after childbirth, where there remains<br />
an uncomfortable bearing down sensation in the pelvic area and the<br />
woman suffers from painful varicosities. These patients also tend to<br />
develop Raynaud’s disease and phenomenon. In general, their circulation<br />
is poor, and they complain from cold weather. One finds constipation<br />
and an unusually sallow complexion. For these Sepia patients,<br />
chloasma is not uncommon and often persists long after parturition.<br />
Someone who would respond well to Sepia presents with flat affect,<br />
feeling a degree of indifference to their loved ones and seeks solitude<br />
from children and family affairs. It is after the birth of several children<br />
that some women fall into this state, and taking the remedy can do much<br />
to restore health to the circulatory system, as well as to the spirit of the<br />
patient.<br />
There are many many other homeopathic remedies employed when<br />
treating those with cardiovascular disorders. There are several philosophical<br />
approaches to case analysis. However, most agree that it is the<br />
individualizing nature of the physical symptoms, as well as the mental<br />
and emotional characteristics of the patient, that lead to finding the best<br />
homeopathic remedy for each patient.<br />
Homeopaths study their medical art by focusing on several subjects.<br />
There is the ongoing study of materia medica: learning each remedy and<br />
how patients who need it would present regarding all physical symptoms<br />
(i.e., in a review of systems fashion). Homeopaths learn how each constitutional<br />
remedy type would present regarding the mental and emotional<br />
characteristics as well. The study of materia medica is a lifelong