Diarrhea (Loose motions)

Homeopathic Treatment

Check if most symptoms of any of these medicines match with most of your symptoms:

Arg nit 30 : For diarrhea resulting from eating excessive sweets (sugar). The stools are watery, greenish (looking like chopped spinach) and slimy. The abdomen is filled up with gas which escapes from the mouth (belching) or the anus.

Arsenic 30 : For diarrhea from food-poisoning. Frequent small, watery, dark and offensive stools, especially at midnight (from 12-2 a.m.) with rapid loss of strength. There is severe pain in the abdomen and burning in the anus. An important feature of this medicine is great mental restlessness and fear (of death).

Chamomilla 30 : For diarrhea during the period of dentition in children. The stools are hot, watery, greenish and offensive (smelling like rotten eggs). The child is extremely irritable and angry and stops crying only when carried in the arms.

Cuprum ars 30 : For copious, dark, watery stools with pain and rumbling in the abdomen. The resultant dehydration causes cramps in the calf-muscles. The urine has a garlicky odour.

Gelsemium 30 : For diarrhea from undue mental nervousness and apprehension just before attending to any important work. Trembling, dullness, dizziness, drowsiness and thirstlessness are other features of this medicine.

Ipecac 30 : For diarrhoea caused by eating indigestible or rich foods. Loose stools with grass-green mucous, accompanied by persistent nausea, a clean tongue and thirstlessness.

Nux v 30 : For diarrhea of persons leading a sedentary, modern life and consuming rich foods and stimulants. Diarrhea alternates with constipation. Between bouts of diarrhoea, arise frequent ineffectual desires to pass stools.

Phos, acid 30 : For painless and non-debilitating diarrhea, the stools being watery and whitish.

Podophyllum 30 : For diarrhoea from eating too many fruits in summer. There is loud gurgling and abdominal pain in the morning followed by profuse, painless, foul-smelling and multi-coloured loose stools. Between two bouts-of diarrhea occurs headache.

Veratrum alb 30 : For diarrhea before and during menses and preceded by cutting pain in the abdomen. Stools, which are profuse, watery and gushing, are accompanied by cramps in hands and feet, and cold sweat on the forehead. Each bout of diarrhea leaves the victim weak and exhausted, on the verge of a collapse.

Notes:

1. Replacing lost fluids and minerals is as important as medicinal treatment.
2. If the selected medicine does not help, immediately consult a competent doctor.