Homoeopathic Medicine for Anaemia
Anaemia is defined as haemoglobin concentration in blood below the lower limit of the normal range for age and sex of individual.
Normal haemoglobin level
In males- 13.8 to 17.2
In females- 12 to 15
Lower extreme of the normal haemoglobin
In adults
Males- 13.0gm/dl
Female- 11.5gm/dl
At birth- 15gm/dl
3 months the normal lower level- 9.5gm/dl
Clinical Feature
The speed of onset of Aneamia
Rapidly progressive anaemia cause more symptom than anaemia of slow onset.
The severity Aneamia
Mild anaemia produce no sign and symptoms. Rapidly developing severe anaemia may produce significant clinical feature.
Hb below - 6.0gm/dl
The age of patient
The young patient due to good cardiovascular compensation tolerate anaemia.
The elderly patient develop cardiac and cerebral symptom more prominently due to associated cardiovascular disease.
The Hb dissociation curve
Symptom- Tolerance, fatigue, muscular weakness, headache.
Older patient- cardiac failure, confusion, visual disturbance.
Anaemia is a blood disorder characterized by reduction in
Decrease red blood cell(RBC)
Decrease packed cell volume (PCV)
Decrease haemoglobin content.
Generally, reduction in RBC haemoglobin content and PCV occurs because of -
Decrease production of RBC
Increase destruction of RBC
Excess loss of blood from the body.
Etiological classification
Haemorrhagic Anaemia
Hemolytic Anaemia
Nutrition Deficiency Anaemia
Aplastic Anaemia
Anaemia due to chronic disease
Homoeopathic Medicine for anaemia
- Ferrum Phos
- Ferrum Met
Ferrum Phos
It is highly effective remedy for anaemia.
The typical Ferrum Phos subject is not full of blooded and robust, but nervous sensitive anaemic with false plethora and easily prostration of Ferrum.
Prostration marked.
Ferrum Phos helps to increase the haemoglobin.
In pale aneamic, subjects, violent local congestion.
Anaemia due to haemorrhage, bright from any orifices.
Rush of blood to head.
Ferrum Met
It is best adapted remedy for anaemia.
There is great weakness due to anaemia.
It is best suited to young weakly person, aneamic and chlorotic, pseudo plethora, who flushes easily, cold extremities, oversensitiveness, worse after any active efforts.
Vertigo on seeing flowing water.
Weakness from mere speaking or walking though looking strong.
Pallor of skin, mucous membranes, face alternating with flushes.
Orgasms of blood to head, face, chest, lungs.
Irregular distribution of blood.
Pseudoplethora.
Muscle flabby and relaxed.
The selection of homoeopathic remedies based on symptom similarities and doses according to the Susceptibility of patient.
Don't take homoeopathic medicine without any prescription / without any advise of physician.
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