Get Professional Advice For That Lung Problem:
Hi Devanshu. Thankyou for your question on Homeopathic Remedies for Pleurisy. I would urge you to take your wife to see a health professional immediately.
You might like to look up my latest post entitled Homeopathic and Herbel Remedies For Sunstroke to see how I tackled the problem of pleurisy which followed the sunstroke. But do see a doctor.
General Advice For People: You need to promptly visit your health professonal if you have a lung condition, or any inflammation or infection in the lungs. Consult with your Homeopath, Naturopath, Ayurvedic practitioner, Chinese Herbalist, or Doctor for a professional opinion on your condition, and whether or not Homeopathic remedies can be safely used at your stage of an illness. Homeopathic remedies do work, but it is not a good idea to begin your homeopathic experimentations on such serious diseases as pleurisy. If there is an emergency, it is very often a good idea to take an antibiotic rather than meddle with homeopathic remedies, unless you have the guidance of someone experienced in the science of Homeopathy, who is likely to prescribe exactly the right remedy to reverse the condition.
Homeopathic Doctor John Clarke wrote a wonderful little hand-book of natural remedies, entitled ‘The Prescriber’. This was first published in the 1950’s, and was reprinted in 1991.
‘The Prescriber’ is a valuable text-book for people who wish to learn to treat illness with homeopathic remedies. It tells exactly what remedy to use for each stage of an illness, and for what particular symptoms, and how often the dose. I recommend that you try to obtain this book if you want to become skilled in using homeopathy.
Dr John Clarke recommends a range of remedies for the treatment of Pleurisy of the lungs. Only one remedy would be chosen at a time, to treat specific symptoms which accompany the pleurisy. You would need to get advice from your Homeopath on which of these remedies would most suit your condition, or the condition of the person you are trying to help.
These remedies are: Aconite, Sulphur, Cantharis, Bryonia, Hapar sulph, Belladonna, Arsen alb, Apis, and Asclepias tuberosa.
Aconite 3, 1h. can be used at the beginning of the pleurisy, when there is heat, restlessness and anxiety, but ‘before effusion has occurred’.
Sulph. 3, 1h can be used after the effusions have occurred, and when there are sharp pains which make all movement very painful.
Cantharis 3, 1h can be used when there is not much fever, but with fluid effusions.
Bryonia 2, 1h is good for the violent pains in the side of the ribs, and when there is excessive effusion and fever. Bryonia is recommended when the pain is worse from the slightest movement. Bryonia is often characterized by the pain being lessened when lying on the painful side. If the pain gets better from lying on the sore side, then Bryonia is often a good remedy to use. Personally, I have used Bryonia many times for distressing lung conditions. It is a great remedy for helping to dry up mucous, or effusions.
Belladonna 3, 1h can be used when the pain becomes worse for lying on the sore side, ahd when there is a high fever with a very flushed face.
Sulphur 3x-30 can be used for persistent effusion.
Hepar sulph 6, 4h when the condition has become chronic, with the formation of pus.
Dr Clarke recommends tapping of the lungs when the fluid is excessive, When the patient has not improved at all from treatment, and there is a ‘danger of fainting’ and of ‘threatening asphyxia’, then your doctor may have to tap the fluid from the lungs. Sometimes people need this treatment even when they do not respond to antibiotics.
After the acute stage, Dr Clarke suggests Ars alb 3, 4h, if the fluid is slow to be absorbed. Apis 3x, 2h is another remedy which can help to dry up the fluid near the end of the illness.
Asclepias tuberosa o is a very good and useful general remedy for Pleurisy according to Dr John Clarke. The dose he recommends is 15 drops in a little water, taken every hour until improvement is noted.
An Onion Poultice Is A Powerful Natural Remedy for Treating Lung Conditions: I have used this remedy successfully on many occasions. It can be used in conjunction with the appropriate homeopathic remedy.
You cut up one whole onion, skin and all. Cover the onion with water, and simmer for 20 minutes or so. Even the fumes of this concoction will help congested lungs. After the onion has simmered for 20 minutes, allow to cool so that the mixture is still hot, but comfortable to the touch. Then soak a clean, dry tea-towel in the onion concoction. Wring out and place over the chest while still hot. Put over a plastic sheet to protect clothing and bedding, and cover again with womething warm, such as a piece of woollen flannel.
Put a hot water bottle over all of the coverings, pull up the blankets, and prepare to sweat out the congestion in the lungs. You can heat up the onion water again in an hour, to reapply a fresh hot poultice. Leaving the poultice on the chest increases the sweating, which decreases the infection. Even when the poultice has cooled down, it will still have the effect of encouraging sweating.
But do none of this without visiting your doctor or homeopath or health professional first.
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