Homeopathic Treatment for Rheumatoid and Degenerative Arthritis

by Carole Rogers

Arthritis can be crippling and severely debilitating. Pain, inflammation, swelling and immobility are the common symptoms. Conventional medical treatments include NSAIDS and corticosteroids, which present with a vast array of horrific side effects, including nausea, hypersensitivity, drowsiness, confusion, weight gain and high blood pressure. Often, these conditions are then treated with even more medications, bringing on more side effects and so the cycle goes on.

Musculoskeletal disorders, such as arthritis, can be dramatically helped by homeopathic treatment. Homeopathy is a highly effective system of healthcare, which prescribes on the unique symptom picture of each individual. Your individualized remedy is chosen on the basis of the universal homeopathic law of “like cures like�? In other words, your mental, emotional, as well as your physical symptoms are carefully recorded and then matched to a remedy that has proven to show those same symptoms in a scientific proving. Once the correct “match�?has been made, the homeopathic remedy will gently stimulate your body’s own healing response and healing will then begin from the inside out, resulting in a more permanent cure. Homeopathy does not mask the symptoms, but directs its powerful healing energy to the root cause. Joint pains will recede in intensity, frequency and duration. Further joint deterioration, stiffness, swelling and immobility will all be relieved. As the immune system strengthens, your vitality and independence will once again return to you.

Always remember that any remedy can treat the disease, as long as it matches the overall mental, emotional, as well as the physical symptoms of the patient. The following are only some of the remedies that have brought relief to arthritic patients. Here are some leading remedies used in the treatment of Rheumatoid and Degenerative Arthritis:

Causticum: A main remedy for joint pains with deformity, especially in the fingers. There is severe stiffness, deformity and feeling as if the joint is paralyzed. Worse: Cold, dry weather Better: Rainy, damp weather.

Rhus Toxicodendron: Another leading remedy for pain, stiffness and extreme restlessness, especially restless legs in bed, at night. A keynote is pain that is better with continuous movement. Worse: First rising of the A.M. or after long periods of rest or immobility. Better: Heat, hot bathing and continued movement.

Arnica: A remedy for symptoms of a bruised, overall soreness; so sensitive that even the bed may feel too hard. Appropriate for any type of Arthritis developing after a severe trauma or accident. Worse: Being jarred, touched, or cold, damp weather. Better: Allowing the bruised limb to gently dangle; warm application.

Calcarea Carbonicum: Main remedy in osteoarthritis with degenerative joints, especially the spine, knees and ankles. Worse: Cold, damp weather; any exertion. Better: Rest and heat.

Colchicum: Main remedy for patients with gout, in the ankles, knees or the big toe. Joints are hot, red, sensitive to touch or movement and very swollen. Worse: Slight motion or movement. Better: Warm, dry weather with change of season.

Ledum: Another main remedy for gout, especially of the knee or ankle. Swelling and coldness in the affected area, sometimes with a blush tinge. Worse: Heat, motion and covering the inflamed part. Better: Pains remarkably better from cold application.