Mental problems

The highest and most important level through which the human being functions is the mental level. The mental plane of an individual is that which registers changes in understanding and consciousness, reflecting the true essence of that person. It enables an individual to think, to complete, and to peruse the purpose of life. Disturbance of these functions in turns constitute the symptoms of mental affections, such as:

1. Anxiety especially unrelated to any identifiable cause 2. Depression, especially when it is followed by withdrawal from people or from usual occupation. 3. Loss of self confidence 4. Undue pessimism 5. Unexplainable mood changes 6. Rudeness or aggression without apparent cause or occasioned by some trivial incident. 7. An unreasonable demand for perfectionism 8. Habitual underachievement 9. The inability to accept responsibilities 10. Phobia 11. Unreasonable feeling of persecution 12. Self destructive acts 13. Sexual deviation 14. A sudden and dramatic change in sleeping habits 15. Physical ailments and complaints for which there are no organic cause

Symptoms of mental mental problems

Delirium Delusion Dullness Loss of concentration Forgetfulness Paranoia Confusion Forgetfulness

Emotional symptoms
Sadness Suicidal tendencies Anguish

Phobia Anxiety Irritability Dissatisfaction

Functional mental problems

Neurosis Psychosomatic disorders Personality disorders

Homeopathic treatment of mental problems

Homeopathy is one of the most popular holistic systems of medicine. The selection of remedy is based upon the theory of individualization and symptoms similarity by using holistic approach. This is the only way through which a state of complete health can be regained by removing all the sign and symptoms from which the patient is suffering. The aim of homeopathy is not only to treat mental problems but to address its underlying cause and individual susceptibility. As far as therapeutic medication is concerned, several remedies are available to treat mental problems that can be selected on the basis of cause, sensations and modalities of the complaints. For individualized remedy selection and treatment, the patient should consult a qualified homeopathic doctor in person. There are following remedies which are helpful in the treatment of mental problems:

Anacardium
This remedy has weakness of memory, general feebleness of brain power, mental incapacity; suits cases lying between neurasthenia and insanity; despair of recovery; fear of paralysis and death; imagines he is surrounded by enemies; fearful of walking in open air, and if any one approaches him.

Argentum Nitricum
Neurasthenia with nervous dyspepsia and eructations; esp. characteristic of this remedy is the fear of dying, when left alone, afraid to walk in streets, feels he should fall down in a pit, or that high buildings would fall upon him.

Avena Sativa

Weakness of nerves, tired brain, irritability, gets excited on trifles; urine has excess of phosphates; history of sexual excesses and occipital headache.

Phosphorus
This remedy suits cases standing on the border line of neurasthenia and organic spinal disease. irritability and weakness; over sensitiveness to all impressions; head too weak to think; burning in small spots, better from rubbing, sensation that the back would break on the motion; noises in ears.

Phosphoric Acid
Debility arising from continued grief, over-exertion of mind, sexual excesses, or any nervous strain of the mind or body; indifference or apathy, and torpidity of body and mind; burning in loins and limbs, patient is inclined to be drowsy and listless; study causes heaviness in the head and limbs, cases of young rapidly going lads and nervous depression from spermetorrhoea.

Agaricus Mus
Destroys things which are other-wise required; the patient sings and whistles when it is not required; seems foolish. He is fearless and threatens others.

Baryta Mur
When there is maddening, excessive sexual desire. he will catch hold of the opposite sex even in a bazaar or in a street.

Cannabis Indica
Dual nature state; hallucinations and imaginations; extremely happy and contended ; talkative; time seem years; has a great soothing influence in many nervous disorders, like mania, dementia and delirium; anxiety and depression; must move constantly; forgetful; uncontrollable laughter; insomnia; constant fear of becoming insane; sensation as if top of head is shutting and opening; clairvoyance; rapid change of moods.

Hyoscyamus
Face red and gaze wild; tears everything that he can lay hands upon; talkative, restless and quarrelsome; sometimes sad and at other times laughs; dangerous and can stab and murder; some end their life by drowning; she is hurried in manners and is intensely jealous; makes motions as if brushing the hair or face; stupid; wants to be naked.

Stramonium

Sees and hears imaginary things and persons; talkative, sad and water saying that these are poisoned, will ask the person serving these to taste them in his presence; violent with tendency to commit murder; religious mania; claps hands; wants to pray all the time; mania from childhood; talkativeness; may have involuntary stools and urine; insanity during pregnancy.

Tarantula His
Sudden alteration of mood; destructive impulses; breaks and throws away costly things without any reason; mania with increased sexual desire; sensitive to music; must keep legs in constant motion, through walking aggravates; wants the scalp rubbed.

Veratrum Alb
Sadness with stupor an mania; mania after giving birth to a child; unsociable; unwilling to talk; insanity after a major operation; cold sweat on forehead and a pale face; aimless wandering away from home; cursing an howling at night; mania during heart diseases; cut and tear things, religious mania and mania of a destructive nature; always busy praying; covers many types of insanity.

Camphora
It acts like magic in paroxysms of hysteria.

Castoreum
A valuable remedy for hysteria when there is great weakness, dysmenorrhoea and irritability

Ignatia
Hysteria due to grief; crying and laughing alternately. Does foolish things during the attack; it is greet remedy when patient has great sensitiveness for external impressions, face flushes on slightest emotion, the globus hysterica and clavus hysterica are present. in the head there is sharp pain, as if a nail were driven into the top of the head.

Platinum Met
Hysteria in over sexy women. Hysteria due to over excitement of sexual desire. calls for hysterical spasms.

Moschus
Fainting during attack is the keynote of Moschus; muscular twitching, violent spasms and constriction of the chest are also present; she may also be blue in the face, foam at the mouth and may be chilly; there may be alternate mood of joy and sadness; the patient has a tendency of scolding and using strong language.

Asafoetida
Sensation of a ball in the throat; the habitual discharges stop; accumulation of wind in the abdomen; it passes upwards and causes oppressed breathing; there is a bursting feeling as if everything would come out of the mouth.

Nux Mos
It is adapted to nervous hysterical people with sleepiness, bloating and dryness of the mouth, it has attacks of fainting and the patient is exhausted from the least efforts; there is constant nervous tension.

Belladonna
Boisterous excitement, red, flushed face, dilated pupils, rush of blood to the head and a wild look.

Aconite
Very useful for the numerous phobias of neuraesthenia; fear of death, darkness, noisy people, music, crowds, fear of entering a trolley car or railway train; anxiety as to some impending disaster has often been removed by this remedy.

Cimicifuga
Useful for fear of death or becoming insane, cervical vertebrae sensitive, neuralgic and uterine cases; muscular exhaustion is a prominent symptoms.

Belladonna
Fear of dogs and animals; fear of fantastic illusions; wants to escape.

Calcarea Carb
Fear of night and solitude; fear of remaining alone any time; fears loss of reason and misfortune; apprehensive; forgetful.

Gelsemium
Fear of examination and stage appearance; fear of falling, child grabs the nurse and crib.

Hyoscyamus
Fear of being pursued; fears all the people around have turned against him; fear on account of suspicion of other; fear of being poisoned.

Kali Carb
Fear of being alone and that she will die; she starts with a loud cry at any imaginary object, as if a bird flew towards the window.

Lycopodium

Fear of imaginary phantoms, of terrifying images; dread of men, wants to be alone; dread of solitude with irritability and melancholy; fear about ones salvation; forgetfulness, anguish and excitement when alone, with restless moving about.

Lilium Tig
Fear and apprehension of having some incurable disease, of becoming insane; low spirited, can hardly keep from crying.

Platina
Fear of the near approach of death, very sad, <evenings; in difference or contempt of others; fear of losing his mind; very much dejected and lachrymose; aversion to food, face red; pride and contempt for others. cannabis, sulphur, cocculus, arsenic.

Aurum Triph
Biting of finger nails till they bleed Stammering

Bovista
Due to the sensation of mind, stammering and awkwardness results and occasionally he cannot hold things and they fall from hands.

Bufo
Stuttering and stammering; gets angry when incoherent speech is not understood; rapidly increasing twitching of all muscles of the body, till all of them are violently agitated.

Stramonium
stammering due to imperfect control of tongue.

Causticum
Stammering from weakened nerve power and dysfunction of tongue.

Cina
The child is stubborn, dis-obedient, irritable, doesnt want to be touched or looked at, child is very crossed and ill humored.

Chamomilla
Child is cross, peevish and obstinate, satisfied with nothing, wants many things but strikes it angrily to the floor if it is given, shrieks and cries when touched or looked at, always wants to be carried; child is exceedingly irritable and fretful, quiet when carried.

Bryonia

Irritable, obstinate and sad, inclined to weep, fear of insanity and anxious.

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Homeopathic medicines are derived from various sources such as:

Plant Kingdom
There are over 2000 homeopathic drugs that have been proved and are in use world over. The process of preparing is unique. The mother tincture, which is the core extract of the plant that may come from the roots or stem or leaves or fruit or the entire plant is prepared and then is diluted with alcohol to form various higher potencies by giving what is called as succussions. Succussions are repeated beatings given to the bottle containing the mixture (mother tincture of the drug diluted with prescribed amount of alcohol) to extract the hidden medicinal powers or energy of the drug. It comes in various potencies starting from 6x to 12x to 30c to 200c to 1000c(1M) to 50M to CM in the ascending order. Some examples or drugs from plant kingdom are Arnica montana, Bryonia alba, Cinchona officinalis, Pulsatilla nigricans, Rhus tox,Symphytum etc.

Animal Kingdom
Several homeopathic drugs are prepared from the animal kingdom which are prepared in the similar manner as that of the plant kingdom the only difference being here the part of the whole animal is taken to prepare the medicine. A few examples of drugs are, Latrodectus mactans, Tarentula hispania (Spanish spider), Tarentula cubensis (Cuban spider), Naja tripudians (King Cobra), Vipera (Russells viper), Sepia (Dried inky juice of cuttle fish), Cantharis(Spanish fly).

Mineral Kingdom
The drugs under this category are very useful and have a good medicinal effect. Individual drugs or compounds are taken and medicines are prepared. It also contains elements such as Phosphorous. A few examples are Calcarea carbonica (Calcium carbonateCaCo3), Phosphorus (Phosphorus), Calcarea phosphorica (Calcium phosphateCa3 (PO4)2), Natrum muriaticum (Sodium chlorideNaCl). Acids are also included in this category such as Nitric acid (Nitricum acidum), Phosphoric acid (Acidum phosphoricum), etc. Also metals are included in this category such as Copper (Cuprum metallicum), Iron (Ferrum metallicum), Gold (Aurum metallicum) and Silver (Argentum metallicum). These metals are potentized with Saccharum Lacts (Lactose sugar) a procedure which minimizes the toxicity of the metals and lower concentration that is higher potencies are prepared where the medicinal powers of

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Nosodes
These are drugs prepared from morbid parts or secretions of animals. The extract is similarly diluted to remove the toxicity of the drug and thereon with further succussions higher potencies are produced. A few examples of these are, Anthracinum (Diseased spleen of sheep), Medorrhinum (Morbid Grease of horse).

Sarcodes
These are drugs prepared from healthy parts or secretions of animals. E.g Pancreatin (secretion of the pancreas). Higher potencies are efficacious in treatment of various disorders.

Imponderabilia
This is a very important and unique feature of Homeopathy. Drugs are actually prepared from universal energies. That is for example, Alcohol is exposed to Xrays to have a drug called Xray. Drugs are even prepared from Moon rays.
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Using Homeopathic Remedies For Mental Health Problems

Mental health problems can benefit from homeopathic remedies. This statement is clearly evident when you consider a typical case scenario involving a person who is suffering from anxiety. He or she makes an appointment to see a physician. After taking blood pressure and medical history, the patient may then be prescribed an anti-anxiety drug. At no time during the course of the exam would the physician try to determine what precipitates the anxiety. On the other hand, a homeopathic doctor works diligently to determine what type of remedy is best suited for the above mentioned patient by taking not only a medical history, but a personal one. Thus, treating the entire human being enables the homeopath to ascertain what remedy will be the most effective. Homeopathic doctors treat mental illnesses such as depression, anxiety, and post-traumatic stress disorder. The doctor will ask many questions in order to develop a complete picture of the patients mental, emotional, and physical systems. This is the essence of homeopathy. Understanding the whole person gives the homeopathic doctor the means by which he can

assess and accurately determine how to correct the imbalance within the patient. It is this imbalance which homeopaths feel are the root cause of mental illness. In traditional medicine, prescribing a drug only treats the symptom, not the underlying cause. While the symptoms are suppressed, the illness remains. Homeopathy addresses the imbalance by treating the whole person. The remedies used stimulate the patients mind and body in order to bring them into balance while, at the same time, eliminating the symptoms. This form of treatment makes sense. It allows the patient to address the problem head on. The remedies used are specific to the person, because the homeopathic doctor takes the time to find the one remedy out of those available that compliments the person and is similar to the persons illness. The result is like cures like. One such case involves a woman who suffers from severe anxiety. Traditional medications are taking a toll, and she seeks advice from a homeopath. He recommends she cease all medications, and drink up to 64 ounces of water for three days to eliminate the toxins. He then suggests that her condition be treated systematically rather than symptomatically, by setting up several appointments with him so that he can determine what remedy to utilize based on her medical and personal history. This is the fundamental approach on how mental health is affected by homeopathic remedies. There are some cases where homeopathic remedies can be used in conjunction with traditional medicine, particularly if the patient has severe symptoms. But the bottom line is that the approach to mental health using homeopathic remedies is a viable alternative to the more conventional and potentially harmful medicines used today. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Additional Reading (Not required to be included)

Mental Disease & Mental Symptoms

Mental Diseases and Mental Symptoms are usually misinterpreted by Homoeopaths. Those symptoms of Mental Disease are not Mental Symptoms. They are the symptoms of a disease. Those symptoms in the mental level that have no connection with the physical disorders are mental symptoms. Mental symptoms and mental characteristics are also different. So we can have the following 3 categories of mental strategies. 1. Mental Symptoms of Mental Disease 2. Mental Symptoms that have no relationship with corporeal Disease. 3. Mental Characteristics (that individualize the patient). Out of the aforesaid 3 categories Mental Characteristics are having a higher rank of Importance. Mental Characteristics will guide a Homoeopath to the exact similimum or constitutional remedy in Mental Disease, Corporeal Disease and even in psycho-somatic

disorders. Mental Symptoms of Mental Diseases It is of least value in the selection of a remedy because it is a disease symptom only. It is just like the step ladder fever of typhoid or flapping of ala nasa of pneumonia. Eg: Delusions, Hallucinations, Suspiciousness etc. are the symptoms of schizophrenia. So they have little or no importance in selecting the remedy in cases of schizophrenia. HYOSCYAMUS, LACH, STRAM etc will be the similimum if we worked out the cases with the said symptoms. Dr.Samuel Hahnemann Discussed about treatment of Mental Diseases in Aphorism 210 to 230 He classified Mental Diseases in to two Mental Disease of Corporeal origin. Mental Disease of non-corporeal origin. In the present era mental diseases of corporeal origin are very rare. Non corporeal mental diseases are common and corporeal disease of mental origin is the commonest form of clinical presentation. According to psychiatric terminology Non corporeal Mental diseases can be classified under the following headings. 1. Neurosis 2. Psychosis 3. Behavioral Abnormalities 4. Alcoholism & Drug dependency. Hahnemann said that mental diseases are psoric in origin chronic in nature, shall be treated with antipsoric remedies. As we know there is no existence of a single miasm in any human being. Each Person has a miasmatic combination with a particular ratio. Each disease shall be interpreted in terms of miasmatic combination with a particular ratio. One thing is crystal clear. One miasm will be prominent in each and every one and in each and every disease. This miasmatic ratio of person shall be changed according to the following factors. 1. Age As age advances virulent miasms achieve an upper hand (If not treated prominently) 2. Family History of Disease Change of ratio is depending up on the miasmatic ratio of paternal and maternal tree. 3. External influences Environment and life style shall contribute an advancement of miasmatic growth. 4. Treatment taken: Homoeopathic, Ayurvedic, allopathic or any other system of medicine shall make changes in miasmatic ratio either in favor or against virulent Miasms The prominent miasm under each type of mental disease shall be interpreted as follows.

1. Neurosis Psoric Prominent (Except OCN) 2. Psychosis - Sycosis 3. Behavioral Abnormalities - Tubercular 4. Alcoholism & Drug Dependency Syphilitic Among these cases most difficult to treat and cure is Psycosis (Sycosis). Following disorders come under Psycosis and Sycosis Prominent Miasmatic ratio. 1. Maniac Depressive Psycosis (unipolar & Bipolar) 2. Schizophrenia 3. Paranoia 4. OCN (Obsessive Compulsive Neurosis) Pathological Rubrics for the aforesaid types of mental diseases are as follows. MIND MANIA Alternating with depression (Bipolar) MIND EUPHORIA Alternating with Sadness (Bipolar) MIND SADNESS MIND Schizophrenia MIND Thoughts Persistent Usual Symptamatology of the said diseases are as follows. 1. Suspiciousness 2. Auditory hallucinations 3. Visual hallucinations 4. Delusions 5. Fear of being attacked 6. Suicidal Disposition Common Remedies emerged out of the said symptoms are the following. Those practitioners who are not well versed with mental symptoms/mental disease may get exhilarated by hearing mental symptoms of mental diseases. Mental symptoms may come like a land slide.. Those who know the symptamatology of mental diseases will recognize the mental symptoms of the mental disease as disease symptoms and they will withstand their temptation to jump in to a remedy and will restrain themselves from considering such a symptom for selection of a remedy. In cases of Psychosis (sycosis) the physician should consider symptoms he collected from the following sectors. 1. Perspiration 2. Menstruation 3. Sleep pattern 4. Family History of Corporeal Diseases 5. Food & Drinks, Desire/Aversion, Aggravation/Amelioration.

6. Qualified mental Generals (Mental Symptoms associated with a physical General eg: Irritability Before menstruation: FOLLICULINUM, Aur Sulp, Sepia ) 7. Mental Ailments from (Where family history of Mental Disease is absent) Cases with family history of Psychiatric Disorders should be treated with Nosodes preferably MEDORRHINUM. DNA in high potency is also found effective. If at all a case of Psychosis is declared cured it is better to follow up the case with a nosode to prevent the recurrence. Neurosis should be treated and cured with antipsoric remedies. As an intercurrent remedy SULPHUR should be given to all neurosis cases except OCN. Behavioral Abnormalities: It is treatable and curable with Homoeopathic potencies. The multitude of symptamatology of Behavioral abnormalities should not be listed under disease symptoms as it individualizes the patient. Behavior and character define a person. So the sympamatology of Behavioral abnormalities are Individualizing characteristic symptoms of the patient. All cured cases of behavioral abnormalities should be followed by a dose of TUBERCULINUM in high potencies to prevent the advancement of virulent Miasms. Alcoholism & Drug Dependency: Treatment of after effects of alcoholism and drug dependency is an easy job as it is usually based on pathological symptoms of advanced pathology. Alcoholism & Drug dependency it self is an advanced syphilitic miasm. So such cases should be treated with antisyphilitic remedies in low potencies. To save the alcoholics from his habit physician should create an interest for withdrawal from alcohol and drug before starting treatment. To prevent the temptation to be addicted to drug such cases should be followed with a dose of SYPHILINUM in very high potencies.

Mental Symptoms Mental Symptoms and mental disease are entirely different entities. Mental Symptoms should define the constitution of the patient. It should be a patient symptom or a person symptom. For clinical purpose mental symptoms may be divided in to 3. 1. Person Mental Symptoms 2. Patient Mental Symptoms 3. Qualified Mental Symptoms. Qualified Mental Generals are discussed already. While selecting a qualified mental General for repertorisation it should be considered with high intensity. If a mental symptom is qualified with a physical general that can be considered with 3 mark intensity. Never give less than 2 intensity for a qualified mental General. Eg: Perspiration during anxiety ACID PHOS, ACID FLOUR, SEP.

Person Mental Symptoms & Patient Mental symptoms are confusing statements for one who heard these terms first time in his life. If we are practicing it regularly it is quiet interesting. Mental Symptoms that are considered along with the physical symptoms for fulfilling the concept of totality but is to be removed by the treatment are Patient Mental Symptoms. Those Mental Symptoms individualize the patient but not to be removed by treatment are Person Mental Symptoms. Are You Confused Again? Let us see the said Mental Symptoms through certain examples. If patient is doubtful about recovery while curing his disease the doubtfulness about recovery should also be removed by selecting a remedy from the following list that can cover his physical particulars too. ARS, Ign, Stann Met, Lycopodium, Leptandra But if patient is hopeful about recovery if at all we are selecting SANGUNARIA on the basis of that symptom, his hopefulness will persist. If patient is in despair about recovery selecting, CALC, COLOCYNT, CAMPHOR or SYPHILINUM will bring hope in to the mind of patient along with curing the physical disease. Person Mental Symptoms are a group of Never Changing Symptoms that can individualize the case. Patient symptoms are the symptoms that can be and should be changed with a properly selected Remedy. Desire for creative activity is a person symptom, by selecting COFFEA or PHOS one can cure the disease of such a person but cant remove the creativity. Benevolence is a quality of a person that guides the physician for selection of a curative remedy for him like CARCINOCIN or NAT CARB. But CARC or NAT- C can only cure his disease not able to remove the benevolence in him. HG (Hand Gestures) is one of the major person symptoms to be observed by the physician. Positive mannerisms, gestures and personal qualities in the mental level will lead the physician to an all time effective curative remedy and that should be the area to be concentrated by those who are playing with mental symptoms.