LABOR


Dewey gives the common homeopathy remedies for the treatment of Labour in an easy question-answer format. …


When should Chamomilla be given during Labor?

When the pains begin in the back and pass off down the inner side of the thinks, and when the patient is intolerant of the pain, makes a great fuss, is impatient and spiteful, the so being rigid.

What are he indications for Belladonna in Labor?

Pain in back as if it would break; labor pains come and go suddenly and no progress is made; the is a spasmodic condition of the so which retards labor; the so feels hot to the touch.

When is Secale indicated Homoeopathically in Labor?

When the pains are prolonged, continued and ineffectual or entirely wanting, and patient complaints of an empty feeling in the abdomen.

When should Caulophyllum be used during Labor?

When the pains are intermittent, shape and crampy, and appear in. the groin, bladder and lower extremities; they are spasmodic and fly from one place to another; patient is exhausted and weak.

What is another indication for its use in the puerperal state?

For false labor pains occurring during last months of pregnancy; after pains following a tedious labor.

What is the chief indication for Gelsemium in Labor?

Rigid so uteri from tardy dilatation; uterus soft and flabby; does not contract or expel; patient drowsy; premonitory state of puerperal convulsions.

Where are the Labor pains of Cimicifuga?

They fly across the abdomen, from side to side;; double patient up and cause fainting spells. Also for false labor pains shooting upwards and transversely; after pains.

How does Pulsatilla compare?

The pains are slow, weak and ineffectual; they are spasmodic and irregular and excite fainting the temperament will decide, or the smothering sensation, that the patient has, calling for open windows. Adherent placenta.

W.A. Dewey
Dewey, Willis A. (Willis Alonzo), 1858-1938.
Professor of Materia Medica in the University of Michigan Homeopathic Medical College. Member of American Institute of Homeopathy. In addition to his editoral work he authored or collaborated on: Boericke and Dewey's Twelve Tissue Remedies, Essentials of Homeopathic Materia Medica, Essentials of Homeopathic Therapeutics and Practical Homeopathic Therapeutics.