Homeopathy & the Treatment of Depression
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Homeopathic Treatment for Depression
Although depression isn’t uncommon, the way it’s experienced is unique from one person to the next. These diverse experiences are reflected in the wide range of homeopathic remedies used in the treatment of depression. Many homeopathic remedies cover broad symptoms, such as sadness, pessimism, fear and anxiety, but in order to find an effective remedy it must match the individualising symptoms of the patient’s case.
For example, the remedy Aurum is characterised by duty bound and performance issues reflected in a workaholic type. The remedy Sepia on the other hand is characterised by a central feeling of being forced into situations against their will, and the remedy Nat mur feels let down by the person they love and depend on.
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Depression Remedies
Aurum
Central Theme: Dutiful and performance orientated workaholic who feels they can’t succeed.
Characteristic symptoms: Pessimistic. Often a feeling of performing tasks that are impossible or beyond capacity. They demand a lot from themselves, very responsible, industrious and conscientious. Can destroy themselves in trying to achieve goals for fear of failure. Fear of falling from a high position; fear of losing confidence of others and self. Lots of guilt and despair of religious salvation. Strong suicidal tendency. Moralistic, principled and orthodox. Ailments from loss of property, wounded honour, responsibilities. Closed and serious personality. Depressive and melancholic mood, everything feels black inside, loathing of life. Sensitive to contradiction of others.
Cimicifuga
Central Theme: Overriding feeling of being caged or hemmed in.
Characteristic symptoms: Very clingy (especially to family) with a strong fear and anxiety to be alone. May also feel the need to break free from family ties. Can be very creative and artistic. Depressed, sad and gloomy, enveloped by a black cloud. Feeling of going insane. Manic behaviour. Feels grieved, troubled. Strong phobias, such as foreboding of death, insanity, impending evil. Uneasy, nervous and restless. Symptoms often associated with menstruation, menopause, pregnancy and gynaecological problems. Fears insanity. Changeable symptoms or alternation between physical and mental symptoms. Lots of sighing and talks quickly, jumping from one subject to the next, very excitable. Post natal complaints. Suicidal.
Conium
Central Theme: Slow withdrawal into complete isolation.
Characteristic symptoms: Slow onset of depression and withdraws. Introverted, isolated and averse to company. Shuts down gradually and results in isolation. Lack of mental and emotional range that leads to a lack of mental and emotional expression. Very morose. Become rigid, ritualistic and compulsive. Ideas are fixed in the way they do things. Over time memory becomes weak and there is emotional indifference and hardness. Very material types with great attachment to the material world. Conservativeness. Can be very religious and superstitious; or sober and realistic. Lack of anxiety when confronted with poor prognosis or uncertain future. Grief ending paralysis. Aversion to light and better for darkness. Complaints associated with suppression of sexual desire (religion) or loss of sexual partner.
Syphilinum
Central Theme: Distant and far away feeling.
Characteristic symptoms: Deep, dark emotional depression. Often associated with alcoholism. Craves alcohol. Suicidal depression with severe insomnia. Antisocial with an aversion to company. Anxious about health and a despair of recovery from illness. Great sense of hopelessness. Fear of dying, suffering and pain. Feels as if going insane. Fear of germs and infections, always washing and wringing the hands. Obsessive compulsive behaviour is strong, leads to obsessional anxiety. Strong sense of guilt and a fear of punishment. Fear of night and symptoms are worse at night. Behaviour can be erratic and odd. Fascination with the macabre and death, can have a sadistic streak.
Sepia
Central Theme: Feels forced to accept situations against their will.
Characteristic symptoms: Often a female remedy, eg. forced to give up work to be a mother. Feels disfigured or unattractive, especially to opposite sex. Doesn’t feel good enough. Feels dissatisfied, miserable and unfortunate. Desire to be alone. Indifference to loved ones; all manifestations of love drain reserves of energy and are an obstacle to independence. Incommunicative, defensive. Aversion to sex. Fear of rape. Dependence and independence are central, wants independence but feels dependent. Can be fault finding, sarcastic, spiteful. Disappointment in love. Worn out feeling from burden of responsibility.
Nat mur
Central Theme: Feels let down, betrayed or disappointed by the person they trust or love.
Characteristic symptoms: Great hurt and sadness, shuts off from people, withdraws. Leads to fear of being emotionally hurt, avoids further disappointment with emotional wall. Feels vulnerable and fears rejection. Desire for solitude, avoids company, cries when alone. Dwells on past disagreeable occurrences; clings to traumatic experiences, goes over them again and again. Silent grief. Absorbs the grief of others, very sympathetic to others. Broods and listens to sad music. Defensive and cautious, not in a hurry to open up to anyone. Worse for any consolation; or craves it but only from the right people. Also tremendous grief from the death of a loved one or someone dear.
Tony Fox DSH
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