Bellyaches: Traditional Homeopathic Supports
Whether it is you or your child…
…no one likes a bellyache!
Bloating, overindulging, unexplained gurgling, or heartburn all can cause a day to go downhill quickly!
Here are the homeopathic remedies traditionally associated with bellyaches:
Safety Note: While we explore traditional support for bellyaches, a sharp, persistent discomfort localized in the lower right abdomen can be a serious of a serious condition, such as appendicitis. If a bellyache is accompanied by rigid abdomen, high fever, inability to pass gas, or severe pain, seek immediate medical care.
1. Colocynthis:
For bellyaches that make you bend over, pressure can help it feel better. The physical pain may have started after big emotions or can be felt when there are big emotions. Intestines may feel as if they are being “squeezed.”
2. Dioscorea:
For twisting cutting pain that is better by bending backwards/arching back. May also be experiencing a lot of flatulence after meals.
3. Nux Vom:
ย ย For bellyaches brought on by eating – especially alcohol and spicy foods. May have belching that provides some relief. Light and sound can feel unbearable / sensitive to them. Heartburn and headache due to gastric upset may aslo indicate this remedy.
4. Mag Phos:
Similar to Colocynthis but improved with heat, pressure, or rubbing. Emotionally can feel irritable, or oversensitive. Cramping may feel shooting, stabbing, or as if it is nerve pain.
5. Chamomilla:
Bellyaches that makes you very irritable, or angry. Can feel nauseated after coffee, or warm drinks. Colic in infants, or stomach upset in teething children. The stool may appear green.
6. China:
Gut pain from trapped gas, which may accompany sharp liver pain. The mouth may taste bitter with lots of noise and rumbling in the stomach. Bloating that is not relieved by flatulence.
7. Lycopodium:
ย Bellyaches with a lot of flatulence & bloating after eating. Can suffer from constipation, hard stools, or slow digestion. May feel worse from eating foods like beans, onions, or cabbage. Can have alack of self-confidence and a changeable appetite.
8. Carbo Veg:
Bellyaches with a lot of fatigue. May also experience gas/bloating. Indigestion from fatty and/or rich foods. Can feel relief from open air or being fanned. Emotionally may feel depressed or indifferent.
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