Friday, November 29, 2019

Treatment of geriatric illnesses

Elderly people suffering from some long standing, multiple, chronic illnesses  or from any serious incurable ailment tend to generally develop certain concomitant emotional setback like anxiety, fear, sadness, melancholy, depression, restlessness, irritability etc. Hence, they need to be treated with homeopathic medicines with psychiatric taints which include Aconite, Ignatia, Natrum mur, Aurum, Causticum, Argentum nitricum, Arsenicum, Calcarea phos, Opium, Hyoscyamus, Stramonium, Arnica, Rhus tox etc. Symptoms of these remedies are often  elicited in geriatric illnesses as found in clinical follow-ups. Application of these  medicines not only take care of their emotional well being but also improve their physical diseases. For instance, symptoms of Stramonium or Argentum nitricum are often found in brain stroke patients who developed paralysis in one side of the body.

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