Breast Homeopathy

Question 1

drawing pulling pains on L, most common rx for yeast/thrush. pain in opposite breast when nursing

Answer 1

borax

Question 2

used topically to prevent cracks

Answer 2

calendula

Question 3

cracked, sore, ulcerated nipples, worse L, nipples may be red, damaged or deformed, yeast, itching in breasts, very tender to touch

Answer 3

castor equi

Question 4

hypersensitive to pain of nursing, she cannot endure it, irritable, nipples tender and inflamed

Answer 4

chamomilla

Question 5

unbearable pain at latch on, engorged breasts, protruding, dark red nipples

Answer 5

colchicum

Question 6

excruciating pain in nipple extending to back/scapula, breasts engorged, cracked nipples

Answer 6

corton tig

Question 7

painful, cracked nipples due to bac infxn, staph/strep w/bad smell, chilly, worse draft, better heat, irritable

Answer 7

hepar sulph

Question 8

nipples sore and crack easily, low potency repeated frequently in early weeks, used later for deeper cracks, mastitis, abscesses, recurrent infxn

Answer 8

silica

Question 9

breasts large and heavy, red streaks running like radii from a central point, H/A and the eyes are congested, doesn’t sleep well, lies half asleep half awake, dull, stupid feeling prevails, engorgement, excessive lactation

Answer 9

belladonna

Question 10

stony heaviness in breast, hot, hard and painful but not very red, breasts full of milk, engorgement, dry cracked lips, dry mouth, constipation, feces as if burnt, no appetite, nausea after eating, develops more slowly

Answer 10

bryonia

Question 11

to decrease supply if overabundant and gushing, to help dry up after weaning

Answer 11

lac-c

Question 12

breasts are congested, burning, hot and hard and distended with little or no milk flow, anxiety and restlessness, cracked nipples, worse night

Answer 12

aconite

Question 13

frequently indicated, particularly when a despairing sadness is the predominant sx, inadequate milk volume, weakness, anemia

Answer 13

agnus c.

Question 14

diminishing milk supply, veins are unnaturally distended, mother oversensitive, energies focused on self, better fresh air, better movement

Answer 14

asaf

Question 15

scanty, watery milk, bluish in color. sluggish temperament, chilly, milk disagrees with infant

Answer 15

calcarea carb

Question 16

weak, insufficient flow from start, when, as the attendant symptom, threatened amaurosis (loss of vision for no apparent cause) exists; pulsations and noises in ears; anxiety and despondency; women has been subjected to night-watching, care, feeling of doom

Answer 16

causticum

Question 17

particularly when there has been suppression from exposure to cold, damp air; milk is scanty; skin is delicate and sensitive to cold and liable to eruptions from being in the cold

Answer 17

dulcamara

Question 18

low milk supply in chilly, exhausted women

Answer 18

lac-d

Question 19

scanty milk, debility and great apathy

Answer 19

phosph acid

Question 20

mild and tearful, in apparent good health but who have too little milk; most commonly used remedy; better heat; also used for overabundant milk, esp due to abrupt weaning

Answer 20

pulsatilla

Question 21

exhausted from venous hemorrhage, thin, scrawny women; breast do not properly fill with milk; much stinging in breasts

Answer 21

secale c

Question 22

breasts large and heavy; red streaks running like radii from a central point, H/A and eyes are congested; doesn’t sleep well, lies half asleep half awake, dull, stupid feeling prevails, engorgement, excessive lactation, throbbing pains, worse slightest jar, bursting H/A, worse right

Answer 22

belladonna

Question 23

stony heaviness in breast, hot, hard, painful but not very red, breasts full of milk, engorgement, dry, cracked lips; dry mouth, constipation; feces as if burnt; no appetite, nausea after eating

Answer 23

bryonia

Question 24

where there is debility from loss of fluids, much pain btw shoulders, worse left

Answer 24

china

Question 25

in all cases where there are so many old scars from former ulcerations that milk can scarcely flow; high potency will cause the milk to flow easily and ward off impending abscess; cracked or fissured nipples, bleeding, worse 4-8 pm, better fresh air, warm bed

Answer 25

graphites

Question 26

when suppuration seems inevitable and there is no other particularly characteristic sx, splinter-like pain

Answer 26

hepar

Question 27

breast appears blue or purplish, chills at night and flushes of heat by day

Answer 27

lachesis

Question 28

hard swelling of the breast with sore and raw feeling, milk is not good, baby refuses it, scorbutic gums

Answer 28

mercurius sol

Question 29

inflammation of the breast with threatened ulceration, stitching or cutting pain, hectic fever and night sweats, fistulous ulcers w/bluish appearance

Answer 29

phosphorous

Question 30

particularly where the hardness is apparent from the beginning; very sensitive nipples or breasts, intense pain as soon as baby latches, even after suppuration these characteristics continue; hard knot or nodules in breasts

Answer 30

phytolacca dec

Question 31

fistulous ulcers particularly, w/d/c think and watery, or thick and offensive; breast milk seems to be dlc in pus; one lobe after another seems to ulcerate and d/c into one common ulcer, often w/pain; or there m/b several orifices, one for each lobe

Answer 31

silicea

Question 32

inflammation running from radii form the nipples, suppuration profuse with chilliness in the morning, heat in the afternoon; may have hemorrhoids; breasts feel hot; night sweats, flushes of heat, weak and faint spells, irresistible 11 am hunger

Answer 32

sulfur

Question 33

breasts are hard and tender to touch, withdrawing pains, insulting, uncivil and cross in temper, milk flow decreases w/strong outburst of anger

Answer 33

chamomilla

Question 34

pains from L breast to R breast, lumps, worse right, inflamed glands even with cold

Answer 34

conium

Question 35

when nursing pains run directly from breast through the back, sore drawing pain, very severe

Answer 35

croton tig

Question 36

tearing, stitching pain on flow of milk

Answer 36

kali carb