Diarrhea means passage of watery, loose stools that you suffer more than 3 times in a day. It is one of the common health problems that last for a day or two.

Diarrhea can be acute or chronic. In acute diarrhea, its occurs all of a sudden and lasts for a short duration. Acute diarrhea is prominently caused by food poising, gastroenteritis, anxiety, antibiotics, and alcohol. On the other hand, chronic diarrhea affects you for a long period of time. Some people pass frequent, small solid stools with a sense of urgency. However, prolonged diarrhea can be a symptom of some other health concern. It may also make you suffer from dehydration. So, to avoid the risk of serious health hazards, you need to treat it effectively with Homeopathic medicines.

Homeopathic medicines are very useful in acute as well as chronic cases. So, let’s have a look at some common homeopathic medicines for treating diarrhea.

1 Arsenic Album:  

Arsenic Album is a crucial and effective Homeopathic Remedy for both acute as well as chronic diarrhea. It treats diarrhea resulting due to food poisoning or viral diseases. Also, diarrhea which is accompanied by exhaustion, anxiety, and restlessness is treated by Arsenic Album. Frequent watery stools, burning pain in the digestive tract, frequent thirst for small sips of water, and vomiting are some of the symptoms that indicate the need for this homeopathic remedy.

2 Podophyllum:

Podophyllum is another effective homeopathic remedy which is highly useful for treating acute diarrhea. Profuse, gushing, watery diarrhea which is usually not accompanied by pain suggests the need of this remedy. When your abdomen rumbles and gurgles before passing the stools, and makes you feel the urge of passing the stools again with worst bouts of diarrhea in the morning, you need to go for Podophyllum. People who need this homeopathic remedy tend to experience a large thirst for cold liquids.

3 Veratrum Album:

Another homeopathic remedy to alleviate the discomfort resulting due to diarrhea is Veratrum. Experiencing a lot of thirst for very cold water in big draughts is one of the prominent symptoms that indicate the need of Veratrum. Passage of profuse, watery stools that you need to evacuate forcibly, abdominal pain before passing the stool, fatigue following the stools, sweat, and coldness are other peculiar symptoms of diarrhea that call for the need of Veratrum.

4 Aloes Socotrina:

Aloes Socotrina is a homeopathic remedy that acts on rectum when treating the discomfort that you may experience due to diarrhea. When you experience constant urge to pass stools with the intervals accompanied with flatus, rumbling and gurgling in your abdomen before passing the stools, uneasiness, and weakness, you need to go for this homeopathic medicine.

5 Cinchona officinalis:

When you suffer from diarrhea that gets worse after having your food or after eating a fruit, you need to go for a homeopathic medicine called Cinchona officinalis. Cinchona is a particularly required to treat summer diarrhoea when you suffer from sour vomiting. It treats diarrhea which is accompanied by great bloating, general weakness, and indigestion and discomfort that gets worse in hot weather and at night.

All these five homeopathic remedies for diarrhea are required to be taken under the guidance of an expert homeopathic doctor. So, the next time you suffer from diarrhea, consult an expert homeopath and count on homeopathic medicines to alleviate your discomfort resulting due to diarrhea.

-Written by Dr. Ishwari, Associate doctor to Dr. Rajesh Shah

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