Intercostal Drops
Intercostal neuralgia is the nerve pain that occurs around the ribs. Numerous nerves run from the spinal cord and along the spaces between the ribs to the front of the body. The pain may make breathing, laughing or sneezing difficult or uncomfortable. Various conditions can cause this pinched nerve such as a rupture in abdominal tissue, a distended abdomen, scar tissue around the nerve, overused muscles in the abdomen and other conditions of the musculoskeletal system, like an irregular curvature of the vertebrae or having one leg shorter than the other. The resulting pain is sharp and spasmodic in the ribcage area.
Composition
Arsenicum album 6x, Colocynthis 3x, Ranunculus bulbosus 3x.
Indications
Helps relieve intercostal Neuralgia and Post Herpetic Neuralgia
Dosage
10-15 drops should be diluted with water and taken every 30 minutes to 3 hours or as prescribed by the physician.
Contra-indication
None
Side effects
No known side effects
Action of Ingredients
- Arsenicum album- Burning pains relieved by heat, Periodical burning pains, with restlessness; with cold skin. Paralysis. Trembling, jerking, convulsions and chorea twitchings. Epilepsy suddenly becomes unconscious with convulsions.
- Colocynthis- Intense Neuralgias. The neuralgic pains are nearly always relieved by pressure. Neuralgic pains are cutting, pinching, clamping, gnawing or boring, followed by numbness, better by pressure.
- Ranunculus bulbosus- Various kinds of pains and soreness, as if bruised in sternum, ribs, intercostal spaces, Burning and intense itching; worse, contact. Herpetic eruptions, with great itching. Shingles, bluish vesicles.
Advice: Complementary Remedies
- In Osteo-Arthritis of the thoracic vertebrae as the cause of Intercoastal Neuralgia: Give additionally B11.
- In degernative discs lesions and Osteochondritis: Compare B11 also give Bakson Calci Aid Tablets additionally.
- In Sciatica: Compare B69.
- In the presence of Herpes Zoster or a previous history of this complaint give additionally B67 in alteration every ½-1-2 hours.
- Trigeminal or Facial neuralgias: Give additionally B68.
Disclaimer
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