The Complete A-Z Guide To Homeopathy For Pregnancy

A

Abandoned feeling: Pulsatilla

Acne, with red, painful eruptions: Belladonna
Acne, on the chin and jaw line: Sepia

Abdomen, abdominal soreness, bruised sensation: Arnica, Sepia
Abdomen, bearing down type pains: Chamomilla, Pulsatilla, Sepia
Abdomen, bloated and hard: Ant tart, Arg nit, Carbo veg, China
Abdomen, bloated, better for belching: Ant tart, Arg nit, Carbo veg
Abdomen, bloated, not any better for belching: China
Abdomen, feels flattened: Pulsatilla
Abdomen, pains after grief: Arsenicum
Abdomen, pains, cramping and griping: Arsenicum, Gelsemium
Abdomen, tearing pain in one spot: Pulsatilla
Abdomen, tight, over strained sensation: Apis
Abdomen, spasmodic pains, with chills, perhaps after anger: Bryonia
Abdomen, walls feel bruised: Pulsatilla

Affection, loss of, for loved ones: Aconite, Sepia

Anger, irritability: Chamomilla, Ignatia, Nux vomica, Sepia

Ankle, pain with swelling: Lycopodium

Anxiety, general: Ant tart, Aconite, Ignatia
Anxiety, about domestic matters: Calc carb, Pulsatilla
Anxiety, intense, lasting 2-3 hours: Ant tart
Anxiety, with fear and restlessness: Aconite
Anxiety, after emotional upset: Ignatia

B

Back pain, general: Arg nit
Back pain, as if broken: Phosphorus
Back pain, lumbar: Belladonna, Nux vomica, Pulsatilla, Rhus tox
Back pain, burning, lumbar: Rhus tox
Back pain, rheumatic: Aconite, Rhus tox

Belching: Ant tart, Carbo veg, China, Lycopodium
Belching, after over eating: Bryonia
Belching, bitter, nauseating: Bryonia
Belching, gives relief: Ant tart
Belching, gives temporary relief: Carbo veg
Belching, sour: Nux vomica
Belching, sour and empty: Carbo veg
Belching, with heartburn: Natrum mur
Belching, sweet: Natrum mur

Bladder; cystitis: Calendula
Bladder; cystitis, after intercourse: Staphisagria
Bladder; cystitis, with intense burning before, during and after urination: Cantharis
Bladder, crampy: Lycopodium
Bladder; straining to urinate, with no success: Belladonna, Cantharis, Pulsatilla
Bladder, desire to urinate, with no success: Lycopodium
Bladder; frequent urge to urinate: Aconite, Lycopodium, Pulsatilla, Sulphur
Bladder, frequent, urination at night: Phosphorus
Bladder; involuntary, urination: Arsenicum, Belladonna, Pulsatilla, Natrum mur, Sepia
Bladder; urination, painful: Pulsatilla, Nux vomica, Staphisagria, Sulphur

Bleeding, uterine: Apis, Chamomilla, Ipecac, Phosphorus
Bleeding, uterine, when first period would be due: Calc carb
Bleeding, uterine, in the third, fifth or seventh month: Sepia
Bleeding, uterine, after shock, fright or bad news: Ignatia
Bleeding, uterine, after over exertion: Arnica
Bleeding, uterine, after injury or physical shock: Arnica
Bleeding, uterine, better for lying down: Ignatia
Bleeding, uterine, painless, steady flow at sixth month, Phosphorus
Bleeding, uterine, threatened miscarriage: Phosphorus, Sepia

Breasts, abscess, painful: Hepar sulph
Breasts, mastitis, infection, painful, pale breasts worse any motion: Bryonia
Breasts, mastitis, infection, painful, hot, throbbing breasts: Belladonna
Breasts, pain: Belladonna, Bryonia, Calc Carb, Calendula, Pulsatilla, Sepia
Breasts, pain, hard knots in: Sepia
Breasts, pain, neuralgic: Pulsatilla
Breast, pain under nipples: Calendula

Breathing, asthmatic, wheezing: Carbo veg
Breathing, difficult: Lycopodium, Nux vomica, Pulsatilla
Breathing difficult, due to upward pressure from baby: Nux vomica

Breathlessness on exertion: Carbo veg

C

Chilliness, after broken sleep, anxiety: Pulsatilla

Clumsiness: Calc carb

Cramps: Calc carb, Mag phos, Phosphorus

Colicky pains, after emotional upsets: Arsenicum, Ignatia

Constipation: Sepia, Pulsatilla

Cough: Ant tart, Bryonia, Drosera, Phosphorus

Cravings for odd (indigestible) things: Sepia

D

Dandruff, with increased tendency for headaches: Calc carb

Delirium: Belladonna

Diarrhea: Apis, Chamomilla, China, Phosphorus
Diarrhea, anus feels open: Apis
Diarrhea with colicky pains: Chamomilla
Diarrhea with weakness from dehydration: China
Diarrhea, with burning: Phosphorus

Drinks, craves cold drinks: Phosphorus
Drinks, craves, alcoholic: Nux vomica
Drinks, increased thirst; Phosphorus

E

Eclampsia: Apis, Cantharis

Edema: Apis, Arsenicum, Natrum mur, Rhus tox

Esophagus, burning in: Arsenicum

Excitable, easily: Aconite, Gelsemium

Eyes, inflammation of the retina: Apis, Arsenicum, Cantharis, Gelsemium
Eyes, sunken and dim after broken sleep, anxiety: Pulsatilla
Eyes, visual disturbances: Calc carb, Gelsemium, Pulsatilla
Eyes, double vision: Belladonna, Gelsemium
Eyes, vision, misty: Calc carb

F

Face, blue discoloration: Phosphorus
Face, yellowish brown spots: Sepia
Face, pain in: Ignatia, Sepia
Face, pain in, with redness, after broken sleep, anxiety: Pulsatilla
Face; swollen: Phosphorus

Fainting: Arsenicum, Belladonna, Nux vomica, Lachesis, Pulsatilla, Sepia

Fears and phobias: Aconite, Arsenicum

Fear of drinking water: Phosphorus

Feet, cold: Lycopodium
Feet, cramping of the toes or soles: Calc carb
Feet, lame feeling: Silica
Feet, tearing pain: Phosphorus
Feet, shooting pain: Phosphorus

Fetal motion, early, causes heart palpitations: Sulphur
Fetal motion, mother is too sensitive to it: Sepia
Fetal motion, like a fist: Sulphur
Fetal motion, causes nausea and vomiting: Arnica
Fetal motion, violent: Arsenicum, Lycopodium, Silica
Fetal motion, like somersaults: Lycopodium
Fetal position, as if lying transverse: Arnica
Fetal position, breech: Pulsatilla (How to use Pulsatilla)
Fetal position, abnormal: Aconite, Pulsatilla

Fever, intermittent, in early months with threatened miscarriage: Pulsatilla

Fingers, tingling and numb: Lachesis, Lycopodium, Sepia

Food, aversion to: Ant-tart, Ipecac, Lycopodium, Natrum mur, Sepia
Food, aversion to bread: Ant-tart, Natrum mur, Sepia
Food, aversion to even the thought or smell of it: Sepia

Food, craves salty food: Natrum mur
Food, craves vinegar, pickles, acidic or sour things: Sepia

Food, eating bread aggravates: Ant tart, Sepia
Food, eating fruit, leads to gas: China

Food, loathing for: Ipecac, Sepia

Food, slow to digest: Nux vomica

Fright, ailments after getting a fright or emotional shock: Gelsemium, Ignatia

G

Grief bring on pains: Arsenicum
Grief, with weeping, yawning, sighing or hiccoughing: Ignatia
Grief, silent, stoical: Natrum mur

H

Hair, falling out: Lachesis, Natrum mur, Sepia.

Headaches: Belladonna, Bryonia, Calc carb, Chamomilla, Mag phos, Pulsatilla, Sepia

Head, feels it will burst: Lycopodium

Head pain, throbbing, with heat: Belladonna
Head pain, worse for least motion, even of the eyes: Bryonia
Head pain, tearing, stitching, right side: Sepia
Head pain, better for fresh air: Pulsatilla

Heartburn: Apis, Arsenicum, Carbo veg, Merc viv, Nux vomica, Pulsatilla
Heartburn, with palpitations: Natrum mur

Heart, anxiety felt in the region of: Aconite
Heart, palpitations: Natrum mur, Phosphorus, Sepia, Sulphur
Heart, palpitations, form first movements of the fetus: Sulphur

Hemorrhoids: Nux vomica, Sepia
Hemorrhoids, appear during first month: Lachesis

Herpes outbreak: Sepia
Herpes outbreak, after sun exposure: Natrum mur

Hiccoughs: Nux vomica, Ignatia
Hiccoughs, after emotional shock: Ignatia

Hot flashes, in pregnancy: Lachesis, Sulphur

Hunger, with no actual appetite: Natrum mur
Hunger, painful, with no appetite: Sepia

Hysteria: Gelsemium, Ignatia

I

Insomnia: Aconite, Belladonna,
Insomnia, after a fright: Ignatia
Insomnia, due to leg cramps: Calc Carb, Chamomilla, Mag phos

J

Jaundice: Aconite, Nux vomica, Phosphorus
Jaundice, with anemia: Phosphorus

K

Kidney infections, with fluid retention: Apis

Kidney pain, shooting, during sixth week of pregnancy: Ipecac

L

Lameness, all over: Ruta

Legs, cramps: Calc Carb, Gelsemium, Mag phos, Sepia
Legs, cramps in calves: Calc Carb, Sepia
Legs, cramps in calves, third trimester: Sepia
Legs, heavy, varicose: Arnica, Arsenicum, Carbo veg, Pulsatilla
Legs, sciatica: Gelsemium
Legs, varicose veins: Arnica, Arsenicum, Carbo veg, Pulsatilla
Legs, weakness, thighs: Ipecac
Legs, weary: Pulsatilla, Sepia

Ligaments, weak or strained: Ruta

Lips, bluish: Phosphorus

M

Miscarriage, threatened, after:
Anemia: Carbo veg, China, Sepia
Anger, intense: Aconite, Chamomilla
Anger, suppressed: Staphisagria
Cold, becoming very: Aconite
Extreme exhaustion: Merc viv, Sepia
Falling: Arnica
Flu: Gelsemium
Fright: Aconite, Gelsemium, Ignatia
Grief: Ignatia, Natrum mur, Staphisagria
Grief, suppressed: Ignatia, Natrum mur
Hearing unexpected bad news: Gelsemium, Ignatia
History of miscarriages, Sepia
Injuries: Arnica, Rhus tox, Pulsatilla
Long term bleeding: Lycopodium
Over excitement: Gelsemium, Silica
Over exertion: Arnica, Bryonia, Rhus tox
Over heating: Bryonia
Physical trauma: Arnica
Prolapse of the uterus: Nux vomica, Sepia
Shock: Arnica
Vomiting, prolonged: Ipecac

Miscarriage, threatened, in:
First month: Apis
Early months: Apis, Sepia
Sixth week: Sepia
Second or Third month : Apis, Sepia
Third month: Merc viv
Fourth month: Apis, Sepia
Fifth – seventh months: Apis, Sepia
Fifth – sixth month: Arsenicum
Sixth month, with pains: Ipecac
Seventh month: Ruta, Sepia
Eighth month: Pulsatilla

Miscarriage, threatened, with:
Convulsions: Ipecac
Cough: Ipecac
Dilated cervix: Pulsatilla
Fear of death: Aconite, Arsenicum
Flow, worse at 3am: Nux vomica
Flow, dark, coagulated: Pulsatilla
Flow, bright alternating with dark, may have clots on motion: Chamomilla
Flow, stops but returns with twice the force: Pulsatilla
Pain, sharp, around navel: Ipecac
Pain, neuralgic: Sulphur
Placenta previa: Ipecac, Nux vomica, Phosphorus, Sepia
Profuse bleeding: Ipecac, Phosphorus
Sensation everything would fall out: Sepia
Urinate, constant desire to: Cantharis

Morning sickness: Arsenicum, Ant tart, Ipecac, Merc viv, Natrum mur, Nux vomica, Sulphur
Morning sickness, constant vomiting with no relief: Ipecac
Morning sickness, vomiting watery fluid, frothy watery mucus: Natrum mur
Morning sickness, vomiting small amounts, watery, faint, sickish spells before noon: Sulphur
Morning sickness, vomiting with mucus: Ant tart, Drosera

N

Nausea: Ipecac, Nux vomica, Sepia
Nausea, after broken sleep, anxiety: Pulsatilla
Nausea, after ice-cream, fatty foods: Pulsatilla
Nausea, after over eating: Bryonia, Ipecac
Nausea, after rich food, coffee: Nux vomica
Nausea, constant: Ipecac, Sepia

Neck, pulsating carotids: Gelsemium, Phosphorus

Nervousness: Aconite, Arsenicum, Gelsemium

Nails, bluish: Phosphorus

Nose, nosebleeds: Sepia, Phosphorus
Nose, nosebleeds, after injury: Arnica
Nose, oversensitive to smells: Sepia

O

Oversensitivity, generally to stimuli: Aconite

P

Pelvis, bones feel loose, with lameness: Calc carb
Pelvis, bones feel loose, with stiffness on first moving: Rhus tox
Pelvis, bones feel loose: Arnica

Pica: Sepia

Placenta, bleeding, after separation: Ipecac
Placenta, pains, as if ulcerated: Pulstilla
Placenta previa: Ipecac, Nux vomica, Phosphorus, Sepia

Pulse, small after broken sleep and anxiety: Pulsatilla
Pulse, small and slow: Gelsemium

R

Respiration, asthmatic, wheezing: Carbo veg
Respiration, difficult: Arsenicum, Lycopodium, Nux vomica, Pulsatilla
Respiration, difficult due to sticky, stringy yellow green mucus: Kali bich
Respiration, improves when sitting upright: Arsenicum

Restlessness: Aconite, Arsenicum, Merc viv, Rhus tox

Restless legs, when overheated: Sulphur

S

Sacrum, pains: Ledum, Hypericum
Sacrum pains, gnawing, stiff, extending down thigh, worse standing: Ledum
Sacrum pains, shooting along nerves: Hypericum

Sadness: China, Natrum mur, Pulsatilla, Sepia
Sadness, after dehydration, loss of fluids: China
Sadness, unexpressed about past events: Natrum mur
Sadness, better for company and fresh air: Pulsatilla
Sadness, with indifference to loved ones: Sepia

Salivation, increased: Ant tart, Merc viv

Sciatica: Hypericum, Mag phos

Sexual intercourse, intense desire for: Belladonna, Lachesis, Merc viv, Phosphorus
Sexual intercourse, painful: Staphisagria

Sinusitus with yellow bland discharge: Pulsatilla
Sinusitus with tough, stringy, yellow green discharge: Kali bich

Skin, yellowish: Phosphorus

Sleepiness: Carbo veg, Gelsemium, Sepia

Soreness, all over: Arnica, Ruta
Soreness of muscles, flesh: Arnica
Soreness of ligaments, connective tissue: Ruta

Stomach, gnawing empty sensation in: Ignatia, Natrum mur, Pulsatilla
Stomach, bilious: Nux vomica
Stomach, burning: Arsenicum
Stomach, bursting with wind: Arg nit
Stomach, crampy: Lycopodium

Stumbling, increased: Belladonna

T

Thirst, strong: Bryonia, Phosphorus

Thirstless: Apis, Pulsatilla

Toes, cramping: Calc carb, Mag phos

Tongue, tingling, after broken sleep and anxiety: Pulsatilla

Tooth, abscess: Hepar sulph, Merc viv, Silica

Toothache: Aconite, Belladonna, Calc carb, Chamomilla, Pulsatilla, Sepia
Toothache, tearing pain: Sepia

U

Urine, protein in: Calc carb, Ipecac
Urine, protein in, late stage of pregnancy, Phosphorus

Urination, difficult: Aconite, Apis, Cantharis, Lycopodium, Natrum mur, Nux vomica
Urination, escapes too quickly: Sepia
Urination, frequent urging: Nux vomica, Phosphorus
Urination, involuntary: Arsenicum, Belladonna, Pulsatilla, Natrum mur, Sepia
Urination, must wake to urinate 12 – 3am: Aconite
Urination, inability to pass urine: Lycopodium
Urination, difficult, with constant pressure and tension in the abdomen: Pulsatilla

Uterus, soreness: Arnica, Pulsatilla, Silica
Uterus, feels like it will fall out: Sepia
Uterus, inflamed: Phosphorus
Uterus, pain, burning: Bryonia
Uterus, pain, rheumatic, disturbs sleep: Pulsatilla

V

Varicose veins: Arnica, Arsenicum, Carbo veg, Nux vom, Pulsatilla
Varicose veins, on the nose: Carbo veg
Varicose veins, inflamed: Lachesis
Varicose veins, painful on, legs, thighs, vulva: Lycopodium
Varicose veins, sore, bruised, may ulcerate: Arnica
Varicose veins, with burning pains: Calc carb
Varicose veins, with stinging pains: Apis
Varicose veins, with stinging, bleed easily: Pulsatilla
Varicose veins, with swelling and itching: Carbo veg
Varicose veins, with swelling, burning, itching, ulcerated, bleeding: Sulphur
Varicose veins, with vertigo: Arsenicum, Gelsemium, Ipecac, Natrum mur, Phosphorus
Varicose veins, worsen during pregnancy: Sepia

Vagina, itching, during pregnancy: Aconite, Sepia

Vaginal discharge: Pulsatilla, Sepia

Veins, swelling at the ankles: Lycopodium
Veins, jugular, motion in: Phosphorus

Vertigo: Arsenicum, Belladonna, Gelsemium, Natrum mur

Vision, visual disturbances: Calc carb, Gelsemium, Pulsatilla
Vision, double vision: Belladonna, Gelsemium
Vision; momentary blindness: Silica
Vision, vision, misty: Calc carb

Vomiting, when fetus moves: Arnica
Vomiting, after over eating: Bryonia
Vomiting, alternates between food and mucus: Natrum mur
Vomiting, food eaten long before: Pulsatilla
Vomiting, long and continued: Kali bich
Vomiting, with deathly nausea, not relieved by vomiting: Ipecac
Vomiting, milky looking vomit: Sepia
Vomiting, with mucus: Ant tart, Drosera
Vomiting persistent: Ipecac
Vomiting persistent, late afternoon and evening: Ipecac, Lachesis
Vomiting water: Sepia
Vomiting water, at night: Phosphorus
Vomiting, with burning in the pylorus: Cantharis
Vomiting, with wrenching: Arsenicum, Cantharis, Ipecac
Vomiting everything, including water: Ipecac

W

Weakness: Sepia, Sulphur
Weakness, caused by vomiting, diarrhea, loss of fluids: China
Weakness after a short walk: Calc carb

Weepiness: Sepia, Apis, Ignatia, Lachesis, Natrum mur, Pulsatilla

Weight gain, extreme: Calc carb, Sepia

Whooping cough, take if you come into contact with it: Drosera

Y

Yeast infection, with discharge: Sepia

(For full color PDF Guide available to download, click here)

Resources: (to learn why this guide is so practical):

• Homeopathy For My Family: Colic, Bladder Infection, Grief & More

• A Safe and Simple Way to Turn Breech Babies in the Womb

• Home First Aid Homeopathy Kit & Handy Visual Guide To Laminate

• Intro To Homeopathy and How It’s Helped Our Family

• 3 Homeopathic Remedies for Mastitis & How To Use Lecithin

(And here’s a Materia Medica that contains all 36 remedies listed in the guide above)

Have the pregnancy and birth you and your baby deserve.

By Mary Aspinwall, ISHom, PCH, Registered Homeopath

“Casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you.” ~1 Peter 5:7

“Yet you brought me out of the womb; you made me trust in you, even at my mother’s breast.” ~Psalm 22:9

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