Childbirth Materia Medica H - K

A Specific Guide to Homoeopathy in Childbirth.
18 Remedies for use before, during and after labour

HYPERICUM
Excellent first aid remedy for damage to nerve-rich areas. Pains shoot along nerves with terrible intensity. Most useful after labour. Particularly after Caesarians, epidurals, episiotomies, forceps deliveries. Alternate with other necessary trauma remedies (e.g. Arnica, Bellis Perennis, Calendula).
Worse: cold; pressure; touch.

IPECAC
Labour pains or bright red haemmorhaging with constant violent nausea. Face is deathly blue with dark rings under eyes. Hot and cold sweats. Worse: at night; for food or sight or smell of it.

KALI CARB
Useful in backache labours, where nagging pain is felt in back, buttocks, thighs. The mother-to-be is often extremely irritable, yet needs company. Posterior presentations where labour gets stuck. Backache greatly relieved by very firm pressure. Headache during labour. Chilliness after a contraction. Worse: night and early hours of morning; touch; noise. Better: warmth continued...