Homoeopathy and you

Are you too sensitive to cold?

By Dr Vikas Sharma
The Tribune
Wednesday, October 22, 2003

You dread winters! Because cold makes life hell for you -
- runny nose, sneezes, headache, stuffed-up feeling, and
that cold damp feeling in the feet. Your defences are
also too high, with a muffler wrapped around your head
all day long, layers of woolens, more than a pair of warm
socks, still nothing seems to keep you warm and if you
thought that's only the way to beat out your sensitivity,
believe me you are totally wrong. Homoeopathy may just be
the right choice for you. A well-directed homoeopathic
treatment can actually help reduce and cure your
sensitivity towards cold and disorders associated with
it. In homoeopathy we call it a ''chilly constitution''
and certain specific medicines are there for it.

Medically speaking, slow metabolism is one of the main
causes for cold intolerance. Some people (often very
slender women) do not tolerate cold environments simply
because they have minimal body fat and are unable to keep
warm. General poor health, faulty diet and medical
conditions such as anorexia nervosa, hypothyroidism, AIDS
and other chronic illness can also lead to intolerance.

Be it the lack of warmth in the body or symptoms that
sensitive individuals develop, homoeopathic medicines
such as Silicea, Calcarea Carb offer a big promise in
their treatments. Personally, I would rank Silicea ahead
of other medicines in treating cold intolerance. Silicea
is an invaluable constitutional remedy, and is indicated
in the over-sensitive, imperfectly nourished (generally),
not for want of food, but because of imperfect
assimilation. There are very high levels of cold
intolerance. Nothing makes the Silicea patient feel warm
and take cold easily, especially from uncovering the head
or the feet.

The main indication for Silicea is that no matter how
hard the patient tries, feet don't seem to get warm and
also there is an increased cold intolerance on the head.
Least exposure seems to bring on a severe headache, only
to be relieved by warm applications. Chronic conditions -
- sinusitis, cold, asthma, bronchitis and cough caused in
such oversensitive individuals -- are effectively treated
with Silicea. Calcarea Carb is very useful in
constitutions where metabolism seems to slow down; it is
indicated in cold intolerance associated with
hypothyroidism and one of the main indications for the
use of Calcarea Carb is constant sensation of cold damp
feet.

Please note that the conditions mentioned above are
chronic and can best be treated with help of an
experienced homoeopath.

The writer is a Chandigarh-based homoeopath.

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