Homeopathic Treatment of Bipolar Disorder or Manic-depression

Homeopathy is a 250 year old alternative medical modality which is widely used in India and Europe. The homeopathic healing system is based on serially diluted substances using the "like cures like" principle.

Homeopathy is a safe and inexpensive way to promote the body's natural ability to heal. Each homeopathic remedy has specific documented effects upon the mind and body. The homeopathic medicines listed below are indicated for mood changes from extreme joy to sadness, and manic-depressive or bipolar tendencies.

People who have little background in homeopathy often prefer to use pre-formulated combination homeopathic medicines containing preselected homeopathic remedies at correct potencies for a particular ailment. These combination homeopathic medicines can be found online and in most health food stores.

The remedies are listed by their latin name followed by their common name and the author of the official materia medica from which the information on their indicated uses was derived.

Aurum Metallicum: (Boericke's) (Gold) Mental states of great depression, hopeless, despondent, and great desire to commit suicide. Every opportunity is sought for self-destruction. Feelings of self-condemnation and utter worthlessness. Thorough disgust of life. Talks of committing suicide. Peevish and vehement at least contradiction. Mental derangements. Constant rapid questioning without waiting for reply. Cannot do things fast enough. Over-sensitiveness to noise, excitement, confusion.

Anacardium Orientale: (Boericke's) (Cashew Nut) Fixed ideas. Hallucinations; thinks he is possessed of two persons or wills. Anxiety when walking, as if pursued. Profound melancholy and hypochondriasis, with tendency to use violent language. Brain-fag. Impaired memory. Absent mindedness. Very easily offended. Malicious; seems bent on wickedness. Lack of confidence in himself or others. Suspicious. Hears voices. Senile dementia. Absence of all moral restraint.

Hyoscyamus Niger: (Boericke's) (Henbane) Nervous system profoundly disturbed. It is as if some diabolical force took possession of the brain and prevented its functions. It causes a perfect picture of mania of a quarrelsome and obscene character. Inclined to be unseemly and immodest in acts, gestures and expressions. Jealous and afraid of being poisoned, etc. Nervous agitation. Very suspicious. Foolish, great hilarity, inclined to laugh at everything. Delirium, with attempt to run away. Low, muttering speech. Light headed and confused.

Lachesis Mutus: (Boericke's) (Bushmaster Snake Venom) Exceedingly talkative. Sad in the morning; no desire to mix with the world. Restless and uneasy; does not wish to attend to business; wants to be off somewhere all the time. Jealous. Suspicious. Nightly delusion of fire. Religious insanity. Derangement of the time sense.

Pulsatilla: (Boericke's) (Wind flower) Sad, crying readily, weeps when talking, changeable, contradictory. Timid, irresolute. Fears in evening to be alone, dark, ghosts. Likes sympathy. Easily discouraged. Morbid dread of the opposite sex. Religious melancholy. Given to extremes of pleasure and pain. Highly emotional.

Staphysagria: (Boericke's) (Stavesacre) Nervous affections with marked irritability. Ill effects of anger and insults. Sexual sins and excesses. Very sensitive. Impetuous, violent outbursts of passion, hypochondria, sad. Prefers solitude. Peevish. (Clarke's) Indifference to everything, apathetic, gloomy. Anxiety and agitation, which allow no rest. Dislikes conversation. Weakness of memory. Instability of ideas.

Stramonium: (Boericke's) (Thorn-apple) Devout, earnest, beseeching and ceaseless talking. Loquacious, garrulous, laughing, singing, swearing, praying, rhyming. Sees ghosts, hears voices, talks with spirits. Rapid changes from joy to sadness. Violent and lewd. Delusions about his identity; think is himself tall, double, a part missing. Religious mania. Cannot bear solitude or darkness; must have light and company. Sight of water or anything glittering brings on spasms. Delirium, with desire to escape.

Tarentula Hispana: (Boericke's) (Spanish Spider) Sudden alteration of mood. Destructive impulses. Must constantly stay busy or walk. Sensitive to music. Averse to company, but wants someone present. Ungrateful, discontented. Guided by whims. Extreme restlessness. Hysteria.