Chest Pain - Can Homeopathic Remedies Treat it?

Chest pain is a very common problem noticed among the population of the people, the cause for this problem can be of different origins. This problem has several reasons: you will experience this situation when your body has problems in itself, when the chest pain is itself a problem or it is a sign of some fatal situation which is coming ahead. The causes for chest pain occurrence ranged from simple congestion in the chest because of a normal cold or the beginning of something as dangerous as a heart attack.

It is very important for a person to implement major lifestyle changes to prevent himself from any kind of dangerous or life threatening heart conditions. Apart from lifestyle changes, a person could also approach homeopathic remedies which can prove helpful to relieve him from the symptoms of chest pain. Any kind of homeopathic remedy will help the person get relieved from the feeling of congestion in the chest until any kind of major medical treatment has been taken for the correction of the problem.

Causes of chest pain

Chest pain or congestion in the chest could occur to a person due to various reasons and some of them are given below:

• Cold
• Angina
• Bradycardia
• Any Kind of weakness occuring in the arteries
• When there is onset of heart attack
• Palpitations
• Heart muscles start to become weak
• Atherosclerosis

Symptoms of chest congestion or chest pain

Homeopathic remedies can prove to be very helpful without any kind of after effects or bad consequences in conditions where a person experiences the following symptoms of chest pain, the symptoms are mentioned below:

Myocardial

Pulse of the person starts to become small, irregular and rapid, vomiting, fever, feeling of getting shock, dyspnoea, low blood pressure and profuse sweating.

Pneumonia

In this the person experiences a sharp pain in the chest which is increased and becomes worse because of inhalation of deep breaths and coughing.

Unstable angina

In this condition the person experiences chest pain when he is at rest.

Gastroesophageal reflux disease

This pain is experienced in the center of the chest and the person faces a lot of difficulty while swallowing food (it is very painful too). This pain later gets intensified and transferred to other body parts like the shoulder, neck and back from the center of the chest.

Stable Angina

This condition is very similar to choking or constriction. In this condition, the pain spreads to both of your arms or only one of the arms (right or left) at a time and have a feeling of dyspnoea before he starts to feel the pain.

Pneumothorax

In this condition the person's condition becomes very bad because he starts to experience shortness in his breath along with pain in the chest. Other problems like restlessness, cyanosis and collapse could also accompany the chest pain.

Pulmonary embolism

This condition begins with the person starting to experience short and rapid breathing and with acute pain felt in the core of the chest. This condition is worsened because of deep breathing.

Pericarditis

In this condition, the person's chest pain starts to move or spread to the left portion of the shoulder. This condition gets worse when a person starts to lie in a flat position.

Homeopathic medicines for chest pain or chest congestion

You can follow various home remedies which are homeopathic for the treatment of congestion in the chest or chest pain but you should know that each remedy is useful only when the symptoms appearing are demanding that particular one. The most commonly used remedies for the chest pain are given below: 

Arnica Montana

This is also known as leopard's bane. This is only beneficial to people who are suffering from the following symptoms: 

• The pain in the chest is because of any kind of fall, injury or a blow in the region
• Overuse or strain to any of the organ leads to this pain
• Bruised pain or soreness
• Sharp pain or stitching pain in the chest region
• Along with cardiac symptoms the person faces breathing problems as well

Bryonia Alba

This remedy also goes by the name of wild hops and is useful when a person has the following symptoms: 

• Irritability
• The pain in the chest gets heightened or worsened because of any kind of movement
• The whole body experiences a sticking pain
• Acute headache which is very stingy
• Constant feeling of pressure exertion on the chest
• Passage of hard and long stools alongside constipation
• A desire to expand the lungs properly with the intake of long breaths

Kali carbonicum

This medicine is commonly known as carbonate of potassium and few symptoms which indicates that Kali carb should be used are:

• Breathlessness and dry cough 
• Weakness and stiffness accompanied with back pain
• Weakness
• Palpitations and anxiety
• Depression
• Bronchitis
• Wheezing like feeling
• Sharp, cutting and stitching like pain is felt in the chest
• A feeling of burning sensation in the chest area
• Movement of any sort increases the pain

Phosphorus

This is applicable to only those people who are slender, tall and have a narrow chest. The symptoms which asks the application of potassium are: 

• Desire for drinking cold water
• Respiratory tract of the person inflamed
• Heart region experiences palpitations and anxiety
• Congestion in the lungs and sudden appearance of a lot of cough 

Cactus Grandiflorus

This remedy goes by the name of night blooming cereus commonly and the symptoms linked to this remedy are: 

• The person experiences very intense pain in his chest that he feels like screaming
• Heartbeat becomes very rapid and the person feels that the pain is spreading towards hi left arm
• Pulse of the person becomes low, feeble and weak
• You feel a constant weight on your chest which is result of breathlessness
• Lying on the left side of the body makes the pain and symptoms increase, grow and worsen
• Anxiety and cold sweating

Naja Tripudians

This is commonly known as the venom of the cobra and is effective only to individuals who are  having suicidal tendencies, who are depressed and sad alongwith chest pain or congestion in the chest. The symptoms of the individual, when you should use this remedy are: 

• Feeling of heaviness in the heart
• Person gets a better feeling when he is in the open air
• The pain from the chest region starts to spread from there to the left shoulder and the neck
• You find it difficult to breathe
• Heartbeat becomes rapid
• You have a persistent and enormous feeling of anxiety and death all along

Robinia

This home remedy proves to be very useful when a person experiences symptoms like:

• The origination of the chest pain is from the backside of the breastbone or sternum due to acidity
• Pain in the chest starts shifting to the left side
• Shortness of breathing

Conclusion

Keeping certain things in mind and following a regular lifestyle and with the proper intake of a few of these products will help you ease the pain and suffering while you are experiencing chest pain.