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Lactose intolerance is a common digestive problem where the body is unable to digest lactose, a type of sugar mainly found in milk and dairy products.

Symptoms of lactose intolerance can include:

  • bloated stomach
  • flatulence
  • Diarrhoea

Treatment in Homeopathy:

There are a number of homeopathic remedies that can be used to treat Lactose Intolerance. These include:

  • Aethusa Cynapium
  • Apis Mellifica
  • Calcarea flour
  • China Officinalis
  • Lac Vaccinum Defloratum
  • Magnesium Muriaticum

Each remedy should be studied in full, however here are some of the key indicators:

Aethusa Cynapium: If Aethusa is the remedy of choice then the sufferer is usually a child with a congenital absence of the enzyme lactase, a condition also known as Alactasia. These children can’t digest milk and other dairy products in any form and suffer from stomach aches or colic and vomiting every time they ingest milk and dairy products. Such children also lose weight due to their inability to digest milk. They are irritable, anxious and crying. Milk may also produce green colored diarrhea or loose stools that contains undigested particles and is preceded by drowsiness, stomach aches and exhaustion. In some cases Aethusa Cynapium patients may also suffer from constipation and indigestion due to milk.

Apis Mellifica: If you are an Apis Mellifica patient then you will have allergy to milk and dairy products and the ingestion of milk or dairy acts as an allergen and leads to a severe anaphylactic reaction (allergic reaction) that presents with symptoms of urticaria or skin rash, swelling, redness and itching of the body and difficulty in breathing. With all these symptoms you will have a condition of thirstlessness.

China Officinalis: If Apis Mellifica is not your remedy then you may find your symptoms of lactose intolerance similar to the symptoms produced by China Officinalis. You will be unable to digest milk or other dairy products, which when taken will produce symptoms of bloating, belching and flatulence. You will also suffer from abdominal colic due to gas that becomes relieved only by bending double or by vomiting of food. You may also develop problems in breathing with mucus formation, coughing episodes and rattling sound in chest. You may also feel the effect of bloating on your face as it turns red and your tongue is also thickly coated and dirty.

Lac Vaccinum Defloratum: Lac Vaccinum Defloratum is made by potentization of skimmed milk; hence it is suitable for treating the symptoms of lactose intolerance. If your remedy is Lac Vaccinum Defloratum, then after ingesting of milk and other dairy products you develop symptoms of nausea with headache, and vomiting. You may also suffer from obstinate constipation leading to passage of large stools that involves excessive straining. All these symptoms will ultimately make you feel extremely fatigued and tired.

Magnesium Muriaticum: If your remedy for lactose intolerance is Magnesium Muriaticum, then you will not be able to digest milk and develop blisters on lips and tongue as a result. Your tongue will also feel burnt and scalded. You may also develop symptoms of headache and suffer from mental stress. Your symptoms of lactose intolerance are usually chronic.

 

(Always seek professional advice from a fully qualified Homeopath)

 

10 Thoughts on “Homoeopathic Treatment for Lactose Intolerance

  1. Dr. Shabbir Ahmad on 4 March, 2014 at 4:32 pm said:

    tuberculinum and calc carb are good remedies in my experiance.

  2. I had one patient whose dairy and wheat intolerance disappeared (alongwith every other problem she had!) after I found out that she had lots of penicillin as a child and prescribed one dose of CArbo-vegetabilis 10M, as advised by Dr Arthur Grimmer. (Read him, he’s brilliant!).

  3. Eddie Garczynski on 30 July, 2014 at 10:54 am said:

    Dairy is for cows! Forcing a human to adapt to this alien substance is not good healthcare. People become sensitive to foods they eat repetitively, always vary your diet , 2 days on 1 day off

  4. Aethusa – should read “these children can’t digest milk or other dairy products…….”, not “can’.

    Great suggestions for this condition.

  5. vijay kakra on 1 June, 2015 at 3:44 am said:

    CANNOT DIGEST FARINACEOUS FOOD CANNOT TAKE MILK_AC SULPH
    CHILD MILK UNABLE TO DIGEST STOMACH PAIN PASSES UNDIGESTED_MAG MUR
    CHILDREN DURING DIFFICULT DENTITION UNABLE DIGEST MILK CAUSE PAIN_MAG MUR
    CRAVE BUTTER MILK ACID THINGS PICKLES CABBAGE INDIGESTIBLE THINGS_PSORINUM
    DENTITION CHILD UNABLE TO DIGEST MILK IT CAUSES PAIN IN STOMACH_MAG MUR
    DIARRHOEA PAIN MILK PASSES UNDIGESTED NURSING CHILDREN_MAG CARB
    DIFFICULT DENTITION CAUSES PAIN IN STOMACH UNABLE TO DIGEST MILK_MAG MUR
    DIFFICULT DENTITION UNABLE TO DIGEST MILK_MAG MUR
    DIFFICULTY DIGESTING VEGETABLES MILK CAUSE ACIDITY FLATULENCE_ARS ALB
    DIFFICULTY IN DIGESTING MILK_AC NIT
    DIGESTION WEAK FAT MILK ACID CAUSE SUFFER_SULPHUR
    FARINACEOUS FOOD MILK CANNOT DIGEST_AC SULPH
    FEVER CRAVING FOR BUTTER MILK ACID THINGS PICKLES CABBAGE AND INDIGESTIBLE THINGS_PSORIC
    HABITUAL DIFFICULTY OF DIGESTING VEGETABLES MILK CAUSE ACIDITY AND FLATULENCE_ARS ALB

    • Shalini on 20 June, 2017 at 5:31 am said:

      Please suggest for lactose intolerance
      Lots of nausea vomiting flatulance stomach ache n frequent bowels after having milk curd chhach lassi paneer snd even coffee
      Age 55 and 22

  6. Tariqul Alam on 29 July, 2015 at 5:37 pm said:

    Really useful.

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