Homeopathy for Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia is one of the psychotic mental disorders and is characterized by symptoms of thought, behavior, and social problems. In schizophrenia, thinking, speaking and hearing differentiation becomes blurred. People with schizophrenia may hear voices other people don’t hear or believe that others are reading their minds, controlling their thoughts, or plotting to harm them.
There are 5 types of Schizophrenia
- Catatonic Schizophrenia – stereotyped behavior, imitation of movements or gesture, repeating what others say or do.
- Paranoid Schizophrenia – visual or hearing delusions
- Disorganized Schizophrenia – irrelevant speech or behavior
- Undifferentiated Schizophrenia – episodes of delusions, hallucinations, irrelevant speech or behavior.
- Residual Schizophrenia – social withdrawal, eccentric behavior, illogical thinking
Homeopathy is an uprising healing modality in the treatment of all types of psychological illnesses including Schizophrenia. Homeopathic treatment will relieve the symptoms of Schizophrenia giving the patient an improved awareness of their disease and a deeper self-consciousness, thus contributing to permit the patient a healthier quality of life.
Some Homeopathic remedies that are commonly used in Schizophrenia are given below.
- Anacardium
- Stramonium
- Helleborus Niger
- Lycopodium
- Natrum-sulph
- Cannabis-indica
- Aurum Metallicum
Benefits of homeopathy
- It is free from side effects
- It is not habit forming
- It does not lead to drug dependency
- It is based on deeper understanding of the patients mind set
Homeopathic medicines are selected on the basis of symptoms, cause, family history and constitution of the person affected. Considering all these factors, homeopathic medicine may be indicated and helpful in a case of schizophrenia.