With homeopathy for easier childbirth?

Does homeopathy make childbirth easier?

The effectiveness of homeopathy has not been scientifically proven. However, homeopathic remedies have received great confirmation of their effectiveness from their users for years. Based on a survey from 2009, the Institute for Demoscopy Allensbach announced that every second German had already taken homeopathic medicines for various indications and every fourth person was a convinced user, and the trend was rising.

Since alternative healing methods gained increasing attention and conviction in Germany in the 1970s, homeopathic remedies are also increasingly used towards the end of pregnancy and during childbirth . They support a natural birth process and, depending on the preparation, can relieve birth pains, promote contractions and accelerate birth.

If you are planning a home birth or a birth in a birth centre, the midwife who attends to you will support a natural birth and relieve birth pains with homeopathic remedies. Natural birth is the main focus of these childbirth options. Strong painkillers or an epidural are only used in a clinic. If you are planning a hospital birth, you can still express the wish to relieve pain during childbirth exclusively with homeopathic remedies.

Advice from midwife or doctor

If you trust homeopathic remedies or would like to try them out, find a midwife who has experience and thorough training in the use of homeopathic remedies, or simply a classic homeopath with whom you can work after the birth. After a long, detailed discussion, she will find the right remedy for you. This is the only way you can be sure that you dose the medication correctly and are taking the right preparation for your symptoms or for birth preparation and birth relief.

Homeopathy used in obstetrics

• Aconitum: Aconitum, also known as monkshood, is a purple buttercup plant. It is used for very painful contractions and dry mucous membranes. Even after childbirth, it can be used for anxiety.
• Arnica: Arnica montana, also known as mountain welfare rental, is a yellow-colored composite plant. It is used for labor pains and discomfort. The agent is also used to heal wounds (in the placenta, perineum and vagina).
• Belladonna: Atropa belladonna, also known as deadly nightshade, is a brownish nightshade plant. It is used for strong contractions, excessive sweating and mood swings.
• Caulophyllum: Caulophyllum thalictroides, also called lady’s root, comes from North America. In India, women’s root is used to relieve women’s ailments, such as menstrual pain. It stimulates the uterus and relieves pain. To prepare for the birth, the homeopathic remedy is taken in the last four months to strengthen the uterine muscles.
• Cantharis: Cantharis vesicatoria, also known as the Spanish fly, is a beetle of the oil beetle family. The ground shells are primarily used to make sexual enhancers. However, the powder also helps loosen the placenta after childbirth , making the afterbirth process easier.
• Chamomilla: Chamaemelum nobile, also known as Roman chamomile, is a white daisy family and looks very similar to the marguerite. It is used when the pregnant woman is subject to severe mood swings and is very irritable and aggressive. This is usually the case shortly before the birth begins.
• Cimicifuga: Cimicifuga, also known as Christopher’s herbs, is a white buttercup plant. It is used for depression and labor that has been unsuccessful to date.
• Coffea: Coffea, also called coffee, is a white plant of the blush family. So-called coffee compresses are made from highly concentrated, boiled coffee and are pressed against the vagina at birth. They are used during the pause in labor and are used to open the cervix or to prevent a perineal tear.
• Gelsemium: Gelsemium sempervirens, also called yellow jasmine, grows mainly in Asia and Africa. It is used when the pregnant woman is frightened and weak.
• Potassium carbonicum: Potassium carbonicum, also called postal bag, is a mineral salt. It is used when the pregnant woman feels severe pain in her back and has a tendency to self-control.
• Nux vomica: Nux vomica, also known as the “common vomica”, is a plant with green to orange-red, ping-pong ball-sized berries. However, the useful substances are mainly found in the bark, leaves and seeds. Nux vomica is mainly used in irritated and stressed women, as well as in pregnant women who feel an enormous urge to vomit during the birth process, which can be reduced with this remedy.
• Pulsatilla: Pulsatilla pratensis, or pasque flower, is a violet-colored mountain flower that is used in homeopathy in gynecology. Pulsatilla has a birth-preparing effect and softens the cervix. It can also help stabilize labor, mood, and posture.
• Sepia: Sepia officinalis, is an ingredient derived from the ink sac of a squid. The remedy is used in women who are considering a water birth and who also feel downward, stabbing contractions in the vagina.

In the area of ​​homeopathy to facilitate childbirth, not only do homeopathic globules fall, but also acupuncture, aromatherapy and massage oils. You can find out to what extent acupuncture can make childbirth easier in our article “ Acupuncture makes childbirth easier ”. Aromatherapy can help you relax and create a harmonious atmosphere. Some essential oils can also be used as massage oils . The mental well-being should be supported and the skin should be pampered. Just ask your midwife or in the pharmacy which scent is suitable for which purpose and how you use it.