Enlargement of the prostate gland results in some distinct
urinary symptoms and, at times, sexual weakness. The patient cannot completely
empty his bladder. The urine stream becomes very weak and lacks full force.
This may lead to interruption of flow. Soon after passing water, the patient
feels like passing urine again. The frequency of urination is increased
gradually, and the interval between urination is decreased. Sometimes, the
interval is half an hour or less. The
quantity becomes less and the patient is not relieved completely. Frequent urination is not always necessarily
due to the enlargement of the prostate but if it is, the treatment should be as
follows. If the frequency is considered
to be due to the suppressed gonorrhoea, then it should be treated with Thuja.
Start in a low potency and then gradually increase to CM potency. Thuja also
affects the Prostate Gland. It allays the burning sensation in the urethra.
Therefore, this should be considered the first remedy. Among other illnesses reminiscent
of Thuja, Asthma is the most prominent. Similarly, the presence of skin warts
indicates Thuja. The peculiar symptoms of Thuja include the burning sensation
in the urethra with frequency of urination. Another specific symptom is the
splitting of the urine stream into two, becoming one again on straining. The other homoeopathic treatment for
enlarged prostate is Silicea. Potency
CM works the best. The only condition is that the patient is of cold
constitution, and that the limbs feel very cold. Silicea works equally well on
the cancer of the prostate and the bladder. Two to three doses of Silicea CM at
intervals of seven to ten days, by God’s grace, will be found significantly
effective. Another good remedy for an
enlarged prostate is Clematis. It happens to work on the right-sided diseases,
affecting for example, the right limb, the right testis and the right ureter
(the channel carrying urine from the kidney to the bladder). The patient is always
restless and wakes up to pass urine again and again. Severe thirst can be
quenched with cold water. Clematis offers only temporary relief of the urinary symptoms,
but does not cure them. It simply decreases the frequency.
Instead of going to the lavatory every few minutes, the
patient needs.to go to the lavatory every two hours or so. Still the feeling of
passing urine may be very pressing. The patient has to run to the lavatory. It is
thus necessary that the physician should look for other remedies besides
Clematis, to uproot the disease.With the use of Clematis, it has been observed
that the patient starts passing urine freely, though frequently. It shows that
the urine problem was not due to the prostate, rather it was due to a kidney or
bladder infection. Clematis cannot cure the symptoms due to the prostatic
obstruction.
Urinary problems in general are not always easily
understood. The symptoms have to be analysed and properly evaluated before suggesting
the appropriate remedies. The few distinctive symptoms should be well
understood and remembered. It is not necessary that every remedy would prove
effective. This is why it is very difficult to find the correct remedy. It is
important to know the distinctive features of the illness. Otherwise, it is
impossible for the physician to recognise the remedy for every illness.
Sometimes, the patient passes foul-smelling thick turbid
urine indicative of an infection in urogenital tract i.e. the kidney, bladder, urethra,
testes and uterus. Treatment should be started promptly and continued long
enough to control the infection. The remedies most appropriate for this
condition are: Thuja, Sulphur, Pyrogenium, Psorinum, Ferrum Phos, Silicea,
Arsenic Album, Conium, Cannabis Indica, Phosphorus, Merc Cor, Sabal Serrulata,
Staphysagria and Chimaphila. During the study of all these remedies, more may
be found cross referenced, e.g. Medorrhinum etc.
