Best Homeopathy for Common Health Issues (Expert Recommendations)

The best homeopathic remedy for constipation depends on the underlying cause. For chronic, sluggish digestion:

Nux Vomica 30C

• Best for constipation from stress, rich food, or alcohol
• Suits people who are irritable, sedentary, or constipated after overeating

Bryonia Alba 30C

• Best for hard, dry stools with abdominal pain
• Person prefers to lie still and feels worse with motion

Alumina 30C

Stool is dry and needs straining even if soft

Ideal when there is no urge to pass stool for days

Silicea 6X / 12X

• Strengthens hair from the root, prevents breakage
• Best for weak, thin, brittle hair that falls easily

Lycopodium 30C

• Excellent for premature balding and hair loss from stress or digestive weakness
• Suits people with bloating or liver sluggishness

Fluoric Acid 30C

Especially useful for women post-menopause

Helps regrow hair after illness, hormonal changes or aging

um Perforatum 30C

• The go-to remedy for nerve injuries, shooting pain, or pain after surgery
• Best for sharp, radiating nerve pain especially in fingers, toes, spine

Magnesium Phos 6X

• Best for cramping, spasm-like nerve pain that improves with warmth and pressure
• Helpful in sciatica and menstrual cramping

Colocynthis 30C

Often used in sciatica and neuralgias

Severe, colicky nerve pain better when bending forward or applying hard pressure

Coffea Cruda 30C

• For overactive thoughts, excitement, and inability to switch off
• Best for insomnia after emotional upsets or anticipation

Passiflora Incarnata Q (Mother Tincture)

• Naturally sedating, calms the nervous system
• Suitable for mental exhaustion and mild sleep disturbances

Nux Vomica 30C

Restless in the early morning hours and wakes feeling unrefreshed

For poor sleep due to work stress, stimulants, or overindulgence

Aconite 30C

• Best for sudden colds after exposure to cold wind
• Early stages of cold, especially with fever and restlessness

Allium Cepa 30C

• Runny nose with watery discharge and sneezing
• Best when nasal irritation feels like peeling onions

Arsenicum Album 30C

Suitable for cold and coughs worse at night

Thin, burning nasal discharge with fatigue and anxiety

Spongia Tosta 30C

• Barking, dry, hoarse cough that sounds like a saw going through wood
• Best when coughing improves from eating or drinking warm fluids

Drosera 30C

• Violent coughing fits, worse at night
• Helpful for dry cough from post-nasal drip or irritation

Rumex Crispus 30C

Cough worsens with cold air or talking

Tickling in the throat pit with dry cough

Belladonna 30C

• Red, inflamed, painful throat with high fever
• Sudden onset and pulsating pain

Hepar Sulph 30C

• Extremely painful throat, sensitive to cold air
• Feeling of splinter in throat, often with pus formation

Merc Sol 30C

Symptoms worse at night and in warm rooms

Sore throat with excessive salivation, bad breath, and ulceration

Natrum Muriaticum 30C

• Headache like hammers beating the skull, often after emotional stress
• Suits people who suppress emotions or suffer post-grief headaches

Gelsemium 30C

• Dull, heavy headache with tiredness and droopy eyes
• Best for flu-related or tension headaches

Belladonna 30C

Head is hot, face flushed, but hands and feet are cold

Sudden, intense throbbing headache

Chelidonium Majus Q (Mother Tincture)

• Most commonly used for liver and gallbladder congestion
• Pain under the right rib, yellow-coated tongue, nausea

Carduus Marianus Q

• Supports liver detox, especially after alcohol or medication overuse
• Reduces liver inflammation and aids bile flow

Lycopodium 30C

Useful for sluggish digestion and hormonal imbalances

Best when liver symptoms are paired with bloating, flatulence, and constipation