Post Covid Homeopathy — Dr. Vandna Kanani

The most frequently indicated remedy in post covid homeopathy for long covid with profound exhaustion alongside health anxiety, restlessness despite debility, burning sensations and midnight aggravation. The Arsenicum long covid patient is convinced their persistent symptoms indicate serious ongoing disease, is intensely anxious about every symptom, cannot rest despite exhaustion and is dramatically worse after midnight. Better from warmth and from company. Thirst for small sips of water frequently. The combination of profound debility, midnight-worse health anxiety, burning sensations and restlessness confirms Arsenicum in post covid homeopathy for this characteristic and common long covid presentation.

For long covid with profound muscular weakness, trembling on any exertion, complete inability to concentrate and a characteristic dullness of all mental and physical functions. The Gelsemium long covid patient is profoundly weak, cannot exert themselves without trembling and exhaustion, has heavy drooping eyelids and is characteristically thirstless despite the fever in acute covid. Post-exertional malaise is extreme in the Gelsemium long covid type. Brain fog is severe and persistent. Among the most frequently indicated remedies in post covid homeopathy for the profound neuromuscular weakness and cognitive impairment pattern of long covid.

For long covid with post-viral weakness, persistent breathlessness, anosmia and the characteristic Phosphorus heightened sensitivity to all sensory stimulation. The Phosphorus long covid patient is tall, thin, expressive and emotionally responsive, craves cold drinks that may cause nausea and has a characteristic anxiety about being alone. Post-covid breathlessness is prominent alongside the characteristic Phosphorus hard racking cough that persists long after the acute infection. Among the most indicated remedies in post covid homeopathy for anosmia, post-viral breathlessness and the sensory-sensitive Phosphorus constitutional type.

For long covid with complete loss of smell and taste, post-covid hair loss from telogen effluvium, and a characteristic pattern of emotional suppression and withdrawal alongside the physical symptoms. The Natrum muriaticum long covid patient craves salt intensely, suffers from sun-triggered headaches and has a profound desire for privacy and solitude during the recovery process. Post-covid grief at the loss of function and quality of life, suppressed internally in characteristic Natrum muriaticum fashion, is addressed constitutionally alongside the physical recovery. Among the most indicated remedies in post covid homeopathy for anosmia and post-covid hair loss.

For long covid with profound exhaustion in the chilly, anxious, head-sweating constitutional type whose vital force has been most deeply depleted by the covid infection and is making the slowest constitutional recovery. The Calcarea carbonica long covid patient is cold-sensitive, sweats profusely on the head during sleep, is overwhelmed by minimal exertion and has intense health anxiety about the pace and completeness of their recovery. Building the constitutional vital force at the deepest Psoric level, Calcarea carbonica in post covid homeopathy restores the constitutional immune and vital capacity that the infection most severely depleted.

For long covid debility with a history of excessive perspiration, diarrhoea or other fluid loss during the acute covid illness, resulting in profound constitutional weakness with marked sensitivity to touch, draughts and noise. China officinalis addresses the debility specifically arising from loss of vital fluids during the acute illness. The characteristic periodicity of China, where all symptoms are worse at certain recurring times, and the extreme sensitivity to the lightest touch alongside the profound debility from fluid loss, confirm China officinalis in post covid homeopathy for the appropriate constitutional picture.