Osteoporosis Women Homeopathy — Dr. Vandna Kanani

The most important constitutional remedy in osteoporosis women homeopathy for the tall, thin woman whose bone density deficiency is a constitutional lifelong expression of Psoric-Tubercular calcium phosphate insufficiency — not simply a post-menopausal event. This woman had delayed dentition as a child, possibly suffered growing pains in adolescence, had constitutional difficulty gaining weight and maintaining bone density throughout her life, and now presents with post-menopausal osteoporosis as the final expression of a constitutional mineralisation deficiency that predates the menopause by decades. Constitutionally she is restless, dissatisfied and constitutionally craves smoked meats and salty things. The combination of tall thin constitution, lifelong bone mineralisation insufficiency, restlessness and the characteristic constitutional bone fragility that predates the menopause identifies Calcarea phosphorica as the primary constitutional osteoporosis women homeopathy remedy.

For post-menopausal osteoporosis in the constitutionally overweight, chilly, plodding Calcarea carbonica woman whose bone density loss is embedded in a broader constitutional metabolic sluggishness — the calcium absorption and utilisation are constitutionally insufficient despite adequate dietary intake. This woman sweats about the head during sleep, has a slow metabolism that gains weight easily and constitutionally cannot efficiently utilise dietary calcium for bone mineralisation. Constitutionally anxious about health, obstinate and thorough. The Calcarea carbonica osteoporosis woman appears paradoxically well-padded but has constitutional bone density deficiency — the metabolic sluggishness that produces the constitutional overweight is the same constitutional insufficiency producing the bone mineralisation failure. The combination of overweight, head perspiration during sleep, constitutional chilliness and the characteristic metabolic slowness identifies Calcarea carbonica in osteoporosis women homeopathy.

For the constitutionally fine-boned, sensitive, chilly woman whose osteoporosis reflects a constitutional structural deficiency in bone matrix formation — the Silicea constitutional bone is insufficiently compact and lacks constitutional rigidity. The Silicea woman has the characteristic constitutional picture of fine features, cold extremities, sweating of the feet rather than the head, recurrent tendency to suppuration and infection, and a constitutional stubbornness that underlies a surface yielding. Her bones in Silicea osteoporosis are constitutionally fine-structured and prone to fracture from minimal impact. Constitutionally she lacks the constitutional ‘grit’ in her physical and mental structure — Silicea is literally silica, the constituent of connective tissue structure, and the constitutional Silicea osteoporosis reflects this tissue-level insufficiency in structural integrity.

A specific constitutional remedy in osteoporosis women homeopathy with primary affinity for bone healing and periosteal pain — the bone healer of the homeopathic materia medica. Symphytum is not primarily a constitutional remedy but is used constitutionally in osteoporosis women homeopathy to accelerate bone matrix deposition and heal periosteal irritation alongside the deeper constitutional remedy. Particularly well-indicated when osteoporotic fractures (vertebral, hip, wrist) are present and the primary constitutional remedy requires time to establish its bone-building effect. The periosteal pain — bone pain that is worse from pressure on the bone surface and from any jar — is the primary Symphytum prescribing indicator in the osteoporosis constitutional picture.

A constitutional remedy in osteoporosis women homeopathy for the Syphilitic bone destruction pattern — rapid, aggressive bone density loss that proceeds at a rate exceeding the normal post-menopausal decline and that is accompanied by the characteristic Syphilitic constitutional features of destructive pathology elsewhere: rapid dental decay, varicose veins, premature skin ageing and constitutional indifference to family responsibilities. The Fluoric acid osteoporosis picture has the constitutional warmth-amelioration of the Syphilitic miasm — this woman is constitutionally warm and better from cold, in contrast to most constitutional osteoporosis women who are chilly. When the osteoporosis is rapidly progressive with associated dental deterioration, varicosities and constitutional warmth, Fluoric acid is the constitutional osteoporosis women homeopathy prescription for this Syphilitic bone destruction pattern.

For post-menopausal osteoporosis in the constitutionally tall, warm, sympathetic Phosphorus woman who has the characteristic constitutional haemorrhagic tendency alongside bone fragility — easy bruising, frequent nosebleeds, heavy periods before menopause and constitutional anxiety about her health and the health of those around her. The Phosphorus osteoporosis woman has transparent-quality skin, is constitutionally desires cold food and cold drinks, is intensely sympathetic and constitutionally anxious about illness. The bone density deficiency in Phosphorus reflects the constitutional tissue deficiency — the Phosphorus constitution lacks constitutional density and compactness across multiple tissue types simultaneously, including bone. The combination of tall thin constitution, constitutional warmth, sympathetic personality, haemorrhagic tendency and the characteristic Phosphorus anxiety about health identifies this constitutional osteoporosis women homeopathy remedy.