Mouth Ulcers Homeopathy — Dr. Vandna Kanani

The most frequently indicated remedy in mouth ulcers homeopathy for recurrent aphthous ulcers with profuse, offensive salivation, a characteristic metallic taste in the mouth and a heavily coated, moist tongue with tooth impressions at the edges. The Mercurius mouth ulcer patient salivates excessively despite the mouth ulcer, has foul breath and is worse at night and worse from both extremes of temperature. The ulcers are typically on the tongue, cheeks and gums alongside the profuse saliva. The combination of profuse offensive saliva, metallic taste, moist coated tongue with tooth impressions alongside recurrent aphthous ulcers confirms Mercurius in mouth ulcers homeopathy.

One of the most specific remedies in mouth ulcers homeopathy for aphthous ulcers in children, particularly infants and young children who develop painful oral ulcers that bleed easily on touch, who cry and become distressed before nursing from the anticipated pain, and who have a characteristic fearfulness of any downward motion. Borax mouth ulcers are worse from any warm food or drink and better from cold. The combination of aphthous ulcers in a young child, bleeding easily, worse from warmth and better from cold, alongside the characteristic fearfulness of downward motion, confirms Borax in mouth ulcers homeopathy for paediatric oral ulceration.

For mouth ulcers with the characteristic splinter or sharp-stick sensation in the ulcer, the pain feels as though a splinter or fishbone is embedded in the ulcer surface, a distinctive quality that makes the Nitric acid mouth ulcer immediately recognisable in mouth ulcers homeopathy. The ulcers bleed easily and heal slowly. The Nitric acid constitutional type is health-anxious, cold-sensitive, has a tendency to warts and fissures elsewhere and produces characteristically offensive urine. The splinter-pain mouth ulcer that bleeds easily and refuses to heal in the constitutionally anxious wart-prone type confirms Nitric acid.

For mouth ulcers with intense burning pain that is better from warm drinks and warm food, the reverse of Borax where warmth worsens. The Arsenicum mouth ulcer patient is chilly, anxious, health-preoccupied and meticulous, with a characteristic midnight aggravation of all symptoms. Better from warmth in all forms. Worse from cold and after midnight. The burning-better-from-warmth mouth ulcer alongside the characteristic health anxiety and midnight aggravation confirms Arsenicum in mouth ulcers homeopathy.

For mouth ulcers that are reliably triggered by emotional stress, grief, romantic upset or sustained emotional suppression, appearing predictably within days of any significant emotional stress event. The Natrum muriaticum mouth ulcer patient craves salt intensely, suffers from sun-triggered headaches and has a characteristic private emotional nature. The oral ulceration is most often on the margins of the tongue and inner cheeks. The stress-triggered pattern alongside salt craving, sun headache and the privately grieving constitutional character confirms Natrum muriaticum in mouth ulcers homeopathy.

For mouth ulcers with intense burning that is dramatically worse from heat, from hot food and drinks and from warmth in general, in the warm-blooded, untidy, philosophical Sulphur constitutional type whose oral mucosa is characteristically red, hot and inflamed. The Sulphur mouth ulcer patient is worse from warmth, worse from washing and has a characteristic 11am hunger. The burning quality of the ulcer that is dramatically worse from hot food, in the constitutionally warm and untidy Sulphur type with red inflamed oral mucosa, confirms this remedy in mouth ulcers homeopathy.