Behcet’s syndrome or Silk Road disease, is a worldwide chronic and long-term disease and can causes blood vessel inflammation throughout the body, creating issues in patient’s mouth, skin, internal organs and genital area etc, in the form of recurrent sores.

Symptoms of Behcet’s syndrome or Silk Road disease

The main symptoms include:

• Mouth sores and/or genital sores that keep coming back.
• Skin and joint pain.
• Inflammation in the eyes.

The brain, nerves, lungs (rare), intestinal tract and kidneys can also be affected.

This disease affects everybody differently. Some of the most commonly affected places it strikes, and key features include:

• Mouth sores, which occur at some time in all patients. They’re usually recurrent (keep coming back) and painful and affect almost all patients with Behçet’s disease. The sores look like the common canker sore, but are more numerous, frequent and painful. They’re often the first symptom that a person notices and may occur long before any other symptoms appear. Mouth ulcers are seen on the lips, tongue and inside the cheek.
• Genital sores look similar to mouth sores and may be painful. They aren’t as common as mouth sores. They appear on the scrotum (the sack enclosing the testes) in men and on the vulva (the external genital organs) in women.
• Eye inflammation can cause pain, blurry vision, light sensitivity, tears or eye redness. Behçet’s disease may eventually lead to vision loss. Severe eye disease that can cause blindness is more common in the Middle East and Japan than in the United States.
• Skin problems are a common symptom. They may look like acne or tender, coin-shaped nodules (erythema nodosum), or ulcers that may be shallow or deep and painful. A red bump or sore may develop if the skin is scratched or pricked. Doctors call this a positive pathergy test.
• Joint pain is common. The ankles, knees, elbows and hips are most often affected. Joint inflammation causes swelling, redness and tenderness, though it usually doesn’t cause permanent damage.
• Vein inflammation can lead to clots and blockages or cause a vein to close completely. It can affect both superficial veins (those close to the surface of the skin) and deep veins. It may also affect the largest vein in the body (the vena cava), which could lead to serious health problems. These vein problems are caused by inflammation, not a flaw in the body’s clotting system.
• The brain, particularly the meninges (the brain’s covering), could also be affected. Symptoms of inflammation in the brain include fever, headache, a stiff neck and difficulty coordinating movement. A stroke is also possible, which occurs when blood vessels in the brain are either blocked or ruptured.
• Gastrointestinal (GI) tract features include abdominal pain or blood in your stool, caused by lesions similar to those seen in the mouth and genital area. Lesions in the GI tract is more dangerous because they can cause the intestine to bleed and/or rupture.
• Other organs, like the lungs or kidneys, and large vessels (such as the aorta) can occasionally be affected.

What causes Behcet’s syndrome or Silk Road disease?

Scientists are still not exactly sure what causes Behcet’s syndrome. It may be an autoimmune disorder. Both HLA-B5 and HLA-B51 are gene markers that are sometimes present in patients with Behçet’s disease. But there are some people who have this gene marker who don’t have Behçet’s disease. Researchers are studying other genes related to immune function and think that infections (either bacteria or a virus) may play a role in triggering the disease in some people who have genetic markers that predispose them to Behçet’s.

Genetic and environmental factors are both likely factors in the development of Behcet’s disease.

Who is at risk of developing Behcet’s syndrome or Silk Road disease?

There are a few different groups of people that are more likely to develop this disease than others, including:

• Those who live in the parts of the world where this disease is the most common.
• 20–40-year-old people.
• Those with specific genes (since HLA-B5 or HLA-B51 are present in some patients).
• Men, who are more at risk of developing this disease than women.

Diagnosis

There is no single laboratory test that can diagnose Behcet’s disease. The diagnosis is usually made based on individual symptoms, including how often (typically at least three times a year) oral ulcers come back. Plus, at least two more of the following:

• Genital sores.
• Eye inflammation.
• Skin problems
• A positive pathergy test (a pathergy test tests the immune system’s functionality; it’s performed by pricking the skin and then checking to see if a red bump develops a few days after the test).

To make the correct diagnosis, other illnesses that produce mouth sores and closely resemble Behcet’s disease need to be ruled out. A blood test can help rule out some other conditions, like systemic lupus, Crohn’s disease and other forms of vasculitis.

Is Behcet’s syndrome or Silk Road disease hereditary?

There’s no clear evidence to suggest Behcet’s disease is an inherited disease. Most cases develop randomly without any family link. While it’s been reported that a small percentage of cases occur in the same family.

Allopathic treatment for Behcet’s syndrome or Silk Road disease

While there is no known allopathic cure right now for this disease, there are some different drugs that can be used to help manage symptoms, for example:

• Corticosteroids, such as prednisone, are the main treatment. These drugs suppress inflammation and immune function.
• Colchicine can help with mouth sores, genital sores and possibly joint pain.
• Other immunosuppressant drugs such as methotrexate, azathioprine, cyclophosphamide and cyclosporine. Also, biologics such as anti-TNF (Tumor Necrosis Factor), infliximab, etanercept and others, such as Tocilizumab are used in more severe cases. Since these are immunosuppressant drugs, they can make you more susceptible to other infections.
• Apremilast, an oral medication (taken by mouth), in known for treating mouth ulcers in patients with Behcet’s disease.

Depending on the severity of patient’s condition, a doctor may also suggest using certain eye drops, mouthwashes and skin ointments to control that specific disease/symptom.

Prognosis after allopathic treatment

Behcet’s syndrome is a chronic (long-term) disease that can disappear and reappear, no matter the allopathic treatment. This can make it difficult to tell how well an allopathic treatment is/will work. Most patients with Behcet’s will likely deal with symptoms, on and off, for their entire lives.

Both rest and activity are helpful coping mechanisms. A consistent exercise regimen will make patient feel better, thus easing the pain on his/her joints and other problem areas. Alternatively, taking some time to rest when patient begin to feel harsh pain will also improve overall mood and lessen the effect of some of the symptoms.

Another way to cope is through shared experience and community, which means finding others who also have this condition. ????

Death occurs in about 5% of patients. Causes of death are most often intestinal perforation, strokes and a rupture of enlarged, weakened blood vessels (aneurysms).

Homeopathic treatment for Behcet’s syndrome or Silk Road disease

Arsenicum Album

Unhealthy, easily-bleeding gums. Ulceration of mouth with dryness and burning heat. Cyanotic (blue) ulcers. Epithelioma of lips. Debility, exhaustion, and restlessness, with nightly aggravation. Diphtheritic membrane looks dry and wrinkled. Circumscribed flush of cheeks. Itching, burning, swellings; oedema, eruption, papular, dry, rough, scaly; worse cold and scratching. Malignant pustules. Ulcers with offensive discharge. Behcet’s syndrome. Anthrax. Poisoned wounds. Urticaria, with burning and restlessness. Psoriasis. Scirrhous. Icy coldness of body. Epithelioma of the skin. Gangrenous inflammations. Dyspepsia. Burning abdominal pains/colic. Ulcerative colitis. Dark bloody, offensive diarrhea. Bright’s disease. Diabetes. Albuminuria.

Uterine, ovarian etc burning, pains, infections etc. Respiratory tract infections. Heart diseases. Skin diseases and/or infections.

High temperature. Periodicity marked with adynamia. Septic fevers. Intermittent. Paroxysms incomplete, with marked exhaustion.

Mezereum

Skin symptoms/infections and/or allergies. Infections of bones, and neuralgias most important, especially about teeth and face. Eruptions after vaccination. Burning, darting sensation in the muscles. Face red, eruption around mouth, sometimes with coryza. Eczema; intolerable itching; chilliness with pruritus; worse in bed. Ulcers itch and burn, surrounded by vesicles and shining, fiery-red areola. Zona, with burning pain. Behcet’s syndrome.

Bones, especially long bones, inflamed and swollen; caries, exostosis; pain worse night, touch, damp weather. Eruptions ulcerate and form thick scabs under purulent matter exudes. Postnasal adenoids. Ciliary neuralgia. Chronic gastritis. Gastric ulcers. Glandular swellings. Hemorrhoids. PCOD.

Rhus Toxicodendron

Behcet’s syndrome. Jaws crack when chewing. Easy dislocation of jaw. Swollen face, erysipelas. Cheek bones sensitive to touch. Parotitis. Facial neuralgia, with chilliness; worse, evening. Crusta lactea.  Orbital cellulitis. Pustular inflammations. Photophobia. Corneal ulcerations. Inguinal glands swelling. Gastric diseases. Bloody stools. Cloudy, scanty, smelly urine. Respiratory tract infections.

Skin red, swollen; itching intense. Vesicles, herpes; urticaria; pemphigus; erysipelas; vesicular suppurative forms. Glands swollen. Cellulitis. Burning eczematous eruptions with tendency to scale formation. Different types of joints and bones diseases.

Apis Melifestida

Conjunctivitis, photophobia, eyes suppurative inflammation. Skin swellings after; sore, sensitive. Stinging. Erysipelas, with sensitiveness and swelling, rosy hue. Carbuncles, with burning, stinging pain. Sudden puffing up of whole body. Mouth ulcers. Tongue ulcers, scalding. Oral cancers. Throat/laryngeal inflammations. Hemorrhoids. Bloody stools. Urine infections, inflammations. Male and female sexual inflammations and infections. Behcet’s syndrome. Rheumatism. Skin inflammation, swelling, eruptions etc.

Natrum Muriaticum

Stricture of lacrimal duct with suppuration. Greasy, oily, especially on hairy parts. Dry eruptions. Fever blisters. Nasal infections. Behcet’s syndrome. Urticaria; itch and burn, blisters, boils. Crusty eruptions in bends of limbs, margin of scalp, behind ears. Warts on palms of hands. Eczema; raw, red, and inflamed; worse, eating salt, at seashore. Affects hair follicles. Alopecia. Hives, itching after exertion. Bloody constipation. Hemorrhoids. PCODs. Erectile dysfunction. Respiratory tract inflammations. Tachycardia. Joints pain and inflammations.

Belladonna

Skin: Dry and hot; swollen, sensitive; burns scarlet, smooth. Eruption like scarlatina, suddenly spreading. Erythema; pustules on face. Glands swollen, tender, red. Boils. Acne rosacea. Behcet’s syndrome. Suppurative wounds. Alternate redness and paleness of the skin. Indurations after inflammations. Erysipelas.

Face: Red, bluish-red, hot, swollen, shining; convulsive motion of muscles of face. Swelling of upper lip. Facial neuralgia with twitching muscles and flushed face.

Bellis Perennis

Behcet’s syndrome. Boils. Ecchymosis, swelling, very sensitive to touch. Venous congestion due to mechanical causes, DVT. Varicose veins with bruised sore feeling. Exudations and swellings. Acne. Liver and/or splenic inflammations.

Tarentula Hispanica

Ecchymosed spots. Hepatic spots. Furfuraceous spots. Miliary eruption. Indolent pimples. Behcet’s syndrome. Vesicular eruption like crusta lactea. A small callosity, whitish, indolent, between middle and index fingers, increased, with heat and pain, extended, broke, leaving an ulcer with callus edges, healed leaving a small scar. Painful callosity at end of thumb fell off. Callosity in index fell out. Every year intense pain in toes from reopened wound. Formication; pricking; itching over whole body.

Kreosotum

Lids inflamed red and swollen. Skin soft, unnatural feel of skin, with pegged teeth. Senile gangrene. Violent itching all over body, especially towards evening, and with burning sensation after scratching. Nettle-rash. Eruption, like bug-bites, with violent itching. Large, greasy-looking, pox-shaped pustules. Mealy and pustular, dry or humid tetters with violent itching. Mouth ulcers, bleeding. Urinary tract infections. Vagainal infections. Lung’s gangrene. Behcet’s syndrome.

Frequent, and even constant heat in face, with throbbing in cheeks and forehead, and with a deep red color of whole face. Acne. Face pale green with swelling of cervical glands. Greyish, earthy color of the face. Furfuraceous tetters on cheeks, on eyelids, and round mouth. Acute drawing pain.

Sulphur

Dry, scaly, unhealthy skin; every little injury suppurates. Burning eyelids ulcerations. Freckles. Itching, burning; worse scratching and washing. Pimply eruption, pustules, rhagades, hangnails. Deafness. Behcet’s syndrome. Excoriation. Feeling of a band around bones. Skin affections after local medication. Pruritus, Herpes across the nose. Nose stuffed indoors. Imaginary foul smells. Alae red and scabby. Chronic dry catarrh; dry scabs and readily bleeding. Polyps and adenoids. Gums swelling. Aphonia. Gastritis. Hemorrhoids. Rectal burning. Chronic coughs. Joints and spinal pains, inflammations.

Dulcamara

Thick, yellow discharge from eyes; granular lids. Adenitis. Pruritus, always worse in cold, wet weather. Herpes zoster, pemphigus. Swelling and indurated glands from cold. Vesicular eruptions. Sensitive bleeding ulcers. Little boils. Red spots, urticaria, brought on by exposure, or sour stomach. Behcet’s syndrome. Humid eruptions on face, genitals, hands, etc. Warts, large, smooth, on face and palmar surface of hands. Anasarca. Thick, brown-yellow crusts, bleeding when scratched. Humid eruption on cheeks and face. Feels as if cobwebs on face. Eczema of nose. Itching pimples. Moist eczema around mouth and chin. Erysipelas, burning and stinging.

Strangury painful urination. Herpes zoster. Skin infections. Warts. Anasarca. Bloody skin infections.

Thyroidinum

Tachycardia. Cardiac anxiety. Psoriasis associated with adiposity (not in developing stage). Throat infections and inflammations. Skin dry, impoverished. Burning skin infections. Pimples. Cold hands and feet. Eczema. Behcet’s syndrome. Uterine fibroids. Browne swelling. Swelling of glands of stony hardness. Sluggish cases. Jaundice with pruritus. Ichthyosis, lupus. Itching without eruption, worse night. Extremities weak, painful. Hair fall.

Sepia Officinalis

Herpes circinatus in isolated spots. Itching; not relieved by scratching; worse in bends of elbows and knees. Chloasma; herpetic eruption on lips, about mouth and nose. Ringworm-like eruption every spring. Urticaria on going in open air; better in warm room. Hyperhidrosis and bromhidrosis. Sweat on feet, worse on toes, intolerable odor. Lentigo in young women. Chronic respiratory infections. Whooping cough. Croup.

Ichthyosis with offensive odor of skin. Rosacea; saddle-like brownish distribution on nose and cheeks. Central scotoma. Polyuria. Hematuria. Rheumatism. Psoriasis. Eczemas. Herpes behind ears on nape of neck. Pain as if from sub-cutaneous ulceration. Swelling and eruption of external ear. Rosacea; saddle-like brownish distribution on nose and cheeks. Hepatic diseases. Rectal prolapsus. Relaxed pelvic organs. PCODs. Behcet’s syndrome.

Ranunculus Bulbosus

Day-blindness; mist before eyes; pressure and smarting in eyes, as from smoke.  Muscular asthenopia. Asthenic inflammations. Burning and intense itching; worse, contact. Hard excrescences. Herpetic eruptions, with great itching. Shingles, bluish vesicles. Itching in palms. Blister-like eruption in palms. Corns sensitive. Horny skin. Fingertips and palms chapped. Vesicular and pustular eruptions. Burning eruptions.

Psorinum

Blepharitis. Chronic ophthalmia, that constantly recurs. Edges of lids red. Secretion acrid. Dirty, dingy look. Dry, lusterless, rough hair. Intolerable itching. Herpetic eruptions, especially on scalp and bends of joints with itching; worse, from warmth of bed. Enlarged glands. Sebaceous glands secrete excessively, oily skin. Behcet’s syndrome. Indolent ulcers, slow to heal. Eczema behind ears. Crusty eruptions all over. Urticaria after every exertion. Pustules near fingernails. Humid eruption on face. Throat swelling. Respiratory infections. Respiratory allergies, asthma. Joints pains, weakness.

Phytolacca Decandra

Fistula lachrymalis. Skin itches, becomes dry, shrunken, pale. Papula and pustular lesions. Most useful in early stages of cutaneous diseases. Disposition to boils, and when sloughing occurs. Squamous eruptions. Syphilitic eruptions. Swelling and induration of glands. Venereal buboes. Scarlatina-like rash. Warts and moles. Throat dry blue/blackish inflamed. Nephritis. Mastitis. Breasts and axillary glands diseases. Cardiac diseases. Respiratory diseases. Rheumatism.

Iris Versicolor

Tinnitus. Herpes zoster, associated with gastric derangements. Pustular eruptions. Psoriasis; irregular patches with shining scales. Eczema, with nightly itching. Mouth and throat inflammation. Gastric diseases. Liver diseases. Sciatica. Behcet’s syndrome.

Acid Phosphoricum

Blue rings around. Behcet’s syndrome. Lids inflamed and cold. Pupils dilated. Glassy appearance. Pimples, acne, blood-boils. Ulcers, with very offensive pus. Burning red rash. Formication in various parts. Falling out of the hair. Tendency to abscess after fevers. On face feeling of tension as from dried albumen. Ear roaring, with difficult hearing. Intolerant of noise. Bleeding gums. Mouth ulcers. Splenomegaly. Phosphaturia. Seminal vasculitis. PCOS. Respiratory tract infections. Rheumatism.

Silice Tera

Swelling of lacrimal duct. Styes. Iritis and irido-choroiditis. Cataract. Felons, abscesses, boils, old fistulous ulcers. Delicate, pale, waxy. Cracks at end of fingers. Painless swelling of glands. Rose-colored blotches. Behcet’s syndrome. Scars suddenly become painful. Pus offensive. Promotes expulsion of foreign bodies from tissues. Every little injury suppurates. Long lasting suppuration and fistulous tracts. Dry fingertips. Eruptions itch only in daytime and evening. Crippled nails. Indurated tumors. Abscesses of joints. After impure vaccination. Bursa. Lepra, nodes, and coppery spots. Keloid growths. Eruption on chin. Facial neuralgia, throbbing, tearing, face red. Mastoid gland infection. Loss of sense of smell. Fissures and hemorrhoids. Hematuria. Prostatitis. Bronchitis.

Acid Muriaticum

Papula and vesicular eruptions, with great itching. Carbuncles; foul-smelling ulcers on lower extra Psoriasis. Erysipelas in face. Itching on back of finger-joints. Unhealthy skin; slight injuries suppurate. Herpes. Erysipelatous inflammation with swelling and tension. Chilblains relieved in open air. Trade eruptions on fingers and hands, itching and stinging. Ends of hair become tangled amities. Scarlet fever, livid, with petechiae; scanty eruption. Behcet’s syndrome. Eczema on back of hands. Pimples and freckles; lips raw, dry, cracked. Deep ulcers on tongue. Hard lumps in tongue. Uvula swollen. Ulcers and false membrane. Severe painful hemorrhoids. Cardiac diseases.  Papular and vesicular eruptions, with great itching. Boils.

Borax

Psoriasis. Erysipelas in face. Itching on back of finger-joints. Unhealthy skin: slight injuries suppurate. Psoriasis. Herpes. Erysipelatous inflammation with swelling and tension. Chilblains relieved in open air. Behcet’s syndrome. Itching and stinging. Ends of hair become tangled. Face swollen, with pimples on nose and lips. Feeling of cobwebs. Aphthae. White fungus like growth. Mouth hot and tender; ulcers bleed on touch and eating. Painful gumboil. Gastritis. Intestinal diseases. Ulcerative colitis. Urinary tract obstruction. PCOs. Pleurodynia. Chronic cough. Respiratory infections. Joints inflammation. Joints diseases.

Antimonium Crudum

Chronic blepharitis. Pustules on cornea and lids. Eczema with gastric derangements. Eczema of nostrils. Pimples, vesicles, and pustules. Sensitive to cold bathing. Thick, hard, honey-colored scabs. Behcet’s syndrome. Urticaria; measle-like eruption. Itching when warm in bed. Dry skin. Warts. Dry gangrene. Scaly, pustular eruption with burning and itching. Pimples, pustules, and boils on face. Yellow crusted eruption on cheeks and chin. Sallow and haggard. Intestinal ulcers. Gastritis. Eating disorders.

Homeopathic Treatment of Crohn’s Disease

Nux Vomica for Crohn’s disease

In my (Dr. Qaisar Ahmed) opinion Nux Vomica is the top medicine for Crohn’s disease. The prominent symptom is frequently/urging constantly passage of a small quantity of stool with colic like abdominal pain. The abdominal pain relieved after each stool for a time. This is most of the times accompanied by a distended abdomen after eating. Bruised soreness of abdominal walls. Flatulent distension, with spasmodic colic. Behcet’s syndrome. Colic from uncovering. Liver engorged, with stitches and soreness. Colic, with upward pressure, causing short breath, and desire for stool. Weakness of abdominal ring region.

Constriction of rectum. Irregular, peristaltic action; hence frequent ineffectual desire, or passing but small quantities at each attempt. Dysentery; stools relieve pains for a time. Constant uneasiness in rectum. Diarrheas with jaundice.

Bilious attacks, Biliousness, Carriage/sea/motion-sickness, Catarrh, Clavus, Colic, Constipation, Convulsions, Cramp, Delirium, Diarrhea, Dysentery, Dyspepsia, Emissions, Erotomania, Gallstones. Gastritis, Liver disorders, Locomotor ataxia

Food that worsens the condition is spicy food, coffee, and alcoholic drinks. The worsening of condition after anger spells is also an important marker for natural Homeopathic remedy Nux Vomica.

 Aloe Socotrina:

Aloe Socotrina is the best choice for any cylindrical shaped organ inflammation; when the urge to pass stool is soon after eating or drinking something. Irregular intestinal movements, Severe gastritis, mucus may be expelled along with stool, pain in the abdomen (colic) before and during stool which vanishes after passing stool, Tenesmus, Colin Tuberculosis. Behcet’s syndrome.

Alumina and Irritable Bowel Syndrome:

If Crohn’s disease is with constipation (intestinal dryness), Alumina is the medicine of my choice, obstinate constipation, knotty stools, slow intestinal pace, the stool remains in the rectum for many days without any urge to pass stool. that’s why the stool expelled with much strain. Behcet’s syndrome.

Weak peristaltic movements, dryness of mucous membrane. Sometimes the stool is soft but hard to expel (low intestinal pace, weak intestine).

Carbo Vegetables:

Bloated abdomen, heavy and tense abdomen soon after eating, even the simplest and softest kind of food seems to worsen the condition. Eructation, heaviness, fullness, and sleepiness; tense from flatulence, with pain; worse lying down. Eructation after eating and drinking. Temporary relief from belching. Rancid, sour, or putrid eructation, asthmatic breathing from flatulence. Nausea in the morning. Burning in stomach, extending to back and along spine. Behcet’s syndrome.

Contractive pain extending to chest, with distention of abdomen. Faint gone feeling in stomach, not relieved by eating. Crampy pains forcing patient to bend double. Distress comes on a half-hour after eating. Sensitiveness of epigastric region. Digestion slow; food putrefies before it digests. Gastralgia of nursing women, with excessive flatulence, sour, rancid belching. Aversion to milk, meat, and fat things. The simplest food distresses. Epigastric region very sensitive.

Abdomen: Pain as from lifting a weight; colic from riding in a carriage; excessive discharge of fetid flatus. Cannot bear tight clothing around waist and abdomen. Ailments accompanying intestinal fistulae. Abdomen greatly distended; better, passing wind. Flatulent colic. Pain in liver.

Flatus hot, moist, offensive. Itching, gnawing and burning in rectum. Acrid, corrosive moisture from rectum. A musty, glutinous moisture exudes. Soreness, itching moisture of perineum at night. Discharge of blood from rectum. Burning at anus, burning varices (Mur ac). Painful diarrhea of old people. Frequent, involuntary cadaverous-smelling stools, followed by burning. White hemorrhoids; excoriation of anus. Bluish, burning piles, pain after stool.

Catarrh, Chilblains, Cholera, Constipation, Debility, Diarrhea, Distension, Dysentery, Dyspepsia, Emphysema, Eructation, Flatulence, bad or low blood circulation in some part of intestine, Gangrene. Hemorrhages, Hemorrhoids, Tympanites, Typhus, Ulcers, Yellow fever

Lycopodium:

Lycopodium is the medicine of choice when inflammation is with heaviness in the abdomen even after eating of a small quantity food, dyspepsia due to farinaceous and fermentable food, cabbage, beans, etc. Excessive hunger. Aversion to bread, etc. Desire for sweet things. Food tastes sour. Sour eructation. Behcet’s syndrome. Severe weakness of digestion. Bulimia, with much bloating. After eating, pressure in stomach, with bitter taste in mouth. Eating ever so little creates fullness. Cannot eat oysters. Rolling of flatulence. Wakes at night feeling hungry. Hiccough. Incomplete burning eructation rise only to pharynx there burn for hours. Likes to take food and drink hot. Sinking sensation; worse night.

Immediately after a light meal, abdomen is bloated, full. Constant sense of fermentation in abdomen, like yeast working; upper left side. Hernia, right side. Liver sensitive. Brown spots on abdomen. Dropsy, due to hepatic disease. Hepatitis, atrophic from of nutmeg liver. Pain shooting across lower abdomen from right to left.

Diarrhea. Inactive intestinal canal. Ineffectual urging. Stool hard, difficult, small, incomplete. Hemorrhoids; very painful to touch, aching

Constipation. Intestinal Consumption. Intestinal polypus, Cramps. Cystitis. Debility or intestinal/rectal weakness. Diphtheria. Distension. Dropsies. Dysentery, polypus of canthus. Fibroma. Flatulence. Gall-stone colic. Glands, swelling,  Liver malfunctioning, liver-spots. Locomotor ataxia (intestinal/rectal), Paralysis. Paralysis agitos, Typhoid fever. Varicose that is disturbed intestinal blood circulation, Cancer of intestine.

Croton Tiglium and Podophyllum Peltatum

In Crohn’s disease cases Croton Tiglium and podophyllum has same symptoms that is diarrhea with gushing stool, urging for stool soon after eating or drinking; watery stool, copious stool, weakness after passing stool, profuse and highly putrid/offensive stool, fetid flatus, diarrhea that worsens after eating fruits. Behcet’s syndrome.

Bryonia Alba:

Crohn’s disease with nausea and faintness when rising up. Abnormal hunger, loss of taste. Thirst for large draughts. Vomiting of bile and water immediately after eating. Worse, warm drinks, which are vomited. Stomach sensitive to touch. Pressure in stomach after eating, as of a stone. Soreness in stomach when coughing. Behcet’s syndrome. Dyspeptic ailments during summer heat. Sensitiveness of epigastrium to touch.

Abdomen: Liver region swollen, sore, tensive. Burning pain, stitches; worse, pressure, coughing, breathing. Tenderness of abdominal walls.

Stool: Constipation; stools hard, dry, as if burnt; seem too large. Stools brown, thick, bloody; worse in morning, from moving, in hot weather, after being heated, from cold drinks, every spell of hot weather.

Bryonia is one of the polychrest medicines.

Colocynthis:

Crohn’s disease with loose stools attended with abdominal cramps. Very bitter taste. Tongue rough, as from sand, and feels scalded. Canine hunger. Feeling in stomach as if something would not yield; drawing pain. Behcet’s syndrome.

Abdomen: Agonizing cutting pain in abdomen causing patient to end over double, and pressing on the abdomen. Sensation as if stones were being ground together in the abdomen, and would burst. Intestines feel as if bruised. Colic with cramps in calves. Cutting in abdomen, especially after anger. Each paroxysm is attended with general agitation and a chill over the cheeks, ascending from the hypogastrium. Pain in small spot below navel. Dysenteric stool renewed each time by the least food or drink. Jelly-like stools. Musty odor. Distention.

Ciliary neuralgia. Colic. Coxalgia. Diabetes. Diarrhea. Dysentery. Colic. Neuralgia.  Para phimosis. Peritonitis. Tumors.

China Officinalis:

China Officinalis is the most recommended medicine for Crohn’s disease with weakness and weight loss from chronic diarrhea. The diarrhea is painless. Persons in need of China Officinalis have a chronically loose stool, marked flatus and bloated abdomen. Abdominal colic from flatus in abdomen is also present.

Bilious attack. Catarrhal affections. Constipation. Debility. Delirium. Diarrhea. Dropsy. Dyspepsia. Behcet’s syndrome. Emissions. Hemorrhoids. Headache. Hectic fever. Ichthyosis. Intermittent fever. Jaundice. Leucorrhea. Lientery. Liver diseases, Liver cirrhosis, Spleen affections. Taste disorder. Tea effects. Thirst. Tobacco habit. Traumatic fever. Tympanites. Varicose veins, Blocked or bad blood circulation to intestines.

Pulsatilla Nigricans:

Pulsatilla Nigricans is one of the top-grade medicines for Crohn’s disease where taking milk or milk products worsens the complaint. Symptoms include rumbling in abdomen, flatulence, bitter mouth taste, belching that tastes like ingesta and changeable stool. These symptoms worsen upon consuming milk. Pressive, spasmodic, contractive, and compressive pains in stomach and precordial region. Behcet’s syndrome.

In my (Dr. Qaisar Ahmed MD, DHMS, Isl. Jurisprudence) experience deficiency of some types of minerals makes changes in cylindrical shaped organs especially intestines, that’s why I tried following elements on my patients during last fifteen years and I found great results. Patients with Crohn’s disease (even older cases – 2-7 years), were treated in 20-60 days successfully. They are the following:

Argentum Nit:

Acidity. Addison’s disease. Anemia. Chancre. Dyspepsia. Epilepsy. Eructation. Flatulence. Gastric ulcer. Gonorrhea. Impetigo. Locomotor ataxia. Neuralgia. Paralysis. Prostate, Scarlatina. Smallpox. Spinal irritation. Syphilis. Taste, altered. Throat, affections of. Tongue ulcerated. Warts. Zona.

Inflammation of the stomach; gastroenteritis. Gnawing pain in the left side of the stomach. Pressure with heaviness (sensation of lump) and nausea, Vomiting of some fluid, of bile, black vomit. Violent attacks of pain at irregular intervals; patient rolls on floor; descending colon tender to touch, tapeworm-like stool passes with blood, slime, and epithelium. Piles with burning or tenesmus; bleeding.-Burning in one spot in anterior wall of rectum.

Mercurius solubilis:

Excessive nausea and inclination to vomit, often with incisive and precisive pains in stomach. Stabbing pain, with chilliness. Boring pain in right groin. Painful sensitiveness of hepatic region, with shooting burning pain. Flatulent distention, with pain. Liver enlarged; sore to touch, indurated. Jaundice. Bile secreted deficiently. Behcet’s syndrome. Greenish, bloody and slimy, worse at night, with pain and tenesmus. Never-get-done feeling. Discharge accompanied by chilliness, sick stomach, cutting colic, and tenesmus. Whitish gray stools, diarrhea with slime. Painful hard, hot, sensitive swelling in ileocecal region. Ulceration and suppuration of inguinal glands. Buboes. Abdomen externally cold to touch.

Phosphorus:

Hunger soon after eating. Sour taste and sour eructation after every meal. Belching large quantities of wind, after eating. Throws up ingesta by the mouthfuls. Vomiting; water is thrown up as soon as it gets warm in the stomach. Postoperative vomiting. Cardiac opening seems contracted, too narrow; the food scarcely swallowed, comes up again. Pain in stomach; relieved by cold food, ices. Region of stomach painful to touch, or on walking. Inflammation of stomach, with burning extending to throat and bowels. Behcet’s syndrome.

Abdomen: Feels cold. Sharp, cutting pains. A very weak, empty, gone sensation felt in whole abdominal cavity. Liver congested. Acute hepatitis. Fatty degeneration (Carbon tetrachloride; Ars. Chlorof). Jaundice. Pancreatic disease. Large, yellow spots on abdomen.

Very fetid stools and flatus. Long, narrow, hard, like a dog’s. Difficult to expel. Desire for stool on lying on, left side. Painless, copious debilitating diarrhea. Green mucus with grains like sago. Involuntary; seems as if anus remained open. Great weakness after stool. Discharge of blood from rectum, during stool. White, hard stools. Bleeding hemorrhoids.

Magnesia Carbonica:

Desire for fruit, acids, and vegetables. Eructation sour, and vomiting of bitter water. Craving for meat.

Abdomen Rumbling, gurgling. Dragging towards pelvis. Very heavy; contractive, pinching, pain in right iliac region. Pressive contractive pain in stomach, sometimes with sour risings. Sensation of insipidity and emptiness in stomach, with nausea and inclination to vomit. Colic, pressing, spasmodic. Contractive pain. Griping, cutting, and rumbling in whole abdomen, followed by thin, green stools, without tenesmus. Induration and shooting pains in hepatic region. Excessive distension and tightness of abdomen, with sensation of heaviness. Behcet’s syndrome.

Stool Frequent and ineffectual, Preceded by griping, colicky pain. Green, watery, frothy, like a frog-pond’s scum. Bloody mucous stools. Milk passes undigested in nursing children. Sour, with tenesmus. Constipation after mental shock or severe nervous strain.

Carbo Vegetables:

Eructation, heaviness, fullness, and sleepiness; tense from flatulence, with pain; worse lying down. Eructation after eating and drinking. Temporary relief from belching. Rancid, sour, or putrid eructation. Water brash, asthmatic breathing from flatulence. Nausea in the morning. Burning in stomach, extending to back and along spine. Contractive pain extending to chest, with distention of abdomen. Faint gone feeling in stomach, not relieved by eating. Crampy pains forcing patient to bend double. Behcet’s syndrome. Sensitiveness of epigastric region. Digestion slow; food putrefies before it digests. Gastralgia of nursing women, with excessive flatulence, sour, rancid belching. Aversion to milk, meat, and fat things. The simplest food distresses. Epigastric region very sensitive.

Abdomen : Pain as from lifting a weight; colic from riding in a carriage; excessive discharge of fetid flatus. Cannot bear tight clothing around waist and abdomen. Ailments accompanying intestinal fistulae. Abdomen greatly distended; better, passing wind. Flatulent colic. Pain in liver.

Rectum and Stool : Flatus hot, moist, offensive. Itching, gnawing and burning in rectum. Acrid, corrosive moisture from rectum. A musty, glutinous moisture exudes. Soreness, itching moisture of perineum at night. Discharge of blood from rectum. Burning at anus, burning varices. Painful diarrheas of old people. Frequent, involuntary cadaverous-smelling stools, followed by burning. White hemorrhoids; excoriation of anus. Bluish, burning piles, pain after stool.

Bismuth:

Bismuth works well in cases of gastritis where cold drinks bring relief to the symptoms. Vomits, with convulsive gagging and pain. Water is vomited as soon as it reaches the stomach. Eructation after drinking. Vomits all fluids. Burning; feeling of a load. Will eat for several days; then vomit. Slow digestion, with fetid eructation. Gastralgia; pain from stomach through to spine. Gastritis. Better, cold drinks, but vomiting when stomach becomes full. Behcet’s syndrome.

Tongue coated white; sweetish, metallic taste. Inexpressible pain in stomach; must bend backwards. Pressure as from a load in one spot, alternating with burning, crampy pain and pyrosis.

Stool: Painless diarrhea, with great thirst, and frequent micturition and vomiting. Pinching in lower abdomen, with rumbling.

There is also pain in the area around the stomach. Bending backwards brings a little relief to the pain, a sensation of pressure and heavy load on the stomach, inability to retain fluids in the stomach; Fluid is vomited as soon as it reaches the stomach. Vertigo and weakness.

Arsenicum Album:

Arsenic Album works well when there is a burning pain in the stomach. Ingesting even a little food or drink worsens the pain. Taking something warm bring relief. Acidic and cold food/drinks worsen the pain and burning, weakness, exhaustion, weight loss, and intense anxiety. Vomiting of blood, bile, green mucus, or brown-black mixed with blood. Behcet’s syndrome.

Gnawing, burning pains like coals/fire which relieves by heat. Liver and spleen enlarged and painful. Ascites and anasarca. Abdomen swollen and painful. Pain as from a wound in abdomen on coughing.

Rectum Painful, spasmodic protrusion of rectum. Tenesmus. Burning pain and pressure in rectum and anus. Stool: Small, offensive, dark, with much prostration. Dysentery dark, bloody, very offensive.

Natrum Carbonicum:

Feels swollen and sensitive. Ill effects of drinking cold water when overheated. GERD. Very weak digestion, caused by slightest error of diet. Averse to milk. Depressed after eating. Bitter taste. Old dyspeptics, always belching, have sour stomach and rheumatism. Dyspepsia relieved by soda biscuits. Behcet’s syndrome.

Sudden call to stool. Escapes with haste and noise. Yellow substance like pulp of orange in discharge. Diarrhea from milk.

Antimonium Crudum:

Loss of appetite. Desire for acids, pickles. Thirst in evening and night. Eructation tasting of the ingesta. Heartburn, nausea, vomiting. After nursing, the child vomits its milk in curds, and refuses to nurse afterwards, and is very cross. Behcet’s syndrome. Gastric and intestinal complaints from bread and pastry, acids, sour wine, cold bathing, overheating, hot weather. Constant belching. Gouty metastasis to stomach and bowels. Sweetish GERD. Bloating after eating.

Anal itching. diarrhea alternates with constipation, especially in old people. Diarrhea after acids, sour wine, baths, overeating; slimy, flatulent stools. Mucous piles, continued oozing of mucus. Hard lumps mixed with watery discharge. Catarrhal proctitis. Stools composed entirely of mucus.

Ipecac:

Ipecac should be prescribed when there is nausea – all the time. Behcet’s syndrome. Vomiting of white glairy mucus or food appears, but the nausea is not relieved even after vomiting. Mouth, moist; much saliva. Constant nausea and vomiting. Vomits food, bile, blood, mucus. Stomach feels relaxed, as if hanging down. Hiccough.

Amebic dysentery with tenesmus; while straining pain so great that it nauseates; little thirst. Cutting, clutching; worse, around the navel. Body rigid; stretched out stiff.

Stools Pitch-like green as grass, like frothy molasses, with griping at navel. Dysenteric, slimy.

Kali Bichrome:

Nausea and vomiting immediately after eating. Feels as if digestion had stopped. Dilatation of stomach. Gastritis. Behcet’s syndrome. Round ulcer of stomach. Stitches in region of liver and spleen and through to spine. Dislikes water. Cannot digest meat. Desire for beer and acids. Gastric symptoms are relieved after eating, and the rheumatic symptoms reappear (alternate). Vomiting of bright yellow water.

Cutting pain in abdomen, soon after eating. Chronic intestinal ulceration. Soreness in right hypochondrium, fatty infiltration of liver and increase in soft fibrous tissue (cirrhosis). Painful retraction, soreness and burning.

Jelly like stool, gelatinous; worse, mornings. Dysentery; tenesmus, stools brown, frothy. Sensation of a plug-in anus. Periodic constipation, with pain across the loins. Brown urine.

Graphites:

Nausea and vomiting after each meal. Morning sickness during menstruation. Pressure in stomach, Fullness and hardness in abdomen, as from incarcerated flatulence; must loosen clothing; presses painfully at abdominal ring, constrictive pain in stomach relive temporarily after eating or drink something hot or by lying down. Behcet’s syndrome.

Croaking in abdomen. Inguinal region sensitive, swollen. Colic pain, Pain of gas opposite the side on which he lies. Chronic diarrhea, stools brownish, liquid, undigested, offensive.

Constipation; large, difficult, knotty stools united by mucus threads. Burning hemorrhoids. Prolapse, diarrheas; stools of brown fluid, mixed with undigested substance, very fetid, sour odor. Smarting, sore anus, itching. Lump stool, conjoined with threads of mucus. Varices of the rectum. Fissure of anus.

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