HOMOEOPATHIC REMEDIES FOR ESSENTIAL TREMOR

Essential tremor is a nervous system disorder (neurological disorder) that causes a rhythmic shaking. Essential tremor can affect almost any part of your body, but the trembling occurs most often in your hands — especially when you try to do simple tasks, such as drinking from a glass, tying shoelaces, writing or shaving. Essential tremor may also affect your head, voice, arms or legs.

Although usually not a dangerous condition, essential tremor worsens over time and can be severe in some people. It isn't caused by other diseases, although it's sometimes confused with Parkinson's disease. Essential tremor can occur at any age but is most common in people age 40 and older.

Causes- About half of essential tremor cases appear to result from a genetic mutation. This form is referred to as familial tremor. It isn't clear what causes essential tremor in people without a known genetic mutation.

Research has found that changes in specific areas of the brain may contribute to essential tremor.

Symptoms--Essential tremor signs and symptoms:--Begin gradually, Worsen with movement, Usually occur in the hands first, affecting one hand or both hands, Can include a "yes-yes" or "no-no" motion of the head, May be aggravated by emotional stress, fatigue, caffeine or extremes of temperature

HOMOEOPATHIC MEDICINES

AGARICUS MUSCARIUS 200-  Agaricus Muscarius is very efficient in treating  tremors. It can help in treating the l tremors of hands as well as that of head and tongue. This medicine is mainly prescribed to those patients who complain of excessive trembling of hands in motion, especially while writing. This medicine can also prove very useful for patients who complain of shaking of hands when holding objects, often resulting in dropping of objects from hand. This medicine also gives good results in essential tremors of head where the shaking of head is accompanied by a feeling of excessive coolness on the head. The prominent feature guiding the use of this medicine in patients of essential tremors is a white coated tongue along with an increased thirst for water along with trembling of tongue. The trembling of tongue results in disoriented speech. Such patients may also have a sweet taste in their mouth. The patients requiring this medicine are very sensitive to cold air and the complaints are always worse in cold weather.

GELSEMIUM IOM-  Gelsemium  is  used for treatment of essential  tremors where the trembling of affected part is accompanied with excessive muscle weakness. The patient requiring this medicine always complains of profound dullness and drowsiness. This medicine works well in those cases where the tremors are intensified by emotional excitement or fears. It is recommended for essential tremors of tongue where the tongue is coated yellow with a bad taste in mouth. The breath of such patients can also be offensive. The thirst for water is always absent in patients requiring this medicine

ZINCUM METALLICUM 200-  This homeopathic medicine is mainly used for persons who have very weak nerves and who are very sensitive to noise. It gives very good results in essential tremors of head where the head is in involuntary motion from side to side. The  tremors of hands can also be treated with this medicine. The patients requiring this medicine in essential tremors of hand complain of jerking of hands with excessive weakness especially while writing. If a history of some sort of suppression of skin eruptions in a patient of essential tremor is present, this medicine is taken into consideration. The restlessness of feet in patients suffering from essential tremors is a significant deciding factor for using this medicine.

PHOSPHORUS 200-  Phosphorus is another excellent medicine This medicine suits mainly those patients of  tremors who are extremely sensitive to external impressions like touch, light, odours and noise. The  tremors of hands are very effectively treated with this medicine where the person complains of increase in the trembling of hands after exertion. The excessive shaking of hands poses a great difficulty in holding anything with hand. Numbness or crawling sensation in hands can also be complained of along with trembling of hands in such patients. An excessive craving for meat, cold drinks or ice creams may also be noticed in patients requiring this remedy

SILICEA 200-  Silicea is yet another homeopathic remedy used for treating  tremors in persons of nervous, irritable, obstinate and headstrong nature. The patients of  tremors who have very offensive foot sweat respond very well to this medicine. Such patients are also very chilly and cannot tolerate a slight draught of air. The patients requiring this medicine complain of trembling of hands while performing manual work that especially includes eating, writing or holding anything. Such patients can also face difficulty in doing fine work due to excessive shaking of hands; for instance threading a needle appears to be a very cumbersome task for them.

PLUMBUM METALLICUM 200-Plumbum Metallicum is a very good homeopathic medicine for treating l tremors of hand that are a lot worse while holding an object, eating or writing. The tremors in patients requiring Plumbum Metallicum get worse due to worries