Anal fissures can be quite painful. The pain is usually felt while passing stool and may remain for a long time afterwards. The pain may be burning or stinging in character. There may be discharge of pus or some foul matter too.
An anal fissure is just a cut or a crack in the mucous membrane lining the anal canal. It may occur due to hard stools. When one is constipated, one has to strain to pass stool. This can also cause a break or a crack in the mucous membrane. At times, diarrhoea can also cause anal fissures. In females, anal fissures occur commonly after a vaginal delivery.
Management of Anal Fissures
Preventing constipation is an important thing that one has to take care of so as to allow the fissure to heal. This can be done by drinking lots of water and eating enough fruits, vegetables and cereals that are rich in fibre. One should avoid smoking and drinking alcohol. Junk food is also best avoided. Junk food only provides empty calories and leads to weight gain. Walking regularly can help improve digestion as well as blood ciruclation. Sitting in a tub full of hot water is also quite helpful as it softens the hard tissues and takes care of hygiene.
Alternative or Homeopathic Treatment of anal fissures
Of all the possible alternative, natural or complementary treatments available for anal fissures, homeopathy is the best option. When one opts for Homeopathy for anal fissures, one is able to avoid surgery. In my opinion, surgery offers no cure as I have seen many cases where the problem recurs after some time. Therefore it is better that one should treat the problem in a holistic manner so that once cured, it does not recur. Homeopathy aims at curing anal fissures in this holistic manner. It improves the digestive system along with curing the immediate symptoms of anal fissures. Homeopathy not only treats and cures the acute anal fissure, it is able to cure the chronic form of anal fissures too. Moreover, the homeopathic medicines for anal fissures are able to eradicate the tendency to have fissures. This means that recurrence of anal fissures is avoided. That is why Homeopathy is known to have the best treatment of anal fissures.
There is an added advantage that it does not have any adverse or side effects. This is because the homeopathic medicines are completely natural medicines. They are sourced from plants, fruits, vegetables or natural minerals. There is no chemical or synthetic material present in the homeopathic medicines. Even further, while preparing the medicines, the medicines are serially diluted which leaves no scope for any material presence in the ultimate medicine.
5 Best Homeopathic Remedies for Anal Fissures
I have had the experience of treating dozens and dozens of cases of anal fissures with homeopathy in the last 2 decades. The medicines that are frequently used are being given here with a brief description of their indications. This should not be understood as a complete list of homeopathic medicines that are used in the treatment of anal fissures. Also, the indications given here are just brief indicators and by no means the complete and exhaustive list of symptoms that indicate a particular medicine.
Graphites-One of the best Homeopathic medicines for anal fissure with burning
When there is burning pain, Graphites is one of the best Homeopathic medicines for anal fissures. This medicine is made from black lead which happens to be the mineral carbon. It is used in a very diluted form. The patient is usually obese or overweight. Constipation is another prominent symptom. The stool may be hard, large, knotty and joined by mucous threads. There may be other skin symptoms like eczema which is characterized by oozing of thick sticky fluid. The patient is usually chilly and cannot tolerate cold air or cold weather. It is also indicated when anal fissures occur in women around or just after menopause.
Nitric Acid-One of the best Homeopathic medicines for anal fissures with bleeding after stool
When there is bleeding after passing stool, Nitric Acid is one of the best Homeopathic medicines for anal fissures. There is splinter like pain in the anal or rectal region. It feels as if some splinter has lodged in the area. Another feeling is as if the rectum is torn. There is offensive discharge from the fissure. This offensiveness of discharges may even extend to the urine, stool and even perspiration. The patient is quite prone to take colds. Diarrhoea is also quite frequently present. The stool is quite soft. Despite the stool being soft, one has to strain to pass the stool.
Ratanhia-One of the best Homeopathic medicines for anal fissures with pain that lasts for hours after passing stool
When there is pain while passing stool and the pain lasts for hours afterwards, Ratanhia is one of the best Homeopathic medicines for anal fissures. There is a feeling of constriction in the rectum. The pain may be aching in character. There may also be a feeling as if the rectum is full of broken glass. The pain may be temporarily removed by cold water.
Paeonia-One of the best Homeopathic medicines for anal fissures with oozing
When there is constant moist oozing, Paeonia is one of the best Homeopathic medicines for anal fissures. There is oozing of offensive moisture. There is a strange feeling of internal chilliness in the rectal region. The anal region seems to be covered with crusts. Diarrhoea is more likely to occur in this medicine rather than constipation.
Phosphorus-One of the best Homeopathic remedies for anal fissures with painlesness
When there is little pain, Phosphorus is one of the best Homeopathic medicines for anal fissures. The patient is usually tall, thin and narrow chested. There is increased thirst and that too for cold water. This medicine is known to irritate, inflame and cause degeneration of the mucous membranes all over the bdoy. The stool is long, narrow and hard, like that of a dog. The stool may be white and hard too. The patient is very sensitive to light, sound and all sorts of external impressions.
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