Vertigo, Ménière's disease and tinnitus — homeopathy brings calm amid the storm

Do you remember my blog post about motion sickness? Today I want to address dizziness and tinnitus, which have much in common with motion sickness. As chronic conditions, however, these complaints can have a much greater impact on health.

Constant booming in the ear

While travel sickness is triggered by motion, dizziness and ear noises often occur as accompanying symptoms of nausea, making matters doubly unfortunate.

Some people describe the accompanying state as feeling as if they are in a deafeningly loud factory, or they speak of a state of intoxication or a particularly bad bout of vertigo. There are many different causes of dizziness and persistent tinnitus: infections, fever, seemingly unrelated illnesses, movements, inner ear disorders, loud noises (acoustic trauma), eye problems and even stress.

John's tinnitus

Take John, for example. John is in his mid-sixties and has suffered from tinnitus for eight years. The ear noises are present every day and are sometimes accompanied by dizziness. During particularly severe episodes he cannot go to the office as usual, but spends the whole day sitting in his armchair.

John had learned self-treatment with homeopathy in one of my courses and knew that he had to look for the causes of his complaints. He thought about what had happened in his life eight years ago. What could have been the trigger? He thought for a long time and eventually consulted his wife. (I generally recommend my students draw a timeline of their complaints.)

A surgery with consequences

At that point John realised that the balance disturbances and the tinnitus had started shortly after his gallbladder operation. For homeopathic treatment it can be very important to identify the trigger of the current complaints. This can help in finding the remedy.

Indeed, in this case Arnica for the consequences of trauma, Acidum phosphoricum for possible toxic after-effects of anaesthetics and Nux vomica for side-effects of the drugs given during or after the procedure could be considered.

If it is not possible to get to the bottom of the cause, many questions can remain unanswered.

Nevertheless, homeopathy has proven effective in treating these complaints, even independently of the actual cause. Sometimes different strategies must be tried to find the right stimulus that can resolve the problem.

There is no need to worry, because homeopathy works gently. A wrongly chosen remedy will not produce unwanted side effects, provided one acts cautiously.

The Banerji protocol for tinnitus

And because John was not sure exactly why his complaints had occurred back then, he decided to start with the Banerji protocol: Tellurium metallicum C200, taken every three days, in combination with Conium maculatum C3, twice daily.

(Dr Prasanta and Dr Pratip Banerji each use potencies C200 and C3. These can be difficult to obtain in the USA and other parts of the world. My students often report that dilutions C30 and D6 or C6 also work well. You can find more information about potencies here.

John was encouraged when he noticed that the tinnitus had reduced by about 10% after the first four weeks of taking the remedies. Three months later he was very optimistic when he realised that the ear noises had largely disappeared. Only with very loud noise – for example when he collected his car from the workshop after a repair – did he temporarily experience slight symptoms again.

After six months' use he realised that the high tones were still slightly perceptible, but no longer constituted an impairment to his life. In fact, he had to listen very closely to hear the noises at all.

Perfect cure or healthy contentment?

In other words, John was satisfied as long as the tinnitus remained at this low level. Who wouldn't be? We should ask ourselves whether we strive for a perfect cure or whether we can be content with a relatively good level of health that allows us to lead a productive life again.

True health means freedom, and as long as John feels free enough to go about his work and lead a fulfilled life, he is healthy.

Now that the unpleasant sensations and ear noises have been reduced to an absolute minimum, John is spinning with excitement — not because he is dizzy and tinnitus is making his life difficult!

Note: If you have tried the remedies and the tinnitus persists, a professional homeopath can help you find an exactly fitting remedy.

Warmly,

Yours,

Source: https://joettecalabrese.com/blog/homeopathy/vertigo-menieres-tinnitus/