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Covid-19 is an infectious disease caused by the new coronavirus (severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, or SARS-CoV-2). This virus strain was identified in December 2019. This disease has been declared as a pandemic in March 2020 by the World Health Organization (WHO). Homeopathy for post Covid syndrome can be of great help in managing the lingering symptoms of the infection. 
It spreads from person to person directly by inhaling the respiratory droplets released from an infected person via coughs, sneezes or talks. It can also spread indirectly if a person touches any surface that has been contaminated by this virus and then touches his or her mouth, nose or eyes without first washing and disinfecting the hands properly.
The symptoms of Covid -19 vary from mild to severe in intensity. The symptoms tend to appear between 2 – 14 days after the virus exposure. The most common symptoms of Covid – 19 includes fever, cough and fatigue (tiredness). Loss of smell and taste may be the early symptoms in many cases. Its other symptoms include difficulty in breathing, body aches, fatigue, headache, sore throat, runny nose or congested nose, nausea, vomiting and diarrhoea. The elderly people and those already having certain health conditions (like diabetes, serious heart disease, lung disease, cancer, asthma and chronic kidney disease) are at high risk of developing severe symptoms and serious complications.
Post Covid Syndrome and Its Symptoms
There is evidence that few people who suffered from Covid -19 may experience some long-term, debilitating symptoms that occur after having recovered from the acute infection. Though recovered from the initial stage, they struggle to overcome the lingering health issues that follow it.
These include chronic fatigue (weakness), loose stool (diarrhoea), nausea, loss of appetite, abnormal heart rate, recurring shortness of breath, disturbed sleep, muscle weakness, muscle pain, joint pain, weight loss, loss taste and smell, depression, anxiety, brain fog, difficulty in concentrating, memory issues, dizziness and confusion. They may linger on for weeks to months. These symptom sets are together referred to as post covid syndrome. Some of the symptoms that linger on are quite similar to the ones that occur in chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), also known as myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME). As per a study it is estimated that around 87 % of patients after initial recovery from COVID still have one persistent symptom. Further among the various symptoms it is seen that about 60% of people after recovering from acute infection of Covid-19 still face complaints of persistent fatigue. Though this syndrome can affect people of any age, but in elderly and those having health issues (like diabetes, hypertension and weak immune system) the effects persist for long.
Other than above symptoms it may also cause inflammation in the brain, heart damage, lung damage and stroke.
It has been suggested that inflammatory cytokines accumulation in the CNS (central nervous system) might be the reason for symptoms occurring after recovery from viral infection.
Homeopathy for Post Covid Syndrome & Symptom Management
Homeopathy can be of great help in managing the lingering symptoms of Post Covid syndrome. Though in homeopathy there are no specific medicine, but the medicines can be selected and used based on the symptom picture in every case which is the basic mode applied for selecting homeopathic medicines for treating /managing any of the medical conditions. One can consider use of these medicines for supportive help along with conventional mode of treatment for symptom management. The homeopathic medicines can be used to manage its symptoms including chronic fatigue (weakness), loose stool (diarrhoea), nausea, disturbed sleep, sleeplessness, muscle pain, joint pain, depression, anxiety, brain fog, difficulty in concentrating and dizziness. Following are some of the medicines that can be helpful for it as per the symptom indication. It is strictly advised to consult a homeopathic physician before considering use of any of the following medicines and self prescription should not be done at all. Only a homeopathic physician can judge and guide about the appropriate medicine, its dosage and repetition that is needed for a given case after complete case analysis.
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Arsenic Album – To Manage Fatigue, Anxiety Issues
This medicine can be used for managing fatigue, weakness. Its use is indicated where a person feels weak, tired from doing even a slight exertion. There is a desire to lie down with this. They feel exhausted that most times worsens at night time. This is also an important medicine to manage anxiety issues. With anxiety restlessness is marked. Apart from above it is a good remedy for managing diarrhoea (loose stool) and vomiting.
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Gelsemium – For Managing Dizziness, Weakness, Brain Fog
This medicine is prepared from the bark of the root of a plant Gelsemium Sempervirens commonly known as yellow jasmine. This plant belongs to family loganiaceae. This medicine is useful to manage complaints of dizziness and weakness. It is one of the well indicated medicines to manage fatigue after viral infections. Persons who need it have marked drowsiness and dullness along with weakness and dizziness. Muscle ache and muscle weakness are present too. It also helps to manage brain fog and concentration issues, problems with fixing attention present along with dullness of mind.
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Kali Phos – For Marked Weakness on Mental and Physical Sphere
It is the next important medicine that can be considered where a person complains of marked weakness on both mental and physical spheres. Other than this it may be used in cases of sleep disturbances (sleeplessness and restlessness during sleep). Next, it is indicated for managing brain fog, depression and anxiety issues.
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Phosphoric Acid – For Managing Fatigue, Brain Fog
It is also a significant medicine which is used in convalescence period when recovering from an illness. It helps to manage fatigue felt since a debilitating acute illness. This medicine also helps in cases of brain fog and concentration problems. Memory weakness and dullness of mind is present with this.
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Rhus Tox – To Manage Muscle Pain, Joint Pain
In homeopathy Rhus Tox is a leading medicine for managing muscle pain and joint pains. This medicine helps in relieving the pain as well as stiffness in the joints and muscles. Most persons who need it feel that their pain worsens from rest and gets better by movement. They may also have redness and swelling in the joints.
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Conium – To Manage Complaint of Dizziness
It is a very effective medicine for managing complaints of dizziness. For using this medicine the dizziness may be worse by lying down, turning in bed, or from moving the head or eyes even slightly. Other than this it is also indicated for managing weakness and concentration difficulty. In most cases needing it great weakness is felt in the morning in bed.
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China – For Loose Stool, Weakness
It is a natural medicine prepared from dried bark of plant Cinchona Officinalis also known as Peruvian bark. This plant belongs to family rubiaceae. In homeopathy it is a very beneficial medicine for managing complaints of diarrhoea and the attending weakness. The main indications for using it are brownish loose stool passed with excessive gas. It is usually painless. The stool may have undigested food particles in it. It may have a foul odour. The stool is very weakening. Abdominal bloating may be present along with above symptoms.
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Ipecac – To Manage Complaint of Nausea
This medicine is prepared from the dried root of plant Cephaelis ipecacuanha that belongs to the family rubiaceae. It is indicated when there is distressing nausea. With this there is excessive accumulation of saliva in the mouth. The nausea may be constant. Weakness can attend the complaint of nausea. Empty burping may occur with this. Abdominal distension may also be present. Sometimes vomiting of white, glairy mucus arises.
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Ignatia – To Manage Depression Symptoms
It is a top grade medicine in homeopathy when it comes to manage depression symptoms. This medicine is prepared from plant Ignatia Amara commonly known as St. Ignatius Bean. This plant belongs to family loganiaceae. People who require it remain sad, melancholic and weep frequently with this. They remain irritable and desire loneliness. They also have mental dullness. Sometimes they have mood swings from sadness to happiness and crying to laughing. They feel worse from consolation.
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Aconite – To Manage Anxiety Issues
Aconite is another well indicated medicine for managing anxiety issues like medicine Arsenic Album. Aconite is prepared from plant Aconitum Napellus commonly known as monkshood. This plant belongs to family ranunculaceae. Aconite is of great help when it comes to managing anxiety issues. Persons needing it feel restless with internal anxiety. They have a desire to move or change their position frequently. They do everything in great haste. They may have panic attacks with anxiety, palpitations and trembling of body.
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Coffea Cruda – For Managing Sleeplessness
Just like medicine Kali Phos, Coffea Cruda offers great help in cases of sleeplessness. Persons needing it remain restless in bed and tosses from side to side. They have constant thoughts in mind and many ideas crowding the mind. It is well indicated for managing complaints of sleeplessness after acute diseases.
Since Covid my IgA has lowered out of range causing me to be sick with a virus 2 weeks out of every month for last 4 months! Pls help as sick of being sick! Very tired even after 10 hrs feels like didn’t sleep and dizzy hands shaking. I can’t even work as sick all he time! 28 ye old. This is awful pls help
Hi Doctor
I had covid sept 2021
Still have loss of smell and taste
Are there homeopathic to help?
Thank you
Dear Dr Sharma
My husband is suffering with itchy skin and rash on his arms, chest, legs, sides. He believes it’s from the vaccine (he had Pfizer ) or post Covid side effects. It’s chronic and very hard to deal with. He’s also on heart meds for a- fib which we also think is from the vaccine. He has tried allergy meds and anti-itch creams. Amy advice is very welcome and appreciated. Thank you
Dear Doctor Sharma,
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Thank you from an Australian admirer.
I have a relative experiencing shortness of breath low blood oxygen %
(83%). She recently had a C-V variant that seems to have triggered this.
What treatment would you recommend for this unvaccinated individual ?
Hello, I think I had covid a few weeks ago.I didnt test so not sure.It was a throat,and chest-infection,not like anything Ive had for some time.
Now Im still fighting-off the infection/or re-infection.A lot of cataarh on chest, a bit sore at times,feeling low, and fatigued.
Yours Sincerely Mr Robert Dickens
Hello Dr Sharma I have a friend who has had covid probably four times now and he also had three vaccines.. he has had some rapid heart beat problems and he was diagnosed with asthma but he continues getting sick meaning a case of the mini flu every other month and then it lasts for 3 weeks.. what homeopathic medicine protocol would he use?
have u thought of Arg Nit?
Hello Dr. Sharma,
I am an unvaccinated person who developed Covid a year ago. I am dealing with fatigue, but the most troubling symptom is my vision which was near perfect before and is now diminishing significantly. I understand this to be the result of micro-clotting.
Is there a remedy that can help with this?
Very kind regards.
Kitty Farmer
You mention headache as a lingering symptom in the beginning of the article but none of the remedies you outline address it at all. This is the issue i am having. Sleeping well but waning with headache last 3 days. Having some dizzyness with the headache and in general lack of appetite.
Hi Dr. Sharma,
Ever since I caught COVID Dec 2021 I have had a mast cell activation issue. This has caused 2 blocked eustacian tubes, rapid heart rate, skin rashes, vision issues and allergic reactions to all sorts of different foods that contain histamines and are histamine liberarators.
Are there any herbal remedies I can take for mast cell activation syndrome due to COVID?
Thank you!
Hi Dr. Sharma,
I have been following you online for a while and find the information that you put out to the world very helpful. Say, I am suffering from long Covid, with shortness of breath. Can you recommend a remedy that you think might help with shortness of breath?
Thank you.
Sincerely,
Kellie Mills
Dear Dr.,
I have had Covid for 2 weeks with a cold that looks like sinusitis and won’t go away. Doctor says it isn’t sinusitis so no antibiotics. I have not seen my symptoms in the above remedies. I have frontal headache, blocked and painful sinuses, loss of taste and smell, cough with no respiratory problem and upset stomach.
Any suggestions please, I am greatly suffering.
Thank you,
Sylvia
Thank you doctor for your wonderful information. I have long-term Covid and after reading your information it all fell into place. I also have Parkinson’s so it’s a little confusing but your outline of the symptoms corresponding very much with my experience with Covid.
What is the expression physician heal thy self. We all learn new things each day. I will look further into these various remedies which are very familiar to me. On the surface what resonates to me is Kali Phos Which I have used and have enjoyed. It really helped me to write my book. Again thank you so much. You are a good Physician
Be well
Dr. Victor Purcell
Dr. Sharma,
I was exposed to COVID between April 28-May 2 2022. Deep fatigue was my first symptom which began April 30-May 1. By May 5 I had body aches. Congestion some minor cough. No fever, chills. My major symptoms were May 12 acute painful swelling of my sacrum and left lower gum / jaw bone tissue. Felt like the bone would break through the skin in the jaw. This developed into gum ulcers. Treated with Alcylovair 800 mg 3 daily. Gum tissue deteriorated and bone was protruding. Treated with washes of hydrogen provide, pink Himalayan salt and three drops of iodine in warm water multiple times a day. Gum tissue healed up just yesterday but then extreme fatigue hit with it . Post nasal drip, congestion phlegm clearing minor symptoms are remaining symptoms with some sacrum ache still present. Heavy onset of fatigue again today. Had to cancel work and just sleep and rest. Sleeping 12+ hours yesterday and then more today. Post nasal phlegm clearing / cough main issue with fatigue today.
What treatments will help? Thank you.
Hi
Dr sharma,
My daughter, age 15years old got covid 19 in December 2021. whole family was affected with covid. All are recovered, but my daughter still has symptoms of long covid. she acute muscle pain in whole body, fatigue, loss of test of smell, body shut down, brain fog and depression & anxiety. she is unable to sit in class room.
Could you advice me & help out. Also she feels nausea in morning.
Thanks
Prem hasan
I had covid in September and I have had some foods that just taste bad. Unfortunately not sugary ones. It’s seems to be getting worse. Is there any homeopathic that will help with that?
Dr Sharma, I had covid in November and now i experience rapid heart rate, depression, sluggishness, brain fog. thank you
Cutaneous hyperesthesia
What about extreme skin sensitivity at the outset of covid symptoms? Its been 5 days.
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D. Sharma, is there any known homeopathy remedy for post covid lung damage?
Or any treatments in general post covid lung damage for a 79 year old lady?
Good Day,
I had a “flu” back in October with symptoms that lasted close to 4 months. Since this time, I have developed brain fog, difficulty concentrating, extreme fatigue (compared to normal), muscle and joint pain in my body but most predominately in my hands, arms and shoulders. I have had some light headed ness and nausea (occasionally), and sleepless nights.
Look forward to hearing from you.