Authored by Dr Harsh Sharma, Edited and Peer Reviewed by Dr. Pooja Sharma
Published March 27, 2024, Last updated March 27, 2024
Covid 19 was a multi systemic disease. It affected more than one system of the human body. In some patients, it affected the lungs while in others it affected the digestive system. In many other patients, it affected their heart or nervous system. Even after recovering from the acute symptoms, a number of problems kept on persisting. Homeopathic medicines for Post Covid are very effective. But before we start with the best homeopathic medicines for Post Covid, let us first understand the term.
What is Post Covid or Long Covid?
Most of the Covid patients recovered quickly with hardly any remnant symptoms. But in some patients, post Covid symptoms and complications tended to linger on for a long time. These symptoms may be new ones or flare ups of already existing conditions or return of long cured diseases. We call them as long Covid or post Covid.
The symptoms may occur four or more weeks after getting infected with Covid. In some cases, the symptoms surface many months after cure of the acute symptoms of the corona virus.
Aged patients and those who have other underlying conditions are more prone to such long Covid or Post Covid 19 symptoms. Diabetes, hypertension, kidney disease, asthma, heart disease and cancer are some of the conditions that make one more susceptible to Post Covid 19 symptoms. In some cases, even young and healthy individuals have long Covid.
Signs and Symptoms of Post Covid
Main signs and symptoms that keep on persisting for long after main symptoms of Covid 19 subside are as follows-
Fatigue– People complain of fatigue or lack of energy till months after they have otherwise recovered from Corona.
Cough – Dry cough keeps on persisting in some patients for a long time.
Breathlessness – Patients complain of breathlessness on the slightest exertion. Even walking can make some patients breathless.
Palpitations – High heart rate and palpitations are present in some cases.
Anxiety– Feeling anxious for no particular reason is also a common symptom in many patients.
Loss of appetite– People don’t get back their normal appetite back for many days.
Change in taste– Often patients are not able to regain their taste for months.
Loss of smell – At times, it takes a while to get their smell back.
Disturbance in sleep – It causes disturbance in sleep cycles and takes time to get back to the normal routine.
Treatment of Post Covid
The treatment of long covid or post covid is not just focused on the specific symptoms or systems that are affected in an individual. One needs to raise the immunity levels of the patient so that his or her body’s defence system is able to deal with the issue. The remnants of the symptoms of the disease can be dealt with by the natural immune system provided it is strong enough.
Therefore, a dual approach is needed. On the one hand, the immunity needs to be strengthened and on the other hand a little support for the particular system that is bearing the brunt of the corona virus is also needed.
Homeopathy for Post Covid
Homeopathy is much more suitable for post Covid or long Covid because of the very fact that it works by strengthening the immune system of the patient. This is the basic philosophy on which Homeopathy works. It supports the natural immunity of the patient which is then able to deal with any and all issues that may come up.
At the same time, there are some medicines which are more suitable for some specific systems of human body. These medicines have their own specific and individual symptoms. The symptoms of the medicine must match with that of the patient. Once we do that, one can be confident that nature will do the rest.
5 best Homeopathic medicines for Post Covid or Long Covid
Here are the 5 best homeopathic medicines for Post Covid or Long Covid. We have verified these medicines and their action on hundreds of patients in our clinic.
1. Baryta Mur- Best Homeopathic medicine for Post Covid fatigue
2. Antim Arsenic – Best Homeopathic medicine for Post Covid cough
3. Crataegus – Best Homeopathic medicine for Post Covid palpitations or heart trouble
4. China – Best Homeopathic medicine for Long Covid loss of appetite and other Digestive troubles
5. Argentum Nitricum – Best Homeopathic medicine for Post Covid anxiety
A few prominent symptoms that point towards the particular medicines are being given below. This is neither an exhaustive list of the medicines that can be used nor a detailed symptomatology of the indicated medicines.
1. Baryta Mur – Best Homeopathic medicine for Post Covid fatigue
It is one of the best homeopathic medicines for fatigue that keeps on troubling patients well after Covid has healed. There is a general feeling of weakness in the morning. The legs specially feel weak and the muscles of the legs feel stiff.
2. Antim Arsenic –Best Homeopathic medicine for Post Covid cough
It is one of the best homeopathic medicines for cough that persists as a symptom of Long Covid. There is breathlessness with cough and mucous secretion. The cough is worse on eating and lying down. It affects the left lung more often.
3. Crataegus – Best Homeopathic medicine for Post Covid palpitations or heart trouble
It is one of the best homeopathic medicines for palpitations and other heart troubles arising after Covid. There is extreme breathlessness on the slightest exertion. Pulse is irregular, feeble and intermittent. There is blueness of fingers and toes.
4. China – Best Homeopathic medicine for Long Covid loss of appetite and other Digestive troubles
It is one the best homeopathic medicines for loss of appetite after Covid. The digestion becomes slow and there is a feeling of weight in the stomach after eating. The food lies in the stomach undigested. There is flatulence in the stomach. Frequent eructation with regurgitation of bitter fluid is also seen.
5. Argentum Nitricum –Best Homeopathic medicine for Post Covid anxiety
It is one of the best homeopathic medicines for anxiety that tends to stay after Covid. The patient is always fearful and nervous. He or she is apprehensive of a serious disease. There is a feeling of hurry that persists all the time and he wants to finish everything quickly.
I had Covid twice, possibly three times in 2022 and I was affected by vaccine shedding with nose bleeds, heart flutters and dizziness; my son and daughter-in-law had gotten both shots when they came on the market and have also had Covid twice; I knew that they were dangerous and having studied Kiniesiology I knew that I was affected from the shedding. I have used homeopathic medicine for 32+ years. I would like to get these remedies asap as I feel that I’m going downhill. I have been healthy all my life and I am depressed and anxious, legs weak and stiff muscles, breathlessness and heart palpitations, fearful and nervousness and ear ringing
I have burning of throat, chest and right ear full and pressure from thevtime i get up from bed since covid in April 2021. Also doesn’t feel fresh on getting up morning, taken lots of medicines from allopathy, homopathy, ayurvedic not much relief,
what should be taken for post covid irregular periods ? I have been having irregular menses post covid and i get bloating and tightness whenever its time to get periods and all these symptoms are post covid and my menses are irregular they are always late kindly share any remedy
I am unvaccinated. I had covid last winter, not very badly, like a common cold. But now, several months later, I am tormented by a cough. I just cough at any time, the cough is rather dry and the pain does not come from anywhere. The throat starts to itch, which in turn triggers a coughing fit. I am tired of this .Please suggest what to do.
Needing help with nervous palpitations seem continuous at times! Heart thumps every few beats! Anxiety!
Palpitations can wake me! Can’t settle to anything! Want to keep moving but been better resting but it changes!
Dry cough worse in the morning! Occasionally breathless comes and goes!
No thirst! No fever!
Post CoVid mild Shaking and anxiety , stomach issues
Post Covid Symptoms
Temp around 102..anxiety, weakness, throat irritation, back pain
Yes please what would be the best remedy for change in taste/poor taste and loss of smell?