When you have health problems surrounding menstruation, sometimes you have to think outside the box to find a solution.

Your body is a lot different than other women’s bodies, although you all have physiological processes that work the same way.

You may want to consider the use the science of homeopathy while you wait for nutritional supplements to begin showing positive benefits. Homeopathy is the use of very small dilutions of substances that have a powerful impact on the body.

These homeopathic remedies are dilute substances placed in water and they are tasteless.

To take them, you take a specific amount of the remedy underneath your tongue so many times a day.

Did you know that homeopathic remedies could potentially help you relieve PMS back pain? The bottom line is that the menstrual back pain home remedies could include homeopathic ones.

5 Best Home Remedies That are Homeopathic

Normally, when you use homeopathy, it takes a practitioner to determine what will be the best remedy to take for your symptom such as menstrual back pain.

Homeopathy practitioners have created commercial preparations you could take for PMS symptoms, including back pain. Below are the top homeopathic preparations for PMS. Some may work for you for back pain; others may work for your other PMS symptoms. You can consider that these are essentially at home remedies, because once you buy them, you have them at home. All you have to do is then read the label and take them.

1. Lachesis

In homeopathy, like cures like, meaning that a substance that has the potential or the properties that mimic what you are feeling could potentially be your cure. It’s a bit complicated, but hang in there – you can understand it.

One remedy, Lachesis, is diluted substances of snake. Interestingly, the homeopathic practitioners will say to you that the symptoms of the person will match the personality of the snake – a dual personality that attacks, sometimes unprovoked. This is exactly how some women feel during their period!

The science behind homeopathy is not well known. It is thought that small amounts of a substance act exactly as large amounts, and if the substance can cause the same symptoms, there will be a cancellation effect of the symptom in the body. The dose of each homeopathic remedy depends on many factors; always follow the label instructions.

Should you take Lachesis homeopathic remedy? You might want to try it if you have any of the following conditions:

• congestion in the womb before and during the period
• low back pain during the period
• back pain at the tailbone when rising from a seat
• burning back pain in the spine
• stiffness in the neck with and without a runny nose
• back pain at the beginning of the period
• pulsating pain in the spine
• back pain with rigidness in the lower half of the back

So the bottom line here is that you have to match your symptoms to the remedy. It’s one of the steps that the homeopathic practitioner would take. If you find a match, write down the remedy and get it at the health food store.

2. Natrum muriaticum

This homeopathic remedy is salt. Will you need it? Only if your symptoms match any of the following conditions:

• constipation
• inactivity of the rectum
• diarrhea
• diarrhea after certain foods or drinks or starchy foods
• diarrhea only during the daytime

As far as back pain goes, this remedy is for more of these conditions:

• back pain while lying down on the back or something hard
• pulsating pain in the back
• weakness in the back
• aching back pain
• the feeling that your back is bruised and beaten

The dose of each homeopathic remedy depends on many factors; always follow the label instructions.

3. Sepia

Sepia is a diluted amount of oyster. Sepia is a specific homeopathic remedy for the following conditions:

• lumbar back pain before the period, while walking, in the afternoon, while stooping or sitting, and a tearing type of paid during the period, too.
• for those with aching back pain
• back pain that feels as if you were hit with a hammer
• back stiffness
• back pain at the base of the spine during sex
• back pain that starts at the base of the spine and extends to other parts of the body such as the hips

The dose of Sepia homeopathic remedy depends on many factors; always follow the label instructions on the bottle.

4. Pulsatilla nigricans

This homeopathic remedy comes from a plant in the buttercup family called the pasqueflower. Another name for it is the meadow anemone, a plant with beautiful purple flowers.

This homeopathic remedy is for those with:

• back pain on gentle movement
• back pain when beginning to move, when rising from sitting or stooping
• back pain during the period
• back pain when the period is suppressed
• back pain at the base of the spine
• back pain at the base of the spine during movement and while walking
• aching back pain before the period and after sitting for a long time
• aching back pain at the base of the spine
• aching back pain that is in the lower half of the back
• labor-like, labor-like back pain in the small of the back during the period
• labor-like pain at the base of the spine
• pressing back pain in the lumbar region
• a tired feeling in the spine and lower back (lumbar region)
• feeling as if the back was sprained in the lumbar area.

The dose of the pasqueflower homeopathic remedy depends on many factors; always follow the label instructions.

5. Nux vomica

When you really get into homeopathy, you may question whether or not you really want to be taking the remedies, even though they are diluted substances. Nux vomica is the homeopathic preparation made from strychnine from a deciduous tree.

This homeopathic remedy is for:

• lower back (lumbar) pain
• back pain in the morning or during movement
• back pain that is aching
• back pain that has pain on turning and you must sit up to turn over in bed
• back pain in the lumbar region while lying down that makes you turnover in bed
• labor-like back pain in the small of the back with urging to have a bowel movement
• pressing back pain at the base of the spine
• pressing back pain at the base of the spine with the urge to have a bowel movement
• back pain where you feel you are bruised and beaten or this feeling occurs between 3 and 4 a.m.
• back pain where you feel sore, bruised and beaten in the lumbar spine
• back stiffness
• back pain and weakness (feel tired in the spine)
• weakness/tiredness in the spine with sexual excesses.

The best way to select your homeopathic remedy for PMS back pain is to read through the list of people that each remedy is specific for and match your condition to the one that sounds most like you. Then follow the instructions on the bottle and don’t deviate from them.

On a side note, don’t forget to always take a period vitamin if you have PMS back pain. A period vitamin contains different vitamins, minerals and herbs that you need to support your reproductive tract. You might start feeling better within an hour or two of taking them. Give them a fair trial, too.