TOP HOMOEOPATHIC REMEDIES FOR HEART FAILURE

Heart failure (HF) often referred to as chronic heart failure (CHF), occurs when the heart is unable to pump sufficiently to maintain blood flow to meet the body's need.  The terms congestive heart failure (CHF) or congestive cardiac failure(CCF) are often used interchangeably with chronic heart failure. Signs and symptoms commonly include shortness of breath,excessive tiredness, and leg swelling The shortness of breath is usually worse with exercise, while lying down, and may wake the person at night.  A limited ability to exercise is also a common feature.

Common causes of heart failure include coronary artery disease including a previous myocardial infarction (heart attack), high blood pressure, atrial fibrillation, valvular heart disease, excess alcohol use, infection, and cardiomyopathy of an unknown cause. These cause heart failure by changing either the structure or the functioning of the heart There are two main types of heart failure:heart failure due to left ventricular dysfunction and heart failure with normal ejection fraction depending on if the ability of the left ventricle to contract is affected, or the heart's ability to relax The severity of disease is usually graded by the degree of problems with exercise Heart failure is not the same as myocardial infarction (in which part of the heart muscle dies) or cardiac arrest (in which blood flow stops altogether). Other diseases that may have symptoms similar to heart failure include obesity, kidney failure, liver problems, anemia and thyroid disease

HOMOEOPATHIC REMEDIES

In my experience the following homoeopathic  remedies are found to be very effective

Strophanthus Q – It is an excellent diuretic without any side effects . It increases the systole and  diminishes the rapidity. Heart’s action weak , rapid, irregular, due to muscular debility and insufficiency. Cardiac pain and dyspnea . Pulse rapid, alternating with slow, weak , small , irregular . It has no cumulative effects and restores tone to a brittle heart

Digitalis  6— For weak dilated heart without the side effects of allopathic Digoxin. Sudden sensation as if heart stood still. Sensation as if heart would cease beating, if he moves, must hold the breath and keep still. Irregular heart especially with mitral valve disease. Cardiac failure after fevers Cardiac muscular failure when asystole is present.  Heart dilated after sprains. Pulse weak and quickened by least movement

Convallaria  majalis Q – It is an excellent heart remedy in decompensated heart where the heart is overdistended and dilatation had begun and where absence of compensatory hypertrophy and venous stasis had been there .Feeling as if heart beat throughtout the chest. Sensation as if heart ceased beating , then starting very suddenly

Ctrataegus Q- It is a heart tonic and can be given in any stage of heart ailments . It is an excellent antiarrythmic, sedative in irritable patients with cardiac symptoms. Heart weakness  with oppression , stitches, and insomnia. Extreme dyspnea on least exertion. Heart dilated , first sound weak

SMART NANOFIBERS TO TREAT KIDNEY FAILURE

A simple way to treat kidney failure. A new technique for purifying blood using a nanofiber mesh could prove useful as a cheap, wearable alternative to kidney dialysis.

The newly-fabricated nanofiber mesh for the removal of toxins from the blood, made by WPI-MANA researchers, may be incorporated into wearable blood purification systems for kidney failure patients.

Kidney failure results in a build up of toxins and excess waste in the body. Dialysis is the most common treatment, performed daily either at home or in hospital. However, dialysis machines require electricity and careful maintenance, and are therefore more readily available in developed countries than poorer nations. Around one million people die each year worldwide from potentially preventable end-stage renal disease.

In addition to this, in the aftermath of disasters such as the Japanese earthquake and tsunami of 2011, dialysis patients are frequently left without treatment until normal hospital services are resumed. With this in mind, Mitsuhiro Ebara and co-workers at the International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics, National Institute for Materials Science in Ibaraki, Japan, have developed a way of removing toxins and waste from blood using a cheap, easy-to-produce nanofiber mesh.

The mesh could be incorporated into a blood purification product small enough to be worn on a patient's arm, reducing the need for expensive, time-consuming dialysis.

The team made their nanofiber mesh using two components: a blood-compatible primary matrix polymer made from polyethylene-co-vinyl alchohol, or EVOH, and several different forms of zeolites -- naturally occurring aluminosilicates. Zeolites have microporous structures capable of adsorbing toxins such as creatinine from blood.

The researchers generated the mesh using a versatile and cost-effective process called electrospinning -- using an electrical charge to draw fibers from a liquid. Ebara and his team found that the silicon-aluminum ratio within the zeolites is critical to creatinine adsorption. Beta type 940-HOA zeolite had the highest capacity for toxin adsorption, and shows potential for a final blood purification product.

Although the new design is still in its early stages and not yet ready for production, Ebara and his team are confident that a product based on their nanofiber mesh will soon be a feasible, compact and cheap alternative to dialysis for kidney failure patients across the world.