Vaginismus

Unusual condition in which muscles around entrance to vagina go into spasm, making intercourse, vaginal examination, or use of tampons painful or impossible; spasm may be accompanied by arching of back and drawing together of thighs. If problem has a physical basis, your medical doctor will probably refer you to a gynaecologist; if psychological, sex therapy may be the answer. Constitutional homeopathic treatment may also be beneficial, but the remedies below should be tried first.

Specific remedies to be taken every 12 hours for up to 5 days

• Extreme sensitivity of vulva and vagina, constipation Plumbum 30c
• Extreme sensitivity of vulva and vagina, made worse by sitting, irritable bladder Staphysagria 30c
• Where spasms are a hysterical reaction to grief or a broken love affair Ignatia 30c
• Vagina feels burning hot and as heavy as lead, sensation made more unpleasant by slightest jarring Belladonna 30c
• Extreme sensitivity of vulva accompanied by pleasurable itching, general restlessness and insomnia, attention-seeking behaviour Coffea 30c
• Painful periods, copious early flow of dark blood which ceases on lying down, heart condition Cactus 30c

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