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Health Remedies - Uterine Prolapse

Uterine prolapse is a descent or herniation of the uterus into or beyond the vagina. Usually uterus is held in place by the muscles and ligaments that make up the pelvic floor. Uterine prolapse results when pelvic floor muscles and ligaments weaken, providing inadequate support for the uterus. Uterine prolapse causes a variety of symptoms such as feeling of heaviness or pressure in the pelvis, pain in the pelvis, abdomen or lower back, pain during intercourse, protrusion of tissue from the opening of the vagina, recurrent bladder infections, and difficulty with urination. Symptoms may be worsened by prolonged standing or walking. Uterine prolapse is caused due to the factors which weaken the pelvic floor including loss of muscle tone as the result of aging, injury during childbirth, obesity, chronic coughing or straining and chronic constipation.

Useful herbs

Abies canadensis	In leucorrhoea, prolapsus uteri, prolapsus ani, diarrhoea, gangrene, and in aphthous and other oral ulcerations (bark); pleurisy orchitis from mumps, peritonitis, and all inflammations caused by cold, to all sprains and bruises and to lumbago, rheumatism and sciatica, in herpes, moist eczema, fevers and psoriasis (oil)
Artemisia vulgaris	Used to bring on delayed or suppressed menstrual cycle and helps to regulate menstrual cycles (plant); in the treatment of nervous and spasmodic affections, sterility, functional bleeding of the uterus, dysmenorrhoea, asthma and diseases of the brain (leaves and flowering tops); Used in Homeopathy to treat epilepsy, petit mal, hysteria, sleepwalking, dizziness and prolapsed uterus.
Bupleurum chinense	To harmonize the body, balancing the different organs and energies within the body, strengthens the digestive tract, acts as a tonic for the liver and circulatory system, lowers fevers, in the treatment of malaria, blackwater fever, uterine and rectal prolapse, haemorrhoids, sluggish liver, menstrual disorders, abdominal bloating etc (root)
Citrus aurantifolia	In indigestion and as an anthelmintic (fruit juice). Both the leaves and the flowers are antispasmodic, digestive and sedative, in the treatment of stomach problems, sluggish digestion, dyspepsia, constipation, abdominal distension, stuffy sensation in the chest, prolapse of the uterus, rectum and stomach. The seed and the pericarp are used in the treatment of anorexia, chest pains, colds, coughs etc.
Viburnum prunifolium	To treat gynecological conditions, including menstrual cramps, to prevent miscarriages, aiding recovery after childbirth, in treating the effects of menopause, dysentery, haemorrhage of the uterus, prolapse of the uterus, morning sickness, convulsive disorders, colic and other cramping pains that affect the bile ducts, hysteria, asthma and palpitations of a nervous origin (decoction)