Muscle Cramps Causes & Cures

Electrolytes Are Minerals

Recording Information About Muscle Cramps

I went from an on my feet moving around all day carpenter/construction guy, to a sit in this chair and learn how to write enough code to build websites guy. I rarely had muscle cramps before and never thought much about them. Now every time I golf I get cramps, mainly in my legs and hands but I've had them throughout the entire body.

Needless to say I want this to stop. immediately if not sooner, so I'm doing some research into causes and cures (Self health care and all that right?). So far I've managed to lessen the blow but not eliminate it completely. I'll add what I find and I'd greatly appreciate it if you'd do the same.

Start Info:

The daily recommended intake of potassium is 4 grams, however the average American gets only half of that. For this reason, most people could do with extra potassium in their diets. Good sources of potassium include broccoli, tomatoes, garlic, bananas, apricots, avocados, and oranges.

Below normal levels, or hypokalemia , can lead to fatigue, muscle weakness and cramping (yeeouch), and is most commonly suffered by those with kidney disease.

More information about potassium around the Web:

Learn more about potassium's other benefits in maintaining good health with information on food sources, supplements, and research studies reported around the Web...

Potassium, Linus Pauling Institute's Micronutrient Information Center - Comprehensive information on its effects including conditions that increase the risk of hypokalemia, research suggesting its benefits in treating stroke, osteoporosis and other conditions, adequate intake levels, food sources and supplements, drug interactions.

MedlinePlus, Medical Encyclopedia - Potassium in diet - Its associations with metabolism and body functions, good food sources, side effects and recommended daily allowances.

Potassium and Health - Quick facts, plus more on its role on maintaining good health, why athletes and those on diuretics need to monitor levels, recommended daily requirements, and a table of foods indicating very-good-to-poor potassium levels by serving size.

What are Electrolytes?

Found at - http://www.causeof.org/electrolytes.htm

Description

"Electrolytes are minerals in your blood and other body fluids that carry an electric charge. It is important for the balance of electrolytes in your body to be maintained, because they affect the amount of water in your body, blood pH, muscle action, and other important processes. You lose electrolytes when you sweat, and these must be replenished by drinking lots of fluids. Electrolytes exist in the blood as acids, bases, and salts

(such as Sodium, Calcium, Potassium, Chlorine, Magnesium, and Bicarbonate)

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Found at http://health.hpathy.com/heatstroke-symptoms-treatment-cure.asp

HOMEOPATHIC APPROACH

The following homoeopathic medicines can be given according to the totality of symptoms.

Heat Cramps: Belladonna, Natrum mur., Colocynth, Cuprum met. & China

Heat Exhaustion: Natrum carb., Selenium, Gelsemium & Lachesis

Sun (Heat) Stroke: Glonine, Natrum carb., Belladonna, Lachesis, Amyl nit. Q for inhalation.

Here are some useful indications:

1. Aconite: - It is the best remedy when the cause is lying with head exposed to the direct rays of sun. Patient < after sleep. There is faintness and dizziness.

2. Antimonium crud: - All symptoms seem to center around the mind and the stomach, < from the heat of sun, warm air, hot drinks, motion, and bodily exertion > rest, air, hot bath or applied heat.

3. Belladona: - Violent shooting pains in head which come and go suddenly making the patient scream. Heat about the head with cold feet. Blood shot eyes and visible throbbing of the carotids.

4. Bryonia: - Must not be forgotten in summer complaints when great thirst for large quantity of water, amelioration from rest and quiteness are present.

5. Carbo veg: - Lower vitality and great foulness of all the secretions on one side on the flatulence in the upper abdomen and constant desire to be fanned are the main symptoms.

6. Gelsemium: - Useful in sun-stroke, high temperature with drowsiness or tendency to coma, thirstlessness.

7. Glonine: - A most valuable remedy for effects of sun- stroke, great remedy for congestive headaches, hyperaemia of the brain from excess of heat.

8. Lachesis: - One of our best remedies for sun-headaches. Effects of hot weather, patient < after sleep, faintness, dizziness.

9. Lycopodium: - Flatulence or heaviness immediately after eating < towards evening, summer complaints, > un- covering and on getting cold.

10. Natrum carb.: -Chronic effects of sun- stroke; now, with return of hot weather, suffers from headache. Excellent for debility and exhaustion caused by heat of summer; for headache caused by sun, gas-light and from slightest mental exertion; chronic effects of sun-stroke like headache etc.

11. Natrum mur.: - This tissue remedy in the 6x potency proves excellent in sun-stroke and other summer complaints.

12. Nux Moschtata: - Tendency to faint, drowsiness, great dryness without thirst are the special indications of Nux Mos. In summer complaints.

Dr.Kulbhusha Juneja & DR. (Mrs.) Renu Juneja Bhushan Homoeopathic Clinic Kanwal Cinema Road, Near Railway Station BATHINDA (Pb.) 151005 WEBSITE: www.homoeopathicadvisor.com