Twitching the facial muscles or any other muscles without having desire is called chorea or St. Vitus’ dance. It is also called as stimulation of ekshik muslcles. Mostly, it occurs in the children of ages between 10 to 15 years.
It occurs due to living in dirty places, lack of nutrition, T.B. or disease responsible for weakness, lack of blood in the body, worms, physical and mental lethargy, too much excitements, fear, masturbation, disordering of the heart, etc. in the case of fair sexes, if menstrual secretion does not begins, due to any disordering, at the time of her life, it can be also the responsible for this disease. It also occurs due to abnormal menstrual secretion. Sometimes, it can be hereditary in few peoples.
Use of other drugs in this disease occurring by different reasons:-
- If chorea has occurred due to stomach worms, using Cina, Santonine, Mercurius, Spigelia or Natrum-phos, etc. is beneficial. 3 to 6 potency of these drugs should be used for the treatment.
- The patient, suffering from chorea due to fear, should take Aconite, Ignatia or Stramonium, etc. 3 to 6 potency of these drugs is used.
- If chorea has occurred due to gout, Cimicifuga or Spigelia is beneficial. 3 to 6 potency of these drugs is used to cure this disease.
- If chorea has occurred due to weakness, using Iod or Ferrum as 3 to 6 potency is very effective.
- The patient, suffering from this disease due to excessive masturbation, should take Acid-phos, Cantharis or Platina, etc.
- If there is no any reason found of occurring chorea, Belladonna, Agaricus, Hyos, Strammo, Cuprum-met, Ars, Zincum, etc. can be used. Using 3 to 6 potency of these drugs is beneficial for the treatment of this disease.
- To cure chorea, drugs like- Causticum, Tarentula or Calca-carb can be used addition to above said drugs.
Few other treatments with the use of different drugs:-
- The chorea patient should take rest and should keep his mind cool. He should take exercise, walking in the open air and should take nutritive diet.
- If a person has suffered from chorea, he should not meet another chorea patient.
- Do not discuss about his disease before him and also do not show any sympathy for him.
Treatment of this disease by following drugs:
1. Gelsemium-
This drugs acts on the nervous system and cure disease. If trembling occurs in this disease, patient feels vertigo, goes on drowsing and having lethargy, etc., Gelsemium 3 should be taken. If it has occurred due to terror, fear and after hearing a bad news, etc., taking Gelsemium 3 is appropriate.
2. Agaricus-
Symptoms occurs in this disease like- twitching in the organs, throbbing, shivering and having itching sensation in them, spasm the body before sleeping and ending of tremble while sleeping, etc. thus, in such symptoms, Agaricus 2x, 30 or 200 is beneficial.
3. Ignatia-
This drug is also used like Gels in chorea that occurs due to terror, fear or any incident, etc. 200 potency of this drug is used to cure such symptoms of the patient.
4. Nux-vomica-
The patient suffering from this disease walks like stagger, origins of this disease is the spinal cord, due to which patient walks with dragging his leg, having the compliant of constipation. Thus using Nux-vomica 30 is beneficial.
5. Cuprum-
If the chorea patient has trembling in his body and pain originates from the fingers and the thumbs and is moved to the different organs of the body; when patient remains sleep, he feels better, but trembling starts just after he gets up. Thus, Cuprum should be taken.
6. Tarentula Hispania-
If the patient does not keep his legs motion less while drowsiness and yawning, remains much stable while running fast compared to walking, etc., taking Tarentula Hispania 30 is very useful.
7. Causticum-
The patient suffering from chorea should take Causticum 30. In this disease, first of all, patient should use Ignatia and if it is failed, Causticum should be used. If Causticum also makes no impression, Sulphur and Calcarea-carb should be used together.
8.Zincum-Metallicum:-
If the legs of chorea patient go on moving even during sleep, taking Zincum-Metallicum 30 is very effective.
