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Pregnancy and lactation play an important role in bone health. If proper diet is not
taken during this crucial time it can severely affect bone health. Besides amenorrhoea
and menopause us a very threat to bone health.
Various disease condition and related medicines affect bone health.
Smoking can reduce bone mass and increase fracture risk and should be avoided for a
variety of health reasons. Heavy alcohol use has been associated with reduced bone
mass and increased fracture risk.
Genetic factors play important role in determining bone mass. It is responsible for
50-90 percent of bone mass.
Heredity helps to determine following factors
Bone structure.
Rate of bone loss.
Diseases like osteoporosis and Paget’s disease are also due to genetic factors.
Also, lifestyle factors such and diet and physical activity are responsible for 10-50
percent of bone mass and structure.
It is said that 10 percent increase in bone mass could reduce fracture risk by as much
as 50 percent. Also if a person paying attention to lifestyle factors such as diet and
physical activity throughout life can yield bone health benefits that are equal to or
greater than those offered by the most powerful drugs currently used to treat
osteoporosis. While good nutrition and regular physical activity are important to bone
health throughout life, the optimal type of nutrition and activity will vary across the
life span, as will the impact that each will have on bone.
Vitamin D is important for good bone health. The main source of vitamin D is
sunlight, and most people throughout the world get their supply of vitamin D by the
conversion of precursors in the skin to active vitamin D, a process caused by exposure
to sunlight.
To reach the skeleton, calcium eaten in the diet must first be absorbed into the body.
In fact, much of the calcium consumed in the diet does not make its way to the
skeleton; studies indicate that in adults only about 30 percent of calcium intake is
actually absorbed by the body. some calcium is excreted from the body into the
intestine so that the actual net absorption is even lower.
The problem of reduced calcium absorption is more acute in older persons, who
absorb less dietary calcium because their intestines are no longer as responsive to the
action of 1,25-dihydroxy vitamin D.
It is seen that premature infants have lower bone mineral content later in life. Low
birth weight is also associated with low bone mass later in life.
Low body weight increases the risk of hip fracture in older women.
Weight loss of 10 percent or more in older women also increases the risk of hip
fracture.
One in 10 falls results in a serious injury, such as a hip fracture. In fact, 90 percent of
hip fractures result from falls.
Falls account for 10 percent of visits to emergency room visits and 6 percent of urgent
hospitalizations in the elderly.
The risk of falling varies tremendously depending upon an individual’s risk factors.
An elderly person with no risk factors has only a 10 percent chance of falling each
year, compared to an 80 percent likelihood of falling for a person with four or more
risk factors.
FUNCTION OF CALCIUM
It is said that women should consume around 1500mg of calcium during and after the
menopause.
R34 Composition
Calcarea fluoratum D12
It is very good remedy for rachitis in children. It can be given for pain in back which
is chronic in nature. This get worse when beginning to move and patient feel better by
continous motion. It is very good remedy for exostosis. It can be given for rachitic
enlargement of femur in infants. It is very good remedy exotosis on fingers. It cures
pain in lower part of back with burning. It can be taken for gouty enlargements in the
joint of the fingers.
Calcarea hypophosphorosa D6
It helps in regulating the production of calcium during pregnancy.
Chamomilla D6
It is very good remedy when patient has unsupportable pain in hips. It can be given in
backache with stiffness of neck muscles. It can be given when patient has violent
rheumatic pains drive him out of bed at night. It cures burning of soles at night. It is
very good remedy when patient has paralytic loss of power in the feet at night.
Hekla Lava D12
It is very good remedy for osteitis, periostitis, osteosarcoma and rachitis. It can be
given for exostosis affecting the feet.
Mezereum D6
It is given when patient has pain in the neck and back. This is worse by motion and at
night. Patient is intolerant of all touch. It is given when patient’s legs and feet go to
sleep.
Mercurius praecipitatus ruber D12
It acts against deficiency in osseous system, periostitis, exostisis accompanied with
nocturnal pain in bones.
Silicea D30
It is very good remedy for sciatica with pain in hips, legs and feet. Patient has cramps
in calves and soles. Pateint has loss of power in legs. Patient has paralytic weakness of
forearm. Patient has affection of finger nails especially if white spots are present on
the nails. It is given when patient has offensive sweat on feet. It acts as stimulant of
growth, and fights against fistulae (abnormal or surgically made passage between a
hollow or tubular organ and the body surface) of bones.
R34 Benefits
It can be given for fragility of the bones.
It can be given when patient has softening of the bones due to Vitamin D.
It helps in calcium deficiency.
It can be given for rickets which is a disease seen in children due to deficiency of
calcium.
It can be given to patient with inflammation of hip joint. This is known as coxitis.
It is very good remedy for arthritis.
It acts as complimentary remedy for nucleus puplosus, which is found in inner
core of the vertebral disc
It makes strong bone.
It helps in proper functioning of muscles.
It maintains heart rhythm.
It helps in maintaining blood pressure.
It regulates blood clotting.
It prevents certain cancers.
R34 Dosage
The recommended dosage of medicine is given below:
Sucklings and children at the growing age will be given, regularly once or twice a day
10 to 15 drops of Dr.Reckeweg R 34 (for sucklings it will be best to mix with the
normal milk to supply in the feeding bottle suitably shaken).
In case of disorders, like rickets or other diseases of the bones, to the vitamins already
taken One will add 4 to 6 times a day 10 to 15 drops of Dr.Reckeweg R 34 in a little
water before meals. Pains in the bones at night call for frequent doses; 10 to 15 drops
of Dr.Reckeweg R 34 every 1/4 hour.
Dressings with Fuller’s Earth or healing earth can be applied at the same time; as also
with fistulae of the bones. the use of pork remains strictly prohibited. in case of
difficult teething with children, 3 to 4 times daily by way of long term cure; and, in
case of sharp pain, every 10 minutes 8 to 10 to 15 drops of Dr.Reckeweg R 34 in
some water.