Homeopathy & Food Allergy

1. Calcarea Carbonica

• Keynotes: Food allergies in children or sluggish individuals; dairy intolerance, sour vomiting, and sweat on the head.

• Sensation: Sour belching, cold feet, clammy skin.

• Modalities:

  Worse: Cold, exertion, milk.

  Better: Warmth, dry weather.

2.  Nux Vomica

• Keynotes: Food allergy from rich, spicy foods, alcohol, or overeating; digestive disturbances with irritability.

• Sensation: Nausea, cramping, sour taste, ineffectual urging to vomit or defecate.

• Modalities:
  Worse: Morning, stimulants, anger.
  Better: Rest, warmth, lying down.

3. Lycopodium

• Keynotes: Food allergy symptoms from starchy or fermentable foods (bread, cabbage, onions); flatulence, bloating.

• Sensation: Fullness in abdomen after small meals, gas, right-sided complaints.

• Modalities:

  Worse: 4–8 p.m., eating even small amounts, cold drinks.

  Better: Warm food/drinks, passing gas.

4. Sulphur

• Keynotes: General hypersensitivity to foods (e.g., eggs, milk, fats); skin eruptions after eating.

• Sensation: Burning, itching skin, heat, bloated stomach.

• Modalities:

Worse: Heat, bathing, late mornings.

Better: Cool air, uncovering.

5. Natrum Muriaticum

• Keynotes: Allergy to shellfish, salty foods, or dairy; symptoms include bloating, headaches, and skin eruptions.

• Sensation: Dryness of lips and mouth, bloated abdomen, itchy skin.

• Modalities:

Worse: Sun, salt, emotional stress, morning.

Better: Open air, fasting.

6. Urtica Urens

• Keynotes: Food allergy with skin eruptions like hives or urticaria, especially after eating shellfish, strawberries, or fatty foods.

• Sensation: Intense burning, itching, and stinging of the skin; blotchy, red wheals.

• Modalities:

Worse: Shellfish, cold bathing, touch.

Better: Rubbing, warmth, lying down.

7. Pulsatilla

• Keynotes: Food intolerance especially to rich, fatty foods, pork, or ice cream. Often indicated in mild, gentle individuals who are emotionally sensitive and crave affection.

• Sensation: Nausea, bloating, loose stools after fatty food; thick bland mucus discharges; changeable symptoms.

• Modalities:

Worse: Rich/fatty food, heat, closed room, evening.

Better: Open air, cool applications, gentle motion, company.

8. Colchicum Autumnale

• Keynotes: Extreme nausea from the smell or sight of food, especially fatty or rich dishes; useful in food poisoning or allergic gastritis.

• Sensation: Nausea, distension, stomach cramps; disgust for food, bloated abdomen.

• Modalities:

Worse: Odors of food, movement, touch.

Better: Sitting still, warmth.

9. Oleander

• Keynotes: Food allergy with dermatitis, extremely sensitive skin, or neurological complaints; eruptions worsened by scratching.

• Sensation: Tingling, numbness, rawness, and intense itching.

• Modalities:

Worse: Scratching, bathing, touch.

Better: Open air, warmth.

10. Morbillinum (Nosode)

• Keynotes: Used in individuals with suppressed rashes or history of measles; helps in chronic allergic conditions where skin and respiratory symptoms alternate or repeat.

• Sensation: Itchy skin, suppressed eruptions, respiratory distress.

• Modalities:

Worse: After vaccination, suppressed eruptions, allergens.

Better: Skin eruptions appearing, discharges resuming.

11. Saccharum Officinale (Saccharum Off.)

• Keynotes: Food sensitivity, especially to sugar or sweets; seen in children with behavioral changes or digestive upsets after sugary foods.

• Sensation: Hyperactivity, irritability, bloating, diarrhea, sugar cravings.

• Modalities:

Worse: Sugar, overexcitement, emotional stress.

Better: Balanced diet, routine.

Conclusion: Choosing the Right Remedy

• Calcarea Carb: Dairy intolerance in children, slow digestion.

• Nux Vomica: Reaction to heavy, spicy food and stimulants.

• Lycopodium: Bloating from starchy foods.

• Sulphur: Skin eruptions, general food hypersensitivity.

• Natrum Mur: Salt/dairy allergy with emotional and digestive symptoms.

• Urtica Urens: Hives from shellfish, strawberries.

• Pulsatilla: Rich, fatty food, gentle, emotional types, changeable symptoms

• Colchicum: Nausea from food smells, disgust for food.

• Oleander: Skin hypersensitivity, allergic dermatitis.

• Morbillinum: Suppressed eruptions, chronic allergic tendencies.

• Saccharum Off.: Allergy to sugar; behavioral and digestive symptoms in children.