In Practical Homeopathy®, our symptoms are gifts. They quickly — and often vividly — inform us which parts of our body a condition affects and how. In other words, symptoms can guide us in choosing the proper medicine(s).
But what if our symptoms are different from what we expect? What if our condition is not signaled by the most commonly recorded symptoms? What then?
A reader recently asked, “Is there a remedy that addresses a urinary tract infection (UTI) that doesn’t have the classic burning and urgency symptoms?”
Reviewing what we know about UTIs
Before I get ahead of myself, let’s review the first-line Banerji Protocol, which has historically shown sweeping success with UTIs that involve burning and urgency. You’ll find it in my blog post Recurring UTIs and Antibiotics: Stop the Cycle.
However, even the Banerjis, as expert and successful as they were, understood that the protocols were generally effective in 80% of the cases. That is a high success rate, no doubt about it. Yet that leaves 20% of the population that would have to pivot to a second- or third-line protocol, or to a well-chosen alternative homeopathic medicine found by studying the rubrics (symptoms) in a repertory.
We have options for UTIs
These options are not contradictions, as we discussed last week in Head Injury: There’s More Than 1 Way to Look at a Picture. Indeed, thanks to the clinical studies performed by masters of homeopathy throughout the last two centuries, we have a wealth of options.
What do I consider a “wealth”? Leafing through my repertory right now, I count 49 pages (two columns per page) of symptoms associated with bladder/urine-related conditions and the medicines that have been shown to address them.
In Practical Homeopathy® — especially in a short lesson format, such as here on the blog — I endeavor to simplify those 49 pages into some of the most commonly experienced symptoms and their accompanying homeopathic remedies. Covering every eventuality in this venue is impossible.
Those who have taken my course, Feminopathy: How You Can Correct Female Ailments Using Safe, Inexpensive and Effective Homeopathy, already know several options for various presentations of urinary tract infections. My Academy of Practical Homeopathy® and Mastery graduates know even more.
What if the common symptoms of a UTI are missing?
Occasionally, instead of the more common burning sensation accompanying urination, the sufferer may only sense a slight sting. In this case, we might consider Apis mellifica 200, among others.
For excruciating pain (which isn't necessarily a common symptom), Sarsaparilla might move up our short list of remedies to read up on.
Thuja may also be a candidate to consider when other medicines fall short.
Some UTIs present with no pain or discomfort at all. In fact, a UTI can have no discernible symptoms. That’s when we rely on a conventional diagnosis or pay closer attention to subtle clues. I’ve noticed this most remarkably in the senior population.
Even when the elder doesn’t recognize any symptoms, an observant caregiver may notice an odor — perhaps a strong odor of the urine itself or an odor lingering around the genitalia.
In that case, we’d generally be drawn to Sulphur 30.
If the odor is severe, perhaps we might introduce a dose of Sulphur 30 every 15 minutes for the first hour. If the condition is not so severe, then maybe every three to four hours. Assuming the condition begins to abate after employing Sulphur for a day or two, now we back off. We can reduce the frequency to three times a day, twice a day, and halt when the condition has resolved or is very much better.
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How about if along with no distinctive ‘UTI symptoms’ there is just like a zing, or a chill, from head to toe down the body? Does that point to a different remedy??
Most likely yes.
What can I do if can’t get rid of burning even after feel better in other ways? Years ago a doctor thought I had interstitial cystitis and I’m afraid that may have flared up again. It never truly completely went away, but I was better and it didn’t bother me so often. It does cause me to have to get up at night to pee which I wish would stop. I probably need to do a specific protocol for that even though it was 3 decades ago that it was really bad. I did find that there is a protocol in “Feminopathy” (which I do have), and I did listen to it once a few weeks ago. I’m going to go back and write down what need to take and how often. However, this time I was tested and really did have a UTI. Since I’m older now (in 70s), it gave me more of a flu type of feeling with the burning. That flu feeling feeling has gone and burning seemed to lessen for a couple days but has come back.
Also, what does the Latin phrase below your signature mean?
No matter how long ago a condition occurred. Use your current symptoms to determine the remedy. I’ve written several articles on the subject to help guide you.
If not, consider either going to FindAPracticalHomeopath.com and choose one of my graduates from there to work with or go to the links in this article for more info.
I have no symptoms only odor and that odor is “fishy” smelling. I am very careful to clean the area and the odor goes away for a while, then returns. I’ve been using Sulphur 30 but wonder if there’s another remedy in addition that I could try. Thank you, Joette, you are a fount of wisdom and ready joy.
If the odor is from the urine, this information may apply. If it’s instead more from the genitalia or that area, it’s a different concern. Either way, you can take my course, Feminopathy, which addresses both concerns.
https://joetteslearningcenter.com/feminopathy-info-new/
What if the uti is from lack of pelvic support during menopause?
I know you typically say it doesn’t matter the cause… but when I started HRT the UTI’s went away. I stopped the HRT and it came back
It can matter and should be considered, especially if the usual UTI protocols have clearly become ineffective. But assuming a particular set of circumstances will impede success is overthinking.
I’m my experience, UTIs can wreak havock on seniors. Twice now there were no symptoms at all except a dangerous loss of cognitive abilities. She was hallucinating and bed bound for almost a week. I used Florastor pro biotic, zinc, L-Lysine, Cantharis 30, and Nyx vomica 30.
It was really scary.
In my experience, UTIs can wreak havock on seniors. Twice now there were no symptoms at all except a dangerous loss of cognitive abilities. She was hallucinating and bed bound for almost a week. I used Florastor pro biotic, zinc, L-Lysine, Cantharis 30, and Nux vomica 30.
It was really scary.