COPD, or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, is a long-term lung condition that narrows the airways and damages the air sacs, making breathing harder. It is most often linked to smoking and smoke exposure, and it includes chronic bronchitis and emphysema. This page explains the symptoms, causes, complications and conventional treatment of COPD, and how Welling Homeopathy treats it.
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COPD at a glance
- What it is: a long-term lung disease that obstructs airflow and includes chronic bronchitis and emphysema.
- Main symptoms: a long-lasting cough with phlegm, wheezing, breathlessness and frequent chest infections.
- Main causes: smoking, smoke from cooking fuel, air pollution and workplace dust.
- Key rule: do not stop your inhalers or oxygen on your own, and stop smoking.
- Our approach: individualised homeopathic treatment alongside your chest physician’s care.
What is COPD?
In COPD the airways are inflamed and narrowed and the air sacs lose their elasticity, so air gets trapped in the lungs and breathing out becomes difficult. The damage builds up slowly over years, and many people put the cough and breathlessness down to age or smoking until the disease is advanced.
Advanced COPD can lead to high pressure in the lung arteries, which strains the right side of the heart, a situation called cor pulmonale, with leg swelling and bulging neck veins. Stopping smoking is the single most important step.
Symptoms of COPD
Common symptoms include:
- A cough that lasts for months, often worse in the morning
- Phlegm that is white, yellow or green
- Breathlessness on exertion, and later even at rest
- Wheezing and chest tightness
- Frequent chest infections
- Tiredness and weight loss in advanced disease
- Swollen ankles and legs in advanced disease
- A blue tinge to the lips or nails when oxygen is low
Causes and risk factors of COPD
Common causes and risk factors include:
- Smoking cigarettes or bidis, including past smoking
- Long-term exposure to smoke from wood, coal or cow-dung fuel
- Air pollution
- Workplace dust, fumes and chemicals
- Repeated chest infections in childhood
- Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency, a rare inherited cause
- A family tendency
- Poorly controlled asthma over many years
How COPD is diagnosed
COPD is diagnosed from your history and tests such as:
- Spirometry (pulmonary function test), the key test
- Chest X-ray and CT scan
- Pulse oximetry and blood gas tests to check oxygen levels
- Blood tests, including alpha-1 antitrypsin where relevant
- Heart tests, since COPD can strain the heart
Warning signs: when to get urgent help
Please go to the nearest hospital emergency department immediately if there is:
- Severe breathlessness, or inability to speak in full sentences
- Blue or grey lips or fingernails
- Drowsiness, confusion or extreme tiredness
- Chest pain, or coughing up blood
- Fever with a sudden worsening of breathlessness or cough, or new swelling of the legs
Conventional treatment options
There is no cure for COPD in conventional medicine. Treatment can relieve your symptoms and slow the progression of the disease:
- Stopping smoking, with nicotine replacement and medicines where needed
- Inhalers (bronchodilators) and inhaled steroids
- Corticosteroids, such as prednisone, mainly during a severe flare-up, because of side effects such as weight gain, water retention, weakening of the bones and a depressed immune system
- Oxygen therapy and pulmonary rehabilitation
- Vaccination and treatment of infections
Homeopathic medicines commonly considered for COPD
These medicines are commonly considered in homeopathy for COPD, with the symptom picture traditionally associated with each. They are listed for general information, not as a prescription.
Antimonium tartaricum: a rattling chest with much mucus that cannot be coughed up, with drowsiness and weakness.
Arsenicum album: wheezing and breathlessness that are worse after midnight, with anxiety and restlessness.
Carbo vegetabilis: air hunger with weakness, a wish to be fanned and cold limbs.
Lobelia inflata: a tight band across the chest with a feeling of suffocation.
Kali carbonicum: waking at 3 to 4 am with wheezing and a need to sit up leaning forward.
The right medicine is chosen only after detailed case-taking by an experienced doctor.
Wondering which medicine is right for your COPD?
Every person with COPD is different, and so is the medicine that works best for them. To discover the best-suited homeopathic medicines for COPD for you, consult our experts. They will study your symptoms, your past treatment history and your personality, and then find the homeopathy medicines that suit you best.
Call +91 8080 850 950 for a 1:1 personal consultation with our experts today.
Homeopathic treatment of COPD at Welling Homeopathy
These are a few of the homeopathic medicines that form part of our specially formulated treatment for COPD. A detailed consultation covers your cough, phlegm and breathing, your smoking and exposure history, your reports and your current inhalers, so that treatment is custom-made for you.
Please continue your inhalers and oxygen as advised by your chest physician. Stopping smoking improves your health and your quality of life with or without COPD, and we encourage and support it.
Our clinical experience with this condition
Treatment for COPD at Welling Clinic includes our specially formulated Homeopathy medicine for COPD. The treatment process has been developed after exhaustive in-house research. Our clinics consult for more than 12000 patients of COPD globally, every year. You too can be benefitted from our expertise in the treatment of COPD.
Can Welling Homeopathy Cure COPD Symptoms?
Yes, Homeopathy treatment for COPD can cure COPD permanently.
Custom-made Homeopathy medicines for COPD from Welling can help you get cured of COPD,
The homeopathy treatment for COPD is proven to work in our patients from 108 countries,
You get faster relief due to our newly researched homeopathy medicines at Welling Research Labs as compared to traditional Homeopathy.
These are a few of the Homeopathic medicines which form part of our specially formulated treatment for COPD.
Homeopathy is offered here as individualised, supportive care alongside your current treatment. Please do not stop, skip or change any prescribed medicine on your own; any change should be discussed with the doctor who prescribed it and with our specialists.
Dr. Sourabh Welling and the Welling Homeopathy team have over 25 years of experience treating patients, in our Mumbai clinics and online. The earlier you meet our specialists, the sooner your treatment can be planned around you.
Consult a Welling specialist for your COPD
Do not delay: share your symptoms and reports, and our specialists will plan your personal homeopathic treatment, in person at our Mumbai clinics or online from anywhere.
Self-care and lifestyle tips
These measures support general health and may ease symptoms, but they do not replace treatment when it is needed.
- Stop smoking, and avoid second-hand smoke, with help from your doctor if you need it.
- Use your inhalers exactly as prescribed, and keep your reliever with you.
- Ask about pulmonary rehabilitation, breathing exercises and pursed-lip breathing.
- Keep up flu, pneumonia and COVID-19 vaccination as advised by your doctor.
- Cook in a well-ventilated kitchen, and avoid dust and fumes.
- Stay active within your limits, and eat small, nourishing meals to maintain weight.
COPD treatment in Mumbai at Welling Homeopathy
If you are looking for COPD treatment in Mumbai, you can consult Dr. Sourabh Welling, M.D., and the senior specialists of Welling Homeopathy at our Mumbai clinics, or consult online from anywhere in India and abroad. Our doctors begin with a detailed case-taking so that your treatment is custom-made for you. See the Contact page for current clinic addresses and hours, or call +91 8080 850 950.
Frequently asked questions about COPD
1. What is the homeopathic treatment for COPD?
Homeopathic treatment is individualised: the medicine is chosen after detailed case-taking, based on your symptoms and general health. Antimonium tartaricum, Arsenicum album, Carbo vegetabilis and Kali carbonicum are among those traditionally considered.
2. Is COPD the same as asthma?
No. Asthma is usually reversible, starts earlier in life and varies from day to day, while COPD develops mainly after years of smoking or smoke exposure and is only partly reversible. Some people have both.
3. Can I get COPD without smoking?
Yes. Smoke from cooking fuel, air pollution, workplace dust and repeated childhood chest infections can all cause COPD.
4. What is a COPD exacerbation?
A flare in which cough, phlegm and breathlessness suddenly worsen, often from an infection. It needs prompt medical care, and some flares need hospital treatment.
5. What are the complications of COPD?
Repeated infections, respiratory failure, and strain on the right side of the heart (cor pulmonale) with leg swelling and bulging neck veins, which is why ongoing care matters.
6. Can I consult Welling Homeopathy online for COPD?
Yes. You can share your reports and consult our specialists online from anywhere. We have been consulting patients online for 25 years.
7. Which is the best homeopathic medicine for COPD?
There is no single best homeopathic medicine for COPD. Antimonium tartaricum, Arsenicum album, Carbo vegetabilis, Lobelia and Kali carbonicum are among the medicines traditionally considered, but the right medicine depends on your symptoms, what brings them on or eases them, your general health and your personality. At Welling Homeopathy our specialists choose it after a detailed case-taking, so please consult them rather than choosing a medicine yourself.
8. How long does homeopathic treatment for COPD take?
The duration depends on how long you have had COPD, how severe it is, what treatment you have already taken and your general health. Some people notice a change in their symptoms within weeks, while others need several months of regular follow-up. Your specialist will explain what to expect at your first consultation and review your progress at each follow-up.
9. Is it safe to take homeopathic medicines along with my current medicines for COPD?
Homeopathic medicines are highly diluted and are not known to interfere with other medicines, but you should always tell your doctor and our specialists about everything you take. Please do not stop, skip or change any prescribed medicine on your own; any change should be discussed with the doctor who prescribed it.
10. What are the early signs of COPD?
A cough that lasts for months, phlegm in the morning, breathlessness on exertion and frequent chest infections are the usual early signs of COPD.
11. What should I eat or avoid if I have COPD?
Eat small, nourishing meals to maintain weight, with plenty of fruit and vegetables and enough fluids. Stopping smoking is the most important step.
12. What is the difference between conventional and homeopathic treatment of COPD?
Conventional treatment of COPD uses stopping smoking, inhalers, short courses of steroids in flare-ups, oxygen therapy and pulmonary rehabilitation, since it cannot be reversed in conventional medicine. Homeopathic treatment, in contrast, is individualised: the medicine is chosen for you as a whole person, after detailed case-taking, and is offered alongside the conventional care that your doctor advises.
13. Who is the best homeopathy doctor for COPD in Mumbai?
Dr. Sourabh Welling, M.D., founder of Welling Homeopathy, Mumbai, who has over 25 years of experience, treats COPD with individualised homeopathic care, together with a team of senior specialists. You can consult him and the team at our Mumbai clinics or online.
14. Where can I get COPD treatment in Mumbai, or consult online from outside India?
You can consult Welling Homeopathy at our clinics in Mumbai, or online by video or phone from anywhere in India and from other countries, where customised medicines are shipped where applicable and permitted. Call +91 8080 850 950 or book through our website.
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Disclaimer: this page is for information only and is not a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. Results vary from person to person.
