Bunion

DESCRIPTION
A fluid filled pad overlying the big toe joint, which causes the joint at the bottom of the toe to bend outwards and the top to bend inwards. Can be very Painful. A bunion results from the shoe rubbing against this outward projection, causing irritation and Inflammation. This can be caused by wearing ill-fitting or narrow, pointed shoes, or through an inherited joint weakness.

Correctly fitting shoes and a special toe pad will help to correct small bunions, whilst larger ones may require surgery.

HOMOEOPATHY
Belladonna
Throbbing red hot joint.
Comes on suddenly.
Worse with pressure and movement.

Rhus tox.
Joint is stiff and swollen
Worse at rest, better once "gets going".
Better for warmth, worse for cold or damp.

Silicea
For hard, uninflamed bunions.
Often in people with cold sweaty feet.