Mind & Emotions

Desire (Craving)

Homeopathic remedies for abnormal cravings and addictive behaviors

51 remedies

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Constant desire to drink liquor from morning till evening

  • Constant, irresistible craving for alcohol from morning to night
  • Child eats their own nasal discharge
  • Longing for brandy in pregnant women
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Irritation of the stomach causing abnormal appetite for alcohol

  • Strong, uncontrollable cravings for alcohol
  • Irritation or discomfort in the stomach
  • Feeling of weakness or fatigue, especially after meals
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Stealing money to buy liquor, but craving disappears when prohibition is lifted

  • Stealing money to buy alcohol or other substances
  • Cravings disappear when the substance becomes freely available
  • Constricted or constrictive sensations in internal organs
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Anxious, furious, disposed to fight

  • Anxious, furious, or aggressive mental/emotional state
  • Headaches that improve with vomiting
  • Ringing in the ears
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Tarentula hispanicaIntense craving for eating ashes or sandNitricum acidumDesire for eating chalkAluminaCraving for starch, uncooked rice, chalk, charcoal, tea and coffee grounds, acid and indigestible thingsCicuta virosaChild puts coal, raw potatoes, and other inedible items into mouth and swallows with relish
QuercusIntense desire or craving for alcohol, tobacco, or tea
Strophanthus hispidusCraving for alcoholic beveragesPhytolacca decandraIrresistible urge to bite teeth and gumsManganum aceticumDesire to lie down and restHepar sulphurGreat desire for vinegar and picklesHyoscyamus nigerTalkative, obscene, lascivious mania with attempts to uncover the bodyCaladium seguinumForgetfulness and absent-mindednessPalladium metallicumCraving for flattery and attentionLedum palustreCraving for stimulants like alcohol, coffee, or tobaccoKalium bichromicumLonging for beer and acid drinksMedorrhinumCraving for salt, sweets, green fruit, ice, sour things, and orangesMercurius solubilisDesire to eat cow-dung and the mud of pondsSanicula aquaIrresistible desire to look behindSepia officinalisDesire for stimulating, rich foods and drinksIodiumStrong desire for meat and alcoholic drinksThlaspi bursa pastorisIntense desire for buttermilkCyclamen europaeumCraving for sardinesCrotalus horridusCraving for snowStramoniumViolent desire to bite and tear things with teethMagnesium carbonicumIntense desire for meatCistus canadensisExtreme sensitivity to cold air that worsens existing symptomsAllium cepaDesire for raw onionsConium maculatumTendency to waste or ruin thingsCalcarea carbonicaDesire for eggs, lime, chalk, clay, raw potatoes, sweets, ice cream
Agaricus EmetSudden, violent longing for icy cold water during anxiety attacks
Calcarea phosphoricaCraving for bacon, ham, and other salted or smoked meatsArgentum nitricumStrong desire for sweets that cause discomfortSelenium metallicumIrresistible desire for stimulants like alcohol, coffee, tobaccoBufo ranaCraving for solitude to practice masturbationLycopodium clavatumCraving for sweet foods and hot drinksBryonia albaStitching, tearing pains aggravated by motion
Lac FelStrong craving to eat paper
MezereumCraving for fat, ham, and milkNatrium sulphuricumDesire for ice and icy cold waterAntimonium tartaricumDesire for sour, acidic foods that make symptoms worseVeratrum albumCraving to eat one's own stool and drink one's own urineCocaIntense longing for accustomed stimulantsArnica montanaLonging for vinegarCausticumBurning desire to marryTabacumStrong craving or addiction to stimulants like tobacco, coffee, alcoholCarbo vegetabilisSluggishness, coldness, and blueness of the bodyAngustura veraGreatest craving for coffeeLachesis mutusCraving for milk

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  • They keep coming back or do not improve
  • You are pregnant, or the person is a young child or elderly

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