Homeopathy For Children....

Remedies For Common Childhood Ailments

Homeopathic Treatment For Common Childhood Ailments

Of course, parents despair when kids fall sick. It requires endless trips to the doctor, tact and persuasion to get the child to take medication, and of course tackling of medical side effects like sleepiness, allergic reactions, etc.

In such cases, keeping homeopathic remedies at home can go a long way in giving the child relief from troubling symptoms. In some cases, if the problem is caught in time, homeopathy even restores the body to normalcy.

Colic

For babies with colic (stomach pain due to gas, etc.) and cry for hours

a. Colocynth 30

The symptoms to look out for are:

• Babies have green diarrhea as well as a bloated abdomen
• They start crying after feeding
• Tummy massage soothes them

b. Mag Phos 6x

• Works for babies who don’t exhibit the symptoms of colic too frequently
• A warm pad helps them

c. Chamomila 30

• Highly irritated and restless, wants to be carried around
• Belly is bloated
• Cries non-stop
• Symptoms are aggravated during dentition

d. Dioscorea 30

• Colicky pains with loud rumbling in baby’s abdomen due to gas

e. Mag Mur 6x

• When cow’s milk is the cause of distress
• Child is constipated and hard stools are passed with great difficulty and straining

Loose Motions

a. Veratum Album 30

• Rice water-like stools
• Child becomes pale and cold
• Thready pulse

b. Arsenic Alb30

• Diarrhea accompanied with anxiety.
• Burning pain in digestive tract
• Great restlessness
• Frequent thirst for small sips of water
• Stools are watery with putrescent odor
• Simultaneous diarrhea and vomiting
• Useful when diarrhea occurs due to spoiled food

c. Podophyllum 30

• Profuse, painless, gushing, watery diarrhea
• Urging felt very soon after passing motion.
• Worse in evenings and hot weather

d. Chamomila 30

• Dentition diarrhea
• Green, watery stools
• Very irritable, child wants to be carried around

e. Aoes 30

• Lot of gas and small amount of stools
• Burning in anus
• Child feels weak

Homeopathic Treatment Do’s And Don’ts

DO

Be alert to your child’s symptoms.

Keep a log of what medication you are giving for which symptoms, so that you have an easy reference guide for the same illness the next time

Keep the basic homeopathic remedies handy

If you can get a book on how to use homeopathy, or a beginner’s guide to using homeopathy, then make sure you read it and understand it thoroughly so that you can help your child get over simple illnesses easily

Keep the child’s tongue clean and don’t allow him to eat or drink anything or brush his teeth for a minimum ten minutes before and after taking the medication

DON’T

Don’t overdose. In homeopathy, more will not cure faster

Don’t delay the administration of remedies. Timing is very important

Don’t fail to call the doctor if you see no change within the first 3 doses

Don’t store medicines in extreme heat and cold, or near strong-smelling items, magnets, etc.

Don’t give the child strong-flavored foods like garlic or coffee for a short while

Don’t touch the pills with your hands

Don’t mix different types of remedies. If you are giving the child any other medication then check with your homeopath before self treating the child with homeopathy