With any illness it is best to reportize ( list important symptoms , using a good acute resource to match the symptoms with remedies). Then differentiate the remedies found, to decide which is the best fit for what you are dealing with. Use this as a quick guide only.
Utilizing 2 or more resources will give you the best results.
Aconite
First stage of any childhood illness that starts suddenly and is accompanied by a high fever; a runny nose; a hard, dry, croupy cough; red, sore eyes and/or a sore throat. Rashes burn and itch. Children are restless, anxious and fearful-and may even say they are scared of dying. They are generally thirsty for cold water; feel worse for warmth and at night; better for fresh air and for uncovering.
Antimonium crudum
Childhood illnesses are accompanied by a tickling cough and nausea. Children are sulky and extremely irritable, they do not want to be touched or examined, or even looked at. They have cracks at the corners of their mouth and/or nostrils. The tongue may be white-as if it has been painted. They are drowsy, thirstless, and worse in a hot room.
Antimonium tartaricum
Chicken pox where the rash is slow to come out. Children are irritable and drowsy. They are very sweaty and nauseous, and develop a stubborn cough, which is loose, loud, and rattling. There is lots of mucus that can’t be brought up.
Apis
The rash is slow to come out; when it does it itches and stings. Face and eyelids are puffy and red. Affected parts (rash, glands, etc.) are puffy also and itch and sting. Children are extremely restless, anxious, clingy, and cry out in their sleep. They do not want to be touched. They have a high fever with scanty urine, and feel better for cold and cool bathing.
Arsenicum
For restless, anxious, chilly children who want to be covered. They are terribly weak and only want hot drinks which they will only drink a sip at a time. They may have diarrhea with the fever. In mumps, the breasts and testes may be swollen.
Belladonna
The illness starts suddenly and can be accompanied by bedwetting; a runny nose; a cough; sore throat; a throbbing headache and/or burning, dry, red eyes. The head is hot, the face red, and the extremities feel cold. The pupils are dilated, and the tongue is red
with white spots (like a strawberry). The rash is red, hot, dry, burning, and very itchy. Children are restless and irritable, and delirious with a high, dry fever. With mumps the glands are hot and swollen and sensitive to touch. Children are generally thirstless
(although they may ask for lemonade). They feel worse in the afternoon and cannot bear light, noise, or pressure. They like rest and warmth.
Bryonia
Illness is slow to develop-the rash is slow to appear or doesn’t come out fully. There is a hard, dry, painful cough, which is worse for movement and may be accompanied by a bursting, frontal headache. Children are irritable and want to be alone, they do not want to be disturbed or moved. They are generally thirsty for large quantities (gulping them) at infrequent intervals. They are worse for heat-or movement of any sort.
Calcarea phosphorica
Children are weak and tired after a childhood illness. They are irritable, hard to please and have no “go” in them. They are pale and anemic and can’t wake up in the mornings.
Coccus cacti
Whooping cough with a choking, racking, tickling cough. Coughing fits end in retching and coughing up copious mucus which hangs in strings. They are generally worse in stuffy rooms and around midnight; better from fresh air.
Drosera
Whooping cough (or for cough after measles) with severe, violent cough with vomiting and nosebleeds. Face may go blue with each coughing fit. Voice becomes hoarse. The cough is worse when lying down, talking or laughing; better from fresh air.
Euphrasia
Measles with very sore, swollen, burning, watery eyes which are sensitive to light. The nose streams also but does not irritate. There may be a harsh, dry cough, which is worse in the day and better when lying down, and a headache, which is better once the
rash appears.
Gelsemium
For measles that comes on slowly in warm weather with cold or flu-like symptoms that are accompanied by a great weariness and heaviness. The eyes are swollen and watery. Children are generally apathetic and thirstless and feverish with chills. They feel better after urinating.
Ipecacuanha
For measles where the rash is slow to come out and there is a constant nausea (with a clear, red tongue) which isn’t helped by vomiting. There is a rattly cough (with nausea) which is dry and comes in fits which end in choking and gagging. Children are hard to please, and are generally thirstless and worse for heat.
Kali bichromicum
For the later stages of measles where there is stubborn mucus which is stringy and ropy, with swollen glands and/or earache and deafness from mucus in the Eustachian tubes.
Kali sulphuricum
Whooping cough with a rattly, wheezy chest. The mucus (from nose and chest) is yellow and thick, or yellow-green. It is hard to cough up; it comes into the throat and is swallowed. Children are worse for getting over-heated (especially indoors) and better in the fresh air. The tongue is often slimy and yellow-coated.
Lachesis
Left-sided mumps with glands that are very painful and sensitive to the slightest touch or pressure. The throat is very sore and it is difficult to swallow anything except for hard foods like toast or chips. Children are much worse from heat and when they wake after a sleep.
Mercurius solubilis
Glands swollen and painful, especially on the right side. Pains shoot to ears and/or neck. Illness may be accompanied by a runny nose; earache; sticky eyes; sore throat. Profuse, smelly sweating and salivation. Metallic taste in mouth (may have mouth ulcers) and smelly breath. The tongue is swollen and coated and may show indents around the edges from the teeth. Generally feels worse at night, for extremes of temperature (for heat and cold), and for sweating; better for resting.
Phosphoric acid
Children are weak and tired after a childhood illness. They can appear depressed, are apathetic and uncommunicative. They are pale with dark rings under their eyes and have no appetite.
Phosphorus
Childhood illness with a bad cough, which is dry, hacking, and tickling. It is worse for cold air and any change in temperature. Great thirst for cold drinks, especially ice-cold water. Face is very flushed with a high fever. Children may want to play in spite of being quite ill, or they can become apathetic and debilitated. They need lots of reassurance and love to be cuddled and massaged. They are generally worse in the mornings and the evenings.
Phytolacca
Mumps with glands that are hard and swollen. The pains radiate to the ears on swallowing; they are better for cold drinks and worse for hot drinks. The throat hurts, especially when sticking out the tongue. The tongue is red-tipped, and the breath smells. There is copious sweating and salivation. Children are floppy and tearful. Pains may spread to breasts, ovaries, and testicles.
Pulsatilla
The illness is accompanied by swollen glands; thick, yellow mucus; bedwetting; a cough which is dry at night and loose in the morning; sticky eyes; earache and/or a fever. Symptoms are changeable and worse in the evenings. In mumps the breasts, ovaries, or testicles are painful. Children are weepy, whiny, pathetic, and clingy. Small children want to be carried everywhere. They are generally thirstless; worse for warmth and when lying down at night; better for fresh air.
Rhus tox
Illness is accompanied by swollen glands; aching joints and/or sore eyes. The rash is hot, dry, and very itchy and causes great restlessness. It isn’t alleviated by scratching it. The tongue has a red tip. Children are restless and depressed. In mumps the left side is more swollen. They are generally worse for cold and at night; better for warmth and a hot bath or shower. They like to be tucked in bed and don’t like to be uncovered-their symptoms are worse then.
Sulphur
Illness is accompanied by bedwetting; earache (on the left side); sore, red eyes; fever and/or runny nose. Tongue is white with a red tip and edges. Rash is red, hot, burns, and itches maddeningly. Children are sweaty, restless, and irritable. They are generally thirsty for cold drinks (usually water); are worse in the mid- morning and worse for heat and bathing; better for fresh air.
Zincum metallicum
The rash, especially with measles and scarlet fever, doesn’t come out properly, or as it recedes the child becomes lethargic. Children are fretful and easily startled. They are generally restless, exhausted and twitchy-suffering from restless legs which are worse in bed at night. They may have a bad headache, which is better for pressure.
Books:
Ritalin-Free Kids: Safe and Effective Homeopathic Medicine for ADD and Other Behavioral and Learning Problems, By Judyth Reichenberg-Ullman, N.D., L.C.S.W. and Robert Ullman, N.D.
Rage free kids – homeopathic medicine for defiant, aggressive, and violent children, By Judyth Reichenberg-Ullman, N.D., L.C.S.W. and Robert Ullman, N.D.
A drug free Approach to Asperger Syndrome and Autism,Homeopathic Care for Exceptional Kids, By Judyth Reichenberg-Ullman, N.D., L.C.S.W. and Robert Ullman, N.D. And Ian Lueker, N.D.
Homeopathic Remedies for Children, By Phyllis SPEIGHT
Homeopathic Remedies for Children’s Common Ailments, By Carolyn DEAN, MD
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