Child Homeopathy:
Expand Your Options Through
Types Of
Alternative Medicine
Child homeopathy can provide natural and alternative therapies through many types of alternative medicine which are often effective in relieving ill health or maintaining good health. Common Conditions Using Child Homeopathy- Colic - A baby having difficulty with the normal symptoms of colic, such as abdominal pain, bloating, excess gas, continuous crying and irritability, can often effectively be helped if the breast-feeding mother would just stop consuming any dairy products for 3-4 months. If the baby's symptoms persist beyond this, several child homeopathy remedies are available to be used but only under a doctor's supervision.
Some other common food allergy offenders for a baby could be wheat, soy products, eggs, garlic, onions, cabbage, beans, or corn. If the mother has a lot of any of these products in her diet, it is possible for this to affect your child through the mother's milk. - Stomachache - can be the result of multiple causes such as food allergies, eating too fast or not chewing the food, an upper respiratory infection (which causes a build-up of mucous which the child is continually swallowing), or excessive amounts of sugar, salt, hydrogenated fats, colorings or food additives in the diet.
Often the child homeopathy treatment for a stomachache is the same as the treatment for colic. The final decision for this though will be decided after your doctor gets a report on the current list of symptoms. - Ear Infection - is usually a bacterial infection in the middle ear so in conventional medicine the standard treatment is antibiotics. Often though, with a recurring infection, antibiotics will eventually start losing their effectiveness. So eventually the dosages must be raised so a stronger medication is needed to be effective.
In alternative child homeopathy medicine, by boosting the child's immune system, adding some Vitamin C therapy, using the herb echinacea and some possible other effective remedies, the current ear infection is often cured and a defense system has been set up internally in your child to prevent any future outbreaks. - Food Allergies - if suspected, must be determined what the offending food(s) are. This is commonly called the trigger food(s). Usually it is possible to determine the trigger food through an elimination diet. Simply, this just means you remove one food item from your diet for 4-7 days to see if you feel better after that time. If so, add this item back into the diet and check for a reversal of symptoms. If you start feeling bad again, you probably have an allergy to that item.
It is important to remember though, never stop an assortment of foods at the same time. If you do not start feeling better, there is no way you can tell which one of the foods was causing your problems. Therefore it is a long drawn out process, but try one different food each week until you have worked your way through your whole list. By keeping a log of each item and your symptoms, you will be able to decide what item(s) are causing the uncomfortable symptoms. After you have decided what the trigger food(s) are, try re-introducing one of the problem foods one time in a four day cycle. If you have a reaction, wait the 4-7 days again to rid your body of those food toxins and then try adding this food back once in five days. Many times some people can tolerate a food item as long as they eat it very infrequently. This is known as a diversified rotation diet program. If you seem to have very violent reactions though to a food item, do not continue this program. Effectively, that item must be out of the diet. Another way, much shorter in time duration, which can work is called the pulse test. This test can give you an idea if there is a problem but do not rely on this without a doctor's opinion. Simply find yourself a comfortable chair and sit and relax. Take your pulse. Eat a full serving of the suspected problem food, wait 10-15 minutes and take your pulse again. If there is a rapid rise in your pulse, you are probably allergic to that food. - Strep Throat - seems to make many parents very anxious and upset when they hear those words. This is probably because a round of strong antibiotics are needed to get rid of the problem in conventional medicine. But by increasing the strength of the immune system through child homeopathy while using other remedies to provide relief from the symptoms, strep throat is very easy to contain and cure.
- Fever - is another condition in conventional medicine which commonly has an antibiotic prescribed for medication. But antibiotics only work if it is a bacterial infection. What if it is a viral infection? This information can only be determined through a blood test.
Generally if your child goes to a doctor with fever an antibiotic is prescribed immediately, in case it is bacterial. If not, the antibiotic regimen will have absolutely no effect. Alternative child homeopathy medicine approaches a fever a little differently. If after a Tylenol or aspirin regimen are used and this does not bring the fever down, the parents of the child must make an informed decision. What exactly is the severity of the condition. If your child is crying, severely agitated, will not eat, complains of intense pain, this is when you must have professional help. Get that child to a doctor immediately. But if the child is hot and sweaty, but watches TV or plays the video games, is sleeping off and on or just generally seems a little slower than normal, let nature takes it course. A fever is the immune systems way of killing off an infection. If you work constantly at relieving the fever, you are actually extending the illness. Homeopathic remedies therefore do not remove the fever, they enhance the work of the immune system to rid the body of the disease, thus eliminating the fever. - Measles - has two strains of the same disease known as Rubella or Rubeola. Both of these are viral infections which are easily controlled with a strong immune system and some extra vitamin C for a few days.
Most child homeopathy practitioners recommend you do not give your child the measles vaccine ever. It is far more advantageous to let nature takes it course, your child will get the disease usually around 5-6 years of age, the immune system will build up defenses to it and it will counteract any future problems. At this young age the symptoms of measles are easily controllable. The older the child gets from the teen years into young adulthood can create some major complications if they contract the disease then. - Chickenpox - is another disease, commonly referred to as a childhood illness, which child homeopathy feels should not have the vaccination. Let nature take its course again and within 5-6 days your child will feel better. During this time, homeopathic remedies are available to relieve the intense itch and discomfort.
- Mumps - will always show signs of swollen salivary glands with possible swelling around the ears and around the base of the mouth. Mumps can become serious so treatment is necessary. Check with your homeopathic physician as soon as possible for remedies which are appropriate for the symptoms.
- Parasites and Head Lice - are two conditions most parents are too embarrased to talk about but they are common childhood conditions. Care must be taken though with both to eliminate the condition before a child can be allowed to return to school, day-care or any similar environment.
- Emotional Health - Children are the same types of human beings as adults. They get angry, upset, anxious or scared, sad or feel ill-equipped to handle the pressures surrounding them every day of life also. Child homeopathy therefore has multiple remedies to help them through the ups and downs of their every day life also.
- Hyperactivity - in children has many causes, but the most common reported are :
- a learning disability
- unstable home life
- food allergies
- food additives
- excess sugar
- heavy metal toxicity
- caffeine (from soda pop)
Normal signs of hyperactivity are inattentiveness or overly talkative, impulsive or extreme irritability in your child. Testing is needed by a licensed practitioner of child homeopathy to determine just what exactly is causing your child's extremes in behavior. Often many parents immediately assume it is ADD or ADHD that is the problem. But as the list above shows, some very common factors could be creating your child's hyperactivity. By eliminating the problematic factors, often a "new child" can be presented to the family. Although in conventional medicine there is a specialty called Pediatrics, alternative medicine does not have a separate specialty. Children are basically the same as babies, teens, young adults, middle-aged or seniors. We all have the same basic immune system. Since the field of alternative medicine's primary objective is to heal the whole body - not just a symptom - any holistic practitioner is educated to handle all age groups, not just a select few. So a child homeopathy remedy often may be the same treatment plan as an adult with the same set of symptoms. This information must be determined by the doctor.
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