Teething is a miserable process for many babies and their
parents. It can affect the child in so many ways, causing diarrhoea and nappy
rash, colds and runny noses, fevers and grumpiness. Teething can start at three
months, and go on for months and months. Luckily there are some remedies in the
homeopathic cupboard that can really help this process. Some of them - Calc
carb and Silica for example - are constitutional remedies for babies that have
slow, difficult teething issues, and as such should only be prescribed by a
homeopathic practitioner. But there are lots of acute remedies for use in the
home, which you can use over and over again. This is a list of a few of the
most useful ones for you to try:-
Chamomilla - this is the most common teething remedy,
for the baby with red cheeks and green diarrhoea. It is mostly prescribed on
the mental picture, which is that the baby is very grumpy, dissatisfied and
demanding, wants this or that but pushes it away. Very irritable unless carried
everywhere.
Kreosotum -
teething is very painful, and the child will only sleep when carried and
caressed. May have diarrhoea or constipation. Very offensive stools and raw,
red nappy rash. Symptoms worse at night.
Belladonna - the
child is hot and red but not sweaty. Lots of starting, twitching and waking
during sleep. Pain come on very suddenly and go very quickly too.
Podophyllum -
Grinding of the teeth that have already emerged, or clamping and champing of
gums on anything. Diarrhoea, offensive and painful, often immediately after
eating. Sleepless first part of the night.
All of these remedies are best used in the 6c potency, and
repeated up to six times daily. We can provide these for you in granule form,
which is much easier to give to tiny babies.
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