Remedies for babies and children:
For babies, tablets should be crushed between two clean teaspoons and dissolved in 2fl oz
of warm water, giving a teaspoon full as a dose. For young children, the tablets should be
given crushed. Chamomilla is available in drop form.
Coughs:
Coughing is a reflex action to rid the air passages of unwanted debris, usually mucus.
Recurrent coughs should be treated by a practitioner. Hot honey and lemon drinks can help
soothe the throat. Dry, centrally heated atmospheres can aggravate coughs.
Remedy every four hours up to six doses in acute attack.
Homeopathic
remedy |
When to use
|
| Aconite |
Dry irritating cough that comes
on suddenly, especially after exposure to dry cold wind. |
| Belladonna |
Dry barking cough with a
headache. Child is flushed and hot, pupils dilated. |
| Bryonia |
Hard dry cough, causing child to
hold chest or head. Child is thirsty for cold drinks, soothed by hot ones, and worse for
any movement. |
| Ipecac |
Breathlessness, wheezing. Rigid
in coughing spasms. Nausea. Rattling in chest. |
| Chamomilla |
Dry irritating cough with
wheezing. Worse at night. Child irritable. |
| Kali bic |
Cough with stringy phlegm, can't
bring it up. |
| Pulsatilla |
Cough dry at night but wet in the
morning, with yellow or green phlegm. Child tearful. Not thirsty. Better sitting up. |
| Ant tart |
Cough rattles from the chest. |
| Causticum |
Cough dry, throat raw, no phlegm.
Hoarseness. Child finds cold drinks soothing. |
| Kali carb |
Dry cough is hard and dry. Phlegm
is lumpy. Wheezes. Worse in the early hours of the morning. Child feels weak and chilly.
Worse eating, better in the warmth. |
| Nux Vom |
Tickling, dry cough. Worse for
exertion, eating, cold winds and in mornings. Better for warm drinks. |
Remedies should be discontinued as soon as symptoms improve
or if symptoms worsen.
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