Minutus

Hi,

Had a baby(9-12 months) today with possible earpain, and needed to
give an on the spot prescription. Would appreciate any comments that
would strengthen acute remedy recognition.

She has recently recovered from a cold - nothing remarkable just a
white discharge. Now seems ok except she keeps putting her hand to
her ears - more often the right ear than the left.

Mum thinks she bears pain well, doesn't complain much.

What I found unusual about her behaviour was her sociability. Her ear
was obviously bothering her, and she wanted to be carried. I had
never met either her or her mother before, and she was in a strange
environment, yet she reached out to be held by me, and when I took
her she almost snuggled in, her cheek to mine. Then began a game of
going backwards and forwards between her mother and me. She was quite
happy while being played with and very engaging. Became irritable and
upset when put down into the stroller so Mum could get things out of
her bag, but very quickly settled and engaged in a game when I
offered to hold her so Mum's hands could be free.

Remedies that came up for me on the spot were Pulsatilla, Phosphorus,
Tuberculinum, and Kali Mur, and I'm trying separate them on the basis
of changeability and sociability. Was hoping for discussion on
behaviour differentiation in these remedies in a reasonably well
child.

Thanks, Gail.

Have you thought of Verbascum (Mullein). You warm a spoon in a kettle of hot
water, put a few drops of the oil on the spoon and put it in the ear.
According to my patients it does wonders for the pain.
Your description also made me think of Chamomile.

Rochelle
Registered Homeopath
EFT(Advanced) Practitioner
www.southporthomeopathy.co.uk

Typo - Chamomile = Chamomilla!! Also I meant Verbascum Oil not the Rx.

Rochelle
Registered Homeopath
EFT(Advanced) Practitioner
www.southporthomeopathy.co.uk

Is going from person to person not indicative of Ars Alb. Seem to have heard this and used it once on that indication a long time ago,, Jean

Arsenicum covers going from "place to place" out of restlessness and
uneasiness. But the behavior of this little one sounds like simple
friendliness, openness and playfulness--makes me think of phos, tho I'm
sure there are other possibilities!

Gail, that's a great question, and I'm hoping others will weigh in!
Here are my thoughts:

You asked:

Kali mur I'm can't address; would have to read up on it first, and
better not take the time now! But--
relatively well child; or else some sort of appeal, some tugging at the
"heartstrings". (Puls can have various moods and types, but playful
openness as described doesn't specially make me think of puls...)
or restless/dissatisfied??? Not that there would *have* to be...
tho again I'm sure there are other possibilities too.

Changeability: All three have it, but Puls is most known for
that--"instability", of mood, temperature, blood flow; Tub perhaps(?)
next--because of restlessness, always looking for "something" that
might satisfy; and then Phos because... well, maybe because phos tends
to be so "in the moment", easily influenced, easily swayed or swallowed
by experiences of the moment.??

Sociability:
*lives* for contact with others! (Yet, it also has a state of
overwhelm, when they will withdraw completely, can't take any more
input.)
human contact as adventure!
reassurance?

Those are my thoughts!
Shannon

Hi Rochelle, Jean, Shannon and others,

Verbascum oil sounds good - when my children were little it was
recommended to me, and I was never able to find out where to get it
from,so I have no experience with it - I'll look again now I have
more access to products, thanks.

Chamomilla crossed my mind, I put it aside because the child was so
generally good natured and Mum said she was generally tolerant.

Jean - Thanks for the Arsenic tip, it's worth considering.

Shannon - I have read that Pulsatilla can be quite a flirt, which is
why I didn't dismiss it.
I can't find much about Kali Mur - it was the white coryza/glandular
tonic that pegged that one. I can find this in the Kalis that
supports the sociability
Kali Carb - "friendly, cheerful and confident" "independant, caring,
supportive of family" "carried, desires to be" "rocking ameliorates"
Kali Phos - "friendly cheerful, expressive, quite
independent...sympathetic and cooperative" "clinging, wants to be
held"
Kali Iod - cheerful, entertaining, no social occasion complete
without them.

Gail.
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