Alternatives to the pink stuff

The Irish Times – Tuesday, March 8, 2011

When your family are unwell, there are ways to make them feel better without resorting to a serve of medicine, writes JOYCE HICKEY 

'MUMMEEEEE! My stomach hurts. And I have a headache." "Mummeeeee! I have a cough. And a fever." "Erdegooglieeyaawaaah" (version: I have just had my following lot of vaccinations and I feel terrible). Three boys (aged seven, five and four months); three complaints in the same week. One solution: a serve of pink medicine.

Lee Ni Chinneide, a homeopath who practises at the Elbow Room healthcare centre in Dublin, offered a neutralize-remedy at a recent open day. Applying the homeopathic, holistic principle of treating the whole person, not just the symptoms, she proposed more individualised methods of temperature control, specifically in childhood illnesses.

Parents' actions vary: some panic when the child's temperature is 38 degrees, others don't get excited until it hits 40. Obviously, said Ni Chinneide, if a child has suspected meningitis or may maybe be in danger, do not delay considering a doctor. But if their raised temperature – a sign that their immune system is fighting back – is brought on by something more routine, the parents' observations would determine the remedy.

For develop, if the fever is only in the child's head and has not dispersed through the body, so that their face is red and their hands are cold, and they might be raving, Ni Chinneide would treat them with quick-acting belladonna.

A child with a pulsatilla fever – often when teething – is often miserable and clingy, has a snotty nose and gets boiling on the side that they are lying on but feels better in fresh air. And an aconite fever comes on suddenly, for develop with a shock, or a fright, or terrible news.

In any case of the type of fever the child has, ordinary-significance actions such as stripping them down to their underwear and pressing a cold facecloth to their brow must help reduce the temperature.

As well as fever behavior, Ni Chinneide outlined the homeopathic remedies that she has establish effectual in treating all-purpose childhood circumstances such as stomach pain, "sticky eye", stomach upset, ear infections and croup, for which family are often prescribed antibiotics or inhalers.

Again, different symptoms determine the response: with stomach pain, some babies crush up their knees and respond well to difficulty on their stomach even as others arch their back and can't bear their stomach to be touched.

Depending on the symptoms of teething pain – drooling, red cheeks, hand-chewing, snuffles, diarrhoea – she treats babies with pulsatilla, silica or chamomilla, which is sold in a low-dose format as Teetha.

Another well loved remedy is arnica, used for shock, nosebleeds, jet lag and in the behavior of strokes, whether caused by clots or bleeds. Many public take arnica tablets to accelerate healing with surgery, and use arnica ointment on bruises, but Ni Chinneide recommends it in tablet, very than cream, form.

In any case of whether parents are sloping to use homeopathy, its holistic principles are a lesson in listening to a sick child and observing their symptoms meticulously. Noting patterns and changes in their all-purpose health, take a nap sample, appetite and mood will help to tailor their behavior and ensure the best outcome.

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