Psoriasis

Psoriasis is non inflammatory, disease of skin characterized by well defined thick, red patches covered by larged, adherent, silvery scale, found especially in areas like scalp elbows ankle nails knees palms trunk back and in rare cases the whole body is affected. In Infants the napkin area is the most common affected site.
In psoriasis pathogenic T cells are activated, thereby releasing chemicals that causes the inflammation and leads to an abnormal growth of skin and the sweeling of the blood vessels underneath. When these Two cells are activated they behave like they are fighting a wound and in turn release a lot of chemical signals which causes the skin to have abnormal growth. So, the skin build up more than it can shed, thus causing a plaque of psoriasis.
It can occur at any age but, is more prevalent in people with metabolic disorders like diabetes and those who suffer from increased triglycerides and cardiovascular diseases.
Factors like stress, high blood pressure extreme cold temperature
and trauma ( koebner phenomenon attributed to German dermatologist Heinrich Kobner, which referes to skin lesions caused due to trauma) also trigger this condition. People suffering from metabolic syndrome ( obesity, hypertension, dyslipidemia insulin resistance) are at a higher risk of this disease because of the presence of similar pro inflammatory mediators.
Types of psoriasis
Plaque psoriasis the most common form of this condition, manifests as a red patches covered with silvery white build up of dead skin cells or scales. This is typically seen on the sclap, knees elbow and lower back. Itchy and painful, these scales may even crack and bleed.
Guttate psoriasis which manifests as a small red lesions on the skin, is mostly seen in children and it is caused due to respiratory or throat infections. It can apear all over the body.
Pustula psoriasis comprising white pustules surrounded by red skin is mostly seen on the palms and soles.
Inverse psoriasis mainifests as red lesions mainly in skin folds ( like the groin and in armpits) where there is a lot of friction.
In nail psoriasis the hard surface on top of the nails starts losing keratin cells. As a result pits form over the nails.it can also destroy the nail bed.
20 percent people develop psoriatics arthritis. It can also affect one or two major joints like shoulder knees or the spine. Depending on the joints which are affected the patient might be first experience morning stiffness which can last up to half an hour. If joints become swollen, red and tender and are not treated adequately, it can lead to permanent immobility.
Homoeopathic treatment
For psoriasis where the itching is followed by scratching which in turn is followed by rawness of the skin with affection of the areas like bends of the limbs groins neck back of hands and behinds ears, Graphites 30 four pills three times daily

Kali ars 30 potency five pills taken three times daily is useful for psoriasis with intolerable itching especially on undressing.
Back of fingers worse in summer Borax 30 five pills three times daily.
Intense itching burning worse after scratching and washing Sulphur 200 five pills once in a week.
Violent itching on thighs legs and ears with formation of dry scales Chrysaobinum 30 potency five pills three times daily.
Deep cracks in the bends of the elbow itching is better by scratching Mag acet 30 potency five pills three times daily.
Eruptions resulting after vaccination Thuja 200 once in a week.
All over the body Mezereum 30 potency five pills three times daily
Nails only Sepia 30 potency three times five pills daily.
Palms and soles petroleum
Scalp Graphites 30 potency five pills three times daily
Itching worse/ better
Better cold bath  Fagopyrum
Better hot bath Rhus ven
Worse hot bath Calc carb
Better open air Pulsatilla
Seasonal variations
Worse summer Kali ars
Worse  winter Mezereum
Causes
After depression.  Nat mur
After drug abuse Nux vom
After injury Arnica
After supperssed anger Staphysagaria
After throat infections Hepar sulph
Associated with
Joint pain Rhus tox
Pus.  Merc sol.

Children Diarrhoea

Diarrhoea is the frequnt and repeated of stool or liquid bowel movements, excessive watery evacuation of faecal material.
Causes
There are many causes which canbe divided into major categories,
Infectious and non infectious.
Infectious causes of diarrhoea are a result of abnormal microorganism invading the bowel. Non infectious causes of diarrhoea result from disturbance of the normal function of the bowel in absorbing fluids contained within it.
Infectious causes can be further sub divided as follows
Bacteria for e.g. clostridium difficile, E coli, salmonella ( agents of typhoid fever) Shigella ( cause of epidemic bacillary dysentery/ campylobactor (another food handler is contaminant) gastro enteritis and enteric fever from contaminated food products and vibrio cholerae ( agent of cholera )
Viruses. There are many kinds of viruses that are capable of causing diarrhoea in children and Infants. During the first five years of life Mostly all children acquire Rotavirus ( which causes inflammation of the stomach and bowels to cause diarrhoea.)
Parasites A number of parasites are also known to cause diarrhoea in children and adults like.
Cryptosporidium ( especially in immune deficient children.)
Entamoeba histolytica ( causing amoebic dysentery)
Giardia Lambila.
Non infectious causes of diarrhoea can be further divided as follows.
Anatomical defects of the bowel (insteinal tract)
Hormonal imbalances (endocrinopathies)
Feeding difficulties
Malabsorption
Tumor.
Miscellaneous causes.
Anatomic defects capable of causing diarrhoea include.
Malrotation of the bowel ( when twisted)
Duplications of a section of the intestine.
Hirschsprung disease is an abnormal condition present at birth which is due to the absence of normal nerves ( ganglia) in the bowel wale. This results in enlargement of the bowel above the point of missing nerves.
At times, new born babies and Infants suffer from physiological diarrhoea due to the gastrocolic reflux which is normal.Such conditions include passage of frequent formed stool or stools immediately after feeds. An exclusively breast fed baby often passes frequent watery stools which is golden yellow in colour and non offinsive, inspite of passing several stools he is happy, hungry and gains good weight. But if there is mucous or the stools are offinsive and the baby is not looking well then medical intervention is required.
Some Homoeopathic medicines
Podophyllum This is very well suited to Infants with a bilious tendency, it is indicated when stools are watery, yellowish, green profuse and with a jelly like substance in it . At times there is billous vomiting along with diarrhoea accompanied by a lot of rumbling and shifting pain in the stomach because of flatus, which makes the abdomen full like a balloon.( It is especially useful in teething diarrhoea of children)
Podophyllum 200 ,3 pills one hourly should be given for acute attacks till it settles the stomach. Then follow with Podophyllum 30 , five pills four times a day for a month to improve the infant's digestion.
Nat Sul This is indicated when a diarrhoea is due to eating fruits, vegetables, cold food and drinks in rainy season. Normally the Child suffers from morning diarrhoea that settles down by noon. The urge to pass a stool drives the Child out of bed initially there is rumbling and gurgling in the bowels with sudden noisy spluttering greenish stools.
Nat Sul 200 , 3 pills every three hours should be given. Once the attack settles down then Nat Sul 30 , five pills four times a day for a month is necessary to improve and help digestion.
Ars alb   Here the diarrhoea is accompanied by severe vomiting is due to food poisoning. There's great restlessness with intense thirst for water. But after drinking water it's again vomited out. The stool is blackish watery, very offinsive and worse at night to.
Ars alb 200 , five pills two hourly will bring the attack'under control. The greatest threat to the life of a child with severe diarrhoea comes from deydration. The loose watery stools drain out Water plus valuable chemicals and minerals from the body. Such substances as sodium, chloride and potassium are essential for the regulation of the body's fluid and acid base balances. If diarrhoea continues and is unchecked severe illness or even death will result from ensuring dehydration and the acidosis that accompanies it.
Signs of dehydration
Decrease in the amount of urine. The looks dark yellow or light brown.
Loss of usual elastic quality of the skin.
Sunken eye balls
Rapid breathing
Drowsiness or even unconsciousness.
To prevent dehydration continuously give sips of boiled water with a pinch of a salt sugar and lime 90 percent of dehydration is prevented by salt sugar lime Water.
Problems arise from contaminated water. Kindly consult your Homoeopath before self medication.

Children asthma

The word asthma originates from an ancient Greek word meaning panting. Essentially, asthma is an inability to breathe properly. When any person inhales, the air passes into the lungs through progressively smaller airways called bronchioles. The lungs contain millions of bronchioles, all leading to alveoli, microscopic scars where oxygen and carbon dioxide are exchanged. Asthma is a chronic condition in which these airways undergo changes when stimulated by allergens or other environmental triggers that cause patients to cough, wheeze and experience shortness of breath ( dyspnoea) . Asthma appears to have two primary stages, hyper reactivity ( also called responsivness) and the inflammatory response.
Hyper reactive response
In the hyper reactive response, smooth muscles in the airways narrow excessively in  response to inhaled allergens or other irritants. It should be noted that the airways in everyone's lungs respond by constricting when exposed to allergens or irriatants, but people without asthma are able to breathe in deeply to relax the airways and rid the lungs of the irritants. When asthmatics try to take those same deep breaths their airways do not relax and the patients pant for breath. Smooth muscles in the airways of people with asthma may have a defect, perhaps a deficiency in a critical chemical that prevents the muscles.
What causes asthma in children.
Asthma has dramatically risen worldwide over the past decades and experts are puzzled Over the cause of this phenomenon.The mechanism that cause asthma are complex and vary among  populationg groups and even individuals. Many asthma sufferers also have allergies, and researchers are investigating the events that occur in both these conditions. Not all people with allergies have asthma can be explained by allergic response. Other contributing causes are being investigated. Asthma is most likely a result of genetic susceptibility, which probably involves several genes and various environmental triggers, such as infections, dietary patterns, air pollution and allergens. Some experts observe that children are spending more time indoors watching TV playing video games or using the computer so they are overexposed to indoor allergens. The trend of making homes more energy efficient may result in dust mites being trapped inside them. Other facts for the increased survival of low birth weight babies ( who may be more susceptible to asthma). Asthma related disorders, including allergies, sinusitis and ear infections are also on the rise, indicating that airborne or environmental factors are at work, and many experts believe asthma is actually undiagnosed.
Immune factors
In people who have asthma caused by an allergic response, various airborne allergnes or other triggers set off a cascade of events in the immune system that lead to inflammation and hyper reactivity in the airways.
Genetic factors.
About one third or all the people with asthma share the problem with another member of their immediate family. Genetic factors appear to play a more important role than environmental factors or allergies in such families The condition may be likely to be passed to children from the mother than from the father.One study reported, however that the risk of having an asthmatic Child was six times higher if both parents had a history of asthma than if just one had the disease. Although specific genes for asthma have not yet been identified, research is progressing towards this goal .
Exercise induced asthma.
It occurs most often in children and young adults and during intense exercise in cold dry air. EIA is triggered only by exercise and is distinct from allergic asthma in that it does not produce a long term increase in airway activity ( as allergic asthma does) so people who only have EIA do not require long term maintenance tharpy. ( Some people however, have both types) . There is some evidence that patients with EIA may also experience an asthmatic response hours after physical activity, more research is needed to confirm this.
It should be noted that asthma is no reason to avoid exercise.long term exercise may help control asthma and reduce hospitalisations. Asthmatic children should be encouraged to swim and play sports suach as baseball that will present less difficulty for them.. summer sports causes less stress than winter ones.parents of children with exercise induced asthma should consult their physician for an exercise program suited to their specific conditions.
Infections.
Early respiratory infections. The organisms Chlamydia pneumoniae, Mycoplasma pneumoniae, adenovirus and the respiratory syncytial virus are major causes of respiratory infections and are becoming important suspects in many cases of severe adult, and childhood onset asthma. One 1999British study, for example, found a significant link between respiratory infections in mothers during pregnancy and in their children.in one study, patients whose asthma was initiated after infections had a more severe condition than those whose asthma was due to other causes, but asthma caused by infections did not last as long (5.6 years to 13.3 years) Rhinovirus or the common cold virus, can exacerbate asthma attacks and has been reported to be the most common infectious agent associated with 61 percent of asthma exacerbations in children and 44 percent in adults. Some research suggest that colds promote allergic inflammation and increase the intensity of airway responsiveness for weeks.
Homoeopathy is a system of medicine which has proved to be a tremendous success in improving the body's immunity level. In fact, it enhances the body's immunity in the most natrual way. Thus giving power to the body to fight the diseases.Homoeopathy treats asthma with a broader and long term curative view, during the course of H treatment if my patient needs bronchodilators, inhalers. I don't stop them because my first aim is to give relief to the Child during acute difficulty in breathing.
Each child or individual is born with a predisposition and interacts with the environment to evolve a disposition. The disposition constantly tries to strike a balance with the environment. Certain dispositions under environmental stresses have a tendency to develop asthma in childhood. When the balance between the child's health and environment is lost, the immunity goes down and diseases enter the body. Expression of diseases depends upon the sensitivity of the individual and the inherent predisposition like previous illnesses, allergies family history, temeperment, constitution, his ( child's) likes and dislikes activities educational or emotional stress.
Asthma with inflammatory reasons.
Asthma could be prevented or its intensity reduced by controlling the infection and the commonest infection is sore throat. Child complaints of sore throat with a sensation of something stuck in it.This sensation doesn't disappear in swallowing, in fact swallowing is very painful and pain extends to the ears. At times there is loss of voice with rattling in the chest and profuse yellowish greenish expectoration. Child feels very cold and wants to be covered. All the above complaints are worse in chilly dry weather or drinking chilled (iced) drinks.
Choking cough and sore throat gradually leads to difficulty in breathing. To prevent this (  asthma attack) start the Child on Hepar sulph 200 five pills four five times daily.Hepar sulph will immediately control the infection and thus prevent an asthma attack.
Merc sol Throat problem starts mainly due to dust to dust, environmental gases and change of weather. At first the cold settles in the eyes and nose then the throat feels sore with a dirty coated tounge and foul smelling mouth. Tiny ulcers form in the mouth.
Merc sol 200 five pills four times a day will improve the throat condition and thus prevent an asthma attack.
There are a number of Homoeopathic medicines for the above conditions depending upon the signs and symptoms of the child.
Genetic factors
We Homoeopaths pay great attention to family history. If there's a family history of asthma, skin disease( eczema) tuberculosis or cancer we take these factors in account while prescribing medicine. There are specific polycrest ( broad acting) medicines which try to minimise the bad effects of weak genes and improves the quality of those genes . A Homoeopath always gives the correctly indicated polycrest remedy ( once the acute attack is over) to improve the immunity of body and remove or minimise the effect of genes for asthma.
Reduced incidence of common childhood infectious disease.
Another theory for the dramatic increase in childhood asthma appears to be a contradiction. It blames the higher rate of asthma on childhood immunization that have nearly eliminated certain infectious diseases, such as measles and whooping cough. Experts postulate that in some children who are vaccinated against these diseases TH2 cells remain active and trigger the inflammatory events leading to asthma . Of some support for this theory are studies reporting that being a part of a large family reduces the risk of childhood asthma, children with many siblings are exposed to infections, which might increase immune factors that impede allergies.
We come across a number of children with chest allergy after they have been vaccinated. Specially whooping cough and measles vaccines have at times given long term side effects such as cold, cough, throat infections which may lead to asthma.
In Homoeopathy we have special vaccines to reduce side effects and toxicity for these vaccines.
Pertussin vaccine 200 five pills once a week for 6 weeks will reduce repeated cough attacks if developed after whooping cough vaccine.
Morbilinum 200 five pills once a week for 6 weeks should be given when the child develope chronic cold, cough and throat infections after measles vaccine.
Many more Homoeopathic vaccines are used to minimise side effects of vaccines.
Other contributing medical conditions
Hyperacidity or gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) the cause of heartburn, is common in many asthmatic patients and is widespread among children with hard to control asthma. GERD may trigger asthma in many cases by spilling acid into the airways that trigger a hyper reactive response. GERD may be suspected in patients who do not respond to asthma treatments whose asthma attacks follow episodes of heartburn or whose attacks are worse after eating or exercise. In such cases treating heartburn may also resolve asthma.
Nux vom reduce the harmful effects and helps digestion. Nux vom 200 five pills four times a day.
Sinusitis
Almost half of children and adults with allergic asthma have sinus abnormalities.. The presence of sinusitis however does not appear to increase the severity of asthma.
Why children get asthma.
About half of all cases of asthma develop before the age of 10 , and another third before the age of 40. Among younger children, asthma develops twice as frequently in boys as in girls, but after puberty it may be more common in girls.
More indoor allergens a child is allergic to the higher risk for severe asthma. In infants and toddlers allergy to egg apperas to be a major predictor of asthma. Asthma and non seasonal or seasonal allergic rhinitis ( hay fever or rose fever caused by pollen allergies) often coexist together.Certain food items like milk egg and nuts plays very major allergic role. To reduce these allergic reactions certain Homoeopathic medicines like Aethusa, Calc carb, Sepia, Ipecac, Sulphur, Thuja,Can be used according to each individual's symptoms and signs.
Infants of low birth weight are higher risk for lung problem and asthma
Asthma is high in children under five who wheeze, have frequent chest colds or have a chronic cough
Damp houses
Who lives in damp house or damp climate can cause lots of difficulties to asthma patients medicines for damp climate few are as under.
Nat Sul This individual is very sensitive to rainy season near in general water in any form the patient develops cold, cougar time wheezing during change of weather from dry to wet, by eating certain plants or fruits growing near water.living in damp house basement.it starts with nasal cold thick yellow discharge from nose rattling mucus in chest along with wheezing and difficulty in breathing.
Calc carb Child is chuby perspiration around neck. Child wets pillow during sleep nose dry and stuffy hosrness of voice feels suffocated at night with tightness of chest.
Obesity
In both adults and children the incidence of obesity has been increasing in parallel with rise in asthma over recent years.
Mental health
Poor mental health
Day care centres.
Severity of acute attacks.
Asthma is third major cause of hospitalisations in children under 15 .
Although bronchial responsiveness improves in many children when they reach adolescence. the improvement is usually not complete and asthma may flare up again and remain in a problem throughout adulthood. Half of asthmatic children achieve remission after age 16 , in half of these however asthma flares up again in middle age. Children whose condition is serious enough to start with Homoeopathic medicine Thuja according to my humble experience I have found Thuja one of the most important remedy to be taken into consideration as most of my patients who came to me for first time have taken a lot of vaccinations and inoculations. Not only that but they have dreams of falling great heights missing of a step and falling down, dreams of dead people dreams of anxiety and misfortune. The children are worse after primary or secondary vaccination. This is a great remedy for hydrogenoid constitution patients feel worse during the monsoon. This is very helpful also who drink a lot of tea
The next remedy that I have found v useful and which follows Thuja is Sulphur. Here there's always a history of skin eruptions treated by various external applications.
Causticum
This remedy works exactly in the opposite direction from Thuja and Nat Sul the patient is v much better in monsoon and worse when climate is clear and dry.
Asthma with high blood pressure. The remedies are Baryta carb Baryta Mur and viscum alb.
Asthma with hay fever Allium Cepa, Ambrosia, Euphorisia, Sabadilla, Sambucus, Arilia racemosa.Lufa operculata have been introduced by dr Wilmar Schwabe of Germany. Provings were made by dr Raeside of UK dr R.P Patel of Kottayam has tried this remedy in 100 cases of Bronchial asthma allergic rhinitis and sinusitis of chronic type in both sexes and in children too according to him 6x Potency if this drug has been found more effictive. In case there is any aggravation of symptoms he states 0/3 and 0/6 potencies are found very helpful and this medicine can be continued even for months as long as there is no reaction.
Some remedies
Passiflora
Arum tri
Blata o
Pothos foet
ARS alb
Dulcamara
Nux vom
Ipecac
Carbo veg
Bromium
And more according to symptoms.

Black Eye

Years ago people used to put a leach in black eye to suck out the blood says dr. Jack Jeffers, an opthalmologist at wills eye hospital in Philadelphia.
Drs no longer use leeches for treatment ( thanks goodness) The best and most effective ways to block a black eye are much simpler than that. Here's how.
Ledum pal has been found extremely useful when there is extravasation of blood in lids , conjuctiva, contused wounds. It helps in healing by absorbing the blood and stopping further rupture of blood vessels and capillaries by causing natrual constriction of blood vessels.
Pack in ice.Cold works in Two ways. It helps keep the sweeling down and constricts the blood vessels, helps decrease the internal bleeding, which is what causes the black and blue colour.
Dr, Jeffers recommends applying an ice pack for the first 24 to 48 hours. If your eye is swollen shut, use it for ten minutes every 2 hrs the first day, he advised to make an ice pack for the eye, put crushed ice in a plastic bag and tape it to the forehead. This will prevent putting pressure on the eye.
Start on Arnica and Ledum pal
Arnica 200 c potency 5 pills has a special effect on bleeding or ruptured blood vessels. It stops the bleeding and helps nature to heal the blood vessels at fastest possible speed.
Ledum pal acts as a complimentary medicine to Arnica. It removes ecchymosis and the discoloration rapidly and perfectly.
Symphytum 200 , five pills four times a day to be given if pain persists in the eye ball. Symphytum should be given after Ledum pal and Arnica's course of 8_10 days is over.
At times due to eye injury diplopia ( double vision) sets in with bruised sore feeling in eye ball Arnica 200 five pills four times a day continue for 2_4 weeks even more if need be.
Medical Alert
For your child's eye you need to see an opthalmologist if his vision is impaired,he complains of pain in his eye, if he is sensitive to light, he complaints of double or blurred vision, or if he complains of sees something floating through his eyes.
It's not so much how it looks looking in but how it looks looking out says eye experts.
Don't blow your nose.
If it was a severe blow that caused his black eye ( something more than just bumping into a door) blowing his nose could cause his face to blow up like a balloon. Sometimes the injury fractures the bone of the eye socket, and blowing your nose can force air out of your sinus adjacent to the socket. The air gets injected under your skin and makes the eyelids swell even more. It also can increase the chance of infection.
Avoid Aspirin
Aspirin may be bad news for those with black eyes. Aspirin is an anti coagulant, meaning the blood won't clot as well. You will have a harder time stopping the bleeding that causes the discoloration says eye experts.
Relax and enjoy the show.
Once you have black eye, besides taking care and above treatment there is nothing more you can do but wait for the sweeling to go down and healing to take place. most black eyes will last about a week and it's a colourful week at that.
The injury starts out black says dr Keith Stevenson MD director of the department of emergency medicines John Hopkins hospital in Baltimore. Then as it starts to heal it will turn green, then yellow and finally it just disappears.
It is advised kindly consult your dr. before self medication.

پتھر چٹ پتھر چٹ یا پتھر چٹا کے پودے کے پتے پتھری کے علاج کے لئے استمعال ہوتے ہیں- اسکے پتے دوائی خصوصیات کے حامل ہیں اور انہیں اندرونی اور بیرونی طور پے استمعال کیا جاتا ہے- بیرونی طور پر اسکا استمعال بہتے ہوے خوں کو روکنے اور زخموں کو بھرنے کی غرض سے کیا جاتا ہے جب کے اندرونی طور پر یہ زیادہ تر پتھری اور پیشاب کی تکالیف میں مستعمل ہے -یہ پودا پیشاب آور خصوصیات کا حامل ہے اسلیے گردوں کے امراض میں اسکی افادیت اور بڑھ جاتی ہے -اسکا استمعال بدن کی گرمی دور کرتا ہے -یہ جگر اور گردوں کی حفاظت کرتا ہے-گردے، مثانے اور رحم کی پتھری کے خاتمے کے لیے مفید ہے نیز نئی پتھریوں کو بننے سے روکتا ہے -یہ انٹی بیکٹیریل خصوصیات کی وجہ سے اسہال میں بھی مفید ہے . سوجن کم کرتا ہے -جن لوگوں کو بار بار پتھری بننے کی شکایت ہو انکے لئے پتھر چٹ سے زیادہ مفید کچھ نہیں -پتھری کے علاوہ یہ قبض، تیزابیت ،یرقان ،لیکوریا اور متلی میں بھی فائدہ مند ہے -اسکے پتوں کو طویل عرصے تک بنا خوف و خطر استمعال کیا جا سکتا ہے - پتھر چٹ گھر کے اندر سایہ دار جگہ پے اگایا جا سکتا ہے-یہ انٹی بیکٹیریل خصوصیات کی وجہ سے اسہال میں بھی مفید ہے . سوجن کم کرتا ہے -جن لوگوں کو بار بار پتھری بننے کی شکایت ہو انکے لئے پتھر چٹ سے زیادہ مفید کچھ نہیں -پتھری کے علاوہ یہ قبض، تیزابیت ،یرقان ،لیکوریا اور متلی میں بھی فائدہ مند ہے -اسکے پتوں کو طویل عرصے تک بنا خوف و خطر استمعال کیا جا سکتا ہے - پتھر چٹ گھر کے اندر سایہ دار جگہ پے اگایا جا سکتا ہے-اسکے بیج نہیں ہوتے -اسے پتوں سے بھی اگایا جا سکتا ہے -یہ تیزی سے پھلتا پھولتا ہے -اسکو تین سے چار دن بعد پانی دیا جاتا ہے تحریر : ڈاکٹر کشن مول چندانی ترجمہ : فوزیہ نورین

Healthy Baby.

Homoeopathic medicines are free from toxicity and side effects and therefore ideal for long term preventive therapy. Homoeopathy streanghtens the body's own forces, thus encouraging homoeostasis in the human system's own relentless fight against disease. Nature has generously gifted us with an internal mechanism and an army of white blood corpuscles ( W.B.C s) which are the best known defence system against the enemies of physical well being.
In their impatience to win the war against the marauding microbe, man and a few immature segments of medical sciences have unwittingly helped to weaken this incredible natrual system. I dread to think of how many of our generation have been doomed to weaker system from the foetal stage itself because of the toxins fed in the genes by the administration of strong medicines to cure minor ailments like diarrhoea, coughs, colds and minor bacterial and skin infections. Even the pregnant mother and the future she carries in her womb are not spared.
Fortunately for mankind today, good senses to be prevailing. A large number of conventional medical practitioners are considering the wisdom of treating certain ailments and conditions with non toxic, homoeostasis orinted medicines like Homoeopathy. For us in different disciplines it is not only a question of swallowing our medical ego, it also means pushing back the boundaries of narrow scientific dogma and the acknowledgement of the universal wisdom that he who heals is right.
Diarrhoea
Of all the aliments of early life, the most deadly is acute infantile diarrhoea, if not controlled immediately, it may lead to fatal complications.
Treatments Mag carb when the child is put on top feeds instead of mother's milk, diarrhoea can set in. There is pain in the abdomen and green frothy stools with undigested milk.
Podophyllum
This medicine prescribe when the child suffers diarrhoea due to infected water, milk or impure food. The stools are watery, profuse and painless with jelly like mucus in it. At times repeated attacks of diarrhoea may even lead to prolapse of the rectum.
Colic
This is one of the commonest problems among infants and children. They develop flatulence with causes severe pain in the abdomen.
Mag fox 6 x will immediately easy the abdominal distension and pain.
Vomiting
Aethusa  This is given when there's marked inability to digest milk. After having milk the Child feels very uncomfortable expresses uneasiness and discontent and in a short time he vomitis cured like milk.
Ars alb It is recommended in cases of vomiting due to infections caused by impure water, milk, and food or overripe fruits. The Child vomits immediately on eating or drinking, along with the vomit that has been eaten also comes out.
Constipation
At times due to incorrect diet children develop bad Constipation causing a lot of problems. By six months the Child should be given fruits cereals and plenty of water. The quantity milk should be slowly reduced. Yet sometimes even after doing all this the Child remains constipated. Give Calc carb if the baby is fair and plump and has tendency to perspire a lot. Give Graphites if the child is dark with dry unhealthy looking skin and passes stools like small hard marbles which may be so hard that they cause painful cracks in the rectum.
Fissure
When the skin at rectum tears because of dry hard constipated stools, Nitric acid internally and Calendula ointment externally will set it right.
Teething
Normally the teething process stars by the 5 th or 6 th month, during which time children go through various kinds of difficulties Pain and agony.
Homoeopathy has special medicines that give great relief and help in building strong bones and teeth.
Chamomilla When the child is extremely peevish, irritable restless and wants to be carried about and petted constantly, he may develop teething diarrhoea which is greenish in colour with severe abdominal colic
At times the Child also develop earache with yellowish pus oozing out from the ears.
Calc phos As the name indicates it has calcium and phosphorus, both very essential for the development of bones and teeth. The Child is very thin a tendency towards diarrhoea, but much calmer than the Chamomilla child.
Calc carb again as the name suggests it has calcium which helps in the development of bones and teeth it suits fat flabby and fair children who perspire profusely on the face and around the neck. Remember, they have a tendency towards Constipation.
Injuries
As Child learns to roll in bed or learns to crawl or walk, there are chances of injury. It is always very important to have Arnica around as it takes care of all sorts of injuries and helps in preventing complications due to injuries.
The skin
Rash
Rashes of one kind or another are among the most common occurrence in childhood . They may be due to overheating or overdreesinng, or due to the use of detergents powders, perfumes or oils which cause contact dermatitis. In addition. Certain foods may make the baby break out in facial rashes. Prolonged contact with wet diapers causes diaper rash from from the Ammonia produced by urine.
Eczema
Some children suffer from intermittent eczema which has a tendency to run in families.
Boils
A few children have tendency to suffer from repeated boils which causes a lot of pain and discomfort.
Caution.
Clinical experience has taught us that any skin problem, if suppressed in childhood, leads to a number of complications in later years. These complications may be in the form of certain allergies like chronic colds, coughs bronchitis or even more serious forms of Asthma. It may also lead to chronic gastric problems or chronic skin disorders. Therefore, from the very beginning give your child the best do not use external applications to suppress the rash. Give internal curative Homoeopathic medicines external soothers. Here I will not suggest any medicines because it is very important to treat all types of skin rashes by correct medicines selected by your Homoeopath.
Worms
Due to overpopulation and improper sanitary conditions this is most common problem that infants and children suffer from.
Cina This remedy has proved to be very efficacious, especially when the Child is extremely peevish, keeps on crying especially at night and wakes up with severe itching in the rectum. He is constantly hung, but as soon as he estate gets loose stools, apart from diarrhoea and abdominal pain, he may also suffer from recurrent coughs.
Colds and coughs
Some infants and children suffer from repeated colds and coughs. The cause for these could be any one of many possible factors hereditary, environmental or allergic and the treatment for each is different
Hereditary factors
Those children whose parents suffer from allergies may inherit these from them.
Environmental factors
Certain children react to different climates or each time there is a change in climate it affects them.
Allergies
Various allergies like foods, drinks soaps powders or any external agent may cause this reaction.
Acquired allergies
Infants and children sometimes develop severe reaction after certain immunisations. The symptom repeated coughs and colds is the same but the causes are different. It is therefore short sighted and futile to treat all coughs and colds with standard cough expectorants and antibiotics. These only give transient relief and end in suppression. The next attack will be stronger and more obstinate. Thus a normal cough and cold may develop into a bigger problem if not treated according to each child's individual problem. Homoeopathic science believes in treating each sick person according to his or her particular symptoms.
Behaviour development
During child's first year it needs a warm and loving emotional environment in the home. It is during this time that a child establishes what psychiatrists and psychologists call basic trust. During the first year most of the infant's satisfactions are through the skin's perception of being touched through physical contact with his mother father and family. The second year teaches the child to become more independent with that new found ability to walk. The third year is most important for then a child is toilet trained, learner to speak and develops even more independence.
Negativism
From age two to three years the Child is extremely negative he says no to everything and everyone. This shows that the child wishes to become separate and independent. It is a sign that should be respected by parents but within limits, this does not mean that they must give in a child on every issue. A parent should determine how much is right and handle these matters with relaxed good humour.
It may come as a surprise to some, but Homoeopathic medicines can be of great help in solving various emotional problems at this stage of the child's life, medicines like
Kali phos it helps in relaxing child's nervousness and restlessness as it's a nerve relaxant.
Aethusa Helps when the child refuses to study or seems to forget everything he studies.
Gelsemium Suited for the extremely nervous timid child who starts trembling and passes urine and stools on the slightest scolding.
Chamomilla For the destructive child who wants to break and spoil everything, is very violent by nature and cries and shrieks all the time.
There are number of Homoeopathic medicines which help in correcting a child's mental development. These medicines are given according to each child's needs and symptoms, parent's and relatives attitudes, teacher's attitude etc . The greatest advantage these medicines have over other standard medicines is that they do not cause any damage to the brain on the contrary they act as brain tonics.
Bed wetting.
There are many causes for this. It may be due to delay in normal development or as a result of emotional stress..
Treatment
It has to be based on an understanding of the emotional problems of the Child and his family. Homoeopathic medicines should be given upon the circumstances and various physical and mental symptoms.
Growth of the Child
A child's physical health and mental development must be consciously looked after. Correct diet emotional security and outdoor activities like games and sports are most important. Equally important is a cautious attitude towards strong drugs, which during these developing years of the child's life, can do much harm. In our impatience and the haste which characterise our modern day approach to things, we subject the delicate and vulnerable constitutions of our children to harsh chemicals sometimes even for minor ailments. If there is a fly sitting on your knee, use fly swatter not a sledge hammer.
Except where mentioned otherwise all above remedies can be given in 30 c potency 4 pills four times a day, till you consult Homoeopath.

Cold allergies in monsoon.

Sneezing, itching, weeping, wheezing, coughing almost three fourth people suffer from this problem during monsoon.
Allergies all result from a characteristic in the immune system which normally serves to protect our bodies from microscope foreign invaders. The defect in question is a tendency to overact to foreign substances such as pollens that otherwise would be utterly harmless.
Here is an outline of what happens when an allergic reaction to pollen takes place.
A pollen grain lands on the membrane of the nose or lungs if a person is allergic then antibodies that recocnize these particular foreign molecules are in the neighborhood. They attack themselves to a particular type of defense cell called a mast cell.
The antibodies get stuck to the foreign molecules.
Now a network of antibodies attacking the pollen is formed which activates the mast cell. The mast cell then release the histamine which produces the symptoms of allergy.
Histamine causes the itching, it also makes the tiny blood vessels dilute and becomes leaky hence the sweeling and redness associated with allergies. The itching, running nose and sneezing of hay fever are mainly produced by histamines.
The basic course of events and its variants are responsible for allergic reactions why so many people get colds in the monsoon or exposure to moist wind while others get eczema. These differences in reaction pattern are not understood.
A combination of factors cause allergies.
Inherited ( generic) tendency.
Exposure to a molecule which acts an allergen.
Mental stress.
Sneezes are triggered by dust, pollen or any irritant particle that settles in sensitive mucus membrane of the nose, which is richy supplied by nerves
These membranes react by sending signals to the respiratory centre that is located at the base of the brain. Almost immediately, the signals are sent to the muscles involved in breathing causing the subject first to inhale, and then closed the airways and use respiratory muscles to squeeze the chest. When the air in the lungs is under high pressure, the airways suddenly open, expeling the irritant from its pathways. The air in the lungs virtually explodes upward and onward carrying everything in its path.. Each sneeze may contain about 5000 droplets and unless a hand or a handkerchief intervenes, some of this material which may be infections can travel as far as 12 feet.
Specific medicines
Here, the allergic Homoeopathic medicines have proved extremely successful and very helpful in developing long term immunity against those allergens. Thus people who are extremely allergic and develop repeated attacks of cold at times associated with moderate fever during monsoons would do well to get Homoeopathic help.
If Homoeopathic medicines are taken on a regular basis it helps in getting rid of the allergy or minimizing its attscks. There are specific medicines for monsoon cold allergies.
Dulcamara Those hot cloudy and suffocating days at the onset of the monsoon give rise to attacks of cold. One shower brings on an attack of sneezing. The nose feels completely stuffed up. You want to keep a hand or a handkerchief around the nose because the cold air irriates the nasal passage. Nose gets blocked with yellow mucus and profuse nasal discharge when the weather becomes cold due to rains . When the attack is severe, then even yellowish catarrh comes out from eyes. The patient feels feverish towards evening with icy cold feet and hands.
Dulcamara 200 five pills four times a day.
Rhux tox Cold sets in immediately on getting wet or sitting on a wet ground or getting the feet wet. The tips of nose gets red sore and ulcerated. Head feels very heavy, Pain starts from forehead and then settles at the back of the head. Eyes burn and become red with profuse discharge. Mild fever is associated with chill, body ache and restlessness. Body ache is worse on lying down therefore get up and start walking up and down.
Rhux tox 200 five pills four times a day.
Nat Sul Nose is full of thick yellowish mucus with a heavy head with thick yellow mucus drops from posterior nares. Along with cold there is bad cough with rattling of mucus in chest Nat Sul 200 five pills four times a day.
Kindly consult your​dr. before self medication.