Dentition - Affections of(Teething)
At the time of teething,general irritation,loss of appetite,diarrhoea,fever, sleeplessness and weight loss,etc.are the usual complaints of a child.In homoeopathy there are certain remedies which are very useful for teething complaints.
Symptoms/Problems |
Remedy |
Frequency(Doses) |
| Fever with restlessness and sleeplessness;child cries because of teething pain |
Aconite 6 or 30 |
4 hourly |
| Convulsions during teething period;followed by sleep;face red with high fever |
Belladonna 30 |
3 hourly |
| In fatty children,teething slow;profuse sweat on head;chilly patient |
Calcarea carb.200 |
weekly(3) |
| Diarrhoea,watery,greenish slimy stools;general irritability,child wants to be carried all the time;worse at night |
Chamomilla 30 or 200 |
4 hourly(6) |
| Diarrhoea;profuse stools;child presses the gums or puts something hard in the mouth to press |
Podophyllum 30 |
4 hourly |