Homeopathy and Children

It was seeing how quickly my own daughter responded to homeopathic treatment for a cough and sore throats which first aroused my interest in homeopathy. My seven year old (as she was then) had been suffering with her annual, tickly cough. It was made worse because she was rehearsing for the Christmas carol concert for which she had a solo part. She had gone for tea with a friend whose mother is a homeopath. When I arrived to collect her, Felicity asked if she could give me some medicine for her. It was her observations about Ellen which struck me. She had noticed that the cough worsened when she came out of school into the cold air and when she got out of the car to go into the house. As the afternoon had become evening, she’d become hoarse and was now unable to talk or sing. She asked me if Ellen’s colds usually ended in a cough. I confirmed they did. She gave me a few doses of the homeopathic remedy phosphorus and advised me to keep her warm. That night she slept through, her cough didn’t wake her as it had on previous nights. The next day she awoke refreshed and barely coughing.

I started to read around the subject and was interested to find that there’s a phosphorus type or ‘constitution’, as it’s often referred to, which Ellen seemed to match very well. The homeopathic literature explains this constitutional picture as what makes the child tick and what upsets them. It explains where, why and how they’re likely to fall ill. This all seemed like good information any parent would like to have about their child. Best of all it worked! As she’s grown older, my daughter has needed other remedies as she’s faced different challenges but her subsequent remedies have been related to that first, potent prescription.