The remedies are supposed to be curative rather than palliative. Hence, if the Medorrhinum is needed indefinitely it is not the right remedy. The question I have is once the remedy has worn off, has the case progressed? That is, does he seem to be better than before he took the last dose? If not, then the Med. is merely palliative and is not the correct remedy. (Even the wrong remedy can move the case forward but it will not be as effective as correct one.)

Eczema, asthma, allergies, and digestive problems are all symptomatic of psoric miasm (the miasms are constitutional illnesses). The abnormal sleep and behavioral difficulties could also be related to psora. Med. is a remedy for sycotic miasm and may not be terribly effective with psora.

Homeopathy is the ideal treatment for your son because it is especially suited to these miasmic conditions and can completely cure them; although, it can be difficult to find a practitioner who fully understands this phenomenon and takes it into account when prescribing.


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Thankyou. That is interesting. No I am not sure that he is any better as the treatment wears off after each time I give it to him. He has been getting progressively worse this week, and this morning unmanageable. I gave him the remedy and he came right within about 15mins which to me seems to be fairly quick(too quick???). I had also given him some fairly long time out sessions this morning and generally given him a fairly tough time, as was at my wits end.
He has been a dream for the rest of the day.

Dear Tania,

what potency are you using? If I were the homoeopath, I would probably get you to try a higher dose. It may not be strong enough at its current level to effect a permanent cure.

A remedy cures by creating an artificial disease of the same type within the person. Since 2 diseases of the same type cannot exist in the same person at the same time, the real disease vanishes, and then the remedy does too, leaving the patient free of symptoms. However, if the potency is not high enough, or the remedy is not exactly right, it leaves behind just enough of the illness to grow back, just like weeds in a garden.

If it is not a matter of potency, then your son will need a complementary remedy, I would take a guess at Thuja, but it could be any of the related remedies. You should probably contact the homoeopath who made the prescripton in the first place.

Have a look at my thread "Search for the one true remedy" to see why this homoeopath may need more time to work with your son.

Good luck


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David Kempson
Dip.Homoeopathic Medicine
Member A.H.A(Australia)

Hi. I am the mother of boy girl twins. The last two years have been relatively difficult thanks to my son!
He developed eczema at about 8 wks, which cleared up when I stopped eating dairy, as he was fully breast fed. We have since had him allergy tested and found he is allergic to peanuts, house dust, dairy and mild whaet and oats. He had an asthma attack at about 18mths ans has now had about four attacks which have been managed with ventolin.
I work in my own business, and he has a mixture of care including a nanny, creche and some time with my mother. He is in care between 9 and 4, 5 days a week.
He is progressing very well with his milestones and appears to be a fairly intelligent child, although not exceptional.

From about six months we have experienced extremely erratic behaviour. He is always stubborn and headstrong, however sometimes he is almost unmanageable. Those days end up in one time out session followed by another as he seems incapable of controlling his behaviour. Smacking has very little effect. He throws thing and screams in rage. At about 9 months he was hitting his head on the floor.
He has also been a very poor sleeper. We found that cranial massage helped quite a lot however the turning point for us seemed to be when we went to a homeopath who gave us medorrhinn. I am finding that I need to give him a dose of this about once a month and he improves markedly.

I have not been back to the homeopath for a while and am going to, however I was just wondering why this works and what his problem actually is. When he is being good he is delightful and very affectionate. He has people in fits of laughter with his antics. He by no means bad all the time, and even before I came across medorrhinn we had been through weeks where he was delightful, and then he would change again.

I have questioned all sorts of thing, ie teething, him being in care (although his father also only works about 30hrs per week, so he has a lot of input from him, as well), our parenting methods,chemicals due to allergies, hunger (as he appears to have a weak digetive system)

He is not chronic and most people looking in from the out side would probably think it is lack of discipline and routine. My parents did for quite a while, but my mother is now starting to see more of the behaviour that he tend to reserve for his parents! I feel that I am farly strict. We have been on parenting courses etc.

Finally he is normally well behaved for other care givers whilst still being noted for his exceptionally head strong nature. He definitely reserves the worst for his parents.

Ideas please. I just wonder what is around the corner for us, and whether medorrhinn will be needed indefinitely.

Tania

Hi Tania,
Did you have your son vaccinated ? I have seen severe reactions to vaccines. This is called vaccinosis and should be taken into consideration by your homeopath, if he hasn't already. I agree, that homeopathy offers the best solution for your son's problems, especially the behavioral ones. If a remedy "works" within 15 minutes, that is definately not too quick. I've seen improvements in kids within 1 - 5 minutes. Also, asthma is related to excema, but it is a deeper condition. If your homeopath finds the curative remedy, you should see the previous symptoms reappear in the reverse order of their appearance, which is the indication that real cure is in progress. It is important to let this happen and not to disturb the process at that time. I wish you luck.
Claudia

Hi,

Tuberculinum is noted for head-banging, as well as behavior disorders of children: obstinate, disobedient, and malicious. First I would try Med. in a higher potency, since it has apparently worked. But why not get a good materia medica so that you can compare these 2 remedies? I, too, was wondering about vaccinations. Thuja is the main remedy for "never well since" vaccinations, and it is a complement to Medorrhinum. It may be that he needs Thuja to move the case along.

Here are some keynotes of Medorrhinum:
1. Worse in damp weather
2. Loves ice/cold drinks/sodas/thirsty
3. Loves oranges/orange juice
4. Loves unripe fruit
5. Symptoms improve at the sea
6. Cruel to animals, or may be overly attached to an animal
7. Children have hot feet, want to take off their shoes, uncover feet at night
8. Sleeps on the abdomen or knee-chest position
9. Better at night--"night people"

If you recognize any of these traits in your son, let us know.

Snoopy

Sorry for the delay. No he has had no vaccinations. I would like to do some, but am too nervous with the problems we are having.

Not sure about the weather, would need to note this.
Loves ice and soda water.
As a one year old ate unripe oranges off the tree. Does not vrave oranges now.
We have an apple tree. He has been eating unripe fruit from that.
Gets very upset if the fruit is not quite right, ie has a blemish. Likes to choose. Will squish something in his hand and throw it if it is not quite right, even though I know he likes it. Gets beside himself if he drops a biscuit and breaks it. Will then proceed to jump on it rather than that is OK.
Has just started when we give him a treat ie his father went away for three days and he asked him to bring back a yellow lollipop if he was good. All weekend we talked about the yellow lollipop. he was so excited about getting it, and leaped into his fathers arms delighted and excited. When the yellow lollipop was produced his mood changed immedaitely and he wanted a purple lollipop. His father happened to have a bag and we changed the colour and with a lot of talking we managed to calm him down.
Never been at sea.
We do not have animals due to allergies. Cruelty I do not think is in his nature although he often bites and scratches me. Generally he is very nervous of animals.
Gets very hot. His head sweats mainly and his hair gets wet through.
He does come alive at night. We have been taking him out socially in the evening, and he is generally fantastic.
Thankyou for your reponse and to teh other people who have responded.

Tania,

You are absolutely right not to have the vaccinations with these current problems; it could just make the problem that much worse. It is clear that there are some psoric symptoms here such as allergies, eczema, asthma, weak digestion, and poor sleep. The psora could also be responsible for some of the behavioral problems. Psora can affect the nervous functioning of the child, making him obstinate and unmanageable. He could be having internal difficulties which manifest in the behaviours that you experience. If this is the case, understanding and loving kindness will be a lot more effective than discipline in dealing with his difficult behaviour.

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Dear Tania,

No wonder you've had success with Medorrhinum--he's got all the classic symptoms, including coming alive at night and loving unripe fruit! What potency have you been giving him? (If you've already mentioned it, please forgive me.) Maybe we can make some suggestions about what potency you need next.

Snoopy

I am not sure what the dose is?? 6 little white pills. I have just been to see another homeopath who is regarded as being very good, and he has given me Hyoscydmus hydrobrom. The dose is three drops a day for 5 days. Have had one day, and have not noticed any radical change, although he was late to bed last night, so was tired today.