1st time seeing a child of 7, who has been given many homeopathics (from 30C- 200C, with rapid repeats) for his "constitutional" and acutes which show a real confusion of thinking:

Tuberculinum, Stramonium, Hepar Sulphuricum, Mercuriu Vivus, Lycopodium, Calcarea Carbonica, Calcarea Phosphoricum, Rhus Toxidendron, Causticum, and others not recorded.

He shows a strong history of medorrhinum: bites nails to the quick (toes too) slept on stomach (not so much now), hot/cold temper changes, modalities all in line etc. but now he presents with hard round swollen lymth glands under both arm pits (2 on R, 1 on L) and molluscum contagiosum for which I gave Thuja 200C with mild results--I think I must go to a Calcarea Carbonicum for the lymph glands and then see if he goes back to medorrhinum, sulphur or thuja sx.

He is thin, pale, polite and easily directed by mom--made very little eye contact with me, has circles under the eyes.

He was recently was treated by an alopath for pinworms (grrrr) sweats at night on neck, has "dead" feet after playing hard-which respond to rubbing, loves sweets, salt and many different foods (hates spinach)--gets stomach aches around the navel after milk and hotdogs, constipated (1x every 2 days) and was very mean to mother the night of our interview when he ate hot dogs.

He has always had difficulty sleeping--bad dreams of people chasing him.

I think his case has been made complex (he has also been given many herbs by Arvedic and Herbalist practitioners).

He does not show any conium sx (not usual in kids) nor carcinosin.

I feel he is a jumble that could explode. He was given a flouride treatment (echhhhh) and his health crashed--exhausted etc., and he produced a proving of Rhus Toxidendron (shingles eruptions on a large scale which vanished and left him miserable)

I have not yet given him a remedy--just Fiber Bears to relieve the constipation and acidophilus.

Any suggestions?

Sac Lac until you think you have a stable picture? Just an idea.

What about Sil in this picture? I've treated some similar cases well with it. Keep posting so I can see what turns up! Thanks.

I have a feeling you may first want to antidote all the stuff he's been given. Boericke says Nux v. 'after much dosing'. Then you should indeed look at Silica.

Thanks for responding. He was given Nux Vomica (forgot to list) recently with no reaction. I too wondered about Silicea but even though he is only 7, he didn't seem chilly enough and has no pronounced fear of needles/pins. On the other hand he has undeveloped 2nd teeth and is late losing his baby teeth in front.

Calcarea Carbonica is only a grade 1 in the reperatory for molluscum but did cover many points. I thought the Calcarea Carbonica might be sitting on top of the deeper vaccinosis remedy--Silicea or Thuja (possibly Medorrhinum) but I can't see it clearly.

What is your opinion, does that seem logical?

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Jarf, could very well be. Is he 'not well since'? Then a dose of Sil should set the vaccinations straight. Otherwise see if you can find an antidote for the multiple doses or wait till you are sure they have all ceased action. What potency Nux has he had? A low one need not necessarily do all the needed antidoting (too short action) I would go for Nux 1M. single dose and wait. Then you may get a clearer picture, although you will never get the original picture back after so much dosing.

Hi - about Sil in children you seldom see a cold child and in all the cases I have traeted with sil I have never seen the fear of pins, but the description and symptoms plus history are not bad indications for sil.
Good luck with it all. Peace Govi

I went back over the case and agree that Silicea looks the best, I shall give it on monday and let you all know--many thanks!

I have an eight year old patient that has done very well on Silica and is not a particularly cold child. Children are normally warm so this should be taken into account. Even Calc. children are warm. My patient does has a dislike of vaccination needles and says that he doesn't like the needles when he has to do embroidery cross stitch at school! After the Silica all the toxins came out in nasal catarrah and mucus! Mother wasn't happy but she had to admit the child was so much better.

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He was given only a 30C Nux Vomica so that is still a possibility but I think the time lapse is great enough (1 year) to go straight to Silicea. I was taught to go high with children so I am planning to use a 10M one time with no repeats.