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Could my child need a spider remedy?
Hi all,I am at my whit's end with my 2nd child (1 of 3 daughters) at the moment! Her behaviour has got steadily worse over the last 3 months or so, to the point of me even trying hypnosis with limited success. She has always been the more trying child of ours, louder, more demanding than the others, but it has got to a new high.
She is turning 4 in less than a week. She has olive skin, blue eyes, sandy blonde/brown hair. She has a heavy build, and whilst not overweight, compared to her two siblings, she is definitely more heavy set and has a bit of puppy fat. She weighs 18kg and she is about 1 mitre tall.
She has lately developed an intense fear of insects, particularly if she is bare foot outside, she is scared of ants. In the last 3 months or so she has also constantly complained of things being too loud and clamps her hands over her ears. I even had to leave a school assembly for my eldest as the clapping put my 2nd daughter into a tantrum and she was crying very loudly.
She has always needed less sleep than the others, cutting down to one nap a day from 12 months old and cutting out day naps altogether when she was 2½.
She quite often plays in her bed until the late hours of the night, and 6/7 days will wake in a bad mood.
She takes very little to get angry, if anything doesn't go her way she will get grumpy instantly and if not given in too, will storm off into her room, talking to herself and working herself into a crying fit if allowed to go on.
If she has a tantrum, most of the day is ruined. She scowels and stalks off with her fists clenched and her shoulders hunched.
She is very musically inclined, loves to dance and sing and is full of confidence, but if she is in a 'mood' then she will scowel look down and turn her head away from people, and will not engage with anyone!
She is very affectionate, and quite often will come for a cuddle, but if she is not in the mood, she will not let you cuddle her.
She dislikes authority, and hates being told what to do. She is due to go to kindergarten next week, but on her visit days she told me she doesn't like it because she was made to sit down and listen instead of play like she wanted.
She quite often tells me, 'mum, don't look', and I know she is doing something naughty!
She is always picking her nose and eating it, ewww, I know!!
She loves climbing, and has no fear of hights at all.
She will eat constantly and has no off switch unless it is to get out of eating something she dislikes (like tea)! She loves fruit.
She recently got ringworm quite bad, and I gave her a few doses of bacillinium 30c, which has almost cleared it up, she just has rough skin patches now, but no discolouration. (my great grand mother died in her 40's of tuberculosis, I'm not sure if this is relevant).
Also, she is prone to vaginal thrush, especially if she takes antibiotics, and I think constantly has it to some degree. I can't seem to get rid of the red dots on her bottom, and she loves sugar too much to take her off of it completely at this stage. I can treat it with a homeoapthic thrush complex but it is a bandaid remedy at best.
I'm pretty sure that sums her up, but will post more if I think of it.
Do you think she needs a spider remedy to change her behaviour, or am I 'barking up the wrong tree'?
ps. when she is happy it's like the sun comes out of the clouds, she has a sweet smile and lovely nature, but then something will go agains her grain and it's all over :(
Please help me find the lovely little girl I know is hiding inside my daughter!
smac79 on 2011-10-13
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Madam
Please give her
1. Chamomilla-30 6 pills 2 times a day
2. Mimulus+Cherry Plum+Impetience 5+5+5 drops together in 1/4 cup of water 2 times a day
Keep 30 to 40 minutes gap between above two.
Give a feedback after 15 days.
R.P. Tamhankar
Please give her
1. Chamomilla-30 6 pills 2 times a day
2. Mimulus+Cherry Plum+Impetience 5+5+5 drops together in 1/4 cup of water 2 times a day
Keep 30 to 40 minutes gap between above two.
Give a feedback after 15 days.
R.P. Tamhankar
shouse_nsk last decade
You are referring to the method of prescribing that uses natural groups (spiders, salts, snakes, legumes etc). I believe I am the only practitioner on this board that uses that kind of method of analysis.
The spiders have specific traits that make them fairly easy to spot. However what I would like to do is explore your daughter's cause without pointing out what I am looking for, to see what we get.
A love of music does not lead to a spider remedy by the way, that is a normal human characteristic not part of her disease.
Can you tell me what the pregnancy was like with her. Did you experience any feelings, symptoms, anything that was out of the ordinary, that vanished when she was born?
Does she talk about her dreams at all?
How does she interact with the other children?
When she is angry, what is the first thing she does? What does she do if you reprimand or punish her? What exactly does she say when angry?
The spiders have specific traits that make them fairly easy to spot. However what I would like to do is explore your daughter's cause without pointing out what I am looking for, to see what we get.
A love of music does not lead to a spider remedy by the way, that is a normal human characteristic not part of her disease.
Can you tell me what the pregnancy was like with her. Did you experience any feelings, symptoms, anything that was out of the ordinary, that vanished when she was born?
Does she talk about her dreams at all?
How does she interact with the other children?
When she is angry, what is the first thing she does? What does she do if you reprimand or punish her? What exactly does she say when angry?
♡ brisbanehomoeopath last decade
Hi, thanks for your responses, I haven't got any bach flower essences on hand (will have to order the remedies stated, and I have not had very good experiences with the rescue remedy, it didn't seem to help my girls at all. I have tried Chamomilla in the past with her, particularly when she was teething, but it doesn't seem to improve her behaviour.
In regards to my pregnancy, hmmm, in all 3 pregnancies, I actually feel better than normal. I did have morning sickness, (nausea only) until 14 weeks with her, I absolutely craved junk food whilst pregnant with her, and if I succumed and had coke or chocolate, she would jump around like a basket ball straight away.
I don't recall having any issues that vanished once she was born. She doesn't really talk about her dreams much, just to tell me the basics when it happens, ie. ' I had a dream about spiders and bugs'.
As to her interaction with other children, she prefers to play with boys her own age, or older kids. If she doesn't get her way, she tends to go into her room and sulk, or off apart from the group and sit down with a scowl on her face with arms crossed.
When she is angry the first thing she does is walk away talking to herself, 'it's not fair etc,', she never listens to you, and quite often you will be telling her what she wants to hear, but she has got it into her head that you are telling her something else, [it drives me crazy ;)].
If she is told off or punished, she tends to over react and scream loudly and cry.
When she is angry she usually says, 'it's not fair, I don't ever get my way, or nobody ever lets me . . . etc'
looking forward to your replies.
Thanks
In regards to my pregnancy, hmmm, in all 3 pregnancies, I actually feel better than normal. I did have morning sickness, (nausea only) until 14 weeks with her, I absolutely craved junk food whilst pregnant with her, and if I succumed and had coke or chocolate, she would jump around like a basket ball straight away.
I don't recall having any issues that vanished once she was born. She doesn't really talk about her dreams much, just to tell me the basics when it happens, ie. ' I had a dream about spiders and bugs'.
As to her interaction with other children, she prefers to play with boys her own age, or older kids. If she doesn't get her way, she tends to go into her room and sulk, or off apart from the group and sit down with a scowl on her face with arms crossed.
When she is angry the first thing she does is walk away talking to herself, 'it's not fair etc,', she never listens to you, and quite often you will be telling her what she wants to hear, but she has got it into her head that you are telling her something else, [it drives me crazy ;)].
If she is told off or punished, she tends to over react and scream loudly and cry.
When she is angry she usually says, 'it's not fair, I don't ever get my way, or nobody ever lets me . . . etc'
looking forward to your replies.
Thanks
smac79 last decade
Madam
A cross child can also be treated with Cina-30
Because you say that you have tried Chamomilla-30
R.P. Tamhankar
[message edited by shouse_nsk on Thu, 13 Oct 2011 14:22:40 BST]
A cross child can also be treated with Cina-30
Because you say that you have tried Chamomilla-30
R.P. Tamhankar
[message edited by shouse_nsk on Thu, 13 Oct 2011 14:22:40 BST]
shouse_nsk last decade
Ok I have looked over the case. It is not an Animal one in my opinion. It is definitely not an Insect case or a Spider case.
It seems quite clearly to be a Plant case - her problem is with her sensitivity, which is excessive. She is too sensitive to noise, to reprimand, to authority, to not getting her own way. She is overemotional and it appears her moods depend almost entirely on her external evironment. This is the Plant Kingdom in homoeopathy.
If I look at specific symptoms, and keep in mind that she needs a Plant, then the choice here seems fairly easy.
Fear of Insects
Fear of Ants
Sensitive to noise, to loud noise
Ravenous appetite/hunger
Averse to tea
Desire fruit
This brings China right up to the front.
Symptoms of China that suit. I have marked with an * some expressions that seem particularly relevent to her:
Ailments of admonition
Ailments from kindly admonition *
Ailments from being looked at
Anger from trifles
Answers, refuses to
Cheerfulness alternating with seriousness
Contradiction, intolerant of
Contradiction, intolerant of rules, in children *
Delusion of vexations and offences *
Delusion that she is unfortunate
Delusion that she has suffered wrong
Dictatorial
Disobedience
Greed, cupidity, in eating
Inconsolable
Looked at, cannot bear to be
Moods alternating, changeable
Morose, sulky, cross, disinclined to talk *
Obstinate, headstrong children *
Offended easily *
Oversensitive to noise *, to slightest noise *
Weeping, tearful mood, about a fancied need
As you can see, this remedy covers her case quite well.
My suggestion would be to get China 200c. You will need to use Split dosing for her.
INSTRUCTONS FOR SPLIT DOSING
Firstly, you need to create a separate dosing bottle. Get a bottle with a dropper, 15-30mls in size, and fill it with a mixture of water and alcohol (5 parts to 1 part). Dissolve 2 granules or 2 drops of the medicine you bought from the pharmacy into this mixture. Your doses will be made from this bottle.
Hit the bottle firmly against the palm of your hand, or another elastic surface like a book. It should be a firm hit not a tap. 2 hits is enough to begin with, and should not be increased unless it is clear that it is needed. The water in this bottle will 'remember' the number of times you have hit it, so that subsequent doses will be stronger (necessary to overcoming the resistance of your disease).
Place 1 drop into an amount of water - I may start with anything from 1/4-1 full cup (62ml-250ml) depending on the sensitivity of the patient. Stir thoroughly and take 1 teaspoon into the mouth. Throw the rest of the cup away.
This is one dose. Repeat doses would be started from the 2 hits on the bottle.
Each step of this process can be adjusted to reduced aggravation or to increase the effect of the medicine. In order to be able to do this, it is important to measure each step (count the hits, the drops, measure the water etc).
Start with 1/2 cup of water and give one dose only.
David Kempson
Professional Classical Homoeopath
Dip.Hom.Med 1994
[message edited by brisbanehomoeopath on Thu, 13 Oct 2011 22:21:25 BST]
It seems quite clearly to be a Plant case - her problem is with her sensitivity, which is excessive. She is too sensitive to noise, to reprimand, to authority, to not getting her own way. She is overemotional and it appears her moods depend almost entirely on her external evironment. This is the Plant Kingdom in homoeopathy.
If I look at specific symptoms, and keep in mind that she needs a Plant, then the choice here seems fairly easy.
Fear of Insects
Fear of Ants
Sensitive to noise, to loud noise
Ravenous appetite/hunger
Averse to tea
Desire fruit
This brings China right up to the front.
Symptoms of China that suit. I have marked with an * some expressions that seem particularly relevent to her:
Ailments of admonition
Ailments from kindly admonition *
Ailments from being looked at
Anger from trifles
Answers, refuses to
Cheerfulness alternating with seriousness
Contradiction, intolerant of
Contradiction, intolerant of rules, in children *
Delusion of vexations and offences *
Delusion that she is unfortunate
Delusion that she has suffered wrong
Dictatorial
Disobedience
Greed, cupidity, in eating
Inconsolable
Looked at, cannot bear to be
Moods alternating, changeable
Morose, sulky, cross, disinclined to talk *
Obstinate, headstrong children *
Offended easily *
Oversensitive to noise *, to slightest noise *
Weeping, tearful mood, about a fancied need
As you can see, this remedy covers her case quite well.
My suggestion would be to get China 200c. You will need to use Split dosing for her.
INSTRUCTONS FOR SPLIT DOSING
Firstly, you need to create a separate dosing bottle. Get a bottle with a dropper, 15-30mls in size, and fill it with a mixture of water and alcohol (5 parts to 1 part). Dissolve 2 granules or 2 drops of the medicine you bought from the pharmacy into this mixture. Your doses will be made from this bottle.
Hit the bottle firmly against the palm of your hand, or another elastic surface like a book. It should be a firm hit not a tap. 2 hits is enough to begin with, and should not be increased unless it is clear that it is needed. The water in this bottle will 'remember' the number of times you have hit it, so that subsequent doses will be stronger (necessary to overcoming the resistance of your disease).
Place 1 drop into an amount of water - I may start with anything from 1/4-1 full cup (62ml-250ml) depending on the sensitivity of the patient. Stir thoroughly and take 1 teaspoon into the mouth. Throw the rest of the cup away.
This is one dose. Repeat doses would be started from the 2 hits on the bottle.
Each step of this process can be adjusted to reduced aggravation or to increase the effect of the medicine. In order to be able to do this, it is important to measure each step (count the hits, the drops, measure the water etc).
Start with 1/2 cup of water and give one dose only.
David Kempson
Professional Classical Homoeopath
Dip.Hom.Med 1994
[message edited by brisbanehomoeopath on Thu, 13 Oct 2011 22:21:25 BST]
♡ brisbanehomoeopath last decade
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