4 Year Old child grinds his teeth at night. _{Page 2 of 4}

John Stanton and kuldeep, thank you very much.

Yes he has late and lingering dentation. He had no teeth till 13 or may be 14 months. With each teeth he suffered intense pain. Each time he went sick with fever espacially hot head.

He will be five this july.

Child had eczema since the start of birth. He used to scratch his head and as he got nails he scratched and bled. He scratched his head days and nights. He even scratched off the soft part of head. His hairs used to go dry like spines. We were applying various hair oils and any oil lasted only 2 hours and his hairs were again rough and head dry. I doubt if ever any liquid oozed but always lots of dandruff like scales, summer or winter he was same.

We took boy to at least 15 homeopaths and countless allopath doctors, some took lengthy interviews and some just gave some medicine. Some disclosed medicine given and some didn’t but there was not even a slight improvement. Any anti dandruff shampoo worked upon him for few hours and again his head was dry and scaly.

Then he started having teeth around 14 months and was grinding them. In those days I started reading material medica but still nothing worked till kuldeep suggested Phytolacca Decandra 200. Actually he told us to administer the medicine for a month but after one dose medicine bottle fell down and broke but boy’s hairs were normal in the matter of minutes. He was still grinding the teeth but most of doctors ignored the problems, they said it is not unusual because he was having hard time in teething.

His head eczema reappeared after 6 six months (he was 2 at that time) but in way less intensity. We again gave him just one dose of Phytolacca-200 and problem was gone again. After about 12 months (he was three) we suspected dry hairs again but in much less intensity and again a dose of phytolacca was given and after that problem never reappeared so far.

I will rather say he was always rubbing his jaws. We thought he is having teeth but teeth appeared much late.

He used to get cold and runny nose. Kuldeep suggested Psorinum 1M daily for a week and then next Tuberculenum 1M daily for a week. His cold and runny nose problem was resolved (about one year ago), now he rarely gets cold or sick.

Another thing I forget to mention that he always had excessive salivation till few months ago. Still he does but whenever he is under the influence of cold he still salivate but rarely at night.
For Salivation: Mercury Vivex and Mercury Dulcis was given and many other medicine were given but no improvement. His teeth grinding is definitely connected with salivation. Anytime he salivates, he grinds his teeth loudly and wakes up others sleeping in other rooms. Otherwise he keeps grinding them and if we shake him he stops for a while.

He was given so many medicines so I can’t tell you any exact time or dose but
Phytolacca, Belladonna, Psorinum and Tuberculenum worked upon him distinctly and nothing else.

He was also given Petroleum, Graphites, Sulphur and more

hello John, are you here today?

After Psorinum and Tuberculenum was given his immunity to cold has increased, before always he used to have runny nose even in the summer. He always used to have his nose running after a bath even in the summer. In last year twice his nose started running for some days, due to colds, a dose of tuberculenum 1M was given which restored his immunity.

John, anytime his nose is running and is under the influence of cold, he grinds his teeth real loud during sleep and drools saliva (only when awake) though now he is old enough to control his drooling but still some falls on his shirt.

John, thank you very much for taking so much concern.

He was given Calcarel Phos 3X and 6X for teething for long time but there was no effect except that it gave him constipation. Both were given before Psorinum and Tuberculenum. Was also given Silicea 3x and 6x for some time.

He was also given Calcarel Carb 30 and 200 but no effect on head.

He sweats at night but except legs and arma.

His skin condition is fine, is not dry at all even in the winter. He has normal anger, not violent in any way. Loves parents and his friends. Goes to all and kisses them whenever he is happy.

Another thing: Anytime he walks with me and holds my finger, his palms get wet too soon.

I think he sweats a lots. He is lean and playful. When doing nothing in home he races from one end to another or loves to dance on music. Loves bycycling or any movement activity.

If you want I can send you his picture on your email address.

Except belladonna, tuber and psor. he was never given any medicine of 1M

Thanks John. Yes sweat occur at the first part of sleep and never throughout night. Including naps. Some times he is on the bed doing something etc. and we feel him wet, this means he is asleep. His sweating starts as he is to fall sleep.

Another thing, he stubornly pushes away his bedsheets or comforter at nights. If we wrap him up again he gets annoyed and pushes it away again.

I will take his, his head's and nail's pictures and send those to you.

We tried low potency Silica on him. Also home made, the way kuldeep mentioned in the post. Last summer he had two boils and that homemade Silica made them mature in the matter of hours and heal fast and then boils never occured. In extreme heat of North India boils are common espacially in Mango season when he ate lots of them. Now we are in NJ, USA.

Hello John and Pankaj, Also to mention that he does not clatter teeth. He rubs his upper biting teeth over his lower biting teeth with powerful but slow motion.

His lower biting teeth are flat due to grinding.

Again to mention that wheneve he is generally sick or under the inflence of cold he grinds or rather rubs his teeth even more and also salivates more.

Thanks John. I will give him Sepia-200 and take all precautions as you told.