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Height issue for a 16 year old male

My son is 16 years old with a weight of 54 kg (120 lbs). His height is 5 feet 2 inches and has been so since last 1 year approximately. He has no other medical issues. Father is 5 feet 6 inches and Mother is 5 feet 1 inch. Can someone recommend a homeopathic therapy for increasing his height? Did anyone have any success treating this kind of issue in a 16 year old?Anything that may increase his growth hormone. We wanted to act now at this age before it is too late. We did not want to go for artificial growth hormones. Any help is appreciated. Please let me know if you need any more information to recommend a treatment.
 
  Pajmeri on 2014-03-21
This is just a forum. Assume posts are not from medical professionals.
How tall are other family members on both sides of the family.
 
fitness last decade
Father: 5 feet 6 inches. Mother 5 feet 1 inch. Maternal grandfather 5 feet 8 inches, maternal grandmother 5 feet 1 inch. Paternal grandfather 5 feet 6 inches and paternal grandmother 5 feet 1 inch.
[message edited by Pajmeri on Sat, 22 Mar 2014 13:34:00 GMT]
 
Pajmeri last decade
Father: 5 feet 6 inches. Mother 5 feet 1 inch. Maternal grandfather 5 feet 8 inches, maternal grandmother 5 feet 1 inch.
Paternal grandfather 5 feet 6 inches and paternal grandmother 5 feet 1 inch.
 
Pajmeri last decade
We can try to address the issue if there is any underlying health problem. If his genetics are playing up and there is no health issue, then his height won't change.
 
fitness last decade
Thank you for your reply. I do agree that purely genetics are involved here. But I was hoping that his height could at least reach 5 feet 6 inches like that of his Father or both the Grandfathers. On searching the abchomeopathy forum for height increase I came across the following query and answer on height increase......

'From fahimahmad on 2014-03-08
2 replies
I am 14 years old and my height is 4'6 I am taking Five phos 6x .... will it help to increase my height in a month by taking 6 tablets a day........
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Re: How to increase height From akshaymohl on 2014-03-09
baryta carb 30 8 pills as one dose weekly dose only on sunday for three month silicea 200 8 pills as one dose one dose after 15 days to continue along with 5 phos to be taken twice daily 4 tabs as one dose pl also do stretch excercise by touching any object by raising your self on your toe and then increasing the height as per your routine .....'

Could you please let me know if my son should try this treatment? If yes, what is the strength of the medicines e.g C or X etc. What is 5 Phos and what is the strength? I would really appreciate an answer from you. I am not trying to be offensive but,unlike the above question from fahimahmad, I am not wishing for height increase in just a month.
 
Pajmeri last decade
I advise against such prescribing, its not only against homeopathic principles but can be outrightly dangerous.
 
fitness last decade
I can try to find a suitable remedy for you if you can answer the below questions.

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• Please reply to all that is being asked and give details.
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• Please leave the questions in place and give your answers under each of them.
• I can’t prescribe if these directions are not fully adhered to.
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QUESTIONS:
1. Your age & sex

2. Describe your appearance i.e. weight, height, body type (thin, medium, chubby, fat etc)

• Weight

• Height

• Body type (Very thin, Thin, Medium, Chubby, Fat, Obese)

• Any significant feature (e.g. sunken cheeks, stooped shoulders, thin chest etc.)

3. Your profession

4. Describe your personality in at least 20 words (e.g. stubborn, lazy, suicidal, don’t want to work, always in a hurry etc.)

5. If money was not an issue and you had a month of vacation, what would you do

6. How is your relationship with your parents, spouse, siblings, children etc.

7. If not ok, what’s wrong and how is it affecting you

8. Do you smoke/drink/drugs, if yes, details of why & since when

9. What is your main health problem & its symptoms

10. When did this main problem begin

11. Can you relate any event which caused this problem

12. What non-medicinal actions make the main problem better (e.g. massage, pressure, warmth, cold, lying down, sitting etc.)

13. What makes it worse (e.g. massage, pressure, warmth, cold, lying down, sitting etc.)

14. How do you feel mentally & emotionally during this problem (e.g. weepy, irritable, restless, sad, hopeless, fear of death etc.)

15. What other health problems do you have

16. List down all problems and when did they start (approximate month & year)

17. What non-medicinal actions make these other health problems better (explain each problem)

18. What makes these other health problems worse (explain each problem)

19. What animals or insects are you afraid of

20. What situations are you afraid of (e.g. heights, closed spaces, ocean, darkness etc)

21. What occupies your mind mostly

22. How do you respond to consolation & sympathy

23. Do you want to stay alone or with people

24. How is your sleep

25. Do you have any recurring dreams

26. Is your complaint affected by weather, if so, which weather affect & how

27. Do you normally feel hot or cold

28. What foods you crave & love (not what you eat due to health or other reasons, rather what you love)

29. Is there any food that you hate and can’t tolerate

30. What taste you crave & love (e.g. sweet, salty, sour, bitter)

31. Is there any taste which you hate and can’t tolerate

32. Do you like warm or cold food

33. Do you want to eat indigestible foods (chalk, lead pencil, mud….)

34. How is your thirst (less, moderate, excessive)

35. Do you have dry lips or mouth or both

36. Do you have any coating on tongue first thing in the morning, if yes, details

• Is coating thick

• Color of coating

• Where exactly (back, middle, sides etc)

37. Any taste in your mouth first thing in the morning (e.g. bitter, sour)

38. How is your skin (dry, oily, rough, acne, pustules, boils, psoriasis etc), send me a picture of the skin problem

39. Please upload here or email me a close up picture of your hand nails (without nail polish or any treatment done). Click my username for my email address.

40. Details about your sweat (where mostly, how much, smell, does it stain, color)

41. Any problems with eyes/vision, if yes, since when

42. Any problems with ears, nose, throat (e.g. nose always blocked, runny, discharge color)

43. How is your stool (details of how often, consistency, any blood, any particular smell etc.)

44. How is your urine (details of color, smell, any blood etc.)

45. How is your sex desire (e.g. no desire, low, moderate, high, very high)

46. Are you satisfied with your sex life, if no, why not

47. Do you masturbate, if yes, how frequently

48. Are you satisfied after that or want more

49. Males genitals (any problems with erection, any pain, any itching etc.)

50. Females menses details (reply to all these points)

• Regularity (early, late, irregular, duration of cycle)

• Flow (low, moderate, high)

• Clots (none, some, a lot, huge clots, bright color, dark color)

• Any discharge (color, consistency, smell)

51. What illnesses are running in your family

• Mother’s side

• Father’s side

• Siblings (brother/sister)

52. Are you taking any medicines (allopathic, homeopathic, supplements, acupuncture etc.)

53. Have you had any surgeries or implants, if yes, give details

54. Have you had any long term treatment (physical or psychological), if yes, give details (what, when, where, why, the list of medicines used)

55. What homeopathic remedies have you taken in the past (potency, dosage, approx. time frame)
 
fitness last decade
Thank you. The questions that you have asked, pertain to my son right? Do you want me to give you all the answers on his behalf?
 
Pajmeri last decade
They are for your son. He should answer and read the directions before answering.
 
fitness last decade
QUESTIONS:
1. Your age & sex
1. 16 year old male.

2. Describe your appearance i.e. weight, height, body type (thin, medium, chubby, fat etc)
2.
• Weight 120 lbs

• Height 5 feet 2 inches

• Body type (Very thin, Thin, Medium, Chubby, Fat, Obese)
Thin/Medium

• Any significant feature (e.g. sunken cheeks, stooped shoulders, thin chest etc.)
None. Average build

3. Your profession
3. Student in 10th grade (standard)

4. Describe your personality in at least 20 words (e.g. stubborn, lazy, suicidal, don’t want to work, always in a hurry etc.)
4. Friendly, playful, enjoys company, good in studies, patient, sometimes disobedient, curious about computer/mobile software

5. If money was not an issue and you had a month of vacation, what would you do
5. Spend the month on islands like hawaii, maldives etc

6. How is your relationship with your parents, spouse, siblings, children etc.
6. Very good with parents. Do not have any siblings, but on good terms with cousins

7. If not ok, what’s wrong and how is it affecting you
7. not applicable

8. Do you smoke/drink/drugs, if yes, details of why & since when
8. No.

9. What is your main health problem & its symptoms
9. Overall healthy. Only issue is poor height.

10. When did this main problem begin
10. Puberty

11. Can you relate any event which caused this problem
11. Not applicable

12. What non-medicinal actions make the main problem better (e.g. massage, pressure, warmth, cold, lying down, sitting etc.)
12. Not applicable

13. What makes it worse (e.g. massage, pressure, warmth, cold, lying down, sitting etc.)
13. Not applicable

14. How do you feel mentally & emotionally during this problem (e.g. weepy, irritable, restless, sad, hopeless, fear of death etc.)
14. not depressed, but do hope that this problem could be solved.

15. What other health problems do you have
15. none

16. List down all problems and when did they start (approximate month & year)
16. Not applicable.

17. What non-medicinal actions make these other health problems better (explain each problem)
17. Not applicable

18. What makes these other health problems worse (explain each problem)
18. not applicable

19. What animals or insects are you afraid of
19. Spiders,lizards, cockroaches

20. What situations are you afraid of (e.g. heights, closed spaces, ocean, darkness etc)
20. heights, harm from deep sea creatures if in water (but not drowning)

21. What occupies your mind mostly
21. my interest in technology

22. How do you respond to consolation & sympathy
22. Appreciate sympathy

23. Do you want to stay alone or with people
23. With people

24. How is your sleep
24. Good

25. Do you have any recurring dreams
25. No

26. Is your complaint affected by weather, if so, which weather affect & how
26. Not applicable

27. Do you normally feel hot or cold
27. Neither. normal

28. What foods you crave & love (not what you eat due to health or other reasons, rather what you love)
28. Sweet. Chocolates. Spicy food, Cheese

29. Is there any food that you hate and can’t tolerate
29. Hate Upmaa

30. What taste you crave & love (e.g. sweet, salty, sour, bitter)
30. Sweet, spicy, salty

31. Is there any taste which you hate and can’t tolerate
31. Bitter

32. Do you like warm or cold food
32. Warm

33. Do you want to eat indigestible foods (chalk, lead pencil, mud….)
33. No. but does chew on pencils sometimes

34. How is your thirst (less, moderate, excessive)
34. Moderate

35. Do you have dry lips or mouth or both
35. No

36. Do you have any coating on tongue first thing in the morning, if yes, details

• Is coating thick

• Color of coating

• Where exactly (back, middle, sides etc)
36. No coating

37. Any taste in your mouth first thing in the morning (e.g. bitter, sour)
37. Bitter taste in the mouth

38. How is your skin (dry, oily, rough, acne, pustules, boils, psoriasis etc), send me a picture of the skin problem
38. Acne, especially when chocolate is eaten. Picture attached. Also sent to your email address.

39. Please upload here or email me a close up picture of your hand nails (without nail polish or any treatment done). Click my username for my email address.
39. Picture attached. Also sent to your email address.

40. Details about your sweat (where mostly, how much, smell, does it stain, color)
40. Sweats a lot around the neck and scalp.

41. Any problems with eyes/vision, if yes, since when
41. since last year had problems with distance vision. Just started wearing glasses to correct this matter

42. Any problems with ears, nose, throat (e.g. nose always blocked, runny, discharge color)
42. None

43. How is your stool (details of how often, consistency, any blood, any particular smell etc.)
43. Once a day. regular-soft

44. How is your urine (details of color, smell, any blood etc.)
44. Light yellow, faint smell

45. How is your sex desire (e.g. no desire, low, moderate, high, very high)
45. moderate

46. Are you satisfied with your sex life, if no, why not
46. Not applicable-Single

47. Do you masturbate, if yes, how frequently
47. yes. once a week approx

48. Are you satisfied after that or want more
48. satisfied

49. Males genitals (any problems with erection, any pain, any itching etc.)
49. None

50. Females menses details (reply to all these points)
50. Not applicable
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51. What illnesses are running in your family

51.
• Mother’s side

Weight gain
• Father’s side

Macular degeneration

• Siblings (brother/sister)
None

52. Are you taking any medicines (allopathic, homeopathic, supplements, acupuncture etc.)
52. Tried acupuncture for height-did not work. Just started taking L-Arginine and L-Lysine supplement once a day

53. Have you had any surgeries or implants, if yes, give details
53. None

54. Have you had any long term treatment (physical or psychological), if yes, give details (what, when, where, why, the list of medicines used)
54. None

55. What homeopathic remedies have you taken in the past (potency, dosage, approx. time frame)
55. None
[message edited by Pajmeri on Tue, 25 Mar 2014 20:41:36 GMT]
 
Pajmeri last decade
How do you want to keep your room and all other things e.g. very organized, messy etc

Are you very particular about your appearance e.g. bathe daily, very clean or don't bother.

Answer these questions as you feel like doing not what your parents make you do.
 
fitness last decade
How do you want to keep your room and all other things e.g. very organized, messy etc

Ans: I keep my room fairly neat and organized.

Are you very particular about your appearance e.g. bathe daily, very clean or don't bother.

Ans: I take showers around 3 times a day (I sweat a lot).
 
Pajmeri last decade
Your remedy is: Calcarea Carbonica 200c.

HOW TO TAKE THE REMEDY:
Please take two doses 12 hrs apart. Just two doses. Not daily.
Report back in 15 days with changes observed.

TIME OF DOSE:
First dose: At night before sleeping.
Second dose: 12 hrs after the first dose.
Don’t take any more dose or any other remedy unless I tell you.

PILLS/PELLETS:
If your remedy is in the form of pills:
One dose is one pill.
Dissolve the pill in mouth.

LIQUID REMEDY:
If your remedy is in liquid form:
Put one drop of the remedy in half glass of water, stir and take one tea spoon from it.
That’s one dose.
Use the same mixture for subsequent doses, if required.
Don’t refrigerate the mixture. Put it anywhere covered, away from direct sunlight.

PRECAUTIONS:
If there is significant worsening of symptoms (called homeopathic aggravation) after the first dose, then don’t take the second dose.
Don’t take any other homeopathic remedy during this treatment.
Give a break of at least 10 minutes before eating/drinking anything before or after taking the remedy.
During the treatment, don’t eat anything which you have never had all your life.

HOW TO GIVE FEEDBACK:
A good example of how to report your progress is by giving %age improvement for all your health problems e.g.
Headache: 30% better
Low energy level: 50% better
Anxiety: 40% better
Sadness: No change
Depression: Worse
And so on list all your complaints.

GENERAL INFO ABOUT HOMEOPATHIC PRESCRIBING:
If someone is giving several remedies, without waiting to see the effect of one remedy, then it is totally against the core principles of homeopathy. Such an approach is unlikely to give permanent cure, rather it may distort actual symptoms making subsequent cure even more difficult.

DIETARY GUIDELINES:
Homeopathy is not magic and it can only work when all other supportive strategies are also used. To make sure you are cured as fast as possible and stay that way please change your lifestyle to include the following:

1. Start eating half cup of low fat, plain, non-flavored yogurt with live cultures daily in the morning or with lunch. If you have homemade yogurt that’s the best.
2. Stop all processed foods e.g. white bread, white rice, white burgers etc.
3. Eat whole foods only i.e. whole grain bread, brown rice, brown burgers etc.
4. The bread should be high in bran content & the flour should be coarse ground.
5. Start eating a small bowl of salad at least once a day e.g. it should contain cucumber, carrots, salad leaves, tomato and any vegetable you like. Put a dressing of olive oil & raw apple cider vinegar and put some salt & black pepper to your liking.
6. Eat at least 1-2 fruits per day e.g. apple, orange etc.
7. Drink enough water so that your urine is clear. Yellow colored urine is a good indication that you are dehydrated.
8. Eat only when hungry and when eating, don’t overstuff yourself.
9. Focus on food only when you eat i.e. don’t divert your attention by watching tv etc.
10. Exercise:
• Aerobic activity e.g. Start walking at least 30 minutes a day for 5 days a week with your spouse/friend and achieve your target heart rate.
• Strength training e.g. Start weight training at least 20 minutes 3 days a week.

NOTE: Yogurt can cause increased mucus generation in some individuals, if you are like that, don’t eat yogurt. Rather start eating roasted black chick peas (also known as Bengal Gram) daily.
 
fitness last decade
Thank you for your guidance. I shall procure this medicine and let you know the results after 15 days of taking it.
 
Pajmeri 9 years ago
Here is the feedback from my son who took Calcarea Carbonica 200c as prescribed....

1. Seeing that the issue was of his low height, there is no improvement/change. Of course, I was not expecting a dramatic change in his height in 15 days, but I do not know if I should wait for a few more days to see any improvements.

2. He said that he does not sweat as much as he was earlier, but not very sure that it was due to the medicine or the weather,as the weather here was cool the last few days.

Please let me know your views on this. Thank You.
 
Pajmeri 9 years ago
The sweat moderation is due to the remedy.

Continue observing and report back in one week. No more doses.
 
fitness 9 years ago
Here to report back on the height issue. I measured my son's height today and it is a 1/4 inch more than what it was earlier. (The last time we measured was on 17 April 2014).I sincerely hope that it is due to the homeopathic medicine and not just a normal increase. Also, he turned 16 on 24th of April 2014. Kindly advise what more needs to be done. Thanks.
 
Pajmeri 9 years ago
Just observe and report back in 15 days. How is his sweat.
 
fitness 9 years ago
My son says that the perspiration is about 50% less, though he has also not been playing/exercising outside since last few days. I apologize in advance if my question sounds offensive but I am curious to know why you are concentrating on his perspiration problem. Does that have something to do with his growth hormones etc? Thanking you once again for all your help.
 
Pajmeri 9 years ago
His perspiration is the only outward indication of the remedy's action that's why I ask for it.
 
fitness 9 years ago
The only way to cure anything in homoeopathy is to start that cure within the patient, and this means that all their various symptoms should also improve. This is how we know the remedy has actually worked, rather than something else being the cause of the change.

It might be appropriate for you to do some research on homoeopathy to understand what information we use and how it works to make the changes it does make.

We may concentrate on appetite, perspiration, sleep, emotions, thoughts, thirst, dreams - all sorts of things that might be seem to be unconnected to the problem you are focusing on. However, homoeopathy is a holistic therapy which means the whole person must be looked at.
 
Evocationer 9 years ago
Back again to report on my son's height issue. There is no increase in height. He says that now that it has grown warmer (we are Georgia, USA), he has started sweating again. The only difference is that the sweating is about 15/20% less than usual. Please let me know if you need any more info. Thanks.
 
Pajmeri 9 years ago
Nothing for now, just observe and report back in 15 days.
 
fitness 9 years ago
No change in the issue. He plays basketball every day for about 45 minutes. The amount of sweat remains the same. Please advise what needs to be done now.
 
Pajmeri 9 years ago
I'd say to leave it as such. Nothing more is required.
 
fitness 9 years ago

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