Reflux?!

Try using 1/2 tablet. Dissolve it in a bit of water like
a teaspoon. Dropper that into his mouth or use the spoon.

You can do this after a feeding. Do not exceed 5 doses
in 24 hours. Give this a few days to see how it goes.
As baby gets better you reduce the amount of doses.

There are other remedies to use if this does not work out
for you.

You will get a better result if symptoms are taken properly as per homoeopathic guidelines. The other advantage is that taking a dealing with a case properly causes many beneficial other improvements to a person's health, not just in the main complaint.

I will post a questionnaire you can use to provide us with the kind of information that may lead to a successful prescription.

MENTAL STATE OF CHILD


1] What is the effect of main complaint and associated complaints on him/her?

2] What are the thoughts/feeling/reactions associated with it? Describe in detail.

3] Any unusual sensation in their body. (Describe the sensation they experience during all stressful situations like nightmares, fears, before exam, with the incident, which had a deep impact on him/her.)

4] What are his/her fears (existing and/or imaginary)? What are the feelings/thoughts and the reaction associated with it?

5] Any incident which had a deep impact on him/her? Describe in detail. What are the thoughts/feelings/sensations associated with it? At that moment of time what were his/her feelings/thoughts, sensations and reactions associated with it?

6] What are the stories/fairytales that he/she likes to read / listen? What character attracts him/her the most and why? Describe about HIS/HER understanding of the stories. What are the feelings/thoughts associated with it?

7] What are his/her imaginations/fantasies? Describe in detail.

8] What are the dreams that he/she gets? What are the feeling/thoughts and reaction associated with it?

9] What are the nightmares that he/she gets? What are the feeling/thoughts and reaction associated with it?

10] What are his/her interests and hobbies?

11] Describe about the specific toys, games/specific TV serials, cartoon characters, movies he/she likes. What are the thoughts, feelings associated with it? What kind of questions does he/she asks related to that?

12] How is he/she at sports and other activities?

13] Describe about the drawing he/she likes to do/sing. What are the thoughts/feelings associated with it?

14] Any other activities does he/she like to do? What are they? What are the thoughts/feelings associated with it?

15] Describe all the qualities of your child, which makes him/her different from other children, which is unique to him/her.
16] What does he/she wants to become when he is grown up and why? What are his/her ambitions?
17] Whom does he/she idealizes and why? What about him that he/she admires the most?

18] How is his/her relationship/behavior with parents, teachers, friends, relatives? What are the qualities he/she admires in them? How is his behavior in school?

19] What kind of questions does he/she asks to his/her parents, relatives, teachers?

20] What are his/her views about the world?

21] What makes the child cry or laugh?

22] What makes your child very angry and irritable?

23] What does the child do when he/she is alone?

24] Is there any particular reaction does he / she throw about a particular person?

25] Have you observed any change in his/her behavior on starting a particular T.V./radio program? If so, what is it? How does he/she react?

SLEEP PATTERN

1] Describe the posture in sleep. (On the back, side, abdomen etc.) Any particular position in which he sleeps? In which position he can’t sleep?

2] During sleep does he /she:
a) Snore?
b) grind teeth?
c) Dribble saliva?
d) Sweat?
e) Keep eyes or mouth open?
f) Walk? Talk?
g) Moan? Weep?
h) Become restless? Wake up with a jerk?

3] Describe if anything else is unusual about his / her sleep: (sleepy, sleeplessness, etc. if so, when?) ________________________________________

APPETITE AND THIRST

1] How is his appetite?
2] When is he hungry?
3] What happens if he has to remain hungry for long?
4] How fast do does he eat?
5] How does your child feel before / during / after meals?
5] How much thirst does he has?
6] Any particular time when he is especially thirsty?
7] Does he feel any change in the taste and feeling in his mouth?

STOOL
1] Does he have any problem regarding stools?
2] When and how many times a day does he pass stools?
3] When is it urgent?
4] Does he /she have any problem about bowel movements?
5] Does he/she have to strain for stool? Even if soft?
6] Does he/she have belching or passing of gas? Describe its character.
7] How does he/she feels after passing gas up or down?

________________________________________

Urine and urination
1] Any problem about urine?
2] Any strong smell? Like what?
3] Does he / she has any trouble before, during and after passing urine?
4] Any difficulty about the flow? Slow to start, interrupted, feeble dribbling etc.?
5] Any involuntary urination? When?
________________________________________

SWEAT/PERSPIRATION-FEVER-CHILL
1] How much does he/she sweat?
2] Where and on what part does he/she sweats the most?
3] Does he/she perspire on the palms or soles?
4] Is the sweat warm, cold, clammy, sticky, musty, greasy, stiffens the linen etc.?
5] What is the smell like? E.g. foul, pungent, sour, and urinous.
6] What color does it stain the clothing?
7] Is the stain easy to wash off or difficult?
8] Any symptoms after sweating?

9] How does he react to hot/cold weather and monsoon?
10] When does he get fever or chill?
11] What brings it on?
12] Does he /she experiences any sense of heat or cold in any part of his/her body at any particular time?
________________________________________


CHEST-HEART – COLD – COUGH
1] Does he/she catch cold often? If so, how often?
2] Describe the symptoms, nature of discharge etc.
3] Is there any trouble in his/her CHEST or HEART?
4] Is there any trouble with his/her voice or speech?
5] Is there any difficulty in breathing?
6] Does he /she has cough?
7] Is it more at any particular time?

________________________________________

Mother’s History During Pregnancy
(To be filled by mother only)

1] How was your state during the pregnancy?

2] Tell what all changes you noticed in your nature and behavior during pregnancy that you think were not a part of your routine nature and that occurred with the pregnancy?


3] What were the stresses during pregnancy? Describe the feelings and fears associated with it.

4] Any incident during pregnancy had a deep impact on you? Describe your feelings, thoughts or any sensation associated with it?

5] What were your dreams during pregnancy? Did you have any unusual, recurrent dream that had a deep impact upon you? Describe the feelings, thoughts, sensations associated with it.

6] What were the thoughts, fantasies and imaginations about the child and pregnancy during this period? Describe the feeling and the fears associated with it.

7] Did you have any unusual thoughts during that period? Describe in detail. What was your reaction to that?

8] Did you have any unusual feelings during that period? Describe in detail. What was your reaction to it?

9] Did you experience any unusual bodily sensation/movement during this period? Describe the whole experience. What was your reaction to it?

10] Did you have any fear or nightmare during this period? Describe in detail. What was your feeling/thought/sensation associated with it? What was your reaction to it?

11] Was there any change in your interests and hobbies during pregnancy? If so, what was the feeling/thought/sensation associated with it? (E.g. desires to watch any particular program/movie or read a particular topic that usually you do not read/watch.)

12] Did you observe any change in your relationship with people during this period? What was it? What was the feelings/thought/sensation associated with it?

13] What were your thoughts about your child? What and how could he be?

14] Was there any change in the craving or aversion for a particular food item?

15] Was there any change in the thermal modality during this period? [Did you felt more heat / cold during that time?]

16] Was there any change in your water intake (thirst) from routine?

17] Was there any change in the perspiration pattern from routine?

18] Was there any change in your sleep pattern from routine?

19] Was there any change in your bowel movements during this period?

20] Was there any change in your urine habit during this period?

21] Was there any unusual change in your sexual desire during this period?

22] During the conception period, how was your state of mind?

23] During the period when you were planning for the child, have you noticed any change in your state of mind?

24] During the time of conception did you get any unusual dream? What was the feelings/thoughts/sensations associated with it? What was your reaction to it?

These questions mostly do not apply to a 4 month old..hello.
Reflux.Colic is also usually an acute condition that
resolves on its own and no one knows the cause of it.

Since Joe's protocol for nat phos is already all over the internet
and many people use this, I don't see any problem with
trying this out if Moms already have the remedy , like
this Mom does-Dr Judyth Ullman - in her acute home book-has around 12 remedies and questions
and materia medica on reflux /colic and suggests using a remedy in
a 30 c 3 times and if it does not work, move on to the next best match.

So if Nat phos does not work, I use her book and questions..
[message edited by simone717 on Mon, 17 Mar 2014 01:49:41 GMT]

Simone

I visited the ABC today and am simply amazed at the questionnaire that is posted on this thread.

The patient is a preemie born in 29 weeks with a corrected age of 4 months. At this age, the baby’s digestive system is not developed and the mother is indeed fortunate that she posted on the ABC and that you have prescribed Nat Phos 6x. If she had consulted a pediatrician, the standard PPI drugs would have been prescribed with disastrous results.

I am indeed very surprised to note that the poor mother is expected to patiently answer about 100 questions to qualify for that “Single remedy to treat the TOTALITY of the Symptoms the patient presents”

I hope that this attitude on the part of classical homeopaths will change in my lifetime as I have conclusively proved that there is absolutely no justification to subject a patient who seeks a cure for his/her ailment to this barrage of unnecessary questions which are so detailed that it will take many hours, perhaps days, for the patient to respond.

I note your reference to “Joe’s Protocol” aka “Joepathy” and Nat Phos 6x is the Ultimate safe remedy which will usually help Baby in a few hours after the second dose. It is unfortunate that my therapy which I discovered in 2005 is not generally prescribed by homeopaths as this remedy is not listed in the text books they used which I too studied 40 years ago and when I discovered that the classical formula was not effective, I then changed over to my own therapy which was derisively labelled “Joepathy” by a coterie of classical homeopaths on many forums which I used to visit for the last 10 years and decided to establish my own Forum which many patients and mothers visit for advice.

If Nat Phos 6x alone does not work, I prescribe Nux Vominca 30c in the Wet dose to reinforce the action of the Nat Phos 6 which can be given before a feed but not over twice daily. Start with Half tablet and increase to a Full tablet if baby does not respond. Some mothers have given up to 8 tablets in 24 hours with no side effects. However it is best to stay with under 6 tablets.

I noticed that you suggested that baby is given NP before a feed and this too sometimes works if the remedy given after does not help.

There is no way to run a consultation the proper way on an internet forum, with questions being asked appropriate to the situation and answers engendering further questions. What we must do unfortunately is simply provide a large number of questions that MAY relate to the patient's situation and allow them to answer what they can. Yes this is generic, but otherwise it would take too long asking questions back and forth.

Using any remedy without proper symptoms is not homoeopathy and certainly runs risks, as all of our medicines can have negative results when used in other ways(like allopathy is prescribed for instance). Nat-phos is not safe if used in an unsafe manner, which any of our remedies may be.

Yes you can use first aid books to prescribe. That might work, or it might not.

What I said, in posting this questionnaire, is that if Oliverek wishes to get the best results she can answer these questions. It is entirely up to her. I do not have any vested interest in what decision she makes. Questionnaires are posted here all the time - why suddenly take issue with this one?

Do not make the mistake of thinking that infants are easy cases. They are not. I see a lot of them in my own clinic, and I spend almost as long with them as I do with adult clients. The information you need to get is often difficult, and may require even more attention to slight details than with adults who can verbalise much of what is going on inside of them.

I also do not agree with the idea that you just 'use one thing and move on to the next if that does not work'. As practitioners we owe it to patients to do the BEST job we can do based on the information we gather. Why should the child's suffering be extended any longer just because we can't be bothered taking the time to do it properly?

I have no interest in discussing therapies that use our medicines but break all the principles meant to safeguard our patients. I have seen plenty of arguments from genuine homoeopathic practitioners with such people on various websites over the years, and I am not interested in engaging in such an argument at all.
[message edited by Evocationer on Mon, 17 Mar 2014 03:26:18 GMT]

Dr Ullman considers reflux/colic an acute condition.

She asks the questions, and the remedy is prescribed on the matching
symptoms like any acute condition.

If after 3 tries with a remedy it has no effect, then the remedy
is wrong and she advises to try another remedy. Often the colic, etc
can be solved in a few hours.

As far as cell salts Nat phos is the main one used for acid alkaline
balance .

The Nat phos is not going to be used in an Unsafe manner and Dr. Ullmans
books and others I have are not first aid- and btw these are not YOUR MEDICINES
or OUR medicines as you like to say - Nat phos is in the supermarket,
and anyone can misuse any medicine or vitamin for that matter.

I think these questions are overkill for an acute condition.

For the patient- don't be worried about trying this a few times.
[message edited by simone717 on Mon, 17 Mar 2014 04:43:54 GMT]

Hi Oliverek,

What do you mean - jump to the before dosage?

and Oliverek, are you located in the usa?


thanks,Simone717

Actually the majority of those questions are quite appropriate - it is the mental/emotional questions that are probably of less value at his age. As I said, I posted the whole questionnaire, I assume the patient will only answer what is relevant based on the situation since I can't go through it question by question.

I have seen people on this website posting questionnaires for children that mention menstruation, employment, sexual relationships etc. Nobody would presume those would need to be answered.

Feel free to use that questionnaire as a basis for providing information if you need to at some point. Good luck with the current treatment and I hope your little one improves.

Hi Oliverek,

I was asking about usa, bc I suggest if this does not work,
that you talk to a real homeopath by phone. On acute things
like this you can google Mary Aspinwall, a master homeopath in
Santa Barbara, she will do acute cases by phone and the cost
is $50 with a couple follow ups. She has decades of experience and
also teaches homeopathy.

Another master homeopath and teacher is Lia Bello in New Mexico
who is also a nurse practitioner. She will also work by phone with
you, take the childs case and the cost is about the same last time
I looked.

These are much better options than online and both these
homeopaths are Moms also.

Feel free to email me if you want to about any of this- you can
click on any poster's name and see their profile and email.


Regards,

Simone717