Homeopathy is widely used by adults, but homeopathy for infants and children is even more popular. One of the areas where homeopathy first aid is most often used is in the management of accidents and ailments suffered by children and infants. Because of the speed with which homeopathy can work in acute conditions of infants and children, and the responsiveness of children to this modality, homeopathy can provide some truly outstanding results in acute diseases of infants and children.
Following is a list of well-used homeopathy remedies for some of the more commonly presenting problems seen in children and infants. Please note that these are intended as a guide, and are for educational purposes only. They are not meant to replace the services of a suitably qualified person.
| Condition | Suggested Homeopathy Remedy |
| Anxiety | Chamomilla– better for being held |
| Gelsemium– with weakness | |
| Aconite – with hyperactivity | |
| Asphyxia* | Aconite (Must be treated as a medical emergency) |
| Bed wetting | Equisetum |
| Birth injury | Arnica |
| Bites and stings | Apis- from bees and wasps |
| Ledum-from mosquitoes, animal bites | |
| Rhus tox- from plants (nettles etc) | |
| Bruising | Arnica– worse for damp cold |
| Ledum– better for cold | |
| Burns | Cantharis |
| Chickenpox | Aconite- where there is fever, restlessness and increased thirst |
| Antimonium tart- drowsy, short of breath, sweats freely and has copious salivation | |
| Apis mel- lesions itching and stinging, worse from heat and better for cold | |
| Rhus tox- most commonly prescribed for this condition- there is intense itching, worse at night and worse from scratching | |
| Colds | Causticum – when chronic |
| Aconite – during the first stages | |
| Colic | Colocynthis- better for bending double, better for heat, better for hard pressure, worse before and after urination |
| Mag phos- better for bending double, better for heat, better for hard pressure, worse for touch | |
| Senna– where child is full of wind | |
| Constipation | Nux vom– Ineffectual urging, or alternation with diarrhoea |
| Silica– stool recedes when partially expelled | |
| Sulphur– large painful stools | |
| Plumbum met– from atonic bowel | |
| Cough | Ipecac- productive cough |
| Bryonia– dry, hard cough | |
| Nux vomica– dry, ticklish cough | |
| Croup | Spongia |
| Cuts and grazes | Calendula and Hypericum tincture |
| Diarrhoea | Calc carb- diarrhoea of undigested food, worse from cold or exertion |
| Rheum– stools smell sour | |
| Veratrum alb– with profuse loose stools, pale and exhausted | |
| Earache | Aconite– with sensitivity to noise |
| Belladonna– with redness | |
| Chamomilla– worse for heat | |
| Ferrum phos– for the initial symptoms | |
| Pulsatilla– hot, red and swollen, worse at night | |
| Ear infection | Ferrum phos- best in the first stages, better for cold applications, worse for cold drinks |
| Pulsatilla- right-sided, thirstless, better for cool, fresh, open air, worse at twilight | |
| Aconite- fast onset, very high fever, restless and thirsty | |
| Chamomilla- better for being carried, worse at night | |
| Belladonna- face is bright red, high fever, face is hot while extremities are cold | |
| Eyelid inflammation | Graphites |
| Fever | Aconite- generally |
| Belladonna– with red face and delirium, also for milk fever | |
| Chamomilla– fever during teething | |
| Gelsemium- with drowsiness | |
| Flu | Anas barb (200C- 1 dose every 4 hours) |
| German Measles(Rubella) | Pulsatilla |
| Icterus(Neonatal jaundice) | Chelidonium |
| Indigestion with wind | Carbo veg |
| Insomnia | Chamomilla |
| Mumps | Belladonna– in the early stages |
| Phytolacca- if glands become hard | |
| Night terrors | Chamomilla- frightful dreams- sleeps with half-open eyes |
| Calc carb- fear or dreams of monsters | |
| Nosebleeds | Millefolium |
| Regurgitation of food | Ferrum met |
| Ringworm | Sepia |
| Sore throat | Aconite– at the beginning |
| Apis– throat swollen and red | |
| Belladonna- throat is dry, red and shiny | |
| Lachesis– left sided | |
| Lycopodium– right sided or starts on the right side | |
| Teething | Chamomilla– the main remedy for this complaint where there is irritability, inflamed gums, drooling and a desire to insert the fingers in the mouth |
| Aconite– where high fever is present | |
| Testes, undescended | Aurum mur nat (whilst not necessarily an acute situation, there are few non-surgical measures which are as effective as this remedy) |
| Thrush | Borax |
| Tonsillitis | Agraphis– with suppuration |
| Baryta mur– with suppuration, coldness and poor muscle power | |
| Vomiting | Ipecac- nausea unrelieved by vomiting |
| Aethusa- vomits milk, regurgitates food, weak and sweating | |
| Veratrum album– pale and exhausted | |
| Argentum nit– from anxiety | |
| Whooping cough* | Drosera– the principal remedy for this condition |
| Aconite- restless, thirsty, where fever predominates | |
| Hyoscyamus- worse at night, worse when lying down | |
| Belladonna- worse at night, red face, hard, barking cough | |
| Wounds | Ledum- puncture wounds |
| Staphysagria- cuts, wounds from incisions | |
| Silica- for expulsion of foreign bodies from wounds | |
| Echinacea ang- infected wounds | |
| Vaccines, ill effects from | Thuja (also consider Ledum, Silica, Malandrinum and Vaccininum) use a single dose of 200C |
* Must be treated as a medical emergency
Dosage (unless specified):
Children 2-12 years : 5 drops, 2 pilules or 1 tablet of 6C potency every half-hour for up to 6 doses.
Children under 2 years : Half of the above dose.
Whenever you are using homeopathy for infants or children, please consult a qualified homeopathic doctor.
