Children diseases – Nocturnal enuresis


Homeopathy treatment for Children diseases – Nocturnal enuresis from the Homeopathic Therapeutics by Lilienthal. Homeopathic remedies for the treatment of Children diseases – Nocturnal enuresis…


AEthusa-cyn [Aeth]

Nocturnal enuresis with vomiting of coagulated milk after sucking the bottle; greenish watery diarrhoea.

Ammonium-carb [Am-c]

Occurring at any time of night; pale urine, red sediment.

Argentum-nit [Arg-n]

Incontinence of urine at night and also in daytime; urine passed unconsciously and uninterruptedly; too profuse flow of pale urine; great nervousness and restlessness.

Belladonna [Bell]

Restless sleep with sudden starts; moaning and screaming during sleep; involuntary micturition when deeply asleep, generally after MIDNIGHT AND TOWARDS MORNING; scrofulous glandular enlargements.

Benzoic-acid [Benz-ac]

Enuresis noturna (after failure of Nitr.), urine highcolored, strongly ammoniacal, irritating and smelling like throat of horses; suits growing girls.

Calcarea-carb [Calc]

Fat, flabby children, with red face, who sweat easily and catch cold easily; frequent urination at night and when walking.

Calcarea-phos [Calc-p]

Wetting the bed, with great debility; children cry out in sleep; cannot get awake in early morning.

Causticum [Caust]

Involuntary micturition when coughing, sneezing or blowing nose; at night when asleep (DURING FIRST SLEEP); in cold weather during day and night; sweat on genitals; burning in urethra when urinating, and stitches in orifice of urethra; chronic swelling of tonsils.

Chamomilla [Cham]

Child cross, has to be carried, during whooping cough.

Chloral [Chlol]

Enuresis, especially, the LAST PART OF THE NIGHT, EVEN AFTER HAVING PASSE DURING DURING THE NIGHT and abstained from drinking.

Cina [Cina]

Urine profuse and of a strong ammoniacal odor, during the day, and restless sleep at night, with worm symptoms and ravenous appetite.

Cubeba [Cub]

Nocturnal enuresis, urine foamy, with smell of violets.

Equisetum hyme [Equis]

ENURESIS FROM HABIT, day and night; dreams of seeing crowds of people.

Ferrum-met [Ferr]

Incontinence more FREQUENT IN DAYTIME THAN AT NIGHT (weakness of sphincter) or FLOODS THE BED SEVERAL TIMES AT NIGHT; urine light- colored, or the ammoniacal smell of the urine stains the linen dark; claycolored yellowish sediment, adhering to the sides and bottom of the vessel.

Ferrum-iod [Ferr-i]

Similar indications, differing according to adjectivum.

Ferrum-phos [Ferr-p]

Similar indications, differing according to adjectivum.

Hyoscyamus [Hyos]

Frequent micturition with scanty discharge; involuntary, though he gets up several times during the night, which breaks his rest and makes him feel miserable.

Kali-brom [Kali-br]

Enuresis nocturna from too profound sleep of children, who sometimes scream out in their sleep as if they had nightmare.

Kali-phos [Kali-p]

Adynamia and a scorbutic state of child.

Kreosotum [Kreos]

Great difficulty to waken the child out of his sleep; he wets the bed when he DREAMS THAT HE IS URINATING IN A DECENT MANNER, it wakes him up finally, but he cannot retain it, (<) when lying down, (>) when walking or standing; teeth decay early.

Lac-caninum [Lac-c]

Frequent and profuse urination; at night she DREAMS OF URINATING AND WETS THE BED.

Mercurius [Merc]

In children who perspire profusely, and whose urine is hot, acrid, sour-smelling, with sudden, irresistible desire to urinate.

Petroleum [Petr]

Weakness of neck of bladder, urine still drops out after urination; enuresis nocturna; nightmare.

Plantago [Plan]

Copious micturition; atony of sphincter.

Quassia [Quas]

Excessive desire to urinate, and impossibility to retain the urine; copious micturition by day and night; as soon AS THE CHILD WAKES UP THE BED IS DRENCHED.

Rhus-tox [Rhus-t]

Urine involuntary at night and while at rest weakness of bladder, with constant dribbling and inconvenient desire to pass water.

Selenium [Sel]

Involuntary urination when walking; dripping after stool or micturition; urine red, or of a dark color (Ferrum, light color).

Sepia [Sep]

Follows well after Causticum; child or adult wets the bed as soon as he goes to bed-ALWAYS DURING FIRST SLEEP; urging to urinate from pressure on bladder; frequent micturition at night.

Silicea [Sil]

Enuresis nocturna, especially in children suffering from worms or chorea; weakness of urinary organs and constant desire to urinate.

Squilla [Squil]

Especially for strumous or cachectic children who are troubled with worms; inability to retain the urine on account of abnormal irritation of the lining membrane of the bladder, often of rheumatic origin.

Sulphur [Sulph]

Disagreeable sensation of hunger with flashes of heat (11 A.M.); pale, lean children, with large abdomen, who love sugar and highly seasoned food and abhor to be washed; (<) after midnight.

Thuja [Thuj]

Involuntary micturition at night and when coughing; urination frequent and copious, of high color and strong smell, especially in scrofulous and sycotic subjects.

Verbascum [Verb]

Nocturnal enuresis; constant dribbling from bladder.

Zincum [Zinc]

Involuntary urination while walking, coughing and sneezing; during sleep cries out, awakens with fear, limbs and body jerk.

Samuel Lilienthal
Dr. Samuel Lilienthal (1815-1891) was from Germany, and became a pioneer homeopath in America. He received his Doctor of Medicine Degree from the University of Munich in 1838. After he moved to the United States, he was hired as Professor of Clinical Medicine at New York College for Women, and also as Professor of Mental and Nervous Diseases at the New York Homeopathic College.
Dr. Samuel Lilienthal was the author of many great books including “Homeopathic Therapeutics”. For many years, with the support of Dr. Constantine Hering, he was the editor of the North American Journal of Homeopathy. Dr. Lilienthal passed away on February 2nd 1891 in San Francisco.