CHAPTER I
THE MEDICINES
1. Medicines Recommended for Children.
A CHEST containing the necessary homoeopathic medicines for the treatment of infantile disease should be always kept in readiness in every house in which there are children. The importance of this recommendation will be fully apparent when the peculiarities of the organism of the little patients are considered.
Active Circulation:
In consequence of the activity of the vital powers, and the quickness and force of the circulation, there is a remarkable susceptibility to inflammatory action in children, so that many of their disease rapidly run on to organic and incurable mischief.
Prompt Administration.
The earliest recognition of an approaching illness, and the most prompt application of treatment, are therefore of the greatest importance. Neglect or delay may prove most disastrous to life, while a few doses of an appropriate remedy timely administered will often be alone sufficient to arrest the morbid process, or they will afford temporary relief till the arrival of a physician.
Perseverance.
In the treatment of infants, perseverance and watchfulness are necessary. Patient attention should be given to the investigation of every ailment, and no case should ever be abandoned as altogether hopeless. It is well known that children often recover from the most severe disease, and, in the great majority of instances, especially if taken in time, the balance will quickly turn in the right direction.
The absence of nauseousness from homoeopathic medicines is an advantage which mothers can appreciate who have witnessed the natural and proper disgust of children to to draughts and pills. The agreeableness of the remedies is, however, only a minor advantage of the treatment.
The medicines used in homoeopathic practice are prepared in different forms – Globules, Pilules, Tinctures, and Triturations. Globules are now almost wholly superseded by Pilules; and Triturations are seldom used except in professional practice. A description of the different forms may be found in The Stepping- stone to Homoeopathy and Health, pp.63 (210th thousand); and in the Vade Mecum of Modern Medicine and Surgery (115th thousand).
2. List of Remedies Recommended for Infants and Children
1. Acidum Hydrocyanicum Acid.-Hydrocy. 3x
2. Acidum Muriaticum Acid.-Mur. 3x
3. Acidum Phosphoricum Acid.-Phos 3x
4. Aconitum Napellus Aconite 3x
5. Agaricus Muscarius Agaricus 3x
6. Ailanthus Glandulosa Ailanth. 1
7. Ammonium Carbonicum Ammonium-Carb. 1
8. Antimonium Tartaricum Antim tart. 3x
9. Antimonium Crudum Ant.-Crud. 3x
10. Apis Mellifica Apis. 3x
11. Aralia Aral. 3x
12. Argentum Nitricum ArgentumNit. 4
13. Arnica Montana Arnica 3x
14. Arsenicum Album Arsenicum 3x
15. Arsenicum Iodidum ArsenicumIodium 3x
16. Aurum Metallicum AurumMet. 5
17. Baptisia Tinctoria Baptisia 1x
18. Belladonna Belladonna 3x
19. Bromium Bromium 1
20. Bryonia Alba Bryonia 3x
21. Calcarea Carbonica Calcarea carb. 5
22. Calcarea Phosphorata Calcarea-P. 3x
23. Cantharis Vesicatoria Cantharis 3x
24. Carbo Vegetabilis Carbo.V. 5
26. Chamomilla Matricaria Charm. 3
27. China Officinalis China 3x
28. Coffea Cruda Coffea 3x
29. Colocynthis Coloc. 3x
30. Croton Tiglium Crot.-T. 6
31. Cuprum Metallicum Cuprum-M. 5
32. Curare Curare 3
33. Drosera Rotundifolia Drosera 3x
34. Dulcamara Dulcamara 3x
35. Euphrasia Officinalis Euphrasia 1
36. Ferrum Iodidum FerrumI. 3x
37. Gelsemium Sempervirens Gelsemium 3x
38. Glonoine Gloninum 3x
39. Graphites Graphites 5
40. Guaiacum Guaia. 1
41. Hamamelis Virginica Hamamelis 1
42. Helleborus Niger Helleborus 3x
43. Hepar Sulphuris Calcareum Hepar sulph. 3x
44. Hyoscyamus Niger Helleborus 3x
45. Ignatia Amara Ignatia 3x
46. Iodium Iodium 3x
47. Ipecacuanha Ipecac. 3x
48. Iris Versicolor Iris 1
49. Kali Hydriodicum K.Hyd. 3x
50. Kreasotum Kreas. 3x
51. Lathyrus Satious Lath.S. 3
52. Mercurius Biniodatus Mercurius-Bin. 3x
53. Mercurius Iodatus Mercurius-Iodium 2x
54. Mercurius Corrosivus Mercurius-Cor. 3x
55. Mercurius Cyanatus Mercurius-Cyna. 6
56. Mercurius Solubilis Mercurius-Sol. 3x and 6x
57. Nux Vomica Nux.V. 3X
58. Opium Opi. 3x
59. Phosphorus Phosphorus 3
60. Plantago Plant 3
61. Podophyllum Peltatum Podoph. 1x
62. Pulsatilla Nigricans Pulsatilla 3x
63. Plumbum Aceticum Plumb.-Ac. 3
64. Rhus Toxicodendron Rhus. 3x
65. Rheum Rheum 1
66. Silicea Silicea 6
67. Spongia Tosta Spongia 3x
68. Stramonium Stramonium 3
69. Staphysagria Staphysagria 3x
70. Sulphur Sulph. 3
71. Veratrum Album Veratrum-A 3x
72. Veratrum Viride Veratrum-V. 3x
73. Zincum Zincum met. 5
Camphor (Rubini’s Tincture, or Camphor Pilules) should also be procured, but kept separate from the rest.
LICENTIATE OF THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS; MEMBER OF THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS; LICENTIATE IN MIDWIFERY, LONDON AND EDINBURGH, ETC. PHYSICIAN TO THE READING AND BERKSHIRE HOMOEOPATHIC DISPENSARY.
Author of "The Stepping Stone to Homeopathy and Health,"
"Manual of Homoeopathic Treatment". Editor of "The Homoeopathic World."