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Sunday, March 29, 2009

Soothing a Colicky Baby Can Be Easy with Homeopathy

Does your beautiful new baby have colic?
Are you so stressed out that do not know what to do?
Does everybody tell you, your baby will grow out of it, but cannot wait another second!

Homeopathic Medicine has a lot to offer to parents who have a baby suffering from colic.
It is very important to note the baby's behavior and match that with the most suitable homeopathic remedy.

Here is a brief list of the most homeopathic remedies that can help bring fast relief to a colicky baby:

Aethusa

This is the best known remedy for when your baby is intolerant to mother's milk or formula. The baby that needs this remedy develops colicky pains about one hour or so after feeding and spits up large curds of milk. Sometimes the baby vomits the milk he or she had just eaten. The vomiting can be quite severe (projectile) and diarrhea is common.
During the colic attack, the baby is in great distress and cries a lot, feeling sweaty and cold until falls asleep due to exhaustion.

Chamomilla

This is the main colic remedy when baby screams angrily, is very restless, and shrieks desperately. The colic pain may be associated with diarrhea which smells like rotten eggs and looks like chopped spinaches with diaper rash or redness. The baby experiences excruciating pain that results in non-stop angry cry that drives the parents crazy. Baby cries one minute for something and then it pushes it away, nothing seems to please this child. The child feels temporarily better by constant rocking and carrying, but this doe not lasts for long. The baby also becomes very difficult to soothe and eventually begins to scream and cry very loudly. The child is very sensitive to the gripping pain of the colic attack. You can tell the abdomen is distended and bloated with lots of gas.

Colocynthis

This is one of the best colic remedy used by homeopaths. The baby experiences a severe colic attack where the pain comes in waves and the abdomen is hard and bloated with green diarrhea at times. The colic pain is better by passing a stool and worse after feeding, before a bowel movement and if baby is too hot. Baby is better by tummy massage and firm pressure, especially when the baby is placed over the parents shoulder. The colic is so strong that the cramping, cutting pain makes baby double over (baby draws legs toward abdomen vigorously and wants to curl up). Baby looks extremely anxious and likes to be carried tummy-down on someone's arm. This remedy soothes the nerves of the lower part of the abdomen and helps with stabbing pain of colic attack.

Dioscorea

The baby has colic and lots of gas. You can hear rumbling of gas in baby's belly. The baby wants to be held upright all the time and cries more when laid down because the symptoms worsen. The colic in baby is felt like aabdominal pain that feels better from bending backward. The pain comes in fits with gas and burping. This colic remedy helps the baby that stretches the legs out or arches backwards to relieve the colic pain. There is also lots of screaming with the pain.

Magnesium Phosphorica

This colic remedy helps the baby that is definitely better by a warm gentle pressure, as by pulling the legs up. Baby seems nervous from the pain, and can be irritable or fearful.

Bryonia

This colic remedy helps a baby with extreme stitching pain in the abdomen worse from the slightest motion. Baby is better by keeping completely still and by warmth. The abdomen is bloated and tender to touch. The stools can be hot and dry and constipation could be present. The baby can be grumpy and does not want to be touched, changed and carried and wants you to be still as well.

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