Rickets
Its character consists essentially of an irritation of the osteo-plastic tissue in consequence of which there is an over growth of the same,with less earthly salts than are required for formation of healthy bone.
Symptoms/Problems |
Remedy |
Frequency(Doses) |
| Abnormal cravings;loose or hard constipated stools with much straining;absence of sweat;dry,lustreless hair;slow in walking,speaking and cutting teeth;large head;open fontanelles;bathed in cold sweat;voracious appetite |
Alumina 30 |
4 hourly |
| Curvature of lumbar vertebrae;squinting;enlarged pupils;pain in the throat when swallowing;thick,protruding belly |
Belladonna 30 |
4 hourly |
| Slow,difficult teething;profuse sweating about the head;fontanelles open;abdomen enlarged;whitish,frothy diarrhoea;curvature of the spine and deformities of the extermiries |
Calcarea carb.200 or 1M |
weekly(6) |
| The fontanelles remain widely open;the diarrhoea and the emaciation of the child;general weakness |
Calcarea phos.12X or 30 |
4 hourly |
| When the thighs are notably emaciated,and the disease is in its early stages;with slight pliability of the bones |
Natrum mur.12X or 30 |
4 hourly |