Chamomilla--The Great Children's Remedy

Chamomilla, A Great Children's Remedy

1) Chamomilla is known for being one of the principle remedies for the angry child, and associated with this anger is the full range of angry behaviors one can imagine including the following:

abusive children 2angry children 3destructive behaviors 1 disobedience 1defiance 2insolence 3kicking 2rudeness 1screaming 3snappish 3striking 3tantruming (my addition)

2) Chamomilla also has a discontented aspect with its accompanying features: 2

irritability 3capriciousness (asking for something and then refusing it) 2complaining 3gloomy disposition 3heart anguish, infants 2moaning behavior 2piteous moaning of child, because he can't have what he wants 3peevish (fretful, quarrelsome) 3restlessness (relieved by being carried about) 2

3) The Chamomilla child can be very sensitive and cry at the drop of a hat. It is also known for having extreme sensitivity to pain. Being stoic in the face of pain goes against this remedy. Here are some of the rubrics associated with sensitivity: 3

ailments after punishment 1crying 3crying since birth 1 crying when his will is not done 1crying quiet only when carried 3startled easily 2despair with the pain 2pain, unbearable 3violent behavior from pain 3anger from the pain 3

4) Desire to be carried is a keynote symptom for Chamomilla. 3

desire to be carried fast 2

5) Clinging behavior:

clinging child, awakens terrified, knows no one 1clinging child, wants to be held 2

6) Chamomilla is the most important remedy to know about for the problems of teething children, and other ailments that can occur during the teething time of life. (In a non-Chamomilla child or a teething child on another constitutional remedy consider using Hypericum in low potency or tincture for teething pain):

difficult dentition 3ailments from dentition 2convulsions with dentition 2diarrhea with dentition 2insomnia with dentition 1

Other ailments of children in which Chamomilla can make the difference between a happy baby and household and a miserable one are:

7) The Colic of infants. Chamomilla is the principle remedy to be considered: 3

colic indisposition to nurse from 2colic legs drawn up 2

8) Diarrhea of children: 3

corrodes anus 2frequent stools 2after nursing 1thin watery stools, withpains, worse at night 2

9) Ailments from breastfeeding: 3

worse from mother's milk 2ailments from weaning 2

10) Insomnia of children: 3

child must be carried 2child must be rocked 1child wakes up every 20 minutesthroughout the night andcries out (my addition)

11) Other characteristics of Chamomilla:

Averse to being spoken to or touched 3Obstinate 3Pain with numbness of the affected part 1Swelling or redness of one cheek, paleness of the other 3

11) Illnesses for which Chamomilla can be useful:

asthma 3earaches 3bedwetting 2constipation 2convulsions 2fevers, particularly if brought on by anger 3jaundice of the newborn 1labor pains and menstrual cramps of womenlearning disabilities 1rattling breathing of infants 2any acute ailment of children with the above characteristics

Thanks to Deborah Olenev, C.C.H. RSHom (NA)