SAFE CHILDHOOD & HOMOEOPATHY Dr.Harsh Nigam M.B.B.S; MD; MF(Hom)

SAFE CHILDHOOD & HOMOEOPATHY

Dr.Harsh Nigam M.B.B.S; MD; MF(Hom)

UN Convention on “The Rights of the Child 2000” Ten years ago the UN Secretary

General has stated “we have no higher priority, no

prouder achievement, than our work for the rights of children!”

A few facts “for we the people” :

250,000 children die every week from diseases and malnutrition.

12 million children die before reaching their fifth year

100 million homeless children living in the streets around the world.

2 million children are objects of sexual abuse - child pornography

Millions of girls are ‘missing’ as a result of feticide, infanticide and neglect.

CAN HOMOEOPATHY HELP?

In our war against diseases

POSITION OF HOMOEOPATHY WITHIN MEDICINE

3 ways to help sick individuals: Reduce the strain on the

patient's function. Support those functions. Regulate functions.

POSSIBILITIES OF HOMOEOPATHY

“It is impossible that there can be another true, best method of curing dynamic, non surgical diseases besides Homoeopathy”

Hahnemann.S. The Organon foot note Para 67, 109

LIMITS OF HOMOEOPATHY1. In most urgent cases where danger

of life & imminent death allow no time for the action of homoeopathic remedy.

2. In sudden accidents in previously healthy individuals.

3. Surgical diseases.

Hahnemann.S. The Organon, foot note Para 67,

109

Homoeopathic medication does not :

Replace missing substance Compensate a component

system by the direct route; Counteract reactive

processes and suppress them.

HOMOEOPATHY is:

DYNAMIC/ QUANTUM MEDICINE REGULATORY MEDICINE TRATMENT OF CHOICE FOR

CHRONIC- IMMUNOLOGIC-NON SURGICAL DISEASES

MEDICINE OF CHOICE FOR PROPHYLAXIS (SINCE IT STABALISES UNSTABLE AUTOREGULATORY MECHANISMS).

HOMOEOPATHY:REGULATORY MEDICINE

All living beings have in built regulatory mechanism through which it maintains a steady state/ optimum health / homoeostasis.

Homoeopathic medicines apply a stimulus.

The organism improves its auto-regulation by reacting to this.

WE USE HOMOEOPATHY

NON SURGICAL CHRONIC DISEASES RECURRENT ILLNESS PROPHYLAXIS & MANAGEMENT OF

EPIDEMICS PALLIATION ACUTE DISEASES MEDICAL EMERGENCIES (WHEN DOCTOR TELLS TO PRAY) IMPOSSIBLE HOPELESS CASES (TRIAL OF HOMOEOPATHY)

HOMOEOPATHY IN ACUTE DISEASES

In acute cases with Homoeopathy the response should be measured in minutes or hours, in children.

Infected seborrhic dermatitis Before After

CAUTION!

Children can deteriorate as quickly as they can get better.

It is important that a child receives a level of supervision, which is appropriate to the severity of the problem.

CAUTION! Inexperienced or uncertain

prescribers, may wish to issue the indicated Homoeopathic remedy and a orthodox prescription

for example antibiotics, to be used if the Homoeopathic treatment fails to act.

HOMOEOPATHY & ANTIBIOTICS /PHARMACO-THERAPEUTIC

AGENTS Antibiotics or other indicated

chemotherapeutic agents are invaluable and its usage must not be delayed in:

Overwhelming infections Where indications for homoeopathic

remedies are not clear Apparently well chosen remedy does

not work.

HOMOEOPATHY IN MEDICAL EMERGENCIES

I would caution both parents and Homoeopathic prescribers against the use of Homoeopathy in medical emergencies

HOMOEOPATHY& RECURRENT INFECTIONS

Homoeopathic remedies are used to:

Raise the general level of health. To make the patient more resistant

to infection. To stabilize the frequency and

severity of acute episodes.

PARENT SPEAK

HOMOEOPATHY& RECURRENT INFECTIONS

Our approach is simple let the

pediatrician manage acutes and we take care of the resistance and reoccurrence.

HOMOEOPATHY IN CHRONIC DISEASES

Homoeopathy is a treatment of choice as immuno-regulatory therapy

It’s medicines can raise resisistance and alter biological responses via constitutional treatment

A Case Of Atopic Dermatitis

Before

A Case Of Atopic Dermatitis

After One year after

HOMOEOPATHY IN BEHAVIORAL DISEASES

ADHD, Stammering, Tics, Anxiety states, Conversion syndromes, Pica, Enuresis, Breath holding spells et al.

Behavioral Diseases for which modern medicine has no definitive answers Homoeopathy is the treatment of choice.

School sickness Timidity Fear going to school Fear Dark; Fear being alone Vomiting before going to & in

school In class she does not have food

School sickness: Mother’s Note

School sickness: Mother’s Note There was a drastic change in her

personality the very next day She started going to school

happily, No crying She did not vomit In class she started having food

HOMOEOPATHY FOR MENTALY CHALLANGED

A backward child with delayed speech delayed walking or delayed dentition responds very well to our constitutional treatment.

HOMOEOPATHY FOR MENTALY CHALLANGED

Autistic, Cerebral Palsy, Mental Retardation and Down’s Syndrome

the cases where we break bad prognosis to patients those cases must be referred to Homoeopathy along with proper mental training and behavioral therapy there is great scope of improvement.

Obviously the prognosis ultimately depends upon the pathology.

HOMOEOPATHY FOR MENTALY CHALLANGED

Down’s cannot be altered basically but constitutional treatment enables the down child to accept some education both physical and mental.

Nearly all Mongols benefit definitely by receiving constitutional treatment.

A Case of Down’s Syndrome

BEFORE TREATMENT Poor response to verbal stimuli Dull & Sleepy Icterus Parents came with no hope or

expectation on 24/7/7

A Case of Down’s Syndrome

AFTER TREAMENT 12/9/7 sitting with

support Rapid dentition Speech bi syllabic Responds to

verbal stimuli No icterus

A Case of Down’s Syndrome 3 Feb 2008

standing with support

March 2008 walking with support

A Case of Down’s Syndrome 4 June 2008 standing

without support August 2008

walking without support

December 2008 running without support

Feb 2009 calls for urine

HOMOEOPATHY IN INCURABLE DISEASES

In all so called incurable cases where nothing can be done Homoeopathy should be given a trial

sometimes it works and the response borders to miraculous

specially with chronic Neurological states, Developmental anomalies, Hemolytic disorders, Coagulation defects.

A Case of CardiomegalyBaby A; F;12 yrs.ECHO (8/5/2001) Enlarged globally

hypo contractile LV with severe impairment of systolic function.

Endocardial thickening & Strands compatible with EFE

LVEF 28%

ECHO (7/12/2002) LV/LA dimensions

are on higher side of normal

No endocardial thickening

LVEF 50%

A Case of Chorea with CP Male, 14 yrs Cannot sit without

support since birth

Inordinate involuntary movements

A Case of Chorea with CP After 1 year of

treatment. Can sit without

support Chorea better

Homoeopathy:Surgeon’s Friend

Before

After

HOMOEOPATHY& IMMUNIZATION

Homoeopaths are traditionally believed to be against Vaccination

We endorse essential immunization

We are against unnecessary immunization.

HOMOEOPATHY & IMMUNIZATION

We believe that Homoeopathy offers safe solution to all adverse reactions to vaccination.

HOMOEOPATHY & EPIDEMICS

Homoeopathy offers short-term immunization to viral epidemics that have become a recent phenomenon.

Also a safe alternative for management of these viral epidemics.

CHIKV PROJECT

Result No1394

Not cure 66

Lt.Treatment 6

Improve 56

Cure 1266

Result of Treatment

Not c ur e

4. 73%

I mpr ove

4. 02%

C ur e

90. 82%

Lt. T r eatment

0. 43%

Not cure

Lt.Treatment

Improve

Cure

HOMOEOPATHY & EPIDEMICS

Our research on Genus Epidemicus has given very positive trend and we are confident to hold a double blind RCT on prevention & management of Chikunguniea.

DISCLAIMER This in short has been my experience

with homoeopathic medicinal use in Pediatric cases.

I admit that within the Homoeopathic world views might differ.

I would welcome a healthy debate within the system so as to issue guidelines to modern medical practitioners.

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