Materia medica 51b
Keynotes for
children prescribing
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Strong perspiration of cervical region during sleep _ Calc.
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Excessive salivation _ Merc.
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Children putting salt in their mouth _ Nat-m.
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Red eruption in nates and perineum _ Med.
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Repeated vomiting especially with cough or cough that causes vomiting _ Ipec.
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Rattling at night in bed
that may even wake them _ Kali-s.
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Thirst and many fears, especially fear of being left alone _ Phos.
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Big warts on fingers _ Thuja.
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Big warts in the face _
Calc.
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Moaning and groaning with teething _ Cham.
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Moaning without reason _ Calc-p.
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Open fontanels _ Calc-p.
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Moaning and
dissatisfaction with vomiting or diarrhea _ Ant-c.
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Hot head and red with cold feet especially with fever _ Bell.
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Hot head with hot feet especially with fever _ Acon.
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Knee-elbow position during sleep:
o Med.
o Kali-c.
o Calc-p.
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Colics
o With rumbling in regular intervals (for example
every 2 hours): Illicium
o With
much eructation: Lyc.
o Which are relieved when pressed on abdomen:
Bell.
o Which are ameliorated when bending: Coloc.
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Child which cries when putting him in bed _ Borax.
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Fever which is not synchronous with the pulse _ Pyrogenium.
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Restlessness with desire for
salt and lemon _ Verat.
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Touching his genitalia all the time _ Hyos.
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Tremendous distention of
the abdomen without passing flatus or eructation _
Colch.
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Vomiting immediately after drinking water _ Phos.
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Vomiting immediately after eating _ Ferr.
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Fever without symptoms _ Ferr-p.
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Child that wants to be
scratched on the back _ Sulph.
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In-growing toe nails _ Sil.
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Very offensive perspiration (not only on feet) _ Psor.
• Sour perspiration _ Calc., Rheum.