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Colic Remedy
Natural and Homeopathic Colic Remedy for Your Baby
A colic remedy
 is what many desperate parents seek when they cannot soothe their crying and gassy infants night after night. The cause of colic is unknown but it has been suggested that it may be due to acid condition and production of gas that gets trapped in the gastro-intestinal tract. Colic pain in baby is also associated with a weak digestive system that is in a phase of development, as the baby grows the colic pain diminishes and goes away on its own.
There is a lot homeopathic medicine and natural health can do to soothe an infant suffering from colic and a colic remedy is meant to help and assist during this transitional period.
What Homeopathic Medicine Can Do for Colic in Baby
Homeopathy is a very powerful natural healing system of medicine that has been a favorite with the royal family for many years. More and more parents turn to it when their children are ill in order to find a more natural way to deal with minor complaints, one that doesn't have the side effects associated with many allopathic medicines.
Homeopathy is a therapeutic, scientific method which uses medicines to stimulate the body's natural defence mechanisms. The homeopathic approach to treating illness is based on the understanding that symptoms are an expression of the body's attempt to correct an imbalance. Rather than suppressing these symptoms, homeopathic medicines supports the body's efforts to heal itself. Homeopathic medicines are made from natural substances of plant, mineral or animal origin.
In the early nineteenth century German physician Samuel Hahnemann discovered the Law of Similars based on the principle of "like cures like." Homeopathy uses natural substances that, when administered to a healthy person in a crude dose, produce symptoms similar to the condition for which they are treated. Homeopathic medicines are diluted by a special method called potentization that releases their healing potential of the substance. The minimum amount is administered and it is called the "minimum dose" because is the minimum amount of homeopathic preparation that can alleviate symptoms without causing side effects.
If you have a colicky baby you may have tried al lot of different things and if you are asking yourself if this is worth it, my answer is YES! As a homeopathic practitioner I have seen many babies getting better from using homeopathic medicine. It is important to make sure that the most suitable colic remedy, the one that matches the baby's situation, is selected.
Many parents use over the counter homeopathic medicine with great success and others need to have their baby seen by a professional homeopath, which will administer a more suitable colic remedy or a different potency which it cannot be found in stores or online.
Homeopathic practitioners often prescribe constitutional remedies to address underlying weakness and prevent further complications. If the baby is breastfeed, sometimes the mother is also considered as part of the unit and she may also be given a homeopathic remedy which is most likely the same as the baby's.
Cell Salts also help gassy infants because they address the inability to absorb key important minerals like calcium and magnesium that are responsible for nerve conduction and muscular contraction.
Bach Flower remedies also work wonders for colic in babies when there is a stressful parent and an irritable child. When the colic family is in great distress, Bach Flower Remedies help face the day and night with ease.
Is a Homeopathic Colic Remedy Safe for My baby?
Homeopathy is a complete system of medicine that is over 200 years old. It is used all around the world and many paediatric physicians in Europe and Asia integrate homeopathic medicine in their practice because homeopathic medicines are safe and non toxic. Homeopathic remedies can be used instead of or alongside conventional medicine in most situations.
Regulated by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Health Canada, homeopathic remedies are safe to use, they have no risk of toxicity or overdose, and they are regulated with DINs (drug identification numbers). Homeopathic colic remedies are a safe solution that may be helpful in managing the challenging symptoms of colic in infants.
How to Take Homeopathic Remedies
A homeopathic colic remedy is administered when the infant begins a colicky episode. Select a potency of 6C or 30C. Put 3 pellets in a ½ glass of distilled water, let the pellets dissolve completely, stir 10 times with a clean spoon and administer ½ teaspoon to your baby.
Place the liquid just inside your baby's mouth, to be absorbed by the mucous membranes. Usually the infant will respond in about 5-15 minutes, sometimes very subtly. If your baby doesn't respond in 15 minutes, re-administer the remedy and wait another 15 minutes. Give a third dose if needed. If after that you do not see any improvement, you baby may need a different potency (dilution and strength) or a different remedy.
Seek immediate medical care if the colic pain is associated with high pitch cry, stiffness, profuse diarrhea, continuous vomiting, high fever or other intense symptoms.
Colic Remedy List
The following is a list of the most commonly used remedies for infant colic:
Colyntal
This is a combination remedy that can be effective in treating the pain, gas and irritability of a baby suffering from colic. Many parents like this colic remedy because it is in liquid water form and it is easy to administer.
If your baby does not respond to this combination remedies, it is because they do not contain the specific remedy for him or her. Here is a list of homeopathic remedies for colic you might find useful in finding the best remedy.
Pulsatilla
This colic remedy is used to console a baby that is very clingy, cries constantly in a pitiful way seeking constant care, consolation and attention. The baby wants with be with Mom only, all the time. There is great desire for affection and if not given promptly the baby becomes irritable. This baby, if nursed, seems to become worse if the mother has fatty foods, ice cream, butter and pastry. Baby is better if taken outside in the open air and worse in warm stuffy rooms. Opening the window helps him/her feel better. The child's symptoms change constantly and colic is present with passing gas and lots of burping.
Aethusa
If your baby is clearly intolerant of milk, either mother's milk or formula, this colic remedy can help. Usually about one hour after being fed, the baby develops colic pain and may also spit up large curds of milk or vomits all the milk. The baby is in great distress crying a lot, feeling sweaty and cold until falls asleep due to exhaustion. Severe, projectile vomiting may occur and diarrhea is common.
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 does 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.
Magnesium muriatica
Colic develops as a result of drinking cow's milk and it is accompanied by constipation. The stools may be green or more commonly are small and knotty and passed with difficulty, with a lot of straining.
Podophyllum
This colic remedy is more for diarrhea but the child will be experiencing some degree of colic with profuse diarrhea on one day and be a bit constipated he next day. These colic babies love to lie on their stomachs, and like to having their abdomen gently massaged and will seem to be full of wind, as the stool are very explosive.
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
Dioscorea helps when the baby has colic with 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 an abdominal 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.
Nux Vomica (Columbrina)
This colic remedy helps the child that has difficulty passing a stool with lots of straining. There is a mental picture of great irritability and restlessness. The symptoms are worse if the breast-feeding mother drinks coffee, alcohol, diet coke, or other stimulants. This remedy has a detoxification effect and can be useful if mother and/or baby have been given antibiotics.
Carbo Vegetabilis
This colic remedy may reduce the formation of intestinal gases that often provoke spasms and tension. It eases burning in the stomach. Very sensitive epigastric (stomach) region with slow digestion and distended abdomen. Lots of burping and gas with weakness and sleepiness. Child is very weak and cold. Infants develop colic after a traumatic birth and have low oxygen. During pregnancy the mother suffered from gastralgia, morning sickness, with sour eructations (burping) and aversion to milk, meat and fat things. Baby has acidic stool, burning in the anus and flatulent colic. Cannot bear tight clothes around the waste and abdomen. Baby may be worse by car rides.
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.
Cuprum metallicum
Colic in baby associated with hiccough, vomiting, and constant eructations. The abdomen is tense, hot, tender and sore to touch. This colic remedy helps soothe the spasmodic movements of the abdominal muscles. The baby experiences violent intermittent colic attacks. The stools are green or gray stools with much wind passing.
Tabacum
This remedy helps alleviate vigorous abdominal cramping.
For Parents
Cocculus
The parents or care givers of a colicky baby experience a great deal of stress and frustration because they do not know what to do to help the baby. This homeopathic remedy can help get through difficult times when you have to stay up all night soothing and carrying your baby and feel tired. This remedy is great when parents feel exhausted and sick from anxiety over the baby's state. This remedy helps when parents are up all night and feel very tired during the day. The best way to take this remedy is to add 4 dry pellets of homeopathic remedy to a bottle of water (500 ml) and sip as often as possible.
Ignatia
Where the breastfeeding mother is emotionally upset.
Other Natural Health Remedies
Bach Flower Remedies for Colic
Bach remedies do not treat the colic directly because it is a physical ailment, but they do soothe the stress related to the colic attack and the disruption this brings to both baby and parents. In babies, there is always some degree of shock due to the intense pain they are experiencing, terror for the next attack, panic, and agitation in mom and dad.
Many medical sources will tell parents that there is nothing they can do to treat colic in baby, my experience as a homeopathic practitioner has taught me the contrary. Natural health has a lot to offer both parents and baby. The difficulty is to find what works for each case. If homeopathy does not help, then try Bach remedies, especially if there is a component of stress in the parents or if the birth was a traumatic one.
 Massage rescue remedy cream on baby's tummy. This is a great colic remedy especially if you learn the "I Love You" massage and used this cream to soothe colic in your baby.
Rescue Remedy for Kids
This is a formulation made for kids and babies that contains no alcohol. It contains 5 flower essences: Star of Bethlehem for shock , Impatiens for irritability, Cherry Plum for desperation , Clematis for lack of interest and Rock Rose for terror.
Impatiens
The child cannot stay still and constantly seeks soothing by changing positions, crying and wanted to be consoled. The baby is very alert and does not relax easily, he seems to fight the desire to sleep even if becomes over-tired. The child becomes irritable, agitated and short-tempered.
Cherry plum
This flower is for babies who have sudden outburst of temper and become almost hysterical and very frightened. This is out of character for this child. The colic pain is so strong that makes the baby almost loses control, screams in anger and desperation.
Star of Bethlehem
This remedy is great if the birth was a difficult one and mom and baby were separated at birth. The child develops colic very early on in life and seems to suffer from fear of abandonment from the parents but especially the mother. If the mother has a stressful pregnancy and suffered shock or trauma during delivery, the baby may develop colic and she should take this flower remedy as well.
Rock rose
This flower helps a baby that screams in terror for the pain. When the pain comes and goes, the baby is afraid of the pain coming back especially at night. The baby almost gives up to the circumstances and seems to become unable to deal with the pain.
For Parents
Rescue Remedy
This is the best remedy for situations of shock, panic and high stress. When you feel very stressed and do not know how to cope with the situation, take 4 drops straight from the stock bottle and then take 4 drops, 4 times a day from a treatment bottle you can prepare by placing 4 drops in a 30ml amber bottle adding 1-2 ml of vodka and 25ml of distilled water.
Red chestnut
This flower remedy is for those parents that are very concerned and very anxious for their baby's health and become afraid of leaving the baby with others and cannot stop worrying about the child. Take 2 drops straight from the stock bottle and then take 4 drops, 4 times a day from a treatment bottle you can prepare by placing 2 drops in a 30ml amber bottle adding 1-2 ml of vodka and 25ml of distilled water.
Olive
Olive relieves the tiredness that comes after a sleepless night and the exhaustion of caring for a child in distress. Olive helps those who feel weak as a result of mental and physical weariness. Take 2 drops straight from the stock bottle and then take 4 drops, 4 times a day from a treatment bottle you can prepare by placing 2 drops in a 30ml amber bottle adding 1-2 ml of vodka and 25ml of distilled water.
Walnut
This flower helps those who have difficulty adjusting to new changes in life. This can help mommy and daddy adjust to their baby's schedule and situation. Take 2 drops straight from the stock bottle and then take 4 drops, 4 times a day from a treatment bottle you can prepare by placing 2 drops in a 30ml amber bottle adding 1-2 ml of vodka and 25ml of distilled water.
Cell Slats for Colic in Baby
Mag Phos 6X
Mag Phos is the colic remedy during a colic attack in infants. The baby draws the legs up toward the abdomen and is better by releasing gas, burping, warmth, and pressure.
Administer this remedy by dissolving 4 tablets in ¼ cup of filtered or spring water that is warm. Spoon feed your baby slowly every 5 minutes until relief is noticed and then administer less often. If the baby is breastfeed, the mother should take this tissue salts in tablets 2-4 tablets 2-4 times a day away from meals. This remedy helps the mother and the baby absorb calcium and magnesium efficiently.
Kali Phos 6X
This cell salt is excellent in soothing colic in baby that is due to nerve affections. If the baby is breastfeed, the mother should take this tissue salts in tablets 2-4 tablets 2-4 times a day away from meals. This colic remedy helps in nerve conduction associated with mineral imbalance of potassium. Administer 2 tablets every ½ hour during an acute attack until relief is noticed. Then giver 2 tablets twice a day. This remedy should be administered for cases of nervous debility to nourish the nerves for 2-4 weeks.
Calc Phos 6X
This salt is indicated in cases of colic when the food is not well assimilated in association of calcium salts deficiency. Administer 2 tablets every ½ hour during an acute attack until relief is noticed. Then giver 2 tablets twice a day. This cell sat can be given for long periods of time in babies because it helps with teething and growth.
Nat Phos 6X
Colic caused by acidity and green stools that smell acidic. This is a good colic remedy when the colic is caused by acidity, it also helps for acid reflux in infants. This remedy is the biochemical antacid, acid neutraliser and acid/alkaline balancer. Administer 2 tablets every ½ hour during an acute attack until relief is noticed. Then giver 2 tablets twice a day for up to two weeks. This cell salt should not be administered longer than two weeks without supervision of a homeopathic physician because of its action on the acid/alkaline activity of the blood.
Herbal Medicine for Colic in Baby
Use the flowers of Chamomile and the seeds of Fennel to make a soothing herbal infusion to calm spasmodic conditions caused by colic. Make a tea by crushing the seed and add the chamomile flowers. Steep the tea for 15 minutes, strain and let it cool off. Then add 1 tablespoon of Aloe Vera juice and give it to baby by teaspoons. If your baby is very small, it is best to give just a few drops at the time.
Dill, Cat nip, and Ginger tea are also good for colic in baby. Each makes a great colic remedy to soothe your baby's colic. Herbs are also rich in minerals, vitamins and important phytochemicals that can help restore a healthy gastro-intestinal system.
A good herbal remedy is Baby Bliss Grippe Water , made with organic fennel and ginger herbal remedies.
Many parents find that massaging the baby's tummy with colic massage oil.
This is a great way to help your baby while waiting for the colic remedy to act.
"Even if a colicky baby is a lot of work, do not forget to find a way to treasure these moments because they do not last forever. When parents find a colic remedy, life with baby is the most beautiful experience of their lives."
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