calling all homeopathy mamas?

[mamamoogs]

I was hoping to get some advice. DD does not poop without help from something we used to do miralax but read up and stopped that nasty stuff then we tried suppositories and enemas (poor thing) had this probelm since she was a year she is now 3 anyhow we finally sought the help of a homeopathy practitioner and after three different remedies we finally hit on something. She has the biggest poop ever and did it with out anything other then the remedies ofcourse. Anyhow she was put on sulfur on lyco and now finally Nux Vomica ( only took three days to work) now our homeopathy practioner wants us to keep her on that for a bit to see what happens.

I am not to educated in homeopathy i have read a little asked some questions but am still very new to it and am trying to understand it.

My question is how long can a toddler stay on nux vomica, i asked him through email but he hasnt gotten back to me yet, she takes 12 c 2 times a day. I got a liitle freaked out when i saw that the ingredient was strychnine got a little nervous, but look what she was taking before every day twice a day (miralax) read that was like antifreeze? So if any of you lovely mamas can chat or try to help me understand how this is safe to keep my little one, please respond. thanks!

[FireWithin]

Can't answer all of your questions since I am somewhat new at exploring homeopathy.

In terms of exposure to homeopathic ingredients: the amount of the ingredient, in this case, Strychnine, is so tiny it is not measurable. So, don't worry about frequency and exposure to scary ingredients.

I can't say whether or not 12c X2 a day is the right thing, because I'm not a homeopath and am not your child's homeopath. I give my son Thuja at 30c one time a day (well as long as I remember ). A homeopath that I highly respect recommend low frequent dosing, such as what I am doing.

In terms of duration: as long as you are seeing. . . ahem, movement , keep on keeping on. So for us, as long as I am seeing improvements with my son both emotionally, physcially and socially (honestly I don't need to see all of them) I will keep on doing thuja. This was just confirmed by my homeopath - so we are sticking with it.

If you are feeling uncomfortable at all, I would talk to your homeopath about. If you feel like she is getting crankier, kind of backsliding in health, poop, etc. I would talk to your homeopath. this is important information for the practictioner and might help pinpoint when the remedy is too frequent or time for something new.

Finally - congratulations on the poop! how frustrating and scary to have to travel this road.
Another thing to consider using is magnesium. It gives a body a nutrient that it really needs and also helps keep the bowels moving.

We have two threads going, and am too lazy to link, but if you search Acute Homeopathy . . .. (something or other) you will get some interesting discussions there.
There is also a constitutional remedy thread that I haven't checked out in a while. Now that my son is on Thuja I keep on meaning to speak up there, but haven't yet.

[mamamoogs]

thanks mama, i may re post this in the group you suggested, so far so good!