why use homeopathy

Why use homeopathy? 

Gina Tyler DHOM (www.ginatyler.com; https://homeopathtyler.wordpress.com) 

Are you tired of using drugs that just don’t work? And even worse – each medication comes with a slew of detrimental side effects that are all kept hidden in the tiny fine print. So many folks forget that the human body is a miraculous machine. Our body is capable of great resilience and healing. Over-the-counter and prescribed medications suppress these abilities. This explains why using antibiotics and other drugs to “control” or “manage” symptoms of one illness leads to another more sobering illness, or a worsening of the first one. For example, ear infections frequently return after antibiotics are used. 

So, if you are tired of these drugs, you are in good company. Other people throughout the United States and throughout the world are tired too, and they are turning to homeopathy. It is a centuries old method that empowers us. In fact, nearly 4 million American adults and about 900,000 children use homeopathic remedies each year. 

Homeopathic remedies, unlike medications, do not carry side effects. And even though they are regulated be the FDA, you will not find that ominous small print and warnings of dangers. That’s because there aren’t any. If the remedies are used as directed, they act gently and politely. Moreover, though there are thousands of homeopathic remedies on the market, not one has ever been removed by the FDA for having detrimental side effects! This speaks loudly for homeopathy’s safety, particularly because these remedies have been regulated by the government since the FDA’s inception in the 1940’s. 

How do these reputable homeopathic remedies work? Simply put, our body can come to balance (health) if given the correct stimulus. This is achieved by using a remedy that is chosen not for the disease, but instead for the person experiencing the illness. This means that the choice is specifically tailored to that person. 

Let’s say 10 children who are in school together get a fever. Although it may seem that they have all gotten the same “bug”, the fever presents itself differently in each child. Each child would get a completely different homeopathic remedy that fits them uniquely. By stimulating the body’s ability to bring itself to health, each of these youngsters will not only resolve their fever within hours to a day or so, they will also be left in a better state than before the fever presented itself. 

Why wouldn’t a parent want homeopathy in their house? What could be better than ridding a child of their fever, not by suppressing it and inviting the illness to return later, but by removing it gently and safely? Self sufficiency is a goal that many of us want to attain. Homeopathy is the ultimate road towards that goal. I invite you to join me and the millions of others who have eliminated the danger of superfluous drugs and have instead adopted safe and powerful homeopathic remedies.

Coughing try homeopathy

Aconite: sudden onset, often after exposure to cold weather or dry, cold wind; the very beginning of illness, within the first 24 hours; fearfulness, high fever, restlessness, sensitivity to light, thirst; watery runny nose, sneezing, headache; early stages of croup.Allium cepa: clear, burning nasal discharge that burns the skin and upper lip; eyes red and burning with profuse bland tearing; tickling in larynx, painful dry cough; thirst.Arsenicum: profuse watery nasal discharge that burns the skin, nose feels stopped up; irritation and tickling in the nose, frequent and violent sneezing; nasal discharge may be thick and yellow; dull throbbing frontal headache; cough from tickle in larynx or from deep in chest, may be loose or dry; burning chest pain; chilly, anxious, restless, and fearful.Belladonna: sudden onset; high fever, dry flushed hot face, enlarged pupils, “strawberry tongue”; mentally dull but unusually sensitive to light, odors, noise, etc.; anxious; throat raw and sore; headache and/or earache with throbbing pain; painful barking and short cough, producing a little thin mucus.Bryonia: when cold has moved into chest; dry, painful, spasmodic cough, worse with deep breathing, eating, drinking, in warm rooms and during the day; better from the open air or a swallow of warm water; pain worse with any movement, so person may hold painful area to prevent movement, lie on painful side, put pressure on painful area, lie perfectly still with shallow, painting respirations; thirsty, irritable, watnts to be left alone; looks sick, tired and heavy; dusky, dark skin color.Chamomilla: often used for earache; very irritable and sensitive, child wants to be carried; severe pain; one cheek red and hot, the other cool and pale; thirsty.Eupatorium perforliatum: deep ache of back and limbs, bursting headache, eyeballs sore; afraid to move because of pain; very thirsty, then chills and fever; vomiting may follow thirst; great weakness.Euphrasia: bland watery discharge from the nose and copious burning tears (opposite of Alliumcepa); nasal discharge worse in the morning, in open air, and lying down; loose shallow cough, worse during the day; may cough up large amounts of mucus formed in the upper airways.Ferrum phosphoricum: beginning stages of all inflammatory problems; gradual onset; pale with red cheeks; red burning eyes; hoarse, restless sleepless, weak, tired, thirsty, apathetic; better from cold applications.Gelsemium: gradual onset; sensation of heaviness throughout the body, drooping eyelids; great fatigue, but feels restless; chills up and down spine, worse slightest draft; headache; sneezing and dry sensation in the nose despite irritating watery nasal drainage; better with continued motion and open air if not chilled; worse from damp weather, anticipation (even of pleasurable events).Hepar sulphur: rarely used in the beginning stages; cold may have started with watery, runny nose, but now nasal discharge is thick, yellow and may be bad smelling; sneezing at the slightest exposure to cold; wants to be wrapped up, especially the neck and head, with the ears covered; rattling throat cough possibly with croupy sound, may cough up thick yellow phlegm; cough worse from cold air, cold food, exposure to wind, deep breathing and uncovering; sensation of splinter in throat; earache may begin with sensation of poking pain from throat to ear on swallowing; chilly, hoarse; irritable, sweating with sour odor, extremely sensitive to drafts; worse from slightest touch.Kali bichromicum: used during later stages of cold; discharge thick, yellow or greenish, and stringy, difficult to remove from nose; thick post-nasal drip; sinus headache with pressure at root of nose; head or face pain that can be pointed to with one finger; hoarse voice; better from heat and lying down.Kali muriaticum: to clear Eustachian tube following earache; snapping noises in the ear, impaired hearing following earache; worse from motion, rich foods, and fats.Mercurius: cold begins with creeping chilliness; violent sneezing; thick green or profuse watery nasal discharge, making nose and upper lip sore; raw sore throat, difficult swallowing; coated tongue, heavy salivation, bad mouth odor; ticking ear pain, worse at night; very thirsty, weak and trembling; whole person smells sick; worse at night, lying on right side, with wet and damp weather, sweating, a warm room, or a warm bed.Natrum muriaticum: cold begins with much sneezing; nasal discharge like raw egg white or boiled starch, with copious flow, or nose may be stopped up; loss of smell and taste; lips try and cracked, skin split at corners of mouth, may have cold sores around mouth; blue mood, weepy, worse, from or irritated by sympathy or comfort; worse from heat, lying down, noise; better from open air, cold bath, going without regular meals.Nux vomica: illness after exposure to cold or cold dry weather; onset not sudden; dry, tickling and scraping sensations in nose; nose stuffy and dry at first, then develops a watery and often irritating discharge with sneezing; nose may alternate between stuffed up and runny; “stuffiness predominates at night and outdoors, runniness in warm rooms and during the day” (Cummings and Ullman); throat raw and rough, tickle in larynx; teasing dry cough leads to soreness in chest; cough worse in morning (especially on waking), from 12AM to sawn, after eating, or mental work and in cold air; cough may end in retching; warm drinks relieve; chilly and unable to get warm despite piles of covers, every little motion causes chills; irritable and easily offended, extremely sensitive to noises and odors; better with warmth, in the evening, lying down, and an uninterrupted nap.Phosphorus: laryngitis and hoarseness, violent tickling in throat while speaking, worse in the morning or evening; cough dry or loose, croupy or deep, increases when talking, eating, laughing, or breathing cold air; cough worse lying down, especially on left side; cough aggravated by liquids, especially cold drinks; phlegm of any color or consistency, may be streaked with blood; chest pain, worse from motion, better from pressure; sensation of tightness or constriction, or of a weight in the chest; chilly and craves ice cold drinks; nervous when alone or in the dark.Pulsatilla: for a “ripe” cold; thick, creamy, bland yellow to yellow-green nasal discharge, with stuffiness alternating with fluent discharge; nose may run in the open air and the evening, and stuff up in a warm room; lips are chapped and peeling; dry mouth with a lack of thirst; both dry and loose coughs, may be dry in the evening, loose in the morning; sensation of weight on chest; coughing spasms may end in gagging or vomiting; cough worse when lying down, with exertion, a warm room,; better with open air; red, swollen external ear with an earache, with severe throbbing pain, worse at night; feels as if the ears are stopped up; weepy, wants sympathy and attention, feeling its useless to do anything to feel better; craves open air.Rumex crispus: for cough provoked by breathing cold air or by minute changes in air temperature from warm to cooler; extremely sensitive to inhaling cold air; variation in air flow may excite cough, so person carefully regulates breathing; cough dry and shallow, set off by tickling in airways or pressing hand to throat; worse evening (11PM) and lying down; may have fluent, watery nasal discharge with sneezing, or tough stringy mucus difficult to cough up; hoarse.Spongia: loud, dry, barking cough and hoarse, rasping respirations; breathing sounds like saw being driven through a board; cough worse from excitement, talking, alcohol, lying down, and cold drinks; hoarse, breathing difficult, as if there’s a plug in the throat; wakes with sensation of suffocating from throat constriction; anxious, warm, exhausted after slight exertion; better from eating or drinking, especially warm drinks.

Homeopathy at home for first aid

By Em Colley

Homeopathic medicines (also called remedies) can be a wonderful addition to any first aid cabinet. For years before I trained as a homeopath I used the Helios and Ainsworth’s kits (I’m UK based) and travelled many miles with these. During my time in Australia I remember handing out remedies for hangovers (Nux Vomica), splinters (Silica) and bruising (Arnica) to name a few. There were things outside of my remit – I didn’t know how to help a friend with severe tinnitus, and I would have loved to – but I was pleased to be able to help others with minor ailments.

The kits are a tremendous assistance to anyone starting out – I always seem to be recommending them to clients particularly where there are children in the household, and indeed they’re helpful for everyone. To be able to rapidly and effectively help where fingers have been trapped in the door (Hypericum is your go to here), where a toddler has taken a tumble (back to the Arnica) or where food poisoning has hit (Arsenicum Alb is worth thinking of) is a joy. 

To those new to homeopathy, the handy booklet included with the kit is a godsend and worth (more than) it’s weight in gold. I’ve clients who start off unsure but then are happily browsing the booklet, learning more about the remedies and prescribing them with confidence. My aim of this article is to cater for those new to homeopathy and to enable you to start out with a few remedies or add to your awareness of what’s in the kit if you’ve got one. I don’t want to overload you so have divided it into two halves and here in part 1 there’s 14 remedies discussed here that I’d want in my house, or even in my car. I’ve a kit in the car and have frequently been grateful of it being there.

As with any home based health advice, if the issue is serious, seek help from a medical professional. The following suggestions are only intended to help in minor ailments and also if you feel you need more homeopathic assistance we strongly recommend working with a practitioner. 

I’ve given a flavour below of each remedy, and if you’re intrigued there are many places to go and learn more. The Australian website Homeopathy Plus has lots of Materia Medica (descriptions of the homeopathic medicines), and the British Homeopathic Association website has a wealth of information and cases in their How We Can Help section. Lastly, but by no means least, the National Centre for Homeopathy has many helpful collections with lots of information about remedies.

Without further ado, here goes…

Aconite is a brilliant remedy for shock. It’s also a great remedy to think of at the very start of a cold, which may have come on after being outside in a cold wind.

Arnica for bruising. It’s the one remedy everyone has heard of. I’ve heard people say, I don’t believe in homeopathy but arnica is brilliant. Hmmm. Anyway, moving on… I’d give immediately after a fall, bump or where a bruise is developing.

Arsenicum Album as mentioned above is the first one to think of in cases of food poisoning. People needing it may be anxious and restless. Often there is thirst and the person wants sips of ice cold water.

Bellis Perennis is great for deep tissue bruising. Interestingly a small scale study worked with Bellis Perennis in a hospital setting in Tanzania and found where the women took the remedy they were able to go home in much quicker time as healing happened so much faster. 

Bryonia is one to have on hand for those dry coughs. Movement makes things worse for someone needing bryonia and I’ve heard it described as a remedy for a ‘bear with a sore head’. There can be irritability observed and they may wish to be left alone.

Calendula can be great for helping skin to heal. I often give this after operations or if the skin is cut and my observation is that it helps it mend so much quicker.

Cantharis is your top homeopathic medicine to remember for burns. It’s good to have on stand-by in the kitchen just in case, perhaps next to the Aloe Vera plant which is also brilliant in those instances.

Carbo Veg for indigestion following a meal – particularly when there is also flatulence. It’s also a remedy that can be helpful with low vitality, burnt out feeling, and has been known as ‘the corpse reviver’. We’re not suggesting in any case looking that serious you’re looking for your homeopathic kit – get on the phone to an ambulance. But whilst you’re waiting there are remedies that may be helpful – we’ve heard of appendicitis cases sorted with bryonia whilst waiting to get to the hospital, then there’s been nothing to see. It’s not unheard of. But always steer on the side of caution.

Drosera coughing often incessantly, as if it’ll never stop, they can feel persecuted by the cough. The cough is irritating, it can lead to retching and vomiting and may also trigger nosebleeds.

Euphrasia is the first remedy to think of in eye issues. Its herbal name is Eyebright and it kind of does what it says on the tin. A good one to think of in cases of conjunctivitis.

Ferrum Phos – brilliant in fevers. Often useful to give at the first sign of a fever. The tissue salt (which is not homeopathic remedy albeit prepared in the same method, it’s not diluted as far) can also be really helpful for the same thing.

Gelsemium is a brilliant remedy for flu, as well as for performance anxiety or stage fright. The UK journalist Stacey Dooley talks about how it’s a good remedy for nervousness and anticipatory anxiety.

Hypericum, which you may better know as St John’s Wort, is fantastic for nerve pain. You know that one where you trap your fingers in the door, or worse still, your toddler does? Hypericum is the one to go for here.

Ignatia is a great remedy to think of for grief. That hamster that died and your 5 year old is so desperately sad about? The ignatia may help bring things back into balance a little.

Homeopathy explained

Homeopathy Explained
At some point in your life, you have probably walked down the aisle of a health food store and seen rows of small, stacked blue bottles with exotic names and the word homeopathy on their labels.

Seeing them in a health food store leads some to think homeopathic remedies are just another form of herbal medicine. Actually – they bear no relation to herbal medicine and instead are used in a unique and very popular system of medicine called homeopathy.

So what is homeopathy exactly? Well, we are now learning that homeopathy is a form of nanomedicine. The word Homeopathy is derived from the Greek words homeo, meaning “similar,” and pathos, meaning “suffering” (such as the pathology of a disease). Homeopathy operates on a law of nature – “like cures like”, and has been used clinically for more than 200 years.

So what does “like cures like” mean?

Hippocrates talked about it. It means that a patient suffering from symptoms can be treated and cured by doses of a substance (mineral, animal or plant) capable of producing similar symptoms in a healthy person.

Five hundred million people use homeopathy around the world – which according to the World Health Organization makes it the 2nd most commonly used form of alternative medicine.

The clinical results achieved by homeopaths are truly astounding with cures confirmed of patients with deadly acute diseases as well as chronic disease often believed to be incurable . In fact, because of its clinical results, homeopathy experienced a period of very rapid growth during the deadly epidemics of the 19th century – a period that saw untreated and conventionally treated patients die at alarming rates.

So why, you ask, is homeopathy not the primary form of medicine practiced around the world?

Homeopaths use medicines made from extremely small quantities of nanoparticles created when the medicines are made. In fact, these ultra-molecular preparations (UMPs) from which the remedies are made are so dilute that some scientists have expressed skepticism about whether homeopathic remedies are anything more than plain water. This skepticism has been the primary obstacle to homeopathy’s acceptance in conventional medical and scientific circles.

If this is the major obstacle, what does current research show?
For more than sixty years, scientists, using ever more refined spectroscopic equipment, have discovered unexpected properties of the remedies used by homeopaths. They have also been able to detect in these remedies the original medicinal substances in the form of nanoparticles, despite the preparations having been so diluted.
Scientists are now able to differentiate one remedy from another as well as one potency from another of the same remedy, illustrating that it is not “plain water”.
Not only that, but scientists are now able to measure physiological changes in a great number of experimental cell, plant, animal and human studies.
One might ask – could that be just a placebo effect of some kind?
Actually – no. The placebo response can’t explain objectively measurable changes such as infertility reversal, stillbirth prevention, or worm eradication observed in randomized placebo controlled trials in farm animals. Similarly, the innumerable cures reported in infants and unconscious people also cannot be explained by the placebo response.
So what’s the big deal about nanoparticles and how could such a small amount of anything affect health?
Science now knows that nanoparticles have properties quite unique from ordinary bulk materials (like OTC and prescription drugs), including greater bioavailabilty with improved rates of absorption and enhanced catalytic ability for chemical and biochemical reactions . What that means is that less of something is actually more in many ways!
Homeopathic nanoparticles can initiate a process in nature called hormesis. Hormesis is a term from pharmacology, toxicology and physiology that refers to
the way the body adapts over time to low levels of stressors or toxins. The effects of hormesis have been demonstrated in over 8,000 scientific studies .

Disease, though, can be the result of this is adaptive capacity of the body. When faced with an infectious agent or cumulative stress, the body can change from a healthy state to an unhealthy one. The symptoms we express when we are ill are a result of that adaptive state.

Homeopathic remedies seem to work by hormetically signaling your body to reverse the many adaptations it has made to combat infection or chronic stressors. In short – the remedies trigger your body’s innate ability to heal.

For more about homeopathy, visit http://www.homeopathic.org. Learn what the research shows and how you can use homeopathy to treat yourself and those you love.

Kinetic muscle testing

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Kinetic Muscle testing done different ways , watch video and try what works on you

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Homeopathic research

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Vaccinosis

Vaccinosis – What Parents Need to Know by Gina tyler

Vaccinosis is a reaction to a vaccine. While any person or animal can have an adverse reaction to vaccines, some people are more susceptible than others. Some people have acute symptoms that show up immediately, or one to several days after the shot.

Examples of acute adverse reactions:
Seizures, fevers, breathing problems, fainting, swelling in area where vaccine was given, headaches, dizziness, chills, digestive upsets, vomiting.

Chronic, long term symptoms may show up years later, and treatment is complex.

Examples of chronic adverse reactions:
Asthma, learning problems (ADD, Autism, Aspergers, ADHD), Eczema, bowel obstruction, many allergies, urinary/kidney defects, reproductive problems, Seizures, Death.

The list of adverse reactions is massive. Parents need to research the side effects prior to considering shots of any type for their children themselves. No vaccine is a safe vaccine!

Here are some useful links with excellent information about vaccines.

www.thinktwice.com
www.909shot.com
www.vaclib.org
www.novaccine.com
http://www.vaproject.org
www.jabs.org
www.vacinfo.org

Homeopaths fully understand the implications of vaccine toxins and how these harm the ‘vital force’ of each person/animal that partakes of them.

People have the right to opt out of getting vaccines, but sadly many parents don’t know this.

If you are in the U.S., here’s a link where you can read about your legal rights to opt out of vaccines: http://www.909shot.com

MD’s do NOT promote “Opt outs”, because it hurts their income, or because they discount the dangers of vaccines. Vaccines are the bread and butter of Allopathic – aka Modern Medicine – and a billion dollar industry for “Big Pharma”! Most MD’s justify vaccine use by saying “Diseases have been stopped by vaccinations” and “There is no scientific data to indicate vaccine damage”. This is 100% false!

On this website you can see graphs showing that vaccines DID NOT reduce diseases! www.vaccinationdebate.com/web1.html

On this website you can read thousands of “personal stories” posted by parents of vaccine damaged babies/children: www.thinktwice.com

If you as a parent have had your baby vaccinated and start to see symptoms, it may not help to report this to the MD who gave the shots. Chances are the doctor will flat out deny the connection between the vaccines and symptoms (acute or chronic). MD’s are required to report vaccine adverse reactions but most often they don’t. Perhaps only 5-10% of adverse reactions get ever reported and that is done by the parents NOT THEIR MD’s!

On this website http://www.909shot.com you can see the vaccine reporting system (VAERS) to file the report yourself. Now what? If a baby has vaccinosis, what can a parent do? Find a homeopath by contacting your national homeopathic organization, or searching their directory of practitioners. You can use Google, your phonebook or perhaps you already have a homeopath or a friend can refer you.

Treating vaccinosis cannot be done by self-prescribing. Each person has their own set of specific adverse reactions to vaccines. Homeopathy has over 3,000 different remedies that are used for various ailments. When it comes to prescribing a homeopathic detox for vaccine-damage, a full case-taking needs to be done by a trained classical practitioner. Only the well indicated homeopathic remedy will do the trick. The “try this, try that” method just won’t do. There are NO shortcuts to proper homeopathic prescribing. If the child has had adverse effects for years the case is extremely complex. One visit will likely not be enough, but with time homeopathy can heal the effects of vaccine toxins. Of course, the sooner treatment is started, the better.

Sometimes these vaccine toxins make deep miasmatic imprints, causing havoc not just to that individual, but to the second and third generation within the same family. Each vaccine may add another layer of vaccinosis. For these complex cases, a trained classical homeopath, who fully understands constitutional anti-miasmatic prescribing, is needed.

Some homeopathic remedies used for Vaccinosis:

anthraxicum, ant-t, apis, ars, bac, bapt, bell, bufo, carc, carbolicum-ac, cinchona-off, cham, crot-h, diph, echi, graph, gunp, hep, kali-m, kali-chl, lachesis, ledum, lac-v, lepro, lyssin, maland, med, merc, merc-cy, mez, nat-bic, ped, phos, pyrogenium, psor, rhus-t, sabin, sarr,sars, sep, sil, sulp, syc-co, thuj, tub, vac, vario.

Boericke’s MM lists:
aconite, antimonium tart, apis, bell, crotalus, horridus, echin, maland, merc-s, mez, sars, sepia, sil, sulp, thuja.

J.T. Kent has this list:
apis, ars, echin, hepar-s, kali-chl, maland, sil, sulph, thuja

Only the homeopathic remedy that most closely matches the totality of the presenting symptoms should be prescribed. A remedy that is used to detox vaccinosis might be followed up with the persons ‘constitutional remedy’ for a deep acting healing. Nosodes, Bowel Nosodes, Isodes and Auto-Nosodes are all possibilities the practitioner needs to consider.

Boericke’s Homeopathic Materia Medica and Repertory
Repertory of the Homeopathic Materia Medica by J.T. Kent
The Organon of Medicine By Samuel Hahnemann (6th edition)
Rubrics from The Complete Repertory

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Vaccine reactions to look out for

Children and colds /homeopathy helps

Does Your New Baby Have a Cold? Homeopathy Can Help!

Posted by Dr. Lisa Samet N.D. on Apr 17th 2017

If you’re a parent – you know the challenges of baby’s first cold. There might be a runny or stuffy nose making nursing difficult as well as fever, coughing, restlessness, irritability, and loss of appetite. And the typical cold can last for up to 10 days. That’s a long time for an infant.

The biggest conundrum – knowing what to give your baby for symptom relief that is both effective and safe. The options are few. If you are still breastfeeding, that helps because you are still giving the baby needed antibodies to fight any bug.

Happily – there is also homeopathy. I love using it with infants because it’s both effective and safe – but also very gentle.

Here are just a few remedies with their characteristic symptoms for you to consider:

• Aconite: For any cold that comes on suddenly, often at night, often with a fever, restlessness and thirst. Particularly if the child was exposed to cold air or a cold wind and got a chill – this might be the remedy for you! It’s generally only effective, though, at the onset of symptoms, in the first 24 hours.
• Calcarea carb.: A child needing this remedy is one who typically sweats while sleeping, particularly on the back of the head and neck. In fact, they may sweat so much they soak the sheet they are lying on. Babies who need this remedy often sweat from the head while breast-feeding – this is a good clue. The sweat may have a sour or ‘off ‘ odor. The nose may be discharging freely or completely stopped – making nose breathing difficult, and this symptom may be worse at night. The mucus discharge is typically whitish-yellow.
• Chamomilla: One should think of this remedy when the child seems excessively restless and ill-tempered (!) and can only be quieted when being carried about the room. If the cold seems to be related to teething and the mood is very demanding and the child is hard to please – this is most likely the right choice! The child may also have a runny nose with a watery discharge. The symptoms are often worse at night. If they are feverish – they may have one hot, red cheek and one pale. There may be loose, greenish stools, and more thirst than usual— but the key to this remedy is definitely the mood.
• Dulcamara: A child needing this remedy has a tendency to catch a cold every time the weather changes suddenly from dry and warm to wet and cold. The nostrils are oftenentirely filled up, preventing breathing through the nose with frequent sneezing. There can also be a profuse discharge of water from nose and eyes that is worse in open air, worse on waking in the morning and better in a closed room. 
• Kali bichromium: One should think of this remedy when one sees a child with a discharge from the nose or throat that is tough and stringy. The discharge is often described as ropy as well. The nose may also be plugged up – with actual mucus plugs forming in the nostrils. The mucus from the nose will often take on a greenish hue. If there is a cough – it is often worse in the morning and is again accompanied by expectoration that is tough and ropy.
• Nux vomica: A child needing this remedy will often have cold hands and feet and seems generally chillier than usual, despite seeming to have more heat in the head/face. They will also be irritable and cranky. You can hear them coughing and sneezing in their bed in the morning on waking. Often the nose is both runny (watery and clear) and blocked at the same time. They seem to be worse outdoors in the cold air.
• Pulsatilla: One would want to consider this remedy for a cold that is worse in the evening. The discharge from the nose will typically be yellow or yellow-green in color – often obstructing the nose with thick and crusty mucus. The child will also be generally more teary and whiney than is normal and wants to be held. They seem overall better outside in the fresh air. You may notice that there is less thirst than normal.
• Sambucus nigra: A child needing this remedy will present with a nose that seems completely dry but also completely obstructed. This symptom is particularly noticeable in children that are nursing – for it makes nursing virtually impossible for the child. What mucus that can be discharged tends to be very thick and tenacious.