About
Rheum is a key homeopathic remedy for children's digestive issues, particularly sour-smelling diarrhea and teething troubles. It is characterized by extreme irritability and a sour odor emanating from the child's body and discharges.
Keynotes
Everything is sour - stool, sweat, vomit, body odor. Child is extremely irritable and cross, cannot be pacified. Restlessness and whining.
Constitution
Suits especially irritable, peevish children during teething or digestive upsets. Often fair-haired, chubby infants.
🤒Symptoms Profile
● General Symptoms
Sour-smelling diarrhea, sour body odor, colic, teething troubles, irritability, restless sleep, sour vomiting
● Mental Symptoms
Extreme irritability, crossness, whining, cannot be pleased, peevishness, restlessness
● Physical Symptoms
Sour-smelling, greenish, slimy diarrhea; sour vomiting; sour body odor; colicky abdominal pain; restless sleep; grinding teeth; red cheeks
Uses
Infantile diarrhea, teething disorders, colic, sour stomach, acid dyspepsia, restless sleep in children
Modalities
Worse: from being touched or uncovered, during dentition. Better: from warmth, from being wrapped up.
💊Dosage Information
Available Potencies
6C, 12C, 30C, 200C, 1M
Recommended Dosage
Lower potencies (6C to 30C) are commonly used, especially for acute digestive issues in children. Repeat based on symptom intensity.
🔗Relationships & Affinities
🫀 Organ Affinity
Digestive system (stomach, intestines), nervous system
🤝 Complementary
Calcarea carbonica, Chamomilla
🛡️ Antidotes
Camphora, Nux vomica
⚠️Important Cautions
Primarily a pediatric remedy for acute conditions. Chronic or severe diarrhea requires professional consultation.
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