What is GERD?
Gastroesophageal reflux disease, often referred to as GERD, occurs when acid from the stomach backs up into the esophagus. Normally, food travels from the mouth, down through the esophagus and into the stomach. A ring of muscle at the bottom of the esophagus, the lower esophageal sphincter (LES), contracts to keep the acidic contents of the stomach from refluxing or coming back up into the esophagus. In those who have GERD, the LES does not close properly, allowing acid and other contents of the digestive tract to move up to the esophagus.
When stomach acid touches the sensitive tissue lining the esophagus and throat, it causes a reaction similar to squirting lemon juice in your eye. This is why GERD is often characterized by the burning sensation known as heartburn.
There are several factors responsible for GERD in infants, but it is more common in pre-term babies. In the case below, what needs to be highlighted is that even though the medical care offered was excellent, intervention at every single stage, may not have been essential.
For instance, the decision to not allow the infants to nurse, could have been managed by a lactation expert, who could have supported the mother to breastfeed the twins directly from the breast, along with breastfeeds via a syringe. As the infants got stronger, and their sucking action got stronger, the syringe feeds could have been eliminated totally. By encouraging this normal physiological process itself, would have probably eliminated the onset of reflux
in the infant.
The oral or sucking reflex that gets established when the baby is put to the breast, not only develops due to the sucking action, but the baby also finds the familiar smell and touch with her mother, very comforting. This not only helps boost immunity, but also reduces the possibility of reflux, as the muscles of the mouth, cheek and deglutition, all develop as they are normally supposed to, if we adhere to what a baby is used to physiologically and emotionally.
Or when instead of the several medical interventions ( which are highlighted in bold under brackets below ) appropriate natural homeopathic remedies in high dilution, as per timely indications, could have easily supported the mother and hence the fetus. Such heavy medication or surgical procedures can often be minimized if there is accurate homeopathic prescribing available.
What is also significant is the relevance of the mother’s history in pregnancy, and how maternal states can be transmitted, due to what the pregnant mother had to experience. And how that vital information, can be utilized by a homeopath, in minimizing unnecessary interventions, with very satisfying results.
At the end of the case, and the response to the selected remedy for the girl twin, the reasons for the choice of the remedy Placenta, is clarified further. But as one of the main themes of this remedy, is a loss of connection, where ever that has been a feature in the case, it has been bracketed in bold.
This is the case below. It has been typed verbatim. The abbreviations used are:
D : Doctor
P : Child patient
M : Mother
F : Father
D – Tell me what are your concerns regarding her?
F – The main concern is her reflux problem.
M – It started when she was 1 ½ month old. She is one of the twins and they were prematurely born. At that time the doctors advised to go for some tests and then some laser treatment ( intervention ), after which she started vomiting. I don’t know if that was the reason or not but before the laser treatment she was 100% ok, she was even better than my son, she was recovering very well in NICU, with feeding and taking her medicines.
D – How is the other twin?
M – She is weaker and also smaller than him. Her immunity is also lower than his.
F – Birth was at 7th month and weight was just 1.25 kg. They were in the NICU for around 2 months. They required oxygen as they were very little and feeding was difficult. In the NICU, every day they give you an update and she was doing very well and on the other hand, my son had some infection or diarrhea but she was doing great even on the feeds as they were increasing it slowly every day. The pediatrician said we’ll take out just one of them so that the mother can learn how to take care of a premature baby. So she was taken out within 4 weeks and my son was there for around 7-8 weeks. Since they were premature they were not advised to go for breastfeeding, as their sucking would have made them lose weight, and my wife was trained to feed them both through syringes.
D – She was expressing her milk and feeding it through syringes?
F – Yes. Then they both came out and she was doing very well till 1 ½ month in terms of having milk and no infections and all. Since they were born before 32 weeks, the doctor had advised going for ROP (Retinopathy of Prematurity) test. The ophthalmologist who performed the test said that there is sudden growth which happens in the case of premature babies, and so some treatment was advised. So she went for 2 sessions of laser treatment ( medical intervention ) in 2 weeks to suppress the growth. And during this process, she cried a lot as they put that light. After a couple of days of this treatment, when we used to feed her, she started vomiting.
M – For few days we thought that she may be vomiting because she’s undergone the laser process. We contacted the pediatrician about it and they said technically it is not connected with ROP and it’s because they are premature and so they are weak and their muscles are not fully developed and it will take some time. But the fact is that she was absolutely fine until the procedure.
F – So they prescribed some medicines and said give only if you really need to, but we avoided it almost 95% of the time. My mother-in-law said maybe her stomach is small and so let us reduce the feed and so we tried all the options but she used to vomit 4-5 times a day. ( This was very intelligent advice by this naturally experienced and veteran mother, and the child’s maternal grandmother ) There was never any problem with alertness or learning ability or anything. Then we moved to another pediatrician who was close to our locality who also said that reflux goes off after 1-2 years. Then this pediatrician recommended a homeopath and we started her on that but we did not see much improvement.
M – We were very concerned with her so we took treatment from a lot of doctors, as she was not gaining weight and the vomiting was too much for us. But her condition was not improving; now she has completed 5 years and even today she wakes up with a cough. And after brushing her teeth she has to take out this mucus or else she can’t eat. That is when we were referred to you.
D – This is while she is brushing her teeth or after?
M – After. I don’t give her milk in the morning as doctors advised to give some solids as milk is easy to come out. So I make something for them in the morning, but her reaction to every meal is to move back.
F – We think she has vomited so much that now she has developed an aversion to food. There have been instances where she is sitting on sofa watching TV, and someone is coming out of the kitchen with a plate of food, and just with the smell of food, she will start coughing and finally vomit. Now at least that tendency has gone down to some extent, but still, the coughing is there which is irrespective of cold or anything else. For the morning episodes, the doctor has advised a tablet for a month which helped in the sense that her feed improved a bit but the morning thing was as it is. It never happens that she says that she is hungry and asks for food. Even if she does it will be for a biscuit and one will be enough. At times if she eats well without any problem, in the night around 1-2 am she will suddenly start coughing.
M – We don’t know the reason but at times she eats very well but after one or two hours she starts coughing and all that had gone in comes out. I am never sure that whatever she has eaten will be metabolized properly and that’s why she is underweight.
F – Very active and bold at school, any activity given she will try to lead.
M – Little stubborn may be because we have gone under lot of pressure so we might have been very harsh on her.
F – After my mother in law brought our attention to the small stomach part, we tried to give small feeds, and then some improvement was seen.
D – Focus on the stubborn nature.
M – If she wants to do something she will do it. But if we tell her to do something and she doesn’t want to, she will stick with it. Then if it’s told in a stricter way then she’ll do it but that too not with her heart. She does put her point forward. On the other hand my son will do stuff just because I’ve told him to, which she won’t. She also had stranger anxiety until she was 2 years old. Anyone coming home, she would start crying and shouting, and you do anything she won’t calm down. ( loss of connection )
F – For example, we went to a friend’s place for dinner and there she started crying, and it was so much that I had to bring her back home, but that part is gone now. She is interested in dancing and she will participate in Ganpati (Hindu festival where the deity is immersed in the ocean at the end of the celebrations ) competition on stage and all, so that part has gone now. She does have her strong likes and dislikes which is true with friends also. No matter how much another kid tries to get her in her circle she won’t. ( loss of connection )
D – She’s removed her footwear, she doesn’t like it? ( observation )
( Observations such as this are subjective signs and symptoms, which are as important as the objective signs and symptoms for a homeopath. As what has been established with this casual but important observation, is that the child is warm thermally and prefers to be in minimal clothing, unlike her twin brother, and this is one of the characteristic symptoms of the remedy selected for her. )
M – No, she doesn’t like it much and removes it whenever she gets a chance, in gardens too.
D – Clothing as well ?
M – She has her preferences and likes new clothes, party wears, likes to wear sandals and all too but not for a long time. The moment she has a chance to take it out she will remove it. She likes to play in sand and mud a lot in the garden.
D – What else?
F – There were lots of complications during pregnancy. She also had an ovarian cyst, so the pregnancy was delayed, and she finally conceived through hormones ( medical intervention ) She had to undergo an operation to remove the left ovary as the cyst had caused a lot of internal damage ( intervention ) Then doctors advised her to go for IVF ( intervention ). The first attempt was not successful but the second one was.
M – But pregnancy was very painful, started bleeding after 1st month, every 4 days for 3 months I had to take injections ( medical intervention ). Then there was also nausea and gas problem.
D – What do you mean by that?
M – My stomach would start paining.
D – Describe the pain and why do you describe it as gas?
M – Because doctors said it is because of gas.
D – Describe the pain exactly.
M – I had some chicken after 3-4 hours of which I started having pain which was unbearable and I thought something has gone wrong. It was late so we went to the emergency and got admitted and the junior doctors over there said it was nothing to worry and that it might be gas or acidity.
D – Were you able to pass gas or no?
M – I don’t remember exactly but something was stuck. F – There was lot of pain and the junior doctors were not able to say anything. Next day the doctor came and said that it is gas only. Said its twin pregnancy and so the pressure on the stomach will be more and so to avoid heavy food. Most of the time during pregnancy she was almost on the bed because of the twin and was asked to take complete rest. In fact, they had done cervical stitching ( intervention ) also. In the routine checkup in the 3-4th month, there was a little protein loss and BP was a little high with a little swelling in feet. The doctor here told me this may be a case of pre-eclampsia which is very common in twin pregnancy so he asked me to monitor BP closely. So I bought a machine at home and we started measuring BP every 3 days. After 2-3 weeks the BP started going up, so it must be 5-6th month the BP was high and we went to the doctor and we were asked to get admitted. Then the anti-hypertension medicines ( medical intervention ) were started. For 1 ½ months it continued like that and the doctor would give me an update every 3 days and even said that if things become risky I might have to take out the babies. They had assumed that the pregnancy wouldn’t continue for long and so in the 5-6th month itself, they had given steroids for development of the lungs ( medical intervention ) Suddenly one day, in one of the blood tests, the platelet count went down and so the doctors thought of intervening. Her entire body and eyes were swollen. ophthalmologist. Then she started getting headaches also as she has a problem of migraine. But it could have been due to the high BP as well.
D – What month was that?
M – 6-7th month. Normally also I have it if I am in the sun for long or pollution and all it leads to severe headaches. I think here it started because of the eye, as my vision was hampered. The eye doctor said it is because of the BP problem and will go away with time.
D – What used to happen, you could not see things clearly? M – Yes, actually my whole face and body was swollen and disoriented, it was not a very good sight. My eyes had gone inside and there was constant lachrymation.
D – You have any pictures of that?
M – No.
D – What makes you say disorientation?
M – In the sense that my eyes were not working properly and I couldn’t see, and there was constant watering and I was in the hospital for 3-4 weeks. It wasn’t a total blackout, but the vision had gone down. (29.40 – 30.30) child showing her doodle/sketch to us
( Significance of doodles: This is a very useful non-intrusive technique during a case session, in which patients, both children, and adults are encouraged to express their inner sensations, while describing their physical symptoms, and especially if they are finding it hard to do so. Natural sketches are also taken into account. In this case, the child found this time very relaxing and did something of her own accord, while the parents were being interviewed. It may not have had much direct relevance to the case, but definitely helped in comforting her, and wanting to connect with us, in wanting us to see her drawing. Such experiences, help children express themselves with minimal resistance as the fear of authority lessens. Soon they learn to describe their own symptoms very clearly and accurately. This transition is very valuable in emergencies that may require a telephonic consultation, due to time and distance logistics )
F – So at that time her platelet count went down and the doctor advised to go for delivery. We had read on the internet that after 32 weeks things become ok so we requested him but he said it’s a risk and so another test was done for the same and it gave the same results. So then we decided to go ahead with it and on 28th Jan they were delivered by caesarian. ( intervention ) Delivery was ok, kids were ok, earlier to pregnancy he said it was 50-50 chance and after that he said it was 80-20 and said the steroid injections had worked. Then in NICU my son did have 2-3 episodes of apnea but this one didn’t have any problem. Even now if she gets any cold or anything, she recovers very fast without any medication. D – What were the symptoms during apnea?
F – They would just see it on the monitor, no symptoms as such.
D – Ok. So now I am coming back to the disorientation, I want to understand it a bit more. What was the state of mind at that time?
M – I was very confused. I knew that this was my only chance and was told that I cannot conceive normally. So I was very scared and because of this BP and my body was so swollen. Everyone was scared around me, and they were ready to take out the kids, and they were changing medicines and monitoring me so closely. So it was just scary which comes out even now. I think it’s like depression and it comes out on him or the kids. I couldn’t see her as she was already weak and would vomit so much. For some time I was fine, but afterward, I started getting frustrated, and why this was happening to me ? Doctors gave me a lot of medicines, but nothing was working, though I was very active, but taking out milk and feeding her was a task. My son started taking milk directly after 3 months, but she couldn’t - she would vomit even if she tried.
F – Pediatrician had said that as she has reflux during breastfeeding, due to which, she may feel burning, and so if she doesn’t take it, let it be. So she wasn’t breastfed ever. It was some breast milk after removing through the breast pump or she was on formula. Post-pregnancy, since our son was on breast milk, she was more attached to her maternal grandmother.
M – Though my mother was staying with me in the same house, she was more with her. Even now she is attached to her more though she won’t leave me and go with her but when she is there, this one will stay with my mom mostly.
D – Now about the confusion, was it a state of mental confusion also where you could not think clearly? M – Though I could take decisions, there was not enough clarity to do so. So my mind was working very slowly.
D – Ok, now let us talk about the characteristics of both the twins.
F – Ok, I’ll start with my son - he is mischievous at home but a very good kid at school. Always wants to be in good books of everyone. So anyone when comes home he’ll show them his books of drawing and will show where he has got star and will show what he knows. He’s a very sharing kid, ask other kids to come home. A little fearful, gets scared easily if we scold him, starts crying easily. If mother gets upset then he is a little worried about it and will be a little anxious till mother says it’s ok. D – He wants approval from her?
F – Yes, in the sense that if he has made a mistake he wants to be sure that his mother is ok with it. Loves outdoor games, swimming, cycling, ok in studies.
D – Fearful of anything else?
F – Doesn’t want to go anywhere alone, can’t stay in the room alone. Both of them actually have that habit of sticking to parents. If we compare with other kids, like they go to drawing class or a dance class in the society, we could not leave them there and come back which most of the mothers would do as the teacher is also a mother of one of the kids only. So they would not let us leave, that clinginess is there.
M – He gets scared easily, like once or twice if I have scolded him now if I ask him if he has done something he was supposed to do his answer would be an immediate yes which is out of fear. And he wants to finish everything very fast, like for meals also he will be like if I finish fast mom will be very happy. Same with the homework also, he would try to do it all so fast that he’ll do it with all mistakes but he would be like I’ve don’t it. Even in class teacher say the same thing. ( Even though we are discussing the girl twins case, the boy’s personality was also mentioned, and as it may provide insights and a contrast to the girls temperament as well, it has been left as it was unfolded during the case. ) She on the other hand is exactly opposite, she takes her time no matter how much you push her. She’s a little stubborn as we said, once she’s said I won’t do it then she won’t do it.
M – Once it has happened that I became very upset with her and told her she has to do it, so she sat for 3-4 hours but she didn’t do it.
F – Another thing is that if I sit with her then she will complete her work. If you convince her then she will do it, but if you force her to do it she won’t do it. She needs reasoning for everything, asks lots of questions, is very inquisitive, questions while driving about zebra crossing, signal lights. Remembers lots of things - like we had gone to a doctor, and what happened there she would remember even when we wouldn’t. Can copy things, like how grandmother does pooja ( prayers ), makes coffee, has that girly play too with dolls and all. She has a tendency to lead and dominate like she would become a teacher in a group of kids even if all the kids are elder to her surprisingly everyone listens to her too. Not much of outdoor activities, we also don’t force her much as she is a little weak which she may be taking advantage of. The food she has aversion to, leaving ice cream and cashew nuts she says no to everything. Non-vegetarian foods she likes, whereas he doesn’t. She doesn’t like spicy at all.
D – She has some fears?
F – Initially she had that strangers anxiety as we said, but that’s gone now.
D – Sense of smell is very acute for her; she’s able to catch smells easily?
M – She does.
D – Some smells that disgusts her, that she is repulsed by?
M – None that I know of.
D – She’s toilet trained?
F – She is, but requires us for cleaning and all. She had constipation in the past, even now she has a problem that after every meal she wants to pass stool and it’s not that she won’t. So she passes stool 3-4 times a day which is normal but a little hard.
D – Bleeding ever?
F – No.
D – First part is hard?
F – Yes.
M – Main problem is that she doesn’t like to eat and the morning cough and height and weight should increase. Vomiting tendency is still there.
D – Coming back to your time during pregnancy, how was your emotional health? Any incidences in family, any grief or shock?
M – No I was fine.
D – Any cravings in food or drinks?
M – Since 3rd month itself I had that indigestion problem, so just fruits and bland vegetables without oil and stuff. Once I had a craving and had that chicken and had a problem, and after that no craving.
D – So what was the state of mind with this thing - that you can’t eat what you want to ?
M – Little frustration was there, used to get fed up with all the fruits and vegetables my mom would force me. And I would like to follow anything that mother would say as I knew she was saying for my good, even otherwise my decision making is never strong. I would do whatever someone told me.
D – Your decision making is not strong?
M – Yes, I always did what my mom and dad told me to do.
D – How was your thirst?
M – It was good. I was even told by doctors to drink enough water so I would do that.
D – You would cry in frustration or how was it expressed?
M – There were a couple of instances of crying. After conceiving bleeding started and that made me worried, that it shouldn’t happen during pregnancy. Then when I was admitted during that gas thing and then for BP, during that time it used to happen. I didn’t want to go through a cesarean, but my health and emotional state was not well, so everyone would explain to me that it is required.
D – Any nausea or vomiting?
M – Little nausea was there.
D – Any skin problems?
M – With fever she does get rashes over legs, back with itching. She was even admitted once due to diarrhea and vomiting during the 1st year of her life for 3 days.
D – Any reactions to vaccines?
M – Nil
D – Sweat?
M – She sweats a lot, mostly on the back of the head and she feels hot more than us.
D – Smell?
M – No, just the area she has slept gets all wet.
D – Teeth related issues?
M – No. Compared to her brother, she started walking late by around 18-19th month. She used to suck on the cloth, we would cover her with; she couldn’t sleep without that cloth.
P – I like Bal Veer and Doremon ( cartoon characters ). I like fish and chicken and ladoo ( Asian dessert ).
D – Why do you like Doremon?
P – I like it because there is Suzuka in it.
D – Any other information during the pregnancy period ?
F – When I went to meet the obstetrician after delivery, he said God saved her because there were lot of complications and that he has never seen so many complications in one lady. He said that for the baby girl there was a knot in the umbilical cord which happens in 1 in 10,000 cases and normally they would take the baby out without any complications and they were surprised that blood flow was not hampered as they both were of equal weight. Another thing he was surprised about was that they could not detect this during the ultrasound. 6 and 7th month when they saw the complications they had given some medicines to increase the blood flow for the placenta so that the weight gain is good. ( placental insufficiency - one of the indications for the use of this remedy )
M – During pregnancy I could feel movements of just one of them, I think I could feel his movements but not hers. ( This is probably a maternal instinct, but she seemed quite convinced about it ) On ultrasound, the movements were there but I couldn’t feel it. ( loss of connection )
F – During her ovarian surgery, they said her tubes and all were intermingled with a lot of adhesions.
D - Anything else F - No. I feel we have told you everything. Remedy and case management: She was given a single dose of Placenta 200C and a few extra doses to keep in case of need for frequent doses labeled x powders, and they were aware what the remedy was and the reasons for the same. Such transparency not only helps convince parents of the reasoning behind the choice of a remedy selection but also empowers and involves them more actively to participate in their child’s treatment.
FOLLOW UP
D – Tell us about her reflux and vomiting since the medicine.
F – Main problem was early morning reflux and vomiting tendency which used to be almost every day which after the medicine has come down to 3 days a week instead of 7 days a week and intensity has also gone down.
D – In what way intensity has gone down?
F – It used to be a very violent attempt and she would try to take all out even when the stomach is all empty. Now, still the day starts with a cough and while brushing she used to get that tendency and it used to take half an hour for it to subside which is still there but the intensity has gone down as well as frequency. Another problem was that this reflux would come during her feeds also after 3 or 4 bites which has gone away now, just a little bit it happens.
M – That was the main complaint, I want her to demand food which she still doesn’t do but whatever I give her she accepts it at least. So that food aversion is going away now but it’s still in that 30-40% range.
F – In between, she got cough and cold but the medicines you gave helped her and no antibiotics were required. I think twice she got cold and cough but no other medicines were required.
D – Both the times x powder solutions ( Placenta 200 in water dilution ) were given?
F – Yes. After morning the other meals the tendency is to consume liquids more like hot milk or cold milk and after that the burp is difficult to pass. If she can pass it than she is very comfortable otherwise the regurgitation comes up. They have milk once they are back from play and her brother drinks it in one go and she tries to do it and then this happens.
D – On the whole I would also say she is doing well, now the treatment will go in a deeper level.
Case understanding:
Some basic Information on placental insufficiency is important in context to the remedy selected:
Placental insufficiency, is an uncommon but serious complication of pregnancy. It occurs when the placenta does not develop properly or is damaged.
The placenta is an organ that grows in the womb during pregnancy. When the placenta malfunctions, it is unable to supply adequate oxygen and nutrients to the baby from the mother’s bloodstream. Without this vital support, the baby cannot grow and thrive.
Placental insufficiency can lead to low birth weight, premature birth, and birth defects. It also carries increased risks of complications for the mother.
The placenta’s primary jobs are to:
• move oxygen into the baby’s bloodstream
• carry carbon monoxide away
• pass nutrients to the baby
• transfer waste for disposal by the mother’s body
The placenta has an important role in hormone production as well. It also protects the fetus from harmful bacteria and infections.
A healthy placenta continues to grow throughout the pregnancy. It weighs about 1.5 lbs. at the time of birth.
Placental Insufficiency Risks: Mother
Placental insufficiency is not usually considered life-threatening to the mother. However, if she has high blood pressure or diabetes, the risks increase.
During pregnancy, the mother is more likely to experience:
• pre-eclampsia (elevated blood pressure and protein in the urine)
• placental abruption (placenta pulls away from the uterine wall)
• preterm labor and delivery twin pregnancies
The symptoms of pre-eclampsia are excess weight gain, leg and hand swelling (edema), headaches, and high blood pressure. If the baby is not growing properly, the mother’s abdomen will be small, and the baby’s movements will not be felt much.
Placental Insufficiency Risks: Baby
The earlier in the pregnancy that placental insufficiency occurs, the more severe the problems can be for the baby. The baby’s risks include: greater risk of oxygen deprivation at birth (can cause cerebral palsy and other complications) greater chance of learning disabilities intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) hypothermia (low body temperature) hypoglycemia (low blood sugar) premature labor cesarean delivery According to a 2007 study by the American College of Obstetrics & Gynecology, birth defects occurred in nearly 40 percent of infants affected by early-onset placental insufficiency.
Placenta Humanum ( A homeopathic remedy )
Several human products that are a part of a normal pregnancy, are used in homeopathic practice, as per their individual needs and indications. Placenta is one of the important ones in these group of remedies referred to as Sarcodes in homeopathy.
Some of the others also used are: Umbilical cord, Amniotic fluid, Vernix Caseosa, Colostrum and Lac-Humanum ( Human breast milk )
In most countries, the placenta is often put into a bin liner and disposed of without barely a glance from the mother. Obviously the midwives examine it to make sure that it is complete but it is certainly not revered. For many years it's only value was being sold to cosmetic companies to provide ingredients for make up and face creams.
However, with the growing 'home birth' movement, more consideration is being given to the placenta and more and more parents are taking the placenta home to bury it in the garden and to plant a tree or bush on it.
In this case, the mother’s pregnancy history and difficulties were a prime aspect in the selection of the remedy for the child. Such states of transmission is commonly encountered in homeopathic pediatric practice.
There is a well-conducted proving of this natural maternal substance by Biggs and Gwillim in the year 2000. For more information on the proving, all material is available for easy reference with the authors and in homeopathic journals and literature.
Leading indications:
In the mother:
• Confusion
• Loss of connection ( could not feel one twins movements )
• Placental insufficiency in the third trimester
• Pre-eclampsia
• Postpartum depression
In the child:
• GERD
• Failure to thrive ( FTT )
• Low immunity
• Nausea at the smell or sight of food
• Very acute sense of smell
• Need to suck on a familiar piece of cloth, like a security blanket ( but the fact that she needed to suck on it, in view of not being able to nurse, is significant )
• Disconnected to people
• Need to be in minimal clothes due to a feeling of internal warmth
• Hypocalcemia resulting in excess body sweats
• Craving for protein ( meat and fish )
Response to the remedy:
Gradually over a period of time, as the child’s general health and her gagging reflux continued to get better, she also became less resistant to instructions and more compliant. It was easier for her to make new friends, as she felt more connected with people. Her appetite improved and she was ready to experiment with a wider range of foods. This helped improve her growth spurt, which left her parents very relieved and satisfied.
I hope the unfolding of this remedy, and this child for which it was used, will provide some insight to the reader, to the efficacious use of such natural products in high dilution, in the treatment of commonly encountered ailments in children.
Wishing you all a wonderful journey as caring and thoughtful parents, and watching your kids grow healthy naturally, without much need for unnecessary medication.
Dr Sunil Anand
www.drsunilanand.com