Some Homeopathic Children Types—
(1) How the child enters the doctor’s office-
- Wants to hold mother’s neck- Silica
- Wants to lean always- Calc carb
- Holds mother’s fingers and doesn’t leave even while checking- Bismuth
- A child with bronchitis, likes to be carried inside in sitting position- Antim tart
(2) School behavior and pattern of study-
- very sharp, quick to act- Lachesis
- plays mischief with teachers- Zincum met, Lachesis
- Doesn’t sit in the single classroom, keep roaming- Tuberculinum
- Writes papers in exams very fast- Tub
- May crackle paper, throw off, and write again- Tub
- Propensity to sleep in class- Calc carb
- Good listeners- Natrum mur
- At home, child will sit, leaning against wall, and ask for the pen kept at a distance- calc carb
- Pulls the hair of the kid sitting ahead of him in class- Medo, Tarentula
- In rage, attacks nose of his friend- Merc sol
- Propensity to set things on fire, strikes the matchstick often- Hepar sulph
- Drosera- Dictates the things, people around have to obey him
- Disobedient child- Merc sol, Amm carb, China, tarantula, Viola odorata, Lyco
- Child grows up into a completely different personality, talks philosophical, very mild soft speech- Viola odorata
- Sings in class, sings anytime, loves to do so, makes his own rhyming ends, changes words from song, makes different verses- Stramonium
- It’s difficult to learn poems- Nux vomica, Cham, Sulphur
- Fluent in languages- Nux vom
- Good in mathematics- Lachesis
- Loves science- Sulphur
- Loves to study at night- Lachesis
- Hates mornings- Mag mur
(3) Behavior-
- Laughs on reprimands- Graphites
- Child spits off when father scolds- Stram
- Destroys the most favorite toys- Stram
- Loves singing- Stram
- Extreme anger, bangs head against wall- Tub, Tarentula, Medo
- Emotions dominated by intellect- Viola odorata
- Always talks loudly- Lyco
- Extreme talkativeness- Arg met
- Craves chocolate ice-cream- Phos
- Hates to pass through narrow spaces- Stram
- Too much negative thinking- Arg nit
- Feigns sickness- Antim crud, Moschus
- Does not allow to examine pulse- Antim tart
- Hates dancing- Borax
- Always hurries others to do things fast- Suphuric acid
- Cunning, ungrateful- Merc sol
- Coughs in presence of doctor- Moschus
- Steals money/food- Calc carb
- Steals anything (kleptomania)- Tarentula
- Walks into the trouble every time- Agaricus
- Impulse to climb up- Stram
- Child talks, sings but will not answer when questioned- Agaricus
- Interrupts parents during doctor’s interview and corrects information- Lyco
- Takes short cuts for everything they do- Calc carb
- Extremely sympathetic and will go out of the way to help those in trouble- Phos
(4) Choice of toys and games-
- Plays with doll, considers it as her own thing, likes to carry the doll around everywhere she goes- Puls
- Likes glow toys- Phos
- Electrical games, likes to play relentlessly, extreme restlessness while playing- Merc sol
- Likes to play Business game- Lyco
- Loves to play outdoors but whatever he plays, he has to own the set (eg- cricket set) so that he will be in command- Lyco
- Loves to play with soft toys- Stram
- Plays with apparently absurd things, like kitchen utensils- Sulphur
- Loves hide-n-seek, wrestling, WWF etc- Belladona
