Teething

Choose a remedy:  Choose based on the most prominent symptoms.  If symptoms change, take a remedy that matches the new symptoms.

Dosage:  6C or 12X four times a day up to 5 days; or 30C twice a day.  Or, see the Dosage Chart

• When symptoms improve, stop taking the remedy.  
• Repeat if symptoms return
• If no improvement in a day or two, try a different remedy

Note:

• Dr. Wander (below) recommends that at first sign of fever (red cheeks), give no milk after mid-day.  He says that the combination of fever, erupting tooth and warm curdled milk in the stomach causes problems, not the erupting tooth.

Symptoms	Remedy
Painful gums Irritability View Remedy	Camilia Multi remedy formulation Manufactured by Boiron Follow package directions
Pain Irritability Swelling Occasional sleeplessness View Remedy	Hylands Baby Day and Night Oral Pain Relief Muliti-remedy formulation Manufactured by Hylands Follow package directions
Irritable Gums inflamed, red, swollen Fingers in the mouth Screams with discomfort Difficult to please Cheeks hot and red, or pale and cold, or one cheek red May also have diarrhea Cries out in sleep Arms or legs may twitch Worse: evening pressure warm food or drinks View Remedy	Chamomilla
Slow to teethe or too many teeth come at once Children tend to be chubby Head perspires May have fingers in mouth to ease pain Sour smelling sweat and stools View Remedy	Calcarea carbonica 30C once or twice a week for 3-4 weeks
Irritable Whiney Unhappy Slow to teethe may be slow to walk also Very difficult teething Wants to nurse often Vomits easily Gassy and/or diarrhea during teething May be pale and thin View Remedy	Calcarea phosphorica
Irritable May strike or bite Gums, lips swollen, red Face may be flushed, hot during fever Glassy eyes with fever If a high fever, may have no perspiration Thirsty May twitch View Remedy	Belladonna
Slow to teethe Thin child with large head Tends to sweat on feet, neck and head Milk may disagree View Remedy	Silica
Teethe decay shortly after eruption Severe teething pain May be accompanied by cough Child easily irritated View Remedy	Kreosotum follow guidance in Dosage Chart
Teething with fever Restless sleep cries out or startles in sleep Cheeks hot and/or red View Remedy	Aconitum napellus
Copious dribbling from the mouth Red gums Green stools/diarrhea View Remedy	Mercurius solubilis
Hot, sour stools Stool burns the skin Lips may be bright red View Remedy	Sulphur
Urge to bite the teeth or gums not to hurt someone, but to put pressure on gums View Remedy	Phytolacca
Painful teething with colic Sour diarrhea Body and discharges smell sour Sour mood View Remedy	Rheum officinale

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