Homeopathy & behavioural coughing?
the boy who coughed a year
(You’ll note the departure from my usual current style here i.e., no footnotes or homeopathy theory - this is a copy-paste from my website blog of 2020)
Master J* began coughing in April 2019 when he started school, which he loved.
A dry night time cough which got really bad at bedtime, continued throughout the night while he slept, and woke him at 5am.
Master J often coughed until he vomited.
I met with Master J eight months after his cough began.
Mum noticed the cough got worse during the full moon time when Master J also became extra sweaty when asleep – often wetting his pillow.
He loved eggs and meat, eats a lot, often having runny stools.
He had a fear of ghosts and monsters and always wants a light on.
In the past, Master J had had croup, an ear infection and molluscum contagiosum.
CALCAREA CARBONICA (calcium carbonate) is a homeopathic medicine prepared from the middle layer of oyster shells.
Commonly referred to as Calc carb, this medicine might be helpful for kids who have lots of coughs and respiratory issues, who tend to sweat a lot especially on their head during sleep and are affected by or can get worse during a full moon.
These kids love to eat eggs, have great appetites and many fears particularly of ghosts and monsters.
Most Calc carb kids have had ear infections and you can usually see a few warts.
Master J was given Calc carb in December 2019 - within seven days his cough improved and was then occasionally heard throughout the day.
By March 2020, Master J’s parents were convinced he had a ‘behavioural cough.’
He was always coughing during the day but not when asleep.
There had been no vomiting with the cough since December.
Master J had now been coughing for almost one year.
A (different) homeopathic medicine, often given to kids who have a family history of respiratory issues in the parents and grandparents, symptoms which change, a history of dry (or wet) coughs from 5am onwards, runny stools, night sweats and night coughs which don’t wake them up, was prescribed.
In April 2020 the cough was still there but had improved a lot, and no longer drove his mother crazy.
May 2020, no cough.
June 2020, no cough – even during a family holiday down South to the cold which greatly aggravated Master J’s cough this time last year.
(*Master J’s year - long cough has been published with the permission of his parents who have checked and confirmed the content.)
Further related reading (case studies) of cough, acute respiratory infection, coughing, chronic respiratory issues, and Calcarea carbonica (including footnotes and theory!) can be found here;
Homeopathy, Cochineal, & Carmine
Homeopathy & Gastro-esophageal reflux in a sixteen week old infant
‘In contrast to frequent claims, the available MAs of homoeopathy in placebo-controlled randomised trials for any indication show significant positive effects beyond placebo. Compared to other medical interventions, the quality of evidence for efficacy of homoeopathy was similar or higher than for 90% of interventions across medicine.1 Accordingly, the efficacy evidence from placebo-controlled randomised trials provides no justification for regulatory or political actions against homoeopathy in health-care systems.’2
Aude sapere !
Howick et al., 2022. Most healthcare interventions tested in Cochrane Reviews are not effective according to high quality evidence: a systematic review and meta-analysis. J Clin Epidemiol. Aug;148:160-169. Available from: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35447356/
Hamre et al., 2023. Efficacy of homoeopathic treatment: Systematic review of meta-analyses of randomised placebo-controlled homoeopathy trials for any indication. Systematic Rev. 2023 Oct 7;12(1):191. https://systematicreviewsjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13643-023-02313-2#Abs1