TOP REMEDIES FOR AUTUMN & CHANGE
One of the hardest parts of parenting is witnessing your child struggling. Even if they can communicate their emotions well, (which is not always the case of course) Seeing them struggle through challenges such as changing schools, separation, moving home or changing friendships and relationships.
While the acts of simple presence and listening and sharing the tools we ourselves have to deal with emotional challenges are so helpful, homeopathy can be of gentle but profound support through change, it can also aid those who struggle form the summer to autumn transition.
There are a few homeopathic remedies and essences I use again and again for children during these times.
A classic time I see many children struggle is the transition from holiday to going back to school. This is particularly true in autumn, after our long summer holidays and the weather change from drier weather to damp and cold.
Here are 4 helpers that can gently support your child or teen adjust to changes in rhythm and season:
Calc Phos:
Affected by changes in weather to cold or damp, this remedy is also easily strained by mental work and rigid structures such as school and study. Headaches & mental fogginess and confusion can come on at school. Also a great one following or during periods of growth & so many children seem to have had a growth spurt over the summer! When growth and change comes with a physical and mental strain. A child or young person can seem to regress in their behaviour or cognitive abilities. Another thing to note is these children may generally crave change and stimulation but when it comes it can over burden them. They may complain a lot.
Pulsatilla:
When the transition from; home, family and safety to nursery or school produces anxiety, dread and a clinging to safety. One of our most well known remedies for easing the challenge of transition for parents and children. There is a tendency to take colds and develop thick mucusy colds and coughs and sticky ears and styes. These physical symptoms don’t have to be present but the emotional picture is one of clinging to parents or loved ones and needing a lot of comfort and reassurance. It’s also a remedy that always feels better outdoors in the fresh sir so I think about this for those who struggle being in stuffy classrooms and spending more time indoors.
Dulcamara:
A remedy worse from change in weather and affected especially by damp. Moist asthma, thick discharges and mucus and congestion of ears and nose. This remedy comes up a lot in autumn. Sinusitis and coughs can come on directly after wet weather or getting damp or wet in the rain. Autumn is particularly difficult not only because of the damp but because they are worse from warm to cold and warmer days turn to colder evenings and night so someone who needs Dulcamara can feel better in the day and become congested as soon as the temperature drops in the late afternoon or evening. Emotionally they can tend to be controlling within their close family or circle of friends. They can worry for others and think they know what is best for everyone else.
WALNUT : (Bach flower remedy)
A flower remedy for adjusting to change in; life situations, transitions, circumstances and relationships. This can support us to break links which keep us clinging to the past and help us to adapt and even embrace the new situation. It also has this relationship to bolstering our sense of self and our own path, so when circumstances or people around us might cause us to want to change a part of who we are, Walnut reminds us of staying true to ourselves and protects us from negative external influences. This is a brilliant remedy also for preteens or children at the differnt stages of physical, cognitive and emotional development.
I hope you find this useful. Please reach out if you are looking for further homeopathic support for your child. Book a free discovery call or online consultation here.
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