Sinusitis

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Sinusitis

 

The information provided here is not only applicable to children but to most

people with sinusitis.

 

 

Remedies listed in capitol letters represent more frequently indicated

remedies.

Homeopathic medicines are often effective in treating the acute symptoms of

sinusitis, although professional constitutional care is usually necessary to

cure chronic sinusitis.

 

Arsenicum: These children feel throbbing and burning pains in the sinuses. Their

pains are aggravated by light, noise, movement, after midnight, and may be

triggered by anxiety, exertion, and excitability. They may feel relief by lying

quietly in a dark room with the head raised on pillows and exposed to cool air.

Their teeth may feel long and painful. They may feel nausea and experience

vomiting concurrent with their sinusitis.

BELLADONNA: Throbbing pains in the front part of the head that come on suddenly

and tend to leave suddenly only to return are characteristic of children who

need this medicine. (see Headache)

HEPAR SULPHUR: Rarely indicated at the beginning of a sinusitis condition, Hepar

sulphur children begin sneezing and then develop sinusitis from the least

exposure to cold air. Their nasal discharge is thick and yellow. The nostrils

become very sore from the acrid discharge, and their nasal passages become

sensitive to cold air. Concurrently, they may have a headache with a sense of a

nail or a plug that is thrust into the head along with a boring or bursting

pain. Their headache above the nose is worse from shaking the head, motion,

riding in a car, stooping, moving the eyes, or simply from the weight of a hat,

but is relieved by the firm pressure of a tight bandage. The scalp is so

sensitive that simply combing the hair may be painful.

KALI BIC: The distinguishing feature of children with sinusitis who need this

medicine is that they have a thick, stringy nasal discharge. They have extreme

pain at the root of the nose that is better by applying pressure there. The

bones and scalp feel sore. Dizziness and nausea when rising from sitting and the

severe pain may lead to dimmed vision. The pains are worse by cold, light,

noise, walking, stooping, and in the morning (especially on waking or at 9 am)

or at night. They prefer to lie down in a darkened room and feel better by

warmth, warm drinks, or overeating.

Mercurius: These children feel as though their head was in a vise. The pains are

worse in open air, from sleeping, and after eating and drinking. The pains are

also aggravated by extremes of hot and cold temperature. The scalp and the nose

become very sensitive to the touch. Their teeth feel long and painful, and they

may salivate excessively. The nasal discharge is usually green and too thick to

run. It is offensive smelling and acrid.

PULSATILLA: The head pain is worse when lying down and in a warm room and is

better in cool air for children who need this medicine. The sinusitis may begin

after being overheated. Stooping, sitting, rising from lying down, and eating

can aggravate the head pain, which is often in the front part of the head and

accompanied with digestive problems. They get some relief from slow walking in

the open air or by wrapping the head tightly in a bandage. This condition is

commonly experienced when the child is in school. The nasal discharge is often

thick and yellow or green.

Silicea: These children usually have a chronically stuffed nose. They have a

sense as though their head would burst. The head pain tends to be worse in one

eye, usually the right. It is aggravated by mental exertion (students tend to

get sinusitis while studying for an exam). Cold air, moving the head, light or

noise can also aggravate the head pain. It is relieved by wrapping the head

warmly and tightly or by applying heat.

Spigella: Children who develop sinusitis with a sharp pain that is worse on the

left side may need this medicine. They tend to get sinusitis after exposure to

cold or cold, wet weather. They feel pain from warmth or when they stoop or bend

the head forward, and they feel some relief by cold applications or from washing

with cold water.

 

 

 

(Excerpted from Homeopathic Medicines for Children and Infants, Tarcher/Putnam.)

 

 

 

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