Homeopathy & Measles

Over the past few months there has been a lot of concerns regarding vaccines, vaccine safety, outbreaks of measles, chickpox and other diseases. My intent in this article is not to tell you whether to vaccinate or not.

Rather, my intent is to show how homeopathic medicines can be used to protect and speed healing for yourself and your children in the event of a measles exposure or outbreak .

The reality is that even with vaccination children can still develop measles as the immune system may not have yet fully developed the anti-bodies against the virus (this is why there is multiple doses of vaccines) or their antibodies may have waned with age. So this post is meant to support and strengthen the immune system of your child so that they can heal quicker with fewer side effects.

Measles often presents initially with sensitivity to light, hacking cough, runny nose, high fever and red eyes. After that the rash will appear. You may also see Koplik's spots in the mouth - red dots with blue-white centers. The body rash often starts on the face and moves downward on the body.

If your child has been exposed you don't know which remedy to give as the symptoms are not fully present yet you may want to connect with a homeopath to help direct you.

Here are a few homeopathic remedies for the treatment of measles symptoms:

• Aconitum : Useful at the beginning stages of measles. Child will present with high fever, a dry barking cough, and red conjunctiva (“pink eye”). Their skin burns and itches, and they feel restless, anxious, and frightened. They toss and turn.
• Apis : In these cases the rash begins but fails to develop fully, and soon disappears, though the child doesn’t feel completely well. Their itching is worse by warmth, and their face and eyelids are puffy.
• Belladonna : This remedy is often useful at the beginning stages of the measles when there is sudden onset of a high fever, reddened face, and throbbing headache. They tend to be drowsy, a little delirious, and have some difficulty falling or staying asleep. Despite the fever, they are not very thirsty.
• Bryonia : In these cases the skin eruptions from the measles are delayed. The children have a hard, dry cough and no expectoration. Any motion causes pain. They may experience some mild delirium: the child “wants to go home” even though they are at home.
• Euphrasia : These children have a fever and rash as well as acrid tearing of the eyes and a bland nasal discharge. They become sensitive to light. They have a cough, but only during the day.
• Gelsemium : For these children the onset of symptoms is slow. They have a fever with great weakness and a sense of heaviness, both of the whole body and specifically the eyelids. They are without thirst.
• Kali bich : These children have ropy, stringy discharges from the nose and burning and tearing of the eyes. Their salivary glands are noticeably swollen, and they may experience stitching pains from the ear into the head and neck.
• Pulsatilla : These children experience a mild case of the measles. Their fever is not high, and their symptoms are not too painful. They will, however, have profuse tearing from the eyes and a nasal discharge. They also have a dry cough at night which becomes loose in the daytime. They may have ear inflammation. Although they have a dry mouth, they are without thirst.
• Sulphur : Children with the measles who need this medicine have a purplish appearance. Their itching is aggravated by scratching They have reddened mucous membranes and a great thirst. Their cough and diarrhea are at their worst in the morning.

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Many of these remedies are in the homeopathic kit that you can purchase here.

Sources:

https://homeopathic.com/homeopathic-medicines-for-measles/