Description
Croup is a potentially serious event, but while croup can be scary and can sometimes necessitate a visit to emergency, there are times when homeopathy can be a good additional support.
There are three commonly and traditionally used remedies in homeopathy for managing the early stages of croup.
You could use these remedies alongside your plan from your GP or as a first step, even if you are preparing for a trip to the hospital.
What is the Croup Trio?
- Aconite 30c – the first stage of croup when the child wakes coughing and gasping, often in the middle of the night, and you as a parent are freaked out.
- Spongia 30c – this is often the second stage (we try not to generalise in homeopathy) when the cough is barking like a seal and sounds really nasty.
- Hepar Sulph 30c – this is often stage three where the cough becomes loose and hacking and may linger and take time to resolve.
See our recommendations for use under the Directions tab.
Set of 3 bottles available in either 25ml drops or 10g pilules
Note
If your child is having recurrent and/or severe bouts of croup then it is not appropriate to treat this yourself, although these remedies may ease the severity and duration.
Your best option to reduce the frequency and severity of croup is a consultation with a registered and experienced homeopath to look at the underlying family medical history and to work out individualised remedies for your child. This should help break the cycle and bring the system back into balance.
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Always see your GP or ED for fever in a child under 6 months old or any age if your child is having trouble breathing.
These remedies are only suitable for short term, infrequent occurrences of croup and should not be used for recurrent, frequent or severe croup without referral to your homeopath or other healthcare professional.
Use only as directed. Always read the label/information supplied. If symptoms develop or persist consult your healthcare practitioner.
FAQs
Dosage for Remedies
These notes are a general guide.
Homeopathy is not an exact science and while we can offer general suggestions as to how to give the remedies, each case will be a little different in terms of how often a remedy may be required to bring about improvement.
With homeopathics, because we are working with energy, not substance, we want to give just enough to stimulate the body to do the job. If your remedy works brilliantly with the first dose, you don’t need to repeat unless the symptoms appear to be coming back again.
If you’re not familiar with using homeopathics see the FAQ How much & how often?
Do read the individual directions on each product (both on the label and in the How to Use in the product description) to ascertain whether usage differs to the suggestions here.
Reach out if you’re not sure.
Drops
Our products are made up according to traditional homeopathic pharmacy protocols and include a small amount of pure alcohol as a preservative. You can read the FAQ here on alcohol in remedies.
For newborns, if you do not wish to put the drops in the mouth, you may apply to the soles of the foot or the top of the head. You can also purchase drops and add a spray top to your order, so that you can spray the remedy onto the soles of the feet. The remedy will work just as well whichever way you use it.
Babies under 6 months – 1 drop or 1 spray
Babies 6-12 months – 2 drops or 1 spray
12 months and above – 4 drops
Organic German Sucrose
Give 1 or 2 pilules per dose regardless of age.
Crush between 2 clean teaspoons if you are giving to a baby and you are uncomfortable with giving whole.
Sometimes the pilules can look wet. This is due to the nature of the organic sucrose. The alcohol – which is the remedy applied to the pilules – will evaporate off as you use your remedies. They should not stick together and this does not affect the effect of the remedies.
Homeopathy is about quality, not quantity!
Creams
All our creams are suitable for vegans, due to the way we make them and the based we use.
Directions for Use
See the individual product description or the label on the product for how often to give.
Scroll down for our general suggestion if you are purchasing tissue salts.
As a general guide see the FAQ How much & how often?
Scroll down the above FAQ for my step by step guide if you’re not sure how to use.
With homeopathics, because we are working with energy, not substance, we want to give just enough to stimulate the body to do the job. If your remedy works brilliantly with the first dose, you don’t need to repeat unless the symptoms appear to be coming back again.
Tissue Salts
If you have selected a single tissue salt remedy or a combination, the general suggestion is to take three times a day for up to three months (as per Dr Schuessler’s advice). However, we would expect you would see improvement much sooner than this, likely as soon as a couple of weeks. If you have taken for one month with no obvious difference, choose another tissue salt or consult your homeopath.
Bottle Sizes
10g pilules: approximately 110 pilules
30ml drops: approximately 120 doses at 4 drops per dose
50ml drops: approximately 200 doses at 4 drops per doses
Other Questions
For any questions you might have on how, when, what, how often, what size bottles, giving remedies to babies, etc, look in the FAQs.
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Our homeopathic remedies and kits are suitable for the management of self-limiting and minor ailments and illnesses and not for the home treatment of chronic, ongoing or serious conditions or named diseases. For any ongoing chronic condition, it is important to be assessed or examined by your healthcare professional or specialist. If in doubt as to the appropriateness of a product to a particular situation, consult your health care practitioner, GP or Emergency Department.
Homeopathy is a traditional medicine and is deemed to be low risk by the Therapeutic Goods Administration. The remedies are effective when used in accordance with the homeopathic indications. It may be used in conjunction with other medicines. The information on our website and in this article does not constitute medical advice. It is referenced from traditional homeopathic texts and is for information only.
Always seek medical advice in emergencies. Use only as directed. Always read the label or information supplied. If symptoms persist see your health care practitioner.
How to Use
Croup can be a serious event in a small child. If your child is having trouble breathing go to ED or call Health Direct on 1800 022 222.
Always see your GP or ED for fever in a child under 6 months old.
Guidelines for use of the remedies
Stage 1 – Aconite 30c
The child is gasping and coughing, often in the middle of the night. The parent is very anxious and worried and planning a trip to emergency, which is the best place to be if things are acute.
Give 5 doses 10 minutes apart initially, then reduce to hourly and then two hourly or you just give the remedies as required, ie when the symptoms return.
The child may fall asleep. Do not wake them to give the remedy, this means the remedy is working.
1 or 2 doses may be enough to bring about improvement.
If this doesn’t work then Aconite may not be the best remedy for your child at this time. Contact your homeopath for a more individualised remedy.
Stage 2 – Spongia 30c alternated with Hepar Sulph 30c
The cough has become either barking and hoarse or loose and hacking.
Give Spongia 30c one hour and Hepar Sulph 30c the next, alternating hourly through the first day after the croup has started. You should find things improving on the following day, at which stage reduce the remedies to every couple of hours each.
Stage 3 – Hepar Sulph 30c
If the cough ends up just as a loose, chesty cough, continue with Hepar Sulph on its own 3 times a day for a few more days.
Return of Croup or lingering chesty cough
If the croup returns repeat Aconite as above, but consider a consultation with a homeopath to address the underlying issue. This also applies if you get so far with your remedies but the cough or mucous does not fully resolve in 7-10 days.
Always see your GP or ED for fever in a child under 6 months old or any age if your child is having trouble breathing.
These remedies are only suitable for short term, infrequent occurrences of croup and should not be used for recurrent, frequent or severe croup without referral to your homeopath or other healthcare professional.
Use only as directed. Always read the label/information supplied. If symptoms develop or persist consult your healthcare practitioner.
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