Homeopathic medicine, which finds in children a particularly receptive field, has enabled Dr Gérard Valery-Coquerel to considerably improve his results in general practice as well as in maternity. He has thus been able to practise this art of healing both with mothers — supporting them through the different stages of their maternity — and with newborns, infants and young children, in order to promote a good start, healthy growth and sound development.
The choice of a homeopathic remedy takes into account the essence of the person, their past and their present. By considering the child's history as derived from that of each parent, from fetal life and from birth, the homeopathic paediatrician can identify the issue and, thanks to remedies, optimise the child's physical and psychological potential. By treating the sufferings of the expectant mother, he improves the newborn's past by restoring a mother/child relationship that ensures healthy development.

Mother–Child Homeopathy will inspire medical professionals whether familiar with homeopathy or not. This book will also meet the needs of parents and answer their questions as the child grows, at every stage of development, from prenatal life and during the early years.

Topics covered

    Introduction to paediatric homeopathy: caring for and treating children with homeopathy, types of remedies.
    Pregnancy: remedies and symptoms.
    The child in the womb (the foetus): becoming a mother; sensori-motor development; advice for mothers; treatments to aid foetal development; involuntary miscarriages.
    Labour: remedies for contractions, associated and psychological signs, diatheses; the three physical, chemical & thermal obstacles.
    The newborn: appearance of the newborn; maturity; behaviour; useful remedies; remedies for the consequences of maternal suffering; maternal remedies for psychological disorders at birth.
    Breastfeeding: breastfeeding; pain while nursing; fatigue; engorgement, mastitis; lack of milk; weaning; formula feeding; therapeutic possibilities for digestive disorders in the infant and the newborn; the milk remedy; iso-hetero-therapies of the different mammalian milks.
    Shortened pregnancy: the premature infant; intrauterine growth retardation; remedies.
    The infant: adaptation to their mother and to their new family; substitutes for their attachment; psychomotor development from birth to 4 months — 4 to 8 months — 8 to 12 months — 12 to 24 months; adaptation to the environment; ENT, respiratory, climatic and allergic conditions; rhinopharyngitis; introversion; bronchiolitis and asthma; the skin; urticaria; the eye; the digestive tract; sleep.
   Learning, education, prevention: delayed walking; biting to communicate; hearing for speech, dysfunctions; expression, faces and tics, stress; learning difficulties; lying; hearing; reading and writing; toilet training — bowel and bladder control; prevention of maternal and family smoking — maternal health prevention, alternative medicines — prevention for a good labour — prevention for healthy infant development — prevention for a smooth start in group settings, civic education — prevention (smoking, vaccines, domestic accidents, obesity, etc.)