Gentle help for jealousy, aggression and broken-heartedness

by Joette Calabrese

Yes, you read the title correctly. Although many people associate homeopathy only with physical complaints, these gentle but effective remedies have also proven useful for behavioural problems.

Hyoscyamus niger is an excellent remedy for psychological problems and behavioural disorders — and that applies to children as well. I have already discussed it in a previous blog post about attention-deficit syndrome.

Jealousy and feeling overwhelmed

Today I want to draw your attention to another indication for Hyoscyamus, because I have used it many times in my practice with children who show frustration and anger and may even be prone to violence. Although aetiology isn’t always important when choosing our remedies, I have often observed that this unpleasant behaviour can be traced back to jealousy.

Nannette, for example, had a new baby brother. Up until then Nannette had been used to receiving all the attention in her family. Baby Nick had knocked her off her throne.

She seemed to love him in a way, yet she didn’t particularly like him. The ambivalent emotional state — that love–hate feeling — was too much for her little mind. She was overwhelmed and began to get wound up.

“I don’t want that baby!” she would think. “Don’t put the baby next to me! I can’t bear him.”

Nannette’s mother reported: “Actually my daughter is so lovable! She is such a sweet child!” But as soon as her mother turned her back, Nannette would secretly pinch baby Nick... just enough to hurt him so he cried. As if to say, “That’ll show that intruder!”

Mum was at her wit’s end.

Nannette had never behaved like this before. Her mum was convinced she would outgrow it. But then the sleepwalking began!

Aggression, sleepwalking…

A tendency to physical aggression (such as pinching, hitting or biting) in combination with sleepwalking calls for a homeopathic remedy that has proven effective in the past for both types of behaviour: Hyoscyamus niger C6, taken twice daily until a marked improvement occurs.

Both symptoms do not necessarily have to be present at the same time to choose this particular remedy. However, if both behaviours are present, they provide strong confirmation for the remedy choice.

Nannette simply needed a gentle little push set in motion by Hyoscyamus to calm her central nervous system. Before long she reverted to the sweet, balanced little girl she had been before Nick’s birth.

She no longer pinches her little brother, grabs his toys or pushes him to the floor. They play and stick together as thick as thieves.

At least for the moment.

Just wait until she’s a teenager and is trailed everywhere by her annoying little brother!

… and disappointed love

Speaking of teenagers: Hyoscyamus C6, twice daily, is also worth considering when emotions are stirred by a broken heart.

Whether it’s the sudden end of a first adolescent romance or a former best friend at school who has found a new steady relationship — feelings of jealousy, rejection and resentment can set the central nervous system alight. The growing child or teenager may develop unpleasant habits: being clingy, rebellious or simply dreadful.

Other typical key symptoms include sleepwalking, restlessness, strange gestures, pressured speech, inappropriate laughter, indecent jokes or coarse, sexualised behaviour. Even promiscuity, hypersexuality and exhibitionism can result.

Hyoscyamus C6 can help

I am not saying that all these symptoms will appear in every heartbroken young person or that these behaviours must be observed 24 hours a day. But if one of these symptoms occurs so often that parents ask themselves, “What on earth is wrong with my child?”, then Hyoscyamus niger C6, taken twice daily until they feel much better, should be considered. If you would like to learn more about dosing and potency of the remedy, please click here.

Be sure to include this useful remedy in your well-stocked homeopathic medicine cabinet.

It doesn’t have to be that the whole family simply puts up with unpleasant behaviours. In fact, emotional, mental and behavioural complaints simply don’t stand a chance against our tried-and-tested homeopathic remedies.

I think it goes without saying that resolving mental and emotional complaints with gentle, effective homeopathy has a major advantage over the use of dangerous psychotropic drugs. Pharmaceutical interventions can cause all sorts of problems, from unpleasant side effects to personality changes to iatrogenic illnesses.

Again: homeopathy helps — spread the word!

Warmly,

Source: https://joettecalabrese.com/blog/i-dont-like-that-baby-homeopathy-and-behavioral-issues/