Ah, glorious summer: playing outdoors, enjoying the warmth, bathing and swimming until your fingers are pruney, and then an ear infection.
What, an ear infection?
For many families, summer not only brings the pleasures of bathing but is synonymous with recurring ear infections that regularly occur after the many long days at the seaside, in the river, at the lake or in the pool.
The so-called swimmer's ear often comes on quickly and suddenly, can last for days and can be very painful.
As a mother you surely know the "frog in the throat" all too well — that feeling you get when your own child becomes ill. If the child then suffers badly, that frog in the throat becomes a punch in the gut.
Unless you know homeopathy.
My son was four or five years old when he fell ill on Easter Sunday. Relatives had just arrived for the traditional Easter meal when my son climbed onto my lap with a flushed face and a hot head (if I remember correctly, his fever rose to 40° C).
He cried and screamed in pain; his eyes were glassy with fever.
My aunt immediately asked whether I wanted to drive to the doctor with my child on Easter Sunday. I said to her, "No, watch what happens now."
I gave my son a dose of Belladonna C30 and 
made a bet with my aunt: "Bet he'll be asleep within 40 minutes?"
And no joke, my son fell into a deep, sound sleep within 30 minutes and stayed that way for the rest of the day!
I knew that this sleep was the best medicine for him. When the body is fighting something and the pain is severe, it is almost impossible to fall into healing sleep. But when the body receives a suitable remedy to address the cause of the illness, both person and body can relax with the reassuring message: "Okay… now it is time for healing." I see sleep as a sign of impending convalescence, head injuries excepted.
My son slept deeply and even missed the Easter feast.
You should know that this particular son likes nothing more than eating. In every photo of him as a child there is something edible somewhere — on the table in front of him, in his mouth, scattered around him or smeared on him!
So he must have been really poorly that Easter, especially considering that his favourite dessert was served at the time — our cassata cake.
Around 6 pm he finally came to say goodbye to the relatives who were about to leave.
He went straight to my aunt and beamed at her — no fever, no pain and of course ravenous, ready to pounce on the leftovers. She was astonished at his rapid recovery and could hardly believe the change. She couldn't quite overcome her scepticism and quickly asked how I could be sure the infection wouldn't return.
Without batting an eyelid I could confidently answer this question: "If the fever comes back, I'll simply give him the remedy again."
(I was 100% sure — so sure I could have bet on it!)
Bear in mind that not every cure is complete after a single dose. This event has stuck in my memory precisely because it was so unusual!
Sometimes with an otitis or ear infection Belladonna must be repeated as an emergency remedy every 1–2 hours, depending on how severe the pain is.
Had my son had a discharge from the ear I would have given him Hepar sulph C200 in addition, twice daily. I have written often about Hepar sulph C30, a potency that is frequently and willingly used. It is still indicated in many cases, but over the years I have learned a lot and found that the C200 often works better in many situations.
If the otitis is caused by chilling — for example from jumping into a very cold lake on a hot day — I would give Aconitum C30, which is especially helpful when the body has suffered an acute shock.
We mothers carry the responsibility — and the emotional burden — for our family's health. When someone becomes ill, we have to live with dark forebodings.
We do not want those we love to suffer longer than absolutely necessary. Admittedly, we cannot always set an alarm for convalescence, but we can know — with confidence — that they will recover in time to help finish off the leftovers!
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