Energy level prescribing

Characteristics of the child Short statured, lively child. Instant rapport with people around him Bubbly child who loves dancing and is continuously on the move. He was going round and round in circles many times during the interview. He seemed to love being kissed, cuddled and hugged by his mother. At times he would bite her mother hard if he felt his movements were restricted by her. There was blueness of the skin (cyanosis) noticed soon after the delivery.

Characteristics of the mother During the third trimester she experienced severe respiratory distress and had to sleep out in a tent. She also developed a craving for natural spring water during her pregnancy which contains an increased level of oxygen. She also developed severe respiratory distress during labor as a result of which the baby developed cyanosis(blueness of skin) and he had to be put on a ventilator. (0:23-1:13)

Clincher to the remedy The observation of the child repeatedly going round in circles. The child and the mother had respiratory distress along with cyanosis and needed to be put on oxygen on different occassions. The craving for spring water during pregnancy. The remedy given was Carbon Oxygenisatum (Carbon Monoxide a common air pollutant and toxic when present in large doses) that has a characteristic symptom- ‘Going around in circles’.

Remedy The child was administered the homeopathic remedy Carbon Oxygenisatum . The child responded very swiftly to the remedy in homeopathic dilutions and within a short period he could tolerate foods that would disagree with him earlier. He rapidly gained weight as he was able to assimilate foods in a better way due to which his general immunity to ward off other infections has improved greatly.