Addressing Adenoids:
Does your child breathe through his mouth? Does the mouth hang open during the daytime? Does he snore most nights? Is she struggling with recurrent infections – sore throat, middle ear? Is she congested? Have trouble hearing? She may have enlarged adenoids.
Below are top homeopathic remedies for mouth breathers with enlarged adenoids.
Adenoids take up residence at the back of the nose where it meets the throat. They often make their appearance when a child is between four and six years old. Made of lymph tissue, they trap virus and bacteria and create antibodies; they are part of the immune system.
When there’s an infection, they become enlarged (sometimes to the size of a golf ball). They take their roles a defenders so seriously they block airflow through the nose. Your child has to breathe through her mouth. She may snore at night, suffer from bad breath, daytime drowsiness, inability to concentrate and hearing problems.
Calcaria carb is for heavy children. The head sweats at night. They are prone to colds.
Sulphur works for children who don’t want to bathe and are always hungry. Nasal polyps are often present.
Calcaria iod is for adenoids with enlarged tonsils and a cough and a fever.
Calcaria phos addresses enlarged adenoids.
Baryta carbonica helps adenoidal children who have recurring attacks of acute tonsillitis.
Cistus can targets swelling and suppuration of the glands of the throat where there is a burning sensation, high up behind uvula. The child swallows saliva and drinks to relieve dryness. There is extreme sensitiveness to cold air. Sensation of heat and dryness in the throat so intense that the patient must drink to relieve. Better for inhaling cold air. Cistus has a special affinity for the naso-pharynx area. It helps scrofulous and arthritic individuals who have enlarged adenoids.