Some Homeopathic Children Types—

(1) How the child enters the doctor’s office-

- Wants to hold mother’s neck- Silica

- Wants to lean always- Calc carb

- Holds mother’s fingers and doesn’t leave even while checking- Bismuth

- A child with bronchitis, likes to be carried inside in sitting position- Antim tart

(2) School behavior and pattern of study-

- very sharp, quick to act- Lachesis

- plays mischief with teachers- Zincum met, Lachesis

- Doesn’t sit in the single classroom, keep roaming- Tuberculinum

- Writes papers in exams very fast- Tub

- May crackle paper, throw off, and write again- Tub

- Propensity to sleep in class- Calc carb

- Good listeners- Natrum mur

- At home, child will sit, leaning against wall, and ask for the pen kept at a distance- calc carb

- Pulls the hair of the kid sitting ahead of him in class- Medo, Tarentula

- In rage, attacks nose of his friend- Merc sol

- Propensity to set things on fire, strikes the matchstick often- Hepar sulph

- Drosera- Dictates the things, people around have to obey him

- Disobedient child- Merc sol, Amm carb, China, tarantula, Viola odorata, Lyco

- Child grows up into a completely different personality, talks philosophical, very mild soft speech- Viola odorata

- Sings in class, sings anytime, loves to do so, makes his own rhyming ends, changes words from song, makes different verses- Stramonium

- It’s difficult to learn poems- Nux vomica, Cham, Sulphur

- Fluent in languages- Nux vom

- Good in mathematics- Lachesis

- Loves science- Sulphur

- Loves to study at night- Lachesis

- Hates mornings- Mag mur

(3) Behavior-

- Laughs on reprimands- Graphites

- Child spits off when father scolds- Stram

- Destroys the most favorite toys- Stram

- Loves singing- Stram

- Extreme anger, bangs head against wall- Tub, Tarentula, Medo

- Emotions dominated by intellect- Viola odorata

- Always talks loudly- Lyco

- Extreme talkativeness- Arg met

- Craves chocolate ice-cream- Phos

- Hates to pass through narrow spaces- Stram

- Too much negative thinking- Arg nit

- Feigns sickness- Antim crud, Moschus

- Does not allow to examine pulse- Antim tart

- Hates dancing- Borax

- Always hurries others to do things fast- Suphuric acid

- Cunning, ungrateful- Merc sol

- Coughs in presence of doctor- Moschus

- Steals money/food- Calc carb

- Steals anything (kleptomania)- Tarentula

- Walks into the trouble every time- Agaricus

- Impulse to climb up- Stram

- Child talks, sings but will not answer when questioned- Agaricus

- Interrupts parents during doctor’s interview and corrects information- Lyco

- Takes short cuts for everything they do- Calc carb

- Extremely sympathetic and will go out of the way to help those in trouble- Phos

(4) Choice of toys and games-

- Plays with doll, considers it as her own thing, likes to carry the doll around everywhere she goes- Puls

- Likes glow toys- Phos

- Electrical games, likes to play relentlessly, extreme restlessness while playing- Merc sol

- Likes to play Business game- Lyco

- Loves to play outdoors but whatever he plays, he has to own the set (eg- cricket set) so that he will be in command- Lyco

- Loves to play with soft toys- Stram

- Plays with apparently absurd things, like kitchen utensils- Sulphur

- Loves hide-n-seek, wrestling, WWF etc- Belladona