Health

1.) Belladonna

Most common for early stages of earache
Good when earache comes on quickly
Bright red ear but eardrum is still normal shape
Sudden high fever with earache
Pain down into neck
Sore throat

2.) Ferrum phos.

Use in early stages of earache with no pus formation
Onset not as sudden as Belladonna and symptoms not as intense
Can give if Belladonna is not

Often, the area in which ill health most convinces a family to turn to homeopathy is in curing ear infections. Children have not always been plagued by ear infections. In my generation the illness “du jour” was tonsillitis and the “cure” was removal. Today, because of the advent of sonograms during pregnancy, ear infections occurring link...