Toothache from teething
Natural and homeopathic remedies
The following are suggested remedies to ease or cure teething pain in toddlers.
Homeopathic remedies for teething pain
(excerpted from holistic dentist Dr. Bill Wolfe's site www.drwolfe.com)
Tooth Eruption
- Calcarea carbonica - Use for a delayed eruption.
- Chamomilla: - Use for difficult teething.
- Zincum metallicum - Use for teeth gritting during difficult eruption and associated with loose teeth and bleeding gums.
To prevent "cancelling out" the effect of homeopathic medication, compare "Antidotes" to homeopathic remedies: something to be aware of and avoid.
Various natural remedies for easing or curing babies' teething pain
(excerpted from www.earthclinic.com/CURES/teething_pain.html)
Silver dime
"[G]et a real silver dime and drill a small hole in the top. Run a piece of yarn thru the hole. Make the necklace short enough that the baby will not choke on it. Have baby wear necklace while teething."
Allspice bead necklace
"I strung up a necklace of whole allspice beads for my 4-month-old... he wears them all the time. It stopped the high fevers, fussiness, and most of the teething pain. It also tightened his gums right up so the teeth could just pop through."
Yellow root (goldenseal?)
Whenever a baby in our family started teething, my grandmother would get a small length of "yellow root" and cut it into 1/4 to 1/2" chunks and make a small necklace. She would make them strong enough so that the child could not break it and placed it around the baby's neck and all during teething periods, the children never had swelling or pain from the teething!!
Comment re Goldenseal, "Not sure I'd recommend a baby chewing on [it] but when dry, Goldenseal is so hard, it may not get very much by chewing on it. It tastes awful, though. It has been used many times for canker sores."