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1. ROLE OF HOMEOPATHY
IN HEALTHCARE OF SCHOOL
GOING CHILDREN : A HOLISTIC VIEW
Dr Naval Kumar Verma
MD (Hom)

2. Conflict of Interest Disclosure
 Neither I nor my immediate family members have any Financial
Interests or Significant Relationships that might affect – or reasonably
appear to affect – this presentation on “Role of Homeopathy in
Healthcare of School going children”

3. Objectives
 Discuss various allergic ,Lifestyle and stress related diseases of
school going children .
 Discuss various aspects of physical and Psychological health of
children
 Define common problems in children-Obesity, allergies, & stress
 Explain its clinical manifestations and symptomatology.
 Explain Aetiological factors and preventive measures by
Homeopathic treatment and lifestyle management
 Recommend a unique10 step wellness program to prevent
allergy and stress related problems in children *
*reversing prostate problems in natural way-first edition 2015-Dr Naval Kumar Verma

4. Healthy Child Healthy Nation

5. Contents
1. The Children diseases overview
2. Children Problems categories
a. Life style problems-Obesity
b. Allergies
c. Psychological/stress related problems.
3. Alarming signs , tests, diagnostic tools.
4. An overview-role of exercise, environment and nutrition.
5. A 10 step unique guidelines to prevent and cure Children
diseases.
6.Homeopathy role and cases.
7..Follow up care-Long term prevention by Homeopathy and
improving lifestyle.

6. Children Diseases
 Most of common diseases of children are related to lack of
activities, lack of right nutrition & fast food ,electronic gadgets
,video games, television etc .,allergies and stress problems
 Common lifestyle problem seen in children is Obesity and its
related disorders
 Allergic problems-are most common amongst growing children
due to pollution, food adulterations, food allergies etc –the most
common problems seen are, recurrent cold and cough, adenoids
problems, asthma, atopic dermatitis etc.
 Psychological/stress related problems-these are very common in
various age groups and it effects the performance in academics
and changes in normal behavior like in teenagers, substance
abuse etc.

7. 1.Lifestyle Problem-Obesity

8. Overweight and Obesity Defined
• Overweight: having extra body weight,
for a particular height, from fat, muscle, bone, or
water.
• Obesity: having a high amount of
excess body fat.
Energy Balance
Energy In = Energy Out

9. Review Overweight and Obesity
 Excessive intake of calories and not burning the consumed calories
leads to deposition of extra fat
 More than 1 in 4 preschoolers are overweight or obese
 Being overweight is a risk to physical and mental health
 Poor nutrition contributes to weight gain
 Child care providers can help keep children healthy
 Young children need to eat nutritious foods because
their bodies are growing rapidly.
 Children may receive between 50% and 75% of their daily calories at
the child care facility.
 Children learn healthy (or unhealthy) eating habits at a very young age.

11. Not just an adult concern
anymore…
Conditions Seen in Children
 High Cholesterol
 Type 2 Diabetes/
Impaired Glucose Tolerance
 High Blood Pressure
 Social Problems and
Poor Self-Esteem
 Sleep Disturbances
 Orthopedic Problems

12. Obesity

13. Obesity Measurement
 Weight
 Height
 BMI Kg /m2
 Skin Thickness
 Waist Hip Ratio
Obesity US Epidemic
Prevalence doubled in past 25 years
50% increase obese children last decade
Affects 20% Of US Children

14. Obese Adolescents
Obese children and adolescents are more likely to
become overweight or obese adults
 Heart Disease
 Cancer
 Stroke
 Type 2 Diabetes
 Osteoarthritis
 Physical Disability
 High Blood Pressure
 Sleep Apnea

15. Factors Contributing to Obesity
Genetics
Environment
Unhealthy Diet
Sedentary Lifestyle
Lack of Physical Activity
Kurubaran Ganasegeran1, Sami AR Al-Dubai1*, Ahmad M Qureshi2, Al-abed AAAl-
abed3,Rizal AM3 and Syed M Aljunid-Social and Psychological Factors Affecting
Eating Habits among University Students in a Malaysian Medical School: A Cross-
sectional Study-The 9th Allied Health Scientific Conference Malaysia 2012,

16. Prevalence Obesity

17. Obesity Environmental Factors:
Increased Energy Input
 High Calorie density foods
 Supersized Foods
 Eating Out
 Working Parents
 Advertising
 Association between eating habits and psychological
factors like stress eating.

18. Obesity Environmental Factors:
Decreased Energy Expenditure
 Television
 Computer , Gadgets like gamming devices,
mobile phones etc.
 Transportation
 Inadequate safe area for physical activity
 Sedentary Life Style

19. School Health
Guidelines1. Policies and Practices
2. School Environments
3. Nutrition Services
4. Physical Education and
Physical Activity
5. Health Education
6. School Health Services
7. Family and Community
8. School Employee Wellness
9. Professional Development

20. School Environments
School Food Environment
Low-nutrient, energy-dense foods and beverages are
 Served in vending machines, à la carte lines,
school stores, fundraisers, and classroom parties
 Marketed to students.

21. School Environments
School Physical Activity Environment
 Daily physical education is not provided in most
schools
 Daily recess for elementary school students is
not offered at many schools
 Walking or biking to school is less common
 Compulsory physical training is lacking in most
of the schools

22. Rationale
 Physical activity and healthy eating are linked
with
 Academic Success
 Health and Well-being
 Risk for Obesity
 Risk for Chronic Conditions
(e.g., osteoarthritis)
 Risk for Chronic Diseases
(e.g., cancer

23. School Health Guidelines to Promote
Healthy Eating and Physical Activity
 Purpose: To provide science-based guidance for
schools on establishing a school environment
supportive of healthy eating and physical activity.
The Guidelines support the
• Dietary Guidelines for Americans
• Physical Activity Guidelines
for Americans
• U.S. Healthy People 2020 objectives

25. Homeopathy for Obesity
 Ten Step Guideline
 1.Diet control and management
 2.Stress management and motivation activities
 3.Parent and child counseling for healthy lifestyle
 4.School ad support group guideline
 5.Yoga in schools for better physical activity
 6.Compulsory daily exercise regime
 7.Regular medical examination to monitor risk cases- “Lotus
health assessment chart for UAE Schools”
 8.Homeopathic medicines for prevention of obesity
 9.Miasmatic approach to help genetic cases
 10.Role of message as per homeopathic concept

26. Effects of homeopathy in reducing weight, body
fat mass and percent body fat.
 A meta-analysis of placebo controlled clinical trials
demonstrated that homeopathic effects are not due to
placebo alone, there was a 2.45 times greater effect than
placebo
 Meta-analysis of 107 controlled trials showed 76% of
those studies were effective
 homeopathy promote more weight loss than placebo
proven in researches

27. Homeopathic treatment effect on Obesity
 Reducing food cravings
 Respond to normal satiety
 Improving metabolism
 Controlling hypoglycemia
 Mental/emotional issues
 Improve exercise tolerance

28. Important Rubrics for Obesity Treatment
 [Phatak ] [Phatak A-Z]Obesity:
 [Special ] [Obesity]Stomach:Appetite:Increased (hunger in
general):Hunger with:
 [Boenning ] [Appetite]Desire for:Candies,sweetmeat, etc.:
 [Complete ] [Generalities]Food and drinks:Potatoes:Desires:Fried:
 [Knerr ] [Desires, Aversion Appetite, Thirst]Desire:Sweets, for:
 [Complete ] [Generalities]Food and drinks:Sweets:Desires:
 [Boenning ] [Appetite]Desire for:Meat:

29. Homeopathic remedies
 Anacardium orientale
 Antimonium crudum
 Calcarea carbonica
 Cina
 Sulphur
 Graphites
 Iodium
 Nux Vomica
 Alumina

30. Symptoms leading to Obesity and effective
Homeopathic remedies
Anacar
dium
Anti
moni
um
Calce
ra
Cina Graphit
es
Iodiu
m
Nux
vomi
ca
Sulph
ur
Alum
ina
Curbing
Hunger x x x x x x x x
Improving
metabolis
m
x x x x
Hypo -
glycemia x x
Over -
eating x x x x
mood
x x
Craving
sugar x x
Craving
Fat x x
Desire
Fried x
Desire
meat x x

31. Preventing Obesity and role of Homeopathy
 Role of Homeopathy is established in preventing
lifestyle problems like obesity
 The very beginning of symptoms like hunger bouts
,bad eating habits, addiction to gadgets, mood
variations leading to over eating can be managed well
with Homeopathy.
 Along with Homeopathy ,right nutrition ,physical
activity, and counseling of parents can prevent
millions of children from future Obesity
 Homeopathy is playing important role in children
problems and can prevent future lifestyle problems.

32. 2. Homeopathy & Allergy Problems

33. HOMOEOPATHY& RECURRENT INFECTIONS
Homoeopathic remedies are useful in:
 Improves the general level of health.
 Making patient more resistant to infection.
 To stabilize the frequency and severity of acute
episodes.
 allergic disorders as these medicines are themselves in
minimal doses.

34. Common allergies in children

35. Urticaria from Heat stress
 Ref. Urticaricures .net

36. HOMOEOPATHY& RECURRENT INFECTIONS
 Homoeopathy is a treatment of choice as
immuno-regulatory therapy
 It’s medicines can raise resistance and alter
biological responses via constitutional treatment
“It is impossible that there can be another true,
best method of curing dynamic, non surgical
diseases besides Homoeopathy”
Hahnemann.S.
The Organon foot note Para 67, 109

37. ALLERGIC REACTIONS
For Allergic Reactions: ACT, F. A. S. T.
 Face:
 itchiness, redness, swelling of face and tongue
 Airway:
 trouble breathing, swallowing or talking
 Stomach:
 pain, vomiting, diarrhea
 Total Body:
 rash, itchiness, swelling, paleness, loss of
consciousness

38. Introduction of allergic diseases
 Epidemiological studies indicate a world-wide and
significant rise in atopic diseases over the past 10 years,
 It has adopted alarming magnitude within the
industrialized world.
 allergic asthma and pollinosis, in particular, are on the
rise in Third world countries, in parallel to the
industrialization and westernization of their life-style.
 Since both antigen exposure and the presence of
additional realization factors are required for the
manifestation of atopic diseases, this increase in
prevalence is not surprising.

39. Intro..
 In addition to increased indoor and outdoor pollution,
changes in the lifestyle--causing increased allergen
exposure--certainly play an important role as cofactor
in the rising incidence of allergies
 Precise diagnostic procedures permit a better
perceptive of the realization factors for allergic
diseases in epidemiological studies and identification
of the causative agent in the individual so that effective
therapeutic and prophylactic steps can be taken

40. Common Allergic Disorders in
Children
 Upper and lower respiratory allergies
 Rhinitis
 Adenoids hypertrophy
 Asthma
 Skin Allergies
 Atopic dermatitis
 Urticaria
 Food Allergies
 Acute Allergic reactions
 Chronic allergies-wheat, milk, nuts etc.

41. GENETIC
FACTOR
•ALLERGEN
•INFECTION
• POLUTANT
ENVIRONMENT
FACTOR
ALLERGIC DISEASES
Gern JE, Lemanske Jr RF. Immunol Allergy North Amer 1999; 19:233-52

42. 42

43. Asthma
Some Signs and Symptoms of Asthma:
 Wheezing, Coughing, Difficulty Breathing and/or shortness of
breath
A Serious Asthma Episode may include:
 Breathlessness that may cause the student to speak in one-to-
two word sentences or be unable to speak.
 The student may stop an activity and be unable to start again.
 The student’s neck muscles may tighten with each breath.
 Lips and nail beds may have a grayish or bluish color.
 Many students need to use their inhalers 15 – 30 minutes before
physical education class to prevent asthma difficulties during
periods of exercise.
Do not deny a student’s request to come to the Health Office to
use their inhaler.

44. Important Symptoms
 [Knerr ] [Lower Limbs]Thighs:Burning:Flexor surface, on, later thick rashes
from nettles:
 [Gentry ] [The Face]Disappearance:Face ache and asthma, as after
disappearance of tetters from face:
 [Special ] [Asthma]Difficult:Eruptions,suppressed:
 [Special ] [Asthma]Difficult:Change of weather:
 [Lippe ] [Cough]Asthmatic cough:
 [Gentry ] [Stomach]Milk:And warm food disagree:
 [Gentry ] [Stomach]Food:Milk and warm food disagree:
 [Gentry ] [Stomach]Aversion:To bread:
 [Phatak ] [Phatak A-Z]Food & drinks (Agg. & Amel.):Buck wheat Agg.:
 [Knerr ] [Sleep]During sleep:Snoring (stertorous sleep):
 [Knerr ] [Respiration]Asthma:Mental condition:Emotions, after:
 [Special ] [Asthma]Difficult:Cold,after taking:

45. Remedies for Child Allergies
 Few Remedies found clinically beneficial for allergies of
various types during clinical work in NHC.
 1.Arsenic Album
 2.Belladonna
 3.Ipecac
 4.Hepar Sulph
 5.Kali Carb
 6.Pulsatilla
 7.Nux Vomica
 8.Rhus Tox
 9.Psorinum

46. Homeopathy and Child Allergies
Ars
alb
Bell Ipeca
c
Kali
Carb
Hepa
r
Puls Rhus
Tox
Nux
vom
Psor
Atopic
rashes x x x x x x
rhinitis
x x x x x x x
Change of
weather x x x x
Milk
Disagree x x
Bread
disagree x x x x x
COUGH
ASTHMA
TIC
x x x x x x x
Mouth
Breather x x x
EMOTION
x x x x x x
Snoring
x x x

47. Goals of Preventive measures and
Treatment
Clinical State Aim Outcome
NO asthma Prevent Asthma No Asthma
Recent attack Delay recurrence
Maximize cure
Minimize attack time
-Constant monitoring
-Monitor causes
Chronic Asthma Prevent Recurrent
attacks
Constitutional remedy
Delay Episodes
Less aggressive
attack
Prevent complications.

48. 3.Stress disorders, mind and psychological problems in
children
The most common problems like :
a. Anxiety/stress in children-Due to school, abuse,
developmental behavior changes.
b. Learning disorders-in cases of autism, attention
deficit disorders, hyperactive low concentration
children etc.

49. Improvement in Mental symptom by Homeopathy in a clinical Trial
by Central council of Homeopathy
Common behavioral problems
No. of children Medicines
found usefulobserve
d in
Improve
d in
Aggressive
- Threatens
- Pushes and pinches others
- Spits at others
- Bites and attacks others etc.
137 94 Bell., Calc.carb.,
Hyos., Nat.mur,
Tarent.hisp.,
Tuberc.,
Destructive
- Tears things
- Soils things
- Breaks and damages objects
- Puts things into fire
132 107 Bell., Cham.,
Cina, Merc.sol.,
Tarent.hisp.
Disruptive
- Pulls things from others
- Makes loud noises
- Cries and screams
- Slams doors and bangs objects
137 89 Bell., Cham.,
Cina, Nat.mur.,
Bar. carb.,

50. Self injury
- Biting self
- Banging head
- Pulling and tearing own hair
157 117 Ars.alb., Bell.,
Merc.sol.,
Stereotyped behaviour
- Thumb sucking
- Nail biting
- Teeth grinding
- Head nodding
- Jumping up and down
- Repetitive activities
103 28 Bell., Op., Cina,
Stram.,
Calc.carb.,
Odd behaviour
- Silly, laughs to self
- Talks to self
- Makes peculiar sounds
- Echolalia, echopraxia
- Irrelevant talk
62 22 Ant.crud., Sulph.,
Stram., Hyos.,
Bar.carb., Phos., Kali.
Brom., Verat.alb.
Anti-social behaviour
- Tells lies
- Steals things/kleptomania
- Makes obscene gestures
- Exposes the person
- Masturbates in front of others
33 24 Bell., Hyos.,
Nat.mur., Tarent.hisp.,

51. Withdrawal behaviour
- Sits idle for a long time
- Stares blankly
- Hides face , timid
- Avoids company
59 27 Ars.alb., Bar.carb.,
Op., Puls., Stram.,
Syph.
Rebellious behaviour
- Disobedient
- Poor personal care
- Inattentive
- Talks rudely
- Regressive
93 58 Arg.nit., Bell.,
Cina,
Cham., Nat.mur.,
Tuberc., Sulph.
Hyperactive
- Running
- Going up and down
- Restless, changes place
- Wandering from home/school
79 39 Ars. alb., Bell.,
Calc.
carb, Hyos.,
Tarent.hisp.,
Tuberc.

52. FEW STUIES ON EFFECTIVEFENESS OF HOMEOPATHY ON
ATTENTION DEFICIT/HYPERACTIVE DISORDER
Place
of
study
Study design Objective /
Methods
Conclusion Journal
Switz
erland
Randomised
double blind,
placebo
controlled
crossover
study
Effectiveness of
homeopathy in
ADHD
Scientific evidence of
effectiveness of
homeopathy in
treatment of attention
deficit hyperactivity
disorder, particularly in
areas of behavioural
and cognitive functions
European
Journal of
Pediatrics
(2005)
USA Double blind
placebo
controlled,
partial cross
over study
Effectiveness of
homeopathy in
ADHD
Homoeopathic
treatment is superior to
placebo treatment for
ADHD.
British
Homeopathic
Journal (1997)
Switz
erland
Cross over
study
Homeopathy
VS
Methylphenidat
e (MPD)
Homeopathic treatment
appears to be similar to
the effects of MPD
British
Homeopathic
Journal (2001)

53. Summarize
Life style problems are very common problems and Homeopathy
has an important role in prevention and treatment of these
Need to know how to screen school children, when to begin, and
how often to follow up with help of parents, school authorities
and Government
Need to start preventive measures at initial symptoms of Obesity,
allergies and stress related disorders like learning and behavioral
problems
Need to educate masses about role and efficacy of homeopathy
as a holistic care, preventive medicine
Need to make awareness about safety ,efficacy, and availability of
Homeopathy on various children diseases

54. References
1. www.cdc.gov/HealthyWeight
2.. E.Monica RN MSN CLNC, Health & Medicine, Education, Published on Jun 24, 2009
3. National centre for chronic disease prevention and Health Promotion-Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s ,School Health
Guidelines to Promote Healthy Eating and Physical Activity Presentation-October 2011
3.. Access to Public-Use Materials
on the Guidelines
 School Health Guidelines to Promote
Healthy Eating and Physical Activity
www.cdc.gov/healthyyouth/npao/strategies.htm
 PowerPoint® Presentation
www.cdc.gov/healthyyouth/npao/presentationslides.ppt
 Facilitator’s Guide to Using the PowerPoint® Presentation
www.cdc.gov/healthyyouth/npao/facilitatorguide.pdf
 References for PowerPoint® Presentation www.cdc.gov/healthyyouth/npao/references.pdf
 Frequently Asked Questions
www.cdc.gov/healthyyouth/npao/faq.pdf
4 CDC.ND Retrieved ,June 12 ,2009 from
http/www.scrind/doc/2465772/cdc

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14.Phatak Repertory,Knerr Repertory,Lipee,Complete reppertory

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57. Thanks
 Dr Naval Kumar Verma MD(Hom)
 Rejoice Health Foundation India
 J 13/34,Rajouri Garden, New Delhi, India
 drnaval.kumar@gmail.com
 9868210017,25410265,25172076