Autism - treatment with homeopathic medicines

Let us see one case of a special child who was seen at the other song by Dr. Rajan Sankaran, Head of the other song - Clinic and International Academy of Advanced Homoeopathy. This was a case of a 10 year old child, who had been diagnosed with Autism spectrum disorder and was very hyperactive.

From birth, all his milestones were delayed. The parents and the grandparents were anxious. The behaviour of the child in social gatherings would be embarrassing for them as the child was extremely restless and would not sit still for a minute. His talks were very immature and disconnected. He was extremely poor at studies and could not focus. He would find it very difficult to read and write. When the child was asked to talk about himself, he was started off with disconnected talks, and then went on to describe himself. The patient had met with a grave accident when he was travelling with his family by car. Since then he was very afraid of travelling and even of crossing roads. This fear was reflected in his daily talks too, when he would abruptly describe the accident and talk about his fear concerning the same.

The child was very timid by nature and also had many other fears. He was very scared of firecrackers and insects. He would not go alone in the dark as he was scared of ghosts. He could not stay alone and would always require company. He was extremely scared of crossing the street and would cling to his parents when doing so. Many things scared him; he would also startle with the slightest of noise. This gave us a fair idea of him as a person. But what needed to be found out now was the underlying theme behind all these fears. When asked tactfully, it became apparent that the child was very sensitive to being injured and he was afraid he would hurt himself or die. The parents reported that the child was very sensitive to reprimands and would weep when scolded. The child had intense craving for sweets.

Taking into consideration his complaint presentation and also his nature as a person, with the  common theme of fear of being hurt, he was given a medicine which acted wonders. The child’s behaviour showed a marked improvement. After a year and half of starting the medicines, the child’s parents and the teachers observed that he was much well behaved.

His talks were now cohesive and comprehensive. His attention span improved resulting in an improvement in studies too. His fear too had reduced, he was calmer and not as restless too. The parents remarked that he was now almost normal and he seemed like other normal children only.

Thus Homoeopathy has the potential to bring about remarkable changes in cases of children
with behavioural problems. The primary requisite in such cases is a careful observation of the child’s
behaviour by the parents and a detailed case-taking by the homoeopath to carefully elicit the innermost disease, his experience by reaching beyond the obvious presenting symptoms.