As the summer holidays wind down and the nervousness - or excitement - of a new school year approaches, parents and carers may look for ways to support their children’s well-being.
While long-standing feelings of anxiety regarding school are better dealt with by a professional homeopath, less severe apprehension about school is something that can be tackled by the home prescriber. Have a look at the main homeopathic remedies below.
Pulsatilla
This is the number one remedy for separation anxiety. This is the remedy for the child who won’t let go and will cry and cling for what’ll seem like forever. They’re the child who, when finally extricated from their carer, will cling instead to the teacher. They’ll feel very sorry for themselves and want attention and affection.
Gelsemium
This remedy is your classic stage fright remedy and is more suitable for a general feeling of apprehension regarding school. The child might be jittery, weak, confused and unable to concentrate.
Argentum nitricum
Think of this remedy for children who tend to experience anticipatory anxiety – about school and other things on the horizon. Their anxiety is very often accompanied by digestive upsets.
Take the best suited remedy above in a 30c 4 times daily for 2 days either side of starting school. Please get in touch if these remedy profiles don’t sound like your child as these are just three of many possible remedies and homeopathy is a totally individualised form of medicine.
Rescue remedy
This is a wonderful combination to have to hand for parent and child alike to use as and when anxiety might be building and getting the better of you.
I hope this is helpful and best of luck with the return to school.
