Homeopathic Management of Tonsillitis in Paediatric Age Group: A Review

Abstract

Diseases of tonsils are among the most common problems seen by physicians who care for children. Tonsillitis is more prevalent in children of low socioeconomic countries like India due to poor nourishment, poor orodental hygiene and congested surroundings. It is a major threat of morbidity and mortality due to local and systemic complications. The impact of both infection and obstruction from tonsillar disease on child’s health may not be localized just to the tonsils alone major ill effects on related anatomic structures of the nose and paranasal sinuses, the upper respiratory and digestive tract, and Eustachian tube-middle ear complex are well established. Homoeopathy views diseases in a “Holistic Way” and evolved a therapeutic plan for its treatment in the same view point. This is achieved through the similar medicines, which act in the dynamic plane. Similia Similibus Curentur (Let likes be cured by like) is the basic principle of Homoeopathy. This therapeutic law of homoeopathy derived from Nature’s Law. The treatment is for the diseased individual not for the disease alone.