Catalytic effects of Arsenicum iodide 6X in the prevention of recurrent respiratory tract infections in children treated with Homoeopathic Constitutional Medicine: An open label comparative study

Abstract

Recurrent respiratory tract infections (RRTIs) are common in children and may lead to complications. Most children experience between three to six RRTIs annually. Although these infections are self‐limiting, symptoms can be distressing. Many treatments are used to control symptoms and shorten illness duration. Most have minimal benefit and may lead to adverse effects. Constitutional treatment with individualised homoeopathic medicines is found to have benefit in childhood RRT. This study aims to investigate the add on benefit of treatment with Arsenicum iodide 6X on RRI in children under constitutional treatment. Sixty children with recurrent respiratory tract infections were identified with criteria for diagnosing RRI. An open label comparative study was done with Constitutional medicine for one group (n =30) and Arsenicum iodatum 6X along with constitutional medicine to another group (n = 30). The result of present study shows positive catalytic effect of Arsenicum iodatum 6X for preventing RRI in Children, if used along with Homoeopathically selected constitutional medicine. This study emphasis the use of Arsenicum iodide 6X for considerable period to boost immunity against respiratory infections in children.