Belladonna: high fever, sweating, redness of the face and great thirst; radiates heat, pupils dilated; worse from noise, light, shock. Depressed state. Sudden onset, face red, purple; the skin burns, radiates heat, like a stove; restlessness, with risk of convulsions.
Ferrum phosphoricum: fever with hot face, alternately red and pale; worse at night and morning; night anxiety with insomnia; exhausting sweating at night; tendency to bleed; little or no thirst.
Gelsemium: fever with depression, no thirst; face red and burning, trembling, chills; oblivion during fever.
Bryonia: dry mouth, great thirst for large quantities of fluids; apathy with desire for silence and stillness.
Rhus tox.: high fever with great restlessness (ameliorated by motion), desire for cold milk, tongue as if fried, red at the tip.
Muriaticum acidum: face red, tongue dry, lips dry and cracked (together with Arum triphyllum); moans; better from warmth.
Mercurius solubilis: Fever with greasy sweat, worse at night, which does not relieve, tongue dark; worse at night from warmth of bed and from cold.
Many other homeopathic remedies can be helpful in a febrile child. Their appointment must be made by a homeopathic doctor.
Heatstroke
A heavily wrapped child who has been in a hot room or in the heat in the absence of drinks can give a separate hyperthermia, potentially very dangerous.
The best treatment for it is a cooling bath or a cool wrap, which should be taken as soon as possible. At the same time, you need to give the child several times, a small amount of a cool drink, to prevent dehydration.
Reducing the temperature to normal can be achieved with the help of several drugs:
Aconitum: “sunstroke”, especially after sleeping in the sun. Head red and hot; high temperature with thirst, without perspiration. Sudden rise in temperature without perspiration; face red and hot pallor when sitting; skin red, dry, thirsty, anxious, worse towards midnight in a warm room.
Gelsemium: after exposure to hot sun in summer; weakness and trembling, restlessness alternating with depression; paradoxical lack of thirst.
Arnica: intoxicated, sleepy; corresponds to exacerbated previous symptoms. Face red and burning, nose and limbs cold, restless and sensitive to touch.