Top 10 Homeopathic Remedies for Behavioral Issues in Children

How Behavioral Issues Impact Families and How Homeopathy Helps

When a child struggles with behavioral challenges, it doesn’t just affect them: it impacts the entire family. Daily routines become disrupted, parents feel overwhelmed, and siblings may also be affected emotionally. Whether it’s anxiety, defiance, aggression, or meltdowns, these issues often point to a deeper imbalance in the child’s inner world.

This article is for educational purposes only. Behavioral imbalances in children require a full homeopathic consultation, where we explore everything from family medical history to the emotional state during pregnancy and birth. The case is understood holistically, and based on that, a remedy (or a sequence of remedies over several months) is selected.

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Homeopathy offers a gentle, non-suppressive, and holistic approach to healing. Rather than labeling or managing behaviors, homeopathy aims to restore the child’s inner balance helping not just the child, but the entire family find harmony again.

Let’s explore 10 homeopathic remedies for behavioral issues in children.

Chamomilla: For Tantrums and Irritability

Keynotes:

• Demanding yet rejects what is offered

• Cries from anger

• Extremely sensitive to discomfort or contradiction

• Wants to be carried

  
  

Best suited for children who are impossible to please and explode with rage during minor frustrations. Classic for teething, but also relevant in older children with chronic irritability.

Stramonium: For Aggression, Night Terrors, and Fear

Keynotes:

• Sudden violent outbursts, screams, throws objects

• Terrified of the dark, monsters, or being alone

• Nightmares and hallucinations

• Behavior worsens after trauma or fright

  
  

Essential for children whose aggression is rooted in fear or past trauma.

Pulsatilla: For Clinginess and Separation Anxiety

Keynotes:

• Soft, affectionate, cries easily

• Needs constant reassurance

• Worse in warm, stuffy rooms; better outdoors

• Wants to be held and never left alone

  
  

Perfect for gentle, needy children who are emotionally sensitive and distressed by separation.

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Argentum Nitricum: For Anticipatory Anxiety

Keynotes:

• Restless, impulsive, and fearful before events

• Talks fast, moves quickly, cannot relax

• Fear of failure, heights, and enclosed spaces

• Craves sweets, which aggravate symptoms

  
  

Indicated for children with performance anxiety and fast-paced, nervous energy.

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Calcarea Carbonica: For Insecurity and Overwhelm

Keynotes:

• Deep fear of failure, the dark, or being alone

• Slow to warm up, needs routine and structure

• Physically chubby, sweats on head, tires easily

• Easily overwhelmed by expectations

  
  

Ideal for children who are cautious, responsible, but easily unsettled by change.

Calcium carbonicum is made from the middle, pearly layer of an oyster shell

Tarentula Hispanica: For Hyperactivity

Keynotes:

• Constant movement: dancing, jumping, climbing

• Destructive or mischievous behavior

• Calms with music or rhythm

• Impulsive and dramatic mood swings

  
  

This remedy suits children with erratic energy, sensory overload, and intense impulsivity.

Lycopodium: For Bossiness and Hidden Insecurity

Keynotes:

• Controlling towards younger/smaller peers

• Timid with adults or authority figures

• Fears failure, craves success

• Digestive issues like gas and bloating

  
  

A top remedy for children who mask fear with arrogance or defiance.

Lycopodium clavatum

Ignatia Amara: For Emotional Meltdowns and Grief

Keynotes:

• Sighing, mood swings

• Laughs then cries, sighs all the time

• Hides emotional pain, silent grief

• High expectations of self and others

  
  

Recommended for sensitive children who internalize emotional pain but explode under pressure.

Sulphur: For Argumentative, Independent Thinkers

Keynotes:

• Loves to debate, hates being corrected

• Messy but intellectual

• Dislikes rules, seeks attention through cleverness

• Stubborn yet brilliant

  
  

Perfect for children who are confident but easily frustrated when things don’t go their way.

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Sulphur

Anacardium Orientale: For Bullying and Inner Conflict

Keynotes:

• Cruel or aggressive with lack of remorse

• Split personality: kind one moment, mean the next

• Feels torn between “good and bad” sides

• Emotionally reactive and easily offended

  
  

Useful when children display oppositional behavior driven by deep inner insecurity.

Constitutional Care: A Key to Effective Homeopathic Remedies for Behavioral Issues

While acute or behavior-specific remedies can be transformative, true healing often requires a constitutional approach. A homeopath selects a remedy based on the child’s entire mental, emotional, and physical picture, including family history and developmental milestones. This individualized treatment addresses the root causes of imbalance, not just the behaviors.

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A balanced child creates a balanced home. With the right remedy, the child’s true nature can re-emerge: joyful, centered, and resilient.

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References:

• Samuel Hahnemann – Organon of Medicine

• James Tyler Kent – Lectures on Homoeopathic Materia Medica

• Henry C. Allen – Keynotes and Characteristics

• Constantine Hering – Guiding Symptoms of Our Materia Medica

• E. B. Nash – Leaders in Homeopathic Therapeutics

• William Boericke – Materia Medica and Repertory

• Margaret Tyler – Homeopathic Drug Pictures

• C. M. Boger – Synoptic Key of the Materia Medica

• Richard Hughes – A Manual of Pharmacodynamics

• John Henry Clarke – Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica