Episode 178: LM Potencies, Tuberculinum & Childhood Eczema With Robin Gladstone

Episode Description:

In this episode, practitioner Robin Gladstone from Vancouver Island shares a long-term case of a little boy with severe eczema and multiple allergies. Over two years, she used individualised homoeopathy to support his skin, general health and emotions instead of simply suppressing symptoms.

The Child’s Story

The boy’s eczema began at a few months old. By age three he had cracked, itchy patches on his scalp, hands, behind his ears, knees and ankles, and he scratched a lot at night. Thumb-sucking made one hand particularly sore.

Steroid creams had been used early on, which calmed the rash but didn’t change the overall pattern. He was also highly allergic to milk, nuts and coconut and there was a strong family history of asthma and allergies.

Seeing the Whole Child

Because he was in her preschool class, Robin saw him in daily life: fast, energetic, sweet and often restless in sleep. Even with fevers, he wanted to keep running and playing.

In consultation she took a full history from pregnancy onwards: stresses in his mother’s life, his temperament, sleep, favourite foods and how he responded to illness. From this picture she narrowed her remedy choice to Pulsatilla or tuberculinum and, after comparing them, chose tuberculinum.

LM Remedies and Daily Dosing

Robin prescribed tuberculinum in LM potency, starting with LM1 in liquid form, three drops once a day. She warned that itching might briefly worsen as the skin cleared more deeply. Alongside the remedy, she suggested soothing calendula baths and gentle dietary changes, reducing milk rather than banning foods completely.

He was a little more itchy for a few days, then his skin began to improve. As he continued to do well, she gradually moved him from LM1 up to LM4 over two years. During one bad barking cough she paused the LM and gave a single 200C dose of the same remedy as a “boost”, then restarted the LM afterwards.

Building Resilience, Not Just Clearing Eczema

Over time, changes went far beyond his skin. His sleep became deeper, tantrums reduced, and he could slow down, focus more in class and stay calmer indoors.

His eczema patches shrank and stopped cracking, with many areas healing. His allergies also softened: he could tolerate a little coconut and wheat, later some dairy, and accidental nut exposures caused much milder reactions.

Robin and Mary underline that the aim of this kind of treatment is not just removing one complaint, but strengthening the whole system so a child can cope with everyday exposures and enjoy life more freely.