The parents of a 3 month old infant described that the child had episodes of crying and irritability since the past two days.

The child was crying constantly and had an expression of uneasiness on her face, said her mother.

Her parents added that she had these episodes of crying which were followed by vomiting of partly curdled milk.

She also had passed thin, greenish stools twice in the past two days. According to her parents, she was only at ease when they rubbed Asafetida around her navel.

They said her abdomen was cold and hard to touch.

She was prescribed the Homoeopathic remedy Aethusa Cynapium. Her irritability and crying was better within two hours of administration of the remedy.

Her symptoms showed decline within three days of treatment and she was alright by the end of seven days.