Often when we administer a remedy that is correct, we witness an aggravation. This is a phenomenon that occurs more often when treating chronic conditions, but is useful to understand when working with acutes. An aggravation is an exacerbation of the present symptoms or a return of old symptoms. This situation is generally short lived [...]
Archive for October, 2008
Aggravation
Posted in Homeopathy on October 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Homeopathic Remedy
Posted in Homeopathic Remedies, Homeopathy on October 30, 2008 | 2 Comments »
To take a homeopathic remedy, pour the pills into the cap and count out the number without touching them, if possible. The concern here is that perfumed hand soap or another strong odor may be present on your hands and could antidote the remedy. Holding remedies in one’s hand can release their ability, so if [...]
Antidoting
Posted in Homeopathy on October 24, 2008 | 5 Comments »
When opening a homeopathic remedy bottle, be aware of strong odors that may affect the value of the contents. A room that has been freshly painted with strong smelling paint or one that’s just been scrubbed with Spic and Span can cause antidoting. Antidoting a remedy means that it is rendered useless. The worst [...]
Classical Homeopathy
Posted in Homeopathy on October 22, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Recent years have seen a profound shift in thinking about health and medicine. The public is clamoring for medicine that makes sense. Intelligent people are asking, “If orthodox medicine is really effective, why are antibiotics, the mainstay of conventional medicine, now considered so dangerous?” And, “Why are classrooms filled with asthmatics and ADT children, when, [...]
Homeopathic Remedies
Posted in Homeopathic Remedies, Homeopathy on October 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Homeopathic remedies are substances that have been highly diluted. These extreme dilutions of the original substance make for “infra-toxic”doses, which means the remedy is stripped of its toxicity due to the potentization. What remains is the curative action.
Homeopathy is legal and official in the United States and has been regulated by the Food [...]
About Dosage
Posted in Homeopathy on October 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Many homeopathic pharmacies make different sizes and densities of their pills. Some are made in milk sugar (lactose) tablets and others are made of cane sugar (sucrose). Generally lactose tablets are softer so they dissolve more easily; hence they are easier to administer to infants and animals. Sucrose pellets take a little longer to dissolve [...]
A Good Starter Kit
Posted in Homeopathy on October 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
For treating ailments that come on from time to time, it is prudent to keep remedies available at home or with you on vacations. It can be most frustrating when you finally decide on a remedy to find you don’t own it. Sometimes it takes the beginner trying a few different remedies to get the [...]
Stomach And Gastro-Intestinal Ailments
Posted in Homeopathy, Stomach And Gastro-Intestinal Ailments on October 9, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Gastro-intestinal disorders can sometimes be relieved by simple kitchen cupboard methods. Indigestion, for example, can be quickly eliminated with a teaspoon or more of baking soda in 4 ounces of water to which the juice of 1/2 lemon is added. Often raw vinegar can be the catalyst for relief when a splash of it is [...]
Sore Throats
Posted in Homeopathy, Sore Throats on October 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Sore throats are best treated by giving a dose of the correct remedy every 4-8 hours for 1-3 days until relief is obtained. Gargling with warm salt water is a good way to help keep the throat clean and move towards completion. Strep throat sounds threatening but is often quickly relieved by sound homeopathic treatment [...]
Other Remedies to Consider When Treating Colds and Influenza
Posted in Colds, Homeopathy, Influenza on October 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
1.) Allium cepa
Clear, burning nasal discharge
Eye tearing
Red, burning eyes
Worse in warm rooms in evening, better in open air
Tickling throat that leads to dry cough that is painful
Very thirsty
Even temperament
2.) Drosera
Dry, croupy coughs
Barking, ringing sound in cough
Sore throat
Cough may be in chest
Coughing may lead to heaving or vomiting
Needs to support chest during coughing to relieve pain
Worse [...]
