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There is no better way to treat the physical and emotional shock of accidents and injuries than with homeopathy. Whether for a mild injury or one that requires medical treatment, homeopathy can absorb the shock, minimize and often remove bleeding, reduce fear, anxiety, pain and put the sufferer in a better state. If the emergency room seems to be the only way to care for the injury, give the
best remedy you know on the way to the hospital. This is reason enough to keep a small emergency kit in your purse. Even after a trip to the emergency room, a well-chosen homeopathic remedy will often hasten recovery and reduce pain. Pain medications can even be omitted with the correct usage of a remedy. Swelling and healing will often be hastened by 1/2 the time. link...

PMS is a thing of the past. The bloating, irritability and cramping can all be met squarely with homeopathy. If it’s a mild case, often the sufferer can self treat. That’s good. We like to take more control of our health. However, sometimes it’s just too complicated to take on alone. That’s when a certified homeopath can be of great value. Meanwhile, consider trying one of these remedies for a few weeks. Then, if there’s no change, ask for help.

One of the first remedies we often think of when PMS is a problem is Pulsatilla. It’s a homeopathic for women who find that their emotions are all over the place and their periods are unpredictable as well. Pulsatilla will aid in that dull, achy pain that often accompanies PMS. Zincum met is another valuable remedy for PMS when there’s depression. A call for Natrum mur is clear when the skin breaks out just before the menses. This is especially valuable if you’re prone to eczema or psoriasis that present at this time. It has been reputed that Nat mur6x 3 times each day for a week before the period and through the entire flow can often minimize the severity.

The hallmark of homeopathy is its ability to resolve, not cover up symptoms. What an intelligent and refreshing way to approach health!

The information provided in this article is for educational purposes only and may not be construed as medical advice. The reader is encouraged to make independent inquires and to seek the advice of a licensed healthcare provider. link..

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 (in one to three days). I am not a proponent of antibiotic use and find them to be suppressive and dangerous. If, however, you have already begun, I urge you to continue for the entire duration prescribed. Otherwise, the infection will often return with a vengeance. In my experience, the infections usually return at some time in the future if suppressive methods such as antibiotics are employed. Homeopathics can still be used successfully in conjunction with antibiotic treatment and will minimize in the recurrence of the disease.

Five Remedies for Sore Throat

1.) Belladonna

• First remedy to consider with sore throat

• If pain has sudden start with fever and red skin, then likely Belladonna will work

• Very red throat

• May be swollen but little or no pus

• Swallowing is painful … even liquids

• Throat is dry

2.) Hepar sulph

• Used when sore throat is accompanied by severe infection

• Pus is in throat with very swollen tonsils

• Feeling of something stuck in throat

• Irritability

• Chilliness

• Aggravated by exposure to cold

• Warm drinks are soothing

• Pain may extend to the ears

3.) Arsenicum album

• Chilliness with fever

• Restlessness

• Fatigue

• Burning throat pain

• Warm drinks help, but cold drinks aggravate

4.) Rhus tox

• Painful throat helped by warm drinks

• Worse pain in the morning

• Pain caused by throat strain

• Worse after first swallows but easier after more swallowing

• Very restless but not as tired as for Arsenicum patient

• Weepy

5.) Gelsemium

• Comes on slowly over a period of days

• Chill up the back

• Desires to be alone

• Limbs heavy, eyelids droop

• Body is hot with cold hands and feet

Other Remedies to Learn and Consider for Further Study:

1.) Phytolacca

• Much aching in the body with fever

• Sore throat worse with cold drinks

• Appearance is dark red or purple

• Swollen glands

• Pain in ears, especially with swallowing

• Drawn to swallowing even though it is painful

• Cold and need covers but still chilled

• Body aches cause restlessness

2.) Lycopodium

• Worse on right side and may spread to left

• Drinks of any temperature relieve

• Pain into ears

• Slow onset of pain

• Not very sick otherwise

• Desires fresh air

• Worse in late afternoon

3.) Ferrum phos

• Tonsils red and swollen; mouth is hot

• Sore throat of singers

4.) Mercurius

• With fever and weakness

• Red, swollen throat with pus

• Sensitive to temperature, hot or cold

• Liquids of any temperature aggravates

• Worse at night

• Drooling (evidenced by wet pillow or increased swallowing)

• Puffy tongue

• May be lots of mucous

5.) Lachesis

• Worse on left side but may spread to right

• Warm liquids aggravate, but cold may help

• Painful swallowing

• Warm environment aggravates

• Worse in morning upon waking

• Sensation of swollen throat link...

apable of addressing acute urinary tract infections. This can be accomplished with self care, but professional help should be sought if this is a repeated occurrence. Whether you work with a professional homeopath or on your own, there are some simple measures that can potentially keep an infection from blossoming. link..

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 added to 4 ounces of water. When using homeopathics it is useful to know that the remedy doesn’t have to be digested to be effective; it just needs to be dissolved in the mouth.

Three Leading Remedies for Gastro-Intestinal Complaints

1.) Arsenicum album

• Vomiting

• Diarrhea

• Abdominal pain

• Exhausted by illness

• Restless, changing position

• Anxious about illness and being alone

• Fears illness could be fatal

• Very thirsty

• May be fever

• Often chilly and craves being under blankets

• Worse at night

• Drinking even a little causes vomiting

• Cramping in abdomen

• External warmth is soothing

• Burning in rectum from diarrhea

• Good for food poisoning

2.) Nux vomica

• Use when illness brought on by stress or over-indulgence

• Heartburn

• Nausea

• Dry retching

• Headache

• Irritability

• Worse in morning

• Bloating

• Gassiness

• Desires vomiting for relief

• Urge for bowel movement with little excretion

3.) Sulphur

• Complete loss of, or excessive, appetite

• Food tastes too salty

• Drinks much, eats little

• Desire for sweets

• Weak and faint about 11 AM

• Water fills patient

• Abdomen sensitive to pressure

• Internal feeling of rawness or soreness

• Abdominal movements as of something alive

• Morning diarrhea drives patient out of bed

Other Remedies to Learn and Consider for Further Study:

1.) Veratrum album

• Violent and voluminous diarrhea with vomiting, may be simultaneously

• Watery stools with greenish color

• Cramps in abdomen relieved by diarrhea

• Motion aggravates

• Chilly

• Very weak

• Very thirsty for cold water

2.) Aloe

• Aversion to meat

• Flatulence after eating

• Nausea with headache

• Pain around navel, worse with pressure

• Abdomen is full and heavy, hot and bloated

• Weak feeling as if diarrhea will come on

• Stool passes without effort

• Constipation pressure in lower abdomen

3.) China

• Vomiting of undigested food

• Slow digestion

• Hungry and longing for food which stays undigested

• Flatulence

• Belching of bitter fluid with no relief

• Worse eating fruit

• Internal coldness of stomach and abdomen

4.) Phosphorus

• Much vomiting

• Diarrhea

• Restlessness

• Thirsty for cold drinks

• Better to use Arsenicum first unless vomiting triggered by smallest amount of liquid

• Warm water immediately aggravates

• Weakness in abdomen

• Feels hungry

• Involuntary stools

5.) Pulsatilla

• Symptoms from poor diet or excess of rich foods

• Look also for general symptoms of remedy

• Symptoms not too severe

• Heartburn

• Heaviness after eating

• Coated tongue

• Cold drinks relieve

6.) Ipecac

• Extreme nausea possibly with no diarrhea

• After vomiting, still no relief

• Not that ill, but maybe a fever and weakness

• May be caused by excessive eating

• Vomiting can be almost nonstop

• Pains in abdomen

• Lots of gas

• Green stool

7.) Bryonia

• Digestive symptoms are aggravated by motion

• Small amounts of liquid may cause vomiting

• Pressure on abdomen helps

• Diarrhea worse after waking

• Desires to be still

8.) Podophyllum – this remedy is not commonly found in remedy kits and is of immeasurable value during a bout of severe diarrhea. It would be prudent to purchase it separately to keep in your stock.

• Common for diarrhea

• Frequent and voluminous diarrhea

• Completely liquid stools

• Sometimes with headache

• Vomiting seldom accompanies the diarrhea link...

Safe, holistic therapy. It does not mean home remedies, but instead is a respected branch of medicine that has been the choice of such cultural heroes as John D. Rockefeller, Chopin, Tony Blair, Florence Nightingale and Paul McCartney. Is it a coincidence that these public figures choose homeopathy as their course of action for their link..

1.) Belladonna

Most common for early stages of earache
Good when earache comes on quickly
Bright red ear but eardrum is still normal shape
Sudden high fever with earache
Pain down into neck
Sore throat

2.) Ferrum phos.

Use in early stages of earache with no pus formation
Onset not as sudden as Belladonna and symptoms not as intense
Can give if Belladonna is not

Often, the area in which ill health most convinces a family to turn to homeopathy is in curing ear infections. Children have not always been plagued by ear infections. In my generation the illness “du jour” was tonsillitis and the “cure” was removal. Today, because of the advent of sonograms during pregnancy, ear infections occurring link...