| Homeopathy - also known as homeopathic medicine - | | | | emergency heart remedy.- Arnica: Used for pain of |
| is a holistic form of health care that developed in | | | | simple trauma from falls, blows, bruises, bruised |
| Germany in the late 1700's by Samuel Hahnemann. | | | | muscles, brain concussions with unconsciousness, |
| Homeopathic practitioners are commonly called | | | | shock. General rule: Give Arnica first for shock with |
| homeopaths.I was first introduced to homeopathy in | | | | any injury.- Arsenicum: Nonspecific diarrhea, including |
| the UK, when I signed up for a homeopathic first aid | | | | traveler's diarrhea, ptomaine poisoning, septic |
| course. I has such immediate results that I wanted to | | | | infections.- Belladona: Best for toothache. Colds of |
| learn more and have been an ongoing student ever | | | | sudden onset with the following symptoms: mild sore |
| since.A key premise in homeopathy is that every | | | | throat, head congestion, fever, intense sweating |
| person has energy called a vital force or self-healing | | | | (especially on the face), oversensitivity to noise and |
| response. Homeopathy aims to stimulate the body's | | | | light. Person is hot and red-faced.- Bryonia: Cold or flu, |
| own healing responses. It uses an approach called "like | | | | unless cold was caused by getting wet.- Calendula: |
| cures like."I share the point of view that homeopathy | | | | Injuries with skin broken, lacerated, flesh mangled, with |
| does work, but that modern scientific methods have | | | | bleeding cuts, bruises, open wounds, tear from child |
| not yet explained why. If homeopathy appears to be | | | | birth.- Hypericum: Injury to parts with nerves: after |
| helpful and safe, then scientifically valid explanations or | | | | surgery, gun shot wound, crushed fingers (for example, |
| proofs of this alternative system of medicine are not | | | | in a door), injury to tailbone in a fall or from childbirth.- |
| necessary.The holistic homeopathic medicine concept | | | | Ignatia: Best remedy for hysteric reaction (even in |
| that treatment should be selected based upon a total | | | | children, dissolved as described in directions and given |
| picture of an individual and his symptoms, not solely | | | | by spoonful). For cough and chest congestion.- Ledum |
| upon symptoms of a disease. Homeopaths evaluate | | | | Pal: For stabs, punctures (even rusty nails), bites of |
| not only a person's physical symptoms but her | | | | animals and stings of insects, sprains, black eye from |
| emotions, mental states, lifestyle, nutrition, and other | | | | blow of fist, severe bruising.- Nux Vomica: Nausea, |
| aspects. In homeopathy, different people with the | | | | indigestion, headache from food, motion sickness.- |
| same symptoms may receive different homeopathic | | | | Tabacum: For relief of nausea associated with motion |
| remedies.Most homeopathic remedies are derived | | | | sickness and sea sickness.Remedies for colds: |
| from natural substances that come from plants, | | | | Bryonia, Belladona, Aconite, Rhus Tox.Remedies for |
| minerals, or animals. A remedy is prepared by diluting | | | | sleeplessness: Chamomille (best general remedy), |
| the substance in a series of steps. Many homeopathic | | | | Coffea (feeling wide awake), Nux Vomica (from |
| remedies are so highly diluted that not one molecule of | | | | overeating/rich food), Arnica (too tired from over |
| the original natural substance remains. Remedies are | | | | exercising)Lizette le Clus-Fox is an ardent advocate |
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| the most frequently holistic homeopathic medicines: - | | | | Wellness Thoughts provides regular in-depth |
| Aconite: First acute stage of onset of any | | | | information. To learn more about holistic homeopathic |
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