HOMEOPATHY

the treatment of disease by minute doses of natural substances that in a healthy person would produce symptoms of disease

Below is the section from my book that describes the first time I took a homeopathic remedy. You will see that I definitely had some reservations at this time in my life and now homeopathy is on the front line in my personal tool kit.

Lani called to invite us over to dinner that weekend. “We wanted to celebrate our successful trail ride!” It was going to be fun to have an evening out. Jack and I arrived at Lani’s, but I was also accompanied by a nagging headache. As soon as Lani realized that I had a headache, she reached into a cupboard to pull out a small plastic box filled with rows of miniature, brown glass bottles. “This is my emergency homeopathic kit.” She stated.

            She turned to me.  “Open your hand.”

            I complied and watched as she opened one of the manytiny containers to pour a few of its miniscule pellets into my palm.

            “Whatare these?”

            “It’s a homeopathic remedy for your headache.”  She spoke so matter-of-factly as if what she had just done was a common occurrence.

            “And that is….?”  I was trying to lead her into a better explanation to make myself more comfortable taking this.

            “Think of it as ‘like treats like’.  Being a pharmacist, you’d probably like the more technicaldefinition.  It’s just the energetic property of a substance triggering an energetic healing response in the body.”

            Yeah, well – that wasn’t really convincing. I had heard of homeopathy before, but I didn’t really understand. I didn’t want to be just standing there with these in my hand, but my thoughts were flying. How did I know this was safe? Why didn’t I learn about this in school? I was very leery about just popping this into my mouth. If I wereto draw on my pharmacy background, as Lani had suggested, I guess I could compare it to allergy shots to desensitize people or immunizations to provoke a protective response.

            Lani could see my hesitation.  It would have been hard to miss because I hadn’t taken them yet.  She offered gently, “This issafe for children, animals, – everyone.”

            I knew I had to make a decision.  Am I putting these into my mouth or not?  Everything in my pharmacy training said no – but then I starting thinking of all the alternative therapies that had already helped me. Homeopathy had never been mentioned in my training. Now that I understood the influence big pharmaceutical companies have on medicine in the United States, I decided to trust Lani. I smiled and thanked her as I took them. We enjoyed a wonderful dinner with Eric and Lani and when she later asked me about my headache, she smiled as if she already knew the answer.

            “It’s gone,” I acknowledged, realizing I had not thought about it again since taking her remed.

I have the Emergency Homeopathy Kit from Lotus Wellness Cottage that I use for myself and my animals. https://www.lotuswellnesscottage.com/store/c9/Remedy_Kits_%26_Packages.html

As you can tell from the above passage I was a bit skeptical about homeopathy in the beginning. After I got my own emergency kit and started experimenting with it, I was a true believer. My earliest experience was giving tabicum to a baby that got carsick every time she rode with me. I started giving her a dose of tabicum before we would travel and she was never sick in my car again. Another child had pink eye for weeks and had been missing school. They had her on antibiotics but nothing seemed to be able to get rid of it. I offered he mother some euphrasia and they happily gave it a try. The next morning they called me wanting to know what I had given them and where could they get one of those kits. The pink eye was completely gone and the child returned to school.

These were my early experiences with homeopathy and the stories could go on and on. My body seems to respond very well to energetic therapies and my homeopathic kit is first line for me no matter what is wrong. My friend, Julia, from the book (really Judith Toscano) says that if a remedy doesn’t work you have picked the wrong remedy. The emergency kit gives you the chance to experiment without making a huge investment.

My 88-year-old mother was recently bitten by a black widow spider on her foot and before she called me she had taken all the appropriate remedies. With a little help from castor oil packs she recovered completely. A pamphlet comes with the kit that tells you the symptoms that the remedies will help with. It is easy to learn when you have one of these kits and I love taking charge of my own health.

My favorite remedies from the kit:

  • ALLIUM- stuffy colds, hayfever
  • APIS- allergic reactions
  • ARNICA-trauma   You can usually find this remedy in pharmacies so this is a good                                                               place to start your experimenting.
  • DROSERA-cough
  • EUPHRASIA- Eye problems – With all of Velvet’s eye problems, I have used this remedy often. This is also a product that you can usually find in pharmacies on the shelf usually under the name Eyebright
  • FERRUM PHOS-first stages of cold and flu
  • GELSEMIUM-Colds and flu and also performance anxiety
  • IGNATIA-shock, grief, fright – This was such a helpful remedy for me when Jack made his announcement that he did not love me anymore.
  • LEDUM- puncture wounds, vaccinations
  • NUX VOMICA- indigestion, overindulgence
  • RHUS TOX- arthritis, poison ivy

I also use many homeopathic remedies that are not in the kit. I like to use Dr. Recommends products. These are the remedies that Nicole told me about after my first appointment. The remedies I started with were Vermifuge and Amoebafuge. These remedies are to help your body eliminate worms and Amoebas. I realize this is disgusting to even think about but this is a more common problem than is realized. As people become loaded with heavy metals and their immune systems become weakened, parasites can flourish. Dr. Recommends https://whitedovehealing.com/product-tag/dr-recommends/   has many remedies and I have been pleased with their effectiveness.

I also used a Lyme disease homeopathic called Enliv’n. I found this remedy to be extremely helpful, but I will advise you to go slowly. I felt terrible when I first took this remedy. I have seen wonderful results with this remedy in animals as well.

Oscillococcinum made by Bioron is a very popular flu remedy in Europe. I was shocked to find in on the shelf of a chain store a few years ago. I keep it on hand just in case the flu strikes.

I was shocked how hard I had to look to find studies on homeopathy that said it was more effective than placebo. Homeopathic remedies are apparently very controversial! I would encourage you to try these very safe remedies and experiment for yourself. My thoughts are the children and animals I have used them on don’t even know what I am doing to have a placebo effect. I have seen so many dramatic effects from homeopathy that I can not dismiss it as a therapy option.

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