Flu Season -- Be Prepared Homeopathically

It’s that time of year again, when there are signs and advertisements everywhere to get your flu shot. Many places offer them for free. Whether you choose to inoculate or pass on the vaccine is entirely your personal choice, but sometimes, despite your best efforts, you get the sniffles, a sore throat, cough, or the much dreaded flu. Homeopathy to the rescue.

If you’re new to this alternative medicine choice, it will be more difficult to treat yourself. If you want to learn, educate yourself. Get a beginner’s book to familiarize yourself with the remedies and the symptoms associated with each. It’s a good place to start. Or, find yourself a good, classical homeopath that you trust.

If you use homeopathic remedies, my best advice is to have a personal kit for home and travel. You may know the remedies that work best for you when you feel a cold coming on, and now is the time to be sure you have your Homeopathic Remedy Kit well stocked. I can’t think of anything worse than to reach for the remedy you need when you feel that cold coming on, only to find the bottle near empty or find you don’t even have the remedy you need. Dragging yourself to the store in this condition is, well, miserable.

Homeopathic remedies can really help to lessen the severity of the flu, and stop a cold or sore throat from progressing. The key is to catch it early. Pay attention to your symptoms. Keep your immune system strong. Get enough sleep every night and wash your hands often!

Homeopathic kits can be purchased on-line from such pharmacies as Boiron, Standard, or Helios. Shop around. Some allow you to choose your remedies, some are pre-chosen for you.

Below is a list of some remedies you may want to have on hand (and to investigate further) for your cold, sore throat, or flu

Aconite - One of the first remedies to consider if you have a sudden onset of a fever or other complains after being in cold winds or being exposed in cold weather

Allium Cepa - For a runny nose often accompanied with a headache that feels worse on closing your eyes, sneezing, cough, and often your nose is sore and burning

Apis - Sore throat that burns or stings, is red and swollen that feels worse with warm drinks and better with cool

Arsenicum - Influenza with thin, watery nasal discharge; sneezing; feel restless and anxious, exhausted and weak; can’t tolerate food smells; feel chilly; wheezing breathing, frothy phlegm. Worse midnight to around 2 am

Belladonna - Sudden and violent symptoms. High fever. Throat is dry and burns like fire; inflamed tonsils that are bright red; difficulty swallowing; red, hot face and skin. Dry, tickling cough

Bryonia - Feeling very hot, very dry, very annoyed and all you want to do is to lie very still and be left alone. Aching all over they body with a headache that is worse the least movement and better with pressure. Spasms of coughing

Causticum - burning pain in throat, with soreness and raw feeling; throat feels constricted, and you find yourself swallowing often; hard cough, but cannot bring up phlegm

Eupatorium Perfoliatum - Influenza that affects all the muscles of your body - you feel like you have broken bones all over your body and it is painful to move your body; bursting headache; shivering and chills in back; eyeballs feel sore

Gelsemium - chills run up and down your spine, alternating cold and hot; body feels heavy and tired; sneezing; hard cough; no thirst; bursting headache from behind, forward to your eyes and forehead; sore throat that develops several days after exposure

Hepar Sulphuris Calcareum - sore throat with a well-established cold; feel like a bone or splinter stuck in throat on swallowing; very sensitive to cold and drafts, feeling chilly; spells of choking cough

Ipecacuanha - coughing spells that make you vomit; nausea not relieved by vomiting; wheezing

Kali Bichromicum - persistent cough, with thick, usually yellow lumpy or stringy mucus from cough or sinuses; colds that settle in your sinus; expectoration tastes metallic

Lachesis - Sore throat that starts on the left side and then extends to the right; feels like there is a lump in your throat with a constant desire to swallow; throat feels raw and burning and can swallow solids better than liquids; cannot stand any touch or pressure on your throat especially from a tight collar or turtleneck

Mercurius Solublis/Mercurius Vivus - sore throat that feels raw, and accompanies every cold, metallic taste in your mouth; foul, offensive breath; ear ache; excess of saliva in mouth; feeling worse at night

Nux Vomica - violent chills, feeling cold even in bed and moving under the covers, especially with a fever; aching limbs and back; upset stomach; nose stuffed up at night; dry spasmodic cough that gags and causes retching; cough causes bursting headache; oversensitive to almost everything

Phosphorus - cough that is dry, hard, tickling which is very exhausting; must hold chest when coughing; tightness in chest; worse any change in temperature, warm to cold or cold to warm; worse lying down at night; laughing will bring on a coughing spell; thirsty for very cold or ice water, but can vomit it once it gets into your stomach; hoarseness in through; laryngitis; every cold goes to your chest

13 Reasons to Use Pain Relief Cream

1. Overworked Muscles
2. Bruising
3. Arthritis/Joint Pain
4. Fibromyalgia
5. Bursitis
6. Old Injuries That Still Ache
7. Tendonitis
8. Aging/Hospice Care
9. Back Pain
10. Sprains
11. Get a Better Night's Sleep
12. Heal Faster
13. Better For You

In no particular order, I've listed some major reasons why you would want to use the Pain Relief Cream.  

1. It was a beautiful weekend -- perfect weather!  So you decided to spend your time outdoors, doing your favorite activity (running, hiking, bicycling, gardening, etc.).  Ahh, your body was just too overworked and you are now sore.  Just rub some of that cream in to those aching muscles for fast relief.
2. So you're a klutz.  You tripped over your own feet and down you went.  Whether you bruised your hip, your elbow or your butt, apply the cream as soon as you can to those bruised areas (and you won't turn black and blue).  Any swelling will quickly be reduced, and your pain will be minimized. 
3. Arthritis usually comes with age, but joint pain can occur at any time!  I sew and paint quite a lot, and my hands have inherited the family arthritis.  I have found that not only does the pain cream relieve the aching, it is extremely moisturizing, and sinks right in to my skin so that I can continue on with my work uninterrupted.  
4. Believe it or not, statistics state that 3 to 6% of the world's population suffers from the chronic pain condition known as Fibromyalgia.  As a Classical Homeopathic Practitioner I know that the correct homeopathic remedy can cure the condition.  And if you want to supplement your current medication (without interference) this pain relief cream has proven to give fantastic results.  It was tested on several people diagnosed with Fibromyalgia who now swear by it.
5. If you have been given a diagnosis of bursitis, and you want to assist your healing naturally, give the cream a try.  Bursitis is a painful condition that affects the joints. Bursae are fluid-filled sacs that act as a cushion between bones, tendons, joints, and muscles. When these sacs become inflamed it can be very painful.  You'll need to remove the stress that has caused the inflammation and get proper physical therapy treatment if needed.
6. The synergistic ingredients in this cream will work wonders on old injuries, surgical sites, and periosteum traumas, including areas where your flesh has thinned over the bone; bruises that took a long time to heal and left a hardened spot; injuries that just have some ache or pain still remaining.  Use this cream daily until the condition improves.
7. Tendonitis, like bursitis, is most often caused from overuse.  It is an acute condition and responds wonderfully to the cream, especially when gently massaged into the sore spots.  Apply as often as needed, and the healing time will be shortened.  
8. Aging is a situation, not a disease.  We can't cure the condition, but we certainly can assist the aches and pains that come about as we get older.  Hospice nurses like to use this cream on their patients, gently giving a massage to relax and sleep easier.  It also acts as a wonderful moisturizer on dry skin.  It can reduce the amount of pain medicines taken internally.
9. How debilitating is it when your back goes out?  Upper back pain, lumbago, neck pain and sciatica are all so painful, it can take your breath away and stop you dead in your position.  To help relax and ease the pain, try using the cream and gently massaging it in to the painful areas.  It acts quickly for fast easement of pain.
10. Maybe it should be called the Extreme Cream, as it works wonders on sprains and strains.  Whether you've taken a fall, twisted or got hit by something, a joint that was taken beyond it usual range of motion will result in a sprain that just needs time to heal.  Using the pain relief cream will speed up the healing process and reduce the pain and swelling.  Apply it often along with the other modalities you are doing for your situation.
11. Being woke up with pain is just plain lousy.  Then you swallow your pain reliever of choice and wait...and wait...while you watch the clock tick away the minutes, until you finally find some relief to fall back to sleep.  Apply the pain cream and within five minutes begin to feel the pain ease up. And better yet, apply the cream before bedtime and find that it gives relief through the entire night of sleep!  Yes, it has proven over and over to have long lasting effects.  The potency of the cream will give a longer relief. 
12. AHomeopathic's pain cream can actually speed up the healing process.  Its ingredients will stimulate your own body to heal itself, as it eases the immediate pain.  Homeopathy, if used correctly, activates your immune system and allows your body to do what it knows what to do naturally - heal itself.  
13. It's your choice in what you ingest and what you expose yourself to.  There are no harmful ingredients in this cream, and the process of how it works with your body is in accordance with the way your body is meant to heal.  There are no side effects, and it won't interfere with other medications you take, and it is safe for children over two years old, adults and the elderly.  

Try it for yourself!  Order a sample at www.ahomeopathic.com and get free shipping.   

Where to begin?

February 6, 2018

"The first step towards getting somewhere is to decide you're not going to stay where you are." -- J.P. Morgan

The new look to my website has me thinking about all the things I’d like to blog about!  I’m excited to be writing again, reaching out to those readers who would find an interest in what I have to say.  My whole adulthood has been spent on being a rebel in health care and sharing my philosophy and experiences.  I think I was born into this, as looking back (hindsight is always so much more insightful) I recall wanting to go into medicine when I was in high school, more into research than actually being a doctor, as I was scared to death of all doctors, nurses, dentists and needles!  I remember my conversations with my 11th grade chemistry teacher, Mrs. Curran.  She told me that I would have to face a cadaver at some point in my education if I went the health care route, and there was just no way I would have been able to stomach it or withstand it then.  I wished for “bloodless medicine” and it took me twenty more years to find it.  I truly believe we all come into this world with goals and directions pre-set, and we do our best to weave through the maze of our life to accomplish that which we came to do.  For some it is very direct and easy.  For others, it is a longer journey, and still yet, for some it takes a lifetime to find it.  I “knew” what I was supposed to do, but didn’t have a direct line to it, but somewhere in my middle age I found that passion and just knew it was the “calling.”  I can’t say it’s been easy.  No.  I often feel like a fish going upstream all the time!  It’s so hard to know at 18 years of age what you want to do with the rest of your life!  It’s hard at any age.

I’ve found my passion in being a homeopath, and trying to help others understand how different it is from what we have been taught by our western medicine.  Being healthy is something that you, personally have to be responsible for.

I’ve given a lot of thought in to what I want to write about, such as my thoughts on depression and antidepressants, acute illnesses and the overuse of antibiotics, and the flu vaccine.  I’d like to talk about my topical homeopathic pain cream and its fantastic uses and results.  It’s important for me to share my experiences of the healing power of meditation and hypnosis, and going deep into yourself to find the answers.  I’d like to discuss that what we put into our bodies is so significant , and how moderate exercise (and I really hate to exercise at a gym or otherwise) is just so important.  And, I want to share my many actual real-life cases of mental, emotional and physical illnesses and their very happy results due to homeopathy and alternative medicine.

Maybe it will help someone, someday, when they most need it.

One last thing I want to say today is this:  oftentimes it isn’t either/or; it is both, in complement to one another.  In other words, homeopathy, meditation, acupuncture and all the other alternative healthcare avenues work with western medicine.  They work together, where one modality makes up a deficiency of the other.  So always remember, you do have options.