HOMEOPATHICS TO THE RESCUE
I love homeopathic alternatives to ordinary medicine. Nature has such a rich source of medicine and we need to dig into it! When my firstborn was 6 weeks old, he was diagnosed with severe eczema. The doctor suggested to use cortisone cream to help him cope with the symptoms. It just didn’t feel right. I decided to not follow the doctors advise and rather opt for natural options. It was one of the best decisions of my life.
I believe food is our medicine. I always aim to fix any cold, flu or sickness with a super healthy diet. But I do occasionally use homeopathic medicine to speed up the recovery. It is much more natural than over-the-counter medicine and I find that they assist your body beautifully in the healing process.
If you are not familiar with homeopathic medicine, the list below will be very helpful.
Homeopathic list
Acacia | For stabbing pains in the back and for ankle problems |
Acidum phosphoricum | For children’s diarrhoea |
Aconite | For the sort of cold that you “catch” by getting chilled. Also for muscular strains and nasty cuts. |
Allium cepa | For acute, watering eyes, streaming type of cold. |
Argentum nitricum | For vertigo, fear of falling. Also before exams, public speaking, stage fright. |
Arnica | A very popular remedy to prevent and treat muscular stiffness. Also used to stop bruising after injury and speed post-traumatic sports injury recovery. |
Arsenicum | For the “run down”, and for fear and depression in the elderly. |
Baryta carbonica | For enlarged tonsils. |
Bella donna | For colds complicated by sore throats |
Bryronia | For rheumatism aggravated by cold, dry weather. |
Calcarea carbonica | For children who sweat profusely. |
Capsicum | For ear problems in children |
Carbo vegetabilis | For wind and gastric distension |
Causticum | For piles, anal fissure, or for loss of voice |
Chamomilla | For the difficult baby with teething troubles, the infant who seems constantly at odds with the world, demands mother’s attention, and irritable adults |
Cinchona | To elevate mood |
Cocculus | For travel sickness |
Colchicum autumnale | For gouty, rheumatic complaints |
Gelsemium | To counter tension before examinations, stage fright, tendency to rely on alcohol to combat nervousness, rumbling dyspepsia. |
Graphites | For infantile eczema |
Hepar sulphur | For infantile eczema |
Lachesis | For those who wake up grumpy |
Laurocerasus | For emphysema |
Lycopodium | Cures a craving for sweet foods. Also for insomnia. |
Natrum muriaticum | For the backward child, for a craving for salt, migraine, guilty feelings and depression |
Nitric acid | For curing a craving for fatty food. Also for piles. |
Nux vomica | For the sort of cold that starts with a sore spot inside the nose, and the lumbago which is worse in dry weather. |
Opium | For strokes |
Phosphorus | For depression in intelligent people |
Pulsatilla | For catarrh, allergy, sneezing, bedwetting, single joint rheumatism |
Rhus toxicodendron | For rheumatism |
Ruta | For painful knees, or for failing vision |
Sanguinaria | For painful shoulder |
Sepia | For menopausal symptoms, palpitations, warts and the always tired |
Silica | For rough hands, skin problems, migraine |
Sulphur | For itchy skin problems and for piles |
Tellurium | For osteoarthritis in the neck or spine |
Thuja | For bedwetting |
Valeriana | For anxiety, mood swings or insomnia |
Ipecacuanha |