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 |
