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Motion Sickness

November 25, 2019

This can be debilitating. My eldest has suffered from car sickness since she was a baby and every car journey over 30 minutes – even if straight, flat, Auckland Motorway – has her nauseous and sometimes vomiting. Motion sickness, travel sickness, car sickness, sea sickness, it’s all the same thing. It’s caused because the brain receives conflicting messages from the inner ear, the eyes and skin and muscle nerve receptors. The “I’m moving/I’m not moving” confusion causes nausea, dizziness and …

World Antibiotic Awareness week

November 18, 2019

This week is World Antibiotic Awareness week. Antibiotics were a miracle when first isolated and used, Penicillin was called “the Wonder Drug” by the end of World War II. Drug resistance rapidly followed- after all bacteria reproduce rapidly. The first drug resistant bacteria were found in 1947- just four years after Penicillin started being mass produced. That was fine though, there were always new antibiotics being discovered. But in our lifetime (or the lifetimes of our children) we may well …

Tissue Salts

November 11, 2019

What are they and how to take them? Schuessler (pictured here) was a doctor in the late 19th century. To better understand human physiology he analysed the ash residue from people who were cremated. He concluded that there were 12 different tissue salts that make up the human body, and then spent further time researching to figure out what role each tissue salt played in the human body. The twelve salts are: * Calc Fluor- for Elasticity. This mineral is …

November 9, 2019

I have seen this shared a few times. Love this and a good description why I love being a Homeopath. The dinner guests were sitting around the table discussing life. One man, a Medical Doctor, decided to explain the problem with Homeopathy. He argued, “What’s a person going to get out of homeopathy other than junk science, a sugar pill and water? Why would anyone want to be a Homeopath?” To stress his point he said to another guest; “You’re …

15 October 2019- Global Handwashing Day

October 15, 2019

Today is Global Handwashing Day, so here is a little history for you. Hand hygiene and hand washing is one of the most important things you can do to prevent the spread of disease. It is not the biggest contributor to the decline in mortality over the last two hundred years- that prize goes to clean water and sanitation – but it’s importance is uncontested- now. Unfortunately that wasn’t always the case, the “father” of modern hand hygiene was Ignaz …

Informed Consent

October 7, 2019

This is something that gets bandied about a lot. But what is informed consent, and what is the history behind it? Hippocrates talked about consent in Ancient Greece. While the Hippocratic Oath is the most well known of his writings, he had others as well. One of these was the Aphorisms. The first Aphorism said “The physician must be ready, not only to do his duty himself, but also to secure the cooperation of the patient.” Unfortunately that term “secure …

Passiflora Incarnata

October 3, 2019

I have these beautiful flowers in my garden right now, so must be time for a Passiflora post. Passiflora incarnata is the Purple Passionflower. There are over 500 types of passionflower, many are vines but some are shrubs or trees. This one is the NZ garden variety passion fruit vine, so may be a slightly different species. Homeopathically, Passiflora is not widely used, and when given is prescribed in the “mother tincture”, so is actually herbal with a physical effect. …

Scabies, Strep throat and Rheumatic Fever

September 19, 2019

This article fascinated me for two reasons. https://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?objectid=12267835&ref=twitter One is the notion that scabies is a bigger problem than expected. Samuel Hahnemann, 200 odd years ago came up with the theory of “miasms” which were reoccurring patterns of disease, and that you needed to treat the underlying miasm to clear disease. The first miasm? Psora or “itch” from the scabies mite. (Ever get the feeling that Hahnemann was ahead of his time? I do.) The second was the link to …

Travelling part 2 of 2

September 17, 2019

Yesterday I posted about my homeopathic kit for international travel. What else do I take with me while travelling? Vitamin C – usually the Sodium Ascorbate powder form but tablets are also easy and portable. Great for supporting the body with wound healing, infections and allergies. There is old research suggesting that it can reduce your risk of deep vein thrombosis, although this is controversial. (Spittle CR, lancet. July 28, 1973: 199–201.) Echinacea or Elderberry – you can take this …

Travelling part 1 of 2

September 16, 2019

We are heading away in the next school holidays (shh, don’t tell my kids, it’s a surprise!) I’m a Girl Guide through and through, so my motto is “Be Prepared”, but never more so than as when travelling with kids. I take a comprehensive Homeopathy kit (as seen here, a few more to add) but mine is probably a bit excessive and you could get away with less. Here are my must have remedies for international travel: Arnica- take 2 …