Wishing you all a very Happy New Year. New Years is time to reflect on the past year and make plans for the future. 2021 has been a long and difficult year for many, and I have hope that 2022 will improve. When making goals for the New Year I recommend making small changes that are sustainable, or if you
Monday is my last work day before Christmas, and I would like to take this opportunity to thank you all for being here with me in this crazy roller coaster year. It is a privilege to be a Homeopath and hear your stories, your life history and support you through some difficult times and health challenges. I will be available
14 Remedies you might like to have on hand this summer Sol Christmas in New Zealand means summer- and our sun is harsh, the risk of sunburn is high. Sol (Australis) is the remedy made from the exposure to the Southern Hemisphere’s sun (use Sol Britannia in the Northern Hemisphere). You can use this to reduce your risk of sun
A flower from the daisy family, Chamomile has been used for centuries as a tea or tisane to help calm and sleep. Homeopathically it can be used for the same reason. The mental emotional aspect is key for Chamomilla. Often used with teething children or for tantrums, they are restless, whining, irritable and capricious. This is the child who wants
It’s World Antimicrobial Awareness Week! Antibiotics and Antivirals can be amazing and lifesaving. But we as a country use them too often, and sometimes for things we could treat with something else. Working in Pharmacy two days a week I have seen a lot of antibiotic prescriptions. Some are important and life saving, some are precautionary, some to treat an
For those of you who like history. The Spanish Flu has been brought up numerous times with this latest pandemic. It was a world tragedy, with estimates of 500 million people (1/3 of the worlds population) catching the flu, and 50 million people dying from it. In New Zealand an estimated 9000 people died of the Spanish Flu, schools and
Shingles is a viral infection, characterised first by an itching or tingling sensation under the skin, and then by a rash with raised fluid filled vesicles that appear only on one side of the body and usually follow an arc along a nerve. There may be a headache, fever and/or a general feeling of being unwell. Unfortunately, shingles seems to
It’s ubiquitous at the moment, almost everyone is affected by stress in some form related to Covid-19. I posted recently about Emotional First Aid for those who are working in jobs now mandated for vaccination (you can find the post here: http://homeopathbarbara.com/2021/10/13/emotional-first-aid/). This post is looking at another side- where there is fear and anxiety related to Covid-19, stress, frustration
Drug overdose and homeopathy. This day, last year, my then 3 year old son found my husband’s sleeping tablets (which were hidden away inside several different bags in a drawer but he fossicked and found them). He took one Zopiclone 7.5mg tablet, by the time we realised we estimate 20 minutes had passed and he was very drowsy and drunk
I know many people are reeling from the announcement about mandatory vaccinations for healthcare workers and teachers. I have a few posts that you may wish to re-read. *Informed consent (because if you are being forced this is coercion and not informed consent which implies you can turn it down): https://homeopathbarbara.nz/informed-consent/ *And how you can support your body through the
As cases continue to occur in Auckland and more coming up in the Waikato, and we are now back in Level 3 in Northland, I have been increasingly fielding questions about treating Covid-19. Whether you are vaccinated or not, it is worth empowering yourself with the knowledge of how to safely manage Covid at home/in managed isolation, so that when
I was recently fortunate enough to be interviewed by Eugenie Kruger for her Homeopathy Hangouts podcast. You can listen here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/2XmSMumVx3e7qz57U0cwYY?si=FO7hwZi5Rh6XpbDsXWQuCw&dl_branch=1 Eugenie has interviewed some amazing Homeopaths from around the world, so follow her podcasts for insights into Homeopthy.
Today is World Pharmacists Day! A shout out to all my fellow Pharmacists who work tirelessly day in and day out dispensing medicines, consulting with doctors, providing advice on medicines to patients and other health professionals, providing services like emergency contraceptives, warfarin anti coagulation testing, hepatitis C screening (and so many more), as well as being a free source of
Covid-19 is once again the topic on everyone’s mind, and many people have strong feelings about many aspects including (but not limited to) lockdowns, masking and vaccination. It is my job as a health professional to support you whatever you choose to do. In accordance with our Code of Rights I advocate for an informed choice, and recommend at looking
This is a word which has become more and more important in the last few decades. If you give consent you are agreeing to the act or procedure. Of course in medicine we talk not just about consent but about informed consent. I wrote a post about informed consent in 2019: https://www.homeopathbarbara.nz/informed-consent/ What that post didn’t go into was
RSV is hitting New Zealand pre schoolers pretty hard at the moment. While Respiratory Syncytial Virus has been around for years, the severity this year has been partially attributed to the extra clean environment and the lack of exposure to viruses we have had over the last 18 months. RSV may be hard to differentiate from other respiratory viruses, as
Let’s talk about the Germ Theory of disease. This, primarily, is that disease is caused by bacteria and viruses. The Germ theory means that sickness is imposed on us. It takes power away from the individual and puts it in the (metaphorical) hands of malicious bacteria and viruses, and the hands of the doctors and conventional medical professionals that can
We are so fortunate in New Zealand that home birthing is a choice that is well supported by our medical system and our amazing homebirth midwives. Homebirth is not only cost effective, but reduces unnecessary interventions. Being in your own space also allows the production of Oxytocin which is essential for maintaining labour. Stress and adrenaline turns this off, and
One question I frequently get asked is about how I manage to do both Homeopathy and a Pharmacy, and aren’t they contradictory? I kind of think of it more like Edward De Bono’s Thinking Hats (more info here: https://www.debonogroup.com/services/core-programs/six-thinking-hats/). I have three main hats: Pharmacy, Integrative Medicine and Homeopathy. Pharmacy is a hat that uses pharmaceutical medications, allopathic and conventional
Classical Homeopathy is about finding that one single remedy that explains all your symptoms. It’s the thing that makes Homeopathy so hard to understand if you are new to the concept. It’s not a case of “you have a cold, take this remedy” like you find with conventional medicine, or herbal medicines. Instead we start to play a game of
The theme for World Homeopathy Awareness week this year is Homeopathy: the ultimate green medicine. Let’s talk about homeopathic remedies first: There is very little or no toxic waste from the production of homeopathic remedies. Only a small amount of original substance is required to create a remedy, and the amount of a remedy that can be created from one
Has Homeopathy moved on? Why do we still refer to the Organon Homeopathy has its roots over 200 years ago, and we still refer to Hahnemann’s words as he wrote in the Organon. Many of these aphorisms are as relevant today as the day Hahnemann wrote them. Aphorism 1: “The physicians highest calling … is to make sick people healthy,
Today marks the beginning of World Homeopathy Awareness Week, and it is the anniversary of Samuel Hahnemann’s birth on 10th April 1755. Samual Hahnemann was the founder of Homeopathy, but it was serendipity that led to him experimenting and development of the theory. Hahnemann was proficient in many languages, as well as a qualified medical Doctor. He would augment his
If you have been floating around the homeopathic or natural therapies world for a while you may have heard the term Doctrine of signatures. This is actually an ancient theory, dating back to Dioscorides, a Greek physician in the first century who wrote a Materia Medica that was used for over 1500 years. The theory behind this is that you