Reach for a Remedy E-Book

Clodagh Sheehy

• Herausgeber: Narayana
• Kategorie: Ratgeber
• Sprache: Englisch

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Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2023

Beschreibung

Make homeopathy easy with this refreshingly simple guide to choosing the best possible remedy for everyday ailments. From coughs and colds to toothaches or tummy bugs, this book will help you find relief for minor health conditions. No previous knowledge of homeopathy is necessary. The book will quickly point you to the best match between your individual symptoms and the remedy you need. It also features a rapid first aid section and advice tailored to busy mums, babies, tots, teens, and adults. Homeopaths Clodagh Sheehy and Svetlana Pavlova Heywood Jones have distilled a wealth of information down to the essentials required for accessible and safe home prescribing. They also alert you to more serious conditions where you may need to consult a doctor or go immediately to hospital. Enhance the health of all the family by adding homeo­pathic remedies to your home medicine cabinet, so you can … … Reach for a Remedy “Reach for this easy to read informative guide for all your homeopathic needs. This book is a must on every family shelf beside the first aid kit. From a simple bee sting to the complexities of grief, this easy to use guide is ideal for those starting off using remedies as well as those who already have a well stocked cupboard. An invaluable aid to maintaining family health.” – Ann O’Loughlin, bestselling author of The Ballroom Cafe, The Judge’s Wife and The Ludlow Ladies´ Society.

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Clodagh Sheehy & Svetlana Pavlova Heywood Jones Homeopathic

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Homeopathic Home Prescribing for First Aid and Minor Ailments

IMPRESSUM

Clodagh Sheehy & Svetlana Pavlova Heywood Jones

Reach for a Remedy

Homeopathic Home Prescribing for First Aid and Minor Ailments

First English edition 2018

Second English edition 2023

ISBN: 978-3-95582-269-9

© 2018, Narayana Verlag GmbH

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Dedication

To Kel, Rían and Créde for the warmest love, support and encouragement, always – Clodagh

To Dick for the friendship, trust and shepherd's pie and to our twins Sam and Alex for being my greatest teachers – Svetlana

THANKS

Eternal gratitude to the team at Narayana Verlag for saying “Yes”. Not only did you agree to publish the book but offered to publish it in two languages. Thank you. A special thanks to Tanja Vetterlin, Cynthia Ewert, Jan Clare and Gill Zukovskis for their enthusiasm, guidance and reassurance throughout the process.

Our thanks also to Gerry and Angie Murphy of the Irish School of Homeopathy who helped us take the first tentative steps on our homeopathic journey. We wouldn’t be here without you.

Finally thanks to the Irish Society of Homeopaths for continuous professional support and for working tirelessly to uphold the highest standards of homeopathy to the benefit of both Society members and all of our clients.

Contents

Who we are

Introduction

Why homeopathy?

What is homeopathy?

Matching medicine

How to pick your remedy

Taking your remedy

Remedy strength or potency

Remedy kits

Professional consultations

Creams, flower essences and tissue cell salts

Rapid first aid guide

Cough, colds and wheezes

Cough

Colds

Wheezes

Dental

Abscess and gum boil

Teeth damage from injury

Discomfort after treatment

Mouthwash

Toothache

Digestion

Constipation

Diarrhoea

Food poisoning

Hangover

Indigestion and heartburn

Nausea and vomiting

Ears

Blocked ears

Earache and ear infection

Emotional upsets

Shock

Anger and rage

Anxiety

Fears

Fright

Grief and bad news

Humiliation

Eyes

Black eyes

Conjunctivitis

Eye inflammation

Eye strain

Stye

Fevers and flu

Fevers

Flu/influenza

Headache

Mouth

Cold sores

Mouth ulcers

Nose

Hay fever

Nosebleed

Sinus problems

Pregnancy – labour – breastfeeding

Pregnancy

Backache and ligament strain

Breast tenderness

Constipation

Exhaustion

Heartburn

Morning sickness

Night cramps

Urinary infection

Varicose veins and piles (haemorrhoids)

Water retention

Labour

After the birth

Breastfeeding

Engorged breasts (mastitis)

Exhaustion from breastfeeding

Discomfort from breastfeeding

Milk flow problems

Abscess

Skin conditions

Bites and stings

Boils and abscesses

Bruises

Burns

Cold sores

Chilblains

Hives/prickly heat

Splinters

Scars

Sleep

Insomnia

Sleep apnoea

Night sweats

Specially for children

Babies after delivery

Bedwetting

Circumcision

Colic and wind

Conjunctivitis

Constipation and diarrhoea

Cough, colds, wheezes

Cradle cap

Croup

Earache

Fevers

Head lice

Nappy rash

Sleeplessness/insomnia

Sore throat

Sticky eye

Teething

Travel sickness

Worms

Specially for teenagers

Acne

Emotions

Growing pains

Specially for men

Thrush

Prostatitis

Torsion of the testicle

Specially for women

Cystitis

Menstruation

Menopause

Sports injuries, stiff joints, strains and sprains

Bone fractures

Bruises

Black eyes

Cramps

Stiff joints

Muscle strain

Nerve injury pain

Spinal injury

Sprains and strains

Throat

Croup

Hoarseness and loss of voice

Sore throat

Travel

Altitude sickness

Bites and stings

Blocked ears

Dehydration

Fear of flying

Food poisoning

Hangover

Jet lag

Motion sickness

Stomach upset

Sunburn/sunstroke/heat exhaustion

Common remedies

Creams and tinctures – tissue cell salts - flower essences and herbs

Creams, ointments

Tinctures

Tissue cell salts

Essential oils

Flower essences

Herbs

Remedy Index

General Index

Image Index

Who we are:

Clodagh Sheehy is an award-winning journalist who has been on the staff of national media groups, including the Irish Press and Independent News and Media, for more than four decades.

She has been a qualified homeopath for almost 20 years.

Clodagh graduated from the Irish School of Homeopathy in 1999 and completed a further year’s postgraduate study to become a registered member of the Irish Society of Homeopaths. She was a member of the Society’s national committee from 2006-2009. She is currently an external examiner for the Irish School of Homeopathy.

Clodagh has also studied Reiki and flower essences. Her website www.irishhealing.ie tracks news and research for all forms of alternative medicine both in Ireland and internationally.

“My Dad’s death from bowel cancer in 1974 sparked my interest in alternative medicine. Research at the time by an Irish doctor showed a link between bowel cancer and a lack of fibre in the diet. I also felt there was some link between illness and stress. I worked for a medical newspaper at the time and read a lot around the subject but was still puzzled.

When I was introduced to homeopathy in the 1980s I felt I’d found the missing link. Homeopathy took into account the connection between illness, the mind, the body and the emotions. This, to me, made sense and, even more important, the remedies worked.

Homeopathy has led me on a journey through many alternative therapies. I think the word ‘alternative’, in a way, is a bit misleading. If you are seriously injured in a car crash you need surgery and everything orthodox medicine can give you. Homeopathy can work side by side with all of this to speed up your recovery so I prefer the term ‘integrated medicine’, where everything works together. Nothing is excluded.” – Clodagh

Svetlana Pavlova Heywood Jones a native Bulgarian, studied sociology in Sofia and completed a Masters in European Studies in Aachen, Germany. She pursued a career in the area of health insurance in Bulgaria for 2 years and in Ireland for 12 years.

During this time she became conscious of the huge costs of providing conventional medical health care vs. the cost effective holistic alternatives.

This prompted her to pursue her homeopathic studies, completing her qualification in the Irish School of Homeopathy in Dublin in 2015. She is a registered member of the Irish Society of Homeopaths.

Svetlana uses homeopathy, herbs and foods as healing modalities. She has lived with her family in Ireland since 2001.

“I come from a long ancestral line of using herbs. My great grandmother was my role model. She never took medicine in her life and was a great believer that the cure for all ailments is in us and in the plants and herbs around us. My grandmother and mother followed in this tradition.

It was only after some years in the health insurance industry that I became more and more conscious of the lack of alternative healing modalities in conventional medicine. A GP’s warning that a third surgery would seriously impair the hearing of one of our children forced me to look for holistic alternatives.

It was in this search that I discovered the wonderful potential of homeopathy. Those parental responsibilities together with my childhood experience and the growing awareness in my career choice drove me to my present occupation.

Now it’s my turn to pass on the knowledge and experience, not only to my children and their children but to everybody who is interested in it.” – Svetlana

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Introduction

WHY HOMEOPATHY?

If you’ve heard of Arnica, you’ve heard of homeopathy.

If you’ve used Arnica, the top choice remedy for bruising, you have used homeopathy and you know that it works.

Homeopathic remedies are powerful, gentle, inexpensive and safe. They have no toxic side-effects and so can be used for babies, tots, teenagers, pregnant mums, busy parents, in fact by all age groups from birth to the golden years.

The integrated approach to health and wellness is a fast growing trend. Homeopathy is part of this trend. The remedies can be used on their own but can also be used side by side with conventional treatments.

Worldwide, homeopathy is regularly used by 200 million people and is included in the national health systems of countries like Switzerland, Brazil, India, Chile and Mexico. Almost one in three EU citizens uses homeopathic medicines in their day-to-day healthcare.

WHAT IS HOMEOPATHY?

Since ancient times healers have recognised that the body has a life-force or energy running through it. The presence of this life-force marks the difference between a living person and a deceased one.

Illness is seen as a disturbance or blockage of this vital energy. Homeopathy uses remedies to unblock the obstruction.

Homeopathy does not ‘treat’ specific conditions. It works with the energy of the whole body to stimulate the body’s own healing ability.

Homeopathy, like Ayurvedic and Traditional Chinese Medicines, supports the delicate energy balance between the mind, the physical body and the spirit.

Experience over thousands of years has proven the effectiveness of this approach.

MATCHING MEDICINE

The symptoms of an illness are like flashing lights on the car dashboard telling you there is an issue you need to address.

In homeopathy these symptoms are used as a guide to select a remedy. A match is made between the person’s unique individual symptoms and the remedy. The remedy then supports the whole body to heal itself.

How does this matching work? A few examples will give you a better idea.

Too much coffee can keep you awake at night. A remedy made from coffee can be used to help sleeplessness when you are wide awake and tense and your mind is racing – the matching remedy is Coffea.

Cutting onions can make your eyes water and sting. Hay fever can also make your eyes water and sting. A remedy made from onion is good for hay fever – the matching remedy is Allium cepa.

If you are stung by a nettle you may break out in a red, itchy rash. A remedy made from nettle can ease hives or a red, itchy rash caused by an insect bite – the matching remedy is Urtica.

HOW TO PICK YOUR REMEDY

Every single homeopathic remedy can help a wide range of conditions and there are volumes written about each remedy. We have condensed this knowledge to make your choices easy.

This book is about everyday first aid emergencies and minor day-to-day illnesses. It cannot be used to treat serious or complex conditions which would need professional treatment.

You must decide first if the condition can be helped at home or if you need professional help. If you decide it is a minor health issue which could be treated at home then check the relevant section of the book – Cough, Sports injuries, Emotional trauma, Digestion etc.

ALERT

We have used this box throughout the book to warn you that serious conditions need medical help. In these situations you should contact your doctor or the emergency services or go straight to hospital.

To pick your remedy follow these easy steps:

1. Identify the condition and find it in the book.

2. Pick your most important symptoms, both physical and emotional.

3. Match these symptoms to the most appropriate remedy description.

Then Reach for a Remedy.

How to pick your most important symptoms

Your symptoms are the signposts to the best remedy. Learning to pay attention to your strongest symptoms will help you to reach for the right remedy.

Homeopathy works on both the mind and body so remember to look at both physical AND emotional symptoms.

You could feel angry, sad, irritable, jealous or fearful. These emotional symptoms matter just as much as the physical ones.

Symptoms to look for

Specific information about symptoms is very important in homeopathy. The choice of remedy can be influenced by things like thirst, food likes and dislikes, your mood, the side of the body that is affected and sometimes the specific time of day or night that the symptom is worse or better.

This is a simple guide to help you know what to look for.

Location

Where in your body is the main problem located?

What side?

Is it on the right side or the left side?

Time

Is it worse or better at a particular time of the day or night?

Temperature

Are you hot or cold, feverish, shivering, sweaty or burning?

Pain

How intense is the pain? Is it burning, throbbing, stinging or shooting?

Energy

Are you restless, overactive or listless? Do you want to keep moving or lie perfectly still?

Mood

Are you angry, sad, clingy, irritable, fearful, jealous, silent, talkative or apathetic?

Thirst

Are you thirsty or not? Do you want hot drinks or cold? Do you want to sip or gulp?

Food

Is there any food that you crave or can’t bear? Does any particular food make you feel better or worse?

Specifics

Does anything make the symptoms feel better or worse?

Matching your symptoms to the remedy

To make the matching easy we have arranged the information in each section to guide you through the choices.

On the left hand side of the page we list the most commonly used remedies for the condition.

On the right hand side we have descriptions of the remedy.

Make a match between your symptoms and the descriptions of the remedies on the right hand side. You will find the name of your remedy on the left.

This is an example of the layout:

ACONITE

Take at the first sign of a cold from exposure to cold air.

You may have a stuffy nose, be restless and anxious and thirsty for cold water.

Where we use the label Top choice for we mean this remedy is the one most likely to suit the particular condition.

You still have to make sure, however, that it matches YOUR particular condition.

TAKING YOUR REMEDY

The remedies mentioned in this book are readily available in health food shops and online from homeopathic suppliers.

Remedies do not interfere with conventional prescription drugs and can be taken side by side with these medications.

The ideal way to take your remedy is to drop a single pill out of the container into the container lid or onto a clean spoon.

Then pop it into your mouth and let it dissolve under your tongue. You should not have any food or drink in your mouth when you are taking the remedy.

REMEDY STRENGTH OR POTENCY

The strength of a homeopathic remedy is referred to as the ‘potency’ of the remedy. All of the remedies listed in this book are recommended in the 30C potency.

This particular potency is at the lower end of the scale and most suitable for self-help and repeated dosing.

The ‘C’ potencies are also the strengths you are most likely to find in your health store or in the kits sold by homeopathic suppliers.

Professional Homeopaths use a whole range of potencies from very low to very high. Considerable skill is needed in the choice of both remedy and potency for more serious or chronic conditions and it is advisable to consult a licensed practitioner in these cases.

The potency of a remedy is indicated by a number and a letter. Examples of different potencies are:

▶ 6X (D) ▶ 12X (D) ▶ 30C ▶ 200C ▶ 1M ▶ 10M ▶ LM 1

The ‘C’ potencies are most commonly prescribed in Ireland, the UK and the USA. In Europe the ‘D’ (X) potencies are also frequently prescribed.

We have used a guide box like the one below for each section. It will help you decide how often to give the remedy. It also reminds you that all remedies mentioned in this book are in the 30C potency.

HOW MANY PILLS:

Emergency:

One to two pills every 10-15 minutes until the person stabilises – up to six doses.

Acute conditions:

One to two pills every two hours up to six doses.

Less acute conditions:

One to two pills three times a day up to seven days.

If symptoms persist or worsen, consult a healthcare professional.

Dose:

It is recommended that all of the remedies in this section be taken in the 30C potency.

REMEDY KITS

The remedies we talk about in this book are basic common remedies. You can buy all of them singly or a selection of them in a remedy kit box from homeopathic suppliers.

A kit can be the cheapest way to buy remedies and is also a practical way of storing and carrying them. The box can easily be taken in your bag or in your car or even on holidays.

Professional consultations

Complex, chronic or long-term conditions like arthritis, chronic fatigue, depression, or some skin ailments require assessment by a professional homeopath.

They are not dealt with in this book and you should not try to treat them using this book.

If you have a more complex or long-term condition and decide to go to a professional homeopath, the practitioner will take a full medical history and the details of your condition.

They will ask you all kinds of questions about things like sleep patterns, dreams, food likes and dislikes, mood, energy and temperature.

There are no right or wrong answers. The homeopath is simply trying to match the best possible remedy to your individual condition. The more information the practitioner has to work with, the easier it is to make a good match.

First visits tend to take an hour or more. Subsequent visits are slightly shorter.

You can also discuss with the homeopath how many consultations you might need.

Some health insurance providers will cover the cost of homeopathic consultations with a registered homeopath.

You need to consult your own health insurance provider for full details.

Creams, flower essences and tissue cell salts

We have made some suggestions about creams, tinctures, flower essences and tissue cell salts you could also use.

They all aid healing and give additional support to the homeopathic remedies.

The creams, for example, could be used on cuts, burns or cracked skin. The flower essences can support you emotionally and the tissue cell salts can support you physically.

There are 12 different tissue cell salts which are used to re-balance essential mineral salts in the body. They can be taken on a daily basis, as necessary, either as single salts or in combination, depending on the condition.

The tissue cell salts were developed by a German doctor, Wilhelm Heinrich Schuessler, in the 19th century. Dr Schuessler discovered that certain illnesses are linked to a deficiency of specific mineral salts.

Mineral salts are needed by the body for things like proper fluid balance, healthy bones and teeth, blood pressure regulation and blood clotting, helping muscles relax, strengthening the immune system and helping nerve function. They are only needed in very small amounts but are essential to good health.

Based on biochemistry, Dr Schuessler created the 12 salts which are made in the same way as other homeopathic remedies and which can be used to redress specific imbalances.

We have suggested tissue cell salts for different conditions throughout the book. There is also a separate tissue cell salt section at the back of the book giving the main properties and indications for each of the 12 salts.

Tissue cell salts are sold in soft pill form in health food shops and the containers are numbered 1-12 for each particular cell salt. Combinations of the salts are marked by letters.

The usual dose is four soft pellets dissolved on the tongue three times a day before meals.

*Note: We have called them tissue cell salts for clarity. Some manufacturers refer to them as ‘cell salts’ and others as ‘tissue salts’.

Rapid first aid guide

If you jam your finger in the door or cut it on the bread knife, get stung by a wasp or even get bad news in a phone call, think of homeopathy.

Remedies can be used for all of the trapped fingers, cuts, bruises and anxieties of everyday life.

Shock is often the first reaction and you might be completely unaware of this.

Consider taking Arnica for the shock of an injury before doing anything else. Take it immediately to calm you and help you make clearer decisions. Aconite is the remedy when the shock is more emotional and fearful.

Bach Flower Rescue Remedy is always good in an emergency situation. It can be taken in drops, by spray or used in a cream.

ALERT

Serious accidents, severe burns, deep wounds or uncontrollable bleeding are major emergencies and we do not deal with these in this book.

Serious acute illnesses like meningitis, a severe asthma attack, difficulty breathing or collapse of any kind require immediate professional medical attention.

HOW MANY PILLS:

Emergency:

One to two pills every 10-15 minutes until the person stabilises – up to six doses.

Acute conditions:

One to two pills every two hours up to six doses.

Less acute conditions:

One to two pills three times a day up to seven days.

If symptoms persist or worsen, consult a healthcare professional.

Dose:

It is recommended that all of the remedies in this section be taken in the 30C potency.

If the condition is serious, call immediately for professional medical help.

If not then: Reach for a Remedy.

ALLERGY

Apis – like a bee sting, puffy, swelling, burning, stinging. Better when something cold is applied to it.

Urtica – like a nettle sting, itchy, stinging rash. Particularly useful for shellfish reaction.

ANXIETY

Aconite – fright, panic, restlessness, palpitation, fear of death.

Arsenicum – insecure, afraid to be alone, fastidious, freezing cold.

Arg nit – anticipation, stomach upset, nervous, impulsive, hurried, phobias, craves fresh air.

Gelsemium – paralysed, heavy from fear/fright, dreads ordeals or new situations.

Lycopodium – lacking self confidence, averse to new situations, confident at home but not outside.

BITES AND STINGS

Apis – itchy, red, swollen, sensitive to touch, fidgety, feels better when something cold is applied.

Hypericum – puncture wound, shooting pain, cold air makes it worse.

Ledum – puncture wound, cold to touch and better when something cold is applied.

Urtica – stings with extensive swelling, burning, itching.

BOILS AND ABSCESSES

Hepar sulph – sharp, splinter-like pains, oversensitive, helps boils discharge.

Belladonna – red, hot, throbbing, very sore.

Silica – slow forming, won’t come to a head.

BRUISES AND BLACK EYES

Arnica – take one dose immediately and if necessary take a second dose that day and a third the following day.

Bellis – where the bruise is deeper and feels better for motion or when you rub it. Also internal bruising from surgery.

Ledum – if Arnica does not completely clear the bruise.

Symphytum – for black eyes, after Arnica, for pain in the eyeball (without complications).