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Sunday, 15 January 2017

HOMEOPATHY FOR EVERY HOME: HOMEO FIRST AID KIT

2017 0115 03 Homeopathy for Every Home: Homeo First Aid Kit

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Homeopathy is cheap, effective, and has no side effects. This medical science uses natural substances to stimulate the body to heal itself.

Most homeopathic remedies are made from herbs and minerals, and they are based on the principle discovered by Dr. Samuel Hahnemann [1755-1843] that like cures like.

This means that a substance that produces symptoms in a healthy person can be used to cure the same symptoms in a sick person, when prepared according to homeopathic principles.

Emergency kits and individual remedies are available at health food stores and online. For most purposes potency 30C is a good enough.

Many of us have heard propaganda from Big Pharma and the medical industry that homeopathy is quackery. In truth the medical industry is afraid of the competition homeopathy represents. Anyone who has ever tried it will know the truth.

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Top 20 First-Aid Remedies

With a small investment in some common homeopathic home remedies you will be well-prepared for most first-aid situations.

01 ACONITE – Fright is the keynote of this homeopathic remedy when there is great anxiety and sudden emotions. It is for any complaint that comes on suddenly after exposure to cold dry windy conditions. Coughs, colds, chills, fevers that come on suddenly may need this remedy especially if there is congested pain with restlessness. It can also be used in an emergency situation for a panic attack.

02 APIS MEL – This is for bee stings and insect bites where there is a lot of swelling, heat, redness and stinging pains. It is > cold applications and < heat. It is also an emergency measure for anaphylactic shock to give on the way to the hospital!

03 ARNICA – This is the number one remedy for all cases of injury as it also deals with shock. Give Arnica first in every First Aid situation. Good for sprains and strains. Also suitable for severe exhaustion and jet lag. For bruises, soreness of muscles and joints, and after dental work. Also helps nosebleeds from injury or on lifting heavy objects and the early stages of a black eye.

04 ARSENICUM ALBUM – for food poisoning with diarrhoea and vomiting. Feel cold and fearful – frightened to be left alone. Worse 1am 1pm. Complaints after exposure to wet and damp.

05 BELLADONNA – Fever with great heat which follows Aconite well. Red, hot, skin, dilated pupils, throbbing pains. Worse by light, noise and jarring. Throbbing headaches and mild sunstroke. Sudden and violent onset of conditions.

06 BRYONIA – A dry remedy. Dry fever, dry cough. Worse for any movement, company or talking. Dry lips, thirst, irritable. Bursting headache. Must stay still. Red swollen, shiny joints, frozen shoulder, tennis elbow, sciatica. A stitching pain.

07 CALENDULA – the healing remedy. Use the tincture as an antiseptic. For all infections and inflammations where flesh is torn. It prevents pus formation.

08 CANTHARIS – For burns and scalds with blistering. Stops the pain.

09 CHAMOMILLA – great sensitivity to pain. Teething in babies. Very irritable.

10 GELSEMIUM -- Influenza symptoms with slow onset. Shivering and nervous chills, paralyzing exhaustion, muscle aches, stiffness and heaviness of limbs. Sunstroke. Diarrhea from emotional excitement.

11 HEPAR SULPHURIS – Eruptions, boils, whitlows by nails. Abscesses, sensitive to touch. Sore throats, Pain that is splinter like.

12 HYPERICUM – For injuries that are rich in nerves, like fingers, toes. Specific for injury to the coccyx.

13 LEDUM – Puncture wounds, wounds from rusty nails, bites, needles, wasp stings. It prevents post injury infections.

14 MERCURIUS SOL -- For Toothaches with pains that are aching, throbbing, pulsating, drawing, pressing, and soreness of the tooth; pain extending to ears and face; toothaches from decayed teeth. Jaw swelling, abscess, inflammation and decay. Gum Boils.

15 NUX VOM – Hangovers. Illness after too much rich food. Better fresh air. Chilly and irritable. Fever when every movement causes shivering. Piles.

16 PULSATILLA – Earache. Weepiness, clinging dependant, whining. Craves attention. Crave fresh air, Very changeable. No thirst. Cough

17 RHUS TOX – Aches and pains which are worse by first movement better on continued movement. Sprains and strains.

18 RUTA GRAV – For fractures, broken jaw and ailments form bone injuries. Bruises, pain and injuries that are slow to heal; lumps as a result of a blow with a stick or a hammer or from bumping the shin bone.

19 SILICA – Pushes foreign material out of the body. Ripens and drains abscesses, assists the draining of ear infections, or helps the body rid itself of a splinter.

20 STAPHISAGRIA -- Pain around the surgical incision, in which there is cutting with knife; circumcision, eye surgery, ovarian surgery, abdominal surgery, surgery for urethra/bladder stones; caesarean, childbirth, long drawn-out, painful birth and exhausting birth.

Quick Remedy Finder

Scan the following list for the problem you want to treat, note the remedy (or remedies) indicated and then check the remedy list to see which one suits.

Bites and stings: Apis; Led.

Blisters: Canth; Rhus-t.

Bruises: Arn; Led.

Burns and scalds: Canth.

Cuts, and puncture wounds: Hyper; Led.

Dental Work: Arn; Hyper.

Eye injuries: Arn; Led.

Food poisoning: Ars; Nux-v.

Fractures: Arn; Ruta.

Heat stroke or exhaustion: Bell; Glon.

Fever Flu: Acon, Gels.

Nosebleeds: Arn.

Overindulgence and hangover: Nux-v

Panic and Shock: Acon.

Splinters and thorns: Sil.

Sprains and strains: Arn; Hyper; Rhus-t; Ruta.

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Keep the Homeopathic Home First Aid Kit out of reach of children. This should not be taken as a substitute for professional medical advice.

For a small investment and a little planning, homeopathy will prepare you for most minor emergencies. All that remains is for you to practice – the more you practice, the more you learn, the better you become.

While it is always important to seek medical advice for serious injuries and situations, don’t forget that even here, homeopathy can help. A few doses of the needed remedy while the ambulance is on the way can make all the difference when every minute counts … and it’s so simple to give.

Sunday, 8 January 2017

DR HARRY BENJAMIN: EXCERPTS FROM BETTER SIGHT...

2017 0108 02 Dr Harry Benjamin: Excerpts from "Better Sight...

THE CAUSES OF DEFECTIVE VISION

1. MENTAL STRAIN

The main cause of defective vision is mental strain which sets up a corresponding physical strain upon the eyes and their muscles and nerves – thus leading to defective vision. A highly nervous temperament, with a tendency to mental tenseness and rigidity of thought, is the cause of most cases of serious visual deficiency. The degree of defective vision in all cases vary with the temperament and nervous condition of the individual.

Consequently, Dr. Bates concentrated his efforts upon methods of treatment which will remove the condition of mental strain, and the keynote of the " Bates Method ” is therefore relaxation.

If the mind of the patient can be relaxed, then his eyes (together with the muscles and nerves connected with them) will become relaxed in turn, and similarly, if the eyes and their muscles and nerves can be relaxed, then the brain (and consequently the mind) will become relaxed in turn; and so we see that the Bates method of treatment aims at mental and physical relaxation.

2. FOOD

Not one of the millions suffering from old sight (nor their medical advisers) realize that the wrong feeding habits of 45 or 50 years of living are responsible for this change in their visual powers ; but this is undoubtedly the case and normal sight can be restored to any sufferer from presbyopia simply by the introduction of a sensible dietary and the carrying out of a few simple eye exercises.

To emphasize the vital relationship between food and vision, it needs only to be stated that there are on record many authentic cases of defective vision being cured simply by fasting.

The increased elimination induced by the fact has the effect of unlocking the accumulated stores of waste products which have been clogging the muscles and blood-vessels surrounding the eyes, and as a result the muscles are relaxed and vision improved.

3. IMPROPER BLOOD AND NERVE SUPPLY

The two chief causes of defective vision are mental strain and wrong feeding, but there is a third factor capable of affecting the sight of the individual—thin is an improper blood and nerve supply.

Unless the eyes are fully supplied with blood and nerve force, the process of vision cannot be carried out properly; and so any factor capable of interfering with either the blood-vessels or the nerves of the eyes is a possible cause of defective vision.

Of course it is understood that both mental strain and wrong feeding interfere with the proper blood and nerve supply to the eyes, but there are some purely mechanical ways in which this may be brought about.

The chief seat of mechanical interference with the blood and nerve supply of supply The chief seat of mechanical interference with the blood and nerve supply to the eyes lies in the muscles covering the upper portion of the spine at the back of the neck.

It is necessary, therefore, in all cases of defective vision to make sure that the muscles at the back of the neck are perfectly relaxed and loose, and that no spinal defects are present. [Better Sight Without Glasses pp 38-43]

AIDS TO VISION: READING

The practice of reading is supposed to be responsible for much eye-strain, especially when carried out in a bad light; but in point of fact, reading is one of the best ways of keeping the eyes active and healthy, and can never cause defective vision, no matter how much reading is done, providing the eyes are relaxed the whole time.

People with normal sight can read in any light without harm, but those whose vision is defective, and especially those who wear glasses, are subjecting their eyes to an additional strain every time they read.

In spite of this, however, one of the best ways to restore normal sight to those suffering from defective vision is to make them read (without glasses, of course) a fair amount every day.

If the reading is carried out properly, nothing but good can result, but if it is done in the usual manner, matters will be made worse than before.

The secret of successful reading is to read without strain, and this is accomplished as follows:

Palm for a few minutes, then take a book or newspaper and begin to read at the distance you see the print best. For those with myopia, this may be anything from twelve to six inches, and for those with hypermetropia, or presbyopia, two feet or more.

Read a few lines, or a line, or even a few words, as the case may be until you feel the eyes beginning to tire. then stop, close the eyes completely for a second or two, and begin again. Keep blinking regularly all the time you are reading, and in this way you will find yourselfable to read with ease and without strain.

Reading, carried out in this manner improves vision, and gives the eyes work that they want to do – it is their function to see – but they must never be strained. [Better Sight Without Glasses pp 56-57]

Better Sight Without Glasses by Dr Harry Benjamin: [Click Here]

Sunday, 1 January 2017

DR HARRY BENJAMIN: BETTER SIGHT WITHOUT GLASSES

2017 0101 01 Dr Harry Benjamin: Better Sight Without Glasses

Long-sighted? Short-sighted? Alarmed at the thought of having to wear glasses or contact lenses? Wondering whether you could do without them? This timeless classic has helped thousands to improve their eyesight – naturally.

"Better Sight Without Glasses" by Dr Harry Benjamin

• Explains how the eye works
• Looks at the causes of defective vision and infection –
including glaucoma, cataracts and conjunctivitis
• Features the Bates method
• Uses special eye exercises
• Advises on the links between diet and eyesight
• Explains the importance of relaxation

Combining the naturopathic approach to health with the system of eye-training devised by William Bates, this book provides a complete, safe and unique system of self-treatment to improve eyesight without the aid of glasses or contact lenses.