flu and coughs and colds
the winter ailments can all be helped with some carefully chosen remedies . Gelsemium, arsenicum album, China off, Bryonia, drosera, to name but a few... call me for advice when the going gets tough as all remedies are individually chosen.
make sure you are eating sufficient " in season " fruit and vegetables for vitamins and minerals to keep your immune system healthy. Garlic is a good one to eat, and pumpkin seeds for the mineral zinc that helps protect your upper respiratory areas as well as being so important for Prostate health . I like to toast my pumpkin seeds in a frying pan as it gives a greater depth of flavour, and I sprinkle them on all sorts of dishes and eat then as a snack.
Make sure you keep Hydrated ... drink plenty of water, filtered if possible , as this is such a simple and important health essential but it also helps the lymphatic system .
another way to boost the lymphatic system is to gently pull the areas between your fingers in an upward motion.... use your thumb and forefinger to gently hold the " webbing " ( as I call it ) between the fingers and between thumb and forefinger ... and pull upwards... repeat each area 3 times ... and do this once a day if you feel yourself fighting something off or if you have come down with an illness. See the AoR website for more details on hand reflexology.
https://www.aor.org.uk
click onto What is Reflexology and scroll down to the interactive hand map l
How Homeopathy helped during the summer
I have had an amazing summer with the use of homeopathy . This is a summary of some of the things that were helped with homeopathy :
Sunburn from the 36 degree heat .... cantharis 30c taken hourly for a few doses completely removed the blisters and reduced the redness by about 90%
Pounding headache from too much sun .... Glonoin 30 c - 1 taken every half an hour for 3 doses took the headache away.
Dehydration and feeling peculiar from the sun.... drink of water plus a Nat Mur 200c and felt better within half an hour.
Food stuck in cavity from tooth removal - silica 12x .. one dose only , within an hour, the piece of food had popped out.
Hit head on car door... terrible pain... Symphytum 200c immediately reduced pain. Repeated doses each time pain started to return and remained pain free.
Mosquito bite in the U.K. ..... swollen, red and painful lump on leg.... took Apis 200c and swelling and pain reduced within 10 minutes. After 20 mins, took another and swelling and pain and redness almost disappeared.
Bites on leg resulting in purple marks ... took Lachesis 30c for a few days and it reduced the irritation and the marks significantly.
This is Profound....
The effects of mindfulness practice is profound .
Peace, tranquility and expansiveness are found in moments when the mind is quiet.
The mind is like a computer that is always “ON” - bringing in thoughts of the past, of what needs to be done, of judgements to others and your self, of conversations we might have with someone, of..... anything and everything.
Thoughts trigger emotions.
Practicing mindfulness teaches us to quieten the mind. To let go of thoughts . To allow the mind (computer) to go to “ standby “ mode , to pause.
This results in Stillness .
And Peace .
