Easter

Arise

It is Easter, Lent is over, the time of suffering is over, now there can be a feast and happiness again. Easter is the time when Jesus Christ arose from the dead in Christian belief. It is the time of resurrection, the time of renewal. 

We all have dark times in our life, when we are suffering. In times like this it is important to remember that there will be an end to suffering, long illness and even war. Easter is about hope and joy. Sometimes there seem to be no joy, no hope. Coming out of the dark times would be like a resurrection. 

Homoeopathy can give you back the hope, the hope for health, the hope for the future. It helps you out of all those dark places and can ease the burden while you are still in it. 

In Homoeopathy we treat the whole person and that includes the mental and emotional state. There is nothing like " just a broken leg". People deal differently with disaster. Some people can be very cheerful in their shock, some are in a terrified state. The mental/emotional state of the suffering person decides the remedy. Homoeopathy is the medicine of the future and it has served us well in the past. It is up to you to receive this gift. Have a happy Easter.

Wishing you all a happy Easter. Photograph by Roger Giraud-Saunders.

The dangers of every day life

 Cut It Out!

Working in the garden can be pretty dangerous, let me tell you that for nothing. Think ladders to fall off when cutting trees, there are thorns to scratch you and not only ladders to fall off but compost heaps as well. And talking about cutting......, sometimes it is not trees and bushes and every now and again the grass, sometimes I cut myself as well. 

But it is not only the garden were accidents happen, there is danger in the house as well. As well as tripping over leads and carpets, falling down stairs, there is the KITCHEN. Somewhere I read that the most accidents actually happen in your own home. So the kitchen can be a dangerous place. Not only burns to be aware off but cutting yourself might happen here are well. 

This actually happened to my husband last week while making a curry. It was that not only lots of blood was flowing. As he was in the middle of cutting an onion, there was the sting as well. So there was some action to take and some help to supply but with a trained, fully qualitied Homoeopath (me) in the house that was not a problem. 

First I gave the Homoeopathic remedy Arnica for the shock and then the Homoeopathic remedy Staphysagria was administered because it was a cut. Sometimes the cut needs stitching, depending on the wound, so keep that in mind. But here it was enough to put a plaster on for the time being. 

Remember that wounds should get plenty of air but should be protected from dirt. I usually work it that way, that I put a plaster on while working with my hands and take it off as soon as my hands are washed and I have nothing to do.

If it is a deep wound you'd better go and see a health professional and you should also see somebody when you develop fever, discomfort or discoloration of the wound. Heat and throbbing of the wound are also signs that you need the help of a health professional. Self medication has its limits, remember that.

It is normal that the place of the cut will be sensitive for a while and you should take care. For me that meant doing the washing up for 3 days. But thanks to Homoeopathy he can do it again.  So if you require any help give me a ring on 07813 195468.

Thumbs up. Courtesy of Roger Giraud-Saunders

Everyday heroes

 The Hero In Of The Home

Mothers are heroes. 

Not only that they carry the babies and give birth to them, they also work hard day and night to bring them up. It is a tiring and exhausting business where you have to have many skills but get very little in return. 

Once being a mother, your life changes beyond recognition. Sometimes little things like needing a wee might have its challenges. And there are many dangers in being a mother, so CHILDREN be aware that you usually have only one mother. 

Today is your day in the UK to show your love and appreciation. Strictly speaking there should be Mothers Day every day but it would be good to have the appreciation of society as well. So next time you see a lady with a pram, why not hold the door open for her? 

Homoeopathy is also a very good way to care for mothers because it treats every mother and her problems individually. Think about it. Happy mothers day. 

 

Time in the garden

The Planting Season 

Now that the weather gets better and the sun shines every now and again, it is time to venture out into the garden again. There is a lot to do. Seed beds need to be prepared and, thanks to my husband, I have the raised beds so there is no backache. Horse manure is piled over the cardboard and newspaper and this year we will actually have some bokashi to dig into the soil. It is so exciting. 

Planting and sowing is going on and it is so nice to see the little seedlings peeping out of the soil. My front garden is full of spring flowers, not enough for my liking but I'm working on it.

My onions are in the soil but the thing I most need in my garden is salad. There is no better lunch than just salad out of the garden. I use wild herbs like dandelion and nettles as well and the lambs lettuce, which likes to grow all over front and back garden but never where I actually sowed it. It must be a free spirit. I cannot wait for my first fresh leaves of lettuce and radishes. Nothing tastes better than just freshly grown salad and nothing is just better for your health. 

Lettuce (which has the botanical name Lactuca sativa) is not only good for lunch on your plate, its wild cousin, Lactuca virosa, is made into a Homoeopathic remedy. This is a remedy which increases the milk in breast feeding mothers but it can do more. It can also help with headaches which are linked to respiratory disorders and with a constant tickling cough. It is also a good remedy for constipation and can act as a mild sedative. But, as always, this is no instruction for self medication. Contact me on 07813 195468 and let me know when you need any help.

Fear not

Nothing To Fear

Fear and anxiety are strong emotions. Every human being, and even animals, experience them in the same way, wherever they come from and whatever their background and education may be. Not everybody is as fearful or anxious as the next person but we all know the feeling. I know about that anxiety of having to go to the dentist or speak up in front of a crowd. Some people fear another day at work or school. Someone might be afraid of flying, some are anxious about getting behind the wheel. 

We know the feeling of fear before an exam or a driving test. Some people fear for the future, are afraid that something might happen to their loved ones or that they might lose their job. Some people are very good at hiding their fear, some people are absolutely terrified and you'll know it. 

Fear and Anxiety can be helpful in keeping you from doing things which are not good for you. They might even be a help but more often than not they get in the way of you living your life to the full. Fear might restrict your actions or keep you from being the person you want to be and doing the things you want to do.  

Whatever the reason why you are afraid and how you react to it, Homoeopathy has a solution. Afraid of the driving test? The Homoeopathic remedy Gelsemium might be the answer. Terrified of the dentist? A dose of  the Homoeopathic remedy Aconite might do the trick. But please, no self-medication. Homoeopathy is a very individual medicine. Give it a go and feel the benefit. 

Fear is a strong emotion, anxiety is even worse. You need them but don't let them dominate your life or actions. Use Homoeopathy. 

Spring is springing

The Spring In The Air

It is this time of year again, and spring is not only in the air. It seems to have arrived in my garden as well and my nettles are peeping out of the ground again, ready to be picked and put into my salad. Or into the freezer because now they are young and tender. They will also lose their sting in the freezer. 

The nettle is my absolute favorite plant. I know, I was talking about nettles before but they are such wonderful plants. It is not only that you can eat them hot in soups or as boiled vegetables or cold in salads or sandwiches, they were used to feed whole nations during and after the war. They are full of vitamins and minerals, too many to list here.

They are also suitable for many beauty treatments. You can wash your hair with very good results with a nettle tea made out of five whole plants, washed, cut into small pieces and steeped in 2 liters of boiling water for 20 minutes. Let it cool to your liking and wash your hair just with that. You do not need to wet your hair and no need to rinse it either, just rub it in and let it dry. Your hair will be wonderfully soft and manageable. 
And of course there are also health benefits in drinking nettle tea. It is very good for draining excess fluid from your body and cleansing the blood. It also help to produce milk in breast-feeding mothers. 

The humble nettle can be even more: As a homoeopathic remedy it can help with allergies and nettle rash where indicated. You would need some advice on when to use the homoeopathic remedy of the stinging nettle, called Urtica urens, so please no self medication. Call me on 07813 195468. 

I once saw a wonderful dinner plate in Windsor Castle with a stinging nettle on it and I would really like one but I have never managed to find one with any nettles on it. Well, I just carry on having them on my sandwich on my ordinary plate.

They are out again.

Will we run out?

The Future

I was thinking a lot about what the future of our planet will be. Will we be able to stop destroying this planet in time for it to recover, is the big question. Might planting more trees be the answer to our problem or is it too late already? The fact is that nature doesn't need us, but we do need nature. Nature will recover after we are gone but for how much longer will we be able to go on like this?

We produce too much waste, there is no doubt about it. It fills the planet up with rubbish and depletes our resources. Waste also contaminates our waterways. Reuse and recycle might be an answer. One option is also to stop producing the waste in the first place. We have used plastic for such a long time that it is quite difficult to remember what life was like before the use of plastic. Some of you might be too young to remember that there WAS a life before plastic and how things were done in the past. One of my daughters recently told me that she bought and started to use washable sanitary towels. That was how it was done in the past. Girls were knitting or sewing their pads and they were washed after usage. No waste and no problems with the supply of it. It is a fact that we draw on the resources of the planet as well without giving something back. When I was in school many years ago, our teacher already told us that crude oil might not be available for very much longer. 

When I was using the apples I grow in my garden  I was thinking that at last I will give something back to the garden and the trees by composting the peel and the core and applying it to the soil when the compost is ready. I'm sure I still draw on the resources of the soil and that is why I use manure in the spring to put around the trees.

One thing that doesn't draw on resources very much is Homoeopathy. The substance used for a homoeopathic medicine, which is called remedy, is diluted to a high degree, which means that a small amounts goes a long way. Homoeopathy is also environmentally friendly because the production of homoeopathic remedies doesn't pollute the environment and doesn't create toxic waste. Fact is, that I even use Homoeopathy in my garden and for my trees. I'm still learning because I have been trained to treat humans and not trees and bushes but the same principles apply. My next move will be to apply Aurum to my fig tree so that he might have some figs next year. If you want to know more about Homoeopathy and how it can help you, please contact me on 07813 195468. I'm looking forward to hear from you.

Soon it will be spring

The Spring In The Air

I know it is still cold and the wind  is still bitter but the sun is not shining today. Everything is nicer, when the sun shines. 

Maybe it is time for a bit of spring cleaning, not only the house (better done when the sun is shining because you'll see all the cob webs) or the conservatory(too early, we are not going to use it before April and by then the spiders took up residence again), but myself. 

I usually start to drink nettle tea once a day at this time of year to clear the blood. I eat fruit and grains for breakfast and a salad for lunch. 

As soon as the nettles come out in my garden, I add them to my salad. My husband thinks that I'm as tough as a goat but I do like the tingly feeling in my mouth. And the taste. I've noticed that the chives are peaking out of the soil as well so they might be ready to be picked soon. Activated charcoal is another good supplement to get rid of toxins in your body. 

I do use it sometimes but usually I get bored with swallowing the huge capsules. It is so much easier to use Homoeopathy. The Homoeopathic remedy Carbo-vegetabilis is made from charcoal and purifies the body as well particularly if there is a lack of energy as well. If the person has no energy at all, Carbo-animalis would be the better choice. Please keep in mind that this is not an instruction for self prescribing. If you don't feel well for any length of time you should see a health practitioner. Homoeopathy
is a very individual medicine and it can only work if you get the right remedy for you. So contact me on 07813 195468 and we can sort things out. Looking forward to see you back in good health and energetic.

I cannot wait for the flowers to come out.

I wish

Waiting Again

It is time to wait again. Time to wait for my cold and the cold to pass. I'm waiting for sunshine and spring. I want to go out into the garden and cut trees and hedges before it is too late to do so. 

But I'm not going to do that NOW. It is too cold, the cold wind is blowing right trough me whatever I'm wearing. Anyway, at the moment I'm nursing the cold very generous people gave to me. I'm glad I have Homoeopathy to help me with that. Otherwise I would suffer a lot more and it would take a lot longer to pass. 

So while I'm waiting for the cold to pass and the weather to get better I'm lining up my Homoeopathic remedies to have them to hand if disaster strikes. Gardening is a dangerous job as I found out when I fell off the compost heap. Well, it was actually quite funny in spite of the bruises. 

This time I have to cut trees and blackberries. Cutting blackberries I will definitely end up having lots of thorns in my fingers. The Homoeopathic remedy silica can sort that out. And for the bruises I have Arnica. Any squashed finger can be treated with Ledum and cuts are the domain of Staphysagria. So spring and sun can come, I'm prepared. If you need me give me a call on 07813 195468. Looking forward to hear from you.  

 

In the books

It's In The Books

Well, I occasionally do read fiction. One cannot sustain a life just on medical and reference books, but sometimes I do wonder. Did you ever find yourself wondering why the heroine wanders off into the dark cellar when the power is off, even though she knows there is murder and mayhem down there, or expects it to be down there? Is she stupid, or what??? 

Or did you find yourself thinking that you would not have apologized to that bully, or said a particular thing, when reading a book? Obviously there would be no story to tell, if the heroine would just turn at the stairs down to the cellar and leave the house. There would not be the excitement at someones' peril and potential rescue if she would do that. At the moment I'm reading a book where the hero is a decorated war veteran with a blown off lower leg and he suffers dreadfully with it. It is described as swollen, red and sore, and the pain was excruciating. That is where I find myself wondering why he is not seeing a Homoeopath who could help him with these symptoms. It would make it a lot easier for him and taking some little sugar pills would help him to do his daily job, which involves walking a lot and standing for hours to survey people. 

Before I started on that book I read one where a person was really ill and very agitated. The relative of that person was so concerned and I kept thinking: "Well, a dose of Arsenicum album would sort that out."

Homoeopathy is such a wonderful medicine where small amounts of a substance could make a huge difference to a persons life. Consider it as an alternative but be aware that it can only work if you get the right remedy for YOU. I have been trained for 5 years to get the right remedy for the right person, and still learning, so self medication is very often a shot in the dark and doesn't work. A lot of people have been disappointed 
because they think Homoeopathy has let them down but the secret really is to get the right remedy. So let me give you a hand on your journey to health and call me on 07813 195468. Looking forward to meeting you.