Holiday Essentials

Holiday Essentials

For the most precious weeks of the year make sure that you can enjoy them to the full. You don't want to be ill on holiday. Well, there are some precautions you can take. 

Homoeopathy can help with minor ailments so that you can enjoy unspoilt holidays. There are certain ailments you can quickly address with Homoeopathy. Suffering from travel sickness or being anxious about going on a plane is not a good start to holidays. Cocculus indicus might help you with travel sickness particularly if you go by car. Afraid to board a plane? Try Argentum nitricum, the homoeopathic preparation of silver nitrate. 

Once you've reached your destination the unaccustomed food might give you diarrhoea. Podophyllum might help and if you might suffer from the bad effects of spoiled meat Arsenicum album might give you relief.

On the other hand you might not be able to go to the loo because of the different diet. Alumina might help with travellers' constipation.

Don't stay too long in the sun but, if you didn't know your limitations and overdid it, Belladonna might bring relief, before you seek medical help. 

One remedy I always advise to take on holidays, particularly going on a walking holiday, is Arnica because little accidents happen and if given immediately it brings great relief and reduces pain and swelling. 

Please contact me if you want any help in assembling a travel kit or have any more questions but please remember to seek medical help if you do not feel better quickly and for more serious problems. 

Please remember that Homoeopathy is a very individual medicine, so all the above advice is a rough guidance. Please contact me if you want a more individual approach and have a nice, unspoilt holiday. See you in September!

Photograph by Roger Giraud-Saunders