Chickenpox strikes!

The following remedies will be useful however ill your child is, even if there are spots absolutely everywhere. If you have any concerns at all, then please talk to your doctor, and also give one of us a ring - we are always happy to help.

The prime remedy for chickenpox is Rhus toxicodendron. The child will be very itchy, and quite possibly restless. Pick up a Rhus tox 30 from us, and give the child a dose four times a day for 24 hours. If they are coping better, then keep giving the remedy for another two days. By that point, they should be improving and you can begin to tail the remedy off, giving one dose less every day for the next three days.

If the Rhus tox doesn’t help after the first 24 hours, think about these remedies, and give them in the same way as the instructions above:-

Aconite - the chickenpox will have come on suddenly and fiercely, the child will be restless and is likely to have a high fever.

Antimonium tartaricum - the spots might be slow to emerge, and the child is likely to develop a nasty cough.

Belladonna - the patient will be hot and red, possibly with a headache, and will be sleepy but not able to sleep

Mercurius - the spots will be infected - red, swollen and with signs of pus.

Glandular fever and recurrent tonsillitis

I wanted to write about two illnesses that I know that homeopathy can treat. They are recurrent tonsillitis, and glandular fever. You won’t find any research or scientific studies into this, because homeopaths don’t have the money for that sort of thing. But I have had an enormous amount of experience of treating these two problems, and I know homeopathy works, over and over again. Due to the stringent rules of the Advertising Standards Agency (ASA), I can’t put anything about my successes in these illnesses on my website, and I am not allowed to let my happy customers tell their stories on there either. This is deeply frustrating, but at least I can tell you all about it here!

Recurrent tonsillitis is the bane of children and teenagers up and down the land, causing pain and torment, necessitating days off school and endless courses of antibiotics, culminating in surgery and the removal of a part of the lymphatic system that protects us from harmful germs and contaminants. Tonsils are a big part of our defence system, and their position behind the mouth and nose is strategically important - after all, everything we eat or drink, and everything we breathe in goes past them first! It’s important to keep them if possible. So homeopathy has a huge amount to offer in this area, and I know that I have successfully treated many people over the years, so that they no longer get tonsillitis and still have their tonsils intact. 

The second problem, glandular fever, is the curse of teenagers and students. It can go on and on, is hugely debilitating, and orthodox medicine has little to offer. I’ve had two cases recently of men sent home from university with glandular fever, unable to complete their courses. But guess what? Homeopathy sorted them out and within two weeks of treatment they both felt 100% better. Yes, I know this is anecdotal evidence, I know that scientifically I haven’t a leg to stand on, but these are the facts of the matter. Given that the doctors can’t help, why wouldn’t anyone try homeopathy?!

I think maybe you can tell from reading this that I am very frustrated by being able to do my work well, but not being given the opportunity. I have spent over 25 years treating patients for all sorts of conditions. I have advanced qualifications in homeopathic treatment, even a good M.Sc. in homeopathy, and I’ve taught it to degree level. Yet, apart from this blog, I am legally unable to advertise what I can do in terms of particular diseases, and even my patients are not allowed to tell their stories of successful treatment on my website or any other publicity. The most frustrating part is that that there are plenty of children and young people out there who could really benefit from homeopathy, and yet they don’t know anything about it! So I can only hope that by sharing my thoughts with you, dear reader, things may yet change.

Also I need to say that us homeopaths don’t always get it right. So even with something like glandular fever it might take us a few tries to find the right remedy. But homeopathy can help in this situation, and it is always worth thinking of homeopathy when someone has a disease that doctors can’t treat.

Flu, injections and the immune system.

I have a healthy respect for our bodies’ capacity to protect us from all sorts of toxins, bacteria, viruses and other nasties that come at us in our food and drink, and in the very air we breath. We have so many protective mechanisms around all our entrances (nose, mouth, ears etc): defences like sphincters and mucous membranes, tonsils and nasal hair, ear wax and acid baths. Our bodies are built like a medieval castle with moats and drawbridges. And as long as we are healthy, these defences serve us well.

I learnt this lesson particularly well when I was doing research into snake venoms. The Bristol University has a great library which I had access to, and I was looking at all the material on the snake venoms that homeopaths use as remedies, like the American rattlesnake, the Brazilian surucucu, and the Indian cobra. Their venoms are incredibly toxic, with components that can stop your heart, paralyse you instantly, and start to digest you from the inside. And you only need a tiny amount in your bloodstream to kill you.

The most amazing thing is that you can drink snake venom and it won’t hurt you! It goes straight into the acid bath known as your saliva and stomach fluid and gets digested instead. In other words, our body kills the venom not vice versa.

That’s when I realised how awesome our defences are, and how dangerous it can be to inject stuff straight into our blood stream, bypassing all our barricades and getting straight to all our vulnerable organs. So why would you inject yourself with all this stuff, year after year?

This is the ingredients for your standard flu jab, replete with formaldehyde and a mercury derivative. And remember, this is going straight into your blood stream, no holds barred, no defences, your moat is empty and your drawbridge is down.

I can understand that people are frightened of flu. It can develop into coughs, bronchitis, pneumonia and death in the vulnerable. It can make you feel miserable for weeks. But there are many alternatives to putting all this stuff into your blood stream, I promise you.

The one I know best is homeopathy. I’m a homeopath, and I treat lots of people, year in and year out. And I know that if one of my patients gets flu that they probably need another remedy. Homeopathy helps the immune system to help itself, homeopathy isn’t a load of chemicals dumped into your blood stream, it’s more like a piece of you given back to you, exactly the piece you need to help all your own systems do what they try to do best - defend you, give you energy and strength, help you to use your body and mind in the best possible way. Homeopaths work hard to find that little missing piece of you, and if one of my patients get ill then it’s usually time for another remedy. And I am sure there are other alternative health practitioners out there who would lay claim to being able to lift your immune system. I’m talking about what I know, and what I do best.

So don’t do it. Don’t compromise your systems with chemicals and viruses. Seek out the alternative, take your health into your own hands and find someone who can help your immune system to help itself. It’s not rocket science!