So, I'm really starting to look into and research homeopathy. It's a lot more complex than I first thought, but I now feel reassured of it's safety and feel like I can start dipping my toes in. So, anyone have any trusted and time-tested books and/or brands they would suggest?
I'm leaning towards Homeopathic Medicine for Children and Infants by Dana Ullman and The family Health guide to Homeopathy by ....Rose. There was another that I ran across - a skinny yellow one that was kind of a reference guide that I would like - if I can remember the name of it.
I like the books by Robert Ullman and Judyth Reichenberg-Ullman. Maybe Homeopathic Self-Care : The Quick & Easy Guide for the Whole Family to start.
Also, Smart Medicine for a Healthier Child, while covering various treatment modalities, has good suggestions for homeopathic remedies for specific conditions (both acute and chronic) often encountered in children. I often look there even before going to my homeopathy books.
You may also be interested in the free on-line remedy finder at ABC Homeopathy where you can type in as many symptoms, modalities, etc. as you like and generate a remedy grid. They have a very comprehensive materia medica too to read about the remedies on the grid.
If you are enjoying reading remedy pictuers and/or need a source for remedies, go to http://www.1-800homeopathy.com/ You can read on-line or subscribe for their catalogue. It is fun to read -- at least for me ;-)
They have books & more importantly, they make probibly everything you could ever need. They also have a newsletter. I tend to learn more if I learn a little at a time, YK & the newsletter helps me a lot.
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Welcome to the world of homeopathy!
We've since gone classical homeopathy, which means we use each person's constitutional for just about everything from a cold to neurological issues. My kids are under the care of a professional homeopath.
But for just starting out, check out Miranda Castro's book, The Complete Guide to Homeopathy. I used that and the Dana Ullman book you mentioned, together, to prescribe acute remedies for my kids. The Dana Ullman book is really easy to use and simple - it's terrific to start with - but as you get more into it, Miranda's book complements it nicely with more complexity and depth.
Miranda used to see my kids till we moved to Vermont. She is in Ft. Lauderdale. Her website has a bunch of good info & resources: www.mirandacastro.com.
She recommended www.helios.co.uk for remedies. They also have awesome creams - the Helios brand ones - I mean truly truly awesome. My dd recently developed what seemed like eczema on her hands (after a remedy, I think it might have been a cleansing type reaction) and their Urtical cream cleared it up in literally one application. It looked really bad, and I found the way it worked to be bordering on incredible. The arnica cream is fantastic too, and hands-down beats any arnica cream that you find in a health food store. I use it when I massage, if I'm working on a particularly stuck area, and it works wonders.
Enjoy your journey! I have been using homeopathy in one form or another for 14 years now and I learn something new every day.
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wooohooo thanks!! I really really enjoy the ABC and 1-800 site. Those were the two of the first to be bookmarked.
I think I will order a basic kit (18 rememdies) either from helios or hahnemann labs get some books and go from there.
I'm finding it's simple on the surface - kiddo has owie gums from teething - give chamomilla - easy peasy. Then I go to try to find something for my sleeplessness w/weird dreams issue - not so simple. I'm not complaining. It's just something we, as a society, has gotten away from with allopathic medicine. We treat in generalities, one size fits all in a lot of cases. HOmepathics are going to make me think, I can tell - lol.
I do have a question. I understand what the numbers mean and how they get them, but I don't understand the diff between "x" and "c" - I havent ran across that yet. Like 30x versus 30c. what is the diff?
They have books & more importantly, they make probibly everything you could ever need. They also have a newsletter. I tend to learn more if I learn a little at a time, YK & the newsletter helps me a lot.
Chole
I'm having a hard time finding the newsletter - maybe it's the pre-coffee time. Can you link me?
I would recommend getting a much bigger kit right from the start. I have the 100 remedy one from Washington Homeopathic. Here's why. You get the 18 remedy kit. You are prescribing, find the perfect remedy and .... it is not in your kit. This happens even with the 100 remedy kit, but you odds are much better. (I started with a smaller kit and ran into this situation constantly.)
The Washington 100 remedy kit is very compact -- about 8x8x2 inches.
The x potencies are diluted 1:10 in preparation, the c, 1:100. I bought the 30c kit.
I would recommend getting a much bigger kit right from the start. I have the 100 remedy one from Washington Homeopathic. Here's why. You get the 18 remedy kit. You are prescribing, find the perfect remedy and .... it is not in your kit. This happens even with the 100 remedy kit, but you odds are much better. (I started with a smaller kit and ran into this situation constantly.)
The Washington 100 remedy kit is very compact -- about 8x8x2 inches.
The x potencies are diluted 1:10 in preparation, the c, 1:100. I bought the 30c kit.
good point! On the way to take dd to school I was thinking I might at the very very least need the 32 remedy - maybe I should up that, huh?. I'll look into the larger kits. My concern was feeling overwhelmed, but at this point I dont think simply having the remedies are going to do that as much as the prescribing lol.
thanks for the clarification on potenticies.
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I have the Dana Ullman book-homeopathy is certainly complex and fascinating!
I understand that it is not jsut the dilution but how many times it is shaken to prepare the dosage.
For exaple x is diltuted and shaken 10 times or what have you
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The Castro book is great! If you're interested, Sheri Nakken does an online class, it's affordable and super, super informative! I'm taking it now http://www.nccn.net/~wwithin/homeo.htm You can email her for info, I think she's staring another intro course soon.
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I would recommend getting a much bigger kit right from the start. I have the 100 remedy one from Washington Homeopathic. Here's why. You get the 18 remedy kit. You are prescribing, find the perfect remedy and .... it is not in your kit. This happens even with the 100 remedy kit, but you odds are much better. (I started with a smaller kit and ran into this situation constantly.)
The Washington 100 remedy kit is very compact -- about 8x8x2 inches.
The x potencies are diluted 1:10 in preparation, the c, 1:100. I bought the 30c kit.
If you wouldn't mind I would love to know why the average household would need so many remedies. I know that in my household there are only a few ailments that plague us.
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If you wouldn't mind I would love to know why the average household would need so many remedies. I know that in my household there are only a few ailments that plague us.
It's because of the nature of homeopathy. Even if you all get the same cold, the remedies that each of you would take could be completely different. The remedy chosen is based on each individual's particular, peculiar symptoms. So you don't prescribe based on "headache, stuffy nose, feverish" - i.e., "typical" cold symptoms. You prescribe on things like "worse on right side, feels like stick stuck in throat, wakes up between 2 and 4 am." The symptoms that are unusual or unique to each person's cold.
So even just for cold, sore throat, flu - basic household ailments - you could possibly use dozens of different remedies over the course of a year or two.
Also if stored in a dark place away from smells and things like microwave and computer radiation, homeopathic remedies last forever. Literally...they do not degrade. So your investment is not a disposable one.
When I started with homeopathy, the Internet had not even taken off yet as far as ecommerce. Before we went to Alaska, I paid a visit to the local herb shop and purchased about forty different remedies, using the most common ones noted in various homeopathy books. I still have most of that "kit," and have added in a few - Bryonia and Merc sol come to mind - and have replaced things like Arnica, Belladonna, and Coffea Cruda that we end up using all the time. There are a good handful of remedies in that kit that I have never touched. And there are ones I use all the time. Then there are the ones I've used once or twice. But it is nice to have a wide variety. There's nothing like learning to prescribe, finding *the perfect* remedy, and then finding it's one you'll have to order online.
It's because of the nature of homeopathy. Even if you all get the same cold, the remedies that each of you would take could be completely different. The remedy chosen is based on each individual's particular, peculiar symptoms. So you don't prescribe based on "headache, stuffy nose, feverish" - i.e., "typical" cold symptoms. You prescribe on things like "worse on right side, feels like stick stuck in throat, wakes up between 2 and 4 am." The symptoms that are unusual or unique to each person's cold.
Great answer before I even read the question.
I also have many remedies that I've never used in the years I've had my kit. Some that I've refilled -- arnica, pulsatilla come to mind. The refills will vary depending on what works for individuals in your family.
And the main reason is that when someone in the house gets sick and you find the find the perfect remedy in your repertory or how-to book -- I recently found "wakes up furious and kicking feet" (a perfect match for my 3 yo at the moment) then went and read about lycopodium only to read 3 pages about my son -- it really stinks to discover you need to order or buy the remedy because it is not in your kit. Especially when you are prescribing at 3:00 a.m.
I have a question. I had a book from the library on homeopathic types. I have no training but my son and I were so classic I had no trouble identifying us. I'm pulsatilla (yeah, nothing like a good cry). My son was impatients. I only see this as a tincture. It's much easier to get my son to take the little sugar pills. Can I add the tincture to some sugar pills? And is this a true homeopathic remedy? I'm a bit confused by this.
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