Essential Children's First Aid Remedies

 

by Louise Mclean, LCCH.

There are certain remedies that are extremely useful in an emergency and you should keep in your bathroom cupboard when your child has an accident.

The first of these is ARNICA.  You can get the Arnica cream to apply to the skin for bruises but the homeopathic Arnica remedy is far more effective. Buy Arnica 200c and Arnica 30c, depending on how serious the accident.

For a very bad bruise to the soft tissue, i.e. thighs, buttocks, abdomen give one dose of the 200c potency.

If your child has a bad head injury, Arnica is invaluable, even if slightly concussed. Arnica 200c is the first remedy to be given in any head injury.  It will bring up the bump and then heal it very quickly. 

Arnica 30c is also the remedy for a sprained ankle, for a pulled muscle as well.  It can also be given for whiplash in a car accident.  It is a very versatile remedy!

You will find that children love taking homeopathic remedies, as they taste nice and sweetish, are very small and do not need to be swallowed, just sucked! For this reason they might want to take more! It is very important not to give more than one 200c but two 30c can be given.  The point is when the remedies work, no more need to be given as homeopathic remedies keep working long after they are taken.

For blows to the actual bones, you will need Ruta Grav 30c. For example once a child had a hard ball hit her nose and she was better very quickly with Ruta Grav and when I say quickly for Arnica and Ruta, I mean within a few hours!

For broken bones or just a fracture of the bone, you can give Symphytum 200c and the bone will knit together fast. Symphytum is the herb Comfrey or Knitbone, made into a homeopathic remedy.

For less serious bumps and blows you can rub the Bach Flower Rescue Remedy Cream on them, which works very well.  

Bach Flower Rescue Remedy Cream can be used for burns.  Rub the cream on thickly and there will be no mark on the skin from the burn.

Rescue Remedy Cream is also very good for insect bites. One friend of mine was stung by an African bee in South Africa and I had given her a tube of the cream.  It was a Sunday and she tried everything, then used the cream which worked perfectly, giving great relief and healed the sting.

Rescue Remedy Cream will get rid of the itchiness after any insect bite.

Rescue Remedy Cream is excellent for Chicken Pox!  When the spots have come up and then become extremely itchy.  I found it much better for children than old fashioned calamine lotion that was used in the past. If you put the cream on the spots, they will not be itchy and therefore not scratched, which would leave a small lifelong scar. 

Aromatherapy Lavender Oil is another absolutely invaluable thing to have in your first aid cupboard! If your child has a bad cut which is bleeding, get them to the bathroom, drop about 8 drops of lavender oil into the wash basin or bath.  Fill it with warm water.  Get cotton wool or a wad of cosmetic pads.  Soak this in the lavender water and bathe the cut.  So the lavender is Antiseptic and will kill off all germs.  It should stop the bleeding.  You will find the next day the cut is almost completely healed.  Lavender heals really fast!  Also it is very soothing for your child to breathe in.  It will calm your child down after the fright of the injury.

For a wound which is bleeding profusely, you can give the homeopathic remedy Calendula 30c or you can apply Calendula cream on it.  Calendula is also Antiseptic and kills germs. It will stop the bleeding.

Likewise if you have a fractious, bad tempered or over excited child, before bedtime you can run a bath and drop some lavender drops in it and this will calm your child down and help them sleep better.

If your child falls heavily on their coccyx at the end of the spine, bangs their elbow hard or injures it, or crushes their finger tips in the door, the remedy is the big one for Nerve damage, which is Hypericum 30c. The coccyx, elbows and finger tips are places rich in nerve endings.

Splinters will come out very quickly if you give one dose of Silicea 6c. I have seen them come out within 5 minutes of taking this remedy, which ejects foreign objects from the body.  NOT to be used on people who have metal fastenings or hip operations or any foreign object in their body, as the Silicea will try to push them out!

For a child that has repeated blood tests requiring needles, you can give them Ledum 6c, which is a remedy for puncture wounds and it will heal up the needle wounds speedily.

You will find these things are quick and effective and much better than dragging your already traumatised child to Accident & Emergency at the hospital and possibly left to wait for hours.  These things can be dealt with quickly at home. Of course for serious accidents, it is obviously necessary to go and see a doctor immediately.

Black Seed Oil's Astonishing Number of Health Benefits!

by Louise Mclean, LCCH.

I have heard such amazing things about Black Seed Oil, that I really wanted to write about its astonishing number of uses!  I once read that it will cure everything except death and is referred to as 'the seed of blessing'!  

I have not tried it yet, unlike everything else on my blog, but have just ordered it and will update this article as soon as I start using it and feeling the reported benefits!  (**See end).  I have ordered the Organic Black Seed Oil made by Kiki Health (pictured), a brand which I use and which I recommend.  It was available on Amazon and due today, so I am quite excited!

Black Seed Oil has been used in the Middle East for centuries and is native to Eastern Europe, Western Asia and the Mediterranean region.  It is a supplement extracted from Nigella Sativa seeds, also known as black cumin.  It originates as a flowering shrub that produces fruits which contain tiny black seeds that are squeezed to extract the oil. The oil contains the phytochemical Thymoquinone and this has antioxidant properties that help rid the body of harmful free radicals.

This oil is a natural remedy that will boost your overall health and well being. It is a powerful elixir and is full of nutrients and bioactive compounds that will benefit your body from head to toe. It contains essential fatty acids omega 3, 6 and 9, vitamins A, C and several B vitamins, as well as calcium, iron, potassium and magnesium.

One of the top reasons to take it is that it strengthens your immune system and keeps your body's natural defences strong, stimulating the production of T-cells and natural killer cells, which fight infection and disease. It will cure sore throats in a natural way as well as inflamed tonsils by mixing honey and black seed oil in water and gargling twice a day as well as rubbing the warm oil on chest and throat.

It reportedly lowers blood sugar, so may help benefit people with type 2 diabetes and there have been clinical trials on this.  It treats arthritis and rheumatoid arthritis as well as other inflammatory conditions such as heart disease.  It reportedly is extremely good for those with any cancerous state, including lymphoma and leukemia.

Black seed oil is an effective treatment for seizures that cause epilepsy because it is anti-convulsant.

It is also useful for asthma, improving lung function and allergies. For asthma, you can mix ten drops in two litres of boiling water in a large bowl and put a towel over your head to inhale the mixture.

It is anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, antihistaminic, antibacterial, antimicrobial, analgesic and is an immune modulator.  In addition when applied directly to the skin mixed with either olive oil or coconut oil, it improves acne and also helps psoriasis and eczema.  It apparently assists weight loss! 

Data supports the benefits of using powdered Nigella sativa to improve Hashimoto's thyroiditis and it also is good for the health of your heart by lowering cholesterol and triglycerides, as well as lowering blood pressure.

Digestive issues like bloating, constipation, acid reflux or heartburn have also responded to black seed oil, keeping the gut healthy with its digestive supporting properties. It reduces inflammation in the gut if you have inflammatory bowel disease and irritable bowel syndrome, stimulating bile flow and enzyme secretion, thereby aiding nutrient absorption. It has a laxative effect on constipation, promoting regular bowel movements and eradicating harmful gut bacteria like H. pylori which can cause ulcers and gastritis.

In addition, it supports brain health as it contains neuroprotective compounds and the thymoquinone reduces inflammation in the brain linked to neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer's and Parkinson's.  It even reduces symptoms of depression and anxiety!

Black seed oil has very potent anti-inflammatory properties and will quell the flames of inflammation in your body.  This is because of the thymoquinone which inhibits pro-inflammatory enzymes and cytokines like COX-2, 5-LOX, TNF-alpha and IL-6.

As if all this isn't enough, one study showed that men with infertility who took it for 2 months had significant improvements in their sperm count, motility and morphology compared to a placebo group and found that testosterone levels were increased.

For ladies, black seed oil significantly improves menstrual cramps and pain, as well as regulating their cycle, due to its anti-inflammatory and antispasmodic effects. It also fights infections like Candida as it is a potent antimicrobial agent, fighting off a wide range of bacteria, viruses, fungi and parasites.

People say that black seed oil improves the health of their skin and aids hair growth and it is helpful for those with dry skin because of the nourishing vitamins A, B and EFA. It can help remove surgical scars naturally and can be applied directly on them (and presumably stretch marks after pregnancy?) For people with sensitive skin you can dilute it with olive oil or coconut oil before applying it to your skin and hair.

Another fun fact is black seed oil is very effective for insect bites If you have been bitten by a mosquito or a bee, you can apply the oil on it for immediate effect.

It will relieve earache and toothache. For earache, mix a teaspoon of olive oil with a teaspoon of black seed oil, warm the mixture and drip 4 or 5 drops into the affected ear with a dropper. Then put a scarf over your head and ear. For toothache, soak a cotton wool ball into the oil and press over the affected tooth.

The recommended dosage of the oil is 1 to 5 grams by mouth per day for 4-12 weeks and for the powder 1 to 2 grams by mouth daily for 8 to 12 weeks. You can mix the oil with fruit juice or mix into food.  It can be applied topically as an oil to your chest and throat if you feel a cold or flu coming on. You can also mix the oil with a teaspoon of honey to eat.

Further uses are as follows:  Helps prevent gallstones, hemorrhoids, headache and migraine, anemia, stimulates urine production and treats bladder and prostate problems, bronchitis, insomnia, improves eye vision, treats Hepatitis C virus, soothes burns.

As usual, care must be taken if you are taking prescription medicines as they may not interact well.  Pregnant women should not consume black seed oil as it can slow down or stop uterus contraction in labour.  Patients with blood disorders should avoid using this oil as it can result in blood clot formation, (although you can take Serrapeptase daily to dissolve blood clots).  Those with low blood pressure should be careful as it could lower blood pressure too much.  People with diabetes should not consume too much black seed oil as it can lower sugar levels too far.  Do not use before or after surgery.  

The above information was taken from articles about black seed oil on Yandex.com, a search engine that does not screen out natural health websites, unlike others!

** I started taking it on 2nd March and initially took one teaspoon per day straight off the spoon with nothing mixed.  It has a funny taste, slightly bitter and leaves the tongue feeling sweet.  On 4th March I started taking one teaspoon morning and night, which I think was a bit too much for me and perhaps one teaspoon a day is enough, as it is very powerful.  The first thing I noticed was my lungs felt clearer and my limbs lighter, with more energy. It seems to work as a messenger for all systems of the body simultaneously. I would definitely recommend it.

Natural Health Practitioners Cheer, as RFK Jr. Sworn in as HHS Secretary!

by Louise Mclean, LCCH.

On 13th February 2025, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., was finally sworn in as the 26th Secretary of the US Department of Health and Human Services under the new Trump administration.  He had undergone some gruelling sessions, especially by Democrats on the Senate Finance Committee on 29 January, who were anxious about their gravy train coming to an end.

The Senate vote was 52-48, with not one Democrat or Independent voting for him and the only Republican to vote against was Senator Mitch McConnell.

You can watch the entire wonderful swearing in ceremony HERE. 

Kennedy promised "radical transparency and returning gold standard science to the NIH, FDA and CDC" and said he would "end the corruption and corporate capture of those agencies".  He is adamant that the chronic epidemic of childhood disease in America must be halted and intends to uncover all the reasons behind it. 

He has vowed to Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) and he plans to end the financial conflicts of interest that lead to compromised science, as many in high positions had previously worked for Pharma.

To that end, he has also announced that he intends to end the collusion between medical boards, medical journals and Big Pharma, where independent studies showing harms for pharmaceuticals and vaccines are suppressed.  He also wants to end pharmaceutical advertising on television.

He has already announced that he intends to make sure VAERS, (the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System), will be updated regularly, as currently only 1% of adverse reactions are ever being reported.

RFK, Jr. will now be applying 'honest, unbiased gold standard science' including new studies on vaccines, so that we can all finally find out how 'safe and effective' they are.  Parents all over America are welcoming this move, so they can make sensible decisions for their children's health. At last vaccine mandates will no longer be enforced in schools, as President Trump is banning these and now all over America the Covid19 vaccination is also being ended.

He will be in charge of a $1.8 trillion budget, the largest in government.

Kennedy himself is a fitness expert and works out using weights, treadmill and bodyweight exercises.  He also believes in eating a very healthy diet.

RFK, Jr. will also be banning fluoride in water, which has been responsible for much ill health including osteoporosis and arthritis and he will be taking on the big food corporates to get additives out of food.  He will be promoting healthy diets, away from processed and synthetic foods.

Hopefully he will try to stop the proliferation of genetically modified foods in our diets and vaccines given to farm animals.  With the new Agricultural Department there will be more organic foods grown, without pesticides and cancer-causing glyphosate, which should also be banned.

Kennedy has also said he will look into geoengineering weather modification programmes, which are affecting humans and the environment.  We have already seen some of these being stopped, such as ones on Atmospheric Research exposed in Elon Musk's DOGE work!

Natural Health Practitioners are now hoping that this will all lead to a resurgence in alternative medicine, such as homeopathy, herbs, ayurvedic and a demand for nutritionists, osteopathy and chiropractic!

In fact the timing couldn't be better, as the Children's Health Defence will be showcasing an excellent film on homeopathy called 'Introducing Homeopathy' on Monday17th February!  I believe this is free to watch but you must register on their website, so they can send you the details.

For far too long, Big Pharma has controlled healthcare all over the world.  Other healing modalities have been pushed out, blacklisted or banned because they do not want competition.  Pharma makes a fortune if you are on a drug for life, which for many is often the case.  Unlike pharmaceutical medicine, many natural substances and medicines like homeopathy, actually do cure people, so there is no need for medical drugs, which are often totally addictive.

Once people realise the dangers of their prescription drugs, it will hopefully lead to a renaissance in the natural health industry, with people looking for alternatives. There are literally hundreds of healing plants and herbs that grow around the world that can be used.

There are so many natural cures out there that can help people but these have been censored by Google and if you do a search, you only get the medical websites.  So many sick people could be helped if only they had access to the information.

In 1910 a man called Abraham Flexner in collaboration with the Carnegie Foundation, wrote a report entitled 'Medical Education in the United States and Canada', later known as the Flexner Report. This report was responsible for closing down all the homeopathy and herbal colleges.  Before then, people only used herbs and homeopathy and there were lots of homeopathic doctors, as well as homeopathic hospitals and pharmacies in America. When the colleges were closed down there were few, if any, people training in these practices and the Rockefeller petroleum based medical industry took over.

However, in the 1980s and 1990s a great worldwide revival of natural medicine took place but Pharma and its PR departments, went into overdrive to smear and attack alternative medicine, which unfortunately succeeded to a large extent.

Now we have reached a point where the people, especially in America, who spend the most on health, are chronically ill due to modern medicine, its vaccines and invasive procedures.  Thankfully RFK is determined to get to the bottom of this and the effects of his work will be sure to ripple out around the world!

Homeopathic First Aid Remedies

by Louise Mclean, LCCH.

Since people on Twitter have been talking about avoiding hospitals and treating themselves at home with various things, I decided this morning that I needed to type up the homeopathic first aid remedies.  There are a lot of them and they work extremely effectively and often very fast. It will surprise and amaze you how fast!  

It would be a good idea to buy a Homeopathic First Aid Kit (pictured). This one here from Ainsworths Homeopathic Pharmacy contains lots of remedies.   42 remedies to be precise. Helios Homeopathic Pharmacy also has a first aid kit but with half as many remedies.  The problem is, if you don't have the right remedy in an emergency, it is not much use.  That is why I am recommending the Ainsworth one.

There are so many homeopathic remedies and so many different ones for different illnesses, it can be a bit of a maze to understand, but when it comes to first aid, the remedies needed are usually fairly precise. These are all in my Homeopathy Heals book 

I will list first aid remedies in alphabetical order by condition:-

Abscess                                                 Silicea/Hepar Sulph 30c

Abdominal Surgery/Caesarian              Staphysagria/Bellis Perennis 200c

Back Strain from Overlifing                  Rhus Tox 200c

Black Eye/Blow to Eyeball                    Arnica/Symphytum 200c

Blow to a Bone                                      Ruta Grav.200c

Bowels (no movement)                          Opium/Hydrastis 200c

Broken Bones/Tendons                           Symphytum 200c

Bruises to Soft Tissue                             Arnica 200c

Burns                                                      Cantharis 200c/Causticum 30c

Cuts, Bleeding Wounds                          Calendula 200c

Fever High with Delirium                       Belladonna 200c

Fever after Cold, Dry Winds                  Aconite 200c

Food Poisoning vomiting/diarrhoea       Arsenicum Alb. 200c

Fractures                                                 Symphytum/Calc. Phos. 200c

Frozen Shoulder                                     Ruta Grav. 200c

Genital warts                                          Thuja 200c

Hangover                                                Nux Vomica 200c

Head Injury Concussion                         Arnica 200c

Incised Wounds (surgery)                       Staphysagria 200c

Muscle Sprains                                       Arnica 200c

Nerve Injuries                                         Hypericum 200c

Puncture wounds from Needles             Ledum 30c

Scar tissue healing                                  Thiosinaminum 12x

Shock/Panic                                            Aconite 1m

Splinters                                                 Silicea 6c

Sprained Ankle                                       Arnica 30c

Sunstroke                                               Belladonna 30c

Tennis Elbow                                         Ruta Grav/Rhus Tox 200c

Thrush in mouth                                     Borax 200c

Ulcers burning                                       Arsenicum Alb. 30c

Varicose Veins                                       Hamemelis 200c

Warts on Cervix                                     Calendula 30c x 2

Please note:  For Chronic Conditions, please see a qualified, experienced homeopathic practitioner and by law I have to say, or visit your medical doctor. If these remedies are not working, do not repeat them.  You will know if they are working!

Make Your Own Face Cream for Dry Skin

by Louise Mclean, LCCH.

When one of my favourite creams suddenly became unavailable, it gave me the idea of making my own.  The cream I make is for very dry skin and can be used for face, hands or body.  I thought it would be nice to experiment and mix various natural and pure substances together and see how they turn out!

In addition, I decided to do it because I don't want all the chemicals in virtually all cosmetic face and hand creams.  When you rub these toxic creams on your skin, the chemicals go from the skin straight into the bloodstream!

I had some Avocado butter and I decided to use that as the base.  I also tried using Shea butter but would not recommend it, as when the cream sets, I notice lots of tiny crunchy bits in the cream. You can use Coconut Oil but in hot weather it goes liquid, in cold it sets. I am thinking of trying cocoa butter next! 

I am also going to try using organic Beeswax to help solidify the cream.  You can buy it and melt it down as per the instructions below.  Apparently lots of people use it in homemade face creams.

The idea is to use something that will solidify when it cools.  Then while in a liquid state, drop all the other ingredients in and stir them.

First you need to find an empty plastic pot with lid, about 100 ml in size, or any suitable pot to put the cream mix into.

Then you get a very small saucepan and put about 3 level tablespoons of the Avocado butter, Cocoa butter, or Beeswax.  If you use all of these, then one tablespoon of each!  Put this on a very low heat until it melts to a liquid (1 on my hob). The point of using these, is they help the cream to became solid when it cools down. If you want to add Coconut Oil, then put it in the saucepan to liquify as well.

Then I stir in the following ingredients into the saucepan.-

1.  About 10 drops of Organic Calendula Oil (very healing).

2.  About 10 drops of Organic Vitamin E Oil.

3.  Tablespoon of Castor Oil.

4.  Finally, we need to scent the mixture.  For this you should choose an aromatherapy oil.  Perhaps you like Lavender, Geranium or choose one that is your favourite smell.  I love Rose oil but it is fairly expensive.  You can get it for less than £20 though.  There is Rose Otto, which I am using and Rose Damask, which is more expensive and the prices go very high for the best quality! Put a few drops of your favourite aromatherapy oil into the saucepan.

When you have all your ingredients in the sauce pan, pour them into the pot.  Then put the lid on your pot and leave it for about 5 or 6 hours.  When you open the lid you will find it has solidified and can now be used as a face or hand cream.

Once you get used to it, you will find it can be done very quickly.  Not more than about 15 minutes to make.

If you search online for making creams, you will find other things that can go in, including almond oil, Jojobo oil, etc. The above are just ideas for ingredients you can use, so choose which you like best but with the hard creams (Avocado, Cocoa butter, Beeswax), you will need to add the other oils to soften the cream.

I am still experimenting on this and thinking of using organic lanolin in my creams, which comes from sheep's wool. I used it a long time ago when I was young and it was good.

If you buy all the ingredients you can make a great many pots of cream, which in the long term saves a good deal of money!  You should experiment if you like doing this and find the best ingredients for yourself.  

You also have the peace of mind of knowing that your home made cream has nothing toxic in it and is much safer than the terribly expensive creams for women that are loaded with nasty hidden substances.

NB.  I use a pot which is about 3 times bigger than the one in the picture above.  Mainly I use this cream mix for hands and body.

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I recently made a cream of organic lanolin (4 heaped teaspoons), castor oil (one tablespoon), calendula oil (2 teaspoons) and vitamin E oil (one teaspoon) mixed together.  You do not need to heat the lanolin but just mix all the ingredients together. It is great for very dry hands, creamy but a bit sticky, so you don't need to use much of it.  The cream looks much like the picture at the top but a bit more yellow because of the calendula oil. The point is you can experiment yourselves.

I also make my own Face Toner.  So I wash and dry my face, splash on the toner and then put on my face cream, which is apparently the one that super models are using, as it is so good for eradicating fine lines!  This wonderful face cream is made by Weleda and called Weleda Skin Food. You can get in on Amazon.

To make the toner, you will need a 100 ml bottle with a spout, get distilled water, rose water and witch hazel.  You can get all those from Amazon or maybe a chemist. You put about 15 ml of witch hazel (which is a natural astringent) into the bottle, then about 30 ml of rose water.  Then fill the rest of the bottle up with distilled water. Done! This is great toner for the skin after washing! You can make quite a few bottles of toner with these things and  again, at least you know there are no nasty chemicals in it!

The Healing Properties of Slippery Elm

 

by Louise Mclean, LCCH.

Slippery Elm's botanical name is Ulmus Rubra and it is taken from the bark or roots of the Elm tree. It is native to the eastern USA and to Ontario, Canada.

It is what is known as a mucilage, which soothes and coats the mucous membranes in the body, absorbing toxins.

It is extremely beneficial to use for sore throats and respiratory problems, especially bronchitis and chest colds, as it loosens up all the mucus. I had a bad chest cold recently, feeling a bit feverish and not getting better until I took a good homeopathic remedy and also some Slippery Elm for a few days. It soothes the coughing as well.

I remember my Mother used to tell me how my Great Aunt Connie loved using herbs and swore by Slippery Elm around a 100 years ago!

It is also well known for massively easing digestive problems, as well as Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and constipation.

Slippery Elm is very good for people with any inflammatory urinary problems such as cystitis, as it soothes the lining of the urinary tract. It also acts as a mild diuretic, increasing urine output and eliminating wastes.

It is considered to be anti-inflammatory and a friend has found it extremely useful for stiffness and arthritis.  She says her stiff joints are greatly improved when she takes it, when nothing else works so well for her.

Slippery Elm is good for the skin and is reported to help psoriasis. You can also make a poultice with it to treat wounds, cuts, boils and insect bites.

Slippery Elm tastes a bit like porridge oats, when you mix the powder up with milk, yoghourt or water and eat it.  I add a little honey for flavour.

It is very nutritious and contains calcium, magnesium, iron, phosphorus, potassium, selenium, zinc, Vitamin C, B vitamins and antioxidants.

The indigenous people of North America revered the elm tree and they taught the Europeans how to use the bark for wounds.  They say George Washington's troops survived by eating slippery elm for 12 days during the siege at Valley Forge in Pennsylvania in 1777 and if they had not done so, the outcome of the battle would have been very different.

I buy this one.

https://www.indigo-herbs.co.uk/natural-health-guide/benefits/slippery-elm-bark

Boost Your Health with Dandelion Leaves

by Louise Mclean, LCCH.

Most people think of a dandelion as a tenacious weed, very hard to dig up, as its roots are strong.  

I think of dandelion as an incredible boost to my health and have been picking the leaves, washing them and putting them in a bag in my fridge.  They seem to last a long time and stay fresh, even for weeks!

The wonderful thing about picking them from the garden, is that all the nutrients are fresh and unlike most vegetables from the supermarket, they have not been radiated, which effectively destroys those nutrients.

In addition, I have never put weed killer or any kind or pesticide in my garden, so the plants there are especially good quality.

I simply chop the leaves very finely into any salad that I am eating and you can do this with any dish you are having, though salad is probably best.

The nutrients in dandelion are as follows.  Vitamins A, C, B6, E and K2, as well as beta carotene, calcium, copper, iron, magnesium and potassium.

Dandelion is known to reduce inflammation in the body, thereby reducing pain and stiffness in joints.  

It is used for digestive health and contains inulin, which is a prebiotic fibre.  The leaves contain powerful antioxidants which support the immune system and protect from free radicals.  In addition the dandelion plant supports liver function and promotes healthy skin.

In Chinese medicine dandelion is used to treat upper respiratory diseases.

Dandelion is a natural diuretic as it contains potassium which counteracts the effects of sodium, the leading cause of fluid build up in the body. It stimulates the kidneys and promotes the excretion of excess fluids.

You can buy dandelion root drops to take instead.  Some people eat the dandelion root and even the flowers.  You can buy dandelion tea. Other people like to boil the dandelion leaves and eat them instead of spinach. 

I prefer to eat the fresh leaves from the garden with all the nutrients intact, even though they do taste a little bitter.  As mentioned, if you chop the fresh leaves very finely with a pair of scissors, you will hardly taste them in your salad and be getting the full nutritional value and input.

How Depression and Anxiety can Affect your Body - How Homeopathy Can Help

 

by Louise Mclean LCCH.

Nowadays most people are unaware that homeopaths have a whole armoury of homeopathic medicines to very successfully treat depression and anxiety.

Homeopathic medicines, which treat 'like for like' have undergone rigorous clinical 'Provings' to ascertain their healing qualities. There are over 4,000 homeopathic medicines and a great many which treat mental and emotional symptoms. 

Homeopathy has been used for 250 years, so there are a huge number of books outlining thousands of cured clinical cases that were treated for clearly defined mental, emotional and physical symptoms.

In the 1800s and early 1900s, homeopathy was the first choice of medicine in America and greatly used in Britain, as well as lots of other countries.  There were fourteen homeopathic hospitals in Britain and a large number in America, as well as numerous homeopathic pharmacies. Today it is the most widely used medicine in India with about 350,000 homeopathic doctors.

For homeopaths, mental and emotional states are very clear cut and easily treatable without resorting to the suppressive influences of anti-depressants and sedative drugs, which can often be addictive and don't treat the cause as homeopathic medicines do.  Clear the cause and you clear the effect!

Also, when using homeopathic medicines there is often no need to take medicine every day (unless there is a severe physical illness).  Sometimes, it takes just a single high potency dose to release the state of anxiety or depression.

The homeopath must take all the details of the case and especially find the causation.

Nowadays more and more people are beginning to realise that their feelings and emotions can ultimately affect their health.  Very simply put, when we feel really happy and carefree, we feel well and when sad and miserable, we feel tired, lacking in energy and low.  When we are feeling depressed, we can become run down and are easy prey to colds and flu for example and this can be true of an even wider range of illnesses.

We are born with weaknesses and susceptibilities inherited from the gene pool of our ancestors.  For example, if our parents suffered from eczema and asthma, it is quite possible we will inherit those tendencies or if a grandparent contracted tuberculosis, there will be a predisposition to chest colds and respiratory problems in the descendants.  Very often when we are depressed or unhappy, these weaker susceptible areas of the body will be the ones that are most likely to be affected.

In the long term, negative emotions can have a devastating effect upon our health. Very often even these can run in families, as children pick up their parents' behavioural patterns.  For example, families who communicate poorly, eating their meals in silence or suppressed anger, may suffer from digestive problems, stomach pains and abdominal cramps.

According to homeopathy and other ancient systems such as Chinese medicine, the body is an energy system which should work in perfect harmony, then no illness is possible. Very few people nowadays enjoy this luxury! 

Only when the energy systems are in disharmony can disease manifest itself.  

Negative emotions cause disharmony in the body. You feel them in the body and they affect the body.  When you feel happy, you have the feeling of expansion.  When unhappy, the feeling of contraction.  Think of something that makes you feel happy and experience the expanded feeling.  Then think of something or someone that you hate or that makes you angry or frightened and feel what happens to your body.  

What happens is a thought produces an emotion, which produces an effect on the body. The long term state of negative feelings, such as fear, anger, sadness or depression can make people ill.  

People who are continually happy and positive tend not to get ill.  They believe in themselves and trust in life, so don't brood on injustices.  They are emotionally healthy enough to move on after a setback.  

Whereas people who are consumed with negative emotions can eventually become ill.  We all know of people like this.  Over a period of time the neighbour who holds a long term grudge eventually develops an illness, perhaps gallstones.  The business man who is continually worried about running his company, develops a stomach ulcer.  

Men or women who can't show any love and shut out the world, can develop heart disease and eventually heart attack.  The child who suffers from asthma, brought on by an acute state of anxiety.  The person who is continually stressed out or anxious may develop high blood pressure.

Stress and depression can be caused by a wide variety of reasons and is a very loose term.  Very often people experience life events that cause sadness, grief, heartbreak, shame, guilt, fear, anger, resentment, jealousy and betrayal, which they may never get over and become 'stuck', so that they can't move on.  Major shocks, mental and emotional, can remain stuck in the body too.

For people who can't move on in their lives, homeopathic medicine provides the catalyst to powerfully release these blocked emotional states that are holding them back.  There are many homeopathic medicines for all of the above negative emotional states. 

Sometimes an illness may manifest after grieving the death of a loved one and Ignatia is needed for the initial state of shock and grief, then Natrum Muriaticum when the grief persists long after the event.  In homeopathy, we find that when you give the remedy for the grief, the illness will often disappear, if it caused it.  This is because the illness was caused by grief. We are always a whole and made up of mind, emotions and body. To treat the part instead of the whole, can never be as effective.  

Some examples of homeopathic medicines might be the following: We all know someone who is bitter and unforgiving (Nitric Acid).  The husband who never got over his wife leaving him for another man, who feels angry and betrayed (Hyoscyamus).  The woman consumed with jealousy and revenge, who talks of nothing else but getting even with a rival (Lachesis).  The young man who is jilted by his girlfriend who mopes and pines in silent grief (Ignatia).  

Someone who feels consumed with guilt and remorse because they feel it was all their fault (Aurum but other remedies apply, depending on the case).  Those in a permanent state of fear and anxiety about their health (Arsenicum and Phosphorus). People who are perpetually angry, becoming nervous and highly strung (Nux Vomica).  For each of these examples, there are many other homeopathic medicines that may be even more appropriate and a professional homeopath will know the differences and how many doses need to be taken. (Believe it or not, too many doses of a remedy can be detrimental.  You need just enough to clear the problem),

It sometimes happens that men and women in their later years feel that their lives have been a disappointment and have not turned out the way they would have wished.  Over a period of time this can bring on a lowered immune system and rundown state, thus being open to disease or even to diabetes or cancer.  It may lead eventually to a belief that their lives are ruined.  Phosphoric Acid is one of the main remedies for ailments from disappointed love, disappointment generally, grief, fright, with total exhaustion and indifference to life.

For all these states there are a number of corresponding homeopathic medicines and the homeopath will select the one that most closely matches your symptoms and behaviour. This in turn unblocks the negative state of mind and emotions and it is then possible for the individual to see their problem from a new healthier perspective, enabling them to move forward to a happier state.

Very often if patients could visit the homeopath before they reach a critical stage, when their physical symptoms are just starting to manifest, they could be saved from a possible lifetime of prescription drugs and even from the operating table.  If they could have homeopathic treatment in the early stages of their physical symptoms appearing, it is not difficult to cure.

The wonderful truth is that our bodies were designed to heal themselves.  The homeopathic medicine that most closely fits, acts as an energy catalyst to unlock and ultimately remove those symptoms, as it will jump start the body's own healing powers. 

Usually this results in not only a curative physical state but also in greatly improved state of overall health. Children especially respond extremely well to homeopathic medicines. 

People are so busy nowadays, they often don't have time to tune in and listen to their bodies and their feelings.  They think that if they have a problem, the doctor will fix it.  Very often they find themselves on a downhill road, taking one prescription drug after the next and ending up much worse than they were in the first place. When people try to take more responsibility for their own health and happiness, they can reclaim their own power.

Syzygium Jambolanum for Diabetes and Sugar in Urine

 

(Jambol Seeds)

by Louise Mclean, LCCH.

This wonderful seed is extremely effective in treating diabetes mellitus.

"No other remedy causes in so marked degree the diminution and disappearance of sugar in the urine." (Homoeopathic Materia Medica, William Boericke MD).

It is suited to those who pass large amounts of urine with high specific gravity and also works for diabetic ulceration.

Boericke recommends taking "the seeds powdered, ten grains three times a day, also the tincture."

You can find the Syzygium Jambolanum powdered seeds in a search on the internet in capsule form, if preferred.

It can also be purchased as a homeopathic medicine in a very low potency, such as a 3x or 6x potency. So order Syzygium Jambolanum 3x or 6x from a homeopathic pharmacy.

Or it can be taken as a mother tincture, which is the 0 potency, also from a homeopathic pharmacy.

I would recommend it is not taken in higher potencies, unless approved by a qualified homeopath.

It is safe to take the mother tincture or very low 'x' potencies on a twice daily basis, until the sugar in the urine has come under control.

This remedy is very good for the kidneys in general.

Here is a recent scientific study published in PubMed.

Mechanistic role of Syzygium cumini (L.) Skeels in glycation induced diabetic nephropathy via RAGE-NF-κB pathway and extracellular proteins modifications: A molecular approach

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https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38110133/

How to Detox the C19 Vax

There are two simple ways to detox the Covid vaccine, which I doubt the Establishment will want me to tell you about. This method has been thoroughly tried and tested by people close to me and I can assure you of its efficacy.  It works.

The first is Activated Charcoal capsules.  The Charcoal goes around your blood stream picking up any toxins, binding them and excreting them via your stool.  So it goes round and round your blood stream to all the organs of your body and is magnetically attracted to removing anything that is alien in your body.

It is very easy for it to be magnetically attracted to and pick up all those self replicating spike protein particles, which of course are absolutely tiny and minute as they are nano!

Charcoal does not absorb into the cells of your body but remains in the bloodstream only and after picking up all toxins and anything that is bad.  It then binds up these things and removes them in your stool, which will obviously look blackish, so don't worry about that! The charcoal powder in the capsules has a very wide reach in the bloodstream.

In fact charcoal is commonly used for people who overdose on drugs, (perhaps in an attempted suicide), are taken to hospital to have their stomachs pumped and are given charcoal intravenously to clear out the poisons.

It is also great if you have drunk too much alcohol and likely to have a hangover next day.  Just take some charcoal capsules and you will wake up feeling fine!

I would take one capsule a day for a month if you are actively trying to detox the vax.  Then after that take 2 capsules once a week.

We are all living in a very polluted world, with very polluted air.  Remember when you breathe, the air goes into your lungs and then whatever is in the air goes ultimately into your bloodstream. So we should all take charcoal capsules at least once a month, even if we don't need to detox the vax.  We all need to detox generally anyway.

You can read more about Charcoal here and be sure to also click the Further Reading tab.

https://www.regenerativenutrition.com/shop-product.asp?prod=199

The second thing to take for the C19 vax, is Serrapeptase capsules.  This supplement has been almost completely banned in the UK after the drug companies probably found out how effective it is at removing Blood Clots!  It used to be easy to buy here.  It may be possible to buy in the US and elsewhere. If so, buy a few bottles!

Serrapeptase digests non-living tissue, it gets rid of any dead tissue in the body.  This also includes plaque in the arteries.  But taking it regularly prevents any build up of blood clots, therefore removing the risk of heart attack.

If you are detoxing, take two 80,000 i.u. capsules a day for a month to rid your body of any clots that are forming. Serrapeptase comes in different strengths.  Normally the capsules are 80,000 i.u. each but previously it was possible to buy 250,000 i.u.

Serrapeptase was created around 70 years ago and is extremely safe.  I have been using it for 20 years with no problems at all.  It has no side effects, only good effects!  

Read more here:  https://www.regenerativenutrition.com/serrapeptase-p-92.asp

Again make sure you click Further Reading on the above link.

The only caution is for people on blood-thinning medication but otherwise there are no contraindications for its use.

NB.  I am not necessarily saying you should buy these products from Regenerative Nutrition, although it is a top of the range company and has the purest products of anywhere (!) but it has some very good information on these products.

God is in Nature!

(God's Gifts!)

In the past people thought of God as a King on a Throne, in Man's image. 

In fact I believe God is a highly evolved Loving Super Intelligence, the Creator, the Source, which is in every living thing on our Earth Planet, including ourselves.

God is in the forests, whispering in the trees. In all plants and greenery. If you study a leaf of a tree, you see how beautifully symmetrical and detailed it is. 

Everything in Nature arranges itself in the most perfect way, an absolute dream of artistic and beautiful harmonious balance.

The Heart of God is in the beautiful flowers in your garden, the numerous varieties of flowers around the world of different colours and shapes..

The Life Force of God is in all of the animals, which instinctively know what they have to do to look after themselves and reproduce. 

Animals seem closer to God than humans, as they have more empathy and love, especially domesticated ones.

God is in the birds in the trees, singing their songs to bring on Spring and new growth. As I write, I watch a beautiful white bird soar in the sky, round and round.

You may decide to uproot what you call 'weeds' in your garden but in actual fact these may be medicinal herbs that have been attracted to you and grow there for your benefit.

You will notice your neighbour might have masses of stinging nettles in their garden and you might have lots of dandelions. Both of these are extremely medicinal.

God is in the sea, with its multitude of creatures and lovely shells we like to collect. It is in the beautiful beaches that we long for and dream of when we are going through winter and rainy days. 

Seawater is extremely beneficial to drink in small quantities, as it contains all the minerals the human body needs.

God is in the Music of the Spheres, the mountains, the hills, the wind, the storms, thunder and lightning.

God is in the pure sparkling water, melting down from the snow on the mountains into the rivers, then into the seas.

God is in the rain, full of life giving minerals to feed the plants and trees and for us to drink.

God is in the bountiful fruits, vegetables, nuts, seeds we eat, with all the abundant varieties worldwide. The wild berries that grow in the hedgerows, delicious to eat and totally organic.

Mankind can never replicate the intricacies of these delicious foods, though he tries in the laboratories by genetically modifying them. 

God is in the Earth, in the gemstones, gold and silver.

God is in the Sun, the giver of all Life, without which the Earth would perish and in the exquisite sunsets we used to see in the past.

God is in the Moon, which regulates the tides of the oceans and in olden days its phases were used for the correct planting of crops.

Man thinks he can create all these things but he cannot or if he succeeds, the creations are inferior versions that don't usually survive long. Think Dolly the sheep.

Everything in Nature is Beautiful, even raindrops outside, making ripples on the ground!

Ascorbic Acid is Not Vitamin C

Vitamin C is a complex molecule which contain P, K and J factors, the tyrosinase enzyme, at least 14 known bioflavonoids, various ascorbagens, five copper ions, iron, manganese, zinc, selenium, phosphorus, magnesium and yes, ascorbic acid.

Ascorbic acid is only the envelope of the C complex, which protects the nutrients inside from deterioration.

The P factor is Rutin which strengthens blood vessels and collagen containing tissues like cartilage.  The K factor supports blood clotting like vitamin K, limits bruising and contributes to bone strength.  The J factor supports the oxygen carrying capacity of the blood to the organs and tissues.

Tyrosinase activates copper to function in energy production, metabolism, hemoglobin formation, thyroid hormone production and cholesterol metabolism.

Bioflavonoids have numerous enzyme and metabolic cofactor actions.

Ascorbagens have a beneficial effect on the liver and intestinal enzymes.

The body is dependent on the whole vitamin C complex and as we cannot make it ourselves, we are completely dependent on getting it from our food.  It is found in many fruits and vegetables but is easily destroyed by heat, so they are best eaten raw.  Many fruit juices are pasteurised, which means they are heated and this literally explodes the vitamin C molecule.

It is better therefore to buy whole food vitamin C supplements, as most vitamin C products are ascorbic acid only.

Biochemically, ascorbic acid is nothing like true Vitamin C.  It is a pro-oxidant, not an antioxidant, which means it causes oxidation in the body, which is not good when it happens to your cells. It actually depletes and destroys true vitamin C in the body!

When I recently discovered this, I threw out my ascorbic acid vitamin C and bought the whole state one from Wild Nutrition.  You do not need the high potencies of ascorbic acid when you take the whole food state one.  

Ascorbic acid is incredibly cheap to synthesise and isolate in a laboratory and usually comes from genetically modified corn!  This is why it is the basis of nearly all vitamin C products on the market!

So I am writing this as a health warning to those people who diligently take ascorbic acid Vitamin C every day, not realising it is in fact harmful!

This article has been written using information from an excellent book called 'The Calcium Lie II - What Your Doctor Still Doesn't Know', by Dr. Robert Thompson and Kathleen Barnes.  The book clearly outlines why excess calcium is extremely harmful and the fact that bones are made up of twelve other minerals, as well as many trace minerals. The book also goes into great detail about the other major vitamins, what they are made up of, as well as their function in the human body.  The book is available on Amazon and contains life changing information. 

In Praise of Homeopathy!

by Louise Mclean, LCCH.

We owe our great thanks to the discovery of homeopathy in 1789 by German doctor Samuel Hahnemann, when he experimented with Peruvian Bark and its suitability as a medicine for malaria.

Since then its popularity has spread throughout the world and cured many millions of people.  This article of 2022 shows that homeopathy continues to grow and gain popularity worldwide. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/voices/despite-all-odds-homeopathy-continues-to-gain-popularity/

Homeopathy was very successful in treating epidemics that raged throughout Europe in the early 1800s, notably cholera, typhoid, diphtheria, polio, scarlet fever, yellow fever, pneumonia and influenza.

https://www.hahnemann-torgau.de/dr-hahnemann-and-the-cholera-epidemic-of-1831/

http://www.whale.to/v/winston.html

It has a long history of use in Britain, where in the Victorian times there were once at least fourteen homeopathic hospitals and hundreds of homeopathic pharmacies. In those days the royalty and aristocracy of Britain were very keen on it and this article for those interested, lays out the facts. http://www.homeoint.org/morrell/articles/pm_brita.htm

In America there were 100 homeopathic hospitals and 22 homeopathic medical schools during the 1800s, as well as thousands of homeopathic pharmacies. Here you can read about the epidemics it cured in the USA. https://homeopathic.com/the-history-of-homeopathy-in-epidemics-by-cilla-whatcott-hd-rhom-cch/

This a much more in depth article about the enormous success of homeopathy throughout America. http://www.homeoint.org/history/king/1-27.htm

It might be strange to people that all those homeopathic hospitals and pharmacies have disappeared in America and Britain.  This was due to a concerted effort to remove them by first getting rid of all the homeopathic colleges which trained homeopaths, so there would be no more graduate homeopaths. With this list of homeopathic institutions in America, you can see what a huge task that was.  http://www.homeoint.org/history/king/index.htm

The removal of homeopathic colleges was brought about following the Flexner Report in America in 1910, which was the death knell for safe and natural medicine, such as herbalism, osteopathy and homeopathy.  Albert Flexner was tasked to visit every medical school of every discipline and make out his report, which redefined what could be taught.  This resulted in only the pharmaceutical medical model being deemed acceptable. https://kamimcbride.com/the-flexner-report/

Historically, homeopathy attracted support from many of the most respected members of society in the USA, such as writers William James, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Louisa M. Alcott, Mark Twain and former American Presidents James Garfield and William McKinley.  

In Britain among its supporters were writers George Bernard Shaw, Charles Dickens, W.B. Yeats, William Thackeray, Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli and musician Yehudi Menuhin.  Other well known advocates were Dostoevsky, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and Mahatma Gandhi.

  

In France, 95% of doctors currently use homeopathy, as well as paediatricians and midwives.  Homeopathic medicine is freely available in French pharmacies. In 2019 the majority of French people (72%) had a good perception of homeopathy, though their government stopped reimbursing it in 2021, the reasoning for which has been branded 'deeply flawed'. https://homeopathy-soh.org/french-move-to-end-homeopathy-funding-based-on-flawed-evidence/ 

https://www.statista.com/statistics/1102019/homeopathy-perception-in-france/

Nowadays, India is the country where homeopathy is most widely used and according to Statista in 2021 there were 312,000 homeopathic doctors. Because of its low cost, many people there rely on it solely as their only form of medicine.  https://www.statista.com/statistics/1405599/india-homeopathy-doctors-by-state/

One of the most important trials on homeopathy was done inadvertently and it unequivocally proved its efficacy. In 2007 and 2008, an outbreak of Leptospirosis in Cuba was contained using a preventative homeopathic dose of the actual disease itself, which was given to 2.3 million people.  This resulted in a dramatic fall in the usual number of people contracting leptospirosis during that season. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/45439731_Large-scale_application_of_highly-diluted_bacteria_for_Leptospirosis_epidemic_control

There are many  other scientific studies proving the benefits and effectiveness of homeopathic medicine, some of which are detailed here.  https://homeopathy-uk.org/treatment/scientific-evidence-and-homeopathy/

The pharmaceutical industry has not looked kindly on homeopathy. Great efforts have been made since its resurgence in popularity in the 1990s to deter people from using it, mainly through ridicule and propaganda in the media.  Obviously Pharma loses money when people prefer to use a safer, gentler and effective form of medicine, free from side effects, addiction and poisoning.

Many people don't realise that homeopathy is increasingly being given to farm animals and has even been found to work very well on farm crops, trees and plants.  This undoubtedly proves that the healing effect of homeopathy is not placebo! 

Homeopathy at Wellie Level teaches courses to farmers, so they can use homeopathy on their animals. It can be used for a wide variety of conditions and in the video here, the farmer's wife explains how it is good for the environment, saves them money on veterinary bills and works quickly.  https://www.hawl.co.uk/

A remarkable book was published by Vaikunthanath Das Kaviraj on the subject of Agrohomeopathy, namely Homeopathy for Farm and Garden.  I personally met Mr. Kaviraj who recommended Belladonna for the blackspot and aphids on my beautiful heritage red roses.  Needless to say, it worked perfectly!  This book is so popular it is now on its 6th edition.

https://www.narayana-verlag.com/Homeopathy-for-Farm-and-Garden-Vaikunthanath-Das-Kaviraj/b8241

In his published paper, 'The Continuum of a Unified Theory of Disease', world famous homeopath, Professor George Vithoulkas, says: 

"Throughout the life of a person, from birth to death, there is a continuum in the pathological conditions that person may experience. The body as a whole suffers deeply any time there is an acute or a chronic condition that is either maltreated or neglected." 

"Suppression of diseases, through excess of chemical drugs or other means, many times overwhelms the body's natural defenses and forces the immune system to compromise and start a deeper line of defense, which then constitute the beginning of a new chronic condition."

Sadly the medical profession's cures are often nothing more than palliation at best and suppression at worst, which as stated above, then becomes a new and deeper chronic condition, even harder and more stubborn to treat.

Conversely, through carefully noting down all the symptoms of a disease and prescribing a matching homeopathic remedy accordingly, homeopaths seek to work with and aid the body's efforts to heal itself, restoring the patient back to health.

As we see ever more results of the bad effects of the current medical model's prescribing, we can only hope there will be an increase in the number of people finding themselves a good homeopathic practitioner to reverse the state of their ill health.

Louise Mclean, LCCH, who formerly ran the website Homeopathy Heals.  Follow on Twitter @HomHeals.

(Fair Use: This article can be used to promote homeopathy on other websites, provided it shows the author's name).

For an in depth look at why homeopathy works, see my treatise on the subject: 'Dispelling the Myths that Surround Homeopathy'. 

https://www.naturalnews.com/024670_home_homeopathy_homeopathic.html

This article was first published here: https://hpathy.com/homeopathy-papers/in-praise-of-homeopathy/

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