Thursday, October 20, 2005

Homeopathy - First Line Of Defense for Natural Health


People who know me and my children are never surprised when we randomly pull out a a small blue tube and shaking out 5 little sugar pills placing them under our tounges. In fact the Queen of England carries these bottles around in her little purses as have many residents of England for years. They are homeopathic medicine. And they work wonders.

Just about every relative I have uses them in treating allergies. I have used them for fevers, poison ivy, sore throats and headaches. It's my first line of defense.

It's hard to explain how they are made and the philosphy behind them, but I'll try. The theory is that you use diluted amounts of natural substances that in a healthy person creates the symptoms that you are now feeling as a sick person. For example if you smell an onion your eyes would tear. So if you have runny eyes you use parts of an onion diluted and this clears up the symptoms. This principal is called the "The Law of Similars" in that like cures like.

The best part is that it works and it usually works quickly especially if you start it at the first sign of sickness. It is so well accepted today that all you have to do is go into a natural health store and look up your symptom as it's listed on the bottle. There was a time you would actually have to know which remedy to get but not anymore.

There are no side effects and it is very inexpensive -- $7 per bottle. The worst that can happen is that it doesn't work, but I have found it to be very effective.