Does stress ever get the best of you?

In homeopathy we see nerves as mental, emotional, physical and chemical. You’ll never hear a homeopath say it’s all in your head, or your hormones.

The body’s responses to stress reveal much about us and our animal instincts. Too often our systems go overboard trying to ‘protect’ us in stressful situations. They send us into a frenzy instead of helping us determine the best ways to reduce stress. Take performance nerves, for example: before going to the podium or interview, our adrenaline kicks in and some of us rise to the task, some of us get butterflies, jitters and fearful, while some of us become sick, dull minded and blank out. We can all blame our flight or fight instincts and chemistry for getting in the way of what we need to do.

Homeopathy is brilliant in this area providing many ways to reduce stress. It may be because homeopathic doses are so highly energized or because our nervous systems respond so well to homeopathy's intense stimuli. But when the body’s hormonal and adrenal responses to stress don’t make sense, a simple, non-invasive dose of the right homeopathic remedy helps the body grasp the situation, find composure and function logically without forcing us to feel numb or drowsy. Over time, our nerves can learn to be calmer without any dosing at all.

Ways to reduce stress with homeopathic remedies

How do I Find the Right Remedy?

Finding the "right remedy" can be tricky, but once you know what works, you may have a friend for life.

Gelsemium, for example, has expertise for those who respond with a dullness - the mind goes blank, the lines or planned responses, go out the window, and a dull heaviness makes continuing on with the exam or performance almost impossible.

Lycopodium helps the state that gets very nervous and timid, but usually pulls off the task with no problem.

Coffea and Aconite usually calm simple jitters or sudden fears.

Ignatia is practically universal for grief or when anger, fear or disappointment trigger a sighing, lump in the throat sadness and fatigue.

 Other remedies such as Kali phos, Arsenicum and Chamomilla can be highly suitable as well.

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Other way's to reduce stress

Is choosing a single homeopathic remedy too much to take in?

No problem, our homeopathic remedy formulas like Anxiety/Depression 304, Anxiety 320 and Hyland’s Calms Forté simplify the process and serve many needs, but if panic sets in, it’s probably time for a homeopath.

Anxiety/Depresion #304 - 1-800 Homeopathy's Best Selling Stress Combination offers steadying, calming support for stage fright, performance nerves, despair and anxious worried nerves. This formula’s stabilizing influence extends to nerves struggling with homesickness, grief or sadness as well. By helping the body balance nervous energy, this combination can relieve sleeplessness, irritability, restlessness, headaches, fatigue and other stress responses.

Anxiety #320 - Nature’s calming solution to jittery, agitated, restless or sleepless nerves is captured in this simple, non drowsy, worry-free formula. Whether set off by sudden frights, too much coffee, anxious thoughts, fatigue or ongoing stress, this remedy offers nerves calming, natural, stabilizing comfort without groggy side effects.

Hyland's Calms Forté - When stress keeps you awake, this popular combination can ease you into sleep. Relieve stress and relax with Chamomile – one of four botanicals in Calms Forté that have long been used for soothing nerves and edginess. Wake up alert & refreshed – without a foggy, groggy feeling in the morning. Available in caplets or tablets.

History Binds Mother's Day, Moms & Homeopathy

What mom wrote the Mother's Day Proclamation of 1870 to activate women against war (see below), penned the Battle Hymn of the Republic (1858) and was a staunch supporter of homeopathy and homeopathic education for women?

Answer: Julia Ward Howe (1819 – 1910)
She served on the board of the homeopathic New York Medical College which was open to female students, supported medical educational efforts for women and gave a poignant inaugural address for the homeopathic New England Female Medical College. Howe was a strong advocate for homeopaths, abolition, women’s suffrage, and education for women and black Americans.

Homeopathy Owes Much to Moms

Homeopathic institutions accepted women in their colleges in the US long before ‘conventional’ medicine. The first fully credited female physician, Elizabeth Blackwell, graduated in 1848. When the Female Medical College of Pennsylvania opened in 1850, Blackwell taught homeopathy to other women, including the first female African American physicians.

“By 1900, it is estimated that 12% of homeopathic physicians were women… Women auxiliaries raised large amounts of money to open many of the homeopathic hospitals and it was women, in their role of family caretaker, who were the lay prescribers introducing homeopathy to many communities.”

While it was Anna M. Jarvis’ work that gave us an official Mother’s Day in 1908, the groundwork was lain by Howe and her many suffrage companions. “Some members of the women’s suffrage movement were either homeopathic physicians or their patients [including Susan B. Anthony]. Dr. Susan Edson, a graduate of the Cleveland Homeopathic College, was personal physician to President Garfield.” (Sylvain Cazalet, homeoint.org)

Luyties 1-800-Homeopathy Owes Much to Moms

We know we owe our success to moms. It was moms and westbound families in the 1850s who pressed Dr. Luyties to make home remedies that they could use themselves.

Today, our records reveal that moms still make up the largest portion of our customers. We know moms are likely to order Teething Tabs #30, Arnica, Anxiety Depression #304 and Bioplasma, but what other remedies do moms like most? Let us know.

THANK YOU MOMS, GRANDMOMS & ALL THE GREAT GRANDMOMS BEFORE

The Mother’s Day Proclamation Howe penned in answer to the carnage of the Civil War echoes in mother’s hearts today:

Arise, then, women of this day!
Arise all women who have hearts,
Whether your baptism be that of water or of tears
Say firmly:

"We will not have great questions decided by irrelevant agencies,
Our husbands shall not come to us reeking of carnage,
For caresses and applause.
Our sons shall not be taken from us to unlearn
All that we have been able to teach them of
charity, mercy and patience.

"We women of one country
Will be too tender of those of another country
To allow our sons to be trained to injure theirs."

From the bosom of the devastated earth a voice goes up with
Our own. It says, "Disarm, Disarm!"
The sword of murder is not the balance of justice!
Blood does not wipe out dishonor
Nor violence indicate possession.
As men have of ten forsaken the plow and the anvil at the summons of war.

Let women now leave all that may be left of home
For a great and earnest day of counsel.

Let them meet first, as women, to bewail and commemorate the dead.

Let them then solemnly take counsel with each other as to the means
Whereby the great human family can live in peace,
Each bearing after his own time the sacred impress, not of Caesar,
But of God.

In the name of womanhood and humanity, I earnestly ask
That a general congress of women without limit of nationality
May be appointed and held at some place deemed most convenient
And at the earliest period consistent with its objects
To promote the alliance of the different nationalities,
The amicable settlement of international questions.
The great and general interests of peace.

Have a Happy and Peaceful Mother’s Day!

Want to know more?
http://www.homeoint.org/cazalet/histo/pennsylvfem.htm

http://www.mothersdaycentral.com/about-mothersday/history/

http://sueyounghistories.com/archives/2007/11/23/julia-ward-howe-and-homeopathy/

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TAKE A BREAK MOM!

Homeopathy offers balancing support for all women - hormonal cycles, shifts and changes included! The supportive relief in these remedies can save you time and energy for the things that matter most.

Mothers tend to put everyone else's needs first when it comes to health concerns. While homeopathy addresses a wide range of issues in support of your family's health, we’d like to remind you that it also offers gentle, yet impressive relief, especially for women.  After all, sometimes the caretaker needs a little care herself.

Homeopathic Remedies specially suited for Females:

Pulsatilla: Talk about mood swings and PMS!

Sepia: When hormones refuse to harmonize.

Lachesis: Hot flashes, mood flashes...

Cimicifuga: Gloomy clouds and pressing headaches contribute to PMS?

Arsenicum: If cleaning or worrying are your only choices.

Phosphorus: Burning the candle at both ends?

Mag Phos: You and your cramps can relax with this remedy and a glass of hot water. 

Female Wise’s #47

• Leucorrhea

• Pain

• PMS

• Mood swings

• Backache

Among this combo’s four homeopathic remedy ingredients lies vast potential for balancing relief of many female complaints.

Homeopathic Ingredients: Zincum met, Pulsatilla, Ova testa, Lillium tig

Menopause #310

• Hot flashes

• Pain

• Heavy menses

• Mood swings

• Cramping pain

Along with easing the emotional turbulence, waves of heat and anxiety that so many women suffer, this powerful combination addresses a range of pains, headaches and discharges. With or without #310, a check-up is always advisable.

Homeopathic Ingredients: Ustilago may, Lachesis, Sanguinaria

PMS and Painful Periods #18

• Mood Swings

• Bloating

• Cramping

• Irritability

Anything more than slightly inconvenient is too much. Find balancing relief from women’s cyclical aches, bloating, mood swings, bearing down pains, cramping pain, irregular flow, headaches and more.

Homeopathic Ingredients: Caulophyllum, Pulsatilla, Viburnum op

Sleep #173

Too tired, jittery, nervous or restless to sleep? Not a problem for this remedy. A simple plan for sleep: Take a few tablets of #173, remember that there’s plenty of time to worry tomorrow, take a deep breath and count the colors of the rainbow. This special formula combines three of the simplest nerve calming, sleep-inducing ingredients in homeopathy to give everyone easy access to 100% natural sleep support. 

Homeopathic Ingredients: Avena sativa, Kali phos, Passiflora

What Is Debility?  Which Homeopathic Remedies Can Help?

It might seem like on unusual question, but interestingly enough, about 15,000 people ask it on Google every month! Generally speaking, Debility is a broad medical term used to describe an overall state of weakness.  Although most any physical ailment from the common cold to back pain can leave us feeling weak, debility is a state of weakness characterized by "loss of ability" where the cause is often not clear.  It could be stress, fatigue from over work, recovery from an injury or illness and even mental or emotional turmoil. This state of weakness can leave the body vulnerable to other illnesses.

Can homeopathic remedies help with Debility? 

Homeopathic cell salts are a specific sub-set of 12 homeopathic remedies prepared from the basic mineral compounds that the cells in the body depend on, such as calcium and potassium compounds. All twelve cell salts help stimulate proper use and assimilation of these vital nutrients.  Debility - Tissue B, is a specific homeopathic combination of cell salts made to help support recovery, relieve pain and ease fatigue.

Debility - Tissue B - With the cell salts critical to growth, repair, inflammation and healthy nerves, Debility - Tissue B offers fundamental aid for stressed systems. Its gentle worry-free support can be applied anytime energy feels challenged. Rest assured, these simple tablets are 100% natural and safe to take with any form of medicine.

The three phosphate cell salts in this Debility - Tissue B offer gentle support to everyone and can prove ideal for teen and pre teen stresses with its Calc phos for growth and repair, Ferrum phos for iron and strength and Kali phos to calm and support nerves.

Homeopathic Formula

• Kali phos - The nerve nutrient cell salt helps balance stress by relieving restless nerves, nervous fatigue, sadness or nerve pain.

• Calc phos - The cell salt for growth and repair stress, supports recovery, aids weakness and nutrition, and eases growing pains and related stresses.
• Ferrum phos - The anti-inflammatory and fever cell salt helps reduce redness, acute fevers and general fatigue.

• FYI - Calc phos and Ferrum phos together make a great pair when the blood has been taxed (whether by growth, injury, menstuation or poor assimilation of nutrients), because calcium phosphate (Calc phos) is necessary for building strong cells and iron phosphate (Ferrum phos) is required for carrying the oxygen to where it is needed.

If nerves are weary from work, growth, stress or illness, this remedy offers a gentle lift. 100% Natural, safe and worry free! Because they are made from minerals vital to our cells, these cells salts provide the gentlest, most straightforward way to restore balance, health and vitality.

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'Rest' for debility

Rest and relaxation is often the best medicine for any ailment, or condition including debility.  We understand this is not always easy.  These homeopathic remedy formulas are made to help you get a better sleep, particularly when fatigue and stress are involved.

Tranquility #74 - Stressed nerves, aging nerves, grieving, angry, tired and sleepless nerves, can all benefit from this remedy’s unique, nerve soothing formula. This classic combination provides calming comfort to overtaxed nerves without adding the stress of contra-indications or groggy side effects.

Homeopathic Formula

• Kali phos
• Ignatia
• Agnus castus

Nervousness #4 - Whether stress, fear, grief, disappointment, homesickness, or illness tax the nervous system, Nervousness #4 is specially designed to step in before nerves spiral out of control. When touchy irritability, listless indifference or stubborn disobedience dominate, its natural balancing support can prove highly beneficial, especially if debility, growth or hormonal changes contribute.

Homeopathic Formula

• Cinchona off
• Ignatia amara
• Kali phos
• Phosphoricum acidum

A Closer Look at "Burning Pain" & Homeopathy

One of the most important nuances in homeopathy is defining symptoms from the homeopathic perspective.  It's usually not enough  to simply use general symptoms like "pain" or even "head pain" when choosing a single homeopathic remedy.   Drilling down and finding a more precise keynote can make all the difference in getting the desired healing response.  For example, there are many homeopathic remedies for pain, including Arnica, Ruta grav, Rhus tox, Bryonia and many more; but when you sharpen the keynote by identifying the type of pain, like "burning pain", it's a bit like finding the missing piece of the puzzle, and you get a substantially narrowed list of possible homeopathic remedies and increase the likelyhood of successful homeopathic treatment.

Taking a closer look at burning pain is slightly less challenging then many other types of pain, because it is more easily defined and understood.  What is burning pain?  Quite simply, it's pain that feels like burning.  It can happen in many different parts of the body: burning knee pain, burning hip pain, burning throat pain, even burning emotional pain.  When you consider the more specific keynote "burning pain" you find a unique list of homeopathic pain remedies - Belladonna, Apis mel, Cantharis and Causticum.  

Causticum - Specializing in burning pain, Causticum relieves a range of joint, neck and back pains as well as burning, blistering skin eruptions and sharp tearing headaches. Burning raw throats and constant rattling night coughs mark its colds.

Waiting for the next shoe to fall? Causticum's emotional picture often includes anxious forebodings, long lasting or suppressed grief or a sensitivity or sympathy to the grief or injustice that others suffer with a tendency to think the glass half empty.

Apis mel - When choosing Apis mel or any remedy, you look for a certain pattern of symptoms that match the case: If Apis mel can help, the inflammation should be red, hot and swollen with burning, stinging pains which feel better with cold air or compresses and worse for heat. Apis’ other applications often accompany inflammation including: thirstless, acute burning fevers that are worse with heat or motion, nervous restless sleep with sudden starts, and intense throbbing headaches better for pressure and worse with motion. Whenever there are strong reactionary symptoms, it’s best to consult a licensed practitioner.

Cantharis - This one burns. Because of this pesky insect’s burning sting, its remedy has the ability to heal a wide range of minor burns and burning pains caused by anything from sunburns to scalding urine. Many tout its ability to prevent blistering if taken soon after minor burning– especially sunburns. As with most burning pains, Cantharis symptoms feel better with cold water (though you should never apply cold right away to a burn as the contrast causes more trouble). When scalded by hot tea, coffee or other beverages, tongues and throats can find quick, soothing relief in Cantharis.

Belladonna - Don’t underestimate Belladonna's throbbing and/or burning pains. As a homeopathic remedy it can quickly relieve dizzying, throbbing headaches that will not let you bend over. Its earaches can be equally sudden, throbbing, with red streaks. Red swollen joints with sharp throbbing pain can find comfort here, as can dry burning eyes, menopausal hot flashes, burning diarrhea, burning urinary symptoms, hemorrhoids, painful heavy periods, red hot spots from teething, sores or tonsillitis.

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The Totality of Symptoms

The Law of Similars always comes first in homeopathy, but to make that work, symptoms need to fall within the range of the remedy.  In homeopathic provings, the specific types of pain (throbbing, radiating...), what makes it better or worse (heat, cold, movement...), and other details are all carefully recorded and verified for each remedy, along with all its other symptoms.
This individualization leads to homeopathy’s third principle, the Totality of Symptoms.

Remember, the remedies are not forcing chemical reactions the way other drugs do. The right remedy stimulates the healing response the body needs to overcome the symptoms and/or the cause of those symptoms. The wrong remedy often goes unrecognized. Thus careful review of the symptoms and careful selection is needed.

Combinations simplify selection by mixing single remedies with applications for a certain condition in hopes that there will be something in it for everyone. Even in our combinations, we generally offer more than one option for each ailment. For chronic pain, imbalance or illnesses, the best solution is to visit a homeopath who can sleuth out the very best match – the similimum.

Five uses of Arnica Montana that could change your life

Arnica montana is undoubtedly the most popular and commonly used single homeopathic remedy in the world.  While most of us know the benefits of Arnica for bruising and muscle soreness, it has other applications you may not be aware of.   One simple rule of thumb, is that when things go wrong, take Arnica to ease pain and speed healing.  Whether off to the gym, the yard, the mountains or the playground, the best way to feel safe and confident is having the healing power of Arnica close by. With its unparalleled ability to reduce trauma to soft tissues, Arnica is the most proven, accepted, loved homeopathic remedy around the globe. 

1) If you’d had Arnica after your last Injury...
By reducing bruising, bleeding, swelling, shock, pain and recovery time, Arnica ASAP reduces the extent of injuries, blows, falls, muscle strain, cuts and sprains. Arnica’s presence reduces trauma and adds efficiency to healing, making it ideal for first aid.

2)  Your Joints, Back and Limbs will Thank You... Arthritis, too?
“As if bruised” soreness anywhere tends to respond well to Arnica’s presence. Soreness, swelling and trauma after sprains, twists and turns as well as weakness in joints from injuries old or new often find healing relief in Arnica. For proof, a clinical study showed its usefulness even in arthritic joints.

3) Want to maximize your Fitness efforts?
As muscles generally build by tearing and repairing, Arnica is ideal for reducing the pain and strain of exercise– whether it involves running a marathon, doing 50 push-ups, lifting a grandchild or moving furniture. Did you know that with every mile that is run, the feet must absorb 110 tons of energy -- according to The Family Doctor’s website.

4) Fear Less about Dental Work, Surgery and Childbirth
Eclectic dentists, doctors and midwives are offering Arnica to reduce bleeding, bruising and pain. Practices of all kinds, are offering patient’s the choice to take Arnica along with other therapies. It’s clinically proven to reduce swelling after face lifts.

5) Are you in denial? Great Shock & Nerve Relief, too.
If after an accident, a person does not want to be touched and says something like, “No, I’m fine, don’t touch me, I don’t need a doctor,” when it is obvious they need help, Arnica is ideal for restoring composure. If, however, they are in terror and desperate for help, that kind of shock calls for Aconite.

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Key Homeopathic Arnica Products

Arnica Bump Stick 

This lightweight dispenser offers no muss no fuss applications of our clear Arnica ointment onto bruises, tender chaffed skin, chapped lips and dry skin. Its size makes it easy to carry the healing benefits along on outings and trips.

Arnica Ointment

Vital for every first aid kit, this clear, Arnica-rich ointment relieves bumps, bruises, soreness, chapped lips and skin externally. You can smooth on relief for bumps and bruises and massage in relief for sore muscles and achiness.

Hyland's Arnica Spray

Often, as in cases of bruises and sprained ankles, the area is quite tender and the thought of touching it can send you through the roof.  Spritz on relief with an alcohol based arnica solution.

Hyland's Arnicated Oil

Hyland’s Arnicated Oil is an extract of Arnica in a base of mineral oil. Arnica Montana is known for its healing power for bruising and muscle soreness. This oil is perfect for massaging into sore muscles.

Homeopathic Allergy Remedies

Hay Fever and Allergy Irritants Hit an All Time High in Many States

This year's warm early spring is flooding our respiratory tracts with too much pollen and botanical dust.  Pollen, pet dander, mold and dust confuse our histamine responses, especially when we feel overwhelmed. 1-800-Homeopathy's safe, natural, homeopathic allergy and hay fever remedies help the body find the common sense it needs without suppressing what our immune responses think they need to do. We have relief formulas designed for all ages and stages of allergy, hay fever, sinus and acute wheezing and sneezing.

Why so many homeopathic allergy remedy options? In order to match the wide variety of responses, we need a wide variety of options -- homeopathy supports individuality.

Allium cepa - watery eye irritation, nose burns, throat irritation, hoarseness

Euphrasia - tears burn watery eyes, nose runs or gets stuffed up

Kali bich - sinuses, throat, etc., clog with thick, ropy, stubborn mucus

Pulsatilla - stuffy yellow mucus, sniffles, cough, sinus pressure, etc.

Nat mur - dry throat irritation, profuse nasal discharge, watery eyes, post nasal drip,

Homeopathic Remedy Combinations for Allergy & Hayfever

HayFever #59 - Safe, non-drowsy relief for runny, sneezy, or scratchy eye, nose or throat irritation. Whether irritants are indoors or out, this unique formula helps reduce inflammation, irritation and swelling so you can breathe easier.

Homeopathic remedy ingredients:

- Euphrasia - Relieves burning eyes, dry throat and profuse nasal discharge.

- Pothos foet - Eases sneezing, runny noses and sore throat pain, especially if there is a saddle-shaped red swelling across the bridge of the nose.

- Sanguinaria - Applies best when eyes burn and throat stays dry while the nose changes from dry and sneezy to moist with burning discharge.

Sinus #203 - This head-clearing combination works with the body’s natural decongestants and histamines to clear the sinuses of stubborn mucus due to allergies, hay fever, colds or congestions.

Homeopathic remedy ingredients:

- Euphrasia - Relieves sinus troubles that behave more like colds with profuse burning tears especially in the morning, plus profuse, bland nasal discharge, and often a bursting catarrhal headache that may set everything running.

 - Kali bich - Among the masters of sinus trouble, it helps clear thick stringy yellow mucus that clogs eyes, ears, noses and throats causing pressure and pain, especially at the base of the nose.

 - Hydrastis - Applies when post-nasal drip and profuse burning yellow mucus lead to a dull, pressing headache and a harsh cough.

- Pulsatilla - Helps clear thick yellow mucus in the eyes, nose, chest or sinuses which often results in a pressing sore headache and night coughs.

Hyland's Allergy Relief 4 Kids - Specially designed 4 Kids with sensitivity to pollen, ragweed, grasses, mold or animal dander! This gentle, safe and effective remedy relieves kids’ common allergy symptoms including watery eyes, runny nose, stuffy nose, sneezing, itchy eyes/nose/roof of mouth, pressure in the nose and cheeks, ear fullness / popping, dark circles under the eyes and hives.

Asthma #83 - Asthma is not something to tackle alone, but if you have seen a practitioner and want to supplement care, this remedy offers temporary natural relief from wheezing, oppressed breathing, and tightness in the chest as well as hacking, burning, dry coughs, whether the symptoms follow physical exertion, a cold or exposure to seasonal irritants.

We hope you find your solutions among these or others on our website.

 Please note: these statements are based upon traditional homeopathic practice. They have not been reviewed by the Food and Drug Administration.

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Recent allergy news articles from 1-800 Homeopathy

Do you live in one of the top cities for allergies?

Suffering from allergies can be the the worst.  You could be having an especially difficult time this season if you live in one of these cities.  Read full article here.

Allergies are expected to be worse than ever this season

Have you gone outside to go to work this winter, bundled up in a thick jacket and snow hat, and been pleasantly surprised by how warm it was?  Read full article here.

Help your kids survive spring allergies

Spring has finally sprung and there's no doubt the kids will soon beg to spend just ten more minutes outside instead of coming in to do homework or eat dinner.  Read full article here.

Allergy News from around the web

"That golden sheen settling on cars, sidewalks and everything else is directly tied to high levels of allergy misery in the heaviest oak pollen season in at least 25 years." - San Antonio news.  Read article here:

"Mar. 21, 2012 - Allergy season has come early and hit with a wheezing vengeance in parts of the South and Midwest this year, thanks largely to an unusually warm winter. Abundant pollen is causing watery eyes, sniffles and sneezing." (The Associated Press)  Read article here.

"Doctors say the spring misery stretches from Mississippi to Ohio and from Georgia to Texas... In some areas, allergists say pollen counts this week are as high as they've ever recorded"  Read article here

Homeopathic Earache Remedies

In September of 2006, it was reported by doctors at Yale New Haven Hospital that for earaches, a "wait and see" approach was just as effective as prescribing antibiotics; yet just last month in February 2012, ABC News reported that "even though studies show that antibiotics for ear infections are rarely better than watching and waiting for kids over age 2, many pediatricians prescribe them anyway." When antibiotics are prescribed for ear infections, it is well established that children are more apt to get a recurrence as the body's own defenses are compromised and the inner ear is an ideal location for bacteria to settle. This can lead to additional courses of antibiotics, which may cause the development of resistant strains of bacteria that make infections even harder to treat.

So what's the issue? The truth is, doctors and parents alike want to feel like they are doing something. While many are embracing homeopathic medicine, most pediatricians are unaware of the benefits of homeopathic earache remedies, despite the mounting evidence that properly prescribed homeopathic earache remedies are just as effective as antibiotics when treating common earaches. In fact, researchers in India recently completed a pilot study that suggests homeopathic earache remedies relieve ear pain faster than conventional treatments. If you've consulted a physicisan and are caught up in that 48 hour wait and watch period, natural homeopathic earache remedies are proven to relieve pain and can reduce the chances of a prolonged ear infection.

Combination remedies such as Earache #31 and Hyland's Earache Drops provide general support. If you want to take a more targeted approach, the following list contains descriptions for the prominent singles used for earache symptoms:

Pulsatilla - “Constantly changing pains: ‘Everything is variable with Pulsatilla’.” - Dr. GérardPacaud, Homeopathy Encyclopedia.  

In the same book, Desktop Companion to Physical Pathology, Roger Morrison, MD, discusses the use of Pulsatilla for Otitis Media:

The most frequent remedy in both acute and chronic [please note this requires professional guidance] otitis.

Begins with a “cold” that develops into otitis media. Ear: Painful fullness or bursting sensation, especially in the left ear (however, the right ear can be affected).

Ear stopped with pulsing sensation or even pulsing, rushing noises.  Pain can extend to face and teeth.

Worse: Heat. Night. Upon blowing the nose.

Better: Open or cool air. Motion, gentle walking.

General: Usually warm and better open air.

Fever, thirstlessness, changeable condition; now playing, now sick.

Discharges are thick, bland, copious, green or yellow.

Disposition: Weepy and needs affection and caresses and wants to be carried slowly and tenderly.

Michael Schmidt’s book adds:“ This is one of the most frequently used remedies in otitis media and is suitable for almost all types of ear pain. Children needing Pulsatilla tend to be gentle, weepy, sensitive, and love to be held. They want attention and are easily consoled...

Their cheeks are pale. They feel better when in open, fresh air. There is a thick, bland, yellowish-green nasal discharge. The eardrum is swollen and red, with fluid. ...”

Hepar sulph calc - "An excellent remedy for stimulating the immune system" - Dr. Gérard Pacaud, Homeopathy Encyclopedia

In his book, Desktop Companion to Physical Pathology, Roger Morrison, MD, defines the use of Hepar sulph for Otitis Media: Acute otitis media or acute flares of painful otitis in long-smoldering cases.

Ear: Catarrh of ear leading to hearing loss.

Splinter sensation inside the ear. Often associated with sore throats.

The physician is awakened by a frantic parent and in the background a shrieking child is heard throughout the phone call.

Worse: Late at night. Cold or open air. Wind. Drafts.

Especially sensitive to dry, cold weather. Touch. Lying on painful side.

Better: Warmth. Wrapping the ear.

General: Must be well covered; especially the ear must be covered.  Sometimes uncovering even one hand or foot aggravates the ear.

Disposition: Very sensitive to pain; screams with the pain. Hates to be examined or touched.

In his book, Healing Childhood Ear Infections, Michael Schmidt offers these details:“... There is frequently a nasal discharge that is at first watery, then becomes thick, yellow, and offensive. There is intense throbbing pain in the ear, accompanied by diminished hearing.  These children are irritable and sensitive. Like the Chamomilla child, the Hepar child is cross and easily angered. They can be provoked to a tantrum with little effort. A hallmark of the Hepar child is oversensitivity to touch, cold, and pain....””

More Homeopathic Earache Options:

The Bane and Beauty of Homeopathy: There are always more homeopathic remedies available for a more perfect match. Dr. Maesimund Panos and Jane Heimlich offer these choice details in their book.  Homeopathic Medicine at Home offers: The baby that develops an ear infection is apt to have a shrill piercing cry....

BELLADONNA: If onset is sudden, child is restless, and particularly the ear in question is the right.
ACONITE: Sudden onset after... cold wind/draft.
CHAMOMILLA: Wild with pain, extremely irritable; want to be carried... worse from warmth. Sometimes one cheek is red the other pale.
DULCAMARA: Onset after change to cold, damp weather; worse at night.
FERRUM PHOS: Like Belladonna, baby has a flushed face, is sensitive to touch and noise and hates being jarred. But symptoms come on gradually. This remedy is useful at the beginning of an earache. 
MAG PHOS: Earache is worse on the right, worse from cold and at night... better from warmth and pressure.
KALI MUR: Earache and diminished hearing, with cracking noises on blowing the nose and swallowing. Person has a stuffy sensation in the ear and the ear feels closed. Also... when hearing is impaired after earache.
MERC VIV: Earache in damp or changeable weather, worse at night. Patient is sweaty and smells sick. Much saliva and bad breath. MERC –

Please note: We are not recommending you delay professional attention.  Children's ear infections can be serious and warrant a diagnostic evaluation. If you are looking for a homeopath to help end the cycle of earaches, you can visit the National Center for Homeopathy web site for an extensive list.

Also note: these claims are those of traditional homeopathic documentation and are not reviewed by the FDA.

 Please note: these statements are based upon traditional homeopathic practice. They have not been reviewed by the Food and Drug Administration.

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Earache Drops & Other Homeopathic Earache Combination Remedies

Earache #31: This unique, natural formula stimulates the body’s own ability to clear out acute ear congestion after colds, to make ears pop when atmospheric changes demand it, and to quiet buzzing noises. The guidance of a healthcare practitioner is highly recommended anytime infection is suspected or there is discharge from the ear.

Swimmer's Ear #32:  Whether filled with water, wax or mucus, this remedy can stimulate the body’s natural ability to clear ear canals out before bacteria can settle in. Ideal for swimmers, this natural formula offers natural support whenever ears feel congested, but if infection is possible, professional guidance is advised.

Mullein Oil: When wax, water or other discharge accumulates in the ear, this soothing liquid offers quick, comforting relief. A few drops of warm Mullein Oil gently massaged into the ear followed by a hot shower or bath will help loosen wax and drain the canal of water and other congestions with little or no discomfort. For external use only.

Hyland's Earache Drops: Unlike conventional swimmer’s ear treatments that simply dry the ears, Hyland’s Earache Drops work directly to relieve the pain, itch, and congestion associated with swimmer’s ear or earaches due to colds and allergies. No alcohol, no sting, 100% natural, homeopathic and safe for all ages.

Hyland's Infant Earache Drops: The medicines in Hyland’s Earache Drops have been clinically shown to reduce earache symptoms during the first 48 hours of the episode. If, on the advice of a physician, you’re waiting for 48 hours to pass before filling a prescription, you can help ease your child’s discomfort with these gentle drops. 

Please note: these statements are based upon traditional homeopathic practice. They have not been reviewed by the Food and Drug Administration.

In Like a Lion, Out Like a Lamb

- On the weather in March, backaches and homeopathy

I suppose we should be happy that it's been a mild winter for most of us; but in the past week many parts of the country were slammed with snow storms and this week's forcast is calling for more.  So even in the mildest of winters, the old "cliche" is still true, the weather in March is "in like a lion."  The obvious issue is heavy snow from warmer temperatures and more moisture in the air; shoveling, even walking around in heavy snow can lead to muscle strain and backaches.  Less obvious are the more consistent characteristics of weather in March, like sudden changes in temperature, gusty winds and increasing sunshine.  Combine this with a sometimes dramatic increase in outdoor physical activity and you can understand why backaches and other muscle strains arise.  With a little help from these homeopathic remedies you can help yourself stay pain-free just in time for spring, and see to it that March goes out like lamb.

Single Homeopathic Remedies for Backaches

Arnica montana - Relieves bruising and soreness in aching or injured backs.  If this remedy were in every glove compartment, first aid box, purse, office, suitcase, gym bag, dugout... , countless hours of pain and aggravation could be saved. This premier first aid remedy has won many hearts to homeopathy by minimizing bruising, bleeding, swelling, shock, pain and recovery time following strains, injuries, dental work, surgery, childbirth, exercise... Even without bruising or obvious signs of injury after trauma, Arnica relieves the aftershock, soreness and pain that often follows. A dose after every head injury is very highly recommended, but please call your practitioner even if it feels better.  Buy Now!

Aconitum nap - Relieves numb, stiff, painful, tingling or sore backs or necks, especially if cold air triggers the pain.  Aconite's ability to stabilize our reactions to mental, emotional and physical stresses, has made it a vital component in many combination remedies and a member of almost every household and professional homeopathic kit.  Buy now!

 Bryonia alb - Relieves neck and lower back stiffness aggravated by any motion or quick temperature changes.  Bryonia relieves ailments that approach slowly, linger too long and may result from being chilled when overheated or from fast weather changes.  Its 'keynote' symptom 'pain worse from slightest movement' applies best to its swollen, red, hot, stiff, aching joints with stitching pain. Joint issues may be due to injury, strains or aging. Bryonia can be very helpful for stitching pain and stiffness in the small of the back and in the neck. Most Bryonia pains find relief in applied pressure or lying on the painful side to prevent movement.  Buy Now!

Magnesium phos - Relaxes spasms, tense muscles and radiating pains to ease both nerves and backaches.   An important key to Mag phos’ relief is that symptoms feel better for heat and worse for cold. This is so strong that many recommend a sip or two of hot water immediately after taking the remedy to speed its action. If a hot bath, hot tea, and a warm bed sound ideal, add Mag phos to maximize the relief.  Buy Now!

Rhus tox - Relieves stiffness and pain, especially if gentle motion eases pain and the floor makes a better bed than a mattress.  Other symptoms and charachteristics that indicate Rhus include: a desire for fresh, but not cold, air, a worsening of symptoms at night, a frequent desire to stretch and sleep disturbed by dreams of exertion. It applies best to chilly individuals very sensitive to cold conditions. All its symptoms are better with heat, hot bathing and dry weather, and worse at night and with damp cold.  Buy Now!

Please note: these statements are based upon traditional homeopathic practice. They have not been reviewed by the Food and Drug Administration.

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Top 3 Homeopathic Remedy Combinations for Backaches

Backache / Sciatic Pain #199: Combines first aid injury support with cramp, stiffness and nerve relief to minimize and localize pain in injured, aching or aging backs. Whether exertion, minor injury, stress, pregnancy, arthritis or everyday use cause the pain, these quick dissolving tablets can relieve soreness, stiffness, cramps, swelling, nerve pain and inflammation.

Neuralgic Pain Tissue O - Tissue O’s essential cell salt ingredients offer nerves the fundamental support they need to find the rest and strength for healing from trauma, stress or normal wear and tear. This combination’s cell salt ingredients are indicated for various pains including leg cramps, facial pain, neck pain, inflamed joints and radiating nerve pains.

Rheumalgia Absorbent Balm - Arnica and other homeopathic support joins warming oils and deep heating ingredients to relieve a range of joint complaints. Swelling, stiffness, soreness and other aches due to injury or wear and tear, can all enjoy it.

Please note: these statements are based upon traditional homeopathic practice. They have not been reviewed by the Food and Drug Administration.

Overcome stage fright with homeopathy

"If you have stage fright, it never goes away. But then I wonder: is the key to that magical performance because of the fear?"
Stevie Nicks

You probably wouldn't know it from her stunning performance at the Grammy Awards on Sunday night, but singer / songwriter, and now the winner of six Grammy awards, Adele, has trouble with stage fright.  In a candid interview with Anderson Cooper, on CBS 60 Minutes, she admitted that her fear is “that I’m not going to deliver...that people aren’t going to enjoy it… that I’ll ruin their love for my songs by doing them live. I feel sick. I get a bit panicky.”  Needless to say, she delivered on Sunday night! 

In homeopathy, we know that these are precisely the kind of emotional symptoms that can help us find the best homeopathic remedy for individuals.  Combine these with physical symptoms, and a list of "modalities" (things that make you feel better or worse) and you have a better chance to make a profound impact on your health with homeopathy. 

We get the question all the time "how do I know what the best homeopathic remedy is for me?"  For that, you have to be open to understanding these emotional symptoms and modalities as well as the physical.  While watching Adele, and each of the other performers on the Grammy Awards broadcast, it got us thinking about how individuals handle stage fright, and the nervousness around all types of performances. We came up with a short list of homeopathic remedies for stage fright.  Maybe you're not going to be singing on the Grammy Awards any time soon, but these homeopathic remedies can help with public speaking, meetings, presentations and all types of public engagements.

Gelsemium -  Its symptoms ‘paralyzed by fear’ are most pronounced when having to perform. If you’ve ever forgotten your lines while on stage, or blanked out on a question in an interview and stood there totally dumbfounded, you know just what this is like. If dullness of mind, upset 'butterfly' stomach or even anticipation-induced diarrhea prevail over any situation, Gelsemium is a homeopathic remedy that can calm nerves to help bring out the best. Its anticipatory nerves disturb, even paralyze, mental and physical coordination.  Gelsemium’s best action is on quiet, timid, often low spirited loners who fill with apathy and want to be left alone. They dread public speaking, exams– any kind of ordeal; fear losing control and falling; and under stress, lack physical, mental and emotional will power. Often its heavy dull disorders follow bad or disappointing news or even a spell of great excitement (ups or downs). It is often referred to as the 4 D’s remedy for Dull, Drowsy, Dopey and Dazed.

Lycopodium - From nerves and indecision to colds and digestive troubles, this remedy’s range is extensive, especially for those who worry and battle with self confidence (too much and too little).  If you visualize Lycopodium as a towering tree-like structure which over time has been reduced to a small evergreen shrub, you get a feel for the two-sidedness of this remedy’s personality.  Lycopodium as a towering tree-like structure which over time has been reduced to a small evergreen shrub, you get a feel for the two-sidedness of this remedy’s personality. Its descriptions are full of seemingly contradictory terms: inflated ego & inferiority problems, tyrannous at home & timid at school, mentally sharp & physically dull, haughty & lacks confidence, driven to succeed & lacks self discipline... It has proven very helpful to children, especially boys, who are full of indecision, worry and exam/performance nerves, who generally perform perfectly when in the spotlight. They may fear failure, new things or new people and become shy and introverted, or learn to compensate by bragging, bullying and acting aggressively.

Our most popular nerve remedy, Luyties #304 contains both Gelsemium and Lycopodium, plus other nerve calming ingredients that can help when you don't feel up to the task.

Arsenicum album - The confirming symptoms that identify the need for Ars alb include: restless worry-filled anxiousness, pale anxious face, hypersensitivity, burning symptoms that feel better with heat, cravings for small sips of water and a tendency to be very chilly.  In the mental, emotional spectrum, Arsenicum ranks among the most restless, anxious remedies. Though important at times for all of us, Arsenicum can mean the most to individuals needing balancing relief for restless insecurities, compulsive cleaning and many fears, including losing control, fear of death, illness, poverty, crowds and being alone. When all is not well, their discontent may turn to despair.

Please note: these statements are based upon traditional homeopathic practice. They have not been reviewed by the Food and Drug Administration.

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Cell Salt support to help steady the nerves

Kali phos - The cell salt nerve and brain cells depend on most, Kali phos (potassium phosphate), helps nerves recover, relax and regain strength. On the emotional plane, Kali phos has restorative, calming powers over temper tantrums, pangs of grief and worry, hypersensitive nerves, and night terrors. When work, worry, study, stress or illness leave you weary but restless, sad, nervous or gloomy, Kali phos is a worry-free option. This picture may include a dread of what might be coming next, and an inability to get up and do something about it.
It may be the person’s nature or it may be a temporary state, but the patient who benefits most from Kali phos is apt to be shy, nervous, hypersensitive, weak, easily wearied and sometimes quite pessimistic.
Other symptoms include nightmares, sleeplessness, buzzing or ringing in the ears and cravings for sweets and ice water.

While it is easy to forget that mental/emotional symptoms can be directly related to physical and nutritional imbalances, Kali phos offers a good reminder of just how chemical sadness and restlessness can be.

Nat mur - The cell salt made from sea salt restores a range of imbalances. On the emotional plane, the dryness sodium chloride can cause becomes idiomatic as Nat mur applies to poorly circulated stress– suppressed grief, humiliation and heartbreaks. Sadness, irritability, anger, sleeplessness and haunting memories tend to dominate. These are most marked in emotional individuals who do not want to express emotions and, though considerate of others, may appear cold as they reject sympathy and actually feel worse with consolation. They often are very sensitive to music and can become quite discontented. They tend to keep troubles to themselves, dwell on unpleasant memories and may become easily offended perfectionists. Whenever a new grief, sadness or even music brings up old griefs as if fresh, Nat mur can help resolve the stress and relieve its effects.

Please note: these statements are based upon traditional homeopathic practice. They have not been reviewed by the Food and Drug Administration.

Can homeopathy help with the winter blahs?

"The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity." 

Dorothy Parker, Author, Humorist, Poet

Football is over, taxes are coming due, the holidays are long over, and in many places the weather is downright boring. So why are we so sad and grumpy? Whether it is a let down of a bad ski season, gray foggy days, or the notion of another 6 weeks of winter, for many people S.A.D. (Seasonal Affective Disorder) is at its worse this time of year.  We often refer to SAD disorder as the blahs.  It's one of those words that sounds just like what it means (onomatopoeia) !

When discussing the blahs it quickly becomes clear that the blahs deserve a space of their own. Lack of motivation, initiative, ideas, or zip, or the dominance of symptoms like TV 'rerun-itis', 'maybe-next-week-itis', or the teen typical, 'I don't cares,' might not seem like enough to call it the blues, but blahs, boredom and even mild indifference are signs that energies are getting out of balance. Homeopathy can put you and yours back in the groove before the blahs become blues or lower immunity to the local flu. Homeopathy is a non-invasive option supporting a natural boost from within.

Phosphorus - Whenever homeopathy and energy come up in the same sentence, the remedy Phosphorus and its many phosphate connections in the cell salt remedies should follow soon after. As the sun seems to feed the energy in these outgoing, lively individuals, short dark days of winter and changes in temperature can be very draining and saddening to the people who need this remedy. So if fatigue, colds and restless nerves take over when the sun goes under, this one is probably for you.

Causticum - If you are too chilly to enjoy cold dry weather, this remedy could be your match, especially if changes in temperature bother you until it changes to mild, wet weather which helps you relax both emotionally and physically. Worrying too much about what might go wrong for loved ones is another key to this remedy.

Rhus tox - Though you had best get some sun treatment if SAD is your issue, this remedy stands out among the best for symptoms and individuals who feel worse for cold cloudy weather.

Natrum mur - 'Haunted by past unpleasant memories' is a symptom picture too many of us have a hard time avoiding. This individual cell salt can help you bring down the walls built by long-suppressed emotions. 

Kali phos - This universal ‘debuzzer’ for babies, kids and adults, is made from a mineral compound critical to nerve and brain cells (though also in muscles, blood and intercellular fluids). Its many applications for both pain and emotional symptoms has made it one of our best selling single remedies. When loss of nerve power or agitation result from injury, illness, stress or sadness, Kali phos helps nerves recover, relax and regain strength.

Please note: these claims are based upon traditional homeopathic practice. They have not been reviewed by the Food and Drug Administration.

If the case involves depression, anxiety and/or panic, or seems beyond the range of self care, we recommend consultation with a licensed practitioner.

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Key homeopathic combinations to help with the blahs

Tonic Tissue E - Five phosphate cell salt remedies combine to provide a bundle of support when overall vitality is running low. Whenever life is a bit of a drain, this tonal remedy can help you jump into the rhythm of life.

Nervousness #4 addresses indifference with listlessness or stubbornness as well as grief, homesickness, and nerve support.

Tranquility #74 provides gentle relief for tired or agitated nerves and related sadness, grief and weariness.

Anxiety #320 cancels out the irritability or restlessness of nerves tight from fear, sadness, anger, nervousness or stress.

Anxiety/Depression #304 This customer favorite covers a spectrum of nerve issues­ sadness, performance nerves, worry, grief, homesickness, and general irritability.

Nerve Wise's #174 helps you find the silver lining when gloom, anger, nerves, grief... have you tense or unnerved.

Do you know the secret to aging gracefully?

"Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter."

-- Mark Twain

In recent weeks, Hollywood has treated us to a 'mish mosh' of stories on maturing actresses ending up in the hospital, Demi Moore for "exhaustion" and Heather Locklear for combining the wrong combination of prescription drugs with alcohol.  Whatever the real reasons are, it's not surprising that the media has harped on the "aging actress" angle of these stories, no matter how beautiful or graceful both of these actresses still are. 

The fact is, we're all aging.  Silly as it sounds, its true, and there are mental, physical and emotional challenges we face through most of our aging transitions.  Furthermore, most of us have not been blessed with freakish good looks and the genetic makeup or financial means to look 20 or 30 something well into our 50's and 60's.  Yes - exercise and good skin care can help a lot, but we think the real secret to aging gracefully is more likely found by a state of mind.   While homeopathy does not promise any magic bullets for anti-aging, some homeopathic remedies can help with mental, physical and emotional balance at the core.  Here are a few options to keep in mind.

Elastic - Tissue G

A Classic Example of cell salts combined to target a weakness.  We often think of elasticity as an aging issue with varicose veins and hemorrhoids, but imagine the elasticity it takes to go from newborn to 6 feet tall or to build muscles that can lift twice your weight. The elasticity in our veins keeps them from getting stretched and varicosed. The elasticity in our muscles, tendons, skin and nerves keeps them strong and flexible. 

Calc fluor is the most important elasticity remedy for treating growing bones, lumbago, hemorrhoids, varicose veins, stretch marks and other ‘relaxed’ conditions. 

Calc phos boosts nutrition and cellular activity to restore tone to tissue weakened by growth spurts, injury, illness or wear and tear. 

Kali phos helps steady nerves and encourages healing of nerve tissue, especially in nerve rich areas or injuries that seem too sensitive. 

Nat mur helps ease dryness and aids water distribution to help circulation especially when tissues are mending or stiff.  So, whether growing up, recovering from an injury, illness, fitness class, puberty, pregnancy, aging or the blahs, you can use this remedy to aid flexibility and bounce-back-ability.

Homeopathic Cell Salt Ingredients: Calc fluor, Calc phos, Kali phos, Nat mur.

Bioplasma

A Best Selling Cell Salt Combination & Best Value from 1-800 Homeopathy! Offers balancing support to anyone, of any age, any time a refreshing dose is needed. If feeling just a ‘bubble off plumb’, recovering from a vigorous run or workout, suffering from an unbalanced diet or working to get back in sync after an illness, Bioplasma can be highly restorative. It’s the only combination available in multiple potencies - 6X, 12X and 30X.

Homeopathic Ingredients: Every Bioplasma tablet contains these essential cell salts: Calc fluor, Calc phos, Calc sulph, Ferrum phos, Kali mur, Kali phos, Kali sulph, Mag phos, Nat mur, Nat phos, Nat sulph, Silica

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Cell Salts and Tissue Combinations

The individual cell salts that play a specific role in the health of an organ system or the treatment of an ailment are combined in our Tissue combinations. These classic combinations make it
easy to give tissues exactly what they need to solve a problem or strengthen a weakness.

12 Special Single Remedies

 Spring, Summer, Winter and Fall, our bodies need strong, stress-resistant cells to avoid ailments and embrace the season’s potential.  Homeopathically prepared from the basic mineral compounds that cells in the body depend on, the twelve cell salts help stimulate proper use and assimilation of these vital nutrients.

In homeopathic potencies, the cell salts are mild and safe at any dosage!  

These descriptions are all in accordance with Dr. W. H. Schuessler’s Biochemic Therapeutics, which established the cell salt remedies in 1876. He states that our cells and organs rely on these twelve inorganic substances and that abnormal conditions (illnesses) arise when they are not in balance.

Our History and Theirs

After working with the cell salt’s founder Dr. Wm. Schuessler in Germany in the 1890s, F. A. Luyties brought an enthusiasm for the cell salts back to his grandfather’s pharmacy that remains with us today. In J.B. Chapman’s book, Dr. Schuessler’s Biochemistry he states: “The Luyties Pharmacal Company were pioneers in the introduction of these remedies to the physicians in the United States.”

All cell salts are readily available in 5 potencies:

6X, 12X and 30X are packaged in 500 tablet bottles;

30C and 200C in 160 pellet vials.

How to relieve winter itch with homeopathy?

Winter itch. It suggests an emotional desire to get outside, move around or change something in our lives.  Although a good homeopathic practitioner could repertorize it and find a great homeopathic remedy for those emotional keynotes, we actually mean something much more simple.  That is itchy skin during the winter months caused by indoor heating systems and less than optimal hydration. 

It's easy to understand how it happens.  In the winter, because of lower temperatures and less time in the hot sun, we're often not as concious of our need to hydrate, so we don't drink enough water.  Combine this with dry air from heaters and you may become susceptable to dry skin and ithiness - winter itch!  The good news is, homeopathic remedies can help.

Homeopathic Sulphur - Buy Now!

Though often characterized as the absent minded, messy, bath-hating philosopher, or the child who never stops asking ‘Why?’, homeopathic Sulphur has many acute applications for all of us.

The homeopathic remedy Sulphur covers the gamut of ailments head to toe. One of its main applications is for skin problems, particularly dry, scaly, generally unhealthy skin that suppurates easily. It can also help with acne and sores, red orifices and hemorrhoids, and itchy skin or patches which burn when scratched and are aggravated by heat.

Its range of cold and hay fever symptoms include: itching burning watery eyes; feverish, sweaty colds with persistent offensive yellow mucus in sore, red nasal passages; suffocating coughs and sinus irritation. Its ear congestion often causes ears to be very red.

In the digestive field, it helps with nausea, acidity, heartburn, offensive flatulence and morning diarrhea. Great appetites for sweets, chocolate, fats, spicy food, cold water and beer may suggest a serious Sulphur case.

Sulphur’s sleep may be disturbed by cold, restlessness or nightmares. If after a few good hours, the night is a string of naps leaving you unrefreshed and drowsy in the afternoon, that’s a Sulphur sleep. Its headaches feel very constricted, hot and full with burning, bursting pain in the forehead and at the vertex (top) and may have the typical Sulphur indigestion.
Among its trademarks are local burning or throbbing pain and congestion; flushes of heat, aversion to water, dryness, red orifices, recurring complaints, excessive sweating and offensive discharges. Its symptoms tend to improve in dry warm weather but worse with warmth of bed. Sulphur is a powerful remedy that can bring things to the surface (suppressed skin conditions included).

As for the ‘Sulphur Type’, there are many. It covers quite a spectrum of traits and personalities from the robust to the emaciated, from the generous to the most miserly, the outspoken critic and the spokesperson for humanity. From the drunkard, dirty, wise-fool of Shakespeare’s Falstaff to the knowledgeable intense egoist Sherlock Holmes, some of the greatest characters in literature and history come under the wide range of Sulphur egos. Whether full of themselves or of concern for their families and health, Sulphurs tend to lack the practical nature that guides most of our daily lives. In homeopathic care, Sulphur is often used when the true ‘similimum’ is not working.

Please note: These statements are based upon traditional homeopathic practice.  They have not been reviewed by the Food and Drug Administration.

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Homeopathic Support for Itches and Irritations

Skin Irritation #94

Combines homeopathic ingredients that support healthy skin with those that help the skin purge itself of eruptions, acne and other irritations. This includes relief of dry scaly skin, weak skin with burning eruptions, itchy rashes and pustular rashes. In short, #94 offers a healthy dose of healing support.

Homeopathic Ingredients: Arsenicum alb, Berberis vulg, Echinacea ang, Sulphur

PRID Drawing Salve

Buckeye Salve

This healing ointment combines homeopathy’s best venous expertise with quick topical relief to assure fast comfort and long term benefits for hemorrhoids, varicose veins and other skin irritations. The name Buckeye comes from its dominant ingredient made from the buds and blooms of the Horse Chestnut tree, Aesculus hip. Second to Aesculus is the vein expert Hamamelis made from the bark of a Witch Hazel shrub.

Homeopathic Ingredients: Aesculus Hipp, Hamamelis Virg, Stramonium

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Homeopathic Sinus Remedies - Outpacing Flu Remedies.

Is flu season a bust?  Although this would be welcome news, it’s still too early to say.  According to the CDC, even though flu activity is relatively low in comparison to previous years, there are indications that flu cases may be on the rise.  The Center for Disease control reports that cases are increasing in Europe, parts of Canada and a few local areas in the United States. 

Although news of fewer cases of influenza is encouraging, we’ve also read reports that health care professionals are seeing more colds with longer lasting cough and sinus symptoms.  Furthermore, if it is any indication, we’ve also seen a jump in sales of key sinus remedies in the last week, so we’re thinking it may be time to check your medicine chest to make sure you have some of these key sinus remedies on hand.  And if you live in an area where Flu is setting in, it’s probably not a bad idea to consider these flu remedies as well.

Sinus #203 - This head clearing combination works with the body’s natural decongestants and histamines to clear the sinuses of stubborn mucus and ease profuse discharges. its relief extends to bursting catarrhal headache pain and eye, nose and throat irritation due to allergies, hay fever, colds or congestions.

Homeopathic Ingredients: Euphrasia, Hydrastis, Kali bich, Pulsatilla

Nasal / Sinus #10 - Blocked sinuses, post nasal drainage, stuffy noses, and suffocating chesty coughs– regardless of which part of the respiratory system is affected, this combination triggers cleansing responses to speed healing, naturally. Its classic ingredients are all known for their ability to relieve symptoms without causing dryness or suppressing discharge.

Homeopathic Ingredients:  Antimonium tart, Kali bich, Mercurius bin, Spongia tosta

Kali bich – we’ve described this sinus remedy before as a “sinus hero”.  This master remedy for helping break down thick, ropy, sticky, tough, stubborn mucus helps clear away sinus congestion, post nasal drip, hawking, blocked nasal passages, stubborn gagging coughs, plus related stomach distress and migraine-like headaches. If mucus suppressants, spring pollen, or too much beer are in the picture, that’s more evidence that Kali bich could help.

Lycopodium – although you wouldn’t normally put this single homeopathic remedy at the top of the list as a sinus remedy, we wanted to mention it because it seems to be quite popular this week.  While Lycopdium has numerous emotional and digestive keynotes especially relevant this time of year, its sinus and common cold uses can be singled out by yellow mucus, blocked sinuses, dry constant cough, buzzing ear congestion.

Flu #86   Strong colds and feverish flu can find natural relief in this unique combination. Its classic homeopathic ingredients can ease symptoms and encourage a speedier recovery from acute fevers and flu symptoms.  Its versatility lets it treat sudden fevers with chills as well as stifling slow moving, bone chilling miseries with lingering coughs and irritations.

Homeopathic Ingredients:  Aconite, Belladonna, Bryonia, Eupatorium perf, Ferrum phos, Gelsemium

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Sinus Remedy Product Reviews

"Would not be without Sinus #203" Review by Judith

"When the pressure is felt in the bridge of my nose I begin with Sinus #203. It has been a proven remedy for me and my husband for many years."

"Top of the line for sinus problems" Review by Flora

"I have dealt with sinus infections and problems most of my life and I am getting close to 70 yr young. I alternate with Ferr Phos if I don't catch the problem in time. Listen to your body and catch it in the beginning. Luyties #203 to stop it before it gets any worse. Works for him I hope it will for you."

"It really works!" Review by Jay

I have had sinus problems as long as I can remember ( I am retried now)...When my aunt told me about Homeopathy my life has completely changed. Sinus Luyties #203 actually works where all other remedies that I tried did not. I take only one dose on the on-set of a sinus problem and right away the problem is gone. The sinus/nasal does not work for me, but this one does. (Posted on 5/10/10)

"This Remedy Works" Review by Slept, even with the flu

I was hit with the flu for the first time in 10 years, 2 days before Christmas.  What a mess. Had it not been for the Nasal / Sinus & Flu Remedies from
1800Hoemopathy, my Christmas would have been ruined.  And yet here it is Dec. 27, and the flu and all it's ugly symptoms are fast on it's way out of my body! That's 4 days!!! Amazing

"Loving Homeopathy" Review by staphill

I've tried this product, looking for a solution to sinus issues that always bother my husband (who used to live on over-the-counter sinus remedies) and have found that this works better than anything that he has tried before. The most important thing to me is that it is safe, and has no side-effects and takes care of the issues promptly. Also, it has helped my very skeptic friends too. You can't go wrong with giving it a try.

Tissue Salts: balancing support from the inside out

Tissue Salts, also commonly referred to as "Cell Salts" are a group of homeopathic remedies made from the basic mineral compounds that cells in the body depend on, such as calcium and potassium compounds.  Other names used to describe this sub-set of homeopathic remedies include "Schuessler Tissue Salts", and "Biochemic Tissue Salts".

The Importance of Tissue Salts

Tissue Salts stimulate the body’s natural healing mechanisms to satisfy mineral deficiencies and imbalances. In his biochemic theory, Dr. Schuessler, the discoverer of Tissue Salts, states that deficiencies in these minerals are the source of most common health problems and that the Tissue Salts derived from these minerals give the body what it needs to prevent and treat illness. With today’s reliance on highly processed foods, keeping a healthy balance of minerals in the body is a major challenge. Tissue Salts can be part of a healthy daily regimen.

Facts about Homeopathic Tissue Salts

• A simple system based on Dr. Schuessler’s Biochemic Theory that helps the body assimilate and balance 12 vital  mineral nutrients.

• Homeopathic Tissue Salts are made from the minerals that cells require every day.

• Homeopathic Tissue Salts are specially formulated in homeopathic microdoses, making them safe for the whole family including children over one year of age.

• Safe to use with other medications.

• Available as easy-to-use, quickdissolving tablets.

Ideal for Self-Care and Safe for the Whole Family

Homeopathic Tissue salts give families the flexibility and assurance of safety to treat minor health issues quickly and effectively. As they will not react with other medications, Homeopathic Tissue Salts complement any health plan. More and more healthcare practitioners are embracing Tissue Salts for natural, self-care options for their patients. Parents can rely on homeopathic tissue salts to help solve their children’s minor health issues before they may become more serious. They are perfect for children because they taste good, are easy to use, work very well with children’s very responsive health systems, and are perfectly safe by themselves or in combination with other therapies. Effective in stimulating fast healing responses, homeopathic tissue salts relieve and speed recovery to resolve common problems such as colds, flu, earaches, and other ailments. Kids love their faintly sweet taste and how quickly the tablets dissolve on the tongue as well. Try them with your children and you will agree!

Quick History of Schuessler Tissue Salts

Dr. Wilhelm Schuessler, a German doctor, established the theory of Biochemic medicine in 1873. Dr. Schuessler combined the principles of biochemistry with homeopathy to give us the 12 safe & natural Tissue Salts – each derived from one of the 12 inorganic mineral compounds most important to our cellular health.

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The 12 Homeopathic Tissue Salt Remedies

Calc fluor - the elasticity expert

Varicose Veins • Hemorrhoids • Stretch Marks  • Joint Pain • Growth & Repair

Calc phos - building block cell salt

Growing pains • Bone Growth & Repair • Weakness • Digestion • Joint Pains • Teething

Calc sulph  - sinus and skin cell salt

Cleansing Support • Skin Sores & Wounds • Colds & Congestions • Yellow Mucus

Ferrum phos - the inflammatory cell salt

Acute Fever • Colds • Fatigue • Throbbing Pain • Redness • Pale Skin

Kali mur - a cleansing cell salt

Colds • Sinus & Ear Congestion • Acne • Thrush • Indigestion • White Mucus/Discharge

Kali phos - nerve nutrient cell salt

Nerve Pain • Headaches • Ear Noise • Anxious Nerves • Sadness • Restless Sleep

Kali sulph - deep cleansing cell salt

Colds & Congestions • Skin Issues • Yellow Mucus/Discharges • Indigestion • Joint Pain

Mag phos - anti-spasm cell salt

#1 for Cramps & Spasms • Leg & Menstrual Cramps • Radiating Nerve Pain • Sciatic Pain • Colic

Natrum mur - restorative cell salt

Colds • Sinus • Dryness •Grief & Emotional Stress • Sleeplessness • Headaches

Natrum phos - the antacid cell salt

Acidity • Gas & Indigestion • Muscle & Joint Stiffness • Headaches • Indifferent Fatigue

Natrum sulph - a cleansing cell salt

Nausea • Biliousness • Sick Headache • Joint Pain • Damp Conditions • Sadness

Silicea - the "grit" cell salt

Skin • Acne, Sores & Splinters • Scar Tissue • Sinus Congestion • Constipation  

What are the top sleep remedies?

Homeopathic remedies for a better night’s rest - especially around the holidays!

For all practical purposes, the holidays are here, and the New Year is approaching fast. For many of us, anticipation, the stress of spending money, dealing with crowds, and the natural things that contribute – like shorter days, colder, more cloudy weather, all make it more difficult to settle in for a good night’s rest. And even though kids don’t deal with the same issues adults do, you can count on them feeling some of these effects. For that reason, we’re taking a closer look at each of homeopathic sleep remedies in Hyland's Calms Forté™.

Avena sativa, Chamomilla, Humulus lupulus, Passiflora, plus Calc phos, Ferr phos, Kali phos, Mag phos, NNat phos

Hyland's homeopathic remedy for sleep, consistently ranks among the highest selling natural products in North America and is the number one selling homeopathic sleep remedy. It provides 100% all-natural, temporary relief of simple nervous tension, restlessness and insomnia (sleeplessness). Whether travel, stress or worry break up your regular routine, this homeopathic combination ensures a good night’s rest with no grogginess the next morning.  Hyland's Calms Forté works without contraindications, has no history of side effects. No drug hangover, no sedatives, just nature's answer to a good night's sleep.

Passiflora - for restless or wakeful sleep from exhaustion

Avena sativa - for stress, nervousness or nervous headache

Humulus lupulus - for drowsiness with incomplete sleep

Chamomilla - for nervous irritability

And the following homeopathic cell salt phosphates remedies for enhancing cellular function: Calcarea phos, Ferrum phos, Kali phos, Natrum phos, Magnesia phos.

What the Pros Say about these homeopathic sleep remedies?

While you can click on most of these remedies to find our listings, these excerpts from highly respected homeopathic texts offer special insights into why these are considered the top homeopathic sleep remedies.  Please note: these statements are based upon traditional homeopathic practice.  They have not been reviewed by the Food and Drug Administration.

Avena sativa
In his book, Lotus Materia Medica, Robin Murphy offers these nerve symptoms for Avena: "Avena sativa has a selective action on brain and nervous system, favorably influencing their nutritive function. The leading indications are:

Nervous exhaustion, general weakness. Sleeplessness with nervous exhaustion and weakness. Insomnia due to drugs or alcohol.
... Mental symptoms from mental or physical overwork. .... Inability to keep the mind fixed on any one subject... Brain-fatigue with sleeplessness.
Insomnia worse during convalescence.
Avena sativa is pre-eminently an anti-neurotic, quieting the nervous system to a remarkable degree.
The writer has employed this drug in his private practice for a number of years with the most gratifying results. He has very rarely found it to fail when indicated...."

Chamomilla
Among a long list of descriptive symptoms, Miranda Castro lists these sleep-related symptoms for Chamomilla in her book, Complete Homeopathy Handbook:
"Insomnia with sleepiness. This insomnia results from pain, anger or stimulants (coffee, etc.), or it can be caused by too much chamomile tea
- even in babies. The person may be restless.
It is especially suited to teething children and women in labour, and anyone who has been in a highly emotional state (especially angry) for a long period of time and who has become over-sensitive, mentally or physically, as a result. Hahnemann said of this remedy, ‘It ought not to be given to those who bear pain with patience and resignation,’ as its keynote is unbearable pain."

Humulus lupulus (hops) currently not in stock as a single remedy
Whether you call it Humulus lupulus or Lupulus humulus, you won’t find this remedy in every book on homeopathy - or even in our current stock of single remedies. But a few books offer insightful details: A Modern Herbal, by Mrs. M. Grieve, offers the herbal background:

"The Hop (Humulus Lupulus, Linn.) is a native British plant... given in nervousness and hysteria and at bedtime to induce sleep; in cases of nervousness, delirium and inflammation being considered to produce a most soothing effect, frequently procuring for the patient sleep after long periods of sleeplessness in overwrought conditions of the brain."
Frans Vermeulen’s Concordant Materia Medica offers these homeopathic insights on the remedy from the same source, hops, Lupulus humulus:
"Characteristics: Is a good remedy in unstrung condition of the nervous system and nausea, dizziness, headache... Urethral burning. Drawing and twitching in almost every muscle. Nervous tremors; wakefulness and delirium of drunkards. Giddiness and stupefaction...
Sleep - Drowsy during the day."
Robin Murphy’s Lutus Materia Medica adds:
"Drawing and twitching in almost every muscle. Slow pulse. Nervous tremors, wakefulness and delirium of alcoholics. Giddiness and stupefaction...
Mind - Confusion. Frequent starting from deep sleep with violent delirium from which he could only be aroused with great difficulty...."

Passiflora
The list of symptoms for Passiflora is not very long, but includes these telling nervous symptoms in Franz Vermeulen’s Concordant Materia Medica:

"An efficient anti-spasmodic. ...Has a quieting effect on the nervous system. Insomnia, produces normal sleep....
Has been used for breaking the morphine habit.
Sleep - Restless and wakeful, resulting from exhaustion, esp. in the feeble, infants and the aged. Insomnia of infants and the aged, and the mentally worried, and overworked...
Worse: Mental worries. Exhaustion. Mental excitement, Night. After meals. Nervousness"

The Five Phosphate Cell Salts
Calc phos, Ferrum phos, Kali phos, Mag phos, Nat phos
Cellular support that helps the body fight against weakness, inflammation, spasms, cramps, stiffness, acidity, growing pains, nerve pains and much more that might be keeping you awake. You can read all about them in our enews issue A Closer Look at Tonic Tissue E.
But when discussing sleep remedies, Kali phos stands alone among these cell salts.
Kali phos (potassium phosphate)
In Lotus Materia Medica, Robin Murphy offers these sleep-related details: "One of the greatest nerve remedies. Conditions arising from lack of nerve power, neurasthenia, mental and physical depression, are wonderfully improved by this remedy.
Sleep - Night terrors of children. Drowsy. Yawning. Sleepwalking. Sleeplessness from worn nerves, business troubles, etc. Amorous dreams, restlessness and heat during sleep. "

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Homeopathic Sleep Remedies

Calms Forte 4 Kids 

This homeopathic combination soothes and relaxes children so they can get the sleep they need. Targets the causes that inhibit healthy sleep patterns including restlesness, growing pains, night terrors, causeless crying and even sleeplessness from vacation travel. Also helps to relieve lack of focus and restlessness anytime. Specially designed for children 2 and up.

Homeopathic Ingredients:

Aconitum Nap. 6X HPUS - for physical & mental restlessness

Calc. Phos. 12X HPUS - for pains in joints & bones, peevishness

Chamomilla 6X HPUS - for irritability, restlessness, sleeplessness

Cina 6X HPUS - for nightmares, irritability of temper

Lycopodium 6X HPUS - for lack of focus, extreme sensitivity

Nat. Mur. 6X HPUS - for irritability, crying, oversensitivity

Pulsatilla 6X HPUS - for causeless crying, sleeplessness from travel

Sulphur 6X HPUS - for irritability, peevishness

Insomnia Tissue A

The cell salts in this combination offer fundamental relaxing sleep support. Made from the natural compounds already in our cells, it is perfectly safe even for babies. By combining the anti-inflammatory cell salt, the nerve nutrient cell salt and the anti-spasmodic cell salt, this unique formula offers relaxing support and peace of mind.

Homeopathic Ingredients:

Ferr phos - A fortifying anti-inflammatory cell salt, offers support for fatigue and calms any inflammation or slight fever that might delay your dreams.

 Kali phos - The ‘nerve nutrient’ of cell salts can help you rest easier if restless nerves, nervous fatigue, sadness or nerve pain are at the source.

 Mag phos - The anti-spasm cell salt relaxes leg cramps, muscle spasms, tension, radiating pains and even certain coughs so you can sleep naturally.

Sleep #173

A simple plan for sleep: Take a few tablets of #173, remember that there’s plenty of time to worry tomorrow, take a deep breath and count the colors of the rainbow. This special formula combines three of the simplest nerve calming, sleep-inducing ingredients in homeopathy to give everyone easy access to 100% natural sleep support, with no groggy or habit-forming side effects.

Not a sedative, not addictive, safe for kids and adults alike. The three singles remedies in this combination have calming applications that can ease nervous, excited, tired, stressed out nerves so you can sleep, naturally.

Homeopathic Ingredients:

 Avena sativa - The remedy derived from the common oat helps nerves that feel ‘too tired to sleep’ after a day of mental exertion or worry, or when drained by illness, fatigue or alcohol consumption.

 Kali phos - The nerve nutrient cell salt restores calm and composure to over-stressed, restless or emotional nerves, as well as injured painful nerves.

 Passiflora - Though its name is passionflower, this remedy is known for its ability to bring on sweet dreams when the day’s passions are past.

How to stop leg cramps with homeopathic remedies?

Leg Cramps are experienced by nearly 25% of Americans on a recurring basis, the most common cause of leg cramps being overuse of muscles due to exercise after periods of inactivity. Another issue is age, as we grow older, cramping can occur more frequently, most often at night, preventing us from getting the rest we need.  Experts also believe that dehydration is a cause of leg cramps.  This points to some obvious suggestions on how to avoid leg cramps; but even though warming up with some stretching before vigorous exercise, and staying hydrated during exercise can help you avoid leg cramps, homeopathic remedies can help when you need to stop leg cramps when they are happenning.

Get leg cramp relief with these homeopathic remedies.

MuscleAches #44 - Extensive First Aid treats muscle strains, cramps, bruises, soreness, sprains, and provides leg cramp relief.

This combination’s classic ingredients offer healing relief to sore or injured muscles and related ligaments and joints without aspirin, ibuprofen or any other chemicals that could aggravate tissues.

Homeopathic Ingredients:

Arnica, homeopathy’s premiere first aid remedy, reduces muscle strain and speeds healing by reducing bruising, bleeding and swelling of muscles and joints following workouts, injury, overexertion or sprains.

Bryonia soothes aching joints and muscles, stiff lower backs, inflamed joints and even chest muscles aching under a hard Bryonia cough.

Cimicifuga aids numbness, aching and muscular soreness in the limbs, cramping pain in the calves (especially with periods) and pain in the chest and large muscles.

Mag phos, the cell salt all muscles need, relaxes muscle spasms and cramps including leg cramps, menstrual cramps, muscular tension and radiating nerve pains.

 Rhus tox, the joint pain specialist, relieves tearing pain and soreness in muscleswhen related to joint pain, swelling and sprains.

Ruta grav, the tendon and muscle remedy, eases sprains, injured joints and out-of-whack backs.

Mag phos - #1 for Cramps & Spasms • Leg cramp relief • Radiating Nerve Pain

If you feel tight, tense, in a knot, then think Mag phos, and relax. An imbalance in our magnesium causes nerves and muscles to get out of sync. They cramp, spasm and shoot off pains. An imbalance in phosphates disturbs our vitality. Found in muscles, nerves, brain tissue, spinal marrow and teeth, the compound magnesium phosphate is vital to proper communication throughout the body.  Mag phos aids many spasmodic conditions in which nerves and muscles cannot cooperate these include leg cramps, menstrual cramps, abdominal pain or colic, back spasms, writer’s cramps, muscular tension, hiccoughs, tics, twitches, certain cases of bedwetting and other cramp or spasm symptoms. For nerve pain, Mag phos specializes in radiating pains but applies well to shooting, stabbing pains as well. It can be very useful for stabbing headaches, backache, right-sided sciatic pain, facial nerve pain, toothache, right-sided ear pain, and inflamed, injured or weary nerves.

Now for the big IF: an important key to Mag phos’ relief is that symptoms feel better for heat and worse for cold. This is so strong that many recommend a sip or two of hot water immediately after taking the remedy to speed its action. If a hot bath, hot tea, and a warm bed sound ideal, add Mag phos to maximize the relief.

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The Modern Story of Quinine

Hyland’s Leg Cramps contains the homeopathic medicine Cinchona Officinalis HPUS, which is made from the bark of the Cinchona tree, commonly called “Quinine Bark”. This bark is the source ingredient for quinine as well as the source of the ingredient in our homeopathic medicine. Homeopathically prepared Cinchona Officinalis is a safe and extremely effective ingredient to relieve leg cramp pain.

Non-homeopathic quinine, quinine sulfate or any salts of quinine are not found in ANY Hyland’s product. The Food & Drug Administration does not permit allopathic quinine in any OTC medicines, and limits its use in prescription medications as well.

Hyland’s Leg Cramps is a safe product because the active ingredients are present in microdoses. By contrast, a 6 ounce serving of tonic water has up to 4000 times the amount of quinine found in one HYLAND’S Leg Cramps caplet.

Hyland’s Leg Cramps continues to be one of the top selling analgesics in the United States since it was introduced in 1994.

Hyland's Leg Cramps - Soothing relief for cramps and pains in lower back and legs.

Homeopathic Ingredients:

Cinchona Officinalis 3X HPUS - for symptoms of pains in limb and joints, worse from slight touch, better from hard pressure (rubbing.)

Viscum Album 3X HPUS - for symptoms of pain in knee and ankle, sciatica, pain from sacrum into pelvis and thighs. Worse in cold, stormy weather.

Gnaphalium Polycephalum 3X HPUS - helps with cramps in calves and feet; rheumatic pain in ankles and legs; intense pain along sciatic nerve

Rhus Toxicodendron 6X HPUS - for pain and stiffness in fibrous tissue. Pains from strain and overexertion. Pains in tendons and ligaments. Worse in cold, damp weather, night.

Aconitum Napellus 6X HPUS - helpful for relief of pains in joints, lameness in hip and thigh. Cool feel, knees unsteady. Worse at night and in cold, dry wind.

Ledum Pal 6x HPUS - for rheumatic pains in legs

Magnesia Phosphorica 6X HPUS - for radiating, cramping pains in calves. Usually worse on right side.

Try Hyland's Leg Cramps PM for Nighttime Leg Cramps.  This unique version of Hyland’s popular Leg Cramps specializes in relieving pain and cramps in the lower body– legs, feet and toes– plus accompanying nighttime sleeplessness.

Bryonia 30 , 6 or 200 - Homeopathy for a "grumpy bear"

Joint Pain & Backaches • Headaches & Hangovers • Achy Colds / Flu • Worse with Motion

In October, we took a closer look at the number one single homeopathic remedy for joint pain - Rhus tox.  Like Rhus tox, Byronia has applications for joint pain and backaches, but with very different homeopathic modalities.  For the purpose of this article, you can think of a "modality" as a "tendency to conform to a general pattern."¹  While those needing homeopathic Rhus tox often feel better with slight movement and stretching, the homeopathic remedy Bryonia is just the opposite.  In fact, in his Materia Media, Clarke describes Rhus and Bryonia as "antidotes" for one another.  In Boericke's version of the Materia Medica he describes Bryonia's "aggravation" as "WORSE, warmth, any motion, morning, eating, hot weather, exertion, touch. Cannot sit up; gets faint and sick."

Bryonia was given the nicknames 'grumpy bear' and 'hangover' remedy because it applies best when stress or illness sets off a grumpy irritabilty that refuses comfort and does not want to be spoken to, bothered or moved in any way.

Bryonia relieves ailments that approach slowly, linger too long and may result from being chilled when overheated or from fast weather changes. Its slow moving flu and colds are marked by dryness. They have a dry, hacking cough with stitching pains, bone-aching, chill-ridden fever, great thirst for cold water, dry throat and a “don’t touch me, leave me alone” growl. The constipation or flatulent food induced nausea that Bryonia relieves may have this same general demeanor and much pressure after eating. Gastric flu with a bitter taste and aching in the stomach relieved only by belching may find relief here, too. Any of these may lead to a state of great fatigue in which the slightest exertion seems too much.

It has earned much fame by relieving intense, bursting, frontal headaches that may build to cover the whole head and do not want to be moved or jarred in any way. They feel best when buried under a pillow in a dark room. These headaches accompany most Bryonia ailments.

Its ‘keynote’ symptom ‘pain worse from slightest movement’ apply best to its swollen, red, hot joints aching from inflammation or sprains. These joint applications are very like Apis but are not shiny and pain is more stitching than stinging. It can be very helpful for stitching pain and stiffness in the small of the back and in the neck. Most Bryonia pains find relief in applied pressure or lying on the painful side.

Constitutionally, Bryonia applies best to reliable, tidy individuals who are driven to succeed by a need for financial security. If their effort fails, grumpy irritability and sadness can dominate. They approach life and work methodically without letting emotions get in the way.

Buy Homeopathic Bryonia 30, 6, 12 and 200 potencies

¹Definition available online at The Free Dictionary http://www.thefreedictionary.com/modality

3 Simple Steps for finding your way to the right homeopathic remedy

1.   Think about symptoms more than diagnoses, such as 'burning pain, gas, burping and nausea after eating' rather than just 'indigestion'. A minute spent analyzing symptoms and their causes before reading through the remedies, can save time and effort.

2.  Glance through the applications and characteristics at the top of each description to make a short list of the remedies that apply best. Then read through these remedies to find which one stands out as the best match to your individual symptoms.

3.  Take your first dose and relax, knowing:

✓ You cannot do any harm by not making the perfect choice.

✓ The remedies last a long time and cover a range of applications for future use.

Shortcuts:

Certain ‘keynote’ details help pinpoint or eliminate remedies. For instance, Bryonia symptoms worsen with motion, Rhus tox symptoms need motion to limber up or relax, and Apis symptoms all share burning, stinging pain. Arnica, of course, needs no shortcuts as it can be given to any physical trauma to reduce bruising and swelling.

Key homeopathic combination remedies with Bryonia

Hangover / Recovery #77

This very versatile combination blends four of the most comprehensive remedies for relieving headache, flu, cough, nausea, hangovers and stress-related symptoms. Whether in the thoes of misery or in the recovery stage, this unique formula offers calming, stabilizing support without any risk of interference with other medicines or groggy side effects. Its many applications make it a great travel companion as well.

Backache / Sciatica #199

Eases spasms, inflammation and bruising to soothe back and nerve pain.

Flu / Severe Colds #86

Natural relief for achy flu with fevers, chills, cough and colds symptoms.

Constipation #66

Worry free, non habit forming relief for constipation.

Homeopathic remedies for maximizing the holidays and minimizing the consequences.

December means the holidays are approaching fast. This brings a mixed bag of delights, memories, festivities, social settings, shopping, cooking, feasting, opportunities and obligations which teach us many things. With all the potential for over-indulgent behaviors and their consequences, it's a perfect time for some simple homeopathic solutions. 

Whether you've been naughty or nice, whether you celebrate Christmas, Hanukkah, something else or just enjoy family and friends around the holidays, make sure you put some homeopathic remedies on your holiday shopping list!

I. Homeopathic remedies for steady nerves and a sound sleep

The secret to a happy holiday can be as simple as finding a calm moment or getting good night’s sleep. Sometimes we do not even have time to recognize the stress until it catches up with us as a headache, backache, cold, flu or irritable morning. These relaxing homeopathic remedies can help you minimize the strain and maximize the fun. Try one of our homeopathic sleep remedies to see what you've been missing.

Homeopathic Remedy Combinations:

Insomnia Tissue A: Homeopathic cell salt remedies work together to calm the nerves, tension and irritation that keep the sandman at bay.

Hyland’s Calms Forté: This homeopathic remedy did not win its incredible popularity by just working once in a while.

Hyland’s Calms Forté 4 Kids: Too excited to sleep? No problem. This homeopathic formula made just for kids saves the day with a good night’s sleep.

Sleep #173: Not a sedative, not addictive, safe for all ages, this simple homeopathic remedy combination can calm nerves day and night.

Tranquilizer #74: Though not the kind of tranquilizer that prevents you from driving, this homeopathic remedy has a very calming effect on stressed out nerves.

Homeopathic Single Remedies:

Arsenicum alb: If worry and anxiety intrude on your fun, this homeopathic remedy might make this holiday extra special.

Cocculus: Jet lag insomnia, motion sickness? You’ll wish you packed this single remedy.

Coffea crudum: Whether you drank the frappacino or not, if it feels like you did, this homeopathic remedy is for you. When every pain’s too painful and every nerve too nervy.

Nux vom: Anxious, irritable, fatigued? This is the homeopathic remedy for the modern schedule - if you feel like a candidate for over-doers anonymous, you might want to read up on this one.

Passiflora: Workaholics, alcoholics, worriers, and insomniacs of all ages like this homeopathic remedy’s calming touch.

II. Homeopathic remedies for energy

The first ingredient for a stress free holiday season is a bundle of energy. The second may be nerves of steel.  Fortunately we have plenty of homeopathic remedies to balance the highs, lows, excitement and fatigue.   As always, the first homeopathic remedies to look at to spark the energy within are cell salts. Beginning with these balancing homeopathic combinations:

Bioplasma: sometimes it takes all 12 homeopathic cell salts to perk up the 12 cell salts inside us.

Tonic - Tissue E: The cell salt phosphate remedies combine to sort out which energies should go where, especially when overall vitality is running low.

Nervous Tension - Tissue P: Designed to help us through the first nine months, there's no limit on this homeopathic remedy's supportiveness.

III. Homeopathic remedies for indigestion, gas & upset stomach

Indigestion #178: A homeopathic remedy with a two phase approach to improve digestion and ease gas, nausea and heartburn.

Gas Tabs Wise's #413: This customer favorite quickly relieves gas, heartburn, flatulence and diarrhea.

Carbo veg: Perhaps the most popular homeopathic remedy for gas, heartburn, with burping, constipation, fatigue and convalescence

Nux vomica  - When the digestive system is stressed, Nux can quickly relieve heartburn, indigestion, gas and constipation from too much fatty food, alcohol/hangovers, coffee, stimulants or other excesses.

Homeopathic Kits

   Simplify Your Life

The Handy Kit: Just like the name says, the 12 products in this pouch are the most convenient homeopathic remedies to have on hand in every situation. With its 5 basic combinations, 6 most critical single remedies, Arnica Bump Stick, and instructive card insert, it is the perfect way to introduce your friends to homeopathy's great healing.

These lightweight homeopathic remedy kits are easy to take anywhere.

Little People Kit: From teething and colic to growing pains and study headaches, and all the bumps and bruises in between, this homeopathic kit makes watching them grow up, much more relaxing.

Cell Salt Travel Kit: Whether on the road or at home, having all 12 cell salts with you makes life healthier.

At 1-800 homeopathy we also have oodles of larger homeopathic and professional remedy kits - even special ones for the pet lovers, vets, midwives, mothers-to-be on your list.

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How to quickly find the best homeopathic remedy for cold, flu, or fever symptoms.

With an abundance of homeopathic remedies available for cold and flu symptoms, it can be a challenge to find the best one, even for more experienced homeopathic practitioners.  Some people exhibit the same symptoms all the time, making the homeopathic remedy selection more simple, but for others, cold and flu symptoms can be diverse, changing and often difficult to determine, especially at the onset.  We also talk to practitioners who describe the process of managing cold symptoms as though they are peeling back layers of an onion: after one homeopathic remedy succeeds in relieving symptoms, a new group of symptoms appear that require a different homeopathic remedy. 

While recognizing symptoms and matching them with a homeopathic remedy is key, it can by time consuming - and most of us want relief fast!  One of the best tools we've seen that can help speed the process, is a flow chart developed by renowned homeopath Stephen Messer, ND, DHANP. 

We've converted this flow chart into an easy to use (click) Cold & Flu Remedy Finder here!

For a closer look, the flow chart starts with what is probably the most obvious or easily answered symptom question.  Here's a snapshot of the process highlighting the key homeopathic remedies to consider when a fever is present:

 Is there a high fever?  If the answer is yes, you get directed to the most likely homeopathic remedy and a short list of key symptoms to look for.

Belladonna

Fever Symptoms

Sudden, violent onset
Red face
Hot, Dry skin
Chills
Cold hands and feet
Restless, thrashing about, twitching in sleep
Sleepy, but cannot sleep
Hard pounding pulse
Better from standing or sitting erect
Worse from noise, touch, bright light, lying down

Cold Symptoms

Fever, Throbbing headache, Hoarseness

Cough Symptoms

Dry barking cough, in racking fits
Worse at night or with deep breathing

If these symptoms don't describe the subject, than a quick link takes you to the next most likely homeopathic remedies:

Aconite

Fever Symptoms

Sudden violent onset, after exposure to cold, dry wind
Restlessness

Headache Symptoms

Heavy, throbbing, bursting pain
Sensation of fullness in forehead
Dizziness, worse on rising & shaking head
Better from open air
Worse from warm room, evening and night

Ferrum phos

Fever Symptoms

Gradual Onset
Early stages, no clear symptoms for any other remedy
Pale, easy flushing, rosy cheeks
Rapid, soft pulse
Restless
Better from touch, cold application
Worse from night, motion, right side

Homeopathic Combination Remedies for Cold & Flu

Flu / Severe Colds #86

Strong colds and feverish flu can find natural relief in this unique combination. Its classic homeopathic ingredients can ease symptoms and encourage a speedier recovery from acute fevers and flu symptoms. Its versatility lets it treat sudden fevers with chills as well as stifling slow moving, bone chilling miseries with lingering coughs and irritations.

Homeopathic Ingredients: Ferrum phos, Belladonna, Bryonia alb, Eupatorium, Gelsemium

Hyland's DEFEND Cold 'n Cough for Adults

100% Natural, Gentle, Safe and Effective liquid formula for cold and cough relief. Defend Cold & Cough's comprehensive formula from Hyland's covers a broad range of cold symptoms including nasal congestion, cough, sore throat and sneezing. As with all the homeopathic products we offer, this remedy does not contain any of the controversial cold medicine ingredients in the press today, such as Diphenhydramine, Dextromethorphan or Phenylephrine. Its ingredients are classic, well proven homeopathic remedies that have a known potential to relieve cold symptoms. They are so safe, you can take them before symptoms fully develop.

Homeopathic Ingredients: Allium Cepa, Hepar Sulph Calc, Hydrastis, Natrum Mur, Phosphorus, Pulsatilla, Sulphur

Hyland's DEFEND Nighttime Cold 'n Cough for Adults

Hyland's liquid nighttime formula combines classic proven homeopathic ingredients for common cold and cough symptoms with a few of the best for a calm restful night's sleep. Its comprehensive formula offers relief for nasal congestion, cough, sore throat and sneezing symptoms plus calming support for sleeplessness, restless sleep or frequent waking.

Homeopathic Ingredients:  Allium Cepa, Hepar Sulph Calc, Hydrastis, Natrum Mur, Phosphorus, Pulsatilla, Sulphur + Chamomilla, Coffea cruda & Nux Vomica

Explore Homeopathy with our November 2011 Catalog!

1-800 Homeopathy's November 2011 Catalog is in the mail now.  If you are a regular customer, it should be arriving sometime this week.  If you don't get our catalog and want to receive a printed copy, click here to request one. 

Digestion

With Thanksgiving in just a couple of weeks, and the Holiday season right around the corner,  you may be interested to know that 1-800 Homeopathy has more than 10 unique combination formulas to help with digestion related ailments and we've given special attention to them in this issue.

Cold & Flu

Equally important this time of year are cold, cough and flu issues, so this catalog takes a very close look at everything from fevers, to chest colds and Children's Cold n' Cough formulas to the new Hyland's DEFEND formulas for adults.

Welcome to our Homeopathic Single Remedies!

The more you know about homeopathy, the more you know that finding the right single homeopathic remedy can help you make a profound impact on your own health and the health of your family.  This November Catalog  includes great detail on the most commonly used single remedies, providing you with an awesome reference tool for your home and for travel.

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September 2011 - Fall Into Homeopathy

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May 2011- Support for Active Lifestyles - Focus on Arnica

March 2011- Renew and Revitalize with Homeopathy

January 2011- Ring in the New Year with Homeopathy - Vitality, Composure, Comfort and Health

November 2010 - Explore Homeopathy

September 2010 - Update Your Medicine Cabinet

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Ignatia - Just the friend we need to lighten the burden of emotional upset.

A Closer Look at the homeopathic remedy Ignatia amara.

Keynotes & Uses

• Mental/Emotional - Effects of grief, homesickness, anger, trauma or ‘overload’; fainting, sleeplessness and nightmares. Much sighing, lump in the throat sensation.

• Colds & Cough - Lump in the throat sensation (may not be cold related), spasmodic cough, chilling very thirsty fever.

• Pain & Inflammation - Stabbing nervous headaches.

• Digestive - Tummyaches or indigestion with sinking feeling.

• Modalities - Worse for stress, coffee, cold air. Better warmth and food. Onset emotional stress.

Named for the patron saint of spiritual retreats and exercises, this small tree supplies us with the emotionally and physically supportive St. Ignatius bean. In homeopathic form, this remedy treats a wide range of symptoms that can be caused by emotional turbulence. Loss of a loved one, trauma (even in the not so recent past), homesickness, broken hearts of all shapes and sizes, long, intense study periods, constant stress, in short any strong emotions that, if repressed can set off a wide array of symptoms in the body.

While it can help bring out suppressed emotions, Ignatia is also helpful in the pangs of grief or trauma - the sleeplessness, bellyaches, and waves of pain that can be the companion of turbulent emotions, and to prevent issues soon after - such as colds due to the strain on the immune system. Ignatia colds can start with a lump in the throat sensation and it’s spasmodic cough is set off by a tickle in the throat. If a fever takes over, an Ignatia type may be quite thirsty or itchy with chills. Some other symptoms may be a headache which feels as if a nail is being driven into the skull and the discomfort is made more intense by lying on the painful side. A sour taste in the mouth, hiccups, upper abdominal pain, nausea and vomiting which is somewhat relieved by eating are other Ignatia signs. Women can complain of uterine cramps during menstruation, constipation due to emotional stress and hemmorhoids.

On the emotional side, Ignatia works especially well with silent grief, though it also helps those at the other extreme-constant crying, fear, fright and anxiety. Ignatia types have a sensitive nervous system so it’s not surprising that their bodies react to emotional stress with twitchings, spasms, a lump in the throat feeling, nervous headaches or insomnia. Nervous debility caused fom loss, living in stressful situations, frustration and disappointment or long, intense periods of study can all be soothed by Ignatia.

If you find yourself constantly thinking about painful situations and you sigh deeply and often, this homeopathic remedy might be of help.  As all disappointed loves know, insomnia or nightmares may be your only choice– until Ignatia. Its symptoms tend to be erratic and spasmodic, they may tighten and release often as the body and mind try to restore balance. Its conditions usually feel better for eating and with warmth and worse with emotional disturbance, coffee and cold fresh air.

Whether natural to the individual or induced by emotions, the people who need Ignatia's support the most are sensitive, idealistic, and sometimes secretive, whose moods may alternate frequently– tears turning to laughter and back again. They may internalize their feelings so well that only their sighs let you know what is beneath the surface. Over time they can become very defensive, touchy, suspicious, jealous and even rude. The line between Nat mur and Ignatia for grief and suppressed feelings is narrow. One way to tell the difference is their response to sympathy, Nat mur may resent it, while Ignatia just prefers to be alone. Ignatia should be considered first when overwhelmed by recent grief.

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Size and Potency	Price	Qty
6x 500 Tablets	$8.95
12x 500 Tablets	$8.95
30x 500 Tablets	$8.95
30c 160 Pellets	$8.95
200c 160 Pellets	$8.95

 

 

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Homeopathic Combination Remedies with Ignatia as Key Ingredient

Anxiety / Depression #304

1-800 Homeopathy's Best Selling Stress Combination offers steadying, calming support for stage fright, performance nerves, despair and anxious worried nerves. This formula’s stabilizing influence extends to nerves struggling with homesickness, grief or sadness as well. By helping the body balance nervous energy, this combination can relieve sleeplessness, irritability, restlessness, headaches, fatigue and other stress responses.

Homeopathic Ingredients: Agnus cast, Gelsemium, Ignatia, Kali phos, Lycopodium, Passiflora

Nervousness #4

Whether stress, fear, grief, disappointment, homesickness, or illness tax the nervous system, Nervousness #4 is specially designed to step in before nerves spiral out of control. When touchy irritability, listless indifference or stubborn disobedience dominate, its natural balancing support can prove highly beneficial, especially if debility, growth or hormonal changes contribute.

Homeopathic Ingredients: Cinchona, Ignatia, Kali phos, Phosphoricum acidum

Tranquility #74

Stressed nerves, aging nerves, grieving, angry, tired and sleepless nerves, can all benefit from this remedy’s unique, nerve soothing formula. This classic combination provides calming comfort to overtaxed nerves without adding the stress of contra-indications or groggy side effects.

Homeopathic Ingredients: Agnus castus, Ignatia, Kali phos

“Ignatia is valuable at all stages in life, for sensitive children who have developed sore throats or a tummy-ache or insomnia after being punished or severely frightened or if homesick; for teenagers who brood and pine after being ditched by a ‘loved one’; for men and women at all ages and in all walks of life who have suffered inwardly and become introspective and moody ... suffering from ill health as a result.”

- Miranda Castro

How to turn back the clock on fatigue and simple stresses!

In another week or so we set the clocks back.  Yes, it will get dark earlier, but you've probably already noticed the days getting shorter.  Dealing with the physical effects of shorter days is tough enough for most of us, but when you throw in the sudden change from daylights savings time, our aging  bodies can suffer from additional stress and fatigue in more ways than one.  Whether it's a lack of energy, getting your body clock back in synch, or just managing simple stresses, homeopathic cell salts are often the best way to restore balance.  Here's a few key homeopathic cell salt combinations to consider:

Tonic Tissue E:

When energy feels drained or out of sync, due to illness, stress, growth or convalescence, this remedy’s replenishing cell salt ingredients help restore vitality and balance. Physically, the five phosphate cell salts in this remedy offer natural support for growing pains, bone repair, cramps, nerve pain, indigestion and acidity issues.

Homeopathic Ingredients:

 Calc phos - Growth and repair cell salt helps the body maintain healthy cellular activity through growth spurts and convalescence.

 Ferrum phos - The anti-inflammatory cell salt helps the blood do its work and minimizes inflammation and general fatigue.

 Kali phos - The ‘nerve nutrient’ cell salt helps when mental or physical energy is out of whack due to stress, pain, sadness or sleeplessness.

 Mag phos - The anti-spasmodic, relaxing cell salt helps relations between nerves and muscles to ease tensiton, spasms, cramps and radiating pains.

 Nat phos - The acidity balancing cell salt helps with both digestive and tissue/joint aggravations by keeping acids at bay.

Debility Tissue B:

With the cell salts critical to growth, repair, inflammation and healthy nerves, this combination offers fundamental aid for stressed systems. Its gentle worry-free support can be applied anytime energy feels challenged. Rest assured, these simple tablets are 100% natural and safe to take with any form of medicine.

Homeopathic Ingredients:

Kali phos - The nerve nutrient cell salt helps balance stress by relieving restless nerves, nervous fatigue, sadness or nerve pain.

 Calc phos - The cell salt for growth and repair stress, supports recovery, aids weakness and nutrition, and eases growing pains and related stresses.

 Ferrum phos - The anti-inflammation and fever cell salt helps reduce inflammation, acute fevers and general fatigue.

Bioplasma

#1 Best Selling Cell Salt Combination & Best Value! Offers balancing support to anyone, of any age, any time a refreshing dose is needed. If feeling just a ‘bubble off plumb’, recovering from a vigorous run or workout, suffering from an unbalanced diet or working to get back in sync after an illness, Bioplasma can be highly restorative. It’s the only combination available in multiple potencies - 6X, 12X and 30X.

Homeopathic Ingredients: (Contains all 12 Cell Salts)

Calc fluor (Calcium Fluoride)

Calc phos (Calcium Phosphate)

Calc sulph (Calcium Sulphate)

Ferrum phos (Iron Phosphate)

Kali mur (Potassium Chloride)

Kali phos (Potassium Phosphate)

Kali sulph (Potassium Sulphate)

Mag phos (Magnesium Phosphate)

Nat mur (Sodium Chloride)

Nat phos (Sodium Phosphate)

Nat sulph (Sodium Sulphate)

Silica (Silicon Dioxide)

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Get to Know Your Homeopathic Cell Salts!

The simplest step into homeopathy’s safe effective healing, is getting to know the twelve cell salts. Most of the cell salts and the ‘Biochemic Theory’ behind them were the work of German chemist and physician Dr. Schuessler. He analyzed human tissues, found twelve inorganic substances in common and studied imbalances in these cell salts that related to diseases. From this he deduced that abnormal conditions (illnesses) arise when there is an imbalance in one or more of the basic “salts” or inorganic mineral compounds.

Dr. Schuessler discovered that supplements were not always safe or effective alone, so he made the compounds into homeopathically prepared remedies and found that whether applied to cases of excess or deficiency, the biochemic cell salt remedies helped the body restore a natural balance.

Our History and Theirs

After working with the cell salt’s founder
Dr. Wm. Schuessler in Germany in the 1890s, F. A. Luyties brought an enthusiasm for the cell salts back to his grandfather’s pharmacy that remains with us today.  In J.B. Chapman’s book, Dr. Schuessler’s Biochemistry, he says of our company:
“The Luyties Pharmacal Company were pioneers in the introduction of these remedies to the physicians in the United States.”

In homeopathic potencies, the cell salts are mild and safe at any dosage, and can benefit
the whole family!

Cell Salt Travel Kit

Take the healing with you!

Vacations, Gyms, Dorms, Home & Work

Having all twelve cell salts at your fingertips is as comforting as having your bags packed the day before your flight. Practical at home or on the road, this go anywhere lightweight kit has all twelve cell salt remedies(6x potency)plus a card explaining each remedy's primary uses, all in a convenient nylon pouch. It's so stylish it makes a great gift for any level of interest and a perfect companion for new and expectant moms. 12 strong plastic bottles (125 tabs each - 6x potency).

What's the #1 Homeopathic Remedy for Joint Pain & Stiffness?

If you were thinking Arnica montana, you would be close, but not correct!  While Arnica is considered the number one homeopathic remedy for pain, it's primary keynotes are "muscle soreness" and "over-exertion".  Another answer we saw a few times when we posted this question on our facebook page was Ruta grav, but this homeopathic remedy is more closely aligned with joint "injuries".  Rhus tox, on the other hand, is well known homeopathic pain remedy with major symptoms that involve "joint pain" and "stiffness".   Rhus tox can be indicated when pain gets worse in cold, rainy weather, or better from warm, dry weather. 

Rhus Tox - Quick Overview

Stiff joints, backs and sciatic pains which need gentle motion can depend on this classic homeopathic remedy’s safe healing benefits. It has a special affinity for easing a variety of inflammations including blistering itchy rashes, hives, eye inflammations, cold sores, raw sore throats and colds. Restless worried nerves, headaches and nervous fatigue can find it soothing as well. Rhus tox applies best when symptoms improve with heat and worsen at night and in damp cold weather. 

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Here's a more detailed symptom picture to help you pinpoint if rhus tox is the right homeopathic remedy for you.

Rhus tox ranks among the best homeopathic remedies for easing stiff joints with tearing pains, swelling, redness, sprains, etc.. It earned the title “Rusty Gate Remedy” by relieving joint and back pains that hurt on initial movement but improve after limbering up– just like an old gate that squeaks at first but quiets down after a bit. Also like the rusty gate, these joints do not like cold damp weather– they can be great storm predictors. For back relief, Rhus specializes in strain or injury, stiff necks, lower back pain, lumbago, even sciatica, especially if they feel better lying on a hard surface, walking or bending backwards. Similar joint pain shows up in Rhus’ flu or fever along with a dry swollen throat, hoarseness, chills and much weariness and fatigue.

For skin, Rhus tox soothes itching, blistering rashes and red patches whether due to poison ivy, other irritants or hives, especially if symptoms worsen with getting wet or cold. Certain cases of shingles have found much relief in this remedy as well. Rhus' anti-inflammatory powers extend to soothing eye inflammation, swollen eyelids and cold sores, as well as facial swelling and heavy, painful-to-touch occipital headaches.

Whether induced by pains, irritations or other stresses, cases with extreme restlessness, anxious nerves and a sense of helplessness can find additional relief in Rhus tox. Other symptoms and charachteristics that indicate Rhus include: a desire for fresh, but not cold, air, a worsening of symptoms at night, a frequent desire to stretch and sleep disturbed by dreams of exertion. It applies best to chilly individuals very sensitive to cold conditions. All its symptoms are better with heat, hot bathing and dry weather, and worse at night and with damp cold.

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Best homeopathic combination remedies with Rhus Tox!

Backache / Sciatic Pain #199

Combines first aid injury support with cramp, stiffness and nerve relief to minimize and localize pain in injured, aching or aging backs. Whether exertion, minor injury, stress, pregnancy, arthritis or everyday use cause the pain, these quick dissolving tablets can relieve soreness, stiffness, cramps, swelling, nerve pain and inflammation.

Pain Tabs Wise's #417

Injured nerves, aching nerves, inflamed, weary and simply irritated nerves can all take comfort in this comprehensive combination. Two fundamental cell salts combine with classic singles to ease headaches, backaches, joints, injured nerves, cramps and radiating nerve pains.

Rhuematic Pain #14

Whether suffering a bout of stiffness after a chilling walk or stiff swollen joint pain anytime, this remedy can ease stiffness, pain and inflammation in joints, naturally. While any bout of stiffness or achiness will enjoy this combination, if you suspect rheumatism, a professional consult is advised.

Hyland's Leg Cramps

Hyland’s Leg Cramps™ offers a traditional formula for the natural relief of symptoms of cramps and pains in lower back and legs. It can be especially useful if symptoms are made worse by damp weather. Perfectly safe for adults and can be used in conjunction with other medications.