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.

More information and resources on homeopathic tissue salts:

Recent Blog Posts on Tissue Salts

Chart referencing Tissue Salts and there uses

Product Category listing individual Tissue Salts

Product Category listing unique homeopathic Tissue Salts Combination Remedies

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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.

November I-Catalog available online!

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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.

Buy Ignatia amara

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.

Sinuses, Sniffles & Sneezes

How to get cold relief without suppression. 

We have to admit, this topic has been on our minds since the fall, and cooler weather set in, because we're starting to see more colds in the office and among family members.  Sometimes, colds are just a nuisance, not fully debilitating or overwhelming, but other times, they really drain your energy.  Fortunately, homeopathy offers safe solutions for either situation and the range of symptoms that accompany any cold.  You can start by looking at these three key homeopathic remedies to help you fight colds and cold symptoms this season.

Our #1 homeopathic combination remedy for colds

Nasal / Sinus #10 

Tough stubborn mucus has met its match!

♦ Whether stubborn mucus blocks nasal passages, sinuses or bronchial tracks, this remedy offers natural support that will not suppress phlegm.

♦ This unique formula is designed to stimulate natural healing to fight off sinus pressure, nasal congestion and post nasal drainage.

♦ Relieves lingering cold symptoms– chesty coughs and stubborn nasal discharge.

Homeopathic Ingredients:

Antimonium tart - A master of coughs and stubborn mucus, helps when the sinuses, or any part of the respiratory system are full.

 Kali bich - Homeopathy’s #1 real sinus reliever, helps clear thick, yellow-green, stringy mucus that clogs the sinuses, blocks nasal passages, lines the throat and lungs and may fill the ears as well.

 Mercurius viv - Offers added relief if there is much mucus in the throat and pain in the front and back of the head.

Spongia tosta - Helps most when there is mucus irritation, but everything feels dry and tight - blocked sinuses with bursting headaches, and dry suffocating coughs.

 Favorite homeopathic single remdy for early onset of cold symptoms

Aconite Napellus

Sudden sniffles, scares and shocks are Aconite’s trademarks.

♦ For first aid after a scare or accident, it can be critical for calming fear and minimizing the chance of shock.
♦ For colds, most texts recommend it be taken at the first sneeze, sniffle, dry throat, acute fever or fear that a cold is coming, particularly when symptoms begin suddenly after exposure to cold winds or emotional trauma.
♦ If fearful anxiety is present, it also eases: sleeplessness, restlessness, pain and burning headaches.

Lingering colds that drain energy with fever, chills, hoarseness and hacking coughs.

Cold Solutions with Zinc

Natural relief for a range of cold and hay fever symptoms, including sniffles, nasal congestion, acute fever, restless fatigue and heavy achy discomfort. With Zinc and classic cold remedies, #399 offers help to every cold it touches.

Homeopathic Ingredients:

Aconite - Fast acting support at the first sign of a cold, especially sniffles, sneezing or sore throat after a cold wind.

 Allium cepa - Relieves burning, watery runny noses and watery eyes due to colds or hayfever.

 Gelsemium - Relieves and speeds recovery of energy-draining, heavy, yet restless, colds and flu.

 Zinc gluc - Relieves dry sore throats, hoarseness and spasmodic cough.

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A closer look at homeopathic Nux vomica for excess.

In recent weeks, we've noticed a startling increase in web site searches on two key words - "Indigestion" & "Stress".  Although we've written seperately about the topics of indigestion and stress before, the relationship both of these "keynotes" have with a particular homeopathic remedy, seemed like less of a coincidence, and more like a sign of the times.  So this week's blog takes a much closer look at the homeopathic remedy Nux vomica, one that is largely characterized by symptoms from excess - excessive work, excessive play, excessive eating, excessive drinking, excessive medication and generally speaking, too much of any one thing!

Nux Vomica -  The stress of deadlines, tests, mental strain, parties, stimulants, sedatives, etc., tend to lower vitality, increase susceptibility, and lead to the many ailments this comprehensive homeopathic remedy can relieve, including: Restless cold or flu with extreme chilliness, suffocating cough and fatigue; Digestion with heartburn, gas, vomiting and constipation from fatty food, alcohol, coffee or stress; Pains including pressing headaches, sore lower backaches, and heavy menstrual pains. Keeping an aggravated state from becoming angry or violent is a Nux vomica trademark.

Typical adjectives for Nux vomica individuals or states include: competitive, impatient, impulsive, ambitious, aggressive, fastidious, restless... You know the feeling when you have worked harder than anyone else, you know you are right and want to rage against all the red tape? That is typically the Nux vomica moment. Some people are that dedicated or engaged all the time, others only feel it under stress.

Under stress, the Nux vomica workaholic might form habits like drinking a pot of coffee to wake up, overeating during a sedentary day, then taking something to induce sleep, but the homeopathic remedy can help us all unravel our nerves and change indulgent behavior. Helping an aggravated state from becoming an angry or violent state is a trademark of Nux vomica.

Then there are the physical effects of stress that Nux vomica can relieve. It aids very restless hay fever, cold and flu symptoms that may include extreme chilliness, bone, back and joint pain, headache, suffocating cough and fatigue. Extreme chilliness marks a Nux vomica fever - drafts are unbearable. The cold may have burning mucus that blocks the nose at night and a rough sore throat that sends pain toward the ears on trying to swallow the lump in your throat. Ear pain that hurts on swallowing will often find relief in Nux vomica, as well. The hay fever Nux vomica applies to has these same common cold symptoms.

When the digestive system is stressed, Nux vomica can quickly relieve heartburn, indigestion, gas and constipation from too much fatty food, alcohol/hangovers, coffee, stimulants or other excesses. Car sickness with a faint feeling, stomach flu with bitter vomiting and constipation during pregnancy may need Nux vomica, too.

Then there’s the pain. Nux vomica specializes in pressing, tearing headaches that worsen at night or in the morning especially following mental strain, alcohol or 3 a.m. sleeplessness. Nux vomica also helps backache with pressing bruised pain in lower back and periods with heavy aching pain and lower back spasms.

Illness and fatigue bring out Nux vomica's most impatient, irritable and hypersensitive behaviors. Nux vomica patients find relief in a nap, moist air and hot drinks, and aggravation in cold open air, tight clothes, stimulation and on waking early. Without Nux vomica, the only alternative for such workaholics may be utter fatigue, which falls under Nux’s range of support as well.

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Homeopathic Remedy Combinations with "Nux Vomica" as a key ingredient

Hangover / Recovery #77

This very versatile homeopathic remedy 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 homeopathic formula offers calming, stabilizing support without any risk of interference with other medicines or groggy side effects.

Hyland's Defend Nighttime Cold and Cough

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.

Gas Tabs Wise's #413

This unique homeopathic formula relieves gastric complaints from many sources, including digestive excesses (too much alcohol, coffee, rich food, etc.) as well as stress, emotional strain, grief or anger. It even has a dash of nutmeg’s remedy to help when weak digestion turns all food to gas and bloating.

Dyspepsia #22

A homeopathic remedy complete with relief for digestive issues that develop soon after eating, plus support for ongoing nausea and constipation from weak or sluggish systems. When rich meals result in heartburn, gas, belching, sleeplessness and/or diarrhea, this comprehensive homeopathic remedy works with the body’s own balancing responses to ease discomfort quickly.

A closer look at homeopathic Natrum mur - to combat everything "dry"

The abnormally dry weather in many parts of the country is expected to extend allergy season and also make it worse for many of us in the United States.  Even though you might not live in an area effected by draught, or extreme dry weather, allergens like ragweed pollen and others can travel on the wind for 400 miles or more, making your allergy season longer and worse as well. 

The first homeopathic remedies you might think of for hayfever and allergies are Allium cepa, Euphrasia and Hydrastis.  We've written about these homeopathic remedies for hayfever here.  Although these homeopathic remedies are each excellent in their own right, one you may not have considered, includes dryness as one of it's main "keynotes", and is also a key ingredient in some leading Hayfever and Allergy combination remedies.  That homeopathic remedy is Natrum mur.

Natrum mur

The cell salt made from sea salt restores a range of imbalances. For colds, sinus pressure, post nasal drip, hay fever and sore throats, the use of Nat mur is indicated by a dry rawness and thickening clearish mucus.

Dryness underlies many of Nat mur's applications. Its colds and congestions have a dry rawness along with thickening clear to whitish mucus. These include colds, hay fever and sinus pressure often marked by profuse nasal discharge, watery eyes, post nasal drip, dry tickling coughs or dry sore throats. Other applications with connections to internal dryness include cold sores, flaky skin, dandruff, cracked lips, fever blisters, eye irritation, vaginal dryness, constipation, incontinence and other acute urinary symptoms.

 On the emotional plane, the dryness 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.

Complaints tend to improve with open air, deep breathing and tight clothing, and worsen with consolation, more emotion, hormonal fluctuations and sunlight (especially headaches). A deep crack in the lower lip and a desire for salty foods further indicate a need for Nat mur.

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Homeopathic combination remedies for allergies with Natrum mur as a key ingredient

Hyland's Seasonal Allergy Relief

Any season is allergy season, and this formula offers non-drowsy natural relief. Formulated for the entire family, this product is a welcome answer to the drippy misery of seasonal allergies. Relieves runny eyes and nose symptoms of allergy from pollen, ragweed, grasses, mold and animal dander.

Homeopathic Ingredients:

Allium Cepa 6X HPUS for runny nose, eyes, sneezing

Natrum Muriaticum 6X HPUS runny nose, sneezing

Histaminum Hydrochloricum 12X HPUS sinus pain, sore throat

Luffa Operculata 12X HPUS sinus pain, headache

Galphimia Glauca 12X HPUS runy nose & eyes

Nux Vomica 6X HPUS runny nose

Hyland's Complete Allergy 4 Kids

NEW! 100% Natual Hyland's Complete Allergy 4 Kids effectively relieves the symptoms caused by indoor and outdoor allergies, in a sugar-free, pleasant tasting all-in-one formula.

Homeopathic ingredients:

Aconitum Napellus 6X HPUS - pain, swelling in face; itchy throat, sneezing

Allium Cepa 6X HPUS - hay fever, runny nose, watery, itchy eyes

Euphrasia 6X HPUS - nasal inflammation, nasal discharge

Galphimia Glauca 12X HPUS - sneezing, runny nose

Histaminum Hydrochloricum 12X HPUS - feeling of blocked ears

Luffa Operculata 12X HPUS - sinus pain, headache

Natrum Muriaticum 6X HPUS - ear pain, itchy, burning eyes

Nux Vomica 6X HPUS - dark circles under eyes, itchy nose

Sabadilla 6X HPUS - hay fever, uncontrollable sneezing

Pulsatilla 6X HPUS - sinus pressure

The Essential Homeopathic Medicine Chest - Our Top 5 fall remedies! 

Here's 5 of our favorite homeopathic remedies for fall.  Tell Us Yours.  Write in the comments below.

Backache/Sciatica #199

Shopping, lifting, cooking, sitting, mowing, shovelling, etc., every season needs this TLC.

- Bruising & Soreness

- Joint pain everywhere

- Nerve pain, Spasms

- Swelling and Redness

From first aid to everyday wear and tear, backs and joints love this remedy..

Exceed your own personal best!

 Bioplasma

This best seller 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. A dose in your water bottle may get you to the finish line with energy to spare!

Wise’s Gas Tabs #413

Halloween candy, holiday feasting and all the meals in between are more enjoyable when support like this is on hand.

- Gas & Heartburn

- Flatulence

- Bloating

- Hangover

- Weak Digestion

- Stomach flu

Natural relief that will not slow you down.

Colds with Zinc #399

From chills and sniffles to heavy restless colds, coughs, and misery, this cold combo is a natural.

- First sniffles, sneezes

- Heavy restless colds

- Body aches

- Coughs and congestion

Speed recovery or fend off colds from the start, this remedy and others like it provide non suppressive relief.

Arnica tablets, pellets, ointments, oil, spray, etc.

Just because life’s moving indoors doesn’t mean you don’t need this first aid available to reduce injuries and ease bruising
and soreness.

- Bruises & Soreness

- Joint Pain & Sprains

- Injuries & Strains

- MuscleAches & Pains

- Dental work & Surgery

- Workouts & Lifting

Available in many healing forms that can be used together or alone. 

Arnica Tablets and Pellets - Homeopathy’s best selling, best proven remedy across the globe.

Arnica Ointment, Arnica Bump Stick, Arnica Spray Arnica Massage Oil - Smear it on, spray it on, or massage it in (aaaahhhh) - anyway you can get its healing relief where it is needed ASAP

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Restocking your medicine chest with vital first aid remedies can save you trauma, pain, stress and hours of worry. Whether nk, gym, ballpark, Oktoberfest or Halloween parade, having what you need to minimize aches and injuries makes outings more fun for the whole family.

Which Homeopathic Potency?

The idea that a homeopathic remedy is stronger the higher its dilution, is confusing at best.  For starters, here are some basic tenets to follow.

1. In general: Start low so you can go higher, clearing symptoms as potency increases. 6X is our standard whenever potency is not specified. 

2. Selection: Lower potencies cover a wider range of symptoms, so are ideal if you are not certain.  Higher potencies need more accurate selection to stimulate cure.

3. Severity: The more severe the symptoms, the higher the potency you might want to use, especially when taking Arnica after an accident or if there’s a sudden onset of flu symptoms.

4.Exceptions: Physical symptoms respond well to low potencies, mental emotional symptoms often respond better to 30x or higher.

5. Frequency: The higher the potency, the less often you need to dose. Stop or reduce dosing when symptoms improve.

6. Aggravations: High potencies can stimulate more healing aggravations (like the purging of a sinus infection), so beginners might want to start with low potencies. 

Which is stronger 6X or 30X?

Less is more in homeopathy.  30x is more dilute but also more potent and therefore deeper acting than 6X. The benefit of 6X is that it requires less precision in selection and can be ideal for light, repeatable dosing.

Are you calm before the storm? 

Nervousness, Nervous Tension, Nervous Debility and Homeopathy

"I was nervous before the storm even arrived."  "I was nervous being in the house by myself." "I was nervous watching the news on television!"

The storm has passed, clean up has begun and most of the media is moving on to other topics. Even so, it’s compelling to write about how the 24 hour news media latched on to the story of Hurricane Irene, and somehow made it seem as though nothing else in the world mattered or was happening. It’s easy to get caught up in the drama. After all, people’s lives and livelihoods are in harm’s way; structures and landscapes are in danger of being altered forever; and mixed in with all the images and talking heads is potentially useful or even life-saving information for those of us who were in the path of the storm.

Although it should be obvious that “hyper-exposure” to such events can cause stress, nervous tension from so much media attention and focus may also be more subtle. These are the occasions where the gentle, natural healing action of homeopathy can be especially helpful.

In “The Biochemic Handbook, author J.B. Chapman uses the term ‘Nervous Debility’. "This is a state where nerve force is being used up more quickly than it can be generated, and when we recognize this simple fact we realize that to stimulate the nerves with so-called "tonics" is one way of aggravating the trouble... Grief, worry, undue mental exertion, irregular habits, emotional extravagance; these are the parasitical influences which rob the nerves of their vitality. Treatment should aim to increase the supply of nervous energy and to bring the nerves back to a state of normal tranquility."

Nervous Tension - Tissue P

A balancing influence whenever any of us are physically and mentally stressed. This homeopathic remedy combination of cell salts offers healing support when nerves are pushed to the test, when life’s challenges seem a bit overwhelming.

Whether the stress comes from tension, pain, fear, anger, weakness or a host of other sources, this gentle homeopathic remedy combination is perfect for growing minds and bodies. Because they are made from minerals critical to our cells, cells salts provide the gentlest, most straightforward way to restore balance, health, vitality.

Homeopathic Ingredients

• Kali phos - The nerve nutrient of cell salts can ease physically or emotionally stressed nerves.
• Calc fluor - This cell salts gives tissues structural support and bounce-back-ability.
• Calc phos - The growth and repair cell salt offers strength and relief to cells trying to grow, convalesce or keep up with daily repairs. It can be especially apt for kids to relieve study headaches, growing pains, sugar highs and periods of discontentment.
• Mag phos - This very relaxing anti-spasmodic cell salt can be called on w

Tranquility #74

Calming, stabilizing homeopathic relief when stress leads to sadness, fatigue, irritability and sleeplessness.  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.

Every single remedy ingredient in this unique combination’s calming, nerve-stabilizing formula, applies to situations in which stress, fatigue, grief or emotional turmoil can cause a downward spiral of sadness, weariness and sleeplessness. As its relief is non drowsy, non habit forming and 100% worry free for all ages, it can be applied whenever dark clouds are hovering nearby.

Homeopathic Ingredients

• Kali phos - The nerve nutrient cell salt, offers balancing, revitalizing support when injury, illness, stress or sadness result in a heavy, yet restless fatigue, sleeplessness or loss of nerve power.
• Ignatia - Homeopathy’s emotional first aid remedy, relieves nerves frayed by a range of emotional stresses, including grief, loss, breakups, disappointment, homesickness, anger, jealousy or just sadness.
• Agnus castus - This unique remedy made from the Chaste Tree is known to help lighten the sadness and depressed spirits that can haunt the weary.

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Key Single Homeopathic Remedies for Nervousness & Nervous Tension

Single homeopathic remedies are derived from a single source - primarily plant, mineral or chemical. They are the essence of homeopathy and therefore engage all the principles and concepts that make homeopathy a comprehensive system of healing. Highly multifaceted, most single remedies address a wide array of health issues.

Kali phos: The cell salt nerve and brain cells depend on most, Kali phos (potassium phosphate), helps nerves recover, relax and regain strength. Kali phos offers balancing, revitalizing support when injury, illness, stress or sadness result in a heavy, yet restless fatigue or loss of nerve power.

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).  Other characteristics include fear of change, irritability, obstinacy, stage fright and exam nerves. Worried, indecisive young boys with low self confidence often find it very beneficial.

Ignatia: For emotional trauma, grief, disappointment, anger, fear or even homesickness, Ignatia can add clarity and help balance nerves and sadness.  It also helps you avoid or ease many stress-related ailments, especially if marked by a lump-in-the-throat sensation and much sighing.

Pulsatilla: This homeopathic remedy specializes in affectionate, clingy, sometimes moody children or adults who hate hot stuffy rooms and crave fresh open air.  Other characteristics include anxious dreams, restlessness and a constant need for sympathy and fresh air.

Potency:

1. Start low so you can grow, clearing symptoms as potency increases. 6X is our standard.

2. Lower potencies cover a wider range of symptoms, so are ideal if you are not certain
which remedy to choose.

3. The more severe the symptoms, the higher the
potency you can use.

4. The higher the potency, the less often you dose. Either way, stop when symptoms improve.

5. Physical symptoms respond well to low potencies, mental emotional symptoms often
respond better to 30x or higher.

6. High potencies sometimes stimulate more healing aggravations (like the purging of a sinus infection), so beginners might start with low
potencies and increase slowly if needed.

Defend Against Summer Cold & Cough Symptoms with Homeopathy

Is your typical summer cold different than the one you might get in winter?

"Summer cold" is an expression you've likely heard, but aside from the fact that you may get a cold in the summer, is there a difference between summer colds and winter colds?

The simple answer is yes. While the symptoms of both summer and winter colds can be similar, the causes can be different. Corona viruses are more active in winter and early spring. The distinguishing characteristic of this type of cold is the tendency to attack the respiratory system. Rhino viruses, on the other hand, are more active in late spring, summer and early fall. Rhino virus symptoms tend to be more "sinus" related, including runny nose, blocked sinus, sneezing and sore throat. The real challenge of a summer cold, however, is that the viruses that cause winter colds, sometimes combine with the viruses that cause summer colds. Some doctors say this can make a summer cold more difficult to treat and longer lasting.

Best Homeopathic Remedy Combinations for Summer Colds

Sinus #203

This head clearing homeopathic 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 - 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 violent, must-sit-up night coughs.

Hyland's DEFEND Cold & Cough for Adults - New!

This 100% Natural liquid provides multi-symptom relief, is free of dies, and has no alcohol or sugar.  Hyland's DEFEND Cold & Cough for Adults is also available as a "Nighttime" formula with three extra ingredients to help with sleeplessness and fatigue.

Homeopathic Ingredients:

Allium Cepa - sneezing, watery eyes, burning watery nasal discharge, and hacking cough.

Hepar Sulph Calc - Cold, sneezing

Hydrastis - Rattling or tickling cough, sinus congestion, dry/raw/sore throat

Natrum Mur - Dry or rattling cough, sore throat

Phosphorus - Hoarse/dry cough, nasal congestion, chest congestion, weak limbs

Pulsatilla - Spasmodic cough, cold, nasal congestion

Sulphur - Chest congestion, nasal congestion, burning, runny nose

Hyland's DEFEND Nighttime Cold & Cough also contains these additional homeopathic remedy ingredients to help with sleeplessness and fatigue:

Coffea cruda - Sleeplessness, Restlessness

Chamomilla - Sensitive, irritable, fussy, nocturnal sleeplessness

Nux vomica - Tired, difficulty falling asleep, frequent waking

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Key Single Homeopathic Remedies for Summer Colds

As each single remedy covers an array of cold symptoms, they usually have applications that suit both summer and winter colds. However, when you divide head colds from chest colds, there are a few striking remedies to consider for summer and fall, most of which overlap well with allergy symptoms:

Kali mur

As its source is critical to breaking down white mucus and discharge (fibrin), Kali mur (potassium chloride) helps cleanse colds, coughs and sinuses troubled by white mucus, as well as thrush, pimples, blisters or eruptions with white discharge.

Kali bich

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.

Euhprasia

This fast acting single helps brighten eyes and clear congestions. Whether allergies, hay fever or a watery cold produces burning, watery, red, irritated eyes, this remedy offers needed relief. Other symptoms may include coughs, headaches and noses change from blocked and stuffy to runny and profuse. If a smoky warm room is even worse than a garden in full flower, your eyes might like this remedy.

Hydrastis

As all autumn hay fever sufferers know, this plant’s bright yellow flowers cause (and thus cure homeopathically) thick, yellow, ropy mucus, everywhere – from ears, eyes and throat to stomach, and other organs. Profuse thick yellow expectoration in the throat and chest sets off its stubborn cough.

Natrum mur

The cell salt made from sea salt restores a range of imbalances. For colds, sinus pressure, post nasal drip, hay fever and sore throats, the use of Nat mur is indicated by a dry rawness and thickening clearish mucus.

Pulsatilla

The pink flower that gives us this remedy is perfect for the character it mends. Whenever you read about Pulsatilla, a specific personality shows up, something like ‘soft, gentle, mild, affectionate, as well as clingy, weepy, moody, sometimes childish’. The most important aspects of Pulsatilla are a deep need for security with fear of abandonment, and ever changing moods and symptoms.

Homeopathy Helps Kids Start Off On The Right Foot

Even though summer is still in full swing, the new school year is quickly approaching, and it's just the right time to consider homeopathic remedies that provide back-to-school support.

How will your child react to the next writing assignment, mistake, disappointment? Between the new teachers, classrooms, classmates, schedule, germs,... and leaving summer behind, the first days of school are very stressful even for homeschoolers. Nerves are restless, senses heightened, emotions piqued. Children often become vulnerable in these first few days, and they need all the support you can offer to get off on the right foot. 1-800 Homeopathy provides safe, non toxic, non addictive, non invasive homeopathic remedies to help them do and feel their best through all the mental, emotional and physical challenges of school.

General Support with Homeopathic Cell Salts

While all the cell salts have their place in any health plan, one stands out as irreplaceable for children and young people aged 0-21 and beyond.

Calc phos

This homeopathic cell salt helps the body resolve growing pains, study headaches, acute anemia, and many more symptoms related to growing up.  At any age its support applies to structural stresses– injured bones, slow healing wounds, joint pain, back pain, weak digestion, acute simple anemia and heavy periods. Key indicators include a desire for change or travel, cravings for fatty, salty foods and an intolerance for dairy products or fruit.

Elasticity Tissue G

This homeopathic cell salt combination helps stretching veins, bones, muscles and other tissues keep their flexibility while advancing inches every year. Though we often think of elasticity as an aging issue, imagine the elasticity it takes to go from an egg to 8 pounds, or a newborn to over 5 feet. 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.

Homeopathic Ingredients: Calc fluor, Calc phos, Kali phos, Natrum mur

Homeopathic Support for Nervousness

Responses designed to save our lives in emergencies, get in the way of doing our best. Our stomachs flutter, our nerves quiver, our minds dull or tense. These solutions can calm the turmoil and free the mind to succeed:

Nervous Tension Tissue P

Whether the stress results from mental strain (sadness, anger, work, study, tests, deadlines, pressues, sleeplessness...) or physical strain (pain, illness, growth, convalescence, pregnancy), this homeopathic remedy offers balancing vitality and healing support that is safe for all ages and stages. Its basic cell salts offer cells support for what they need to grow and mend tissues as well as to relieve tension, fatigue, growing pains, cramps and daily stress.

Homeopathic Ingredients: Kali phos, Calc fluor, Calc phos, Mag phos

Anxiety #320

This homeopathic remedy is the simplest combination for any nerves. While most schools do not allow children to take even homeopathic medicines with them, a dose before they get on the bus will go far.  Whether set off by sudden frights, anxious thoughts, fatigue or ongoing stress, this remedy offers nerves calming, natural, stabilizing comfort without groggy side effects.

Homeopathic Ingredients: Aconite, Caffeinum, Nat carb, Kali phos, Passiflora

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Concentration Issues - Study & Fatigue

Does your restless child feel blank when trying to concentrate, so he fidgets instead? If yes,  homeopathic Gelsemium can bring clarity. 

Does your child get headaches from studying or concentrating? Calc phos could be the key.

Is your bright but busy child making more calculation errors than seems apt?  That could easily be a Nux vom case. 

If the errors are more in writing, look up Lycopodium, particularly if he's a born worrier and is timid­ except at home. 

Is your child just too jittery, frazzled or depressed to excel? Kali phos could be just what you need. 

Is your child just too excitable, too energetic or too worried to study?  That restlessness might settle with Phosphorus.  

As You Said -

Homeopathic Product Testimonials

My son is in High School and I was concerned about exam stress, peer pressure and all the other demands a teenager copes with. Before exams or presentations he always had a sore stomach accompanied by diarrhea, he often had trouble sleeping, feeling restless and nervous. All this while growing leaps and bounds.

I know that dealing with stress is a normal part of growing up, but I looked for something simple and natural to provide support. The cell salts are already in our bodies, so I'm not even adding anything new, just encouraging the bodies tissues to keep up to speed.

Since I've introduced The "Nervous Tension-TISP" in his life, it's been a lot easier for him to do his best. He doesn't get colds or diarrhea anymore when he's got a big test coming up and he's sleeping much better. I've got another son moving into High School and it's great to know we've got some back up support.

C.L.

My 5-year old son struggled last year due to behavior problems. It was so bad that his private school was not going to offer him a new contract. After taking kali phos 3 times a day, he behavior changed dramatically! Now he loves school and the school loves him too! Thanks for the info.

Felicia

Homeopathy - Frequently Asked Questions

Are these remedies herbal?

No, while many homeopathic remedies are derived from plants and even herbs, their processing and highly defined principles of application are unique to homeopathic medicines.

Who Can Take It? Everyone!

You’re never too old, young, weak, strong, sickly or healthy to benefit from homeopathy. For children under 2 years of age, professional guidance is recommended with every form of self care.

When dosing babies, do tablets need to be placed under the baby’s tongue?

Many parents have success putting the tablets on the baby’s tongue, just inside the baby’s cheek, or between the cheek and gum, where the soft tablets dissolve instantly. If giving them a remedy that comes in a harder tablet or pellet, you can crush the tablets between two spoons or dissolve them in a teaspoonful of water before giving them to your child.

Should I keep dosing until the bottle runs out?

Not unless your homeopath or program advises it. In general, it is best to stop dosing when you feel a marked improvement or change, even if after only one dose. Just assume the body has the message and does not need further doses to confuse its progress. If improvement ceases, you can always resume dosing. This approach is especially apt when using higher potency singles.

Is homeopathy safe to take with my other medications?

Yes, prescriptions, OTCs, supplements, etc.– homeopathy has no contrandications and because it works with the body’s own resources, it has no risk of habituation or ‘druggy’ side effects.

What role does the FDA have in homeopathy?

Two organizations are involved in the standardization and oversight of homeopathic production, the FDA and the HPUS. The Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia of the US (HPUS) establishes the tests, standards, assays and production methods for each remedy it approves. The FDA uses HPUS monographs plus the same rules and regulations it applies to other forms of medicine to oversee and scrutinize homeopathic manufacturing, production, labeling and advertising. Homeopathic medicines are not herbs or supplements, they have been recognized by the FDA as drugs since 1938.

Do your products have an expiration date?

Homeopathic medicines are good indefinitely as they are very stable when stored under normal conditions (away from moisture and excessive heat or cold). For this reason the FDA has exempted homeopathic manufacturers from posting expiration dates.

Is it safe to use your tablets if I am lactose intolerant or if I have a sensitivity to milk?

All our tablets contain pure Lactose N.F. (National Formulary), which is without casein, whey or the other milk proteins that often trigger reactions to dairy products. Most people who are lactose intolerant are able to use our products as the amount of lactose is relatively small. But if still concerned, you can dilute a dose in water and take a sip of that as your dose.

Single Homeopathic Remedies - Stock Up & Save!

Having what you need when you need it is a great comfort.  Our C kits let you carry the 27 singles you need for your family or your profession. For complete listings of all our kits, visit our website’s Homeopathic Kits page.

Order our singles individually for only $8.95 or get 27 remedies of your choice for the price of 16!

Selected C Kit

This kit is designed by You! Pick 27 vials and Save!

Just choose 27 single remedies from the list of remedies below in 30C and/or 200C potency vials. We will pack them in a kit that’s easy to take everywhere. CKIT $139.95

Please note: For accuracy, the Selected C-Kit remedy choices must be submitted via the special page on our website, by mail, or faxed to us as they require much detailed processing.

Buy Homeopathic Single Remedies

1-800 Homeopathy makes homeopathic remedies available in 5 potencies: 6X, 12X and 30X are packaged in 500 tablet bottles 30C and 200C in 160 pellet vials. Only $8.95 each! Click here to browse all the single homeopathic remedies we provide.

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How to Take Homeopathic Remedies?

Basics

Unless otherwise indicated on the label, the best way to take the small homeopathic tablets and pellets is to pour 3-4 into the lid, spill under your tongue and let them dissolve in a clean mouth (avoid eating for 15 minutes before and after a dose). If symptoms do not change, try avoiding contact with strong coffee, mints and chemical odors, as these can disrupt remedies if you are sensitive to them.

Frequency

How often you dose is more important than the number of tablets you take. You can dose more frequently the more severe the symptoms, even every 5 or 15 minutes for a few doses. Otherwise, 1-3 doses per day, or as needed, is standard for lower potencies. When symptoms improve, you should stop dosing and trust that your system has the message, especially when working with single remedies.  Combinations often call for more frequent dosing than single remedies and lower potency singles call for more dosing than higher potencies.  See page 29 for an illustrated explanation of potency.

Lactose based tablets come in 6X, 12X and 30X. They dissolve under the tongue almost instantly.

Sucrose based pellets are available in 30C, and 200C. Note: Photos are shown at approximate size.

Welcome to Our Homeopathic Single Remedies

Single remedies are derived from a single source– primarily plant, mineral or chemical. They are the essence of homeopathy and therefore engage all the principles and concepts that make homeopathy a comprehensive system of medicine. Highly multifaceted, most single remedies address a wide array of health issues. We only sell single homeopathic remedies in potencies that make them absolutely safe!

Let Like Be Cured By Like

Coffee for jittery nerves?  Homeopathy’s principle of similars makes it fascinating, highly consistent and essentially limitless.  In essence it means that our bodies can respond to extremely safe versions of what otherwise could cause symptoms similar to those we may be experiencing.

So Many Symptoms

If taken in large quantities (not homeopathic doses) over time, coffee, irritating chemicals and even herbs have proven they will impact us mentally, emotionally and physically. When you apply the law of similars (described above), this is why most remedy descriptions involve so many symptoms and characteristics. The challenge can be in finding the remedy that fits your particular pattern of symptoms. If finding the right match takes a few tries, don't worry, when homeopathically processed, there's no chance of harm.

Feminine Cycles & Life Stages

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.

Treat Yourself to Some Worry-Free Relief!

Female Wise’s #47

• Leucorrhea • Pain • PMS • Mood swings • Backache

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

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

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. As the homeopathic remedy Caulophyllum helps induce labor, this is not a remedy for expectant mothers.

Homeopathic Ingredients: Caulophyllum, Pulsatilla, Viburnum op

Menopause #310

• Hot flashes • Pain • Heavy menses • Leucorrhea • Mood swings • Cramping pain

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

Homeopathic ingredients: Ustilago may, Lachesis, Sanguinaria

Vaginal Irritation - Tissue N

• Cramps • Discharge • Leucorrhea • Thrush • Irritation • Dryness • Acute anemia

Fundamental cell salt support designed to relieve symptoms of irritation, cramps, thrush, pain and fatigue.

Homeopathic Ingredients: Calc phos, Kali mur, Kali phos, Mag phos

Single Homeopathic Remedy Female "Specialists" worth investigating:

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.

Plus Combinations including: Bladder Irritation #69, Incontinence #160, Hyland’s Enuraid...

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Homeopathic Medicine for Women

Expert advise for treating a wide range of mental and physical symptoms.

Medical doctor and psychiatrist, Trevor Smith, MD, offers sage advice and describes the appropriate homeopathic applications for a wide range of mental and physical symptoms and conditions both simple and complex. His topics include and extend well beyond the applications for PMS, Conception, Pregnancy, Breast Feeding and Menopause. Trevor Smith, MD, 176 pp. paperback.

This important and long-awaited guidebook brings together information and advice about the homeopathic treatment of a full range of gynecological disorders.

The author, a well-known practicing homeopath and psychiatrist, gives a clear description of each disorder and its causes and symptoms.

He discusses the conventional treatment of the complaint, and provides a list of homeopathic remedies, indicating exactly how each remedy is to be applied to specific physical and psychological symptoms.

What's the first clue that you may need a "hot weather" homeopathic remedy? 

Heat Headaches.

The heat in summer can be dangerous. Emergency rooms often fill up with patients who did not feel the heat in time. Heat headaches are often the first clue that you are entering the danger zone. Fortunately the homeopathic remedy that matches your heat headache can also help your other systems battle the heat as efficiently as possible.

Although nothing helps as much as an air conditioner and drinking lots of water and electrolyte drinks, here are some helpful clues to homeopathic remedies that can ease your headaches and sunburn issues, plus some hints for immediate non- homeopathic solutions and links to websites that can help you get through a summer heat wave in the best of health.

Hot Weather Homeopathic Remedies

Belladonna - #1 for heat: as soon as the face gets flushed, especially if not perspiring, get this homeopathic remedy out. The full picture of symptoms includes dilated pupils, a throbbing headache, radiating heat with little or no sweat. A cold compress to the head may feel the most soothing.

Bryonia - This headache might not start while on the field, but if a worse-with-motion frontal headache sets in after the game or the next morning, Bryonia is a homeopathic remedy that can save your day.

Ferrum phos - As the anti-inflammatory cell salt, this homeopathic remedy relieves heat related headaches (when temples and vertex throb or ache), plus weakness, fatigue, acute anemia and similar symptoms that the body is over-taxed.

Lachesis - As heat is a part of almost everything about Lachesis, it can be a very cooling homeopathic remedy. Hot flashes, hot sweats, hot heavy headaches and the fatigue that follows heat, all can find help here.

Pulsatilla - Though they love fresh air, and dread stuffy rooms, Pulsatilla people wilt in the sun with pressing 'as if bruised' throbbing headaches.

Headaches #33 - With Belladonna and Aconite for sudden flushes of heat and Bryonia to cover the after effects of heat, this is a very handy homeopathic remedy combination to take along wherever you go.

Fever #7 - Whether the heat comes from your internal furnace or an external source, this cooling homeopathic remedy can be very helpful for cooling off and minimizing the fatigue that usually follows.

Bioplasma or Tonic Tissue E - Make sure you have these homeopathic cell salts on your side whenever you are facing stresses.

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Homeopathy's Sunburn Solutions

The new talk is that we too often want a cold splash which makes the difference in temperature even greater and can lead to worse burning. (Same for scalds and burns.)

So it is best to start with tepid applications and let it cool with your skin. Ideally you mix up a bath with Calendula and Hypericum non alcoholic solutions in the water and stay in it as it cools.

Cantharis: a dose or two can ease the pain and minimize the blistering of burns and scalds with rawness and smarting, blistering sunburns, relieved by cool applied

Urtica urens - pain and itch relief from prickly heat to sunburn with intense burning, itching and red blotches.

Keokuk Burn Ointment - Keep one by the stove, one by the iron and one by the pool! This ointment is a wonder for easing burns, scalds and sunburns, and preventing blisters.

Where ever you lay your head this summer, the Cell Salt Travel Kit will help you feel right at home.

This complete collection of the 12 homeopathic cell salt remedies offers those on the move valuable peace of mind. Of course those who stay at home deserve the same easy access to what their cells need to stop leg cramps, repair injuries, clean out colds, ease stress and face whatever challenges the season brings. Each cell salt kit includes a symptom guide, so even the novice can begin reaping the benefits of the homeopathic cell salts right away. 

A great gift idea! Students, business travelers and vacation lovers will thank you over and over again for keeping them in top form when away from home!

Each Homeopathic Cell Salt packs its own healing powers.  Their specializations include:

If you love homeopathic kits...

We've got everything you'll need to get you and your entire family through the next adventure, trip, cold season, exercise routine, or holiday frenzy.

Handy Kit

12 healing solutions everyone needs accessible all the time to minimize aches, pains and ailments and maximize opportunities.

Little People Kit

Having healing solutions for every bump, bruise, fever, tummyache, tantrum or toothache, on hand is priceless. 

Quick Solutions C Kit - 27 Single Remedies for the price of 17

These 27 remedies cover applications for first aid, injuries, common colds, flu, sinuses, aches, joints, fevers, anxieties, nerves, and much more.

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Bedbugs are trending on the internet!

Are bedbugs the latest craze?  Web MD claims that the term "bedbugs" is currently one of their top 5 search terms, and Google's keyword search tool indicates more than 1.5 million monthly searches.  While bedbugs were near elimination in the US in the 1950s, their numbers are on the rise, largely due to their increasing resistance to pesticides.

While bedbugs have a nasty bite more irritating than mosquitoes, the only good thing about bedbugs is that they are not thought to spread disease.

One way to tell if bedbugs are bugging you, is the pattern of the bites, they are usually in a rather straight line and often take some time to appear.  For easing the itchy red bites and rashes, 1-800 Homeopathy has plenty of help.  For help identifying and gettting rid of the culprits, see this website for resources and info: Bed Bug Info.

Homeopathic Bug Bite Relief - BedBugs Included!

Hyland's Bug Bite Ointment is the first step in soothing bites of all kinds.

Hyland’s Bug Bite Ointment is a fast acting ointment to relieve the swelling and itching from bug bites. The citronella oil in the base makes it smell good and helps to deter insects from the second bite. It’s not a repellant, but it does offer fast acting and long lasting relief! 

Homeopathic Ingredients:

Apis Mellifica – eases pain from red, swollen bites
Calendula Officinalis – helps to heal the skin
Echinacea Ang – eases pain and swelling
Ledum Palustre – eases pain from white, hard bites
Urtuca Dioica – Eases itchy, red bites

Homeopathy's Two Best Bug Bite Experts

Apis mel - When systems over-react with puffy swelling and burning stinging pain, this bee sting remedy can apply to any bite, hive or rash.

Ledum pal - This expert eases bug bites of all kinds, especially if they feel worse the more you scratch, and the area of the bite is cold to the touch even though there is inflammation.

Meanwhile, sleep tight and don't let the bed bugs bite!

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Cleanse, Soothe and Heal with More Homeopathic Ointments

Panacea Ointment

A natural ointment to relieve sores and blisters and assists burns and warts.  

This comprehensive combination of classic homeopathic remedies (Arnica, Calendula, Hamamelis, Thuja) and natural oils applies healing and purgative relief to a range of skin applications including sores, blisters, warts, minor wounds, minor burns, bruises, eruptions and varicose veins.

Echinacea Ointment

Cleansing Echinacea and purgative Thuja mix to ease a variety of blemishes.  Insect bites to rashes and warts, this cleansing purging ointment relieves many skin conditions.  Homeopathic Ingredients:
• Echinacea - Soothing,cleansing relief for rashes, pimples and sores.
• Thuja - A purgative ingredient applies to warts, rashes and eruption.
• Chlorophyll - Natural cleansing support.

PRID - Smile's Salve

An old time purgative favorite for skin irritations, sores, eruptions, splinters and bruises.