1-800 Homeopathy has an updated Fall Catalog!  It's in the mail now, and online in a new, interactive format.

Our fall catalog's theme, "The Essential Medicine Chest", includes a section focusing on the homeopathic combinations and single remedies for fall and winter, with emphasis on how they apply to your lifestyle.  We've also added new section on homeopathic "cell salts" to help you prepare for the change of seasons and other potential stresses.  You will also find regular catagories like "Sleep & Stress", "Skin", "Babies & Kids", "Digestion" and "Cold & Flu", updated with our most recent & popular product selections.

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Special Offer - Homeopathy Soothes Autumn's Woes.
Choose an Autumn Favorite free with $40 Purchase!*

Nasal/Sinus #10 or  Indigestion #178
• Sinus sufferers can get a free bottle of 1-800-Homeopathy’s Nasal/Sinus #10.
• Those who love an extra serving of turkey, pumpkin pie or Halloween candy can find relief in a free bottle of Indigestion #178.
Pick one to add FREE to any order of $40 or more.

Nasal / Sinus #10 offers natural relief and cleansing support for clearing blocked sinuses, post nasal drainage, stuffy noses, and suffocating chesty coughs.

Whether your main complaint is a sinus headache, fluent or blocked nasal passages, sticky eyes, hawking throat or even a rattling, persistent or choking cough, if you have tough stubborn mucus, #10 has something to help.

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.

From Halloween candy to Holiday feasting, digestion is always an issue in the fall.

Indigestion #178 provides fast natural relief for gas, heartburn, belching, nausea, diarrhea, sour stomachs and vomiting, without slowing or impairing digestion.

This combination’s nutritionally supportive formula offers fast relief and lasting support for many digestive symptoms. Its five ingredients cover a range of gastric distress symptoms.

Homeopathic Ingredients

Carbo veg - Provides fast relief of gas and related complaints like heartburn, belching, flatulence, bloating and pain.

Hydrastis - Helps those whose sore stomachs make them loath food, which, if eaten, usually causes vomiting - the only exception may be watered down milk.

Natrum carb - Aids weak digestion disturbed by slight dietary errors, as when fats lead to heartburn, bitter taste, belching and sour stomach, temporarily relieved by soda biscuits.

Papain - This is made from the digestion supportive papaya enzyme.

Zingiber - Made from ginger, it relieves nausea with belching and diarrhea, especially if the stomach feels like a heavy stone.

Remember any size order ships for only $4.95.

* Instructions:  Write in the comment box at checkout your free remedy choice (Indigestion or Nasal / Sinus).  This special offer is available until September 15, 2010 on any order with a sub-total of $40.00 or more.  Valid 1 per customer.  This offer may not be combined with other special offers or discounts.

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And You Can Too!

What is the kindness wave?

Simply put, the "Kindness Wave" is one million stickers, 195 Countries, one intention--- Endless Kindness. No money, pledges, or promises involved.

The idea is to inspire acts of kindness by giving out and applying re-stickable "Carry Out Kindness" stickers like the one pictured here.

The objective of this initiative is to raise awareness around kindness - to one's self, to others and to our natural world - and incorporate kind acts into each day. Many find the practice of kindness a powerful tool in creating positive change and fueling prosperity (in whatever ways you may define that term). This "Carry Out Kindness" initiative was created by leading Feng Shui Specialists to counter cynicism and lost faith, and to encourage good will, positive feelings, calm and happiness. Find out more about "Carry Out Kindness" here.

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Homeopathic Remedies At Home and On The Go

As NBW's story in the right side bar illustrates, homeopathy is often most useful when you're on the go.  1-800 Homeopathy has put together a few lightweight homeopathic kits to help you carry your favorite remedies with you for easy access and use, whenever you need them.  Most of the remedies in NBW's story are in The Handy Kit discussed here.  You can also browse a complete list of homeopathic kits at this link, or build your own homeopathic kit at this link!

The Handy Kit

12 Essential Homeopathic Remedies for Healthy Families.  The safe healing everyone needs accessible all the time to maximize life’s opportunities and minimize its aches, pains and ailments. A tidy light nylon pouch contains 11 remedies in durable amber plastic bottles of 125 tablets, an 8 gram Bump Stick and a descriptive card with basic applications.

An Indispensable Homeopathic Ointment

• Arnica Bump Stick – Wipe away bruises before they form or soothe sprains and sore dry skin.

Six Essential Homeopathic Single Remedies

• Aconite 6x – Relieves and speeds recovery of sudden colds, sniffles, and acute fevers; eases shock and anxious nerves.
• Arnica 6x – First aid essential minimizes bruising and bleeding.
• Belladonna 6x – Fast relief for sudden hot fevers, heat exposure, fierce headaches, inflammations, flushes.
• Carbo veg 6x – Fast relief from gas and heartburn, can be essential to certain cases of fatigue.
• Phosphorus 6x – When cuts, nosebleeds, etc., bleed too much, plus wheezing coughs, headaches.
• Rhus tox – Irritating rashes, stiff inflamed joints and pains that improve with gentle motion.

Five Convenient Homeopathic Remedy Combinations

• Bioplasma 6x - All 12 cell salts in every tablet fights fatigue, helps recovery and balances out the blahs.
• Insomnia Tissue A - Lets nerves, cramps, inflammations and irritations sleep naturally.
• Backache/Sciatica #199 - Helps joints, nerves, cramps and muscle spasms relax.
• Recovery Remedy #77 - Speeds recovery from hangovers, flu, colds, stress and fatigue.
• Cold Solutions + Zinc #399 - Comprehensive support for cold and flu symptoms.

Take Homeopathy to the Ball Game!

A loyal customer sent us this story with the note, "My silliness paid off when I took homeopathy to the Cardinals game."

"I took my two daughters and two grandchildren to a St. Louis afternoon ball game in late July. It was hot!!!!

While my daughters said I was silly, I packed up a few of my favorite remedies. I took my handy kit, emptied out what I did not think I would need and packed a few others that might be handier.

This is how the day went.

I took some Backache #199 to keep my knees and hips happy on the long walk from the parking lot – no pain at all.

My grandson tripped and twisted his ankle before we even found our seats. Arnica and MuscleAches #44 kept the swelling and pain down and saved the day.

My granddaughter became gassy after the hot dog and Carbo veg 6x quieted her tummy, but nausea set in later so I gave her the Recovery Remedy #77 because it had Pulsatilla (a remedy that often works for her) and other remedies for digestive trouble. She perked up in many ways soon after taking that one.

As it was very hot, I put Bioplasma in our water bottles, which I think helped us a lot. One of my daughters is more sensitive to heat, so she needed my Headaches #33 on the way home. It eased her headache and flushed face (Belladonna, I suppose).

The Cardinals won the game so there was no need to boost our spirits.  I did stumble a bit in the parking lot, but a dose of Arnica kept me from ever noticing it again.

Thank you for helping me take care of my family through thick and thin, highs and lows, young and old! As it was in search of something to help my mother many years ago that I found you, this makes four generations of grateful Luyties fans.

NBW

A Closer Look At Nervous Tension - Tissue P

New Job.  New people. New classes. New life?  Sometimes change is overwhelming. From the first day of kindergarten to final exams at college, from your first interview to a mid-life career change, this soothing homeopathic cell salt combination helps us ease the transition into new situations and new opportunities - with less anxiety and tension.

Nervous Tension - Tissue P

Calc fluor, Calc phos, Kali phos, Mag phos.

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.  When transitions and change nudge us into stress-the cell salts lend a calm and steady shoulder to lean on.

Calc Fluor (Calcium Fluoride)

While providing much of the hardness in our teeth and bones, the homeopathic remedy calc fluor also keeps many of our tissues soft and flexible. As the compound responsible for elasticity in our bone, joint, muscle, teeth and vein tissues, Calcium fluoride, and thus its cell salt remedy Calc fluor, is invaluable for tissues that are growing and developing by leaps and bounds. From growing bones to varicose veins and all the flexibility issues in between, this cell salt offers fundamental healing support. Problems like stretch marks, hemorrhoids, varicose veins, obstinate lower backache, lumbagos, weak ankles, loose or decaying teeth, muscular weakness and enlarged glands all respond to its support. As with Calc phos, it can make a big difference in slow growing, late walking babies and young children. Some books document its ability to minimize cataracts, calcareous deposits and hard swellings. Certain bony growths like bone spurs, soften and dissolve under its influence as well.

Calc phos (calcium phosphate)

Growth spurts, study headaches, and simple anemia are just the beginning of what this homeopathic remedy can help growing children overcome. Yet we can all use its strengthening support from time to time. As the cellular building block of the homeopathic cell salt remedies, Calc phos aids many conditions with structural stress, growth or weakness.

Cell Salt Remedy Calc phos can be a great boon during dentition, 'toddlerhood', growth spurts, puberty and, at the other end, when systems begin to weaken and shrink. Young children who are slow to get their teeth or walk or talk can get a jump start with Calc phos’ support. Children who get sugar highs, study headaches, and stress related stomach aches; or become pale and weary after a growth spurt can use its balancing influence, especially if they are forever saying, “I’m bored” or get bad attitude marks.

At any age, the homeopathic remedy Calc phos can help with specific ailments that cause or result from stress or weakness. Arthritic joints, back and neck pain that are worse with the slightest draft, carpal tunnel symptoms, tendonitis and slow healing bones can find strengthening support in Calc phos. When simple acute anemia, weak digestion or fatigue linger after an illness or childbirth it can boost vitality.  You may find it particularly helpful for those who are forever discontented, restless; who desire change or travel, sigh or grumble a great deal and crave bacon, ham (fatty, salty food), and ice cream, especially if cold aggravates their symptoms.  It is especially suited to teething children and women in labor, 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."

Kali phos (potassium phosphate)

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

Kali phos’ pain relief begins with nervous headaches caused by study, stress, grief or nerve injury. Backache, sciatic pain and other neuralgic pains respond well to Kali phos, especially if they result in weakness and cold heavy-feeling limbs. Stress or pain related nausea with empty feeling and bitter belching settle down quickly with Kali phos. It can even quiet buzzing or ringing in the ears.

On the emotional plane homeopathic remedy Kali phos has restorative, calming powers over temper tantrums, pangs of grief and anxiety, hypersensitive nerves, and night terrors. Whenever work, worry, study, stress or illness leave you weary but restless, sad, nervous, gloomy, dreading what might be next, and unable to get up and do something about it Kali phos is a worry free option.

It may be the person’s nature or it may be a temporary state, but the patient who benefits most from the cell salt remedy Kali phos may be shy, nervous, hypersensitive, weak, easily wearied and sometimes quite pessimistic.

Other symptoms include nightmares, sleeplessness and cravings for sweets and ice water.
We often assume mental symptoms are not due to chemical nutritional/cellular imbalance and thus are not part of the health picture and should not be dosed. Next time you are down, let Kali phos show you just how chemical sadness and anxiety can be.

Mag Phos (magnesium phosphate)

If you feel tight, tense, in a knot, then think the homeopathic cell salt remedy Mag phos, and relax. When things go awry, the strong weaken, the studious grow drowsy, the pains radiate, the muscles tense, the nerves spasm, etc., that’s when you know the body needs Mag phos. 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 causing anxiety, forgetfulness, and confused thinking. Since magnesium phosphate is the compound bodies need in muscle, nerve, brain, spinal marrow and tooth tissue, this remedy can work wonders to those in pain. You know the relief you feel when you relax a tight fist? That is the relaxation this homeopathic remedy brings to tense muscles, cramps and neuralgic pain. Muscle spasms and nerve symptoms as diverse as leg cramps, spasmodic coughs, abdominal pain/colic, flatulent colic, hiccups, toothache, teething pain, stabbing headaches and sciatica yield to this cell salt’s soothing touch. Mag phos aids many spasmodic conditions in which nerves and muscles cannot cooperate: charley horses and other leg cramps, back spasms, menstrual cramps before and during cycle, musician’s and writer’s cramp, hiccups, colic, and in certain cases, bedwetting.

Except for burning pain, most forms of neuralgia need the cell salt Mag phos as well, particularly radiating, stabbing or shooting, pains including: backache, right sided sciatica, facial neuralgia, tics, twitches, toothache, neuralgic right sided ear pain, neuritis and injured or weary nerves.

Now for the big IF: an important key to homeopathic Mag phos’ relief is 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 like paradise, you might get there with Mag phos.

Homeopathic cell salts give parents "back-up support" for change, nervousness and the normal demands of growing up.

Customer Testimonial for Nervous Tension - TISP

"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.

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What The Experts Say?

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."

from "The Biochemic Handbook"

A practical guide to the benefits and uses of the twelve cell salts.  

A resourceful 127 page book offers a general account of each cell salt, its individual functions in the body, and its range of applications for individual ailments. The guide’s simple symptom repertory and index make including the cell salts in every self care plan a simple option.

Written by J.B. Chapman and Perry

Get all 12 Cell Salt Remedies in a convenient, light-weight kit!

Cell Salt Travel Kit

Having all twelve cell salt remedies 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.

Homeopathic Remedies for Stress

Many of homeopathy’s best single remedies for stress are in these two most popular homeopathic combinations, Anxiety/Depression #304 and Sleep #173. These single remedies are currently ranking unusually high in sales for the season as well.

Anxiety/Depression #304

When stress makes nerves and emotions run contrary to your goals, this comprehensive combination offers calming stabilizing support. It begins with Agnus castus, a lesser known remedy, which helps when despair and great sadness make one easily distracted and forgetful.

• Gelsemium - Ideal relief for anticipatory nerves before exams, performances, interviews or other stressful situations when a heavy dullness and butterfly stomachs threaten your success.

• Ignatia - Offers essential calming support when grief, homesickness, heartbreak, disappointment, anger or shocking news strain nerves, energy and health.

• Lycopodium - Relieves worried, anxious nerves overwhelmed by stage fright, apprehension or indecision.

• Kali phos - Nerve nutrient cell salt helps nerves counter-balance stress, worry, sadness, pain and fatigue.

• Passiflora - Offers gentle calming support for natural relief and a good night’s sleep.
From stage fright to home-sickness, this calming remedy offers nerves a chance to relax, recover and do their best. 100% natural, worry-free relief. L304 500 tabs $7.95

Sleep #173

Not a sedative, not addictive, safe for kids and adults alike, just 100% natural calming support for a restful sleep.

• The oat remedy, Avena helps that ‘too tired to sleep’ rut that so many of us get into after a day of mental/nervous exertion, and aids recovery when suffering fatigue after a flu, other illness, or even a hangover.

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

• Though its name is passionflower, Passiflora has the uncanny ability to bring on sweet dreams when the day’s passions are past.

With Sleep #173 and a reminder that you will have plenty of time to worry tomorrow, you should be able to get the rest you need and deserve.

Two more Single Homeopathic remedies to consider:

Nux vomica

Some are born Nux, some achieve Nuxness some have Nux-ishness thrust upon them.
Stress and excesses of work, fun, food, stimulants, anger, etc, can stimulate the symptoms this versatile remedy relieves. When too many deadlines, tests, projects, parties, cups of coffee, etc., stress our physical, mental and emotional balance, Nux is especially apt at calming bouts of great anger, irritability, tearing headaches, heartburn, colds, flu, hangovers and 3am sleeplessness.

Ars alb:

For the compulsive worrier, this remedy can be ideal. When stress intensifies the need for control and cleanliness, brings fear and insecurities to the forefront, and causes burning headaches and gastric distress, Ars alb offers unique calming support.

With professional care, the opportunities are endless.

Bad News Starts Good Trend To Find Calm, Naturally

Sales and praise for 1800 Homeopathy’s most popular homeopathic stress and sleep remedies are unusually high for summer. 1800 HOMEOPATHY’s Anxiety/Depression #304 and Sleep #173 were second only to Arnica in June and July – a place they usually earn in the dead of winter.

Good News?

Rather than attributing this change to all the bad news, couldn’t this mean that people are learning to trust homeopathy’s safe, natural options for enhancing mental and emotional stability, and counterbalancing the effects of stress? The fact that homeopathy works with the body’s own resources to find calm instead of deadening nerves or numbing the senses, makes it ideal for self care. You can trust that, with a gentle dose of the right remedy, your body can cope with the stress and help itself.

From an Expert

Homeopathy’s regard for stress and our unique responses to it, inspired one of the best writers and teachers in homeopathy today, Miranda Castro, FSHom.

“When I first ‘discovered’ homeopathy I felt as if I had ‘come home’.  One of the main reasons for this feeling was that my homeopath took a wide view of stress, one I hadn’t experienced or heard of in any other medical discipline. It was such a relief to know that there was a place where medical professionals not only saw that each individual was unique, with particular strengths and weaknesses, but that each person was potentially vulnerable to different stresses, or would at least respond in their own way to different stresses – whether they were physical, mental or emotional. This made tremendous sense to me....  A well chosen homeopathic remedy can heal emotional pain as well as physical symptoms, and enable people to recover their vitality and sense of well-being.”

– from M. Castro’s book, A Homeopathic Guide to Stress.

 "A" is for Apis mel

And also for Alleviation - of burning stinging pain, swelling and more...

Apis mellifica / Apis mel (Honey bee)

Not just for bee stings! In most people, bee venom causes mild swelling, burning pain and redness, thus the "bee sting remedy" Apis mel helps with swellings anywhere whether caused by bees, insect bites, hives or other irritants, especially if the area is red and burns. In some people, the area swells up many times its size and nearby joints become puffy and red. Thus Apis mel can help swollen reddish arthritic joints and stronger inflammatory reactions (on the way to the hospital, anyway). Still other people experience great inflammation on membranes throughout the system especially the throat, urinary tract and around the eyes. So Apis mel has applications in swollen sore throats, eye irritations (conjunctivitis), acute urinary pain and certain respiratory problems. Regardless of the condition, if Apis mel is going to help, the area should be red, hot and swollen with burning, stinging pains which feel better with cold air or cold compresses.

Other symptoms include: fevers without thirst, sleep problems, jealousy and general irritability. Whenever you are getting strong reactionary symptoms, it's best to see a licensed practitioner in case things get out of hand. This is a very important remedy to keep on hand when kids are about, as their vital young systems often go overboard when reacting to unfamiliar irritants. "We don't go bare footin' without it!"

Apis mel Keynotes & Practical Uses

Inflammatory symptoms - Insect stings, hives, rashes, pinkeye, allergic reactions, sunburn; swollen joints & glands...; inflamed membranes - urinary, eye, throat... irritation; with redness, swelling and burning, stinging pain.

Pain - Symptoms with burning stinging pain: urinary inflammation, swollen red shiny joints, ... Sudden throbbing headaches.

Hayfever, Allergies, Colds - Swollen sore throat, burning allergy
symptoms; thirstless burning fevers.

Modalities - Better in the fresh air, for cold applications Worse with heat and touch

Homeopathy 101:

Apis mel provides a great remedy for learning homeopathy.

Like cures like - the concept behind homeopathic medicine. Bee venom is a shock to the system. When stung, the body responds with burning pain, redness and swelling to try to contain the toxin. In many people this response is more intense than necessary, in others it runs out of control. Without suppressing the body's necessary response, the homeopathic remedy Apis mel, made from bee venom, can help the body address the situation more efficiently. Suddenly the body seems to know exactly what it’s fighting, so it turns off the pain, and limits its defenses to the task at hand.

Does that mean Apis mel is only for bee stings?  Absolutely not. Because Like Cures Like, Apis mel applies to a range of ailments suffering similar inflammatory symptoms. You can look at all the various responses to bee stings to see the wide range of applications this homeopathic remedy can address: Most people, experience mild swelling, burning pain and redness, thus Apis helps many hot, painful swellings and rashes, whether caused by bees, insect bites, hives, sunburn, burning urine or other irritants.

Some people experience exaggerated swelling making nearby joints hot, puffy, shiny and red. Thus Apis helps swollen, reddish, arthritic or injured joints.

In even more intense cases, inflammation extends to membranes throughout the system especially the throat, mouth, urinary tract and around the eyes. Thus Apis mel has applications in swollen sore throats, eye irritation (conjunctivitis or swollen eyelids), acute urinary pain, certain respiratory problems and stronger inflammatory reactions.

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

"Proving" homeopathic remedies - it becomes clear that certain personalities or states of mind (permanent or temporary) respond more deeply to homeopathic remedies, especially in higher potencies, e.g., 30x, 30c, 200c. This is called 'constitutional' work.

Just as practically every remedy has its ideal personality, so has the bee. Whether from symptoms or inborn susceptibility, this homeopathic remedy best matches fussy, fidgety, hard to please individuals who might be overly jealous or suspicious, easily vexed and clumsy. When the person is well, this can translate to industrious, team or family oriented individuals. Its children may cry or whine constantly without cause, especially when jealous of a new sibling or change. Older children and adults may show more apathy than tears. Old or young, there is a fear of being alone and often difficulty concentrating.

Interesting Insight - The bee’s behavior give us some clues to the emotional symptoms of the homeopathic remedy. It is an incredibly restless insect, and is extremely irritable, reacting instantly and angrily to any interference from the outside.
-M. Castro, Complete Homeopathy Handbook

The Complete Homeopathy Handbook
Friendly, current materia medica and repertory makes classic homeopathy accessible for self care.  This complete guide explains the basics, defines homeopathy’s major remedies for self care, and uses case studies to teach case taking and repertory skills, all in clear friendly terms. Professional homeopath Miranda Castro is an excellant instructor. 256 pp., paperback.

Apis mel Testimonial

As You Said...

Taking the Sting Out with Apis mel

My sister and I were weeding a friends flower bed in Florida when all of a sudden fire ants were all over our hands and arms. We each had about 35 bites. Fortunately, I had my remedy kit with me. We took Apis mel right away and the terrible burning, stinging went away as the tablets melted!!! Also, my sister in law has an allergy to bee stings. She only weighs about 80 pounds. She was stung and went to the emergency room where they gave her repeated injections which resulted in overdosing her which resulted in convulsions! She almost died. She was scared to death of getting stung again and loves to garden. I sent her home with some Apis mel. 2 days later she got stung and right away took the Apis mel. NO REACTION at all. She was amazed and extremely grateful.  Nancy B.

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Soothing Homeopathic Remedy Combinations that include Apis mel...

Hyland's Bug Bite Ointment

Apis mel, Calendula, Echinacea ang, Ledum pal, Urtica dioica, Citronella oil

An all natural, formula for first aid treatment after bites and stings. This ointment will help ease the pain, swelling, and itching brought on by bites and stings. Petrolatum and beeswax base.

.26 ounce 

Hyland's Hives

Apis Mellidica, Urtica Urens, Natrum Muriaticum, Arsenicum Album

Hyland’s Hives is a traditional homeopathic formula for the relief of symptoms of red, swollen and itching rashes that appear with sudden onset. Working without contraindications or side effects, Hyland’s Hives stimulates your body’s natural healing response to relieve symptoms. Hyland’s Hives is safe for adults and children and can be used in conjunction with other medications.
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100 Tablets

Similasan’s Allergy Eye Relief (drops)

Apis, Euphrasia, Sabadilla

Swiss homeopathic eyedrops soothe eyes irritated by allergies and hay fever. According to homeopathic principles, the active ingredients in this medication temporarily relieve itching, burning, excessive watering, inflammation and redness of eyes and lids.

10 ml

Incontinence #160

Apis mel, Causticum, Ferrum phos, Kali phos, Natrum mur

Safe, gentle, natural relief that you can take alongside any medication without risk of chemical interactions. This great homeopathic blend combines five ingredients to address many symptoms and causes of incontinence from inflammation to muscular weakness.

500 tablets

Janet & Martha on
Hyland's Homeopathic Teething Tablets

"I love that they are safe & natural..." - Janet

"Almost instantly, he was totally soothed" - Martha

Top Homeopathic Remedies
for Infant's and Toddlers

Hyland's Teething Tablets

Sometimes it seems as if teething goes on forever, and it can be grim for both mother and baby. Hyland's Teething Tablets have made it easier for mother and baby for years. This homeopathic combination of natural substances relieves the restlessness, peevish whining and irritability. The small 1 grain tablets melt instantly on the tongue.  125 Tabs $5.99

Homeopathic Ingredients:

Calcarea Phosphorica - supports dentition
Chamomilla - for irritability
Coffea Cruda - for wakefulness and diuresis
Belladonna - for redness and inflammation

Hyland's Colic Tablets

A natural way to ease colic, gas, tummyaches and mild indigestion.    Generations of parents have used these quick-dissolving tablets to soothe and quiet babies with mild tummy aches.  Offers temporary relief from colic and gas pains caused by irritating food, eating too quickly, swallowing air and similar conditions during teething, colds and other minor upsets.  125 Tabs $5.99

Homeopathic Ingredients:

Dioscorea 12X HPUS - for colicky pains that are better from motion

Chamomilla 3X HPUS - for restlessness and irritability

Colocynth 3X HPUS - for abdominal pains caused by gas

Hyland's Infant Earache Drops

The medicines in Hyland’s Earache Drops have been clinically shown to reduce earache symptoms during the first 48 hours of the episode. If, on the advice of a physician, you’re waiting for 48 hours to pass before filling a prescription, you can help ease your child’s discomfort with these gentle drops. Each package contains a reference booklet written by a physician and a pharmacist. .33 ounce $10.29

Homeopathic Ingredients:

Pulsatilla - for ear pain worse at night.

Chamomilla - for restlessness or irritability.

Sulphur - for ear pain with burning sensation.

Calcarea carbonica - for throbbing, pulsing pain in ears.

Belladonna - for fever and inflammation.

Hyland's Kid's Kit

Renowned homeopathic physician, Dr. Maesimud Panos, M.D. designed this kit and wrote the user’s guide for the products. With her lifetime of experience, she chose the six remedies most popular in treating childhood illness, including colds, fevers, earaches, bruises, tummyaches, teething trouble, temper tantrums and more. We also added the Bumps’ n Bruises Ointment to ease bruising and inflammation from falls.  $32.39

Kit includes these Homeopathic Remedies:

Aconitum Napellus 30x - Initial stages of fevers and inflammations brought about by exposure to dry cold, with anxiety, restlessness and thirst. Discontinue when perspiration sets in.

Arnica Montana 30x - Muscular soreness due to overexertion. The first remedy for swelling, bruising and shock. An athlete's necessity.

 Belladonna 30x - Sudden onset of violent symptoms characterized by flushing heat, and throbbing pain. Patient may have sore throat, cough, aches and fever.

 Chamomilla 30x - Hypersensitivity to pain, rheumatic discomfort, sleeplessness and nervous excitability. Relieves colic and teething distress in children.

 Ferrum Phos 30x - Ferrum Phos helps the lungs to distribute oxygen throughout the body. It helps carry the oxygen in the circulatory system and is useful for inflammations (sore throat, stuffy nose), nosebleeds or muscular strains. For first aid, fevers and first stage of inflammations, Ferrum Phos is your remedy.

 Hepar Sulphuris Calcareum30x - Helps to localize inflammation, as in bringing a boil to a head. Also of value in treating croup, certain head colds, sore throats and laryngitis.

Trusted Remedies
for Teething and Colic

Searching for a remedy that brings comfort to your baby overshadows everything.  Doctors advise, friends console, but it is you who administers the care. It's you who would give anything to ease your baby's pain.

For over a century, Hyland's Homeopathic Medicines have provided relief in situations where both the parent and baby have felt desperate. Hyland's homeopathic has accompanied new mothers during the most challenging hours of their lives. 

Trusted Remedies.
Homeopathy works because the body has the power to heal itself, specifically when it's fed remedies that leverage that power.

Hyland's Colic Tablets, as an example, are a mixture of three botanical and mineral substances that address the symptoms most associated with colic: restlessness and irritability, abdominal pains caused by gas, and pains relieved by motion.

Hyland's Teething Tablets and Hyland's Teething Gel relieve the irritability and inflammation caused by teething, and encourage the teeth growing in - all by using a carefully selected set of homeopathic medicines. Our tablets dissolve the moment they make contact with saliva, making them safe for all ages. We ensure a high margin of safety - the most profound commitment we make to you. Your baby's body will recognize and respond to Hyland's Homeopathic Medicine because it is a natural and pure as your child.

On teething...
By the age of 3, your child will have a full set of 20 baby teeth. But that must feel like light years from now, as your infant is in such distress while teething. As teeth push their way out, they irritate the gums, swelling and inflaming them. This discomfort might lead to low-grade fever and slight diarrhea. It's all normal, but it needn't prevail. Hyland's Teething Tablets and Teething Gel resolve pain and other associated symptoms more quickly than other treatments. They use micro-doses of natural medicines that support dentition and ease pain, instead of merely numbing the gums. Our teething remedies safely bring back your baby's smile.

On colic...
About a million babies suffer from colic each year - so you and your baby are not alone. A young digestive system can be blamed for many of your baby's discomforts. Life outside Mom's body can be shocking, and lead way to a difficult prolonged adjustment period. Calming your baby's entire system is critical. There's no single cause, so there's no single cure. But Hyland's Colic Tablets work on several symptoms at once, understanding that the body will heal given the right combination of stimuli. As is true for all our products, Hyland's Colic Tablets administer micro-doses that gently invigorate the baby's system back to comfort and health.

Piecing Together A Homeopathic Arthritis Remedy

Understanding the nuances of homeopathic arthritis remedies can be challenging, frustrating and fascinating. Combinations remove much of the guesswork, but they are still defined by the range of applications in their single remedy ingredients which often extend beyond the combination's purpose.
Homeopathic texts define remedies symptom by symptom in what might sound like a whole new vocabulary. This is how professional homeopathic texts define the joint pain applications in the remedies that Dr. Luyties combined for Rheumatic Pain.

These joint symptoms are extracted from Robin Murphy’s extensive text, *Lotus Materia Medica*.

Aconite

Limbs - Numbness and tingling, shooting pains, ... Hot hands and cold feet. Rheumatic inflammation of joints, worse at night, red shining swelling, very sensitive. Legs powerless, feel tired during repose.
Hip-joint and thigh feel lame, especially after lying down. Knees unsteady, disposition of foot to turn. Weak and lax ligaments of all joints. Painless cracking of all joints. ... Sensation as if drops of water trickled down the thigh...
Back: ...Stiffness in nape of neck. Pain in the back, prevents taking deep inspiration. Bruised pain between shoulders and sacrum.

Under Modalities (things that make symptoms feel better or worse) it lists:Worse from being chilled by cold winds, dry weather, while sweating. Worse from pressure...

Bryonia

Often indicated in injury of the joints when Arnica fails... The Bryonia patient is irritable.

Limbs - ...Joints red, swollen, hot with stitches and tearing [pain], worse on least movement. Swelling of elbow. Every spot is painful on pressure. ... Sciatica better lying quietly on painful side. Knees stiff and painful. Knees totter and bend under him when walking. Hot swelling of feet. Pins and needles in soles, preventing walking.
Back - ...Painful stiffness of neck. Lumbago worse stooping. Stitches and stiffness in small of back. From ... sudden changes of weather. Pain in the small of back worse walking or turning.

Modalities - Better from lying on painful side, pressure, rest, cold things. Better from bandaging, cool open air, being quiet, cloudy damp days... Worse from least motion, raising up, stooping, coughing, exertion, deep breathing. Worse from dry cold or heat, becoming hot in room, hot weather.

Cinchona

Limbs - Pains in limbs and joints, as if sprained, worse slight touch, hard pressure relieves. Averse to exercise, sensitive to touch.
Weariness of joints, worse mornings and when sitting. Joints swollen, very sensitive.
Back - Pressure as of a stone between scapulae... Knife like pains around the back. Heavy pressure on sacrum. Backache as from sitting bent for long time. Lumbago worse slight motion.

Modalities - Better from hard pressure, loose clothes. Better from bending double in room, open air, warmth. Worse from jarring, slightest touch, at night,... cold winds, drafts.

Mag phos

Mag phos is a great anti-spasmodic remedy. Cramping of muscles with radiating pains. Neuralgic pains relieved by warmth.

Limbs - Cramps in calves. General muscular weakness. Twitchings... Pains in lower limbs, alternating sides. Involuntary shaking of hands. Cramps from prolonged exertion from prolonged use of tools. Crampy contraction of fingers. Sciatica with tender feet. Writer’s and player’s cramp.
Back - Stiffness of neck and back. Cramps. ...

Modalities - Better by heat warmth, pressure, bending double. Better from hot bathing, pressure, rubbing. Worse from cold, air, drafts, periodicity, night, uncovering, water.

Rhus tox

Rheumatism in the cold season.

Limbs - Hot, painful swelling of joints. Pains tearing in tendons, ligaments and tissues... Limbs stiff, paralyzed, the cold fresh air is not tolerated, it makes the skin painful. Numbness and prickling in limbs after overwork and exposure. Paralysis, trembling after exertion.
... Tearing down thighs. Sciatica, worse cold, damp weather, at night.
Legs feel wooden. Tenderness about knee-joint. Cramps in calves.
Tingling in feet. Ankles swollen, stiff after sprain or injury.
Back - Stiff neck with painful tension, when moving. Back strain or injury. Pains from overlifting or overuse. Pain between shoulders on swallowing. Pain and stiffness in small of back, better motion or lying on something hard, worse while sitting.

Modalities - Better from continued motion, heat, hot bath, if heated, warm wrapping, rubbing, warm applications, warm dry, weather. ... Worse from cold, wet rainy weather and after rain, at night, exposure to wet, cold, air, draught. Worse being chilled, when hot or sweaty. Worse from beginning of motion, rest, before storms, sprains, prolonged sitting after exertion.

Bibliography for this issue:

Murphy, Robin, ND. Lotus Materia Medica. Pagosa Springs, CO: Lotus Star Academy, 1995.
Please note that the language in Materia Medica texts like this tends to be rather stark due to the need to condense many many symptoms and many many remedies into a large but usable text - 1876 pages designed primarily for professionals.

The Perfect Solution To An Achy Joint

Rheumatic Pain #14

Aconite, Bryonia, Cinchona, Mag phos, Rhus tox

Whether it’s just a case of stiffness after a chilling walk or stiff swollen joints, this homeopathic arthritis remedy offers worry free relief and the TLC your joints deserve.

As with all Aconite symptoms, the neck, facial and inflamed joint pains begin after a cold wind or draft. Bryonia can ease that grumpy bear attitude so often stimulated by its red, swollen, hot joints that feel worse sitting still and even worse when moving. Cinchona’s weak, swollen joints are equally unbearable and hate being touched, but may feel better with firm pressure. Mag phos helps cramping spasmodic pain that will not let you or your joints relax. Rhus tox, the ‘rusty gate remedy’ is the champion of stiff painful joints that feel worse in cold wet weather and after exertion, but feel better with gentle movement. Safe to take alongside any other medication!

A few homeopathic arthritis remedies are taken as generally as you might take an aspirin for a headache, but the essence of homeopathy lies in matching a set of symptoms with a single homeopathic remedy's specific pattern. It's like finding a puzzle piece with the right characteristics to mend the gap in the picture. Does it have the right size, shape and slant? Does the homeopathic remedy share the same type of pain, target area, aggravants and ameliorators?

Related Homeopathic Remedies for Arthritis Pain Symptoms:

Hyland's Arthritis Pain Formula

Arnica Montana, Cimicifuga Racemosa, Guaiacum, Bryonia, Rhus tox

Hyland’s formula is a traditional homeopathic combination for the relief of joint pain, stiffness and swelling, associated with minor arthritis symptoms. As its ingredients include Arnica, Hyland’s formula is also indicated for minor muscular pain associated with over-exertion, especially in the back and neck.ss

Rheumalgia Absorbent Balm

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

Homeopathic ingredients: Arnica, Borax & Rhus ven

Other: Oils of Capsicum, Eucalyptus, Thyme & Wintergreen; Camphor,
Menthol, Zinc oxide

Homeopathic Remedies for Swimmer's Ear

Swimmer's Ear #32

Open ears ASAP whether water, wax or acute congestion need clearing.

Three great single remedies, Hepar sulph, Pulsatilla and Silica, combine to make this the perfect remedy for relieving simple ear noises and pain caused by congestion, swimming or bathing. Whether the blocking agent is excess mucus, water, wax or other matter does not matter with this remedy. These single remedies are all available individually as well in potencies 6x, 12x, 30x, 30c or 200c.

Here’s how the individual remedies work:

Hepar sulph has a knack for loosening and opening up congestions - ear problems, sinus troubles, coughs and skin sores included. For ears, it specializes in painful, sensitive ears that may throb, roar or have whizzing sounds, especially if sensitive to wind and better for warm applications. In most of its applications the sufferer prefers to be wrapped from head to toe and may have a weakness toward infections, sores and congestions.

Pulsatilla offers ears that feel stuffed up, especially at night, a welcome release. These ears my be worse on the right side, and suffer with drawing pain and fluttering noises. It may be better known for turning off night coughs that force you to sit up, but Pulsatilla's action on ears, colds, headaches, car sickness and a range of other ailments make it the very important remedy. When ailments bring out the weepier, moodier side of you, especially if fresh air is a must even if you are chilly and the wind is cold, you might want a closer look at this remedy.

Silica, the 'grit' cell salt, contributes the most fundamental support for expelling anything, be it water after a swim, splinters, acne, sores, sinus congestion... For blocked ears, it works best on those with roaring noises and sometimes popping sounds that feel better for yawning or swallowing. Silica can do the most for those who lack vital heat, can be easily wearied and are susceptible to skin problems, infections, and congestions especially if malnutrition or too much work was ever a factor.

Hyland's Earache Drops

Gentle drops ease pain, itch, and congestion associated with swimmer’s ear.

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

Homeopathic Ingredients:

Pulsatilla - for ear pain worse at night.

Chamomilla - for restlessness or irritability.

Sulphur - for ear pain with burning sensation.

Calcarea Carbonica - for throbbing, pulsing pain in ears.

Belladonna - for fever and inflammation.

Lycopodium - for pain and congestion in ears

Treating Swimmer's Ear At Home Is Easy!

When swimmers come across the itchy, annoying and painful symptoms of swimmer's ear, it can result in a trip to the doctor's office for a round of prescription antibiotics and painkillers. But what people don't know is that many of these doctor's visits don't have to be the first line of treatment! According to the Mayo Clinic, self-care steps can be used to treat most cases of swimmer's ear without the use of prescriptions or costly visits to your local doctor's office - good news for those of us who are uninsured or have more important things to do than spend unnecessary time and money at the clinic.

Swimmer's ear, or otis externa, is a painful infection of the skin lining the ear canal, often brought on by exposure to water. Four out of every 1,000 people are affected annually by swimmer's ear including children and adults alike, but the risk increases for avid swimmers who are constantly in the water. Also, experts say that once an individual has contracted swimmer's ear, the risk of contracting it again is significantly higher.

To limit the risk of becoming infected with swimmer's ear be sure to:

 * Keep your ears dry. Dry your outer ear thoroughly after exposure to moisture from swimming or bathing with a clean towel. Note: never insert your finger or any sharp or hard object into your ear.

* Avoid swimming in polluted water.

If you do develop swimmer's ear, before making a trip to the doctor and turning to prescription antibiotics to deal with swimmer's ear, try following these easy tips to heal the infection at home:

* Place a warm (not hot) heating pad over or against your ear to help reduce pain.

* Keep your ear dry while it's healing. Use earplugs when showering or bathing. Don't swim or clean your ears until the infection is gone.

* Use natural earache treatments such as Hyland's Earache Drops to relieve earache symptoms including throbbing, pulsing pain, burning sensation, and ear congestion.

If after two days symptoms persist, it is recommended that you see a doctor, but these handy tips should help to clear most cases of swimmer's ear and to ensure your next visit to the pool doesn't end with an unnecessary trip to the doctor's office.

Treating Body Aches from
Sports Training and Injuries

by Dr. Trevor Holly Cates, ND

Summer is here and it’s time to enjoy the good weather with outdoor sports. Whether you’re an athlete training for an upcoming event or just having some fun in the sun, be prepared with some all-natural therapies for a speedy recovery. Homeopathy offers safe, natural remedies that can put your mind and your body at ease this summer. Homeopathically prepared remedies are safe and easy to use.

Arnica is the single most important remedy for trauma when there is soreness and tenderness especially to touch or pressure. It is useful for any kind of trauma including sprains, strains, bruises, and sore muscles. Arnica can be taken internally as a homeopathic and used externally as ointments, salves or sprays.

Other homeopathic remedies can also provide significant relief and recovery. Ruta graveolens is another important homeopathic medicine for strains and sprains. Hypericum is excellent for injuries to areas rich in nerves such as fingers, toes, and genitals. Bellis perennis can help reduce swelling and soreness of deep bruises.

Individual remedies work wonders, but sometimes a combination remedy is easiest to use and keep on hand. Hyland’s Arnicaid is a combination homeopathic remedy containing some of the remedies above and is designed to help relieve bruising, swelling and muscle soreness due to falls, blows or other injuries. With this combination of remedies, many injuries are covered from minor bruises to more severe injuries.

Another combination homeopathic, Hyland's ArniSport™ is formulated for the athlete or weekend warrior to help relieve muscle pain and soreness from injury or overexertion. It contains many of the same remedies as Arnicaid™ but also contains a combination of biochemic tissue salts that aid in restoring the body's cellular balance. ArniSport works best if it is taken just after an injury or finishing a strenuous workout.

Rest and ice are also generally good additions to treating injuries. Of course, it is always a good idea to consult with a physician for assessment and treatment if the injury is more severe or if it affects your ability to function. For chronic or acute conditions continuing for more than a few days with no improvement, be sure to consult a professional homeopath.

Whatever outdoor sports and activities you have planned this summer, be prepared with homeopathic medicines that can relieve aches and pains. In addition to band-aids and other basics, consider some or all of the homeopathic remedies mentioned in this article for your first aid kit. Get the most out of your exercise and training and recover quickly with all natural homeopathic remedies.

Dr. Trevor Holly Cates received her Doctor of Naturopathic Medicine degree from the National College of Natural Medicine. The first woman licensed as a naturopathic doctor in California, Dr. Cates practices at the Santa Barbara Center for Natural Medicine with a specialty in women’s and children’s health. She successfully treats a variety of acute and chronic health concerns with a holistic approach using homeopathy, herbal medicine, nutritional therapy, environmental medicine, and other natural therapies. In addition to private practice, Dr. Cates is co-founder of Green This Life, a premier eco-lifestyle site. She also lectures and writes articles on natural medicine for various local and national publications. Dr. Cates has twice been appointed by Governor Schwarzenegger to California’s Bureau of Naturopathic Medicine Advisory Council. She lives with her husband and three children in Santa Barbara, California.

Top Homeopathic Remedies for Muscleaches & Pain resulting from Sports Training

MuscleAches #44

Extensive First Aid treats muscle strains, cramps, bruises, soreness and sprains.

Ideal for exercise and everyday pains or injuries. Along with Arnica’s many benefits for sore muscles, bruising, etc., #44 contains the classic ingredients for treating muscle strains, cramps and spasms, plus joint pains and sprains. Whether symptoms result from injuries, exercise, or everyday stresses, #44 can be a relaxing, comforting companion at home and at the gym.

Homeopathic Ingredients: Arnica, Bryonia, Cimicifuga, Mag phos, Rhus tox, Ruta grav

Hyland's ArniSport®

Hyland’s ArniSport® tablets are a specially formulated for the athlete or weekend warrior. Hyland’s ArniSport® provides 100% natural relief for muscle aches and pains due to strain or injury from overexertion. Best administered immediately after workout, Hyland’s ArniSport® contains no aspirin, sucrose, dextrose, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs or fillers.

Homeopathic Ingredients:

Arnica Mont - for bruising and muscle soreness
Hypericum Perf - for nerve injuries due to blows
Ruta Grav - for the connective tissues of the body; sprains, twists and shin splints
Ledum Pal - for stitching pains and red, hot inflammations.
Bellis Per - for sprains, swellings and muscular soreness
Hyland’s Bioplasma™ - a combination of biochemic tissue salts that help restore the body’s cellular balance after depletion.

Arnica Ointment

Topical relief for sore muscles, joints and bruises.

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

Top 10 Poison Ivy Myths

Myth #1: Scratching poison ivy blisters will spread the rash.
Fact: The rash is caused by the urushiol oil found in poison ivy, oak and sumac and is not spread by the fluid in the blisters. If you have the urushiol oil on your hands and you scratch your nose or wipe your forehead, you may spread the oil and hence the rash. Avoid excessive scratching and make sure your fingernails and hands are clean.

Myth #2: Poison ivy rash is “contagious.”
Fact: The rash is a reaction to urushiol oil found in poison ivy, oak and sumac. The rash cannot pass from person to person, but urushiol can be spread by contact, even with exposed clothing or pets.

Myth #3: Once allergic, always allergic to poison ivy.
Fact: A person's sensitivity to urushiol changes over time, and even from season to season. People who were sensitive to poison ivy as children may not be allergic as adults and vice versa.

Myth #4: I've been in contact with poison ivy before and I'm not allergic to it.
Fact: If a person has come in contact with poison ivy once and did not get a rash, it does not mean that he or she will always be immune.  The first contact, which can occur without a person ever knowing, may create a hypersensitivity to the urushiol oil without causing a rash.

Myth #5: Dead poison ivy plants are no longer toxic.
Fact: Urushiol oil stays active on any surface, including dead plants, for up to five years or longer.

Myth #6: You can catch poison ivy rash by being near the plants.
Fact: Direct contact with urushiol oil is needed. However, it is important to stay away from forest fires, direct burning or anything that causes the oil to become airborne such as a lawnmower or weed whacker.

Myth #7: Keeping covered outdoors will prevent poison ivy rash.
Fact: While keeping covered in the outdoors is crucial, it is not a foolproof way to protect your skin against developing a poison ivy rash. Urushiol oil can stick to clothes, shoes, garden tools and sporting equipment that you touch, and inadvertently spread to uncovered parts of your body.

Myth #8: You have to touch a poison ivy, oak or sumac plant to get a rash.
Fact: The most common way people contract an allergic rash from these plants is by touching an item that has urushiol oil on it, including garden tools, camping equipment, boots and even pet fur. Since urushiol can stay active for years, it’s important to wash any item that has come in contact with poison oak, ivy or sumac with soap and water.

Myth #9: “Leaves of three, leave them be.”
Fact: This is true for poison ivy, but not poison oak and poison sumac. Although poison ivy has 3 leaves per cluster, poison oak has 3 to 5 leaves, and poison sumac has 7 to 13 leaves on a branch.

Myth #10: Besides complete avoidance, there's no way to prevent poison ivy rash.
Fact: When applied to the skin before contact, IvyBlock is the only FDA-approved lotion that can prevent the rashes caused by poison ivy, oak and sumac.

Poison Ivy Relief & Prevention

Prevent the rash before it starts!

Ivy Block Lotion

The only FDA-approved product that's clinically proven to help prevent poison oak, ivy and sumac rashes before they start.

Safe and effective for preventing Poison Ivy, Oak and Sumac rashes. If applied before contact, IvyBlock's patented ingredient Bentoquatam absorbs the urushiol oil which causes the ivy's irritating rash before it has a chance to get under your skin.

Why suffer, when Homeopathy can tame the wild itch and soothe the inflammation of poison ivy symptoms and hives?

Hyland's Poison Ivy / Oak

Natural relief for poison ivy induced rashes and irritations.

A traditional homeopathic formula for the relief of symptoms after contact with poison ivy or oak. Exposure to poison ivy / oak often results in skin breaks out with red, swollen, intensely itching, burning, watery blisters sometimes followed by oozing or crusting. This soothing formula is safe for adults and children and can be used in conjunction with other medications.
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Homeopathic Ingredients

Rhus Toxicodendron 6X HPUS - for red, swollen eruptions with intense itching.

Croton Tiglium 6X HPUS - for extremely itching eruptions that may ooze, scratching is painful.

Xerophyllum 6X HPUS - for itching, stinging and burning inflammations.

Rhus tox is the #1 single homeopathic remedy for Poison Ivy

Poison ivy for poison ivy? That's it. With a dose of this absolutely safe, non-toxic, homeopathic dilution of poison oak, your body gets just the stimulus it needs to fight off the effects of contact with poison ivy, oak or sumac. For all the itching frustration poison ivy inflicts, its remedy cures a lot more- especially stiff achy joints and rheumatic pains. For skin irritation, Rhus tox works best for red blistering rashes that feel better the hotter the water you wash them in.

Other options and itchy ailments:

Ledum pal - This expert puncture wound remedy might work better for your rash, but only on the odd occasion that the irritated area feels cold to the touch and prefers ice cold applications.

Urtica urens - Stinging nettle fights off stinging nettle as homeopathy's basic principle of like cures like applies again. When scratching makes the itch feel better, and stinging, burning irritation craves cold applications, this might be better than Rhus for hive-like rashes. A handy remedy for burns from scalding hot fluids, too.

Anxiety / Depression #304  provides nerve-soothing support for diverse stresses - sadness, grief, exam nerves, etc. 

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Poll Results:

Anxiety / Depression #304 33%

Hyland's Calms Forte  21%

Tranquility #74 14%

Hyland's Nerve Tonic 9%

Anxiety #320 8%

Nervousness #4  7%

Nervous Tension Tissue P 7%

Does this guy have the right idea?

As long as your quick "cat nap" doesn't disrupt normal sleep patterns, finding a naturally soothing place is probably a great way to relieve a little stress this summer.  Health experts and researchers all say that a lack of sleep can lead to numerous health problems, including pain, headaches and stress on mind and body.  While we all know it's a good idea to get the rest we need, when we need it, our nerves often get in the way.  Since we can't always find the perfect place in nature or peace of mind, homeopathy provides a safe natural way to help you get the rest you need.

Homeopathic Stress & Sleep Support

Stress is chemical, mental, emotional and physical, so there is no reason to deny nerves the vital support homeopathic remedies offer for calming nerves and easing the effects of stress. Our 100% worry free homeopathic remedies offer gentle ways to restore healthy vitality so you can embrace this Summer's opportunities and challenges.

Best selling Homeopathic Sleep Formula

Worry-free, relaxing rest for sleepless nerves.

“Since using your SLEEP #173, I fall asleep quite readily now. What a blessing!!” - Anne E.

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Sleep #173

Simple access to 100% natural, homeopathic sleep support. 
♦ Whether nerves feel too excited, happy, sad, tired or stressed to sleep, this very popular remedy's stabilizing influence provides natural worry-free relief. 
♦ With no groggy or habit-forming side effects, it offers gentle sleep support for all ages. 
♦ With this remedy and a reminder that you will have plenty of time to worry tomorrow, you can finally get the rest you deserve.

Homeopathic Ingredients: Avena sat, Kali phos, Passiflora

L173 $8.95

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“I have suffered from panic and anxiety for years... I chose Tranquility #74... I was amazed... They work wonderfully...” - A. D.

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Tranquility #74

When stress leads toward sadness and sleeplessness, this gentle homeopathic remedy offers calming stabilizing relief without adding the stress of contra indications or groggy side effects. Stressed nerves, aging nerves, grieving, angry, tired and sleepless nerves, can all benefit from this natural calming homeopathic remedy.

Homeopathic Ingredients: Agnus castus, Ignatia, Kali phos

L074

"I tried this for the first time last night, and I slept so well! I have sleep issues due to stress. I do not usually take any medicine to help me sleep, but since I love Hyland's products for my kids, I decided to give it a try. I am so relieved to have a decent night sleep and not feel groggy in the morning! Thank You Hyland's!"

Rhonda from MI...

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Hyland's Calms Forté

This traditional homeopathic formula ranks among the best selling natural sleep remedies on the market.
♦ All-natural, temporary symptomatic relief of simple nervous tension and insomnia (sleeplessness).
♦ No drug hangover, no sedatives, just nature's answer to a good night's sleep.

Homeopathic Ingredients: Passiflora, Avena sativa, Humulus lupulus, Chamomilla, Calcarea phosphorica, Ferrum phosphoricum, Kali phosphoricum, Natrum phosphoricum, Magnesia phosphoricum

CAFO 100 Tabs $8.95

One last bit of advice: After taking a natural dose of sleep support, try to count all the shades of color you've seen in an evening's rainbow, it can bring the sweetest dreams.

Just as the first step in health care is self care, the first step into the vast range of homeopathic healing is finding these twelve simple homeopathic remedies. The cell salts are made from the natural mineral compounds that are vital to our cells and tissues. In homeopathic potency they are safe, effective and support every aspect of self care by helping us in the endless struggle to maintain balance in the face of life's many stresses.

"The twelve inorganic (mineral) salts are all essential to the proper growth and development of every part of the system."

- Dr. Schuessler

When studying the ‘new’ science of biochemistry, Dr. W. H. Schuessler developed the cell salt remedies and the Biochemic Theory behind their use. He postulated that abnormal conditions (illnesses) arise when there is a deficiency in one or more of the basic 'salts' or minerals– the twelve inorganic substances found in human tissues. In studying illnesses, he found much evidence of imbalance in these 'salts'. As supplements were not always safe or effective, Schuessler made the compounds into homeopathically prepared remedies. He found that whether helping with cases of excess or deficiency, the remedies helped the system re-establish balance.

The cell salts are among the gentlest, most supportive, remedies in homeopathy and can aid in preventing and alleviating illness. This friendly dozen offer a perfect foundation to begin an adventure into homeopathy. The Biochemic Handbook is a great and very inexpensive starting point for learning more about Cell Salts.

1. Calc fluor - Essential to elasticity and flexibility.  Present in our bones, veins, arteries, teeth, joints and elastic tissues.  Applications include: varicose veins, hemorrhoids, growth issues, joint pain and muscleaches.
2. Calc phos - Essential to growth and repair. Present in our bones, muscles, nerves, brain, connective tissues and teeth.  Applications include: easing growing pains and iron deficiency, supporting teething, tissues repair and growth.
3. Calc sulph - Essential in cleansing yellow mucus and discharge.  Present in our blood and skin.  Applications include: healing wounds and easing nasal congestion and cough.
4. Ferrum phos - Essential to strong, effective blood cells.  Present in muscles, nerves, hair, blood vessels, arteries and red blood cells.  Applications include: acute fevers, ear pain, inflammations, colds, weakness, fatigue and iron deficiency.
5. Kali mur - Essential to breaking down white mucus and discharge.  Present in our muscles, blood and saliva.  Applications include: colds with white mucus, skin conditions with white discharge, heartburn and acidity with white coated tongues.
6. Kali phos - Essential to nerves and their physical and emotional functions.  Present in our muscles, nerves and skin.  Applications include: nerve pain, stress headaches, restlessness, sleeplessness, and anxious nerves.
7. Kali sulph - Essential to active cleansing systems.  Present in skin, intestines, hair, stomach and tissue cells.  Applications include: mature colds, coughs, congestions, diarrhea, skin eruptions and joint stiffness.
8. Mag phos - Essential to nerve and muscle communication.  Present in our muscles, nerves, and bones.  Applications include: cramps, leg cramps, menstrual cramps, spasms and radiating pains including sciatic nerve pain.
9. Natrum mur - Essential to our fluid retention and elimination.  Present in our cartilage, mucus cells, glands, and body fluids.  Applications include: colds, sinus congestion, sore throats, constipation, headaches, sleeplessness, sadness and fatigue.
10. Natrum phos - Essential to breaking down acids.  Present in our nerves, muscles, joints, and digestive organs.  Applications include: digestive issues with acidity, muscle pain due to lactic acid buildup, sick headaches, fatigue.
11. Natrum sulph - Essential to the processing of body fluids (kidney and liver function).  Present in our digestive organs.  Applications include: nausea, sick headache, heartburn, diarrhea, urinary issues, joint pains, wheezing colds. 12. Silica - Essential to ‘grit’ – strength of tissues and cells.  Present in our connective tissues and skin.  Applications include: the purging of splinters, acne, and other skin symptoms, plus congestions and constipation, and the support of weak nails, hair, skin and other tissues.

Each Homeopathic Cell Salt packs its own healing powers:

Click here to view this easy to follow, interactive cell salt chart.

Get all 12 Cell Salt Remedies in 1 Kit

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

This complete set of the 12 homeopathic cell salt remedies offers valuable, portable, peace of mind. Of course those who stay at home deserve the same easy access to what their cells need to face whatever challenges the season brings. Each kit includes a symptom guide, so even the novice can begin reaping the benefits of the cell salts right away.
A great gift idea! Students, friends, travelers and vacation lovers will thank you over and over again for keeping them in top form!

Get all 12 Cell Salt Remedies in One Place

Bioplasma - This combination of all twelve cell salts offers fundamental support when feeling stressed physically or mentally. We carry a range of cell salt “Tissue” combinations, as well.

Our very best wishes for a healthy, stress-free summer!

Prepare for the unexpected!

It's such a disappointment to have to cut a great vacation short, or see a day at the beach turn into only an hour because of earaches, diarrhea or a host of other summer complaints. Go prepared - these homeopathic remedies can fit in the glove compartment or the beach bag, and they’re safe for the whole family!

Traveller’s Diarrhea #335 - Arsenicum alb, Carbo veg, Nux vom, Pulsatilla, Veratrum
Since this remedy covers diarrhea from stress or dietary errors, it works at home or on the road. The major stomach flu and tainted food remedy, Arsenicum, also covers exhausting burning diarrhea. Carbo veg’s diarrhea has much gas and discomfort following nausea, gas and sour belching. Nux vom covers diarrhea from excess food, alcohol, coffee, stimulants or stress and may follow constipation. Pulsatilla helps when that new super rich recipe was a little too pleasing. If ice cold drinks or constipation from doing too little cause copious diarrhea with great prostration, Veratrum has you covered.

Car sickness #100 - Cocculus, Petroleum, Pulsatilla, Tabacum
Keeping children in the back seat is tough if one is always car sick. And what about the one who has to have the window down? or the spouse who can’t take a cruise without spending every day in sick bay? Peace at last with #100. Cocculus fights off motion sickness, sleeplessness and lower back pain. Petroleum covers the longer lasting symptoms resulting from car, train or sea sickness, especially in gastric complaints with diarrhea and nausea. Pulsatilla’s multipurpose nature extends to car sickness when the only relief is to have the window down (fresh air). Tabacum can save your vacation if the typical faint, sinking feeling, vomiting, nausea and vertigo prevail. With this remedy on board, you should make good time– or at least have a good time getting there.

Swimmer's Ear - Earache #32 - Hepar sulf, Pulsatilla, Silica
The ability to open blockages is a common chord in this combination's three single remedy ingredients. They make a great trio for simple ear noises and pain caused by congestion, swimming or bathing whether the blocking agent is excess mucus, water, wax or other matter. Hepar sulph ears are sensitive to touch and wind and may hear whizzing noises when blocked. Pulsatilla ears have 'drawing pain' when they are blocked and may hear snapping or fluttering noises, especially on the right side.
Silica, the expert expeller cell salt, helps most if ears roar but feel better for yawning and swallowing. If an infection is suspected, please call a licensed practitioner.

Jet lag #101 - Arnica, Bellis per, Chamomilla, Cocculus, Lycopodium
You don’t waste time catching up with the clock with this remedy. Cocculus, the best travel remedy, has the key symptom ‘ailments from loss of sleep’, plus helpful complaints like ‘vertigo from riding on a train’, motion sickness, nausea, and pain in the small of the back. Arnica helps the muscle soreness gained by sitting too long, carrying luggage or any other cause of bruising soreness. As well as helping deep tissue injuries and cases of ‘the Railway Spine,’ Bellis per can aid exhausting headaches. Chamomilla helps gassy colic and hypersensitivity from food, frustration or fatigue. Lycopodium helps keep food, gas or constipation from getting in the way of a good time. With a few doses before you go and after you get there, you can enjoy your travels to your heart’s content.

Some Helpful Travel Singles

Cocculus indicus (Indian cockle)
This single remedy is a great answer for motion sickness, vertigo, jet lag, loss of appetite, sleeplessness, weariness. Even a nasty lower back pain may all be working against you until you remember to take your Cocculus along for the ride.

Ignatia (St. Ignatius’ bean)
Though a critical remedy for the effects of grief, heartbreak, homesickness and disappointment, we often forget to reap the benefits of this remedy’s calming, balancing powers. Ignatia can rescue many wasted days at camp, on long vacations, or away at school, and help us settle into a new environment faster. Whenever you need a boost to help you embrace new potentials and put the past in its place, Ignatia can help, especially if you are apt to cry alone and put on a brave face for others.

Accidents happen - Yes, you can help!

Arnica Bump Stick
Natural first aid relief from pain, bruising and swelling that result from falls, sprains or other minor accidents in an active child’s life. Convenient, carry-anywhere size.

Hyland’s Arnica Spray
Arnica is well known for its ability to speed healing and relieve bruising and muscle soreness. When the area is quite tender and the thought of touching it can send you through the roof, Arnica Spray is perfect. For great massages, we have Arnica Oil or Hyland's Arnicated Oil. Arnica Ointments offer lasting applications that stay on even through a game or workout.

Hyland’s Hypericum Spray
Hypericum is known to be particularly effective for injuries to areas of the body rich in nerves - like fingers, toes and tailbones. Sometimes, all a stubbed toe needs is a little Hypericum and the pain melts away quickly. If the thought of touching a sore, inflamed area makes you cringe, spray on Hypericum. All it takes is good aim.

Treat Rashes, Bites and Stings With Homeopathic Remedies

Why are so many of the homeopathic remedies for bug bites the same as those listed for or in combination remedies for poison ivy, hives and even burns? Because it focuses on the individual's individual symptoms, homeopathy does not care much about the cause. Whether the area is burning hot or cold to the touch, red and itchy or swollen and stinging, worse with cold or worse with heat..., matters most when selecting a homeopathic remedy.

Itchy, Scratchy and Annoying...Get Some Relief!

Hyland’s Bug Bite Ointment
A fast-acting, long-lasting ointment in a handy roll-up form to relive itching and swelling from bug bites. A base of citronella oil gives it a clean, fresh smell and helps deter insects from taking a second bite.

Hyland’s Hives
Fast all-natural relief from the symptoms of red, swollen and itching rashes that appear with sudden onset.

Apis mel
This important remedy actually comes from a bee! One of nature's finest examples of “like cures like”, this single remedy treats mild swelling, burning pain and redness, thus the "bee sting remedy" helps with swellings anywhere whether caused by bees, insect bites, hives or other irritants, especially if the area is red and burns.

Quit Nits Complete Head Lice Kit  Now there is an effective, safe alternative for headlice treatment. The Quit Nits Complete Head Lice Kit contains two tubes of Advance Lice Treatment Cream and one Everyday Preventative Spray. It is clinically proven to eliminate head lice and their eggs with the treatment cream and prevent re-infestation with the everyday preventative spray.

Hyland’s Poison Ivy/Oak
Hyland's Poison Ivy/Oak Tablets are a traditional homeopathic formula for the relief of symptoms after contact with poison ivy or oak. Skin breaks out with red, swollen, intensely itching, burning, watery blisters sometimes followed by oozing or crusting.

Ivy Block
The only FDA-approved product that’s clinically proven to help prevent poison oak, ivy and sumac rashes before they start. IvyBlock® is a safe, effective, non-allergenic over-the-counter lotion that really works, really well. And, it’s as simple to use as sunblock. Just rub it on your skin before you go outdoors and you’re protected for hours. (Please note, this product is non-homeopathic. For more information on ingredients, consult our website.)

A Homeopath's Perspective

Homeopathic Single solutions can get right to the source of the matter as "like cures like" in homeopathic remedies. For more insight we call on details from the book, The American Institute of Homeopathy Handbook for Parents, by Edward Shalts, MD, DHt.

Aconite - While not a remedy often considered for insect bites and rashes, Dr. Shalts suggests it first in certain cases, "I've seen cases when a child stung by a bee gets so scared that the need for Aconitum is obvious. Use it if your child is scared, red faced and has an expression of terror...

Then to remedy the sting:

Apis mel - "Use this remedy if the area of a sting is swollen, red, warm to the touch and the condition is made better by cold. ... I've seen cases of severe allergic reactions to bee stings that almost instantly respond to Apis. Severe swelling with inflammation after stings from other insects responds similarly well. ... A dose of 30C is good... If there's an initial, but not a complete, improvement, repeat the dose two more times at thirty- to- sixty minute intervals. Stop giving doses sooner if the child is more than 50 percent better."

Ledum pal - "Frequently, the bites of wasps and other large insects require Ledum, but not always." Whether dealing with large insect bites or animal bites, this is the bite master remedy. "A main indication is that the area of the bite or sting is reddish blue and surrounded by a very pale area. The wound is also cold to the touch. Paradoxically, ice-cold applications bring about a dramatic improvement although the areas of the bite are cold."

Urtica urens - If planning to comb exotic beaches, or if scratching feels too good to stop, "this remedy is used for stings of jellyfish and medusa. It's also used for any other type of insect bites or stings in which the main symptoms are hives and itching that get better from rubbing."

As the heat settles in all over the country we're reminded that summer is almost here!  The summer sun brings endless possibilities for celebration, fun and adventure, plus the hazard that can ruin every occasion, HEAT!

With a few homeopathic remedies and knowledge of the basic precautions, you can march in the longest parade, conquer the 18th hole, climb the highest hill, mow the widest lawn or endure the 15 inning afternoon ball game with comfort of mind and body.

In case you forget your sunscreen, we have some helpful hints for sunburns, too.

Homeopathy Tips

• Belladonna - #1 for Heat

• Headaches #33 - First sign of trouble

• Cell Salts - Before to prepare After to recover

Rule #1: Carry Belladonna in your pocket! Flushed faces, sudden spikes in temperature, throbbing pain, dilated pupils, dizziness... Belladonna’s relief reads like a case of heat exposure.

#2: Carry Headaches #33. Headaches are often the first indismissable sign of too much heat.
#3: Cell Salts Before: Prepare your cells with the cell salts. The more well-nourished your cells, the less susceptible you will be to strain.
#4: Recovery is faster with cell salts.  Bioplasma and Tonic Tissue E offer well-rounded cell salt support for vitality and repair.

More Options:

• Ferrum phos - If not so flushed as Bella but fear you’ve pushed yourself to the limit, this anti-inflammatory cell salt, can be very restorative.

• Mag phos - A must at first sign of leg cramps.

• Fever #7- If it needs cooling, homeopathy doesn’t care whether the heat comes from an internal problem or the sun outside.

Sunburn Tips

Please note a cold splash makes the difference in temperature even greater and can lead to worse burning. So it is best to start with a tepid or even warm application 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.

Homeopathic Relief: Cantharis: a dose or two can ease the pain and minimize the blistering of burns, scalds and sunburns.

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

Burn Ointment - This ointment is a wonder for easing burns, scalds and sunburns, and preventing blisters.

Hyland’s Hypericum Spray - Spritz on to ease irritation and pain without rubbing.

Hyland’s Calendula Spray - Spritz on to start healing the skin as soon as it cools a bit.

Are you spending too much on designer skin care treatments?

While "too much" is just a relative term, homeopathy provides low cost alternatives for a multitude of skin issues, including acne, rashes, minor burns and irritations. In this blog entry, we will reveal 1-800 Homeopathy's #1 homeopathic remedy for skin, along with a few other homeopathic products customers choose to relieve numerous skin issues naturally. You can also learn about one of our most traditional, lesser known, yet most effective ointments (Panacea) which covers just about anything skin!

#1 Homeopathic Remedy for Skin

Acne - Tissue D

100% worry free homeopathic formula helps clear up acne and makes skin healthier. This unique homeopathic cell salt combination offers skin the natural cleansing support it needs at all stages of life.

♦ With cell salt remedies made from basic minerals like calcium and potassium, this popular homeopathic combination gives the body what it needs to heal itself of acne, splinters and other eruptions and to maintain a healthier balance overall.
♦ Helps the body cleanse and strengthen skin without inhibiting natural processes. Safe for all ages and for use with other medications.

Homeopathic Ingredients:

• Calc sulph - Aids slow healing acne and eruptions with yellow discharge.
• Kali mur - Helps cleanse away whiteheads and pimples with white pus or discharge.
• Kali sulph - Relieves eruptions with watery yellow discharge or peeling dry skin.
• Silica - #1 cell salt for acne helps strengthen skin and purge acne.

Homeopathic Remedies and Ointment for rashes, sores, minor burns and other skin irritations:

Skin Irritation #94

A trusted homeopahtic formula for natural skin care.

♦ Works with the body’s resources to ease and heal rashes, bed sores, eczema and acne.
♦ Offers strengthening support for dry scaly skin or weak skin with burning dry or itchy eruptions.

Homeopathic Ingredients:

• Arsenicum alb - Relieves itching, swelling and burning eruptions that are often dry rough and scaly and may ulcerate, but they are almost always worse with cold.
• Berberis vulg - Applies to eruptions that like cold applications to soothe the itching, burning pustular rashes, especially of the hands and anus.
• Echinacea ang - Helps the system tackle recurring sores/pimples, ulcers or bed sores as well as irritation from insect bites or aggravating plants.
• Sulphur - Helps various eruptions with dry scaly unhealthy skin that itches and burns and does not like to be scratched or washed.

Panacea Ointment

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. Caution: May cause burning pain on open skin sores, cuts or injuries.

Arnica, Calendula, Hamamelis, Thuja, Origanum, Safrol, Teribinthina
Base Ingredeints: White Beeswax, Cocoa Butter, Mineral Oil, Petrolatum

Silica

Healthy skin, nails and cleansing systems depend on this popular cell salt.

♦ Its skin applications include support for eliminating splinters, acne, boils, abscesses and corns.
♦ For glands and membranes it applies to sore throats, mature coughs, sinus and ear congestion as well as constipation and diarrhea.
♦ Key indications for its systemic applications include: nervous irritability, timidity; pale skin, fatigue, a lack of vital heat; weak ankles, hair and nails; tendency to feel better with warmth and much worse in a cold draft.

For other skin issues, we also offer Warts #38, Fungus #210, Varicose Veins #119 and a range of Calendula products for cuts and scrapes. Click here for a more complete listing of all the options.

Dyspepsia #22 - An old-fashioned title for an exceptional, up-to-date homeopathic remedy, especially as holiday feasting approaches.

Carbo veg - Quickly relieves gas, burping, heartburn and bloating.
Nux vomica - Relieves heartburn, gas, vomiting and constipation from fatty food, alcohol, coffee or stress.
Calc carb - Applies best when sluggish digestion leads to nausea, constipation and diarrhea. • Hydrastis - Helps when weak digestion leads to a sore stomach and a loathing for anything edible.
Pulsatilla - Eases indigestion when rich fatty meals or car sickness result in heartburn, gas and belching, plus the headache and restless night that often follow.

When combined, the ingredients make a well-rounded remedy for fast gastric relief that will not slow digestion.

Indigestion #178 - Two phase approach improves digestion and eases gas, nausea and heartburn.  This combination’s nutritionally supportive formula offers fast relief and lasting support for many digestive symptoms. Its five ingredients cover a range of gastric distress symptoms.

Carbo veg - Provides fast relief of gas and related complaints like heartburn, belching, flatulence, bloating and pain.
Hydrastis - Helps those whose sore stomachs make them loath food, which, if eaten, usually causes vomiting - the only exception may be watered down milk.
Natrum carb - Aids weak digestion disturbed by slight dietary errors, as when fats lead to heartburn, bitter taste, belching and sour stomach, temporarily relieved by soda biscuits.
Papain - This is made from the digestion supportive papaya enzyme.
Zingiber - Made from ginger, it relieves nausea with belching and diarrhea, especially if the stomach feels like a heavy stone.

Stomach Tabs, Wises #319 - Boosts slow digestion to relieve gas, heartburn, colic and abdominal pain. All three of the single remedy ingredients in this combination list 'slow or sluggish digestion' which is often at the center of gastric problems, but each addresses a slightly different set of symptoms.

 Bismuth - Offers relief if liquids are vomited soon after consumption.
Carbo veg - Relieves gas soon after eating with sour, putrid, often burning eructations, heartburn and/or burning stomach pain
Lycopodium - Eases lower gas with bloated abdominal fullness and colicky pain, especially from fermentable foods.

Constipation #66 - Worry free, non habit forming relief for constipation.  Every single remedy ingredient in this natural combination eases constipation and its various related symptoms without slowing digestion or causing habituation.

Bryonia alb - Relieves constipation with hard dry dark stools, especially in hot weather.
Hydrastis - Applies when constipation leads to a sinking feeling in the stomach and a total loathing of food.
Iris vers - Relieves irritating constipation with a constant urging to stool and a nauseating headache.
Nux vomica - Relieves constipation troubled by incomplete stools or a frequent ineffectual urging, and may be followed by diarrhea, especially if laxative use is in the picture.
Podophyllum - Applies best when constipation alternates with diarrhea and causes gurgling bowels.
Sulphur - Eases frequent painful urging that may lead to diarrhea, much belching and abdominal pressure.

View all homeopathic remedies for digestion ailments:

Gas & Indigestion

Constipation & Diarrhea

Nausea & Vommiting

Urinary

Different sufferers, different triggers, different roads to relief.

Ellen was worried she wouldn’t be able to stand in line at a big sale to buy her granddaughter a special doll. “My legs feel creepy-crawly, and become agitated when I stand for a long time,” she says. “I look like I’m dancing a jig.”
 
It’s a different problem for Ellen’s sister, Carol. “Sitting drives me crazy. I can’t sit still at my desk,” she says. “People think I’m hyperactive.” 
 

Choosing the right homeopathic remedy for your unique symptoms:
 

Hyland's Leg Cramps with Quinine PM
This unique version of Hyland’s popular homeopathic Leg Cramps with Quinine relieves pain and cramps in lower body, legs, feet and toes with accompanying nighttime sleeplessness. Its effective, natural, homeopathic pain relief helps you fall asleep and get back to sleep at night.

Calcarea Carb - cramps in legs, calves, feet and toes
Causticum - nocturnal sleeplessness    
Chamomilla - cramps and pain in bed at night
Cinchona off (Quinine) - disturbed sleep, pain in limbs at night
Cuprum    Met - cramps of limbs, charley horse cramps
Lycopodium - disturbed, restless sleep; cramps and contraction of limbs
Magnesia Phos - wakeful and sleepless, cramps in legs
Rhus tox - charley horse cramps in thighs & calves at night
Silicea - not being able to sleep again after waking
Sulphur  - sleeplessness, frequent waking during night

Hyland's Leg Cramps with Quinine
Hyland’s Leg Cramps with Quinine™ 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.

Cinchona Officinalis 3X HPUS (Quinine) - 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. Sciatica with 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.

Hyland's Restful Legs
Specially formulated to help alleviate symptoms such as creepy-crawly feelings, itching of the legs, or the compelling urge to move the legs, especially while lying down, sleeping, or sitting still for long periods.

Arsenicum Album - creeping, crawling itch
Lycopodium - restless legs, while lying down
Pulsatilla - constant urge to move legs
Rhus Toxicodendron - restless legs, better with activity
Sulphur - itching, tingling, urge to move legs
Zinc Metallicum - twitching & jerking of legs, while sitting

Just the right dose of exercise can help too!
Exercise can work wonders, but timing and the right amount are key.  
In any group of people suffering from agitated legs, the talk soon turns to exercise. There is something about exercise that seems to release the energy that creates the need to move your legs.  Most people report that regular “mild to moderate” exercise is a big help, but many say working out too vigorously aggravates symptoms. Trying different levels of exercise is the best way to know what works for you.  Since symptoms are typically worst at night, late afternoon or evening exercise may be best, but morning or mid-day workouts are also effective.  Focus on lower body exercise such as running, biking or swimming. Prefer teammates or partners? Try tennis, basketball or soccer. Like classes? Try yoga, Pilates, step aerobics or dance.
 
What about when you are already in bed and symptoms kick in, no pun intended? Try this mini, in-bed leg workout.
 
1.  Lying on your back, hold the ball of one foot, point it upward and extend your leg as far as you can. Hold it just at the edge of pain.
 
2.  On your knees, lean back stretching the tops of your thighs. See if you can touch your heels.
 
3.  Still on your knees, fold all the way forward.

Any way you choose to exercise, a dose of MuscleAches/Cramps #44 will help minimize the strain and pain, thus making it easier to stick with the program.

 
Sweet dreams!

♦ All Natural, Homeopathic Ingredients

♦ Non-habit forming

♦ Safe to use with other medications including aspirin

♦ No history of side effects or contraindications

Headaches #33 - From sudden fierce headaches to slow moving, heavy headaches, 1-800 Homeopathy's Headache's #33’s provides extensive, worry free relief. This unique formula’s calming applications apply to a variety of pains including throbbing, bursting, shooting, pressing and nauseating headaches.

Homeopathic Ingredients:

• Aconite - Pressing, pulsating, bursting, hot headache, may be induced by cold, congestion or emotional stress.

• Belladonna - Severe, sudden, throbbing, pulsating, headache with bursting pain on bending forward and possibly dizziness. Heat and fever related headaches.

• Bryonia - Bursting, splitting, frontal headaches that grow to cover the whole head, pain is worse with any motion and with light.

• Iris - Shooting, stabbing, nauseating, sick headache, may affect vision and cause pulsating pain in the forehead.

• Nux vom - Heavy, pressing headaches, often stress related, from above the eyes to the back of the head. Pain is often worse or begins in the morning, on waking. Cold weather, alcohol or emotional strain can trigger headaches.

Hangover / Recovery #77  - This very versatile homeopathic combination blends four of the most comprehensive homeopathic remedies for relieving headache, flu, cough, nausea, hangovers and stress-related symptoms.

Homeopathic Ingredients:

• Arsenicum alb - Restless remedy relieves vomiting and diarrhea, burning headaches, and anxious, restless fatigue related to flu, stomach flu, tainted food or alcohol consumption.

• Nux vomica - A common remedy for the effects of stress, flu and overindulgence in food, alcohol, stimulants, work, fun, etc., relieves vomiting, nausea, bruised brain headache, dizziness, sleeplessness from 3 am to 6am, and a large dose of irritability.

• Bryonia alb - If the symptom ‘worse with any motion’ marks your case, this remedy can bring much relief to hammering headaches, flu misery, nausea and vertigo, especially if the patient is very irritable and refuses company and consolation.

• Pulsatilla nig - This remedy relieves pulsating heavy headaches, restless sleep, nauseous heavy stomachs with gas and heartburn often triggered by rich food, and many cold and flu symptoms including a lingering night cough. Its use is marked by a strong need for fresh air and company.

Migraine #233 - Success stories keep coming in about this homeopathic headache combination! Its highly specialized formula applies to many very vexing migraine pains. Dr. Luyties carefully selected its homeopathic ingredients to relieve diverse headache and migraine symptoms including pressing, pulsating, bursting and nauseating pains.

Homeopathic Ingredients:

• Acetanilid (antifebrinum) - This singular remedy relieves migraines that feel like the head is enlarged, possibly with faintness and fever.

• Bryonia - Classic remedy relieves bursting migraines are worse with any movement, better lying down with eyes closed and applied pressure on painful spots.

• Caffeinum - Relieves hadaches with pulsation along the arteries (especially temples) and anxiety felt in the chest.

• Camphora - Applies to a range of headache pains that tend to follow mental excitement or excess study, most pronounced are beating throbbing occipital pain or feeling of constriction.

• Iris vers - Relieves right temple, nauseating, migraines which actually come on when relaxing after mental strain and begin with a blur before the eyes.

Kali phos

Mental / Emotional Balance
On the emotional plane, Kali phos' indications include restorative, calming powers over temper tantrums, pangs of grief, anxiety or dread, hypersensitive nerves, and night terrors. Whenever work, worry, study, stress or illness leave you weary but restless, sad, nervous, gloomy, dreading what might be next, and unable to get up and do something about it, Kali phos is a worry-free option worth trying.

It may be the person’s nature or it may be a temporary state, but the patient who benefits most from Kali phos may be shy, nervous, hypersensitive, weak, easily startled, easily wearied and sometimes quite pessimistic. Other symptoms include nightmares, sleeplessness and cravings for sweets and ice water.

We too often overlook the chemical/nutritional factors affecting our mental emotional states and the options available for getting us back in balance. Next time you are down, let Kali phos show you just how chemical pain, sadness and anxiety can be.

Kali Phos "stars" in many homeopathic cell salt combination remedies

Homeopathic Remedy Combinations Targeting Sleep

Hyland's Calms Forté™
100% all-natural, temporary symptomatic relief of simple nervous tension and insomnia (sleeplessness). Nature's answer to a good night's sleep.

Sleep #173
• Sleeplessness • Restless sleep • Fatigue • Anxiety • Nerves
Not a sedative, not addictive, safe for kids and adults alike, this trio can help you calm those nervous, excited, tired, stressed out nerves to help you sleep without adding the worry of groggy side effects. So take Sleep #173, remind yourself you will have plenty of time to worry tomorrow, and get the rest you need.

Most of the Cell Salt Combinations:

Insomnia - Tissue A
• Insomnia • Acute Fever • Leg Cramps
When inflammation, aggravated or weary nerves, leg cramps or muscular tension keep you awake, this should let your dreams commence.

Tonic - Tissue E
• Fatigue • Weakness • Acute Fever • Cramps • Growing Pains
The five phosphate cell salts combine to offer a revitalizing boost when illness, stress or life drain your energies.

Nervous Tension - Tissue P
• Fatigue • Elasticity • Stress • Growing Pains • Recovery
Designed with mothers and babies-to-be in mind, this combination has the basics to support our nervous systems throughout our lives. Whether the stress comes from tension, tests, pain, pregnancy, anger, weakness or a myriad of other sources, Tissue P offers healing, balancing support.

Neuralgic Pain - Tissue O
• Pain • Inflammation • Cramps • Weariness
When your nerves are hurting, cramping, inflamed or just worn out, this supportive, wholesome combination should give them rest and strength for the next day’s pressures.

 
Homeopathic Remedy Combinations Targeting Anxiety, Stress, Fatigue, Sadness

Anxiety/Depression #304
• Nerves • Sadness • Grief • Fatigue • Sleeplessness • Exam nerves
This blend of single remedies offers calming support for a wide spectrum of nerve issues. Whether caused by grief, stage fright, illness, home sickness, stress or seemingly no cause at all, it addresses sadness, irritability, restlessness, anxious nerves, sleeplessness and a general lack of focus.

Anxiety #320
• Nervousness • Sleeplessness • Restlessness • Irritability • Fatigue
The nerve calming/healing cell salt Kali phos underlines this remedy’s relief for unsettled, aggravated, or low-spirited nerves. Meanwhile the others address frights, anxieties, jitters, sleeplessness, cross irritability and fatigue in their own specific ways.

Nervousness #4
• Apathy • Anxiety • Moodiness • Irritability • Blahs • Grief
Nerves and emotions are closely related in this remedy’s spectrum of support. The singles in this weighty combination all address some aspects of sadness, gloom, grief or indifference. So whether the cup is half empty, barely half full, lacking a silver lining or absolutely too dull to think about, this remedy should make life’s trials a little easier to bear.

Nerve - Wise’s #174
• Gloom • Anxiety • Nerves • Insomnia • Restlessness • Exam nerves
This emotional quartet begins with Cimicifuga’s dark gloomy cloud hanging over it and Kali phos’ support of stressed out nerves, and follows with a broad range of nervous support in between.

Allium cepa, 37.16% - Indicated for Allergies, Hay Fever, Colds, Watery Eyes and Headach. 
Hayfever #59, 22.30% - Natural relief for hayfever’s sniffles, sneezes, sore throats and eye irritation.
Euphrasia, 19.59% - Watery Eye Irritation, Allergies, Hay fever,  Nasal Congestion and Headaches
Nat mur, 15.54%  - Colds, Sinus, Dryness, Grief & Emotional Stress, Sleeplessness and Headaches
Hydrastis, 5.41% - Hay Fever, Congestions, Weakness and Hemorrhoids

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Spring's gardens bring us beauty and represent hope for future benefits, until the backaches, hay fever, fatigue and frustrations curb our enthusiasm. Stay engaged in gardening this year with these homeopathic remedy options for fundamental support, natural, homeopathic healing relief, and a break from outdoor irritants.

1. Foundation: Homeopathic Cell Salt Combinations

Every garden and gardener needs a good foundation. So while you mulch and fertilize your soil, you can restore your own balance with safe, simple, cell salt combinations. It's all in the balance!

ENERGY! Tonic Tissue E - Homeopathic cell salt remedy to help you build your energy reserves with the 5 phosphate cell salt remedies.

HEALTHY MUSCLES! Muscular Tissue I - Homeopathic Cell Salt Remedy - Gets your nerves and muscles communicating and gliding smoothly to avoid leg cramps, muscle spasms and inflammatory symptoms.

FLEXIBILITY! Elasticity Tissue G - Everything veins and muscles need to stay flexible, and relieves sore muscles, hemorrhoids and varicose veins.

BALANCE! Bioplasma - Contains all twelve homeopathic cell salts to help the body correct imbalances due to diet or stress.

REST! Insomnia Tissue A - A homeopathic Cell Salt Combinations that can assure you the daily energy you need to start planting by bringing on the snoozes the night before.

2. Support: Homeopathic Remedies for Strain and Pain

Minimize the strain, pain, wear and tear of gardening with these natural, homeopathic healing options.

FIRST AID! Arnica - #1 in bruises or bruise-like soreness and first aid anytime and anywhere! A wise choice before and after any workout.

PAIN & STIFFNESS
• Backache/Sciatica #199 - Aching backs, necks, knees, hips, toes, fingers will all thank you for a dose of this before and after you start digging, clipping, shoveling, pruning, pulling, weeding, planting...

• Rheumatic pain #14 - Every joint in your body can relax with a dose of this combination even if the pain is due to strain or injury instead of arthritis.

MUSCLES & CRAMPS
• Muscleaches/Cramps #44 - Homeopathic combination eases soreness, minimizes strains and relaxes cramping pains.

• Hyland's Muscle Therapy Gel with Arnica - Rub on homeopathic relief for muscle pain, soreness, bruising and swelling.

SKIN - Weleda's Skin Food - Hands feel soft and refreshed after all the scrubbing to get the dirt off.

3. Enjoyment: Homeopathic Remedies for Hayfever and Allergies - Please don't sneeze at your sunfowers!

Who wants to build a garden if hayfever, allergies and sinus pressure make it impossible to enjoy? Relieve the eye, nose, throat and sinus irritation that can make just going outdoors a challenge to many would-be gardeners.  Hayfever, allergy eyes, sinus trouble and related symptoms that tamper Spring excitement are all relievable, if not resolvable, with homeopathic remedies like these. If only relievable, you can call on a homeopathic practitioner for deeper healing. We can help you find all the resources you need.

EYES – Similisan's Allergy Eyedrops -  Swiss homeopathic eyedrops help you see the flowers you are planting as they soothe itchy, burning eyes.

EYE, NOSE & THROAT
• Hayfever #59 - Homeopathic combination remedy eases suffering from allergies, hayfever or early cold symptoms, so you can enjoy the fruits of your labor with clear eyes and no sneezes.

• Heel Sinusin Nasal Spray - Whatever the cause, this popular homeopathic remedy relieves and opens dry, inflamed or swollen nose and sinus passages so you can really smell the roses.

• Hyland's Seasonal Allergy Relief - Quickly relieves the drippy misery of allergies due to pets, grass, pollen, mold, etc.

SINUS PRESSURE- Sinus #203 - A head-clearing homeopathic combination for sinus congestion and pain.