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.

World homeopathy awareness week begins in just a few days on April 10th, so now is a great time to start thinking about the homeopathic remedies you use and the many friends you know who could also benefit from homeopathy.  The theme for 2010, is "Mental well-being body and mind in balance."  Why you should care?  Homeopathy is a safe, all-natural system of medicine that can profoundly impact the mental and physical health of individuals who use it.  It's non-toxic, non-habit forming, safe to use with other medications, and effective for children and adults.  What you can do?  Quite simply...share a page and write a testimonial.  1-800 Homeopathy provides homeopathic remedies in combinations that are simple to understand and simple to use.   Every homeopathic product page, includes "share" buttons that make it easy for you to share them with friends on facebook and other social networks; and every product page includes a link where you can write your own testimonial. 

If you are looking for ideas, here are few homeopathic remedies that support this year's theme:

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.

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.

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Homeopathic Remedies to support sleep and a better night's rest

Tranquility #74
• Lack of Tranquility, • Sadness, • Homesickness, • Grief, • Loss, • Disappointment, • Sleeplessness
This classic combination provides calming comfort to overtaxed nerves without adding the stress of contra-indications or groggy side effects.

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

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Thus with higher potencies and professional guidance, you can use Arsenicum alb to treat individuals whose life has somehow driven them to similar despair. The remedies really can resonate that deeply, but at this level of care, the remedy selection and dosage is critical. Just as certain things in nature can, in susceptible individuals, cause hayfever, constipation, headaches, rashes, pains..., those very things can stimulate healing responses both acute and manifest.