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Common Flu Remedies. Just a little late.

Gelsemium is the classic flu remedy. Sometimes called the seven dwarfs remedy, it's indicated when someone is feeling droopy, down, dizzy, dull, dopey and generally out of it. Ok. That's only six, but you get the picture.

This was almost the Christmas that wasn’t. The pageant on Christmas Eve was punctuated by hack, sniffles and general misery. And that was just my kid. She had already suffered an early winter bout of the crud, and I was hoping that might be it. Oh, silly mommy....

Newton versus Einstein

There are two views of medicine and energy. Alternative health advocates often speak in comparative terms to the allopathic or conventional model, where healing or treatment takes place through the introduction of opposites. Most of us can appreciate the standard issue cough suppressant for a cough, a fever...

Stress and hangover remedy, anyone?

If you ever look or feel like this, homeopathy can help. Nux vomica is the classic homeopathic remedy for hangover. Characteristic symptoms include waking around 3-4 am, nausea at thought of food and irritability. Nux will also help with stress from overwork or overextension, too.

Homeopathy treats the whole person. In acute situations, though, we go for striking symptoms. And what is more striking than your body’s response to a marathon of family visits, rich food and midnight doorbuster sales? This weekend calls for Nux vomica, people. Nux vomica for hangover, overindulgence and...