All the homeopathic remedy pictures have a particular mental or emotional state that accompanies their individual physical symptom picture. For example, a person may come in with flu-like symptoms…
- aches and bones in the body
- headachey
- exhausted
- sore throat
Now I immediately think of several remedies it could be. Even when those physical symptoms are explored in more detail, it could still be at least 4 or 5 remedies that could be prescribed. How do I differentiate between those 4 or 5 remedies? I ask if there was any stress, frights, shocks or traumas in their life particularly in the 3-4 days before falling ill.
The answer is what helps to define what remedy is prescribed out of those 4-5 remedies that might match the physical symptoms. Lets pretend that in this instance, the client replied that they were extremely anxious about an event that was coming up soon, that it had been playing on their mind a lot. This would tend to indicate Gelsemium which has ailments from anticipation and flu like symptoms rather than Arsenicum – which is just straight out anxiety and restlessness. The clients answer would also steer me away from prescribing Belladonna. A prescription requiring Belladonna would have likely had an event that had happened in the client’s life that they were very angry about.
How does this help the home prescriber?
Next time you or a family member falls ill, have a little think about what emotions they were showing just before they got sick. Had there been any upsets or stress in their life just before the illness? What was that person’s response to the stress? The answers to these questions will help you decide on the correct remedy.
The bonus about treating yourself and others homeopathically is that it facilitates a journey of self understanding and therefore transformation. As a mother, building a library of remedies at home that you know your children respond to well to and keeping in mind the emotional aspect of the remedies will not only help you identify when they are about to fall ill but also allow an early and often accurate prescription that will help ward off the illness itself. This is the beauty and the promise of homeopathy…the ability to keep your family and yourself in good health and strong emotionally and mentally.
To find out more about the remedies themselves…talk to your homeopath about some good books to have at home that give details about all aspects of the remedies….Enjoy!!
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