Know Your Remedies: Natrium Carbonicum (Nat-c.)

Affected by milk and other foods? Sensitive to noise, music, full moon, drafts, thunderstorms, and the extremes of summer or winter? You may need this remedy.

Know Your Remedies: Staphisagria (Staph.)

Staphisagria is a remedy for those who appear gentle, submissive and selfless. Anger is suppressed which then leads to physical symptoms and health problems.

Know Your Remedies: Magnesium Muriaticum (Mag-m.)

Are you a pacifist who dislikes confrontation? Do you also have liver disturbances or digestive upsets that are aggravated by milk? You may need this remedy.

Know Your Remedies: Kreosotum (Kreos.)

Kreosotum (Kreos.) is an important remedy for menstrual and hormonal disturbances, and excoriating, acrid, offensive discharges that cause swelling and inflammation of the affected area.

Know Your Remedies: Camphora Officinale (Camph.)

Camphora (Camph.)is an important remedy for sensations of coldness - in general or in spots - and types of collapse as may occur in sunstroke, fainting, dysentery or cholera for which it is still used with success in some countries today.

Black berries of Phytolacca Americana (Pokeweed)

Know Your Remedies: Phytolacca Decandra (Phyt.)

Affected glands are hot, inflamed, and swollen, while shooting pains occur in ligaments and connective tissue.

Nutmeg as the homeopathic remedy, Nux Moschata (Nux-m.)

Know Your Remedies: Nux Moschata (Nux-m.)

Who would have thought that common nutmeg could treat symptoms such as confusion and sleepiness?

Know Your Remedies: Eupatorium Perfoliatum (Eup-per.)

Intense bone pain - "as if they are broken" - is a frequent flu-related symptom. The person will be restless but without relief.

Know Your Remedies: Sulphur (Sulph.)

Sulphur types are typically warm-blooded, lack attention to appearance and have a 'ragged philosopher' reputation.