Know Your Remedies: Coccus Cacti (Coc-c.)
Coccus cacti is a remedy for types of cough accompanied by thick or stringy discharges from mucous membranes, including whooping cough. Symptoms are worse in winter.
Know Your Remedies: Sabadilla (Sabad.)
Sabadilla - a remedy for unusual imaginings, worms, hay fever and other allergies. Physical symptoms start on the left side of the body and move to the right side.
Know Your Remedies: Cantharis Vesicatoria (Canth.)
The Cantharis remedy comes from a beetle which contains cantharidin, a toxic blistering agent. Interestingly, it also treats blisters with intense cutting or burning pains.
Study: Lives of cancer patients extended with homeopathic treatment
Research conducted at the Medical University of Vienna (Austria) showed that the lives of cancer patients are extended when homeopathic care is added to their treatment regimes.
Know Your Remedy: Ipecacuanha (Ip)
In past times, Ipecac was used to cause vomiting after poisoning. Homeopathically it now treats vomiting accompanied by pain, bleeding, asthma or bronchitis.
Know Your Remedies: Euphrasia Officinalis (Euphr.)
Euphrasia is an important hay fever and allergy remedy. It also treats the common cold when the symptoms match.
Know Your Remedies: Urtica Urens (Urt-u.)
Urtica is an important remedy for skin complaints such as hives and burns. It’s also a useful in types of gout, rheumatism, malaria, shellfish allergy, and agalactorrhea.
Helix tosta Survey Results
Some years back we conducted a survey on a remedy with a reputation for being a snail deterrent. Here are the results from those who put their hand up to test it for us.
Know Your Remedies: Kalium Bichromicum (Kali-bi.)
Homeopathic Kalium bichromicum is a useful remedy for thick, gluey or ropy discharges. The person feels chilly, gloomy, and often complains of pains in 'small spots'.
