The story starts on a Saturday.  I see clients on a Saturday and was running (as usual) out the door when my very active, but unusually skilled, middle son comes toward me, tears in his eyes…’Mum mum, my graze..it’s ooooooozing, it’s….’. Yes indeed it was oozing…oozing pus.  He’d grazed his arm skateboarding Wednesday and for the first time ever I had grabbed the conventional first aid kit and done a very normal thing.  I’d used the wound cleansing wipe instead of my usual tea-tree or calendula tincture.  I may have given him some homeopathic Calendula (traditionally used in Homeopathy to aid the healing of cuts and grazes)… then promptly forgotten about it!  Sooooooo…..I stopped running out the door.  I cleaned the wound with tea-tree, slathered it with Weleda calendula nappy ointment (yes that's right- nappy ointment!  This is the best stuff going for minor cuts and grazes even bites and stings) and then ran out the door giving strict instructions to take Ant. Crud. 4 times that day straight from my kit (In Homepathic medicine Ant.Crud is traditionally used for may things including honey crusted wounds). Problem solved. Maybe.​

​On Thursday night came the altercation with our neighbour over their continuously barking dog.  These things are never much fun and this episode was less fun than usual. Enough said.  A few doses of Nux Vomica were downed (Nux vomica is traditionally used in Homeopathy to reduce irritability and/or anger in some circumstances). We dished out rescue remedy like our lives depended on it!

Friday night came the news that my mum’s very old and much loved dog had been put down under traumatic circumstances.  I’d only seen my mum that day and offered her Ignatia for grief when she mentioned the dog was sick. I think we both knew he was dying. Plenty of Ignatia was handed around that night.  Good bye Bart!  You were awesome!

(Ignatia is a homeopathic remedy that is traditionally used to support people through a time of grief). 
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And the grand finale?  That was exactly one week after the discovery of the infection.  Gavin took all the kids down to my eldest son’s soccer game as usual so I could go to work.  About 6pm they came to get me straight from soccer.  ‘Ummmm…you might want to look at him.  He got injured.’  Yes indeed.  The poor kid was utterly ghost white and hadn’t even been able to get his boots off.  I bundled him into the clinic, painfully got his top off to see a slightly swollen collarbone with the right shoulder hanging substantially lower than the left. He climbed onto the table and I gave him a very brief and specific Bowen treatment. I would have put money on his collarbone being broken at that point. 
Poor kid!  His dad had been throwing Arnica (traditionally this remedy is used to support and/or reduce the swelling from blunt force trauma) down his throat so his pain was under control and the swelling obvious but not too bad.  But yes it was broken. Snapped like a twig but in an excellent position with no complications.  ​ A trip to the hospital and an x-ray confirmed it.​

​We made it clear that if he was in pain or if he couldn’t sleep because of it we had conventional painkillers he could take.  Otherwise we stuck with the Arnica.  And that was all he needed! Not only did he have a good sleep he said he forgot he had injured his shoulder until he rolled over. Excellent. We’re now using Symphytum and Calc Phos to help with the healing and a Bowen session weekly.
​(Symphytum is traditionally used in Homeopathy to support the healing of fractured and broken bones and Calc phos tissue salts is used traditionally to support the bones in general. Broken bones are a serious issue so please see your GP or head to the emergency department of the nearest hospital)

I will survive!  Good bye week from hell!  I won’t miss you.  Don’t come again!
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​Disclaimer: Homeopathy is a traditional medicine.The TGA considers Homeopathy a low risk medicine. It may be used in conjunction with other medicines. For any ongoing chronic condition, it is important to be assessed or examined by your healthcare professional or specialist. Information given here is in no way intended to take the place of advice from your chosen healthcare professional or specialist. Any examples given from the authors life do not indicate that the remedy in question will work for everyone in every instance. They are used solely to illustrate the use the medicine in a practical situation.
Always seek medical advice in emergencies.
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​I cannot believe the day has finally arrived!  I've just moved into my bricks and mortar clinic! Bang in the middle of Kuranda village but tucked away under a Vietnamese restaurant and next to the thriving Kuranda Original Rainforest Markets.  It's a brilliant position that is equal parts quiet and central. I cannot wait to start helping clients meet their health goals in there.
The entire family helped with the move.  My beautiful daughter alphabetised remedies for me while my eldest son helped his dad with the furniture.  My sweet and comic son in the middle helped with books and wiping out draws.  The wee one of the group...well he is only 4!  And me?  Ahhhh...I flapped about everywhere.  Furniture moving, book organising, dispensary ordering...I need a cuppa and a lie down!
Check out the photos!  Keep in mind that it is still a work in progress.  Certificates and anatomical posters need to be added to the walls, kits and remedies need to be made up and filing needs to be done!  That's just what I can think of right now...
​Check out the photos! Click play up in the left to see them all.​

Did you see the table in the corner?  Well that's there so I can start doing a few short courses based on the kits I will sell. My long suffering, but ever supportive partner, Gavin, had a few choice things to say about moving that table in!  I think it will be Arnica all round tonight to ease the aching muscles tomorrow! 
You might know Arnica as the bruising remedy but it can be really useful after you have had a big work out either in the gym or out and about.  It's also brilliant in the management of strains and sprains.  Arnica should grace the shelves of every home in my humble opinion!
Gavin finds  Bellis Perennis has a greater effect on him after a hard days labour.  It address deeper muscle strain especially if you have then had a cool breeze blowing on your overworked body.  It's known as the gardener's remedy for that exact reason- hard day in the yard and as the sun goes down and you are packing the tools away along comes that cool evening breeze.
​What I'd give for that breeze right now!  The tropical wet hasn't quite arrived but the humidity has definitely set up house.

​Love and laughter 'til next time!

Homeopathy is a traditional medicine. It may be used in conjunction with other medicines.  For any ongoing chronic condition, it is important to be assessed or examined but your healthcare professional or specialist.  Always seek medical advice in emergencies.
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