I've been un-characteristically physically active the last few months! And I'm loving it! What started as a walk has progressed to a 3km run a couple of times a week, at least one 2km swim, a couple of rounds of the red arrow (Cairns locals will feel my pain) and now...drum roll...please I'm also following Betty Rocker's 15min a day for 30day challenge. 

I was doing pretty well on my own I have to say but thought I had plateaued.  The same routine day in day out...so when someone says that I could make a big change in 15min a day I bought in hook line and sinker! I know this is sounding like a big plug for Betty but very seriously she rocks! I'm a week down and I can already feel the difference. Boy can I feel the difference.  I had no idea my core was completely (and utterly) unused and ignored...It's making up for lost time let me tell you.

After day 2 I was in so much pain I couldn't roll over in bed. Oh my aching abdominals! Not a good thing.  So my wonderful partner says 'Have you taken a homeopathic for it?'. Cue hysterical laughter from me 'taken a homeopathic....what do you think? I'm a homeopath of course I haven't taken anything!' Oh healer heal thyself! So I hauled my painful muscles out of bed to find what I needed.

Generally speaking if your muscles are a bit achy after a workout or heavy manual work ARNICA will do just fine but in this case I had a deep (oh so very  deep) ache right through my core muscles. I'd also treated myself to a stint under the fan to cool down right after.  Not my finest decision! Deep muscle damage especially combined with a cool breeze is an indication to use BELLIS PERENNIS. Homeopathically prepared from the common daisy it is also known as the gardeners remedy. When you think of a gardener and all the digging and heavy lifting then just as they start to down tools a lovely cool breeze hits and voila the perfect ingredients for a Bellis Perennis muscle ache. 

Ten minutes later I went to roll over again...no crys of pain this time just a twinge that passed quickly and I slept the rest of the night in peace. Thanks little daisy!

To all the others that find their physical limits by bashing up hard against them look at Arnica but if it is deeper muscle damage that was created from a cool breeze (also think fan or air con) then Bellis could be your remedy!

If you're looking to purchase either of these remedies or book an appointment please contact me

Let the sun shine on your day! 
Sarah

**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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I have just returned from the 10th National Homeopathic Conference in Brisbane! I met some very special people in the field.  Some that are amazing practitioners, some that are doing the most spectacular research, some are making the most profound difference to children and their families...I am so inspired!  It was an utterly magical weekend!

,Magical.  Did I just say that word in relation to Homeopathy?  Really? Something that was drummed home to me this weekend is there is nothing magical about Homeopathy. Truly nothing. Ok so when you take a couple of pillules and moments later your headache is gone or the next day the rash you had for 20yrs is just a shadow it most certainly seems that this is the case.  After this weekend I can most certainly assure you this is not the case.

What the critics are unlikely to admit or the media unlikely to mention is that there is a large and still growing body of scientific Homeopathic research. I've used it and was aware of it but over the course of the last 2 days I had it strung before me like a set of dazzling Christmas lights. Individually they shine a small pinprick of light in the dark but strung together they illuminate the whole damn building!

We have the Randomised Controlled Trials that are internationally renowned, there are scientist doing research into nanoparticles, the memory of water, clathrates are becoming part of our vocabulary thanks to research that shows their relevance to the science of Homeopathy and there is now a work using solvatochromatic dyes that makes it possible to SEE high dilutions (as we use in Homeopathy) in water.

These things are being carried out, written about and published all over the world! Homeopathy is far bigger internationally yet again leaving Australia behind as our Government seek to discredit us despite our international support. The international Homeopathic community is incredulous about the Australian situation...they keep throwing about the numerous studies that have been done and published and are accepted all over the world...except in Australia. There was a definite political edge to the weekend. Homeopaths are not politicians but we are quickly becoming very savvy about it! 

It's taken us 200 years plus to get here and by jingo we are here to stay!  Myself, my colleagues and my profession at large are here to stay! We are immovable from the landscape of medicine and it is time that was realised.

If you've ever seen a Homeopath you will know there is nothing 'magical' about being grilled for 2 hours about everything from your Mother's constipation to how you sleep...it's hard work and also just the beginning. The Homeopath then seeks to make sense of the information as every scientist does. Where does it fit, how does it work? We use computers, refer to books that contain thousands of symptoms, we cross reference the information, we check, double check and finally come up with a remedy...magic? Really? Hard bloody work and determination more likely! 

The next time one of my clients rings me to let me know that the remedy I prescribed worked like 'magic' I will say with utter confidence that they can be sure magic had nothing to do with it!  

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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Hello hello!  I feel like I'm just re-surging and joining life again!  Not that I was gone long...just a short few days to get over a cold and recharge.  Getting sick is not something I do very well. I either ignore it or act like I have 'man flu'. Yeah... I kinda suck at it.  

I thought I'd just do a quick blog on 2 remedies that are traditionally used in Homeopathy for the common cold!  We don't hear much about that sneezy little watery eyed monster.  Usually we hear about the flu or other nastier viruses but the common cold is a very common (cue laughter) problem!

Gavin came down with a cold too but his wasn't as bad as mine (haha sorry honey!)!  On the surface we had the same virus.  Both started with a mild sore throat and a bit of sneezing then a progressively stuffier nose.  However he had burning eyes.  It was such a marked symptom that I suggested Allium Cepa for him.  This is another note worthy remedy for the common cold.  Very similar to Euphrasia with copious amounts of clear snot but the eyes will burn and the nose will smart because the discharge burns (the term is acrid in the books).  I find this a nice easy distinction between the 2.  Oh and allium cepa is onion...remember how horrid cutting an onion can be?  Yep Gavin had an onion cold! (Allium cepa is a Homeopathic medicine traditionally used to help support the body with the symptoms of the common cold).

These aren't the only 2 remedies by a long shot but they are 2 that I use frequently for common colds.

Here's to a healthy end of winter!  Stay well!

Sarah

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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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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