An Van de Moortel

Homeopathy for hay fever and allergies.

anvandemoortel — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 01:01:18 +0000

Spring is in the air and so are pollen! Hay fever or acute allergic rhinitis is a reaction to pollens from grasses, trees and flowers. You may experience hay fever symptoms when pollens are released into the air, like this time of year! (but also possibly in the fall or summer) Here is a list of common remedies for hay fever; you can match your symptoms to the remedy picture. Take the remedy in a 30C potency, following the rule of three: this is a simple, easy way to determine how much of a remedy is appropriate. For recurrent, chronic conditions you will need to see your homeopath for a constitutional prescription. Chronic hay fever of 10-20 years can be cured with a constitutional homeopathic treatment!

I suggest you use the homeopathic remedy in a 30C potency. This is a lower potency, which is safer for beginners. A dose of 30C will rarely cause an aggravation with the exception of highly sensitive individuals. Int that case, a lower dose of 12C is better to work with. One way of taking a remedy is with the 3 x for 15 minutes- rule: take 1-2 pellets in the mouth, let it dissolve under your tongue and wait for 15 minutes. Then take another 1-2 pellets and wait for 15 minutes. Repeat a last time. After the third pellet, there should be at least some amelioration which means the body’s healing process has been triggered sufficiently and taking more of the remedy is not only unnecessary, but it could stop the recovery process or exaggerate the symptoms! After a marked improvement after the 3 x for 15 minutes rule, repeat the dose (1-2 pellets) another 2 to 3 times a day for 1 to 2 days. If you see no effect after the 3 x for 15 minutes-rule, you most likely chose the wrong remedy. You can move on to your next choice of remedy and repeat the same procedure.

Allium Cepa: This remedy is made from the red onion and the symptoms with a person needing Allium Cepa are comparable to symptoms you get when peeling onions: a thin, copious (running like a faucet) burning discharge from the nose, frequent sneezing and a red, sore nose. Watery eyes that are sore and burn. The person sneezes upon entering a warm room, all symptoms improve in the open air. There also might be a cough, hoarseness and a headache.

Euphrasia: The eyes are mainly affected: hot irritating tears, eyes swell, burn and are sensitive to light. The discharge from the eyes is irritating to the skin, but the nasal discharge is bland. Frequent sneezing. Frontal headache. (! the reverse symptoms call for Allium Cepa)

Sabadilla: There is a profuse, watery nasal discharge, frequent bursts of sneezing (attacks of sneezing), itching and tickling in the nose with a thin, irritating discharge. The nose is dry. Red watery eyes with an urge to swallow frequently.

Arsenicum: When there is a thin and watery mucus that burns the upper lip, a stuffy nose and a lot of sneezing. Symptoms are better indoors. The person is thirsty for small sips of water, frequently.

Ambrosia: A stuffed up feeling in the nose and head, for eyes that water heavily and are intolerably itchy, watery mucus from nose with or without frequent sneezing.

Wyethia: has intense itching in the throat, palate with desire to scratch his palate with his tongue. Back of the throat is dry and burning.Terrible itching at the back of the sinuses. Violent sneezing. Constant desire to swallow saliva to relieve dryness in the throat, which doesn’t help much.

Get better from flu with homeopathy!

anvandemoortel — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 06:56:25 +0000

Flu is back and homeopathy can help!! As discomforting as flu symptoms can be, they should not be suppressed because your body is working hard to expel the virus and encourages you to take it easy so it can do the job more efficiently. Plenty of rest, good basic food will do wonders with most people. A homeopathic remedy can reduce the duration and intensity of your flu: working with your body’s immune system, homeopathic remedies offer real help in terms of strengthening the body’s response to the current infection as well as future infections!

Homeopathic remedies you can take when you have the flu:

Oscillococcinum which is available at most health food stores. This is a great remedy when taken at the first signs of flu. Once the flu took full course, you might need to look into other remedies like:

Gelsemium: symptoms of fatigue and achiness that come on gradually, increasing over several days. The face feels heavy, with droopy eyes and aching. A headache may begin at the back of the neck and skull and the person may feel chills and heat running up and down the spine. A pervasive feeling of weakness, trembling of the extremities and a lack of thirst are indications for this remedy.

Belladonna: Sudden, intesse symptoms including high fever, with a red and hot face, dilated pupils. Extreme sensitivity to light and jarring. The person may have a very sore red throat, pounding headache, a nagging cough or other throbbing or inflammatory symptoms. Despite high fever, the person’s hands and feet may feel cold, or chills and heat may alternate.

Bryonia: When the person only wants to lie still and be left alone. Headache, muscle ache and cough or stomach pain may be the major symptoms. Everything feels worse from the slightest motion. The perso’s mouth feels dry and is thirsthy for cold drinks.

Dosage suggestions: Only take 1 remedy at a time, choose the closest match to your condition! Use 30C potency for acute ailments. Either dissolve 2 pellets in your mouth every 1/2 hour for up to 3 doses or dissolve the pellets in a small glass of water and stir and take 1 teaspoon at a time in the same way. If you notice improvement, please discontinue and allow the remedy to work. If you notice no change or you just feel worse throughout the day, move on the the closest match of your symptoms.

There are many more homeopathic remedies each with their specific physical and emotional picture: ask your homepath or check here for a website with more useful information on remedies that are useful for flu and scroll down for ‘common flu remedies’.

Homeopathy for War Veterans

anvandemoortel — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:32:43 +0000

Homeopaths in the Bay Area are working with war veterans with PTSD at community clinics, with very good results…BUT WE NEED YOUR HELP. The Homeopathy Institute of the Pacific is putting donation boxes around the city, just look for this logo and know that whatever you give, will go straight to helping the veterans.

Their website: http://homeopathyinstituteofthepacific.net/

My blog with classical homeopath Anne Vervarcke

anvandemoortel — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 07:02:59 +0000

A few hours a month I get the opportunity to pick my belgian colleague -Anne Vervarcke’s brain in an ongoing discussion on her philosophical view on homeopathy in particular and life in general. As an anthropologist, homeopath of 25+years and just a wonderful person, she has something to say! I share the result of our conversation in a blog with my colleagues in Belgium and the US (Anne started teaching seminars in the US for a couple of years now) and now I would like to share it with you! To read the blog please click on the link below:

www.annevervarcke.com

Informative evening lecture: homeopathic treatment of colds and flu

anvandemoortel — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 19:12:56 +0000

Thursday 17 November, my colleague Mary Johnston and I are organizing an informative talk about homeopathic treatment of colds and flu: the focus is on giving you useful information for any colds and flu you might have this fall and winter! We will inform you about what homeopathic remedies you can use for different types of colds, at different stages of a cold, the different pictures in flu and what remedy corresponds to this, and much more.
Each person receives a hand-out. Everyone is welcome!

Thursday 17 November 2011, from 7pm- 8.30pm at 1199 Sanchez Street, San Francisco 94114
For info please email anvdm@yahoo.com

Here you can find the Lecture Notes

Summer renovations

anvandemoortel — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 15:58:03 +0000

This past summer we painted, put new carpet, new furniture and voila: a wonderful waiting room, a fun kid’s corner … and as always the beautiful light and warmth of the sun in our corner office! Welcome!