RE: Bites & Homeopathy (Self Care book/remedies recommendations)

[Guest guest]

--- Christine Ziegler <chrisziggy

wrote:

[snip]

> I guess what I'm saying is any time you want to pop

> in and give us the

> homeopathic perspective, please don't hesitate to do

> so!

>

> BTW - is there a particular set of homeopathic

> remedies that you

> recommend folks keep on hand for common issues (like

> say Ledum and Apis

> for bug bites and Arnica for strains and bruises,

> etc ...), and in what

> forms (pellets, gels, oils, etc ... ) and strengths

> (30C, 30 X, etc ..)?

 

 

Well, Chris, you addressed this to Anne and I am not

Anne, but I thought I would respond to your request

for homeopathic self care book and remedy

recommendations anyway.

 

A while back I posted a few book recommendations for

beginners in homeopathy (if you didn't see that post,

let me know and I can forward it to you), those were

mostly about the philosophy of homeopathy, so in

addition to those for actual self care,

 

Homeopathic Self-Care

The Quick and Easy Guide for the Whole Family

By Judyth REICHENBERG-ULLMAN, ND, MSW , Robert

ULLMAN, ND

 

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/076150706X/qid=1087418737/sr=1-1/r\

ef=sr_1_1/002-9263697-6329646?v=glance & s=books

 

is good beginning to homeopathic self care for acutes,

which are the ONLY level of treatment one should

attempt on a self care basis. Chronic complaints

should be handled by professionals ONLY!

 

(I used amazon for the link above solely for the

convenience of everyone. Please, please buy from a

homeopathic supplier to support the industry, or from

your local bookstore to support our endangered little

local bookstores.)

 

The three homeopathic book suppliers that I know of

are:

www.minimum.com

http://www.wholehealthnow.com/books/index.html

http://www.homeopathic.com/

 

or even better--direct from the authors themselves:

http://www.healthyhomeopathy.com/shop/showDept.asp

 

All those sources are good in my own personal

experience.

 

http://www.homeopathyhome.com/services/books_videos.shtml

 

is a great place to find other book suppliers, and

while we're at it, www.homeopathyhome.com is a GREAT

site for all things homeopathic.

 

But back to that book I recommended above (Homeopathic

Self Care)

http://www.healthyhomeopathy.com/shop/showDept.asp

is also where you can buy a kit that goes with the

book, all the remedies in 30c or lower, which is/are

the potencies that are appropriate for self care.

 

Also, available from the sources give above you can

get additional Materia Medicas and Repertories as well

as all other levels of books on homeopathy. In

addition to the Homeopathic Self Care book, it would

probably be a good idea to get a couple of cheap

Materia Medicas and maybe a repertory (in addition to

the beginners books I recommended in the post a while

ago). Both the following are good choices and being

Indian editions, the quality is not always the best,

but the prices cannot be beat! (The European quality

edition of the MM is $70! for instance.)

 

Materia Medica of Homeopathic Medicines (Indian

edition)

By Dr. S.R. PHATAK, MBBS

Regular price: $14.00

 

A Concise Repertory of Homeopathic Medicines

Revised & Enlarged Edition

By Dr. S.R. PHATAK, MBBS

$12.50

 

Also another good general Materia Medica:

 

Pocket Manual of Homeopathic Materia Medica with

Repertory (Indian edition)

Comprising of the Characteristic and Guiding Symptoms

of All Remedies (Clinical and Pathogenetic) Including

Indian Drugs

By William BOERICKE, MD

(The classic quick reference manual for a great number

of long established homeopathic medicines.

Printed in India, 1108 pages, hardback)

$14.95

 

Finally, please read at least one of the beginning

philosophy books I recommended in the posts before

beginning to try to self treat with homeopathy.

Homeopathy, and its basis in the Law of Similars is

contra-intuitive to those of us raised the culture of

" Modern Western (Allopathic/MD) Medicine " . You cannot

really say " use this remedy for that disease " in

homeopathy. I posted extensively on this before (and

will forward those to anyone who did see it and wants

the posts). Even so simple as saying use Apis

(honeybee) remedy for Bee Stings is not necessarily

the best choice--it might work, but a different remedy

might work better, depending on how the PERSON reacted

to the sting especially the Mental/Emotional reaction.

 

 

Hope this helps. Any further questions please ask, I

am happy to try to answer, and I bet Anne is also.

 

Christina, L.Ac., Dipl.Ac., Classical Homeopath & TCM

herbalist