Holistic Health Alternatives

ok, sometimes you have to go to a doctor.  i'm fortunate and my father-in-law is a peditrician, so my doctor is a phone call away and he helps me make a choice whether i need a doctor or i can rely on alternatives to the “drug it away” approach taken by most western medical practioners.

i use healthy nutrition and lifestyle to help maintain good health, but what to do when something isn't quite right?

we learned that Natural Calm, a magnesium supplement helps my daughter's teeth grinding at night …

i use sambucol's elderberry syrup when she's got a cold or flu-like symptoms and she cannot sleep …

i am a believer in arnica …

i use homeopathy, herbal teas and medicines, flower and tree essences about as frequently as we do st. joseph's aspirin …

i am not a believer in supplements in general, but there are times (like the teeth grinding) when they are necessary …

my daughter has never had an anti-biotic in her life …

i believe in running a fever and letting the body heal itself …

we have few health issues in general, but sometimes there are some strange things that come up … this is the place to share experience and advice as to what has worked for you and what you may know that may help someone else's health concerns.

until next time,
peace & harmony,
elaine
'freedom must be exercised to stay in shape!'

Re: Holistic Health Alternatives

what is arnica?

Arnica

arnica is a homepathic medicine that is a miracle when it comes to bruises and bumps (not scraps or cuts).  it is extremely effective on any type of traumatic hit to the body's fields.  i have found it useful not just falls and hits (arnica is widely used in the area of sports like football, boxing, basketball, etc.) to the physical body, but any traumatic “hit” to the emotional field as well.  the homeopathic remedy comes in a creme to apply directly to the skin or in pellet form, which should be used in tandem with the ointment as soon as possible after the traumatic stress has occurred. 

my daughter fell while running and gave herself a great big shiner … less than 4 days later the swelling and bruising was completely gone.  however, you must continue to use it even after the swelling and bruising has disappeared to finish the healing process … the upper layers of the skin heal quickly, the lower layers take longer.  for her, i applied it externally with the ointment and continued the homeopathic pellets for about 2 weeks total.

arnica was prescribed by my natural teeth practioner for tooth pain until it was able to be taken care of … within hours of taking my first treatment, the pain was gone … the swelling began to reduce and the combination of the salt-water rinse and arnica got the tooth back on track to be dealt with properly.

for me, along with calendula (for cuts and scrapes) and bandaids, its a must have in the first aid kit.

until next time,
peace & harmony,
elaine
'freedom must be exercised to stay in shape!'

Re: Arnica

Arnica can, indeed be miraculous…

Crushed fingers well after only a few days is not an uncommon report…
I want to remind all our moms that even more powerful is our own beleif in the power of the sun, and our love and selves for healing…

Calling on the light and love of the sun, while teaching a child that sh/e has the ability to evoke healing through love and sun, are far more powerful than teaching to use arnica.

My sons today stay well, usually, and if I had knowm then, what I know now about spiritual healing, they would be teaching it themsleves….

I have seen the sun heal bruises in minutes…purple, green horrific bad bad fall bruises…

children know the inherent truth about our love and our reality in the realm needing to show love to each other without conditions…if there is tension in your household…kids magnify it

if there is love in your household

kids magnify it

if there is authentic spontanteous spiritual healing in your household…
kids magnify it…
I'm having a dejavu right now…hhhmmmmmmm

Our children are perfect mirrors of the energy we show them.

originally medicines were developed only as our knowledge of spiritual healing began to decline as a cultural reality. I have witnessed too many profound spiritual healings to spend a whole lot of time devoted to our alternative healing techniques anymore…even tho I can weild a materia medica with the best of them…I can make ghee as well as any hindu…

Moms are learning how to magnify the truth of their love for others through gifting the realm with conscious kids, who will carry that love forward….

when small children are at home, there is no better time than this, to do a very deep study on the power and profundity of this force called love.

without this force you would not be breathing, seeing, speaking…nor would those kids of ours…yes? How do you worship love…if it is powerful, this worship…you will see only profundity in your relationships with your kids……..never angst, never upset…never frustration…

people often comment to me about my sons, and how amazing they are in their capacity for love, understanding…but really JOY is the natural result of understanding this profundity called love. Do your kids fly from bed in a condition of JOY looking forward to this new day?

This magnifys when love magnifies…I hope this isnt too esoteric, or off the familiar path to be truly helpful……………………….   ;)

Re: Arnica

I truly believe that our children are the mirrors of our energy…..and I've noticed that when they are “acting up” I need to check myself to see what I'm giving off, and sure enough, when I get myself back to center everyone's calmer and happier again.  Now if this continues through the dreaded teen years I'll be very grateful!!

I have a simple hope for my boys….to grow up to be loving, considerate men.  And giving unconditional love and truly listening to them are my number one priorities……and isn't the power of really looking into someones EYES when they speak to you the best way of sharing an experience??  In the craziness of my life here at home with 3 little ones under three years old, it's a challenge sometimes to stop and focus completely on one of them and truly listen to their needs.  Oh the joy in their eyes when I give them undivided attention…….ahhh

Sorry I've gotten off the subject of this thread abit……but isn't love the best medicine of all  :)

Re: Arnica

I truly believe that our children are the mirrors of our energy…..and I've noticed that when they are “acting up” I need to check myself to see what I'm giving off, and sure enough, when I get myself back to center everyone's calmer and happier again.  Now if this continues through the dreaded teen years I'll be very grateful!!

I have a simple hope for my boys….to grow up to be loving, considerate men.  And giving unconditional love and truly listening to them are my number one priorities……and isn't the power of really looking into someones EYES when they speak to you the best way of sharing an experience??  In the craziness of my life here at home with 3 little ones under three years old, it's a challenge sometimes to stop and focus completely on one of them and truly listen to their needs.  Oh the joy in their eyes when I give them undivided attention…….ahhh

Sorry I've gotten off the subject of this thread abit……but isn't love the best medicine of all  :)

Re: Arnica .. Parent Energy Reflected

oh, i so completely agree!  what you are saying is oh so brutally honest and true … but sometimes it is their energy that gets us reflecting (especially as she is getting older) …

its been interesting watching our daughter over the past 2 weeks … something's wrong, but she's not talking.  we think its that she's bored or she doesn't have enough friends here yet … but its not that.  we don't know quite what it is, but i think we are getting to the heart of it … it is the process of helping her understand her energy and how she controls it and can manage it too … of course, that is best learned through example, which puts the challenge right back on our shoulders too.

i've been trying to watch her astro transits as well … as i can follow mine and know what to expect from the energy … teaching her those things as well can help her … oh, i have mars square mercury … i'm going ot have very strong responses to things … that can make me irritable and want to move too fast and strong … that type of information is very helpful if you, like me, were never taught how to feel what you are feeling!

until next time,
peace & harmony,
elaine
'freedom must be exercised to stay in shape!'

Re: Arnica .. Parent Energy Reflected

So I did the teen years with my boys with no conflict…
and in eastern vedic astrology, there is a mitigation for every “pesky, or difficult” transit or influence…

good to remember your daughter is your elder in universe time, and that she really does know whats up, thanks for your awareness…
however, she may be using a language you havnt learned to understand yet…
nuances and subtleties are everything.
(i could understand the language of my sister in laws two year old twins long before she could, she was flabberghasted I could translate for them, so accurately) this comes from groking autism and its messengers…who I also housed for years…

My son, Dylan just called to crow over the poem I sent him right before I posted it in herbies tea house, the poem for valentines day is about love…
some of it might surprise you…
happy day
and glory to laura who loves to look deep in their eyes!
My best day was when my  huge eldest son, came and grabbed me, arms all around, dragging me in to meet his freinds saying “hey you guys, this is my MOM! she is SO COOL!”….

Re: Arnica .. Parent Energy Reflected

i'm so there … there are times when the prevailing view in western astrology is so myopic, i wish more western astrologers would cross-pollinate some of the vedic remedies … i do it all the time. 

i've discovered a big part of her problem was coming from school … i've been spending a lot of time there … angry teachers, disrespect, no courtesy.  there was such a change in her last week when i started going to classes with her … the things i thought it was at home, were not the problems.  tough decisions to make about school in the next few months, she wants so much for her school to be cool, but i think she is realizing that there are somethings you can change and some things you cannot and you have to walk away from it.

have a great week!

until next time,
peace & harmony,
elaine
'freedom must be exercised to stay in shape!'

Re: Arnica .. Parent Energy Reflected

it makes sense to me it was her school, Voo Doo Mom…
its usually a complicated life problem that causes kids to change moods…
usually only happens when internal information is in conflict with external information…
in my valentines poem in the first stanza it says:
love is what makes children play…
my son called me to let me know how true that line is! (of course he's 21 now)
and it is STILL TRUE for him!

This thing we call love is under every thought our kids have, and anything that doesnt “feel” like love, causes them to vibrate in an off way

just a grumpy tone can cause a love sensitive child to leak tears down the cheek…
how sensitive these creatures of love are….
and it is our culture that de-sensitizes them…which is why so many of us work to keep down the violent visuals and parental arguments when love between the parents isnt going very well…

it devastates them to realize we are so unconcscious of what love really is…
they already know what it ISNT

it isnt being left alone
it isnt being scared
it isnt making someone mad at you
it isnt getting in trouble for something…

funny how love is everything, and under everything, and its all what kids swim in…
and yet so many cross energies enter the home…that we often forget our job is
to just love….
hhhmmmmmm