Homeopathic recommendations for pertussis & the flu

This information was shared with me by Willow Tipton, DIHom, local homeopath, regarding homeopathic pertussis & flu prevention. If you're looking for alternatives to getting immunized with a shot, this is some very helpful advice. I've personally had great success with using homeopathic remedies for illnesses & symptoms with my family. Hope you find it helpful too!

All my best--Carol

Here is information from her newsletter about pertussis:

Homeopathy Highlights
News From Learn Homeopathy Now August 2010
www.LearnHomeopathyNow.com (760) 942-3440

Remedy Highlights - Respiratory Help

Pertussis, also known as whooping cough has been making the news more frequently
as there has been outbreaks in schools. Interestingly, it's been affecting
those who have been vaccinated and not. Homeopathy has been hugely successful
in helping pertussis as well as similar difficult respiratory coughs.

This highly contagious bacterial disease derives its name from the "whoop" sound
made from the inspiration of air after a cough. Pertussis in infants or young
children is characterized initially by mild respiratory infection symptoms such
as mild coughing, sneezing, or runny nose. After one to two weeks, the coughing
develops into uncontrollable fits, each with five to ten forceful coughs,
followed by a high-pitched "whoop" sound as the patient struggles to breathe in
afterwards. Coughing fits are sometimes followed by vomiting. Fits can occur on
their own or can be triggered by yawning, stretching, laughing, eating or
yelling; they usually occur in groups, with multiple episodes every hour around
the clock. The bummer about these coughs, is they seem to linger, but with
homeopathic help, can clear much faster!

The following homeopathy remedies prove useful in cases of pertussis and
difficult coughs. As our advanced students know, you simply match your symptoms
to the remedy. When your symptoms change, change remedies.

Drosera:
Spasmodic, dry irritative cough, like whooping-cough, each cough following each
other very rapidly; can scarcely breathe; chokes. Cough very deep and hoarse;
worse after midnight; yellow expectoration, with bleeding from nose and mouth;
retching. Sensation as if crumbs were in the throat, of feather in larynx.
Harassing and titillating cough in children-not at all through the day, but
commences as soon as the head touches the pillow at night.

Antimonium Tart:
Great rattling of mucus, but very little is expectorated. Velvety feeling in
chest. Burning sensation in chest, which ascends to throat. Rapid, short,
difficult breathing; seems as if he would suffocate; must sit up. Coughing and
gaping consecutively. Bronchial tubes overloaded with mucus. Cough excited by
eating, with pain in chest and larynx. Cough and better lying on right side.

Arsenicum album:
Unable to lie down; fears suffocation. Air-passages constricted. Burning in
chest. Suffocative catarrh. Cough worse after midnight; worse lying on back.
Expectoration scanty, frothy. Wheezing respiration. Cough dry, as from sulphur
fumes; after drinking. Restless & anxious, better warm drinks.

Hepar Sulph:
Cough troublesome when walking. Dry, hoarse cough. Cough excited whenever any
part of the body gets cold or uncovered, or from eating anything cold. Croup
with loose, rattling cough; worse in morning. Choking cough. Rattling, croaking
cough; suffocative attacks; has to rise up and bend head backwards. Anxious,
wheezing, moist breathing, asthma worse in dry cold air; better in damp.

Ipecac:
Constant constriction in chest. Difficult shortness of breathing. Continued
sneezing; coryza; wheezing cough. Cough incessant and violent, with every
breath, to the point of vomiting. Chest seems full of phlegm, but does not yield
to coughing. Bubbling, rattleing sounds from chest. Suffocative cough; child
becomes stiff, and blue in the face. Whooping-cough. Croup.

Phosphorus:
Cough from tickling in throat; worse, cold air, reading, laughing, talking, from
going from warm room into cold air. Sweetish taste while coughing. Hard, dry,
tight, racking cough. Congestion of lungs. Burning pains, heat and oppression of
chest. Tightness across chest; great weight on chest. Whole body trembles, with
cough. Pain in throat on coughing.

Rumex Crispus:
Tickling in throat-pit causes cough. Copious mucous discharge from nose and
trachea. Dry, teasing cough, preventing sleep. Aggravated by pressure, talking,
and especially by inspiring cool air and at night. Thin, watery, frothy
expectoration by the mouthful: later, stringy and tough. Rawness of larynx and
trachea. Lump in throat.

Spongia:
Dryness of all air passages. Hoarseness; larynx dry, burns, constricted. Cough,
dry, barking, croupy; larynx sensitive to touch. Croup; worse, during
inspiration and before midnight. Respiration short, panting, difficult; feeling
of a plug in larynx. Cough abates after eating or drinking, especially warm
drinks. Chest congestion, with wheezing, asthmatic cough, worse cold air, with
profuse expectoration and suffocation; worse, lying with head low and in hot
room. Oppression and heat of chest, with sudden weakness.

Pedia Pro by Apex Energetics:
A potentized combination of remedies specific for Pertussis, Diptheria and
Tetanus. Some of the ingredients are: Pertussinum, Drosera, Phosphorus and
few more helpful ingredients like Colostrum. Comes in a convenient spray
bottle.

*Pedia Pro is a prescription remedy, however you can order it thru a
practitioner, or thru Willow's Patient Number by calling Apex Energetics
800-736-4381 and tell them you're ordering under patient number P2502 (Willow
Tipton) with a credit card. They will ship directly to you.

If you are looking for just the pertussis nosode homeopathic remedy, you can find it from www.homeopthyovernight.com or from Celletech.com - however, for my patients, I'm recommending PediaPro by Apex which has pertussinum as well as other helpful cough and lung support remedies as well as immune support. It comes in a spray and is easy to administer - 2 sprays once a day for prophylaxis - 2 times a day
if exposed and 3 times a day if symptomatic. It is considered a prescription, so
to order call 800-736-4381 and order under patient number P2502 and get
PediaPro. They ship fast, usually getting it within a day. Let me know if you
have any questions. 1 bottle goes a long way & should be enough for a family of 4. I recommend giving to people of all ages with the same dosage recommendations except I do not recommend it for breastfeeding infants.
In health
Willow Tipton, DIHom
AjaMed Lifestyle Spa
1349 Camino Del Mar, Suite F
Del Mar, CA 92104
858.793.1104
www.ajamed.com
willowdihom@gmail.com

www.learnhomeopathynow.com (760) 942-3440

Here is information about homeopathic flu prevention & treatments:
Calm Down & Stay Relaxed!

While the media creates a scared frenzy regarding pandemics, you can feel
fortunate that you know about homeopathy. We personally know of one story of a
man who was given homeopathics for severe flu symptoms. By the time his blood
work confirmed that he did in fact have Swine Influenza, the remedies had worked
and he was symptom free. If you should become sick, using your notebooks from
Homeopathy Level 1 & 2 classes, just match your symptoms in choosing the remedy
- as you've already been taught to do.

You can also make the following Bach Flower Essence combination to increase your
emotional sense of well being: Aspen, Cherry Plum, Crab Apple, Mimulus, Star of
Bethlehem and White Chestnut.

Sending Light,
Shelley & Willow

Remedy Hightlights - Flu Help

Swine Influenza is a respiratory disease of pigs caused by type A influenza
virus that regularly causes outbreaks of influenza in pigs. The 2009 flu
outbreak in humans is due to a new strain of influenza A virus subtypre H1N1
that derives in part from human influenza, avian influenza, and two separate
strains of swine influenza. It passes with apparent ease from human to human,
an ability attributed to an as-yet unidentified mutation. As with other flu
like illnesses, Swine influenza is spread as follows: coughing, sneezing,
kissing, touching infected objects, touching nose, mouth and/or eyes with
infected hands. Swine flu does not spread by eating pork. The strain in most
cases causes only mild symptoms and the infected person makes a full recovery
without requiring medical attention and without the use of antiviral medicines -
and is greatly aided by homeopathic remedies!!

The symptoms of swine flu in people are similar to symptoms of regular human
influenza and include fever, lethargy, lack of appetite and coughing. Some also
report runny nose, sore throat, nausea, vomiting and diarrhea.

The following homeopathy remedies prove useful in cases of influenza regardless
of what strain it is. As our advanced students know, you simply match your
symptoms to the remedy. When your symptoms change, change remedies.

Aconite:
Sudden onset of symptoms. Fever and chills, thirsty. Restless and fearful.

Arsenicum album:
Chilly and anxious, restless, yet exhuasted. Nausea with diarrhea and burning
pains. Coughing, wheezing, runny nose and burning symptoms. Thirsty for warm
drinks.

Belladonna:
Red, hot & dry. Fever, sore throat, headache, dry cough and inflammations.

Bryonia:
Aches and pains. Feels worse from any motion. Emotionally grumpy and
irritable. Bad headache and dry cough that hurts the head and stomach. Very
thirsty.

Gelsemium:
Dull, dizzy, body aches, weak and fatigue. Chills up and down the back.

Ipecac:
Nausea, vomiting with clean tongue. Dry spasmodic cough, often causing gagging.

Phosphorus:
Symptoms that settles in the chest. Hoarseness and coughing, thirsty for cold
drinks. Nervousness that's better with company and consolation.

Veratrum album:
Nausea, possible diarrhea and vomitting. Low vitality, dry constricted cough.
Low thirst.

Oscillococcinum:
As soon as you start feeling run-down or have other flu-like symptoms, take
Oscillococcinum. Oscillo® is regulated as a drug by the FDA and is supported by
published clinical studies as well as more than 65 years of use throughout the
world.

Clinical studies show that Oscillo reduces the severity and duration of flu
symptoms.


Influenzinum:
To reduce and prevent symptoms of the flu. Influenzinum is the updated each
year based on the recommendations of the World Health Organization. It contains
a dilution of the same three viral strains as the conventional Flu Vaccine.

FluMax Pro by Apex Energetics:
A potentized combination of remedies specific for Influenza. Some of the
ingredients are: Colostrum, Aconite, Belladonna, Bryonia, Gelsemium,
Influenzinum, Inluenza A & B, Asian Influenza A, Haemophilus Influenza,
Oscillococcinum and few more helpful ingredients. Comes in a convenient spray
bottle - see photo above.

*FluMax Pro is a prescription remedy, however you can order it thru a
practitioner, or thru Willow's Patient Number by calling Apex Energetics
800-736-4381 and tell them you're ordering under patient number P2502 (Willow
Tipton) with a credit card. They will ship directly to you.

Willow Tipton, DIHom
AjaMed Lifestyle Spa
1349 Camino Del Mar, Suite F
Del Mar, CA 92104
858.793.1104
www.ajamed.com
willowdihom@gmail.com
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Thanks so much for sharing your wisdom, Willow! I really appreciate it! I'm attending your Bach Flower Essence training this Monday, September 27th, & am looking forward to being able to share that knowledge with my HypnoBirthing clients.

All my best--Carol Yeh-Garner
www.AWellLivedLife.Net
www.AWellLivedLife.blogspot.com

I'll Do Anything

To have a baby. I pretty much will. Even if it involves a thousand people inspecting my uterus... wait I think that has already happened. Even it involves discussing my husband's sperm with the whole world.... oh no wait with the help of this blog, I think I've pretty much done that too. Even if it involves me eating meat when I haven't done so for twenty years, being a life-sworn-close-to-militant vegetarian, I would eat meat if it would help me have a baby. And last night I did! Eat meat I mean, not have a baby.

I am now no longer a herbivore but officially a carnivore! This is so unbelievable and I think demonstrates the lengths I will go to get pregnant and stay pregnant. Okay I know eating meat doesn't sound like a sacrifice, or even half as bad as having thousands of people look up your vagina. But to me it's a massive deal. I became a vegetarian on principle when I was ten years old. And I have never wavered in all that time. So last night was a momentous occasion, I had to get psyched up and talk myself into it - I just kept repeating that I was doing it for the baby, doing it for the baby, doing it for the baby... and before I knew it I had eaten four lamb keftas! I have to say they tasted gooooood.... and it wasn't as traumatic as I thought it would be. Though not calling myself a vegetarian anymore is very strange indeed. It was such a part of my identity and now I feel like I am leaving that part of me behind. Perhaps to welcome the new phase of my life that I have wanted and dreamed about for so long?

So welcome to any ICLWers who have visited my blog for the first time. Today you visit on a momentous day! The start of my life as a meat-eater and hopefully a more healthy-able-to-get-pregnant-and-stay-pregnant woman. The first step in the new plan. Accomplished.

Now for the rest.

The New Plan

I have to say my trip to UK was quite stressy. Lots of things went wrong. I felt very crappy.

The biggest thing being we couldn't get half the blood tests done we needed to because the lady who made our appointment messed up BIG time. We had specifically told her that we would only be in the country for a few days and so needed to make sure we could get everything done that was necessary - we asked if there were any days or times in my cycle that we needed to be there so we could get all the comprehensive testing done. She booked us in for Friday. So we meet the Doc on Friday and he arranges for all these tests. At the lab we get told that most of the tests needed can only be done on Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday as they need to be sent to the lab in Chicago. They can't be sent on Friday as it means they will arrive on Saturday and nobody will be available to do the testing until Monday, so the blood will have expired. Is this some kind of bad joke? We went back and forth to try to figure out what to do, but the only thing was to re-book our flights. This meant more hotel, parking and flight costs. It was just too much so we decided to just do the tests we could and then return at later date for the other ones.

Very very frustrating as that was the main reason we had come over. I was fuming with the receptionist. Then to top it all off, the car we had borrowed was clamped. After we had spent close to 100 GBP (US$ 160) on parking already.

But before I dwell too much on that. I should talk about the things we did achieve. We both had blood taken for karyotyping, I had my bloods taken for ovarian reserve testing and a load of infection screening. I had an internal exam with saline solution to check for polyps and other irregularities - that was clear. I also had an endometrial biopsy performed. However we still need to do bloods for auto immune issues - those are the really interesting tests, which now have to wait. Oh and we also found out about my misplaced ovary - which I'm not really sure how problematic that is.

But. I also went to another doctor who does things outside the box. He is a qualified MD but a specialist in applied kinesiology amongst other things. And to make a long story short he told me that I have to start eating meat. I have been a vegetarian for twenty years. TWENTY YEARS. I eat fish but no meat at all. A vegetarian diet is good for some people but not for me, he said. Genetically I am programmed to eat meat. He told me that as I am blood type 0 and as a result of a number of other tests he did, I have to eat some red meat. He said that by not eating any red meat that I am killing myself. It was like someone had slapped me across the face.

After a number of other tests he told me that I also have a big problem with wheat (who doesn't?) and that I have significant heavy metal toxicity - which I also found out with hair mineral analysis last year. He told me that I need to take 6 weeks off TTC and do his protocol to flush out the heavy metals, replenish my Vitamin B6 (which is virtually nil) and cut out inflammatory foods. Then after 6 weeks I will get re-tested and we will do a pro-conception plan. So I decided to go for it. I've felt quite crappy the last few weeks so I know something is up. I want to be pregnant so bad but I also want to be healthy and pregnant. That is paramount. So I can take 6 weeks off to get healthy.

However it will be a real challenge as first and foremost I have to eat meat. The doc wants me to eat lamb - no pork, chicken or even beef. Just a bit of lamb a couple of times a week along with the fish that I eat. I have decided I will do it, but I keep putting it off. My mum is so sweet and is very sympathetic to my situation and is going to prepare a bit of lamb for me for my first time. I know this might sound very silly and pathetic but for me it is a very big deal. But it's not only meat. For six weeks I have to cut out wheat, dairy, tomatoes, eggplant, potatoes, peppers, citrus fruit and tropical fruits. When I read this list I was like OMG that's my whole diet! So have been feeling a bit distressed as every meal time is such a challenge! My mum is going to design a weekly menu for me (she is a nutritionist) and I just keep telling myself that it is just for six weeks.

So that is the new plan. Six weeks of a very restrictive diet plus supplements, walks everyday and saunas to flush myself of metals. Plus I have to drink about 3 liters of water a day. I pee a lot. And I suppose I will for the next 6 weeks. I keep thinking to myself Mr. T really committed himself to a new healthy lifestyle and has made such improvements - I can do it too. Yes I can. (Even the meat. I think.)