Many women go through a period of each pregnancy feeling green - unable to enjoy food, unable to hold food down.  Sometime the nausea strikes in the morning - sometimes it lasts all day.  Sometimes it is a problem for a few weeks - in other cases the problem lasts through most of the pregnancy.

No woman needs to suffer with nausea during pregnancy - ever.  Homeopathy is the answer.  The properly selected remedy will help each and every time.

One of homeopathy’s greatest practitioners was a doctor named Henry Guernsey M.D.  He used homeopathy in obstetrics with outstanding success.  There is a great piece available on the NCH website that describes the remedies that Guernsey recommended for women with morning sickness.  Read it and pass it along.  http://www.nationalcenterforhomeopathy.org/content/great-remedies-to-conquer-morning-sickness

On March 13, NCH members can participate for FREE in a very important webinar on asthma led by Pearlyn Goodman-Herrick, ND, DHANP.  The webinar is called “Asthma: Treating the Whole Person Homeopathically.”  In allopathic medicine, patients with asthma are often given drugs throughout their life to suppress the symptoms of the condition.  Homeopathic medicine can relieve the suffering of asthma and often cure it.

Dr. Goodman-Herrick is a licensed Naturopathic Doctor, specializing in Classical Homeopathy, Mind-Body Work, Nutrition, and Women’s Health Issues. She has been in practice for more than 32 years.  She consults with people from across the country, by telephone and Skype, and regularly mentors practitioners in private trainings and supervision.

She graduated from the National College of Naturopathic Medicine, is a Diplomate of the Homeopathic Academy of Naturopathic Physicians since 1989, and is a former Vice-President of the Academy.
She’s an adjunct professor at the Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine in Phoenix, Arizona and has taught at both the National Center for Homeopathy and the Atlantic Academy of Classical Homeopathy in New York City.
She is a contributor to both NCH’s Homeopathy Today (read her articles in HOMEOPATHY TODAY ONLINE at www.nationalcenterforhomeopathy.org), and to Simillimum, the professional journal of the Homeopathic Academy of Naturopathic Physicians. She’s also on their editorial board.

If you are not a member of NCH - but would like to be able to access this great instructional webinar series free, membership is just $4 a month.  To find out more about how you can learn to use homeopathy to enjoy better health, visit http://www.nationalcenterforhomeopathy.org/member-benefits/.

Edzard Ernst, M.D. is a frequent critic of homeopathy in the European and American press.  Interestingly - it turns out the man has never studied homeopathy nor does he understand its basic tenets.  Sadly, business interests seeking to destroy homeopathy disseminate his work as if it is reliable.  Check out this article:http://www.nationalcenterforhomeopathy.org/content/edzard-ernst-critic-of-homeopathy-exposed     

Facts matter… and here are the facts for homeopathy: 

More and more people are seeking alternatives to conventional drugs… alternatives that are safe, gentle and effective.  Homeopathy is a great option for anyone seeking better options to keep them well.

At NCH we are working hard to bring our members FREE, easy to follow webinars led by great instructors that explain how to select the curative remedy for patients with sore throats, coughs, flu, ear infections, pregnancy issues, first aid and much more.   The webinar series is called Homeopathy@Home and is really exceptional.

The next two upcoming webinars are set - ”Asthma & Allergies: Treating the Whole Person Homeopathically” with Pearlyn Goodman-Herrick, ND,DHANP,CHC on March 13th and “First Aid & Acutes - How to Treat Your Pets When They are Ill” – with James Schacht, DVM, CVH.  That webinar will also be in March.

You too can enjoy these easy to follow webinars and get lots of other useful benefits by becoming an NCH member for just $4 a month.  To learn more go to:  http://www.nationalcenterforhomeopathy.org/member-benefits/

Two new published small scale studies show promise for patients seeking help with hemophilia and atopic dermatitis.

In the first study, 28 patients with severe to moderate hemophilia were treated in a single blind placebo trial to see if the health of the patients improved.  This study demonstrated that in this group, homeopathic treatment did reduce the need for clotting factor concentrates.  Given the cost of these concentrates - homeopathy offers hope for improving health and reducing the cost of care.  A larger study is recommended.

In the second study, 42 patients with atopic dermatitis were treated homeopathically.  Sixty-six percent of these patients had moderate to serve dermatitis at time of treatment.  The study confirms other studies suggesting that in a general medical practice setting, homeopathic treatment could be regarded as an effective choice for patients with atopic dermatitis.

To learn more about both studies go to Recent News Headlines at http://www.homeopathic.org/

Another major breakthrough for homeopathy! A landmark Health Technology Assessment (HTA) report on the effectiveness, appropriateness, safety and costs of homeopathy in health care has just been published by the Swiss Government. An HTA is an established scientific analysis which examines not only the efficacy of a particular modality, but also its effectiveness in clinical settings, its appropriateness, its safety and economy. As a result, HTAs are far wider in scope and provide more information than many other studies.

This Swiss Government’s HTA Report concludes there is sufficient evidence to recommend homeopathy for its effectiveness, safety and economy compared with conventional treatment.

ABC News doc - Dr. Albert Levy M.D. just did a story for ABC on stomach viruses.  Eli Manning of the New York Giants recently had a bad stomach virus - so ABC wanted to share treatment options with their viewers.  In the piece, viewable at the link below, Dr. Albert Levy M.D. recommends homeopathic remedies for these viruses.  Good piece.  Check it out!

And if you want to learn how to treat stomach bugs and other acute conditions like earaches, sore throats, coughs, flu and more - consider becoming a member of the National Center for Homeopathy.  For just $4 a month, you can enjoy easy-to-follow instructional webinars on how to treat yourself and members of your family (http://www.nationalcenterforhomeopathy.org/member-benefits/)

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/video/stomach-viruses-15406254#.TyBEJMaAKLk.facebook

Read This Shocking News

The British Medical Journal (BMJ) is one of the most revered journals of modern conventional medicine.  In a 2007 paper, the authors of a study looking at the evidence for a host of medical treatments made a shocking discovery…  There is little reliable evidence to argue for most of the top medical treatments routinely used by conventional docs.

This data was published in the “The British Medical Journal’s “Clinical Evidence” (BMJ, 2007). The authors reviewed approximately 2,500 treatments and found:

• 13 percent were found to be beneficial
• 23 percent were likely to be beneficial
• Eight percent were as likely to be harmful as beneficial
• Six percent were unlikely to be beneficial
• Four percent were likely to be harmful or ineffective.
• 46 percent were unknown whether they were efficacious or harmful”

Now if you are part of the homeopathic community - you probably realize that the allopathic community attacks homeopathy with great regularity for “insufficient evidence”… ignoring the significant number of high quality studies showing that homeopathy works (http://www.nationalcenterforhomeopathy.org/articles-research).    Sad but true…  Dare to know.

In a previous post, we provided a list of some of the most important and useful remedies to have in a home remedy kit.  Now that you know what you need - how do you use them when a loved one is ill?

The key to successfully choosing a homeopathic remedy to relieve your son, daughter, husband, or wife lies in carefully questioning your “patient” and observing your patient to find the most characteristic symptoms they are experiencing.

By characteristic - what do we mean?

A characteristic symptom is one that is a departure from the normal state, is intense, and peculiar.  Also pay close attention to what makes your “patient’s” symptoms better or worse.  Are they better from standing, or cold air, or from drinking, or in the morning, etc.  What makes them worse?

With as much information as you can gather - now compare your patient’s characteristic symptoms with those produced by remedies.  Match the characteristics of the patient with those of a remedy (”like cures like”) and your patient will enjoy a nice recovery.  There a number of books that provide the details of remedy characteristics.  More on that later.

This question is frequently asked by consumers… “what homeopathic remedies do I need to have in my home kit or my medicine cabinet??”

Here is a list of must haves… Best to get them in a 30C dosage unless you are an experienced prescriber.Aconite napellus, Allium cepa, Antimonium tartaricum , Apis mellifica, Argentum nitricum, Arnica Montana, Arsenicum album, Belladonna, Bryonia alba, Calcarea carbonica, Calendula officinalis, Cantharis, Carbo vegetabilis, Causticum, Chamomilla, Cinchona officinalis, Cocculus indicus,
Coffea cruda, Colocynthis, Euphrasia officinalis, Ferrum phosphoricum, Gelsemium sempervirens, Glonoinum, Hepar sulphuris calcareum, Hypericum perforatum, Ignatia amara, Ipecacuanha, Kali bichromicum, Lachesis mutus, Ledum palustre, Lycopodium clavatum, Magnesia phosphorica,
Mercurius vivus, Natrum muriaticum, Nux vomica, Phosphorus, Phytolacca decandra, Pulsatilla, Rhus toxicodendron, Ruta graveolens, Sepia, Silicea, Spongia tosta, Staphysagria, Sulphur, Symphytum officinale.

How does one choose the correct homeopathic remedy for your patient?  More on that really important question this week.