2016, Homeopathy

Sacred Plants: Atropa Belladonna

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Belladonna is one of those words that are fun to say with a big, exaggerated Italian accent!  It means “beautiful lady,” and in fact, it was actually used as a beauty aid long ago.  Women would put drops into their eyes to dilate their pupils and achieve a glassy stare they considered beautiful and seductive.  Considering that belladonna’s other name is deadly nightshade, the practice definitely wasn’t particularly safe!

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2016, Homeopathy

Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease with Homeopathy

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The first half of 2016 has been quite an eventful year on many fronts.  Here at my home, we’ve had quite the round of medical issues!  I dealt with a horrible sinus infection, spring allergies, a bout of hand, foot, and mouth disease, and we followed all of that up with constipation with one of my kiddos!  Whew!  I used homeopathy for all of it and I will be doing future blogs on the other issues, but today I’ll delve into how I handled the hand, foot, and mouth virus.

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