Anxiety and Caregiving, Part 2

May 15th, 2012

Non-Medical Anxiety Treatments
The following treatments may help you cope with your stress and anxiety:

Recognize that you are under stress and that stress may be affecting your health, moods, concentration and behavior.
Recognize that your care recipient or other loved one is under stress and that the stress is affecting their judgment and behavior.
Recognize how you are dealing with stress: Are you turning to alcohol, recreational drugs or excessive alcohol? Is the excess stress leading to extramarital affairs? Read the rest of this entry »

Anxiety and Caregiving, Part 1

May 15th, 2012

The stress and anxiety that many caregivers experience is often under-appreciated by their care recipients, other family members and friends. In fact, even caregivers themselves may not realize how anxiety and stress affect them. Understanding the types of anxiety that people experience can help you prevent and manage anxiety and stress-related illnesses. Read the rest of this entry »

Pyrogenium: Seventeen Cases. Part 5

May 3rd, 2012

Case 16

Elderly lady presenting with a very bad chronic ulcer on her R.leg. Has had bad circulation for years. Edges look thick and hard, it discharges constantly, thin and again highly offensive.Her breath also is offensive. The ulcer makes her physically restless. Decided to give her Pyrogenium, the ulcer itself seemed very putrid. Pyrogenium 6, tds for 10 days. Read the rest of this entry »

Pyrogenium: Seventeen Cases. Part 4

May 3rd, 2012

Case 15

Hi Ian, was talking to John Wilmshurst about your Pyrogenium project. He reminded me of the first time I used this remedy. Read the rest of this entry »

Pyrogenium: Seventeen Cases. Part 3

May 3rd, 2012

The appendix was taken out and all the pus cleaned up but the appendix was normal. Now the drama starts, next diagnosis (textbook) is STD. I was absolutely convinced that this was not a possibility, which I stated (to their suprise), and refused to take my course of antibiotics. Anyway when I went to visit that evening she was feeling much better with the fluid replacement. Read the rest of this entry »

Pyrogenium: Seventeen Cases. Part 2

May 3rd, 2012

Case 14

I have a memorable Pyrogenium case (being that of my wife) that Borland’sdescription in his Influenzas led me in the right direction.

We had gone on holiday quite far off the main roads with another homoeopath and his family. Read the rest of this entry »

Pyrogenium: Seventeen Cases. Part 1

May 3rd, 2012

Case 13

A boy of 18 months was admitted to the children’s ward in the morning, having developed the first symptoms of bronchopneumonia during the previous evening. I put him on Lyc 200 two-hourly, but when I saw him that evening there was no improvement in his condition. In these circumstances there is almost always some sign of improvement in eight or ten hours at the most, with the right remedy. Read the rest of this entry »

Wellness and Prevention of Alzheimer’s Disease

May 3rd, 2012

There is no certain way to prevent Alzheimer’s disease. However, it may be possible to reduce the risk of developing the illness or to delay the onset of the dementia symptoms. Because Alzheimer’s disease occurs late in life and there is such a long duration between the onset of symptoms and death, the ability to delay the time when the first problems become evident would be particularly useful. Read the rest of this entry »

The Joys of a Pedicure

April 24th, 2012

When it comes to pampering the feet, nothing feels as good as a professional pedicure, said Laura Hittleman, director of beauty services at the Lenox, Mass., branch of Canyon Ranch health spa. Read the rest of this entry »

Female Cancers May up Colorectal Cancer Risk. Part 2

April 17th, 2012

“The take-home message is that there seems to be a misconception that colon cancer is a disease of men. It affects each gender equally and there is a select group of women, as evidenced by these findings, who are at higher than average risk,” lead researcher Dr. David S. Weinberg, of the division of gastroenterology and hepatology at Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, told Reuters Health. Read the rest of this entry »