Understanding Constitutional Remedies!

If you’ve had a constitutional (I prefer to call this individualised) remedy dispensed for yourself or your child, this remedy may well be your best choice for support during an acute illness. I’ve noticed that people have a tendency to immediately stop giving their children the remedies they’ve been prescribed by their homeopath when they…

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Sinus & Congestion – a sticky problem

The most recent virus to do the rounds has had the common symptom of profuse mucous. Some people have had vomiting during the virus because of this, but many people have been left with ongoing congestion, sinus symptoms or a lingering cough seemingly for weeks. Some have said they just wonder where it all comes…

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All About Warts

I get a lot of questions about warts so I’ve created a resource of all the information I’ve collected over my many years in practice around this very common ailment. This article does not cover genital warts as these should always be referred to your GP for assessment and managed by a registered and experienced homeopath. Homeopathy…

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Drops or Pilules?

 When I did my training in the UK in the early 90’s I actually didn’t realise that remedies came in anything other than a dry dose! They came in a huge range of sizes and forms: what we call pilules in Australia (little sugar balls), poppy seeds (even smaller sugar balls), tablets and powders. Pilules…

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Using Remedies Topically

While taking remedies orally is generally the accepted and best way of using homeopathics, I thought I’d share some ideas for other ways you might consider using your remedies. This actually came about more than 25 years ago when I was just starting out with using homeopathy. I didn’t have children but I had a…

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Tissue Salts: a useful and important tool in your homeopathic kit

Many users of homeopathy forget about or aren’t even aware of the Tissue Salts. The basic twelve salts are remedies I use frequently in daily practice, and you’ll understand why as you read this article, but the time I find them most useful is when I get the following phone call or text: Caller: I’ve…

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Hand, Foot & Mouth

When I first started in practice 20 years ago I had never heard of hand, foot and mouth. I had a three year old son myself at the time who went to child care and it was never a problem at any of the centres he attended. I probably came across a few cases about…

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