The Family Homeopath: Safe, Natural, and Effective Health Care for You and Your Children

148 Pages·1995·40.598 MB·English

by  Robin Hayfield

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Copyright © 1994 Gaia Books Limited, London
Text copyright © 1994 by Robin Hayfield
First U.S. edition published in 1995 by Healing Arts Press
Originally published in Great Britain under the title
Homeopathy: A Practical Guide to Everyday Health Care
by Virgin Books, London, 1995
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any
form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying,
recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system,
without permission in writing from the publisher.
Note to the reader: This book is intended as an informational guide.
The remedies, approaches, and techniques described herein are
meant to supplement, and not to be a substitute for, professional medical care
or treatment. They should not be used to treat a serious ailment
without prior consultation with a qualified healthcare professional.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Hayfield, Robin.
The family homeopath : safe, natural, and effective health care
for you and your children / Robin Hayfield.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-89281-532-9
1. Homeopathy—Popular works. I. Title.
RX 76.H38 1995
615.5 '32—dc20 95-8366
CIP
Printed and bound in Italy
10 98765432
Healing Arts Press is a division of Inner Traditions International
Distributed to the book trade in Canada by
Publishers Group West (PGW), Toronto, Ontario
Distributed to the health food trade in Canada
by Alive Books, Toronto and Vancouver
HOW TO USE THIS BOOK
Homeopathy: A Practical Guide to Everyday Health Care can he used in
several ways, according to your needs, and the way in which you approach
health and illness. A full list of Contents is on the next two pages. There is
also a complete Index on pages 141-143.
The Introduction describes the basis of homeopathy as a system of healing,
and how it has developed into its modern form. General information on
using homeopathy at home, pills, and prescribing is on pages 16-17.
Chapter One Health and Well Being covers important aspects of health
care in our modern world, including diet, lifestyle, medical drugs, stress,
and the importance of the immune system.
Chapter Two Prescribing for Children: The Constitutional Types gives
information on a special type of homeopathic prescribing which you can
carry out at home, and which is particularly suitable for children. It relies
more on the personality and constitution of the individual child, than on
the identity of the illness and its symptoms.
Chapter Three Treating Common Ailments is a practical guide to
identifying and treating more than 50 common conditions and illnesses,
ranging from high fever to deep depression. Pages 48-51 give general
information on how to locate the ailment in the book and select a
homeopathic remedy. There is a full list of ailments on page 53.
Chapter Pour A Guide to Remedies provides profiles of about 60
commonly used homeopathic remedies, including all of those mentioned in
Chapter Three. There is a full list of remedies on page 99.
The Home Homeopathy Kit on pages 138-139 describes a basic selection of
remedies and other items for use at home, and how to store and use them.
Resources gives further information about obtaining remedies, and on
suitable books, magazines, and training courses about homeopathy.
Contents
Introduction
What Is Homeopathy?
Chapter One
Health and Well Being
Chapter Two
Prescribing for Children:
The Constitutional Types
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Chapter Three
Treating Common Ailments 48
The Common Ailments S3
Colds, Infections, and Fevers S4
Digestive Problems 60
Women's Problems 65
Children’s Problems 69
Allergies 79
Emotional Strains and Stress 82
Accidents, Emergencies, and Injuries 85
Chapter Four
A Guide to Remedies 96
Index of Remedies 99
The Home Homeopathy Kit 138
Resources & Acknowledgements 139
Index 141
Homeopathy is a system of medicine, that aims to relieve suffering,
Similia similibus curantur
“ -
heal, and cure. It is safe and gentle, practical and easy to administer. It
Like should be cured by like.”
works effectively and equally well for males and females, for adults,
German physician and chemist
children, and babies (and even animals). Homeopathy is also powerful.
Samuel Hahnemann (1755-1843),
It can act very deeply on the body, over both the short and long term.
the founder of modern homeopathy.
Homeopathy is based on a very simple natural principle. This is:
This saying is a succinct summary of
“Like cures like.” It means that any substance which has the power to .
his system of medicine’s central
harm the body, also has the power to cure - provided it is taken in
principle.
extremely small, and therefore safe, doses.
The importance of the symptom pattern
The principle of “like cures like” is best illustrated by an example. The
homeopathic remedy Belladonna (see page 104) is prepared from a
plant in the potato family found throughout Europe, called deadly
nightshade. This is a tall, bushy herb with dark green leaves and long,
purple, bell-shaped flowers. It favours chalky soils and grows well in
hedgerows, woodlands, and thickets.
Deadly nightshade has large, glossy, seductive-looking black berries.
Country people warn their children never to touch them. For the whole
deadly nightshade plant is poisonous, and the berries are especially so.
If a person eats just one or two berries, he or she would suddenly
develop a characteristic and dramatic symptom pattern. Most of these The herb comfrey is the source of the
homeopathic remedy Symphytum. As
symptoms are centred around the head. They may include a painful
its country name of knitbone implies,
throbbing headache, which is made worse by bright light; a high fever, it is used to help heal broken bones.