Teacher Takes the Test and Passes

Good morning.

Just a personal testimony to the success of addressing things naturally.  Tuesday night I went outside and came back in very cold.  An hour later, I began to chill and ache.  I knew I was down for the count.  I immediately started on elderberry and Oscillococinum flu remedy.  I turned on the diffuser, put some Ravinsara essential on my spine (viruses hide along the spine),  and went to bed.  When I got up around 6:00, I was no longer chilling but still felt tired and achy.
I took Vitamins C and D, colloidal silver, another vial of Oscillococinum pellets and 2 tsp of elderberry.  And of course, I drank, drank, drank to flush the flu virus that was trying to take control.
I was up and around yesterday but didn't do much actual work.  I ran an errand with the girls (stayed in the car), and rested.  This morning, except for a little leftover achiness and a couple of sneezes, I feel very well, considering.

All that to say, without the official diagnosis of a confirmed flu test, I am sure I had the flu come and try to conquer my system.  Add to that, I know without a doubt that the natural things we already had in preparation made the difference in a 36 hour battle (that wasn't even too bad) and a two week siege of misery and exhaustion.  I had all the typical indicators:  sudden onset of chills and aches, a slight sore throat for about 6 hours, some tightness in my chest that never progressed beyond that, and extreme tiredness (for only a few hours).  Ultimately, God is behind all the healings that we experience in life from any kind of disease.  I also know that He has graciously provided for our health and healing by placing into nature many things we need for health.

As stated before, there is no judgement here among friends in this class.  But I do have to ask, "Is it not a better thing to have on hand and utilize these natural things?"  You are probably already reading the reports of adverse reactions to Tamiflu, particularly in children.  In the reports of flu deaths, I would love to know how many of those patients were given Tamiflu.  I would also be curious to know how many people had taken their flu shot, had their immune system weakened by that and consequently contracted flu.

One of the things we always taught our children was that what's "good" is often the enemy of what's "best".  I believe in the case of flu and many others things, to settle for taking what seems to be good, really is the enemy of what is best.

Here is my arsenal:

 I am praying that my family and all of you stay well.  If we find ourselves ill, we know what has proven to work effectively and work safely.  Thanks for reading this.  In addition, I need to amend the website for Dr. Dean (in previous post),  The one I go to was the one given.  The one I receive info from is drcarolyndean.com.  She also has a post on flu today that  she put on Facebook.  I haven't read it yet but I know it is good. 

Homeopathic Remedies

Hello!  I have made a list of some basic homeopathic remedies that are must-haves for anyone who wants relief from anything.  That means all of us, right?

Here are what mine look like in my little remedy drawer. 
You can get them at a health food store or (again) online from iherb.com.  Sorry, I know I repeat that a lot but it is a great place.  I believe they are $6.99 each there.  A little more at the health food store, but not much.  You twist the cap until you see 5 in the lid, pop the lid off, and put them in your mouth to dissolve.  It's that easy.  They work much faster if you start them  at the onset of something.  You can take them every 10 minutes for 30-40 minutes until you see improvement.  Then every 3-4 hours.  Stop when you are better.  Remedies are very specific but if you don't have THE VERY ONE you need, one that is in the general area of your need will do.  Here are just a few with the symptoms they address:

Arnica (everyone needs)  trauma, muscle pain and stiffness, swelling from injuries and bruising
Oscillococcinum-flu symptoms
Arsenicum album--symptoms of food poisoning (but will work with any nausea or intestinal thing
Belladonna--high fever with sudden onset and perspiration (I told you they are specific)  Belladonna also works for headaches
Coffee cruda--sleeplessness with mental hyperactivity
Dulcamara--joint pain triggered and worsened by damp weather
Galphimia glauca--hay fever
Hepar sulphuris calcareum--painful and hoarse dry cough worsened by cold weather
Ignatia amara--nervousness and hypersensitivity due to everyday stress
Ipecacuanha--nausea and vomiting with hypersalivation
Kali iodatum--colds with frontal sinus
Mercurius solubilis--sore throat with offensive breath and excessive salivation (we have used this for strep)
Phosphorus--dizziness with headache
Pulsatilla--colds with thick, yellow nasal discharge  (good general cold remedy)
Rumex crispus--dry cough worsened by breathing cold air
Ruta graveolens--eye strain due to computer use or artificial light
Silicea--fatigue and irritability due to overwork
Spongia tosta--croupy cough (absolutely needed for parents of young children)
Sulphur--skin rash worsened by heat and water (usually eczema)
Sulphur iodatum--nasal discharge during cold and flu convalescence
Tabacum--motion sickness with cold sweat and improved by fresh air


These are just a few and I don't have all of these.  We were addressing a broken bone a while back and so we have a couple for bone trauma and bone healing.  I do keep pulsatilla, spongia tosta,
sulphur, some of the nausea ones for food poisoning, mercurius,  belladonna, and a few others that are specific for needs we have had.  Again, get a few basic ones to keep on hand.  They are easy, expensive, and very very effective. I know this was long but thanks for hanging in there. 

Frequency and Homeopathy

Welcome to the blog.  A few years ago when we had the store, I has two decorating blogs to showcase some of the products.  One is named Divinely Designed, which is where you are now.  I changed it from decor to natural health but kept the name partly so I wouldn't have to design a new blog but also because the name fits.  See the sidebar for the purpose of this blog.

Now, back to health.  We talked about frequency and basically all we need to know without getting a physics degree, is that it is important to maintain healthy frequency in our bodies.  But life happens and we get out of frequency.  Think radio waves--if you tune it to the right frequency, you pick up the station you want.  If you go just below or just above the frequency, you can no longer pick up the station.  Much the same with us.

The purpose of homepathy is to utilize homepathic remedies to get our bodies back into frequency.  Remember that everything has a frequency.  Homeopathy is a science that uses plants, minerals, etc., to realign our body's frequency by matching remedy to disease and frequency (of the remedy) to frequency (of the body).

If you research 'homeopathy' you will probably get articles that say it is useless, a pseudoscience (ouch!), total quackery, a sham--you get the idea.  So---don't research.   In Europe, it is considered an important science and a method of treatment.  The royal family of England has a homeopathy practitioner that stays wherever the Queen is.  He carries his little black bag of remedies and administers them as needed.  Her mother, the Queen Mother, who lived to be 101 was a major financial supporter of British homeopathic hospitals.  Her father, George VI, I believe, credited it for saving his life from pneumonia.

Just a bit more and then tonight or tomorrow I will put up some homeopathic remedies and what they address so you can add them to your arsenal.  In 1918 when the flu was responsible for millions of deaths worldwide, the mortality rate in America for flu patients in hospitals was 30%.  At the time, the United States still had homeopathic hospitals.  In those hospitals the mortality of patients was 1.05% and one American hospital had 0 patient deaths from the flu.  How about that? 

Okay, tomorrow, we'll get serious.  Until then, stay warm and well.