Homeopathy for children

Or anyone, including the sceptic!

Homeopathy and the sceptic, yes I’m one!

How do you find homeopathy?

It is a common idea that if I tried homeopathy once and it didn’t work for me, it clearly won’t work for me. I have heard this often in circles of people who experience a lull in treatment, a less trained, or poor bedside manner, homeopathic practitioner, or someone not suited to helping them.

There are many levels of knowledge, when it comes to homeopathy and many avenues of treatment. This is often when the subtleties of the practice come into play.

Some things may not shift right away, some are slow to shift, and some things it may take time and a certain eye to see things from a different angle or from a different perspective. This is often where time, patience and continuing to communicate with a homeopath that suits your needs, may apply.

I like to work with subtlety, where things are not as apparent or clear to everyone. I like to look a little more carefully at the aspects that are hiding underneath. Like a good artist might do, I like to seek what angle is best and reflect on what I might be missing. In a consultation the time spent may open a new view for the consultant and patient. These small windows into a new thought, avenue, or way forward are typically part of the homeopathic process, when a slow down approach, is taken.

Not all things lie on the surface, as we may think. A skin condition that you have struggled with for years, will typically take a few months to see good improvement. It can for some, be painfully slow and complicated by lack of sleep, stress, or other life events.

If there is a block to cure no movement may happen, till that block is removed. For some this may be insufficient nutrient intake, sleep habits, work stress, or home stress. Often these things begin to shift too, but occasionally it takes longer to get to a better pattern, routine, and life outlook.

Sometimes it is simply a mindset of - this isn’t going to work, that can block a person from seeing progress. Sometimes it is a busy life pattern that interrupts a person’s clear thinking that blocks them. For me it has been one or many of these that have slowed my healthy engagement. But typically I have seen small-bigger shifts in myself that were at first tricky, difficult, then easier to understand. Over time as I was more engaged, the shifts became clearer, and more exciting.

A younger child with less medicine taken over the years and with less daily stress, will often recover more quickly. Allergies will take a bit longer, because they are more chronic. With age, time, and many medications taken, the process may be a bit more involved. For the adult, Historical things have a way of catching up with us, and we may need time and attention to resolve these more effectively.

To better engage with your homeopath and the whole process, consider:

1. keeping a brief, weekly health-notes, notepad by your nightstand.

2. Prioritize a sleep routine and get help with this when needed

3. Eat nutritional foods, and slow foods, such as described in the Weston Price books, pamphlets, website, and conferences, to start.

4. Practice mindful, and emotionally supportive activities

5. Have a spiritual life and engage with it, and a consider a hobby that promotes a rested and relaxed disposition.

6. Consider a good movement routine for you. Standing, sitting or working too long may not be good. Overextending oneself may be straining.

7. Reduce topical lotions, makeup, and excess chemical products. Choose instead, coconut oil, lard, or tallow from clean sources, or go without when possible.

8. Reduce chemical additives, and scented sprays, consider instead vinegar cleaners and baking soda based cleaning products.

9. Reduce pre-packaged foods as you can

10. Don’t sweat the small stuff, we all have our preferred bad things, mine is sweets. Have them less often is good enough.

Start with just one of these ideas. When you put in the effort, it pays off, and over time you can thank yourself for being able to live more simply!

Homeopathy is like engaging with a whole health program. At first it seems like a lot, but then as you begin to reap the good, it all becomes very worthwhile! Keep smiling, you’re doing great to take one moment to make a small change!

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