[JellyBean]

Here I am!

Homeopathic books I've found helpful: My two favorites are Family's Guide to Homeopathy (for looking up remedies) and Everybody's Guide to Homeopathy.

Combination remedies that have worked in my family: I have had lots of luck with combo remedies but mainly just the ones I mix up myself. Typically the ones I've bought OTC don't do much for me. The teething tablets did work for DS as a baby and Homeopathy Works Headache remedy works for some types of headaches. I also have a local tree allergy mix that is made from all the local trees that seems to help with allergies especially when the trees are blooming!

Conditions/illnesses that have been successfully treated via homeopathy (classical or combination): Right now I'm treating my gall bladder very successfully with a combo of homeopathy and reflexology which has been a huge blessing b/c I have major gall bladder issues in pregnancy. But I have a long list of things I have treated successfully including (but I'm probably forgetting some things): ear infections, fever, headaches, migraines, bug bites, bruises, acid reflux, vomitting, anxiety, menstrual cramps, nerve pain in teeth, & some success with colds although this is harder for us. The only thing I have tried to treat and haven't been able to is the actual flu. I have the nosode for this years strand this time so I'm hoping that will help!

Share your personal experience w/ a classical homeopath: I haven't been to a classical homeopath but I have been to a non-classical one. I had mixed experiences with her. Some things we had great success with and others I felt she was wanted us to take too much. She had our family on about 5 different combo remedies to take 3 x's a day at one point which seemed to defeat the purpose of homeopathy once I started looking into classical. I tend to lean toward classical homeopathy more but there are times when I don't know which remedy is best and I'm in too much pain to go through the trial and error of finding the right one so I mix up all the ones that seem appropriate and they have worked miraculously.

How homeopathy has affected your perspective on health & healthcare: It has drastically changed my perspective b/c I'm realizing now the goal is healing, not to just mask symptoms. And also that symptoms are the body's way of healing itself so they aren't necessarily a bad thing. Its amazing to me how that works too. Like for example my son use to be severely allergic to mosquito bites and I am too (not as bad as he was though). He would get a bite on his cheek and his eyes would swell shut. And there are tons of mosquitos where we live! So I started treating it with homeopathy and if I would catch the bite immediately and give him the remedy right then the bite at first would only swell a little, eventually it didn't swell at all when treated, and now if I don't treat it at all he only has a small swell. So its amazing to see how his body is actually healing in regards to his reaction to mosquitos and now I don't have to panic if he gets a bite on his face and I don't have any remedies with me.