Wednesday, February 21, 2018

Tuesday, February 20, 2018

Bach Flower: Honeysuckle

Honeysuckle and Moping

The Bach flower remedy Honeysuckle in its positive state is happy in the now, looking forward to the future. When a person needs Honeysuckle
though, he just pines for the past. He cannot move on and looks back with longing, finding everything that is warm and wonderful in the days gone by and finding nothing that excites him or makes him happy in the now. He also has nothing that he looks forward to in the future.

Physical

They are so caught up in the past that they just cannot see what is good around them right in the here and now. Honeysuckle is especially useful
for children who have had to leave home, whether to a boarding school, to summer camp or if they have to be left with someone for a while, for
whatever reason. This flower remedy helps them to get over it and to look ahead with eagerness. For the older ones, this remedy helps historians and archaeologists to be more balanced and objective.

Mental

These people are caught in a kind of a time warp. A woman pining for her dead husband and not being able to cope with the present. A man stuck in the music of yesteryears, not wanting to see what is new or good in what is being done today. A businessman who will only do things in the
traditional, age-old way, not wanting to change. Honeysuckle opens their minds to new things and what is good in them.

Emotional

Emotionally, too, these people think that only the relationships of the past were wonderful. They keep comparing what was with what they have and the present always falls short in comparison. Very often, their memories of the past are all colored with a rosy haze and they tend not to remember the unpleasantness of the past, focusing only on the good times and indulging in reminiscence. Honeysuckle makes them see the wonder of what they have and they learn to accept and appreciate what they have.

Spiritual


Honeysuckle helps to open a person’s heart to new spiritual experiences and not cling to the beliefs of the past which could just have become obsolete for the person concerned. It helps a person who is too into tradition and rituals to break free and see that what is new need not be bad but could in fact be better.


Reference:
Bach Flower Remedies by Shalini Kagal (2012)
Website: http://ohmtalk.com
e-mail: shalini.kagal@gmail.com

Sunday, February 18, 2018

Nausea

Nausea is often seen with digestive dysfunction. One of the most common causes of nausea is biliary insufficiency or stasis, a condition called cholestasis. The bile is an essential route of elimination of toxins from the liver. When the flow of bile is inhibited toxins can build up in the body leading to a feeling of nausea. Inhibition of bile flow can be caused by a number of different factors, including liver damage. Liver damage can be mild, in the form of an early onset of hepatitis, or severe as in the case in full blow hepatitis. Liver dysfunction that impairs bile flow can have a number of different symptoms including digestive disturbances and nausea. Other digestive cause include inadequate levels of stomach acid, pancreatic insufficiency, and excess stomach acid. An irritated mucosal lining of the digestive tract can also cause nausea.



Other indications: Drugs / toxins, pregnancy, mechanical obstruction

Reference: Weatherby, D. (2004). Signs and Symptoms Analysis from a Functional Perspective. Jacksonville, OR: Bear Mountain Publishing.

Thursday, February 15, 2018

Poisons Over Food

" One of the biggest tragedies if human civilization is the precedents of chemical therapy over nutrition. It's a substitution of artificial therapy over natural, of poisons over food, in which we are feeding people poisons in trying to correct the reactions of starvation."

-- Royal Lee, DDS (1952)

Tuesday, February 13, 2018

Crave Chocolate

Crave of chocolate is a common sign of magnesium deficiency. Other symptoms of magnesium deficiency include:
  1. Being ticklish
  2. Being agoraphobic, they often dislike being in crowds
  3. having insomnia and / or restless leg syndrome
The chocolate craving may also indicate blood sugar dysregulation problem and a need to support the adrenals


Reference: Weatherby, D. (2004). Signs and Symptoms Analysis from a Functional Perspective. Jacksonville, OR: Bear Mountain Publishing