The Top 10 Essential Remedies
This list is in addition to the recommended remedies in the Getting Started blog and the Build Your Remedy Stock blog.
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Here’s the top 10 remedies you should include in your remedy stock. My Getting Started blog lists out 6 remedies which I’m not including here, but are just as important – they are Arnica, Belladonna, Chamomilla, Hepar-sulph, Nux Vomica and Pulsatilla – see the blog for more info. The Build Your Remedy Stock blog includes the remedies Apis, Arg-nit, Calendula, Cantharis, Drosera, Hypericum, Ignatia, Lycopodium, Merc-viv, Sepia – please go to that blog for info on these remedies
What must-have remedies do you actually need?
Here’s the 10 essentials to include in your remedy stock –
- Aconite
- Arsenicum
- Bryonia
- Calc Carb
- Gelsemium
- Ipecac
- Kali-bich
- Mag-phos
- Nat-mur
- Phosphorous
Aconite 30c
Shock & fright. Ailments from shock. Anxiety & panic attacks. Fearful of dark, death and anything spooky – midnight is an aggravating time. Fever, dry cough, croup, sore throat – typically starts after shock or being out in cold windy weather. Quick onset of symptoms.
Arsenicum 30c
Lot of anxiety and restlessness when anxious. Does not like to be alone. Very fearful. Burning pains (burning is characteristic to Arsenicum). Burning discharges – eyes, nose, stool. Food poisoning & tummy bugs. Vomiting & diarrhoea. Headaches & hayfever with burning symptoms (eg. eyes watering which burns the surrounding skin). Flu remedy. 1am is aggravating time. Feels cold. Thirsty for sips of water.
Bryonia 30c
Dry cough, dry lips, dry sense of humour. Cough is painful and person will hold their chest to cough. Headaches & migraines. Pains are stitching. Very irritable, wants to be alone, any movement aggravates and makes them feel worse.
Calc Carb 30c
Common childhood remedy. Constipation with no urge or desire to go. Picks up colds easily, earaches, coughs. Teething issues and can be slow to teeth. Thick yellow discharges. Sensitive to reproach. Sour clammy sweat. Tires easily.
Gelsemium 30c
Flu remedy with weakness, heaviness and sore aching muscles. Fatigue & weakness. Eyes heavy. Trembling & jittery. Ailments from bad news or fright. Fear of upcoming event, stage fright. Wants to urinate when nervous. Gradual onset of complaints.
Ipecac 30c
Nausea & vomiting. Tummy bug. Nausea NOT relieved by vomiting. Hangover. Morning sickness. Cough which sounds loose with gagging/retching. Headache with severe nausea. Tongue is clean despite nausea. Thirstless.
Kali-bich 30c
Sinus remedy. Sinus complaints, blocked nose, sinus headache, post-nasal drip. Symptoms will include pain or pressure at bridge of nose or around the eyebrows. Thick yellow stringy mucous from nose. Nasal sound to voice.
Mag-phos 30c
Cramps and cramping pain. Period pains, teething pains, growing pains, back pain. Any pain which is cramping. Restless legs. Better for heat and pressure (eg. hot water bottle on tummy with period pain).
Nat Mur 30c
Grief remedy. Ailments from and since grief. Likes to be alone and deal with their emotions privately. Doesn’t like to cry in front of others. Runny watery nose, headcolds. Hayfever with constant runny nose, clear discharge. Sneezing with runny nose. Migraines & headaches. Cracked lips and coldsores. May crave salt and savoury food.
Phosphorous 30c
Coughs, laryngitis & hoarseness. Colds which go to the chest. Nosebleeds and blood interspersed in mucous. Vomiting bug – vomits drinks as soon as they hit the tummy. Worse from change of weather, particularly from warm to cold. Thirsty for cold drinks. Full of energy, then weak and lethargic. Likes having company.
Do read up more on these remedies. The ‘remedy picture’ for all remedies is so vast. I’ve just listed the main points here for getting you started.
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