All of a sudden the cosy walk around the neighbourhood has turned into a spooky event! Everywhere nasty clowns, ghosts, goblins, skeletons, witches and spiders! What on earth is going on here? I suppose that’s the end of our neighbourhood!

But wait – it’s Halloween after all!

Although it’s not really my thing, there are people who can get excited about Halloween and its trappings. But it’s also understandable that a horror film or a haunted house can be too much for young people. Unfortunately we often only realise afterwards that something was too much, namely when the fright has already set in!

Perhaps people should take a few homeopathic remedies with them when they go trick-or-treating in the dark on Halloween evening.

Homeopathy for fright

In my experience, Aconitum napellus 200 or Stramonium 200 work excellently when someone has seen something truly terrifying and has suffered a considerable shock. Further information on dosing and potency of the remedy can be found here https://www.narayana-verlag.de/spektrum-homoeopathie/d-oder-c-potenz-das-ist-hier-die-frage.

But as you know, homeopathy is not a dietary supplement. Some people find that hard to understand, but we are not supplementing something the body lacks; rather we use a remedy to set a problem “straight” again.

So if a ghost suddenly appears out of nowhere and we jump back with a scream, that situation would certainly not require a remedy. But what if someone becomes involved in something that extremely unsettles them (they burst into tears, run away or react in other panicked ways), and this develops into a real problem? Then we might consider using a homeopathic remedy as soon as there are first signs that this is becoming a pathological event.

And since I keep emphasising that homeopathic remedies are not dietary supplements, we stop the remedy immediately when we feel much better.

So how do we know when we should stop taking a remedy for anxiety? It’s very simple. We stop it as soon as we are no longer afraid and calm has returned or normality is restored.

That really isn’t complicated. Proper use of homeopathy requires common sense grounded in good observation. We take it when we need it and stop it when it is no longer required. That’s all!

By the way, today’s topic applies all year round, not just at Halloween.

Aconitum or Stramonium?

Witnessing a car accident can also be frightening. Or news of brutal warfare can trigger a lasting anxiety reaction. If you only narrowly escape a life-threatening event (such as a near-drowning), the body can be thrown into panic mode. These can also be reasons to give Aconitum napellus.

Stramonium is generally reserved for a profound fright that produces a neurological reaction: nightmares, violent thoughts or a night terror that persists into wakefulness.

When my children were younger and went to the library, where scary pictures hung all over the children’s section, I knew they could cope with it. But when it came to a real, intense fear that provoked a disproportionate reaction and led to nightmares or similar, homeopathy had the answer.

The world repeatedly has unpleasant surprises in store for us. But homeopathy can give us a great deal of calm.

My advice to you? Inform yourself. Homeopathy helps – pass it on!

Warmest regards,

Yours

Sources: https://joettecalabrese.com/blog/halloween-fraught-with-fright/