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The antidote to fear is preparation and precaution.
I repeat…
The antidote to fear is preparation and precaution.
And what do I personally mean by precaution? For me it means having the homoeopathic remedies to hand at all times that I can use for predictable — and unexpected — events.
Homoeopathic help for fear
Dear readers, it’s that time again: the press — or whoever may be behind the uniform message — is stoking the currently fashionable fear. I can vividly imagine them sitting in a conference room and saying: “If we haven’t managed to frighten you with the virus or the pox, then let’s just try the nuclear threat! That ought to work!”
And now we’re supposed to lie awake at night worrying about a nuclear explosion and radioactive fallout?
What we can actually do is use our knowledge. Knowing how to apply the most important homoeopathic remedies correctly to protect ourselves against the harmful effects of radioactivity.
That is what I mean by precaution.
I wrote a blog post on this topic more than eleven years ago. Broadly speaking, the information is still valid, but I’d like to elaborate a little.
The main thing is that these remedies are not used haphazardly. They are medicaments ... remedies intended for particular complaints. Something specific must have occurred in nature before one uses homoeopathic remedies. A REAL event. It is important to understand that I would not endorse taking any of these remedies as a knee-jerk reaction to rumours of an impending threat.
Repertory and materia medica
Homoeopaths have known these remedies for a long time — since radiation sickness first became a potential illness. But I repeatedly turn to Robin Murphy's Clinical Repertory of Homoeopathy, because it is a contemporary work compiling homoeopathic information from a variety of historical and contemporary sources.
In his repertory Cadmium sulphuratum, which is closely associated with this condition, is listed in bold and in CAPITALS. What does that mean? Well, bold capitals indicate that this remedy is among the stronger remedies (among all those listed) for complaints resulting from radiation exposure. It is chosen more often by homoeopaths and has proven successful.
But we do not stop there.
To be sure our remedy choice is correct, we would look up Cadmium sulphuratum in another homoeopathic reference work — a materia medica.
The two reference works go hand in hand. A repertory is a listing of all known health complaints and the corresponding homoeopathic remedies that may be indicated. A materia medica, by contrast, lists the various homoeopathic remedies in alphabetical order and gives a deeper insight into the characteristics and key symptoms of each remedy.
Cadmium sulphuricum…
In Murphy’s Clinical Materia Medica we see that Cadmium sulf actually helps the body overcome many radiation-induced complaints: “weakness, wasting, nausea, vomiting, liver damage, hair loss …” and much more.
Cadmium sulph is generally taken in the 30th potency after you have been exposed to a severe radiological event (e.g. a nuclear explosion, followed by nuclear fallout) and then up to twice daily until the symptoms abate. One of my former teachers and now colleague, Dr Ramakrishnan, however, also used Cadmium sulf 30 for radiation sickness after cancer therapy. So it is a well-considered, rounded option. Further information on dosage and potency can be found here.
… supplemented by Calcarea fluorica and Natrium muriaticum
Although the following two remedies are not mentioned in the repertory, Calcarea fluorica 12 and Natrium muriaticum 6 — taken three times daily over several months after the initial radiation exposure — are known to support the body in eliminating the toxins produced. Regardless of which other homoeopathic remedies you choose, these two can be taken alongside the others.
These three remedies should be kept at home just in case. And like the symbolic umbrella we always take with us as soon as it looks even slightly like rain, hopefully we will not need our remedies, though they will be ready!
Hmm, I sense you may have a question, so let me answer it before it is voiced: Yes, these remedies are also suitable for alleviating the side-effects of medical radiation treatment. I will go into that in more detail at a later time.
Radiation protection for children?
Before I finish, I want to emphasise that I do not take such a serious subject lightly. But perhaps a little lightness is exactly what we need right now. And I imagine you’ve already wondered what on earth the photo in this blog post has to do with the subject of radiation, right? Well, when writing this article I thought of the drills we did as children to “protect” ourselves from nuclear explosions. Does anyone remember “duck and cover”?
I never understood it as a child. I never quite grasped that I was supposed to be afraid. Instead it was great fun for us! We all went to the cloakroom to get our coats, then hid under our desks. (As if that would protect us!)
On the way to the cloakroom my friends and I would pass the art table and grab a small lump of modelling clay. Instead of imagining that we were being destroyed by weapons, we shaped little animals out of the clay. In that way we turned the bleakest of occasions into a wonderful opportunity to sneak in a bit of illicit amusement.
Just like that malleable modelling clay, we can shape our own state of mind! We do not have to let others — perhaps completely unreliable others — steer our internal narratives.
As an adult I now prefer to be prepared for threats in a more realistic way and to strengthen my carefree side. My favourite remedy against fear is to have my homoeopathic remedies with me … and then enjoy life again.
I do not live in fear and I hope you will not either.
Homoeopathy helps — pass it on!
Warmly,
Yours
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Source: https://joettecalabrese.com/blog/thanksgiving-dinner-good-times/
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