¶ Fall Allergy Remedies and Tips
Welcome back to Homeopathy at Home with Melissa . Hey , Melissa .
Hey Brie , I'm excited to talk about fall remedies today .
Yeah , this has become kind of a tradition , if you want to say that now the past few years Going into the school year , starting the fall , so we're going to be covering a lot of hopefully a lot of things that you guys will deal with , maybe some repeated things , but hopefully some new stuff , yeah , so where do you want to ?
start . Yeah , let's you know . I really I want to help you guys get ready for , yeah , like you said , the change of the season . I know that around here , and I think a lot of different parts of the country allergies , hay fever start to ramp up in the fall . So my favorite allergy remedies are , of course , my combo that I made up years ago .
That served me so well and I saw that it was serving so many other people so well , so I started really spreading the news about that , and that's Calimyr Apis and Alemsepa , and so you could do 30 or 200 . I usually do 200 .
Mix them all together , you know , in liquid , or take them each separate and you can use those as needed for the symptoms of itchy nose , itchy throat , itchy eyes , itchy ears , watery eyes , sneezing . I think that was it .
When you say in liquid , what do you mean and why would you use it in liquid versus just dry ?
So if you take , if you were to buy a major name brand remedy and you bought all three of those separately , then you would be taking nine pills into your mouth every time you wanted to take a dose . You can certainly do that . That's just a lot . So that can end up costing a lot of money and your bottles won't last as long .
So if you buy , there are certain brands , especially those that come from the UK , where one pill is a dose . So that's totally doable , right ? But if you have one of the major name brands that you can buy in any store , then you you would put one dose of each of those three remedies into purified water , let it dissolve and then you can take .
You can keep that in the refrigerator and you can take about a half a teaspoon or a teaspoon as a dose , and that can stretch it , it can make it last longer . It works just as well . Um , if you want to top it off with alcohol , you can do that . The instructions on how to do this are on my YouTube channel , um , and it's called something like water .
I think it's your water dosing video , yeah .
Water , yeah , water , yeah , so it's . There's two of them . There's two different videos . One is from like 2019 , I think , and then I did another one just recently that was more updated . So that's what I mean by in liquid .
And so with a family let's say , multiple people in that family have allergies you would probably do a water dose would save you a lot of money and a lot of time , right ? Or if you have to send your kids to school , that's a good way to do that . Give them a little water bottle .
It should be refrigerated usually , but we I mean , I think it's fine to take to school , shake it up before they take a little bit of it . Um , now , what about frequency ? Could you do that fairly frequent as well ? And then how would you back off ?
Yeah , you sure can . So I usually tell people to take it up to six times in one day and , um , so it could just be every you know . If you're having a big fat allergy attack and you're totally miserable , then take it every 15 to 30 minutes . Don't be afraid to take it often . So I , that's what I see .
People take a dose and then they say this this doesn't work , take it again . And take it and take it again .
So after about the fourth or fifth dose in one day , if nothing has changed , nothing has let up , you're feeling no better , then yeah , you might need to change remedies and then the hope would be probably that over time , you're not needing it seven times a day .
you're . You know you're needing it twice a day or whatever . Okay , so let's say somebody always gets allergies , they know what's coming . Would this be a scenario where you could do that twice a day prior to being super symptomatic ? I ?
usually I never used to tell people to do that , but I had clients who just did that on their own and worked beautifully for them . So sure , yeah , you can do it twice a day , starting now if you haven't started already , you know and then work your way , you know , through the fall , hopefully with minimal symptoms or no symptoms .
But backing up to what you said before that question that's exactly what should happen is that you should have less severe , shortened duration , less frequent episodes over time , and that combination is what actually uprooted my allergies . It took 18 months I had out , had allergies for 30 something years .
18 months of just taking it as needed when symptoms popped up and they were gone . 18 months of just taking it as needed when symptoms popped up and they were gone . So now I would say I didn't do this back then , but now I would say take Calcarb 30 C once per day In addition .
You know that's going to be uprooting the allergies , but then the you know , use my protocol or my , my combo , as needed .
Yeah , yep , I've seen that work really well for so many people , and it will even be where they're the only person using it in the household , almost as like the guinea pig , and be the only one who is not suffering through the season like everyone else . Now let's say you have allergies that always turn into sinus infections .
I know we've covered some of that in prior podcasts as well , but what are some just quick , a few remedies , let's say , if you're , if you tend to get a lot more sinus infections , maybe even combinations that you like infections , maybe even combinations that you like .
I love sanguinary 200 mixed with Cali Bic 6C . So that's why , um , I mean I think I made that up that's just something I've been doing lately . That's working really well . Um , the Banerjee protocol is sanguinary mixed with belladonna , but you leave you can leave the belladonna out if there's no pain .
Um , cali Bic is number one for sinus infections and I love sanguinary , so I've just started to combine the two and and use it twice per day . Um , also , if my combination doesn't help , or or doesn't help enough , your eye symptoms .
So if your eyes are super itchy and everything else is calming down , but your eyes are still really itchy , you can add euphrasia to that mixture . So then you have a mix of four remedies .
yeah , um , okay , so that's good for allergy . I feel like that's pretty good . That's a good starting place without having like a big picture . Is there anything else starting place without having ?
like a big picture . Is there anything else for allergies that comes to mind for you , yes , well , um , I was going to talk about the eye drops and how wonderful they are , but they're off the market right now , so darn , I know .
I hope they come back . That was a really good find for not just allergies but like pink eye . You know , I've used them just for irritated eyes , but currently we can't get them anywhere , so they might come back yeah , and I'm not saying that that I've heard anything , I just you never know , right right , well , yeah , I .
Sometimes they just redo them or they have to legally go through stuff before they can come out with a new product . So , fingers crossed , please come back .
Yeah , so we're going to teach my hay fever course live on October 1st 2024 . So if you're listening to this after that , you can go and purchase the recording . If you're listening to this before October 1st 2024 , then why not ? Yeah , go to my website , you can ask . You'll be be live . You can ask questions , you know for your own personal help and learn .
I think it's 26 remedies that we're going to teach . So , yeah , that's coming up . Um , what else happens in the fall that we need to talk about ?
so I mean just in , let's say , we're going back to school
¶ Back to School Health Tips
. For a lot of people , whether even going to school or not , there's changes . So I think of things like maybe kids that tend to get anxiety get nervous , and there are a few different . I think , a few things we could suggest for that .
Yeah , yeah , anticipatory anxiety , you know you could start , is it Gelsimium ? Gelsimium , yeah , 30 C twice per day and Caliphos 6 C twice per day . So I combine those . So Gelsimium 30 and Caliphos 6 C twice per day as soon as your children start getting nervous .
So you know , if you're listening to this before they start school , then you and they're already nervous about , you know , asking a lot of questions . Sometimes it can be hard to recognize anxiety in young children , but you can recognize it . Sometimes it's just a lot of questions and that can kind of point to a little bit of anxiety .
So , anyway , or if they can articulate it and they say I'm nervous , you know , I'm scared , I'm worried , then that's a great protocol to use for anticipatory anxiety .
Now what if you notice you have a child who has that anxiety but gets a stomach ache ? Would you treat it acutely , sort of like a stomach ache , or would you do the anticipatory anxiety protocol instead , or both ?
That's a great question . I probably , if they're anticipating going to school or whatever , then I would be doing that protocol and if they get a stomach ache , say , maybe the morning , so they've been worried , but now it's the morning of and they're like my stomach hurts , I can't go . Nuxvomica , I'll do . Nuxvomica 30 C .
So you kind of treat both treat the presenting symptom but also the etiology yeah , okay , symptom but also the etiology yeah , okay , that is good . Sometimes it's headaches , so maybe the same thing , just different remedy , um . Or if they can't sleep well , like can't settle well to fall asleep , yeah , um , but it would be .
I would be curious to know if they just start with joseph and cali boss . Maybe that will cover all the things . Like , like , if the nervousness is causing that , you could just start with the protocol and see what happens . Like , give yourself a little time , right ? Yeah , maybe nothing else . Okay , what else ? Okay , I know , sports start , people start sports .
They're probably already starting if you're in high school . So , maybe injuries or you know things like that .
Yeah , sports injuries . Um , arnica , you know , number one . Um , any kind of any kind of injury during sports , I think Arnica would be a great first choice . Bellus perennis is the injury to the trunk of the body Um , you know , arnica . And or aconite is the head injury . Um , you know , if you get hit in the nose and get a nosebleed , that's arnica .
What else ?
What about sprained ankles ?
Hmm , uh , ruta , ruta R-U-T-A , ruta 6Cc I like to start with 6c and um roostox can also be for ankles , but I think ruda would be first . I also really like some vitamin kelp fuss .
Um , that's great for bone pain , but also bone injuries and bones , and it helps strengthen the bones yeah , um , now you don't want to take that if your bone is just broken right until it's set and ready to heal , that's if there's a break . Okay , what about um heat exhaustion ? What if they're at practice ?
Oh yeah they're just so hot yeah , aconite , um , belladonna , glonoin , um .
My favorite , my personal favorite , is CarboVeg . Just in the last two years I've not been able to handle the heat like I used to and I've had to use CarboVeg .
It was amazing , and that was that shortness of breath , you know , I just really didn't get a , I couldn't get take a nice deep breath or I felt like I couldn't breathe well , and so CarboVeg was the one for me .
Belladonna helped me when I had the heat exhaustion or I got overheated and I got a headache , so my face was really red and I got a headache and Belladonna was the one that helped me in that instance .
Okay , okay , so that's sports . Is there anything else come to mind for you for sports Cause ? I don't want to move on too soon , but I have another idea .
Dehydration , oh yeah , so that's sports . Is there anything else come to mind for you for sports Cause I don't want to move on too soon . But I have another idea Dehydration , oh yeah , so , um . So if you are sweating a lot and you're feeling weak because you're losing those fluids , then China , sinchona Bark , china 6C is great .
And bioplasma in the water bottle . So parents put you know , just put some bioplasma in your children's water bottle that they're using . You know , um on the field and electrolytes . They need electrolytes . And no , I'm not talking about Gatorade and um or whatever else , or whatever else . There's a lot of yucky electrolyte drinks out there . Yeah , so I am .
I am talking um . I've been really , I've been really struggling lately with a healthy , natural electrolyte .
It's almost like you have to make it at home if you want it to be right , there are some better options , and so you know , I think , just like anything else , choose the best that's available to you and it's going to be okay , especially if your kids are bigger kids . I mean , there's always going to .
If you can't make it at home , yeah , what you can do , yeah , and it's a pain to make .
I mean , you're talking about coconut water , a little bit of orange juice , salt , you know and listen .
I made it . It doesn't taste terrible , it's not terrible , but I don't know that my 12 year old . If I had one , I don't , but if I did , I don't think he'd drink it . Um , and I don't know many teenagers who would want to drink that .
Right , yep , I know . So , yeah , exactly , do the best you can find the one that works , um , find the best one that you you can do that your kids will also drink , so electrolytes are super important .
Yeah , um , okay , I was just thinking . You know you're going back to school . If they're eating lunch at schools not used to that , maybe I don't know what kind of food a lot of schools have anymore , but when I was in school or a lot of the schools , it's not great food .
So maybe just like gut disruption , maybe something you could send to school with your kid , or um , obviously I think Nuxvomica , yep , they have stomach trouble .
Yeah , pulsatilla is coming up in my mind as something that's specific to junkier food that you're not used to Like . Fatty , yeah , not good .
Yeah .
But yeah , nuxvom could probably be my number one . If they get bloated , then like a podium . If they get a stomach ache or feel nauseous , then nux . If they get constipated , then nux diarrhea , arsenic and album yep yeah , yep okay um , okay , so more .
I mean not that older kids don't get sick , but I mean we're talking like little kids going to school for the first time , or preschool or daycare whatever . Um , everybody getting sick yep what would you ?
yeah to um , help prevent illness , um , thuuja some people say Thuja , Thuja or Thuja um . 30 C can help strengthen your immune system , increase your immune system to help you keep , help keep you healthy . And um , I would do that once or twice per day for a few weeks before you go back to school .
Okay , Um , and electrolytes again if you start to feel sick , or just really daily electrolytes are really going to be important to help keep you healthy .
Yeah , okay . So I had one other thing in mind . What about you know , when they go to school , if they're using screens a lot or if they're just so worn out right , like not used to being using their brains ? Maybe that much after having the summer off , um , some mental fatigue can happen Mental .
Isn't that , callie Foss foss ?
yeah , I think so . Cali foss , yeah is one that came to mind for that what else there was . I know there is one like cali murin , something okay , mental exhaustion , hmm , interesting okay , I feel like I remember there being a combo in um . What are our courses for overuse ? What a cell .
And it was cell salt combination cell salt , so probably califo , um , for some reason I'm thinking califos and um and faramfos yeah , um , and again , that's a good place for potentially just using bioplasma . Yeah , you think sometimes Yep , absolutely Mm . Hmm , yeah , I agree Um .
Barum Foss , cali Foss Is that what it is ? Yeah , okay , so those are great for that mental exhaustion . Yeah , um , I think that's all I mean . That's all I've had on my list that I've been thinking about . Do you have anything ?
else , so we got , so we did um hay fever , um sports try to try to help keep you healthy from getting sick and then , yeah , anxiety . Yeah , I think that's that's good . I mean , that's , those are some great . What else happens in the fall , though , outside of going back to school ? Are there any like bug extra ?
things well , I think a lot of people might be spending more time outside again . If you're in a southern state , like I am fall winter some of our we're outside more so you can listen to our . We did that podcast episode on ticks . I would definitely look at listen to that if that's something you have to worry about . Um , what else happens in the fall ?
You know , know , there's holidays . We have our holiday one . We've done a lot of holidays and managing all that .
Yeah , yeah , go back and listen to holiday humility .
Yeah , that was a fun one .
You know what would be great , if you want to comment on this , wherever you're watching this or listening to this , if you want to make a comment and if there's something that we're missing , if there's something that you're like you know what this thing always happens every fall I'll be happy to try to give you some ideas .
We will teach the viruses course , like I said in November . So look out for that , so that that's a big course to help you stay healthy and you address any viral symptoms like COVID or flu , colds , coughs , all those things .
Yeah , I would also just want to throw in there suggest if you have any skin conditions that typically get worse in the winter .
I was thinking about that .
Yes , we will probably do some kind of podcast about some more winter stuff later , but strongly encourage you to move in whatever direction . You need to schedule a consult with a homeopath for a chronic um , chronic consultation , chronic plan . Take a class If you want to learn how to manage it on your own .
But really now is the time to start getting on something to prepare yourself for winter . There's still time . You have a few months left and it could be really a huge change . So that was just something that came to mind .
Yes , thank you . I actually had thought of that earlier and then forgot . So thank you for saying it , and I have to say , actually , that Brie is our eczema expert . So if you have a child or even an adult right , you help adults too . Yeah , anybody with eczema . She has gained so much wisdom and knowledge through experience over
¶ Eczema Tips for Winter Months
the past . What one to two ?
years , a couple of years , yeah , coming up on . Actually it's been two years now .
Okay , yep , excellent . So every time somebody calls me with eczema I say you got to see , bree , yeah .
We have found some good tips and tricks , stuff I've learned from Alyssa , and then stuff that um just learned from lots of people . Lots of success stories . It's really sweet , so life-giving , but now is the time that did make me think of it . A lot of you , you have little ones who you know .
A lot of times , eczema does get worse in the winter , so now is the time , yeah absolutely .
Yeah Well , thanks for listening to fall remedies , and if you think of anything else you need help with , just let us know in the comments , and we'll see you next time . Bye .