Sac Lac is unmedicated pillules. Milk sugar.

Sometimes I give them to clients who "need" to be taking something in the allopathic model in between visits and to make sure that the remedy given has had time to work through it's duration.
I always give very strict instructions that they are only to be taken when absolutely necessary and to return when they no longer seem to be working for a review of the remedy.
In one case where I gave a miasmatic remedy, the client did not need another remedy for nearly a year. She took the pillules "as needed" - while the original remedy was able to act deeply and without interruption or possible overstimulation for it's full duration. She also comes for bodywork, either Reiki. Polarity or massage all of which I believe complement the homeopathic treatment.
Read Molecules of Emotion by Candice Pert - there are some good bits in there about the body/mind connection.

HI Ozzie,
I have already reserved (online) the Candice Pert book (thankyou for the info!) and thought you may enjoy (or you may have already read it) the book I am reading at the moment which makes a definite mind/body/soul connection re: illness/disease etc.
"When the Body Says No: The Hidden Cost of Stress" by Gabor Mate. He links particular conditions to particular mind/personality/life experiences. It is an absolutely amazing book and I have learned so much from it. Although he is not 'quite' an alternative health practitioner, he makes a convincing argument for the mind/body/soul connection and its ability to induce illness/disease or cure illness/disease.
Fiona

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Two roads diverged in a wood, and I -
I took the one less travelled by,
and that has made all the difference.
(Robert Frost 1874 – 1963)

Got a book voucher for Christmas, so will see if I can get that book with it!

Another really interesting ( well I thought so) book is the Mind & the Brain by Jeffrey M Schwartz & Sharon Begley. - about neuroplasticity and the power of mental force. A bit gruesome when it goes into the animal studies, so be forewarned.
Nothing at all to do with "alternative medicine" but an interesting read about various brain functions and dysfunctions. It includes a chapter on depression, OCD's and how mindfullness meditation can help remodel neural pathways.

Hi Ozzie,

How do you find patients respond when you treat them homeopathically and then with Reiki - being two energy medicines so to speak? Do you treat in any particular order or leave a particular time span between the two treatments?

I am interested in this, as I am slowly starting to build Cranio-Sacral Therapy into my practice. For myself, I know that I went to see my homeopath at one time and she gave me a remedy. I then went to see my craniosacral therapist and I think I might have cut off a remedy reaction, as the treatments were only about 4 days apart.

However, one of my patients I treated craniosacrally and she responded extremely well to this. She has done well on Pulsatilla and started her treatment with a 30c. Last time I saw her, she was not able to come for about a month, so I wondered what I could do to try and enhance the treatment. I did a cranial session with her for about 45 mins with very good results and I then gave her a Pulsatilla 200c just before she left. A couple of days later and just before she went away, she called me to say that she felt really very good and had lots of energy. It will be very interesting to see what happens eventually and whether the effect holds for longer than just using cranial or homeopathy on its own.

I would be interested in your thoughts on this.

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Sarah-I. RN, Homeopath, Craniosacral Therapist, Therapeutic Massage Therapist, Reiki Master Teacher.

Sarah-I,
Homeopathy is what I call the pre-eminent remedy for all, if not most medical ills, however, every single person has a unique, unto themselves, an alternative remedy/ies that will complement or enhance their homeopathic regime. Sometimes it is a matter of 'trial and error' but mostly I find it comes to one intuitively or if you ask your Higher Power, or whatever it may be you have faith in. You will be 'led' to the treatment you need if you listen to your spiritual guides (it can come in many, many forms so always be open-minded). It is what I describe as: "praying is talking to God, meditating is hearing what He has to say."
Basically I believe that the body, if listened to will 'find' its own path to wellness whether it is 2,3,4, or 5, and so on treatments whether they be complex, concurrent or consecutive.

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Two roads diverged in a wood, and I -
I took the one less travelled by,
and that has made all the difference.
(Robert Frost 1874 – 1963)

Thanks for that Braveheart. I do understand what you mean and I do a lot of meditation being a Buddhist. For myself, I instinctively knew what my body needed at the time and I gave up homeopathic treatment for at least a year so that I could have cranial exclusively. It has done wonders for me.

Thanks again.

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Hi Sarah,

I have never found a conflict between Reiki and Homeopathy. Yes, they are both energy modalities, but Homeopathy can be classed as an internally ingested medicine whereas Reiki is a hands on treatment which the recipient's energy body can choose to accept or reject.
Reiki energy will go where and when it is needed and works on the spiritual emotional aspect.
I have also found that Polarity treatments are complementary to homeopathic treatment and one needs the client's interaction to begin to work on the energy lines to release blocks from the feet up. Polarity therapy works on many subtle levels depending on the type of touch.
If there is extensive emotional armouring arising from a variety of experiences, then I have found that the client often is able to rationalise that the transient physical discomforts felt during a treatment are a valid way of releasing that experience. Working on a physical level on the energy body seems to open up or better prepare the client to giving a better (& often more honest) history which in turn leads me to prescribing a remedy & potency most suited to their ailment.
Sometimes all a person will need is some unconditional touch to heal, and in that case I may not even use a remedy. A simple example of this is Reiki on a bumped knee or elbow for a child - a caring touch may be all that is needed either on the bump or an arm around the shoulder. A remedy may help, but also may not be necessary.

My personal experience of Reiki enhancing homeopathy (I have cervical cancer) was during a session when my Reiki therapist was 'told' by her Master Reiki Spiritual Guides that I was doing everything right but missing one crucial remedy: Angelica Archangelica (I have ordered it and am awaiting delivery). Another time they told her I needed to have something pale yellow to hold when meditating (colour therapy meets meditation therapy although yellow is definitely not one of my favourite colours, however, not long after, my mother, who did not know what the Guides had advised, said to me would I like a small soft silky lap-rug she no longer needed and it was pale yellow!). At a further session I was advised to take one dose only of Lachesis 200C. "Lachesis?" I thought to myself? I don't need Lachesis, I'm not a Lachesis type of person either physically or mentally. However, awhile ago during posts on a different homeo forum I had asked about vertigo I was suffering badly from (plus anxiety attacks that had all started following my diagnosis) and provided the exact times etc the vertigo and panic attacks occurred (the remedies suggested did not help) and guess what? Upon looking up Lachesis in Kent I found the following: VERTIGO
Vertigo, morning (p. 96)
Vertigo, morning, waking, on (p. 96)
Vertigo, closing eyes, on (agg.) (p. 98)
Vertigo, sleep, after, agg. (p. 104)

MIND
Mind, anxiety, morning (p. 4)
Mind, anxiety, morning, waking, on (p. 4)

EXACTLY what I had described!!! I took one dose 3 days ago and have not had one episode of vertigo since. The morning anxiety/panic attacks have lessened enormously as well to the point where I have not had one panic attack; just slight anxiety episodes (I am also having Cognitive Behaviour Therapy to help with the psychological reasons lying behind my fears).

Love,
Fiona

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Two roads diverged in a wood, and I -
I took the one less travelled by,
and that has made all the difference.
(Robert Frost 1874 – 1963)

HEy Fiona,
I saw that:
However, awhile ago during posts on a different homeo forum I had asked about vertigo I was suffering badly from (plus anxiety attacks that had all started following my diagnosis) and provided the exact times etc the vertigo and panic attacks occurred (the remedies suggested did not help)

I wans't sure which forum you were refering to. But I went back to your thread, and here's what I found:


So much for proof....
Anyway glad to hear you are better!

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Dear Ozzie and Muriel,

Could I have Reiki from you, too? as well as my down-with- flu husband, depressed mother, shy son and my stray cat.
Please put us on your lists.
Kindest regards