My wife's 5 months pregnant and going to take a 10 hour flight. Is there any emergency remedies that she must carry?

Ben
You said in another post that:
"To eradicate psora, my teacher said that it is best to begin straight after birth. So he would give a 50M sulphur in the first hour after birth. After 2 days he would follow this up with 50M calc.c., as this is a tri-miasmatic remedy. He would repeat the latter at 2 weeks and again at 2 months of age."

Is there any literature that says something like this?
I am thinking of taking this advice for my new born.

There is one book by a certain Chatterjee, rather thick, the title of which I no longer remember exactly, who was a family member of my teacher (I think it was his grandfather). It was published in Calcutta by KLM (not the airline)or possibly another publisher. It had a blue cover (which in India is not reliable - I have gone through 6 editions of Clarke, in as many cover colors). I think it was simply called "Homoeopathy", but I am not sure. It is 20 years ago I read the book, and have never seen another copy. I am sorry that I cannot give you any more reliable info. But I personally guarantee that it works brilliantly. You may have the child break out in a rash, which can last a few weeks - no reason to worry, the skin becomes the most beautiful afterwards. It also will not allow cradle-cap to develop.

As for travelling during pregnancy, no worries either - my wife flew to India twice at seven months pregnant, without any problems. If you are worried, tell me what type of person you are and I can give you some advice. If you are cuddly, take some Puls. along, in case of threatened delivery - it will stop anything short. Phytolacca or Caulophyllum can also be indicated. But as I said, give some details and it can be personalised.

Ben
Thanks for the reply. I wonder how you manage to find the time to read all these posts.

1. About Sulp and Calc.C instead of 50 M is it possible to give a different potency so that there is no temporary aggravation?

I want to avoid the problems, with the second child, that my first child faces often (nothing serious the usual illnesses, but just causes us unnecessary anxiety and suffering for her).

The first one just recovered from fever with Bell 30x, and now I have followed up with Calc.C 30x.

2. May I write to you separately on the topic of finding her constitutional remedies?

3. About my wife's travel:I think Puls. would suit her. May I write to you separately on that as well?

Thanks

You can always write to me, as my e-mail address is at the top of my answers, the middle icon. And yes I am glad to give you all the info you want or need.

You do not need to worry about aggravation, as babies who are happy (always the case after an antipsoric, as the mind gets healed first) do not mind the physical symptoms. Besides, high potencies work very well on them, having high vitality. Of course when a baby is born sickly and weak, you begin lower, always on the individuality of the child.

As for time, it can be made. I am nearly 53, so I do not need much sleep - between 2 to 4 hours is more than enough - sleeping is a waste of time. Most of us think that we need many hours from at least 6 to 8 or more. This is a fallacy; sick people need more sleep only. So I work during the day from 9 to 5 in my practice, with a half hour lunch. Afetr that I read the paper or study, and from about 8 at night till 6 in the morning I make the time to read all these posts and answer them. It is great fun, to help out and it is my life and soul. without it, I would dwindle and decay. As i do not yet plan to do that, I keep myself young by this work and as vital as can be. For the last 10 years I have noticed that with a good diet (not too much - makes me sleepy) and vigorous mental exercise, this lifestyle is easy to maintain. I ride my bike on saturdays and sundays, or go swimming in the ocean, so I do not become a couch potato. And with my boy here at the moment, he wants to wrestle, do this that and the other, so I have plenty of physical exercise as well.

If you love what you are doing you are the happiest person around - the best preventative against disease. I haven't been sick for at least 18 years - not even a cold, so I cannot complain.

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No offence Ben but in college I was told that it was not healthy not to have the odd cold. Colds are the body's way of throwing out toxins and we were taught to be suspicious over anyone who didn't get calds as it meant that their Vital Force wasn't stronger enough to do this! Comments please! I only need 5 hours sleep but pity help me if I don't get it!!

I used to get colds as a child and suffered from bronchitis, for which I was sent to the tropics. About 18 years ago I took some carcinosinum and for three weeks I coughed up dark mucus. At the same time, old scars from the pox vaccination became extremely tender and gradually changed colour, till they all but disappeared. They are still visible, but hardly so. In those three weeks, I could feel my lungs clean up from below upwards and every day breathing became easier. I also had an extremely runny nose, just like when I was a child. Since then, I think the miasm underlying the tendency to colds has completely disappeared. I consider this a cure and in my understanding, the body eliminates toxins through the liver and the kidneys, which are created especially for that purpose.

As cure is the high and only mission of the physician, the notion that one HAS TO HAVE COLDS, even every now and then, sounds like a denial of cure or its possibility. I do get runny stools, maybe every couple of months, (2 to 4) for about a day, which I understand to be the detox process and for which I never take anything as it only lasts a day. Does that satisfy you? It surely does me as I have horrid memories of bronchitis and the inability to breathe through my nose. The constant running of thick yellowish mucus was also not a pretty sight. I am perfectly happy with the result - wouldn't you?

As for sleep, I often sleep once every second day, but if I do that, I have to sleep in on the Saturday, meaning I then sleep upto maximum 6 hours.

[This message has been edited by Ben Rozendal (edited 07 August 1999).]

Thanks for the reply. The runny stools as toxin removal makes perfect sense to me. Wha an excellent result from the Carc. As for you being able to do without sleep for a couple of days I envy you as there are not enough hours in the day for me!

Ben, I am happy for your good results. During my first pregnancy 27 years ago I developed what I think are swollen sinuses, which greatly reduced my ability to smell and breathing is often difficult through my right nostril. There are often crusts in the right side also, and occasionally an ulcer, right side only. I would love to have this gone, but I have been under very successful constitutional care for 15 years and it has never abated for a minute! Does this sound like any miasm you know of? The ulcers have responded well to Silica and Nitric acid in the past, although my homeopath felt that I should not need Nit ac. Took it on my own when the symptoms seemed to call for it and it worked. Since then I have needed Carc. once, which I understand relates to Nit ac. I used lots of Puls, and more recently Sepia, Silica, and Lycopodium have been prevalent.

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Kescah