1st aid at home this Christmas
blue door with wreath
Christmas and New Year can be wonderful, fun and even relaxing!!
It can also increase the likelihood of stress and minor accidents.
More people in the home, excited youngsters, rich food & drink, lack of fresh air and exercise.
How can we eat, drink and be merry avoiding the downside?
Ho Ho Homeopathy can be with you in the home and nip these scenarios in the bud.
Here are a few of the most likely remedies, invaluable in your home, over the coming festive season taken from my
At Home with Homeopathy learning sessions available again in 2026 by demand.
Aconite
often used in alternation with Arnica in accidents
Violent or life threatening event
Shock
Sudden onset
Panic attack/heart attack/asthma
1st sign of acute illness
Exposure to a cold wind (earache)
Acute fear of imminent death
“I am going to die!”
Arnica
Falls, bumps & bruises ‘blunt’ trauma
Acute sprains
Helps with pain & promotes healing
Fear of touch or jar
Feels battered/bruised
“no I am fine” walks away from scene of accident
Arsenicum
Stomach upsets, food poisoning
Vomiting & diarrhoea burning, watery, offensive
Deathly nausea
Tremendous anxiety, restless, pacing, demanding
Fear of death
Burning pains
Thirsty small sips
Cantharis
Burns & scalds
Relieves severe pain from burns
Cystitis with scalding, burning urine
UTI as above
Hypericum
Crush, fracture, trauma, anti tetanus
Sharp, shooting, extreme pain
Use with Ledum for anti tetanus
Worse for touch/pressure
“no! don’t come near”
Toes/fingers/teeth/eyes/tails!
Nux Vomica
No.1 hangover remedy ( or feels like a hangover)
Result of overdoing it, rich food, drink, work
Irritable & impatient
Babies with colic, angry arching of the back
Upper respiratory acute
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