Happy Holidays!

You're thinking about it, right?....booking a holiday somewhere in the sun....aaaahhhh....


Whether you’re enjoying this fabulous British summer weather or venturing further afield this year, here are
some valuable tips to take on holiday with you. This month we’re covering travel sickness, jetlag and beastie
bites.


My absolute number 1 remedy for taking away on holiday is Arsenicum Album... if you take no other remedy
with you then take this one! It can stop travelling tummy problems within a few minutes. Burning, griping
tummy ache with sickness and diarrhoea... know what that feels like? Arsenicum is the remedy to take.


TRAVEL SICKNESS


Cocculus: My#1 travel sickness remedy. Particularly for that constant nausea often brought on by undulating
motion on a boat, car or plane. Worse for the sight, smell or even thought of food. Feeling of weakness and/or
dizziness, also empty or hollow feeling in the stomach. People needing Cocculus will be very tired... it’s a great
remedy for jetlag too!


Petroleum: Constant nausea, again with an empty feeling but may feel a bit better if they eat something. They
may have excessive salivation and pain in the stomach and even the back of the head & neck.


Tabacum: Nauseous, faint, green, extremely pale, icy cold, or very tired with a terrible sinking feeling in the
pit of the stomach. May also be accompanied by a cold sweat, yellow or yellow-green vomit and a headache
that feels like a tight band pulled around the head. The person may feel better with cold, fresh air, or when
closing the eyes, and worse with any movement.


Argent Nit: Dizziness, nausea, and vomiting suggest this remedy, especially if the person is excitable and
anxious. The person may also feel claustrophobic and/or have a fear of flying.


JETLAG


No one wants to be too tired to enjoy their holiday, or indeed come home feeling like they haven’t had a break
because they’re so tired... a few remedies will really help you to adjust your body clock so that you’re firing on
all cylinders again in no time.


Arnica: It’s a shock to the system travelling over time zones. Arnica will help to ease that shock by assisting
you to sleep and overcoming the tiredness.


Cocculus: One of the main indications for this remedy is that over-wrought feeling which comes from a lack of
sleep. Alternate this remedy with Arnica every 4 hours.


Lycopodium: It’s not always thought of as being a jetlag remedy but I have found that you might get back
into a good sleep pattern quickly using Arnica and Cocculus but you don’t quite feel yourself because your
digestion hasn’t caught up with you yet. Lycopodium will help get things back to regular movements again!


There are also some great essences available to help with travel issues. Travel Essence from Australian Bush
Essence range is good, so is the Alaskan essence combination, TravelEase.


BEASTIE BITES


Itch, scratch, scratch! Argh! These little beasties bites hurt and can ruin a fabulous tan. Some remedies can
help to take away the itch, and help prevent infection. A couple of additions to your diet might help too...
apparently biting insects don’t like the taste of you if you take a Vitamin B complex and garlic capsules.


Staphisagria: this is my #1 remedy for insect bites. Itching that makes you cross!


Apis: #1 remedy for bee stings. The area will be hot and puffy. It will feel better for cold applications
and will feel worse for touch and heat.


Ledum: great remedy for bites and stings of all kinds. It may look pale and swollen and it may feel cold. If it is
given soon after the bite it may help to prevent Tetanus.


Hypericum: again another remedy which helps to prevent Tetanus. Particularly good if the injury feels like the
nerves are damaged.


All essences and remedies are available to buy from good health-food shops, or you could order them directly
from me.


Send me an email at sarah@naturallyhomeopathic.com or call me on 01977 620983 and I can make up a kit
just for you.


And do remember the most important advice: wherever you are going or whatever you’re doing, have a great
holiday!