In my relatively short incarnation as a mother I have been blessed with a very healthy daughter. She’s only suffered from a cold and runny nose. Excuse me while I go and knock on as many wooden surfaces as possible…
…okay, I’m back.
I would give just about anything to keep my daughter from ever getting sick, but I know that is not possible. Someday, probably before a much anticipated vacation or family reunion, she will get sick., I will be terrified and do my best to nurse her back to health.
When I was a child, my mother operated as a walking pharmacy. At the slightest sign of illness, she would pull out some jar of pills and tell me to take one. I’d look at her skeptically and ask, “What are they for?” She would shake her head at me for questioning her and answer, “Yust take eat! Eat make dyou feel good.” (Just take it! It’ll make you feel good.)
Well, I took them and sometimes they helped and sometimes they did more damage than good. One of the pills that my mother routinely gave me caused iron-deficiency and a vitamin tonic that she insisted I take every morning was pretty much just a shoot of alcohol. My mother meant well, but unbeknownst to her at the time she was sending me out into the world anemic and drunk.
I believe in better living through science, but my mother’s methodology was ridiculous and I’d rather follow the example of my grandmother. My nana knew all sorts of natural remedies that truly worked. Unfortunately, my nana has long since passed and taken most of her knowledge with her. I will do my best to research homeopathic remedies for my daughter and my family.
I understand that many times traditional medicine is unavoidable, necessary, and a blessing, but I feel strongly about using homeopathic remedies whenever possible because I know from experience that sometimes the cure is worse than the affliction. (As I write this, I am dealing with very sever complications that have developed as a reaction to medication I’ve had to take for iritis.) My goal is to keep my family healthy with as little toxicity as possible. Wish me luck.
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