Food poisoning has been in the news lately after Spurs
were forced to play their final match of the season just
hours after 10 of their players had been struck down with
it.
Spurs estimate their subsequent defeat will cost them up
to £10 million in lost earning potential.
Food poisoning results from eating food contaminated with
bacteria (or their toxins) or other pathogens (parasites
or viruses). It causes gastrointestinal symptoms such as
nausea, vomiting, and diarrhoea. These latter two symptoms
are a protective measure. The body is trying to eject the
poison as rapidly as possible.
One of the biggest problems with severe diarrhoea and vomiting
is the risk of dehydration and for this reason food poisoning
is potentially life threatening, especially amongst those
who are very young or old and those who are already weakened.
As with all illness, an ounce of prevention is worth a ton
of cure, and as the warmer weather kicks in it is even more
vital than ever to ensure food handling and storage is managed
safely.
If you are unfortunate enough to get food poisoning a well-selected
homeopathic medicine can greatly speed up the D+V that ejects
the poisons and, even more importantly, stop them swiftly
once their purpose has been served and aid the rehydration
process.
It is a great idea to have a homeopathic medicine kit handy
for first aid emergencies and acute illnesses. You can buy
one and get a free study course on-line from my website
www.homeopathyworld.com.
HOMEOPATHIC MEDICINES FOR THE TREATMENT OF FOOD
POISONING
These can be taken in either a 6c or 30c potency.
ARSENICUM
No. 1 homeopathic medicine for food poisoning, especially
after meat, when there is vomiting and diarrhoea.
Those who need Arsenicum feel physically very weak, but
they are so anxious they can’t help but be restless.
They are nervous at the thought of being left alone and
when feeling at their worst actually feel they are going
to die.
Symptoms are often most severe from midnight - 3am.
PULSATILLA
Is helpful after eating bad fish. It’s also good for
upsets brought on by too much ice cream.
LYCOPODIUM
Is better suited to poisoning from shellfish.
CHINA
No. 1 homeopathic medicine to promote recovery after dehydration.
Often even after diarrhoea and vomiting has stopped a terrible
feeling of weakness remains, due to the effects of dehydration.
China can be extremely helpful in these circumstances.
NUX VOMICA
For those times when the food and wine were great, but you
just had way too much of one or other or both! This is a
fantastic hangover cure, especially suited to those who
are literally like bears with sore heads the morning after.
If it works well for you, don’t let that be an excuse
to go out and abuse your poor body all over again …
in the end you will have to pay for it!
In Homeopathy there are only two golden rules for successful
prescribing
1. Match the symptoms carefully to the best homeopathic
medicine you can find.
2. Take one pill. If you feel better there is no need to
repeat unless the same symptoms return.
© Mary Aspinwall
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