Susan McCarthy Lic ISH Homeopath

Cina is one of the main homeopathic remedies for the propensity to worms or parasites. While the remedies do not kill the worms/ parasites, they do alter the gut to make it a less hospitable environment for them to persist and multiply.

I've noticed this remedy being needed lately for persistent coughs with digestive disturbance and irritability. When the usual digestive remedies failed, this addressed the symptoms of the cough and the digestive symptoms. It is a remedy that can be helpful for children, if you notice that they are itching or grinding their teeth at night which would be an indication for the presence of worms. This remedy is made from the plant Artemesia or Wormseed, the clue is in the name. It can also be used for pets as a preventative for worms.

If there is a chronic tendency to worms, it is always best to attend a Homeopath for a constitutional consultation as this will also address the susceptibility.

Inner Value

Often, we don’t notice that we have lost touch with ourselves. That we have stopped living from a place of inner value. Trying to stay afloat and live from authentically amidst everything that is happening in the world can be difficult.
Homeopathic remedies offer a connection back to self.

Staphysagria is a homeopathic remedy which addresses a state of held in emotion. Emotions are swallowed back down and unexpressed so as not to displease others. In this state, it is hard to find a sense of self worth as everyone else’s needs come first. Grief, anger, indignation are held in and come out in short bursts.

As this tension occurs at the inability to express, physical symptoms start to arise. A sensation of discomfort is felt in the throat, cystitis or bladder irritation with a burning sensation can occur, joint stiffness and much more make up the picture of this remedy. It is one of the main remedies for an addiction to smoking, the energy of suppression needing to be alleviated somehow.

Feeling bombarded, undervalued, attacked emotionally by others, all exist within the sphere of this remedy. The opportunity of this remedy is liberation, a shoring up of inner value as the energetic pattern of this state begins to be addressed.