Aluminum toxicity is the most important factor limiting the growth of plants in acid soils. A study has recently been carried out to evaluate the influence of homeopathic preparations Alumina and Calc Carb on the germination and vigor of lettuce seeds subjected to toxic levels of aluminum in paper-solution. The statistical design was entirely randomised and the results showed a significant dfference in germination speed and radicle length between the samples treated with homeopathic preparations and the controls. In conclusion, Alumina and Calc Carb had significant effect on the vigor of lettuce seeds subjected to stress conditions. To read the full report, click here.

Aluminium toxicity can also be a factor in human ill health. Aluminium can accumulate in our bodies from cooking pans, municipal water supplies, some foods, anti-inflammatory products and pain-killers. It can contibute to Alzheimers and general memory loss, gastrointestinal disturbance, poor calcium absorption, bone problems, decreased liver and kidney fuction, dizziness and aching muscles.

Article by Dana Ullman in The Huffington Post. Please click here for the full report.

Fibromyalgia is a chronic ailment without a known cause and without a safe, effective conventional medical treatment. However, several studies published in leading medical journals have found outstanding results from homeopathic treatment.

Well-designed high quality scientific studies published in the British Medical Journal and in Rheumatology (the journal of the British Society for Rheumatology) have confirmed the real benefits of homeopathic medicines as distinct from a placebo.

The study found that 50 percent of patients given a homeopathic medicine experienced a 25 percent or greater improvement in tender point pain on examination, whereas only 15 percent of those who were given a placebo experienced a similar degree of improvement. After four months, the homeopathic patients also rated the “helpfulness of the treatment” significantly greater than did those who were given a placebo. It is therefore not surprising that the study also showed that the average number of remedies recommended by the homeopaths was substantially higher to those in the placebo group as compared with the real treatment group.

The good news for fibromyalgia patients who receive homeopathic medicines is that these remedies are not known to cause direct drug interactions with any conventional drugs the patient may be taking. The pharmaceutical lobby decries homeopathy for its lack of effect: the problem for them is that if one unfathomable homeopathic treatment works, their argument is in tatters. Patients are also spared some of the conventional drug artillery used to limit symptoms. Further, because people with fibromyalgia tend to have distinct and unusual symptoms, this situation actually makes it easier for homeopaths to treat them successfully.

Other advantages homeopathy has over conventional drug therapies are lower cost and the avoidance of the usual GI, headache and CNS side effects as well as reactions that can be life threatening.

Please click here for a really useful article from the British Homeopathic Association on where homeopathy is available from on the NHS and how to push for wider coverage.

Animals are brought into the small city practice where Holly Mash works for all sorts of reasons, ranging from the minor torn nail, to the true emergency. It is this variety of work that makes the job so interesting; you never know what may come through the door next! This article describes the ‘top 5’ reasons that people bring their pets into her clinic, alongside suggestions for supportive homeopathic remedies for each condition. With an ever-expanding medicine chest of homeopathic remedies, there is not room here to explain how each one may be used; only the most commonly indicated ones are illustrated. This ‘top-5’ should give you a glimpse of the great scope for using homeopathy as part of an integrated approach to your pet’s health care. To see the full article, please click here.

Thousands of ‘safe’ natural products (i.e. foods, herbs, vitamins, minerals, supplements & indigenous remedies) are at risk of being banned by 2011.  If unchallenged, many believe that it not only poses the greatest threat imaginable to our health, (including our children & future generations), animal welfare and the environment – but also the survival of many cultural foods, holistic practices, therapists and ‘small’ health businesses.  In addition, centuries of ancient wisdom and spiritual beliefs will be written out of the history books and lost forever. The Joining Hands in Health campaign has been set up to encourage us to take responsibility for our health with access to natural health products. To see a video narrated by Dame Judi Dench, please click here. To read more and sign a petition, please see the Joining Hands in Health petition page.