* VOMITING
MOTION SICKNESS
CONSTIPATION
HEMORRHOIDS
* SLEEPING PROBLEMS
FIRST AID
TRAUMA
BUMPS AND BRUISES
* BURNS
SCRAPES AND CUTS
* NOSEBLEEDS
SUNBURN
INSECT BITES
POISON IVY/POISON OAK
HEADACHE
WOMEN’S HEALTH
VAGINAL YEAST INFECTION
*POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION
* MENSTRUAL DISORDERS
CRAMPS
BLOATING
ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION
IRREGULAR PERIODS
HEAVY BLEEDING
SYSTEMIC CANDIDA
DENTAL PROBLEMS
CANKER SORES
TOOTH PAIN
SENSITIVE GUMS
DENTAL WORK
EMOTIONAL CHALLENGES
DEPRESSION
ANXIETY
SKIN DISORDERS
RASHES
DIAPER RASH
CRADLE CAP
ECZEMA
WARTS & PLANTERS WARTS
ACNE
HERPES
COLD SORES
GENITAL LESIONS
SHINGLES
SCARS
CHILDHOOD ILLNESSES
CHICKEN POX
CROUP
MEASLES
RUBELLA
MUMPS
WHOOPING COUGH
*SPORTS/MUSCLES
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
I would like to express my sincere gratitude to the creator of all life who inspired me with this idea and who has provided everything on this planet that we need to lead healthy and harmonious lives. My love and thanks to Bill, for his encouragement and faith in me, and to our understanding children, Justin and Willa. I send love and gratitude to my mentor, Loisanne Keller, O.M.D., who came into my life when I faced horrendous challenges and offered unconditional love and wisdom. Many, many thanks to my spiritual sister, acupuncturist Sara Charno, whose knowledge graces these pages, and to Carol Boyce, for her contribution to the homeopathic sections of the project and her painstaking efforts to make this project the best that it could be. A special thank you to Ron Schultz and Terry Duffy at Learning Arts Publications for helping to make the Remedy Box a reality and to our editor, Sheila Berg. I would also like to thank Dr. Maria Dolores Diaz, Dr. Willard Dean, and Dr. Shirley Scott for their contributions to the Remedy Box, and to Dr. Robert Kovan who started me on my path.
I want to acknowledge all of my friends and family who offered their help and support, especially Dorothy Pier, Joanne Yeck and Tom McGreevy, John Green, Janet Dick, Suzanne Fuqua, Allison West, Jolanta Widuch, Tere Clouse, Lannie Loeks, Joe Juster and Laura Carver.
Thank you all.
INTRODUCTION
Carol Boyce, BSc, MCH, RSHom
Registered Practitioner of Homeopathic Medicine
Senior Lecturer, College of Homoeopathy, London, England
As a health professional, I have witnessed an exciting trend in recent years. A rapidly increasing number of people want to take a more active part in their own health care. They want to be able to deal with minor acute illness, accidents, and injuries in a simple, safe, and effective way. They want to begin to take responsibility for their well-being, to look at how they live their lives and where necessary, to make changes. They have a desire for choices, a need to do something helpful when they or their loved ones are sick. There is a move away from helplessness and overdependence on the medical profession. The market has responded to this desire with the reflourishing of alternative medicine. However, all too often, these possible options seem just as complex, shrouded in mystery, and as apparently inaccessible to the lay person as orthodox medicine can seem. The lay person remains at the mercy of the “experts,” experiencing frustration and a sense of powerlessness.
If this has been your desire and your experience, you can relax. You need look no further than Amy Conway’s Remedy Box. The clear guidelines and straightforward information found on the Remedy Cards make the process of home prescribing for minor ailments simplicity itself. The accompanying book is written in a friendly, accessible style that includes a wealth of advice and experience Amy has collected over the years. For anyone with children, the opening paragraph will be all too familiar.
The range of choices for dealing with minor ailments at home using gentle, natural methods is enormous and immensely satisfying. Merely having the cards in your possession is empowering. You now have options. As you become familiar with the material, your increased confidence will help to allay much of the fear and anxiety that surround being ill. Empowerment of the patient is, I believe, a fundamental aspect of the healing mechanism.
Good health is a precious thing. It underpins everything else we do and literally who we are in the world. I wish you improved health and well-being and the satisfaction of taking increasing control of this most important area of your life.
• CHAPTER ONE •
What Is The Remedy Box?
