Minutus

Dear Elizabeth
Happy New Year!
Different airports operate differently.
In London the staff are used to people carrying Hom kits - the supervisor is called, they take swabs, put into their machine and give the go ahead.
However, this is before last weekend's incidence! I do not know how they would operate under new regulations.
However, there was some work done before to show that there was hardly any damage done to hom kits by modern X-Ray inspection machines at airports.
While travelling avoid uncooked vegetables and salads. Be careful of ice that has been made with local water.
Use a net when you sleep to avoid being bitten by a mosquito. Wear long sleeves during evenings and use insect repellents.
Homeopathy is very popular in India so you should be able to get remedies locally if you think that your kit has been damaged.
Bon voyage
Soroush

A back issue of Homeopathy Today featured an article on malaria prophylaxis -- you'll have to search the NCH website for it. My son and I have always used the herb spilanthes (tincture, taken 3 times a day) as a malaria preventative. Works great, but it will make your mouth tingle.
Peace,
Dale

Dale - how much do you take each time? Drops, I imagine, if it's a homeopathic tincture.
Liz

Liz,
It's herbal tincture, not homeopathic. So I'd take about half a dropperful three times a day. Amazingly, I'm usually a mosquito magnet, but when I'm on spilanthes the mosquitos actually fled from me. (I haven't tried it here to see if it has the same effect on ticks. If it does, it could be used as a prophylactic against Lyme disease.)
Peace,
Dale

Thanks - how interesting!
Liz

Does Spilanthes have another name? I can find it online, but not in homoeopathic references.
The tingling mouth bit and it's effects in the blood sound like it's comparable to Echinacea.
Gail
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To: minutus@yahoogroups.com
From: lizbrynin@care4free.net
Date: Sun, 3 Jan 2010 20:54:46 +0000
Subject: Re: [Minutus] Travelling with homeopathy kits

Thanks - how interesting!
Liz
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Acmella - quite well known for its numbing qualities. Joy
--- In minutus@yahoogroups.com, Gail Allen wrote:

Here's what Murphy says about it (from Reference Works):
SPILANTHES ACMELLA
(Toothache Plant)
PHARMACY - spil-a. Spilanthes acmella. Toothache plant. Paracress. N. O. Asteraceae. Paraguay cress. Brazil. Tincture of fresh leaves, root and flower heads. Historical dose: Tincture and all potencies.
CLINICAL - Allergies. Bacteria, infections. Candida. Colds. Dysentery. Fungal, infections. Glands, swollen. Gum, disease. herpes. Influenza. Lyme disease. malaria. Parasites. Ringworm. Salivation. sore throats. Toothaches. Viral, infections. Wounds.
HERBAL - Also known as "Toothache Plant" or "Paracress," Spilanthes acmella is a flowering herb in the Asteraceae family. Its leaves and flower heads contain an analgesic agent that may be used to numb toothaches. It is native to the tropics of Brazil, though it is grown as an ornamental (and occasionally as a medicinal) in various parts of the world.
Chewing on one of the flower buds will numb your mouth and make you salivate. The leaves may be used topically to treat bacterial and fungal skin diseases such as ringworm. Leaf decoction is used as diuretic and lithotriptic. Root decoction is used as purgative. The whole plant is used in treatment of dysentery.
Useful for enhancing the immune system's resistance to infections. It stimulates wound healing, protects the individual from colds and flu. Decreases allergic symptoms. Anti-bacterial. Inhibits the yeast/fungal organism Candida albicans.
Indicated for swollen glands, gum disease and all manner of acute bacterial, viral and fungal infections. Herpes. Sore throats. Useful against blood parasites, particularly malarial spirochetes, either as a prophylactic or as a treatment for malarial paroxysms. Lyme disease.
Because of their high isobutylamide content, both Spilanthes and Prickly Ash have similar stimulating and therapeutic actions.
REFERENCES - Murphy.

I hadn't read this when I suggested that it might be useful against Lyme. Cool that it's also used in treating dysentery. That is something I did NOT contract in India, perhaps because I was lucky, careful, or taking spilanthes.
Peace,
Dale
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