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IN THIS PODCAST, WE COVER: 04:02 The wasp, the jellyfish, and the chipped tooth 08:22 Chemical sensitivity 10:09 Kyle’s stories 13:10 Appendicitis 26:21 Septic tonsils 36:32 Tiffany’s words of wisdom LINKS AND RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS PODCAST: Calc carb for chronic allergies: Is Homeopathy Enough? Arnica for the Eyes: Podcast 33: New (and Not So New) to Homeopathy Part II Surgery: Answering Your Questions Study Groups: Gateway to Homeopathy: A Guided Study Group Curriculum You are listening to a podcast from practicalhomeopathy.com where nationally certified American homeopath, public speaker, and author, Joette Calabrese, shares her passion for helping families stay healthy through homeopathy and nutrient-dense nutrition. Kate: This is the Practical Homeopathy Podcast Episode Number 64. Joette: Each day from my office, I get to see how homeopathy is transforming lives all over the globe, and I want to share them with you. Some of my students have really caught my eye. Some of you have done all you can to learn how to cure those around you using homeopathic medicines, and your successes inspire me. They’re glorious and powerful, and I can’t keep these successes a secret any longer. So, with help from my roving reporters, we bring you a mini-podcast series that I call “Moms with Moxie.” Sometimes we even interview “Dads with Audacity.” See how regular mothers and others, average people who want to cure those around them, have gone from freaking to fabulous with homeopathy. Kate: Hi. I’m Kate. I’m here with Tiffany. Tiffany, welcome to the podcast today. Tiffany: Thank you. I am excited to be here. Kate: Yes, I’m excited to have you because you have some really great things to share with our listeners today. Why don’t we start up by getting to know you a little bit, Tiffany? Tell us a little bit about you and where you live and your family. Tiffany: Sure. I am outside of Houston, Texas. I’ve been married to John for about twelve years now, and we have three kids. My oldest daughter is 9, and my middle son is almost 6, and then my youngest is 3 ½. Kate: So, tell us now a little bit about how you came to learn about homeopathy, Tiffany. Tiffany: Sure. I absolutely knew nothing about it before two years ago. We had been seeing some functional doctors and holistic doctors trying to get some answers to some questions that we had with some chronic conditions in the family. I enjoyed going to the functional doctors because I learned a lot, but I did not enjoy spending that much money. In the long run, we didn’t ever solve any of the issues. Then I also used essential oils for many years. I still do from time to time for certain things, but I got tired of smelling like the oils all the time. Then it wasn’t until two years ago in September, I had been praying for a way to help my daughter with some issues that she had — without a functional doctor. A friend of mine was in the room right next to where she was. It was an old house, and so you couldn’t hear between the two rooms. She heard me asking the nurse about different options and things. So, when the nurse left, she said, “Hey, I’m starting a class in homeopathy next week. Do you want to join?” I said, “Sure!” (even though I had zero clue what it was). I had no idea what I was getting myself into. But I recruited another friend, and then we did the first Gateway to Homeopathy class two years ago. Kate: Wow! That was the first time that you’d ever heard of homeopathy? Tiffany: I thought, “Well, why not? Maybe she knows something I don’t know.” Kate: I bet you’re glad that you did. Tiffany: Yes, it has been an amazing two years. It has literally been life-changing. It has become a very huge passion of mine. I honestly cannot imagine going through what we have been through the last two years without having homeopathy. So, I know it was exactly at the right time that we needed this medicine. Kate: Yeah. I feel the same way, so exciting — so exciting and life changing. Tiffany, tell us a little bit about some of the ways in which you’ve used homeopathy over these last two years, and how it has helped your family. The wasp, the jellyfish, and the chipped tooth Tiffany: My middle son, we like to say he’s big in everything he does … and that includes him getting hurt. It seems to be a “10” no matter what happens to him. We have treated so many things. He likes to experiment: Like, “Will my head fit through the slats of my bunkbed?” Or, “Will my knee fit through the wrought iron gate outside?” Or, “What happens if I do this?” (And it usually involves him getting hurt.) Kate: Oh, no. Tiffany: Yeah. With Kyle, we get lots of opportunities to use this medicine. One that happened pretty recently was at school. He got bit by a wasp, walking outside. The nurse called me, and I immediately came and gave him the Ledum. Within a couple of minutes, it had gone down. He had stopped screaming, and he was a whole lot better. But the fun thing was the next day when I dropped him off at school, the principal saw his leg and said, “Wow! There’s not even a mark there where he got bit by the wasp!” I said, “Nope, there’s not.” I told him that we use homeopathic medicine and it does amazing things. There was also a time when we were out in the ocean, and he and another little girl got bit by jellyfish. It was pretty bad. Luckily, I brought the Apis to the beach with us and used it on him and the other little girl. Within a half an hour or so, the redness and the welts were down. The dad of that little girl — who’s not into homeopathic medicine at all — was extremely surprised that there were again, no marks at all from where the jellyfish had stung all over their legs. So, that was exciting to let people see the physical evidence of this medicine working, as well as the other aspects of it. Kate: Yeah, because they could think it went away rather quickly, but if you see it transform right in front of your eyes, that’s another thing. Tiffany: Yes. Another “right before my eyes” was my youngest son. We were in Colorado, and he was 2 ½ at the time (so a year and a half ago). He fell on the cement and chipped a pretty big portion of his front tooth off. When I picked him up, I didn’t know what had happened. He was just stiff, and he was not making a sound. He was clearly in shock. Then I saw the blood coming out of his mouth. So, I rushed him inside. We were on vacation. Luckily, I had my kit with me. I gave him the Aconite 200, and then I saw his tooth where it had … a big corner of it had chipped off. So, I gave him the Hypericum, and then I alternated with Arnica. It was probably — I don’t know exactly — but within 10 minutes, he was fine. I mean, he still had the blood around his mouth, and I’m sure it was still sore, but he wasn’t complaining. A 2½ year old, you know, there’s no placebo effect with that. Either they hurt, or they don’t hurt. He was severely in shock when it happened because he was in so much pain. Then within 10 minutes, to see it work so quickly, and I didn’t have to rush him to the emergency room. I didn’t have to go somewhere to get it fixed. I helped him! I took care of that — which is so amazing to have him calm down and to just take care of it. I mean, it’s clean and simple. As Joette said, it’s a beautiful, simple medicine. It really is when you get the chance to see it do things like that. Kate: He must have been in a ton of pain like you said. I mean, that poor boy. Oh, my goodness! I can’t even imagine. So, it is so empowering to be able to help our kids, right? Tiffany: Yes. Kate: To be able to have the medicines that we need at our fingertips and to be able to offer help. Because otherwise, he probably would have been in pain for a long time, and — like you said — in shock. I don’t even like to think about if we didn’t have the homeopathy. Tiffany: Yeah. I mean we would have to go to an urgent care place. We were in Vail, so it wasn’t like there was a big place around to go to. You have the medicine with you, and you can use it. It’s just, it’s amazing. I don’t know how else to describe it. You have to be able to use the medicine in situations like that and see it work to be able to get that excited about it. Kate: Right. Chemical sensitivity Tiffany: Another way that we’ve used this medicine is that my mom has severe chemical sensitivity. She would miss a couple of days of work when there would be, like, the carpets would be installed or cleaned or the Xerox machine. And she … her whole tongue and her whole throat would swell up. This would last about two days. She would take tons of Benadryl, so then she was knocked out. Basically, it was like two days of just laying in bed. We started her on the Calc carb for chemical sensitivity a few months ago. Then we also now use the Apis if she gets a reaction. However, she had had very few reactions since we’ve started the Calc carb. If she’s had a reaction, it’s lasted maybe 30 minutes. So, to go from two days down to 30 minutes, I mean, that’s huge. In her life, this was happening sometimes once a week. So, a lot of her time was consumed with this. It’s like freedom that she has now. She can go places and do things without the fear of having her whole tongue and throat swell up. It’s life changing! Kate: It is. It is life changing. So, we’re going to post a link below this podcast to Joette’s blog that talks about how to use Calc carb for chronic allergies. But I’m curious to know when she takes the Apis now, how long does it take to act in her body? Tiffany: You can see it acting pretty quickly. But within about 30 minutes, it’s pretty much done. Kate: That’s just it? It’s done and she’s good to go. Tiffany: I mean, there are sometimes when she needs to take it maybe two or three times. But a lot of times, it’s just that one, single dose, and that knocks it out. Kate: Okay, good. Kyle’s stories Kate: I know you have some more great examples with Kyle. So, why don’t you share a few more of those? Tiffany: Well, so here’s what’s funny. I wrote down — 48 hours after talking with you the first time, Kate — the things that happened with Kyle because sometimes it really just, it amazes me how much we use this medicine with him. Within 48 hours of talking with you, we were sitting at the table doing homework. He drops his pencil and reaches down to grab it and somehow pokes the pencil directly in his eye. Kate: Oh, no! Tiffany: Yes, it was pretty bad. Luckily, I had known from a previous podcast that Aconite is the Arnica for eye injuries. Kate: It sounds like you’re saying something else. But I know that you’re saying Aconite. Is this your accent coming through? Tiffany: Yes, this is Texas. We speak differently down here. Sometimes with these remedies because they are in Latin, I make up my own way of saying them. As long as I know what it is, we’re good to go. Kate: Right, that’s totally true, but I think it’s your accent for sure. So, that’s fun. So, you gave him the Aconite. Tiffany: Correct. I did, and it worked. It took about 10 minutes for it to calm down, but it did work. So, we’re very thankful for that. Then right after that, he was running around, going crazy, and he ended up biting through his tongue pretty bad. Kate: Oh, my goodness! Tiffany: And then the following day, as I pulled something out of the oven, he wanted to see what it was. So, his chin touched the casserole dish and burned it pretty bad. So, we used Cantharis, and it worked again very quickly. Kate: That’s great. Tiffany: Yes, that is one you definitely need to have on hand. And then afternoon as I was picking him up from kindergarten, he was just grumpy and irritable and just not pleasant to be around. So, a little Chamomilla helped with him at that time. Within 48 hours — and I know Joette says don’t use the medicines all the time — but with Kyle, some days we use them quite a lot. Kate: Poor boy! Oh, he’s the one that lives “big,” right? Tiffany: He does, he lives very big. He’s an amazing little boy. The other fun thing about him is because he knows this medicine works. He knows it, I mean without a shadow of a doubt. He has been known to ask his friends’ mothers at times, “Hey, do you use homeopathy? Because it works!” He’s had friends that were sick, and he goes up to them, and he says, “You know, homeopathy works. You should use it.” So, he is a little ambassador for the medicine. Kate: Yes! Tiffany: He’s going to do amazing things in his life as long as we can keep him from injuring himself too bad. Kate: Right. Okay. So now, let’s dive into a couple of pretty big things that happened in your family and how you used homeopathy. Appendicitis Tiffany: I’m not the type of person that’s really intuitive when it comes to figuring out what’s wrong with my children … what they might be experiencing. I got a phone call Thursday morning back in May from my daughter’s school telling me she had a tummy ache. I went up to school, and I gave her some Nux vomica because she had some egg that morning. I knew she reacted to eggs to get tummy aches sometimes. So, I thought, well, maybe that was it. So, I left, and 30 minutes later, I got another phone call saying you need to come get her. She is throwing up, and she’s in a lot of pain. So, I brought her home, and I tried the Nux vomica again. And she just said, “It’s getting worse, Mom. It’s getting worse.” I then tried the Arsenicum album because of the throwing up with it. I tried that for the four doses. I alternated between the two. It was very evident that it was not the right remedies for her. I didn’t know what to think because I was like, “Okay, usually these work. Why aren’t they working?” Then finally Thursday night, I tried Phosphorous. She was throwing up. Her stomach was very painful. That was the other one I could find in the materia medica that fit her symptoms. She did stop throwing up. The next day, she was not throwing up, but she was still in a lot of pain. She would say it hurt when she coughed or when she lifted her leg, but she was still able to walk around and do things. So, I didn’t really think a whole lot about it. I didn’t ask, “Hey, is it the right side that’s hurting?” I just said, “Okay. Well, just lay down for a while.” This went on for two days. She wasn’t throwing up, so I thought, “Well, okay, we’re getting better.” But then on a Saturday night, we went out to dinner to celebrate my mother-in-law’s birthday. I sat in the back of the van with her, and I just casually said, “Hey, does it still hurt?” I touched her on the right side. She jumped out of her seat. I was like, “Wow! It hurts that bad?” She said, “Yes.” Then it occurred to me, “Maybe this is appendicitis!” So, we’re in the van, and I start Googling, “What is appendicitis?” Then I texted my friend who’s a nurse, “Hey, could this be appendicitis?” Sure enough, she said, “Yes, that’s probably what it is.” We actually went to dinner, and I gave her the Belladonna 6 for the pain because I had that with me. Kate: Oh, good. Tiffany: That was part of the protocol for appendicitis. What was interesting is for the first time in those three days, she said it doesn’t hurt as bad. So, I knew I was onto something when the pain started getting better. I was like, “Okay, we definitely have appendicitis.” So, I told my husband. So, we got home, and he said, “We really need to take her to the hospital. We really need to get it checked out.” My niece had had appendicitis, and it ruptured about 10 years prior. So, there was a lot of concern about it rupturing, and what do we do? In the meantime, I had actually started the Banerji Protocol. I had found it and started it. So, when we got to the hospital — which reluctantly I took her — the nurse checking her in asked her, “What is your pain level right now?” In a very casual voice, she said, “A 2.” I thought, “Oh my gosh! It’s working! It’s working! We’re here at the emergency room, but her pain now is a 2.” But we went ahead, and they did the test to find out, you…
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