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Homeopathic Solutions for Pregnancy with Miranda
Castro
Pre-Natal Homeopathy
Care for Moms
How to use homeopathy
to ease some of the
common complaints of pregnancy
Miranda Castro FSHom, CCH
May 12, 2014
Who am I?
! I’m a mom (or mum) and a granny
! An edible gardener and an avid cook
! A homeopathic healer
! A writer and a teacher
! A software developer
! I make gentle healing products that work
! Oh yes and I’m a lover of chickens
Same Book –
Different Title!
castroscompass.com
http://www.mirandacastro.com
! USA UK "
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My Previous Webinar: http://bit.ly/mcpregnancy1
A pdf of the slides: http://bit.ly/mcpregnancy1pdf
May 12, 2014
What you will learn …
! My last webinar focused on women’s basic needs in
pregnancy as well as some homeopathic solutions –
especially the biochemic cell salts.
! This webinar is less about your basic needs and
more about the remedies. Building on my last
webinar I shall expand on the complaints and the
remedies. I hope to bring a handful ot remedies to
life and make them accessible to you for the kinds
of complaints you can easily and safely treat
yourself for at home!
Your Basic Needs in Pregnancy
! Nutrition/food/fluids
–  Whole / Fresh / Enough but not too much
–  Supplements – prenatal / food grade / smoothies
–  Hydrate / Hydrate / Hydrate
! Exercise
–  Just do it! Think marathon!
–  Strength / Endurance / Flexibility
! Rest/sleep
Common Stressors in Pregnancy
! Trouble shoot like maniacs around any stressors to
minimize their impact on your health:
–  Job
–  Money
–  Moving house (try not to)
–  Relatives (including blended families)
–  Health
–  The Future/The Unknown
–  Advice from Tom, Dick and Harriet
–  As much as you need / Naps are excellent
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What is homeopathy?
May 12, 2014
How Does It Work?
! Energy medicine…holistic healing
! Developed by a German doctor 200 years ago
! Tested on health people
! Works on people of all ages and pets of all kinds
! Treats first aid and acute and chronic complaints
! Affordable, green, non-toxic
! You don’t have to believe in it for it to work
! When you see it work it’s always impressive
GOALS OF HOMEOPATHIC TREATMENT
! To stimulate the body to heal itself.
! To engender a sense of well-being.
! To increase health and vitality.
! To alleviate pain and suffering.
Check with your GP/midwife
! Always check in with your doc or midwife to make
sure your symptoms are not serious, especially if
they are persistent.
–  Some seemingly innocuous symptoms can be
indications of a more serious condition. For
example, itching in late pregnancy can be a sign
of a serious liver disorder (obstetric cholestasis),
which can lead to premature labor and an
increased risk of hemorrhage after delivery.
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Is homeopathy safe in pregnancy?
Which potency and how to take?
! Homeopathy is safe for you and your baby as long
as you use common sense and follow some basic
guidelines.
! Use low potencies—6X, 6C, 12X, 12C, 30X, or 30C—
these are nice and gentle and therefore safe for
you and your baby.
–  Take only one remedy at a time (or 2 cell salts).
–  Stop on improvement & repeat only if needed.
–  Don’t keep taking a remedy that isn’t helping.
–  Stop if you experience any worsening.
–  Treat yourself only for minor, acute symptoms.
–  Don’t treat recurring or chronic complaints –
always get expert help for these.
Monitor the effects carefully
! If a remedy definitely helps, you can repeat it if your
symptoms return—as long as it continues to help.
! Stop and start it as needed using your symptoms as
a guide for repeating it.
! If your symptoms keep returning and especially if
you don’t feel better in yourself then the
homeopathic remedy is only working superficially
and you need to choose a different remedy or seek
professional advice.
! Keep notes – for every single remedy you take or
give. I’m not even kidding!
! Take the remedy for a short period of time and
monitor the results carefully. The right remedy will
work fairly quickly in an acute situation.
–  6X: take 3 to 4 times a day for up to a week
–  6C or 12X: take 2 to 3 times daily for up to 5 days
–  12C, 30X, or 30C: take once or twice daily for up
to 3 days i.e. no more than 6 doses.
Common Complaints
! Aches & pains:
! Heartburn
–  joints in general
! Hemorrhoids
–  back in general
! Insomnia
–  ligament/groin pains ! Morning sickness
! Anemia
! Emotional stresses:
! Braxton Hicks
–  Anxiety
! Constipation
–  Fear
! Cramps
! Fatigue
–  ‘Emotional’
! Restless legs
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Quick Symptom Look up Chart
Aconite (Acon.)
FEAR
about baby
First signs
acute illness
SHOCK
Restless &
not at all OK’
Arnica (Arn.)
BRUISED
Aching
Active baby
Overdid it
Injury
Says ‘I’m OK’
Bellis perennis (Bell-p.)
BRUISED Aching
– beyond Arnica
SOFT Tissues
Worse
TOUCH
Abdominal/back
Ligaments (round)
GROIN pains
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Calcarea carbonica (Calc.)
Caulophyllum (Caul.)
Anxious – worries
about everything
Braxton Hick’s
Clammy
Sweaty
Sluggish
Pica
Chilly
Cimicifuga (Cimi.)
Coffea (Coff.)
Deep gloom
Overexcitement
with Sighing
Over-excitable
Abdominal pains
– fly about
Back and Joint
Pains (any)
Restless and
Excitable
Joint Pains
(small joints)
Late
Baby
Insomnia
Sensitive to
noise
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Ignatia (Ign.)
Ferrum met. (Ferr.)
SAD &
SIGHING
MOODY
PALE
(face, lips, gums)
Flushes and
Perspires easily
No appetite & feels
full quickly
Aimlessly
Restless
Worse/sensitive
smoke and coffee
Holds feelings
inside
Contradictory
symptoms
Lycopodium (Lyc.)
Ipecacuanha (Ip.)
Irritable &
Anxious
Dread ordeal
Deathly Nausea
with salivation
Bloated &
Gassy
Clean Tongue
Vulnerable
Nothing helps
even vomiting
Big appetite
Quickly full
Worse
4-8 pm
Craves Sweets
esp. Chocolate
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Nux vomica (Nux-v.)
Mercurius (Merc.)
Mercurius vivus or Mercurius solubilis (same remedy)
Irritable and (over)
sensitive
RESTLESS
Burning
pains
Worse heat
and cold
Worse at
night
Worse cold
anything
Tense & cannot
relax
Pulsatilla (Puls.)
‘Pre menstrual’
Weepy/Depressed
Wants company
Changeable
everything
No thirst
Over sensitive
to everything
Worse mornings
Sepia (Sep.)
‘Pre menstrual’
Irritable/Weepy/Depressed
Wants to be alone
Better
fresh air
Worse rich fatty
foods
Heavy / Saggy
No appetite
(except sour)
Better ‘exercise’
Better eating
(temporarily)
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Zincum (met)
RESTLESS
LEGS
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REMINDERS
! Do not self prescribe for chronic complaints.
! It is always advisable to seek professional advice for
long-standing complaints.
! Check with your homeopath before self-prescribing.
Remedies have relationships with one another, and it is a
shame to take a remedy that inadvertently counteracts
the effects of a remedy that has worked well.
Worn out
and trembly
Twitchy
muscles/lids
Caulophyllum: when not to take
! Let your homeopath know if you are planning on taking
the cell salt pregnancy program.
–  http://bit.ly/mcpregnancy1
Caulophyllum: when to take
! Do not take routinely
! Annoying Braxton Hicks contractions.
! Do not take in the last weeks or months of
pregnancy unless prescribed by a professional
homeopath (other health care professionals
including doctors and chiropractors may
enthusiastically embrace homeopathy and make
misguided recommendations)
! If induction is threatened because you are late for
dates take as follows:
! Do not take unless indicated
–  One dose every 4 hours for up to two days. If it
doesn't work, either you or your baby aren’t
ready to be born or the dates are wrong.
! If early labor is slow, contractions are short,
ineffective or stop, before they become very
painful. With exhaustion and trembling.
–  One dose every 1-4 hours for up to 6 doses.
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Cell Salts for Simple Anemia/Fatigue
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Cell Salt for Simple Cramps
! Calc-phos 6X alternating with Ferr-phos 6X
! Mag-phos 6X
! Mild anemia
! Dissolve 4 tablets in a cup of warm water (not hot!)
and sip frequently.
–  Calc phos in the morning (on waking)
–  Ferrum phos at night (at bedtime)
! More serious anemia
! Repeat twice a day (if the cramps are at night/in
bed) or as needed.
–  Calc phos in the morning and mid-afternoon
–  Ferrum phos at night and mid-day
Cell Salt for Acidity/Indigestion
Cell Salt for Exhaustion/Insomnia
! Nat-phos 6X
! Kali-phos 6X
! Take 2-4 times a day if a bit ‘acidic’.
! Take 2-4 times a day if generally exhausted and
having a hard time sleeping.
! In addition take every 5-30 minutes depending on
the severity of the acidity symptoms for up to 6
doses.
! In addition take at bedtime – every 5-30 minutes
until you fall asleep.
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Aches & pains
! Back aches/pain—especially lower back.
! Feet aching/pain—especially after standing on
them for any length of time.
! Abdominal pain—from active babies, and
especially from ligaments stretching.
! Joint pains—from hormonal activity and extra
weight (hips/knees).
Arnica & Bellis perennis
! Arnica
! Sore and bruised and worse for touch
! Bellis Perennis
! Pains not helped by Arnica
! Stretched ligaments esp. the groin
! My Joint and Muscle Cream works for everyday
aches and pains
Braxton Hicks Contractions
! Caulophyllum (Caul.)
–  Sharp pains coming and going esp. in back and
lower abdomen
! Cimicifuga (Cimi.)
–  Shooting pains fly about the abdomen (and
back)
! Pulsatilla (Puls.)
–  Lots of pains but no baby – mother is in a
Pulsatilla state. And/or the baby is late!
Constipation
! Lycopodium
–  Tremendous gas/bloating. Feels full up quickly.
–  Anxious and irritable. Especially anticipatory.
! Nux vomica
–  With hard stool and frequent, ineffectual urging.
–  Irritable (physical/emotional) and irritable.
! Sepia
–  Sheep dung, or large stool or strains with soft stool
–  Lump sensation after stool.
–  Depressed (apathetic) and snappy.
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Cramps
! Calcarea carbonica
–  In calves, feet or toes on stretching leg in bed
(sleep) at night.
! Nux vomica
–  Cramps from physical (and emotional) tension
! Magnesium phosphoricum (cell salt)
–  Better heat and pressure. Worse cold.
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Emotional ‘States’
! Fear of the birth, of death: Aconite
! Anxiety about everything: Calcarea
! Anxiety about upcoming ordeals: Lycopodium
! Depressed with black cloud: Cimicifuga
! Depressed and irritable: Sepia
! Depressed and weepy: Pulsatilla
! Depressed and hiding feelings: Ignatia
! Irritability and irritable: Nux vomica
! Irritable and anxious: Lycopodium
Fatigue
! Tired and anemic: Ferrum
! Tired and twitchy/restless: Zincum
! Tired and breathless: Calcarea
! Tired and saggy: Sepia
Heartburn
! Mercurius (Merc.)
–  With belching and hiccups, worse at night.
! Lycopodium (Lyc.)
–  With tremendous gas and bloating.
! Nux vomica (Nux-v.)
–  From overeating or eating the wrong foods.
! Natrum phosphoricum (Nat-p.)
–  Tremendous acidity – with yellow tongue.
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Hemorrhoids
Insomnia
! Coffea – cannot fall asleep
! Lycopodium
–  Bleeding, external, large – with constipation
–  Painful when sitting
! Nux vomica
–  Bleeding, itching, large – with constipation
–  Better cold bathing
! Sepia
–  External – from previous pregnancies
–  sleepless from thoughts/excitement, good news
! Ignatia
–  sleepless from any emotional stress especially
loss, disappointment, shock, unexpressed feelings
! Nux vomica – cannot fall asleep after waking
–  sleepless from mental strain, overwork, over
anything, aggravation or an over-active mind
–  Incredibly painful during and after a stool
Morning sickness
! Ipecac
–  Constant/deathly – relieved by nothing.
–  With salivation. Clean tongue
! Nux vomica
–  Constant – with salivation, retching (can’t vomit)
Water retention
! Natrum sulphuricum
–  Swollen legs/ankles with no other symptoms
! Natrum muriaticum
–  Swollen legs/ankles in women who are craving
(and eating) too much salt/salty foods.
–  Worse after eating. Better for vomiting.
! Sepia
–  Intermittent. Gnawing/empty feeling in stomach.
–  Better after eating (temporarily).
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Shopping!
Floradix
Aesculus, Hamamelis & Paeonia Cream
For hemorrhoids and
varicose veins.
Helios Creams are fabulous.
They have been
meticulously produced in
the UK by Britain's leading
homeopathic pharmacy
using only the finest quality
organic tinctures and
natural plant-based
ingredients.
Floradix is a clever
non-chemical,
vegetarian, food
and herb-based
formula that boosts
iron without causing
side effects like
constipation.
There are different
versions and sizes.
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My Healing Cream for Joints/Muscles
For achy joints or
muscles anywhere!
May 12, 2014
Calms Forte
bit.ly/mcscars
A clever formula that
includes Arnica and
Rhus tox which helps
any aches or pains
that are worse for first
movement and
better for heat and
continued
movement.
My Healing Cream for Scars
It works!
On stretch marks as
well as episiotomy
and c-section scars.
It’s non-toxic – there
are no parabens, no
sulphates, And
there’s no lanolin or
beeswax either.
It’s deliciously smooth
and non-sticky!
bit.ly/mcscars
Castro’s Pregnancy & Baby Kit
$149.00 (value $292)
Special offer includes
a signed copy of my
mother and baby book!
This is a great kit with
full-size (160 tablet)
bottles.
Remedies: Aconite, Arnica, Arsenicum, Belladonna, Bellis
perennis, Borax, Bryonia, Calc carb, Caulophyllum, Chamomilla,
China, Coffea, Colocynthis, Dioscorea, Gelsemium, Kali carb,
Kali mur, Kali phos, Mag phos, Nitric acid, Phosphoric acid,
Phytolacca, Pulsatilla, Sepia, Silica, Staphysagria, Stramonium
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Same Book – Different Title!
May 12, 2014
Tests & Treatments in General
! Pregnant women—especially first timers—are
vulnerable because they want to do the best for
their babies and tend to agree to tests and
treatments they might otherwise question.
! In pregnancy a little hesitation goes a long way.
! Blood and urine tests etc.
–  Learn what’s normal for pregnant women.
! Dental treatments: complete before pregnancy.
–  Avoid x-rays and fluoride treatments.
#  USA
UK "
! Ultrasounds
–  Homeopath Lauren Feder: http://bit.ly/Pok0rE
Herbs
! Herbs are medicines. Some herbs are more
medicinal than others.
! Don’t take medicinal herbs during pregnancy
without professional advice.
! Take just what you need and no more. Stop on
improvement and repeat as needed.
! Don’t take anything because your friend did and it
helped her or because you read about it on the
internet.
! American Pregnancy Association recommends:
http://bit.ly/PKuKPP
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Vaccinations
! The CDC are recommending pertussis (Tdap) and
(inactivated) flu shots for pregnant women.
May 12, 2014
What is homeopathic thinking?
! Softly softly. Less is more (except for love & exercise!)
–  Flu vaccine safety/pregnancy 1.usa.gov/QKv8xc
! Take as much of the whole picture into account as
possible, when doing or thinking about anything.
–  Flu vaccine effectiveness: 1.usa.gov/RJ9Ww7
! Reduce stressors:
You’ll want to read both sides of the ‘story’ in order
to make an informed decision.
–  Dr Mercola has a lot to say bit.ly/Rwq9GN
–  Lauren Feder advises caution bit.ly/OigZLz
–  Environmental, medical, physical, emotional etc.
! Get your basic needs met.
! Be proactive. Get informed. Become an active
participant in your own health care.
! Scope out the territory if it’s new to you … preferably
with a knowledgeable guide.
Additional Bits ‘n’ Bobs
! My Additional Handouts: http://cl.ly/VUSm
–  My article on homeopathy in pregnancy
discussing Caulophyllum and Arnica/Bellis.
–  The NCH’s beautiful brochure
! My mini videos and webinars: bit.ly/mcvidswebs
! My articles – scroll down for a few articles of mine
on homeopathy in pregnancy: bit.ly/QCI8u2
! Thank you! Happy everything!!!
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