Author: Miranda Castro
Publisher: B Jain Pub.
Year: 2010
Language: English
Pages: 399
ISBN/UPC (if available): 9788131903346
Description
From nervousness and anxiety to the effects of caffeine, allergies and long hours in the workplace, we’re bombarded with emotional and physical stress every day. This book presents inexpensive and easy-to use ways to self-treat its symptoms and to handle its causes.
Written in a clear and engaging style, it offers an introduction to homeopathy, with a focus on stress. For more than four dozen specific emotional states or physical causes of stress, Miranda Castro suggests several homeopathic treatments, with clear instructions on how to choose the most appropriate solution.
A comprehensive section describes each remedy in detail and each entry gives a clear picture of who should use it, how, and why. Homeopathic Guide to Stress is an easy-to-understand guide to safely and effectively treat the effects of stress at any time of life, from infancy to old age.
Contents
Acknowledgements
How to Use This Book
Introduction
UNDERSTANDING STRESS
What is Stress
Working with Stress
UNDERSTANDING AND USING HOMEOPATHY
What is Homeopathy
Prescribing
Sample Cases
EMOTIONAL STRESSES
Introduction
Betrayal
Boredom
Bullying
Conflict
Criticism
Depression
Disappointment
Embarrassment
Excitement
Failure
Fear
Guilt
Homesickness
Humiliation
Jealousy
Loneliness loss
Mental strain
Reprimand
Resentment
Shame
Shock
Transitions
Uncertainty
Worry
PHYSICAL STRESSES
Environmental Stresses
Everyday Stimulants and Sedatives
Food
Illness
Injury
Medication
Physical Stress and Strain
Rest, Relaxation and Sleep
Weather
HOMEOPATHIC REMEDIES
Aconitum napellus
Ambra grisea
Anacardium orientale
Asis mellifica
Argentums nitricum
Arnica Montana
Arsenicum album
Aurum metallicum
Baryta carbonica
Belladonna
Borax venata
Calcarea carbonica
Calcarea phosphorica
Capsicum
Carbo vegetabilis
Causticum
Chamomilla
Cocculus indicus
Coffea cruda
Colocynthis
Conium maculatum
Gelsemium sempervirens
Lgnatia amara
Kali phosphoricum
Natrum muriaticum
Nitricum acidum
Nux vomica
Opium
Phosphoric acid
Phosphorus
Picric acid
Pulsatilla nigricans
Sepia
Silica
Staphysagria
Stramonium
Sulphur
Tarantula Hispania
Veratrum album
Zincum metallicum
List of remedies and abbreviations
INDEXES OF STRESSES
Emotional State
Emotional Stresses
Genneral State
Physical Stresses
APPENDICES
Glossary
The Holmes and Rahe Stress Scale
Organizations
Further Reading
Index