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Calendula officinalis, the common pot marigold, is a bright orange flower long used in homeopathy and traditional skin care. It is most associated with minor grazes, chapped or irritated skin...

Belladonna, prepared homeopathically from the deadly nightshade plant, is a classic remedy associated with sudden, intense, hot and throbbing states. In homeopathic practice people traditionally reach for it when there...

Rhus toxicodendron, often shortened to Rhus tox, is a homeopathic remedy made from poison ivy. It is best known for the classic picture of stiffness that eases with movement, so...

Homeopathic dilution is the step-by-step process of diluting a starting substance in water or alcohol and shaking it vigorously at each stage. Homeopaths call this potentization and believe it shapes...

Traumeel is a multi-ingredient homeopathic preparation that combines botanicals and minerals such as arnica, calendula and chamomilla. Rather than blocking one pathway the way a single drug does, it is...

PNEI stands for psychoneuroendocrinoimmunology, a research field that studies how the mind, nervous system, hormones and immune system constantly communicate as one connected network. The simple takeaway is that these...

Arnica montana is a yellow mountain flower long used in homeopathy and traditional first aid. It is most associated with bumps, bruises and the muscle soreness that follows a fall,...

Low-dose immunotherapy, or LDI, introduces very small, carefully prepared amounts of a substance to encourage the immune system to respond more calmly to it over time. The idea is to...

Potentization is the homeopathic process of preparing a remedy through repeated stepwise dilution combined with vigorous shaking, and succussion is the name for that shaking. At each stage the material...

Arnica montana is a mountain flower used for generations for bumps, bruises and the soreness of overexertion. In homeopathic and traditional practice it is associated with helping the body settle...

Homaccord, Compositum and Injeel are naming conventions used mainly by German homeopathic manufacturers to signal how a remedy is formulated. In broad terms, they indicate combination remedies built from several...

Isopathy is an approach related to homeopathy in which a remedy is prepared from the same or a closely similar agent thought to be connected to a problem, then diluted...