Autumn is my favorite time of year!

Hello Everyone,

In many ways Autumn is my favorite time of year. The sun is still warm and the shades of light change each day with a rainbow of subtle colors. It is a time of transition as summer is behind us and we sense winter is ahead.

So it is predictable that as people withdraw more with colder weather, children go back to school and we spend more time in doors, our immunity can drop.

Lately I have seen a rise in the use of Bryonia alba for respiratory viruses which was the most used remedy to heal from Covid. Of course each situation had to be individualized during Covid, but more often than not Bryonia was suggested both for prophylactic use and as the genus epidemicus.

This is the concept in homeopathy that refers to the collective symptom picture of the virus as a whole. Instead of individualizing a remedy for each person, we analyze the common symptoms of many patients to identify a single remedy that is believed to be most suitable for the majority of people suffering from that particular outbreak. 

Recently I worked with someone who had many common systems of a flu or virus. I suggested Bryonia alba at the very beginning of the virus but received an answer that it didn’t help. I then went on to suggest other remedies for two days and nothing changed. Her fatigue meanwhile kept increasing to the point that she couldn’t leave her bed.

After more careful questioning, I began to focus more on the mental and emotional symptoms. When asked how she was feeling she replied, “ I don’t care about anything. I don’t know if I will even recover.” 

If you look under the Materia medica(the comprehensive reference book detailing the symptom picture, or profile, of individual homeopathic remedies) of Bryonia alba you will see the symptom, “Despair of recovery”.

In this situation this was so pronounced in the person’s mental state and the fatigue was so intense, I decided to go back to Bryonia alba.

I suggested she take a 10m Bryonia every half hour for three doses and see what happens. Bingo! Within an hour she reported back to me that something had lifted inside her emotionally and she was feeling much better. The next day her energy returned too.

Of course I was happy she was healing, but I also realized that my first instinct was correct about the remedy and I should have made sure it was “incorrect” before moving on to another remedy choice. Otherwise you can go down a blind alley not even knowing you were initially correct.

So in general if you have a flu like virus or even another kind of acute situations, it is best to make sure the remedy isn’t working before making a change. One dose or even two may not be enough time to see a change.

If you follow this general guideline of taking a remedy three times in one hour, wait an hour, and then see how you feel you should get an answer.

We live in an instant gratification world. Conventional drugs often work quickly. Homeopathy can also work quickly but sometimes it needs to unfold for the person to start moving in a healing direction. The difference is a homeopathic remedy is based on a law of nature and actually heals a person, not suppress symptoms or create more problems like allopathic medicine.

One final thought about Bryonia alba. Covid is no longer an epidemic but is endemic in the general population. It is also still most often (but not always) indicated for the symptoms of acute Covid. So it is a remedy that people will need for a long time. Be sure to take it with you whenever you travel. Covid vaccines can produce PVS (post vaccination syndrome) which Yale Univ is now studying so your best bet to stay with prevention using homeopathy.

I’m happy to report that my recent exciting two day film shoot in Montreal of Dr. Andre Saine went well and so did my shoot in Boston with Dr. Richard Moskowitz. They are both world leaders in homeopathy and interviewing them was an honor. I also did a shoot of a woman who is 101 years old who has been using homeopathy over 50 years. We are working on our next trailer which will feature Dr. Saine. Watch for it!

Please check our website for the film where you can follow the progress of this documentary.

To watch a trailer, read about my producers, or donate to the project please visit the website: https://www.gbjfilms.org

I want to give a big THANK YOU to all the people who donated via the Gofundme link to my film project.

Some people prefer to send checks or money directly(Venmo, Zelle, checks) to me and I am very grateful to receive them too.

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Be well,

Betsey

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