Just because winter is right around the corner doesn’t mean it’s time to sit on the couch. Now is the best time to get active! The weather is cooler and usually less humid. It’s the perfect time to work up a sweat. Whether it is a fun day at the park, a new exercise program, or participation in a community or sports event, fall is the perfect opportunity to get active!
Hopefully, injuries will not be a factor as you workout or play your way to better health. However, if an injury does occur, consider NEWTON homeopathics® Accident-Injury Rescue. I have discussed this complex in prior articles. Arnica on Steroids – NOT discusses the single remedies included in the Accident-Injury Rescue for different types of injuries.
As always, the remedy indications cited in this article are according to traditional homeopathic practice and not based on double-blind randomized studies funded by pharmaceutical companies. According to the Federal Trade Commission, there is no scientific-medical evidence that homeopathy works. However, if interested, please refer to the American Institute of Homeopathy (AIH). AIH houses approximately 6,000 research studies on homeopathy.
Calendula is included as indicated for open wounds, Ruta for tendons, Symphytum for bones, Echinacea for burns, Ledum for puncture wounds, Hypericum for nerves, and Staphysagria for muscles. It even includes Aconitum which is best known for chills preceding a fever. In this formula, it is included as it is indicated for fear.
Don’t let an accident catch you unprepared. It is said, “Stay ready so you don’t have to get ready.” Keep a bottle of NEWTON homeopathics® Accident-Injury Rescue in your medicine cabinet, in your gym bag or backpack, and in your car. You never know when you may need it.
The NEWTON homeopathics® Cell Salts complex is a formulation that includes all twelve of Schuessler’s cell salts. The use of cell salts, often referred to as Schuessler’s salts or tissue salts, was established by a German doctor by the name of Wilhelm Schuessler. He believed that there are 12 inorganic mineral compounds that are vital for cellular health. He argued that a deficiency in any one of these 12 cell salts is thought to be the source of any variety of health issues and believed that providing the missing minerals to the tissues corrects that deficiency/imbalance, and so eliminates the illness. Trusting that a deficiency of one salt may indicate a deficiency of other salts, NEWTON homeopathics® Cell Salts combines all 12 cell salts in one handy complex.
Please consider reading my article, Cell Salts – For Athletes, Old Folks, and Anybody in Between for more information on this amazing complex. My son, who is a professional athlete, engages in intense training and workouts, depleting his vitality. He uses the NEWTON homeopathics® Cell Salts complex as part of his regimen, along with chiropractic adjustments, massage, and additional NEWTON homeopathics® complexes such as Muscle Ease, Sports Recovery, and Leg Cramps-Swelling. Consider the NEWTON homeopathics® Cell Salts complex for any situation in which depletion of vitality is a component such as intense workouts, marathons, for the elderly, or those compromised by chronic illness.
The NEWTON homeopathics® Sports Recovery complex is formulated for workout recovery and symptoms associated with injury, overexertion, and emotional distress. Arnica, Hamamelis, and Bellis perennis are indicated for soreness. Ledum, Rhus tox, and Bryonia are indicated for stiffness. Calendula is indicated for muscle pain and Chamomilla and Gelsemium are indicated for cramps. Apis is specifically indicated for soreness after overexertion. Ruta is indicated for fatigue following prolonged exercise and Staphysagria is indicated for extremities that feel beaten and painful. Sports Recovery contains Lacticum acidum, which is homeopathically prepared lactic acid and is indicated for trembling sharp pains, and swelling in joints. According to WebMD, “Lactic acidosis caused by intense exercise is usually temporary. It happens when too much acid builds up in your bloodstream.”
Although the NEWTON homeopathics® Muscle Ease complex can also be given for sore muscles, it does not contain Lacticum acidum. NEWTON homeopathics® Swimmers Friend does contain Lacticum acidum and also contains remedies specifically for exposure to water pollutants such as pool chemicals and exposure to saltwater. For example, it contains Arnica, Antimonium tartaricum, and Nux vomica for eye irritation and Chelidonium and Ruta graveolens for the skin. Calcarea carbonica is included and indicated for when ‘worse from working in water’.
Even though you may find some commonality between the NEWTON homeopathics® complexes discussed here, each complex is formulated for a specific condition. If you are a runner, play football/baseball/basketball, or are an exercise enthusiast, carry the Sports Recovery and the Accident-Injury Rescue in your duffle bag. If you are a swimmer, carry the Swimmers Friend and Accident-Injury Rescue. If you are lifting weights, consider the NEWTON homeopathics® Muscle Ease and Accident-Injury Rescue complexes. And all of you, consider taking the NEWTON homeopathics® Cell Salts complex once a day on a routine basis.
Stock up on these complexes before you need them. Add Swimmers Friend, Muscle Ease, and Leg Cramps-Swelling if appropriate and if you don’t already have them on hand. Remember, NEWTON homeopathics® complexes do not expire.
