Materia Medica Minute: Aconite

What weather we’re having! 

I wanted to take a minute and offer some advice on what to do during the current weather we’re experiencing both today and last night here in the Austin area. It’s a cold, dry, north wind blowing in. Torrential wind, even, which started last evening.

If you or your child is experiencing symptoms that just cropped up during this time, consider trying the homeopathic remedy “Aconite.”

Here are some indications for one of our great homeopathic remedies. Symptoms helped by Aconite are ones that come on very suddenly, and with great intensity, often causing anxiety or fear in the one experiencing the symptom/s. Usually the intensity of the symptom comes on from exposure to cold, dry winds blowing in from the north (among other factors). Often there is an accompanying high fever that spiked quickly with the symptoms.

Aconite can be helpful for any organ system, but more commonly it’s useful for people experiencing the beginning stages of a croup-type cough, a sore throat, ear infection, or even influenza, where the symptoms are intense and came on with rapid onset, especially if there is great anxiety and fear with having the symptoms.

So, Austin, here is your “Materia Medica Minute” on an extremely helpful and far-reaching remedy, Aconite, and how it could help if you or a loved one just started experiencing symptoms over the past 12-18 hours here in the Austin area where some very cold, dry winds are blowing in from our friends up north.

In good health,
Noel