4 WAYS TO CATCH A COLD: Why there’s a choice of homeopathic remedies for colds Homeopathy and conventional Western medicine are very different when it comes to explaining why you get sick, and how best to manage symptoms. In Western medicine a cold’s a cold; thinking homeopathically a cold can take many forms: There’s the “is it a cold or is it hay fever?” type of cold: lots of sneezing, watery eyes, runny nose, feeling a bit weak and struggling to keep your eyes open; feeli

This post compares how our body's defences against illness work when pharmaceutical products are taken to suppress symptoms, and when homeopathy is used to support the body to heal.How to make best use of your body's natural defencesWhen I was a child the standard treatment for chicken pox was bed rest for 2 weeks. 2 weeks! And someone could easily be off school for a week with a nasty cold. Were we sicker then? I doubt it. Was the pace of life different? Quite probably. In t