Boosting the Constitution

Had a press release from Sourcewire today about the benefits of drinking water, and it got me thinking about our general health as we have all been in the wars or under the weather lately, Cecily is particular! In fact I had a phone call from her allergy homeopath yesterday just checking that the treatments that she prescribed last month to treat Cecily’s tree pollen allergy (constant sneezing poor love, for about a week before we managed to get on top of it). Obviously we had treated it with conventional hayfever treatments (first one didn’t work; second one did), but I wanted to make sure it was dealt with, rather than just suppressed.

Arlene Smith was great, and yes the homeopathic remedies had worked a treat, even her general stuffed up nose had gone, which was a bonus, but it got me thinking about Cecily’s general health as she seems to have had one thing after another since last year and she told me yesterday that she has verrucas, which are a sign of a slightly depressed immune system.

I think it is the overall stress of starting secondary school, and us having been practically homeless last year, plus adding a puppy to the family, fracturing her collarbone, and now she has SATS coming up after half term (although goodness knows how she’ll cope when she can’t use her right hand!), so with the nudge from the press release fresh in my mind, I am resolved to take her back to the homeopath and see if we can’t give her constitution a boost, plus start adding lots more garlic to my cooking and make her my special ‘medicine in a bowl’ chicken soup at least once a week.

That will help Felice and I too, we’ve both been very tired lately, and the stress and upheaval of Cecily’s collarbone and adding a new puppy to the family probably has been at the root of our fatigue, so early nights, lots of water, chicken soup and extra garlic is the prescription!