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Question by CandyCloud: I drank alcohol while taking homeopathic medicine, now what?
I wasnt supposed to as i now read that “Do not smoke, chew tobacco, and drink alcohol while you are taking homeopathic medicines, as it may have nullifying effects on the medicines.”

The reason why i’m taking this kind of medicine is because i’m 18 and my menstrual cycle isn’t regular. I mean my period came twice in may and i haven’t had a period ever since.
Will alcohol affect my homeopathic treatment? I only drank like one littre of beer..

And also, what can i do for my cycle?? If i take contraceptive pills will it get regular?
Is my unregular cycle the reason why i still have acne, and will the pill help?
Please answer!!!!!

Best answer:

Answer by Ron W
heomeopathic medicine is nothing but a placebo

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Stop Smoking Naturally | Find Out Which Natural Herbs Help you Quit Smoking and Why!

 

Stop smoking naturally and finally conquer your tobacco addiction. As hard as it is to quit smoking, you can stop smoking now and stay cigarette free for life! In order to beat your addiction you need the proper tools and treatment to help you successfully stop smoking. It’s imperative for you to understand that no matter how much control you exert over your physical addiction, if you are not placing an equal amount of attention on the emotional aspect of your cigarette smoking habit your chances for success will be very low.

Before we get into some of the natural stop smoking treatment ingredients and why they work to help you quit smoking, let’s identify some of the actions you can take to begin training your mind to become smoke free.

When you first stop smoking, you must be prepared to combat a STRONG mental urge to smoke. In the first 24 hours it seems that you are fighting an uphill battle that will never be won. Do NOT let your mind convince you that you can’t quit smoking! You CAN stop smoking! Be very mindful that – from day 1 – when you think you want a cigarette to tell yourself something along the lines of: I feel like I want a cigarette, and I don’t want to be a smoker so I can CHOOSE not to smoke.

Tip #1 – Rehydrate: When your desire is high and you are working hard to convince yourself that you don’t need to smoke, try drinking a tall glass of cold water or orange juice using the hand with which you used to smoke. The sipping of the water (or juice) will equate in your mind to the raising of your hand to your mouth as you did when you smoked. Using the hand with which you no longer have to smoke cigarettes will help your mind learn new associations with ‘break time.’

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Tip #2 – Mind Power: Additional mind powering techniques will go a long way, too, such as envisioning the liquid providing a real healthful benefit to your body that cigarettes never could.

Tip # 3 – Reach Out: If none of this works for you, get on the phone! Call a person you trust (a non-smoker) to talk you through the addiction. Again…Use the hand with which you used to smoke to hold the phone while you talk. Feel free to pace if you have to.

Most smokers are only able to successfully stop smoking by combating both factors of their smoking addiction: Mental and physical. Here are some of the most effective active ingredients in homeopathic stop smoking treatments that help you stop smoking naturally.

Aconitum Napellus

Aconitum Napellus is also called Wolfsbane, and it is a perennial native mainly to the northern portion of the globe. In its purest form, Aconite is a hallucinogen with alkaloid properties that affect the body much like mushrooms or LSD. In its diluted form, however, there are a multitude of health promoting benefits such as pain relief, reduction of anxiety, decrease in chest pains caused by coughing, and insomnia. These are all physical symptoms of withdrawals from nicotine that take place when you stop smoking.

Avena Oat

Avena is a class of oats that has been long recognized as an effective cure for increased tension, hysteria, and withdrawal symptoms from opium addiction. Addiction to opium is much like addiction to nicotine. When you quit smoking your body is forced to re-establish its own ability to produce vital neurological chemicals that help provide physical and emotional stability. It is this state of ‘raw nervousness’ that makes it virtually impossible to quit smoking without a treatment to help you stop smoking naturally.

Black Spruce

Black Spruce is actually another name for Abies Nigra, which is also used as a homeopathic ingredient to minimize anxiety and restlessness. Additionally, this natural herb is known for its ability to relieve coughing. This is an important natural stop smoking medication because the first 4-6 weeks after you stop smoking your smoker’s cough will most likely get worse. Don’t worry, though; as uncomfortable as it is, it’s just your lungs performing a natural cleansing process that will help you significantly decrease your chances of acquiring an obstructive pulmonary disease such as chronic bronchitis or emphysema.

Nux Vomica

At first glance, this ingredient – like Aconite – seems like a natural herb with which you’d want no part of. It is a poisonous nut that carries many of the same physical properties as Aconitum Napellus with just as many healing properties when diluted for human consumption. The largest benefit to this ingredient in natural stop smoking treatments is that it helps control your appetite that is usually dangerously high when you stop smoking. It helps you keep your weight under control while you battle your tobacco addiction.

If you need more helpful tips on how to stop smoking, please check out my profile where there is plenty of information with more on the way.

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Question by Ale BB: I get a cold EVERY other week since February!!!?
I take multivitamins for women, I take vitamin C and Zinc. I do Bikram yoga 3 times a week and walk everywhere. I sleep at least 6-9 hours a night. I eat healthy, fruits, salads, chicken, sushi, lentils, vegetables, etc…
I am a single mother of a 3 year old, I work full time, I am a singer and work late nights 3-4 nights a week, I live in Mexico City (have lived here for two years)… I smoke (tobacco) every once and a while, but not regularly.
I have been getting terrible colds literally almost every other week since February of this year. Different types, losing my voice, hurting to swallow, weak body, NO FEVER, and always MUCUS. Sometimes the mucus is an orange juice color. Sometimes I have pain in my ears. I have taken antibiotics, gone to an acupuncturist, tried homeopathy…
I AM STARTING TO GO CRAZY!!
HELP PLEASE

Best answer:

Answer by kc.
You probably haven’t been getting the right vitamins or stuff. Plus smoking weakens your immune system, which isn’t good & that will cause you to get sick.

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Question by Oli: Can you answer Charles Darwin Trivia Quiz?
Do you know the answer to any of these questions?????
1) Charles’s Wife, Emma, was a keen and accomplished pianist. From whom did she once receive piano lessons?
A) Fryderyk Chopin
B) Hector Berlioz
C) Franz Liszt

2) When Charles and Emma were first married, they lived in a house in Gower Street, London (now the site of a UCL biology building). What was their nickname for the house?
A) Maer Mansions
B) Macaw Cottage
C) The Boxrooms

3) Which of the following people was NOT left handed?
A) Erasmus Darwin (Charles’s grandfather)
B) Charles Darwin himself
C) Emma Darwin (Charles wife)

4) Observation of which of the following Galapagos animals first suggested to Darwin that species were not immutable?
A) Giant tortoises
B) Finches
C) Mockingbirds

5) The concept of evolution was incorporated into a Victorian Children’s story was it?
A) The Water Babies by the Reverend Charles Kingsley (1863)
B) Fated to be free by Jean Ingelow (1875)
C) The princess and the Goblin by the Reverend George MacDonald (1872)

6) In Emma Darwin’s book of recipes, only one recipe was contributed by Charles, Which one was it?
A) Apple Compote
B) Boiled Rice
C)Pheasant with plum sauce

7) Which ready-made sauce did Emma Darwin portably not have in her kitchen?
A) Worcestershire Sauce
B) Mushroom Ketchup
C) Soy Sauce
The Darwin’s were keen to adopt modern technology. Which of the following was Emma uneasy about however?
A) The Bicycle
B) Photography
C) Chloroform to ease childbirth

9) On 6 April 1882 Darwin’s last publication, a letter about a beetle, appeared in the journal Nature. Who had found the unusual beetle and sent it to Darwin?
A) Francis Crick’s grandfather, Walter Crick
B) Rosalind Franklin’s grandfather, Arthur Ellis Franklin
C) Charles Darwin’s botanist son, Francis

10) About where did Darwin write that he: “never wished to walk again in so an uninviting country?”
A) The Falkland Islands
B) Australia
C) New Zealand

11) When Darwin first attended Cambridge University, there were no rooms available in college for him. Where did he live?
A) Above a fish-and-chip shop
B) Above and Inn
C) Above a tobacconist’s shop

12) Darwin became a member of a pigeon-fanciers’ club in Borough Road, London. What was the members’ nickname for him?
A) The Almighty
B) The Squire
C) Philos

13) How long did it take Darwin to write On the Origins of Species?
A) 12 months and 5 days
B) 13 months and 10 days
C) 11 months and 3 days

14) What did Charles Darwin typically do when his wife and children went to church?
A) He went for a walk
B) He stayed at home and smoked cigars
C) He joined them in the family pew

15) The Darwin family butler was called:
A) James Brodie
B) John Lewis
C) Joseph Parslow

16) In 1859, Queen Victoria considered bestowing a knighthood on Charles Darwin. Who objected to this and so stopped the honour from being granted?
A) The Bishop of Oxford, Samuel Wilberforce
B) The Prime Minister, Lord Palmerston
C) The Archbishop of Canterbury, John Bird Sumner

17) What was unusual about the village school in Downe that Darwin’s supported?
A) Science formed part of the curriculum
B) No religious instructions at all were permitted there
C) The girls were taught carpentry

18) Charles Darwin tried many quack treatments for his chronic illness, but remained vehemently critical of the following three. Which of them did he once try, however?
A) Homeopathy
B) Clairvoyance
C) Mesmerism

19) What object was formed the handle of Charles Darwin’s walking stick
A) A sea shell
B) A large glass marble set in brass holder
C) A human skull carved in Ivory

20) Which of the following sports did Charles Darwin never play?
A) Football
B) Cricket
C) Ice Hockey
Well done for answering:
1A
4B
5C
6B
9A
10B
15C
19C
Got any ideas for:
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Thanks so far for your help

Best answer:

Answer by Monty
6. B
The publication in 1859 of On the Origin of Species, a book whose enunciation of the theory of how man evolved from animals rocked religious beliefs to their foundations and shook the scientific thinking of a century and beyond. The collection also contains photographs of Darwin and his family, newspaper clippings, reviews of his books, boyhood notes on birds and proofs of On the Origin of Species. Other material sheds light on Victorian family life, including a recipe for boiling rice scrawled in Darwin’s handwriting. There is also a memorandum on marriage, which he wrote in 1838.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-news/3340010/Charles-Darwins-theory-of-evolution-drafts-go-online.html

19 C
A 19th century whalebone walking stick with skull pommel in ivory with green glass eyes, once owned by Charles Darwin.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/spl/hi/pop_ups/07/health_the_wellcome_collection/html/11.stm

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NaturalCare LungSaver for Healthy Clear Lungs, 60 Capsules

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Zero Nicotine Anti-Smoking Patch

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The proprietary herbal formulation in ZERO NICOTINE Patch contains ingredients that act as natural substitutes for nicotine; thereby satisfying the body’s craving for this substance, without all the negative side effects of patches containing the actual drug, nicotine. The all-natural ingredients will make you crave fewer cigarettes each day. This gradual process allows you to quit with no withdrawal symptoms and requires less willpower and effort on your part.

After analyzing many applicable studies and products currently sold on the market, we have developed a revolutionary formula, found in ZERO NICOTINE Patch, which offers smoking cessation in a very short period. Withdrawal symptoms will be milder due to the all-natural nicotine substitute, which helps you shake the nicotine habit gradually, with less physical and emotional stress. Furthermore, to help you through the process, ZERO NICOTINE’s herbal formulation helps decrease the anxiety and depression that affect most people who are trying to quit smoking.

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The patch application method allows the active ingredients to penetrate the skin and reach the bloodstream faster and more conveniently than any other method. Other methods, such as pills or lozenges, must be taken several times per day, since they lose many of their active ingredients as they are processed by stomach acid, minimizing their effectiveness. The revolutionary patch system eliminates the need to remember to take pills. Simply apply a new ZERO NICOTINE Patch every three days. It’s that easy!

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Question by Prime: erectile dysfunction – suggestions?
I am 55, pure veg, no drink, no smoke, no diabetic, but have high blood pressure for the last 25 years and on allopathy medicines due to which i have developed erectile dysfunction for the last one year.
Need guidance- or medicines with no side effects, ayurvedic, homeopathy, naturopathy, diet cure and lastly allopathy – thanks

Best answer:

Answer by cavsargetank
Go talk to your doctor, He or She can adjust your medications.

I eat meat, smoke, have two alcoholic beverages a year and have the the opposite problem of priapism (spelling) still naturally occuring at 57. Doctors have told me to be happy about it. So still, While it is apparent that people are different and medications affect people in different ways. Finding the right combination for you requires some expert experimentation to resolve your problem. go see a doctor if it bothers you or the one you are with. In the meantime take up a hobby that you enjoy.

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Natrabio Stop-It Smoking Anti-Craving Lozenges, 36 Homeopathic Lozenges

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Stop-it Smoking Anti-Craving Lounceenges help to reduce tobacco cravings and help calm nervous tension. Stop it Smoking is a non-addictive homeopathic combination formula that decreases craving for cigarettes and tobacco while supporting the nervous system by easing nervous tension and moodiness often accompanied by abstinence from tobacco. Reduces tobacco cravings. Calms nervous tension. Relieves irritability.

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Smoke Deter Review | An Honest Quit Smoking Review of Smoke Deter Natural Stop Smoking Spray

 

A smoke deter review is what helped me finally quit smoking in my last attempt to stop smoking cigarettes for life. I had heard about Smoke Deter stop smoking spray through a variety of channels online and through friends, and when I took the time to investigate its potential to help me stop smoking, I was highly intrigued. Smoke Deter is a homeopathic stop smoking treatment that has won the vote of recovered smokers as the best stop smoking aid on the market.

I had tried to recover from nicotine addiction in the past using various other smoking cessation treatments with no long-term success. Perhaps failure to stop smoking cigarettes for good was partly due to my lack of willingness to commit to smoking behavior modification techniques suggested to me by my support system and online resources. Having been previously unable to stop smoking cigarettes may also have been a result of my chosen stop smoking treatments. I, personally, found it somewhat self-defeating to use nicotine to recover from nicotine. When it came time to step down or graduate from treatment completely, I was still holding on to my tobacco addiction in ways I was yet to understand.

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Smoke Deter stop smoking spray works differently than standard smoking cessation products. Upon evaluation of my first Smoke Deter review, I began to understand how the natural ingredients used in this homeopathic stop smoking aid would help me on more levels than simply battling nicotine cravings. There are a wide variety of herbs that have been documented by the Homeopathic Materia Medica as plants that provide valid healing properties to the body that help tremendously in the recovery from tobacco addiction.

When I began my stop smoking recovery plan with Smoke Deter, I was utterly amazed at the ease of my first 24 hours after I quit smoking. Not to say that it was easy to deal with…But to say that it was easier than every other historic attempt to stop smoking. One of the most profound differences I was experiencing when I stopped smoking with Smoke Deter was the absolute control I felt over my appetite. I wasn’t as inclined to eat as I had been in the past when I tried to quit smoking.

Another impressive fact of the review of my Smoke Deter recovery was that I found myself in less agitation than I would normally experience in the first few days of not smoking cigarettes. I reacted more calmly to events that would generally cause me stress; and my mind was beginning to know clarity like never before!

My personal review of Smoke Deter is of an extremely positive nature. I am grateful everyday for the presence of the web for allowing me the opportunity to see the Smoke Deter review that changed my life.

Question by babycake: Why do I get a flu all the time!!?
I get sick with a terrible flu every month, sometimes even TWICE a month.
I drink , I smoke, I take Perfectil vitamins, and i have a fairly normal diet.
My immune system seems like its dead.

I dont know why I get sick so often – each time curing myself with strong antibiotics, my doc said that il soon be RESISTANT to them if i take them this often.

I tried Homeopathy and Cat’s claw vitamins to boost my immune system but they were powerless.

Could it be something more serious?
Perhaps a blood infection, lukemia?

Be honest.

Best answer:

Answer by Gregory L
You have a low resistance. Start each day with some fresh citrus fruit and eat a piece of the skin the size of a Nickel. You will see a difference.

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