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Homeopathy Journal

REMEDIES FOR MERCURY TOXICITY
By Joette Calabrese, HMC, CCH, RSHom (NA)

METAL MAGIC with the term holistic, this method is a specic

We formed a circle on the kindergarten medical discipline that was widely used in the
floor awaiting our teacher’s attention. Miss US until half a century ago. It never lost favor
Miller’s “show and tells” were the best. She in lieu of drugs in England, India, France and
explained that we were to learn about a special Germany, where over 40 percent of the doctors
liquid metal called mercury. The small silver are homeopaths. It is indeed a medical discipline
balls were passed around for us to play with on in a unique category.

the linoleum oor. At ve years old everything Homeopathy uses minute amounts of plant,
is magical. animal and mineral compounds which, when
The innocence of the 1950s still plagues properly administered, stimulate the patient’s
us. Today, scientists warn us about the dangers ability to reach to its most economic function.
of mercury, and if a teacher today were to allow Homeopathy is predicated on the principle that
us to play with mercury, she would be subject to our bodies have the ability to resolve health is-
the wrath of parents and school board and cited sues when given the correct stimulus.
by the DEC. Hardly magical any more. Once homeopathy has been employed and
What about those of us who had been the suffering diminished, laboratory testing to
exposed to mercury half a century ago? And determine the amount of mercury remaining
those who have suffered its dire consequences will con rm the changes. This process often
on a day-to-day basis via dental amalgams? takes months but the reward for waiting is worth-
Consider a medical method that has a world wide while.
Once reputation with a proven record: homeopathy.
homeopathy Homeopathy has provided a way of dealing with TREATMENT OPTIONS
mercury poisoning and the likes for the last 200
Each person with mercury poisoning will
has been years. present in her own way. One, for example, will
employed Homeopathy is an intelligent form of have ataxia (a type of paralysis), another may
and the medicine that treats the person as an individual. have excessive perspiration, a swollen tongue and
Unlike modern medicine that treats symptoms, profuse saliva, while another may have memory
suffering homeopathy focuses on the individual and how loss and foggy thinking. Choosing the correct
diminished, he is physically and mentally experiencing the remedy is best left to a homeopath with solid

laboratory illness. From the homeopathic point of view, ill- credentials and experience. However for the sake
ness is expressed through the body’s innate intel-
of interest, let us examine the possibilities.
testing to ligence via symptoms. Homeopaths don’t want to The most common remedy for addressing
determine erase symptoms. Instead the goal is to use these poisoning, even at low levels, is Natrum muriati-
the amount symptoms to determine which homeopathic rem- cum 6x (Nat mur). The picture that Nat mur 6x
edy best suits the individual. The homeopathic covers is one of oversensitivity. For those who
of mercury physician rst carefully notes the symptoms and suffer around perfumes, cigarette smoke and

remaining will then looks for a match to a homeopathic remedy chemicals, particularly if mercury is associated
confirm the that has been shown to eliminate the sufferings. with their illness, Nat mur should be strongly
considered. It may take time and patience be-
This will uproot the illness.
changes. Although many confuse homeopathy fore improvement occurs, but Nat mur 6x can
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