Winter Newsletter from Drakefield Homeopathy

39 Dryburgh Road, London SW15 1BN

There is a high probability that many of us and our families will come across swine flu at some stage over the winter months.
At Drakefield we have treated a number of patients for the symptoms of swine flu. Constitutional Treatment is the best way to strengthen your immune system so that you are less likely to catch swine flu or, if you do, your body will be better able to cope.
There are many homeopathic remedies that have been used successfully for over 100 years to treat all stages of flu.
Our advice regarding Swine Flu is that your best protection against disease comes from looking after your health generally and taking simple common-sense preventative measures.
If you have been advised that you have got swine flu we are happy to give you a telephone consultation and send out a remedy to you for a charge of £30. Phone: 020 8785 6261.

It is very important to remember that acute ailments do not just happen out of the blue; they are usually part of a much deeper chronic underlying condition. The self-healing mechanism which we all possess is always repairing and rebalancing the body and does this by protecting the most important and innermost parts of us and in doing this an acute illness of some kind can emerge. This is why it is crucial that the symptoms are not suppressed and driven back inwards (as often happens with ordinary medicine) but are cured by a homeopathic remedy going along with and encouraging the action of the natural healing energy in the body.
If you are able to use homeopathy to treat these acute diseases when they occur, you will be much stronger and healthier after the illness than before. The illness itself will be of shorter duration and the suffering much less.

It is now accepted that the importance of Vitamin D to our bodies has often been underestimated. In fact it is now sometimes considered to be the new "wonder" vitamin. A deficiency of Vitamin D can be linked to Multiple Sclerosis, cancer, especially prostate and lung, high blood pressure, heart disease and stroke, "soft bone" disorders (osteomalacia, osteoporosis), periodontal disease, depression (SAD), chronic bone, muscle or joint pains, chronic fatigue and reduced immunity, amongst other things.
Our skin can generate Vitamin D when exposed to the sun and we can obtain it from our diet in some foods, like liver, some types of fish and egg yolk. We can also get it from fortified foods such as cereals and margarine, milk and soy milk.
For our skin to synthesise Vitamin D from the sun we need exposure 2-3 times a week without sunscreen. A sunscreen with SPF factor of 8 will reduce production of Vitamin D by 95%. A deficiency can easily arise from inadequate sun exposure. Swine flu vaccine may not protect you from getting flu as efficiently as Vitamin D does.
It is now felt that we may need from 1000iu to 2000iu daily.

Discussions around vaccination issues on Wednesday 3 February with homeopaths from Drakefield Homeopathy. 7.30pm. Ring 0208 785 6261 or email mail@drakefieldhomeopathy.co.uk to book a place.

Bob France Reiki Master Saturday 27 and Sunday 28 February More information and booking visit www.bobfrance.co.uk

Given by Nurturing Birth. Friday 6 to Sunday 8 February 2010. For more details and booking look at www.nuturingbirth.co.uk

Hypnotherapy is a treatment that uses hypnosis to alter the way you feel or change aspects of your life that need improving. For more information contact Marygrace Anderson on 07931 547414 or www.mghypnosis.co.uk