Posts Tagged by herbal medicine

Natural Recipes – Breast Milk Enhancement Tea

June 27, 2010 Posted by Luschka under Alternative Medicines and Remedies, Attachment Parenting, Breastfeeding, Food
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It always saddens me so much when someone says that they had to quit breastfeeding at six weeks because their milk dried up. It also maddens me, because I think health care professionals should explain to people how it all works.  For the first six weeks your milk reservoirs, so that you  have a constant… more

Dealing with Teething Naturally

May 3, 2010 Posted by Luschka under Alternative Medicines and Remedies, Attachment Parenting
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Teething. In this house, it is as bad as you can imagine. My daughter, Ameli, started teething at about 8 weeks and the first tooth popped out at 19 weeks followed shortly by the second three days later. Since then we’ve had two months of welcome relief from the teething monster, but this week it… more

Calpol – What Every Parent Should Know

April 20, 2010 Posted by Luschka under Alternative Medicines and Remedies, Attachment Parenting
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I can safely say I have a hate-hate relationship with Calpol. It works like this: I hate it… and on the other hand I hate it. I have no objections to paracetamol on its own, even though I rarely use medicine, and I absolutely agree that it should have its place on our shelves, as… more

Said the Bitch to the Cow

March 25, 2010 Posted by Luschka under Alternative Medicines and Remedies, Attachment Parenting, Breastfeeding, Gentle and Positive Childbirth, Motherhood, On Mama's Mind
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As a species, women are quite hard to understand. There, I said it. We fill the complete spectrum with our differences, yet at our basic core, we are not all that dissimilar. We all have basic needs of love, acceptance, belonging and so on. Why, then, do we bash each other, berate each other’s viewpoints… more

Herbs for use in Childbirth

February 16, 2010 Posted by Luschka under Alternative Medicines and Remedies, Gentle and Positive Childbirth
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An important part in my series on natural childbirth is of course the actual birth. Perhaps it’s prudent to start by defining natural childbirth. To me, natural excludes any substance that will pass through the placenta and affect the baby or inhibit your experience of actually vaginally giving birth. more

Preparing for a natural childbirth

February 5, 2010 Posted by Luschka under Alternative Medicines and Remedies, Attachment Parenting, Gentle and Positive Childbirth, Pregnancy
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Pregnancy is a time of such huge change. Your emotions change, your body, your home. It all changes. And just as an athlete practices for an event, a dancer for a show, or a politician for a debate, so a woman needs to prepare for becoming a mother. She needs to prepare not only her… more

Of Legs and Teeth

January 14, 2010 Posted by Luschka under Alternative Medicines and Remedies
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Anyone who knows me knows that I am not a big fan of the medicalised culture we live in. I avoid doctors and medicine as much as I can. You’ll find it funny then that in the last three weeks I have taken pain killers, been admitted to Accident and Emergency, had a root canal,… more

Resolutions – One Week On

January 8, 2010 Posted by Luschka under Eat Through The Kitchen, Projects
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I think one week in to the new year is a good time to stop and take a look at where you are with those new years resolutions. more

Can you say growth spurt?

December 8, 2009 Posted by Luschka under Alternative Medicines and Remedies
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I am afflicted by a London-based curse. Well, for me it is London based. I develop tonsilitis and bronchitis every year. The first time it happened was our first year in London, December 2004, just in time for our wedding. I kind of croaked my ‘I do’s’ through a drug induced, fevered hue. more


I am afflicted by a London-based curse. Well, for me it is London based. I develop tonsilitis and bronchitis every year. The first time it happened was our first year in London, December 2004, just in time for our wedding. I kind of croaked my ‘I do’s’ through a drug induced, fevered hue. (more…)