Coconut oil can be used instead of butter in cooking and baking. You can stir it into oatmeal or even use it as a spread. Also, this oil's antimicrobial properties are beneficial for skin. Pregnant women in many cultures world over rub cocnut oil on their expanding bellies to keep skin soft and prevent itching.

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Fife, Bruce. The Healing Miracles of Coconut Oil

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Easy to Take

Most homeopathic remedies have a very mild, sweet taste and are meant to disolve under tongue.

Even very small children can take them, which is very handy.

They come in small bottles that can be easily carried with you.

Understanding Potencies

Homeopathic remedies are prepared through a process called potentization. Potentization involves a series of systematic dilutions and successions (a forceful shaking action).

Potentization removes all risk of chemical toxicity while activating a remedy substance and enabling it to affect body therapeutically.

The more dilutions and succussions a substance undergoes, higher potency will be. Higher potencies of homeopathic remedies (anything higher than 12C) have been diluted past point that molecules of original substance would be measurable in solution.

Homeopathic potencies are designated by combination of a number and a letter (for example, 6X or 30C).

The number refers to number of dilutions tincture has undergone within a series to prepare that remedy.

The letter refers to proportions used in each dilution of series (the Roman numeral X means 10, and Roman numeral C means 100), as well as number of succussions vial of solution undergoes in each successive stage.

Choosing Appropriate Remedy

A key element in treating successfully with homeopathy is selecting right remedy.

It is best to farmiliarize yourself with homeopathic remedies before you need them so you can have a vague idea in mind of what remedy may be called for.

Get yourself a good book like, The Complete Homeopathy Handbook: A Guide to Everyday Health Care, by Miranda Castro to have on hand.

Basically, when looking for a remedy you want to consider both physical and psychological symptoms.

Physical Symptoms

Homeopathic remedies promote a return to normal body function, and can be of help in almost any physical symptom or condition. Though they their work on a subtle level, they ultimately affect chemical, cellular, and structural health of organism.

Psychological Symptoms

Psychological states are a crucial piece of symptom-puzzle. Even when treating a purely physical ailment,homeopathy considers emotional response of individual to be of prime importance. Improvement of an emotional state is one way to monitor effectiveness of a remedy.