Dr Francesca Swainston

Dr Francesca Swainston, homeopathic doctor, author and well-known pioneer of natural medicine talks about croup, a debilitating barking viral cough in young children that has no conventional treatment other than trying to suppress the inflammation. In most cases, when the child has reasonably good health and is well-nourished and kept in a warm and safe environment, the cough resolves relatively quickly without complications. However, croup can develop into a frightening condition due to the fact that the inflammation of the breathing passages make it difficult for the child to inhale and the dry barking and high-pitched sawing sound can send terrifying chills through concerned parents. The child may even turn blue due to lack of oxygen. A serious complication of croup is heart damage. Here are some common homeopathic remedies that are useful for the treatment of croup: Aconite: Effects of fright or exposure to cold winds. The condition comes on suddenly and there is high fever, ...

Dr Francesca Swainston, homeopathic doctor, author and well-known pioneer of natural medicine talks about ear infections, a common problem that often becomes the precursor of serious chronic ill-health due to medical mismanagament. A build-up in the eustachian tube of the resultant fluid from inflammation that doesn't drain causes pain in the ear, and when this fluid becomes further infected a more serious condition develops. The conventional treatment with antibiotics is palliative at best and causes profound disturbances in the gut microflora that negatively impacts the whole health of the patient. Antibiotics are even administered to infants, and the resultant destruction of their vulnerable gut microflora causes a susceptibility to disease due to their compromised immune system from the loss of their protective gut bacteria. There are numerous causes of ear infections such as colds and flu, allergies, sinus congestion, swollen glands and more. The standard treatment with an...

Dr Francesca Swainston, homeopathic doctor, author and well-known pioneer of natural medicine talks about Lupus and the facial disfigurement of a systemic auto-immune condition, for which conventional medicine can do little as the cause is unknown and there is no conventional cure. The signature mark of Lupus is a red inflamed butterfly or saddle shaped red inflamed eruption on the face across the cheeks and nose, sometimes also incorporating the forehead. This comes and goes as the disease goes through periods of aggravation and quiescence. Each person experiences their own unique combination of auto-immune symptoms, so no two cases are alike except for the butterfly facial eruption which occurs in around 50% of patients. In all cases of Lupus the whole symptom picture needs to be taken into account and the remedy given accordingly. Commonly patients with Lupus experience most commonly kidney disorders and also joint pains, fever, swollen glands, loss of circulation in fingers or t...

Dr Francesca Swainston, homeopathic doctor, author and well-known pioneer of natural medicine talks about emphysema, a cruel condition of slow suffocation for which conventional medicine has no cure. People with emphysema lose the ability to breathe because the lung loses its elasticity and the stale air cannot be expelled. There is a progressive poisoning of the whole body as carbon dioxide and other poisons cannot be removed from the bloodstream. Then there is the added strain of not enough oxygen which causes the body to slowly shut down. This is a slow inexorable death. Ammonium carbonicum: Emphysema in the overweight, with weak heart. Slow laboured breathing with bubbling sound and feeling of suffocation. Specks of blood in sputum. History of pneumonia. Cannot breathe through nose. Swelling, water retention. Appetite good. Generally unclean people that don't like to wash. Antimonium tartaricum: Emphysema with bronchial tubes overloaded with mucous. Loud rattling of mucu...

Dr Francesca Swainston, homeopathic doctor, author and well-known pioneer of natural medicine talks about herpes, an insidious infection for which there is no known cure and once contracted stays with the patient for life. The herpes virus sets up home in the nervous system, in the ganglia, which are nodes containing the cell bodies of the nerves that transmit messages to and from all parts of the body. The visible effects of a herpes infection may be minor, such as fever blisters or vesicular eruptions around the genitals or eyes, but the long-term negative effects are much more serious and profound, because it is the vital nervous system that these viruses damage. Homeopathic treatment will speed up the primary infection resolution and also help to prevent further painful manifestations of the infection. The primary infection, if not treated well, can cause considerable damage such as ulceration and scarring and sometimes the nerve pain remains long after the visible symptoms hav...