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Podcast 11 – Essential Oils and Homeopathy

Joette Calabrese, HMC, PHom M

March 28th, 2015  |  40 Comments

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In this podcast, we cover:

0:48 Using essential oils

5:25 The healing powers of homeopathy

6:34 Essential oils that are also used in homeopathy

9:03 Differences between homeopathy and essential oils

12:53 Rules in using homeopathy with essential oils

15:17 A protocol using homeopathy and essential oils

22:58 The Banerji protocols


Before I learned homeopathy 29 years ago, I used whatever means I had at the time.

When someone got sick, I employed botanicals. I wild crafted herbs from around my property, like St. John’s wort, coltsfoot, nettles and such and made them into tinctures so I always had a store of quality homemade herbal medicines.

Listen to today’s podcast where I answer the question, “So if you know that essential oils have therapeutic value, why don’t you use them in your day to day work?”

I know you are going to like the answer.

And don’t miss today's new protocol to add to your growing homeopathic tool kit.

Ultimately it comes down to you having the tools to buck the system when necessary…transforming meek moms into mighty moms!

Warmly,

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PS I recently gave an interview as a participant in an on-line summit called The Essential Oils Revolution Summit. Erica, of Homestead Bloggers Network, introduced me to Dr. Eric Zielinski, one of the two organizers of the Summit. Check it out as I discuss the subject of essential oils and homeopathy.

You are listening to a podcast from JoetteCalabrese.com where nationally certified American homeopath, public speaker, and author, Joette Calabrese, shares her passion for helping families stay healthy through homeopathy and nutrient-dense nutrition.


Jendi: This is Jendi and I’m here once again with Joette from JoetteCalabrese.com. Hello, Joette! How are you?

Joette: Good morning, Jendi! I’m well. How about you?

Jendi: I am well also. And part of that is due to your recommendations.

Joette: Oh, great!

Jendi: I have a lot of friends that use essential oils and I would like to know what you think about them.

Using essential oils

Joette: Well, essential oils bring up actually a broader question and that’s what is my opinion of other methods of alternative health? So I’ll start from the beginning because of course, it’s a very good place to start. Before I learned homeopathy, I used whatever means I had at the time. I depended on my homemade bone stocks, my homemade meals, common sense methods to protect my kids, their immune systems, for when I got sick or my husband. I employed botanicals. I even wildcrafted. And I still do some of that today, too. I wildcrafted herbs from around my property out in the country like St. John’s wort, crowfoot, nettles. I made tinctures out of that. So I always had a store of quality homemade herbal medicines.

So I spent a lot of time learning about the herbs that are indigenous to my area. But I also had a store of essential oils for my old-fashioned vaporizer. Now, you’re too young to remember this but there was a vaporizer that we used to use in the ‘50s and ‘60s that was green glass and you plug it in. Now, when I look at it, I think, “Wow, this is a firetrap.” There’s no grounding plug on it. There it is, electricity extending directly into water. But it worked for all those years and so I used it when my family was in need to. So as far as essential oils go, I began using my old fashioned vaporizer and I would put lavender, etc., in that.

But I began making this lovely concoction that was not unlike one of the formulas produced by the large essential oil companies. Many people know it as Thieves. But a friend of mine got restarted on it and she named it Scoundrels which is such a great word, with of course, reference to the product Thieves. So now my father makes it for most of us in our family today. And when he puts it in a mist bottle, which he does so that when we travel, we can mist our hands and wash them up, he cleverly calls it Scoundrels in the Mist. So it conjures up this image of these interesting old characters from the Middle Ages. So anyway, it’s clove oil, lemon oil, cinnamon oil, eucalyptus, and I think rosemary’s in there, too. And we use it to clean the air and on our hands when we travel, as I said, and we put a few spritzers on in the cold season and spritz it all around the room and I love it. But I didn’t stop there.

Jendi: So you use it actually on your skin and you use it in the air, like just wherever?

Joette: Yes. I like to put a few drops in bathwater or on a handkerchief and I used to take sniffs or give it to my children to take sniffs. And I might add a drop of oil into a carrier oil such as coconut oil and rub it into the skin, the bottom of their feet. But generally, I didn’t give it to them internally. I just wasn’t a hundred percent sure about that. I used mint to make mint ice cream when I was making my own ice cream but I’m particularly concerned about using essential oils internally and in great concentration for children. So I’m rather conservative about the concentration, even for the concentration that anyone inhales. So with essential oils, I believe a little goes a long way. Now, I know there are those who disagree with me but I just don’t know the science about it and perhaps it’s out there. I just haven’t put my mind to studying it.

Jendi: So as a homeopath, did you work with essential oils with the clients or is it just kind of a personal thing?

Joette: No, no, I don’t use them professionally. I have no degrees in the use of essential oils, nor am I interested in acquiring one at this time since I find homeopathy to act so fully and efficaciously that I have no interest, nor do I need to go further. But I do encourage folks to take up whatever it takes to stay away from drugs as much as possible. But as you said, I’m a homeopath and homeopathy has no connection to essential oils despite the misnomer. A lot of people think when they first hear the word homeopathy that it means home remedies. The word hom– in the prefix throws everyone off. It’s a Greek word and homeopathy is not a general term for [natural remedies – 00:05:09]. It does not mean that at all. Hom- means homonym or similar or like and of course, -pathy means pathology. So the meaning of the word homeopathy is in the word. Its definition is actually in the word itself. 

The healing powers of homeopathy

So I’m particularly attracted to homeopathy because of one very important reason. I’ve seen it resolve an enormous amount of pathology. Osteomyelitis. I’ve seen it abort strokes right before my eyes, angina, panic attacks, mend broken bones in half the time. I’ve seen it abort a flu in its tracks. I’ve actually seen it turn a baby in the womb as Dr. Mercy Jackson taught us, we homeopaths, many years ago. I’ve seen it remove food intolerances. I’ve seen it eliminate long-time, lifelong allergies. I’ve seen it restore sleep, abort colic, arthritis. I mean, I can go on. I won’t because that will be this whole session. But what I’ve seen in homeopathy is nothing less than astounding because it’s a complete form of medicine with a compendium of scientific data to back its claims. I felt that essential oils can be useful but I’ve just never seen anything quite like homeopathy.

Essential oils that are also used in homeopathy

Jendi: Are there essential oils that have been made into homeopathic remedies?

Joette: Oh, yeah, good question. That’s interesting. Yes. They say that there are between three and six thousand homeopathic remedies and it’s kind of broad, isn’t it? How many are there then? We don’t really know. I don’t know how many the FDA categorizes in the United States but there are remedies that are used in other parts of the world that we have not begun using here and in Europe and South America. So of course, the delivery is different in essential oils than in homeopathy. Homeopathy is more subtle and it’s on a minute level. But there is a remedy that’s one of the most common, that most people who understand essential oils and those of us who use homeopathy look at and say, “Gee, I wonder what the connection is.”

So camphor is the remedy that I’m thinking of in the essential oil as well. So it’s an essential oil that’s often used as an antiseptic or disinfectant, sometimes even an insecticide in the world of oils. But in homeopathy, once it’s highly diluted using that mathematical process called succussion as well, dilution and succussion and potentization, it becomes a wonderful medicine that antidotes the ill effects of previously used drugs and also incorrectly chosen homeopathic remedies. When I teach homeopathy, I teach that we open a case with camphor 200C. That means it’s diluted 200 times to the hundredth power. So it can work on the ill effects of previous drugs, as I said. The power of that alone is worthy of our attention, given the amount of our population who’s propped up with drugs.

So for example, I specifically used this remedy after my father had surgery years ago to antidote potential ill effects, side effects of the drugs and procedures he was subjected to. Of course, I used other homeopathic medicines to aid in the quickened healing of the wound he sustained as well as helping him readily come out of the anesthetic. So this is the stuff of my blog. I have tips and tricks that I learned by traveling the world for homeopathic methods and having raised my family on this. Bottom line is that homeopathy is a very complex medical paradigm but I take pride in being able to distill it so that anyone can get the hang of it. 

Differences between homeopathy and essential oils

Jendi: Since we looked at a little bit of how they’re similar, what is the main difference between homeopathy and essential oils?

Joette: Well, there are many different ways to approach this question but I am going to take a user-friendly approach. So you know a little bit about my background with essential oils now but I wanted to know how people who follow my blog are using it today as well because I do get mentions on my blog. People ask me questions about it and tell me that they’ve used this or that oil for a condition in which I’ve recommended homeopathy.

So I gathered a team of my employees and canvassed many of my students who use both homeopathy and essential oils, and they also reached out to several essential oil communities online and interviewed a few pros. So from our sample of research, generally speaking, it appears that the vast majority of essential oil users use the oils to prevent disease such as infections. And the benefits in this area, they report, are far reaching, the blends that they call immunity boosters, for example. So that’s one of the main differences, is how it’s used. Expectations are different so the effects and the usage are different as well. Homeopathy consistently, however, goes beyond prevention of disease and it has been recorded to uproot infections and illness once it has been contracted.

That’s not to say that essential oils may not do the same. I’m talking about usage here. You see, homeopathic medicines are intended to stimulate the body’s ability to correct itself. So it’s often illness or condition specific. This means that we use the homeopathic medicines for the actual illness, not usually for prevention. There are exceptions but in general, that’s how it’s done, such as mending broken bones, as I said, eliminating allergies, not just addressing them as they occur but actually rooting them out slowly but certainly.

So in homeopathy, if someone is prone to colds and communicable illnesses like constantly getting ear infections or conjunctivitis and sore throats, that’s reason enough to employ a homeopathic medicine even when they don’t have it upfront to help root it out. We’re supposed to get colds. I believe we’re supposed to get colds. And children are supposed to get child illnesses such as chickenpox. But if the person is sick every month with one thing or another, it’s time to get to the bottom of things and that’s time for correction. And I see that correction made most frequently with homeopathy.

Jendi: And if someone was prone to colds or sore throats, they could use an essential oil, too?

Joette: Well, when we use essential oils, most folks use them for each and every sore throat but a homeopathic medicine would be used over a period of time to root out the problem – I guess I should make that a little bit clearer – instead of having to fix it each time. In other words, its intention is not to have to use anything after a while. That means what’s been done is that the person is essentially fixed. This also means that meanwhile, while the person is suffering from a cold, certainly you could employ both methods. You could use an acute remedy, not the one that we’re using specifically to root out the potential for these chronic colds or allergies, but something that’s also used for an acute. And then you can also use essential oils because I believe they’re compatible. Some people believe they’re not. I disagree. But if you’re going to do that and do what I did, if you’re going to take this on yourself and not depend on prescription drugs for every turn, you certainly want to be fully armed with knowledge of both of these paradigms.

 Rules in using homeopathy with essential oils

Jendi: So if I understand correctly what you’re saying, homeopathy can work alongside essential oils. So they can have a synergy?

Joette: Yes, yes, they can work together. I don’t know that I would call it a synergistic effect because I believe each one stands on its own. But they can be used side by side. But there are some rules. If you’re going to engage in this, you really should know some of the rules that you have to follow.

Jendi: So can you tell us those? I don’t want to do something that would hurt my kids.

Joette: Yeah, yeah. This is how it works. You will antidote a homeopathic remedy or neutralize it or render the homeopathic useless with particularly strong odors. A mint-based oil such as peppermint and menthol if used in its full strength, camphor, tea tree oil, eucalyptus, those very strong aromatics can indeed antidote. So this is how you incorporate the two. Consider separating the oils from the remedy, which means that you take the remedy, then wait 15 minutes, and then use the oils, and don’t use these particular ones in full strength, the ones I just mentioned, those aromatics.

So I like to use the combination of oils in a vaporizer as I said and those that may contain these particular oils. You may remember that Scoundrels in the Mist contains some eucalyptus and I think that’s acceptable as long as it’s not directly under the nose, directly at the face, on the skin. So those particular ones are the ones that I find can indeed antidote. Now, I might want to say, however, that not everyone is antidoted by essential oils so it depends on how sensitive the person is. That’s why it’s so ambiguous. That’s why people say, “Well, does it or doesn’t it?” Well, in certain cases, it does in every situation. In other cases, some people don’t have any of these. So the more sensitive a person is to, say, fragrances, they can’t stand the smell of cigarette smoke, it makes them sick, or they can’t be around fumes, those are likely the people who are going to be most affected by the essential oils and may indeed be antidote.

Jendi: That really makes me think about once again how good it is to keep that notebook or those files of what you are giving to your kids and how they reacted to it.

Joette: Yes, yes, absolutely. Absolutely.

A protocol using homeopathy and essential oils

Jendi: Is there a protocol you could teach us today that maybe would have the homeopathic and then the essential oil?

Joette: Yeah. I’ll give you a really easy example. I love giving people takeaways and let’s start with something that most people who may be listening may already know about but I’ll show you how you integrate it. Here’s something that everyone should know how to use, too, and that’s Arnica montana 30 or 200. That remedy, Arnica montana is used at the onset, or at least as close as possible, for a soft tissue injury or a head injury. Of course, if it’s serious enough, you certainly head to the emergency room, obviously. But on the way, you’re administering Arnica montana 200, preferably. If it’s serious enough, you may even want to go higher with IM or 200 every few minutes if it’s very serious so that you allow the action of the medicine to begin right away. This remedy has a reputation for reducing shock, it softens hematomas, accompanying anxiety, the person usually calms right down, and if there’s an open wound, it can often even protect from infection. This is all taken orally, mind you. These are little pills.

So my children have done a great deal of skiing in their lives and we’ve tended animals on our property. So there was always some injury or another. My kids who are actually now adults grew up knowing how to use Arnica montana 1M. Each of them had a bottle of Arnica montana in their ski jackets. They knew how often to use it and when to stop administering. They were often on the slopes together and so if one was injured, the other one would come to his aid and get his bottle out of his pocket and treat his brother. I mean, it never really happened that it was necessary but I wanted to be sure that they never had a problem.

Jendi: So what might you use alongside of Arnica montana as an essential oil?

Joette: You could certainly use frankincense for a head injury or [cypress fir – 00:17:14]. These are essential oils to support in a broken bone. But I have seen homeopathic Symphytum 200 mixed with Calc phos 6X work quick magic on bone healing in my own family and Arnica montana. Arnica montana, by the way, is used by professional ski teams in Switzerland and Germany, etc., and other areas of the world. And I also might add parenthetically that plastic surgeons in the US and throughout the world count on Arnica montana for hematomas and ecchymosis after surgery. Ecchymosis is the black and blue marks that occur as a result of it. So you could use [cypress fir] or frankincense as the essential oil. And in addition to that, start administering your Arnica montana, Symphytum, etc., Calc phos.

Jendi: So you obviously know that essential oils do have therapeutic value. So what is behind your decision not to use them in your day to day?

Joette: Well, professionally, my reason is in my experience, I find homeopathy to be so sweeping in its ability, so easy to learn when I teach it, at least the practical way that I use it and I teach it, so inexpensive and wholesome that I simply focused and dedicated the last 29 years of my life to it. It’s that simple. It’s been my experience and I’ve seen it work. So I have mastered as much as anyone can master in 29 years of study and family use and my practice. So I dropped essential oils in lieu of it.

I mean, basically, that’s what I’m telling you because homeopathy rarely fails me. This is not to say I don’t use my Scoundrels as a preventative measure and I wouldn’t consider frankincense. But for example, I used to see clients in my office and someone came in once who had infectious disease. If they had a cold or a flu and I knew my employees would be coming later, I’d spray the office with my mixture. So I certainly used it but not really in as much of a therapeutic method as many might expect. I have also used essential oils for my family. And when people tell me that they want to use essential oils, I tell them, “Certainly, go ahead and use it.” But it’s not my foundational go-to. My firmament is homeopathy.

Jendi: Professionally, you are a homeopath but personally, you are more than just a homeopath.

Joette: Well, I find that this path upon which most of us in North America travel before we get to homeopathy, when we finally get to homeopathy, what I consider truly the ultimate medical method, we pass through many towns, so to speak, if we’re on this road. Some of them are worthy of holding onto and using in tandem with homeopathy. Others may fail us and they’re pushed to the wayside so that the superior methods become more and more the focus of our study and our usage. It’s a matter of evolutionary process is the way I see it, my own personal evolutionary process of moving down the chain of what works more thoroughly and more consistently, more cost-effective, and is more learnable.

The problem with homeopathy is that while it fulfills all of this criteria I mentioned here, it has not until now been an easy method to use because it has been historically difficult to determine the correct remedy to match the condition. So until I learned many of the methods and gleaned enough protocols that I could have an answer at the tip of my fingers instead of having to study a case for an hour and a half or until I gathered enough by learning from my colleagues and going to India and studying the great masters, I did use other methods here and there as well.

Jendi: So essential oils and botanicals and vitamins, they seem easier to learn about, easier to find and choose from.

Jendi: Yes, they are. With essential oils, if you’ve got a cold, you would likely choose from two or three oils, perhaps you blend them together and start sniffing. But with homeopathy, you have to do more reading in some circumstances and a lot more than choose the most fitting remedy. But that’s the classical homeopathy. That is, you need to observe nuances of the sufferer to determine if this remedy or that would fit best. And I’m not saying that I don’t draw from my classical background. Certainly, after all these years of studying it and teaching it and writing about it, I certainly still draw from it. But it can be frustrating for those people who are new to this and it becomes too complex in the world of homeopathy. So that’s why people, I believe, one of the reasons they are drawn to an easier method such as essential oils, botanicals, and vitamins, for example.

 Jendi: But you share an easier way of homeopathic remedies, right?

Joette: Yes. Well, actually, every homeopath who is seasoned has eventually come up with shortcuts. Some glean simply by being observant and practice, others by reading the books of the great homeopathic masters. We’ve all done this. This is what I do. This is what I read at night. On my lap when my family and I are traveling and my husband’s driving or my sons are driving, I’m studying the great homeopathic masters of the last two centuries. Attending post grad, of course, is sharing with and learning from my colleagues. But you can accumulate, to be honest, only so much over the limited amount of time that we’re in practice. Human conditions and suffering is vast and we homeopaths have a finite amount of time to observe and collect data that is simple and in our fingertips.

 The Banerji protocols

So let me step back and make it clear that homeopathy works and it works thoroughly and often to complete resolution. But I want to make this clear. It’s not a hundred percent guaranteed. Its capabilities are often astounding even to me after seeing results time and again. The glitches that the system of choosing the remedy has complexity to it and has stymied many a neophyte, even those who are more experienced. But I’m here to say that this has changed. Enter the Banerji protocols. Some people might believe that the Banerjis are paying me to say this but it absolutely is not so. I am so grateful to the information that they shared with me.

The reason I keep giving accolades to these incredible doctors in Kolkata, India with whom I worked for two consecutive years is because they have gotten what would take other homeopaths a lifetime to accumulate and distill. They’ve gathered their [errors – 00:23:56], accumulated data, and offered them to me, to the world. Additionally, their model is extraordinary in that they don’t see the average number of patients as other doctors throughout the world. No. They each take – get this – 100 cases per day, and there are 10 of them. And they are open six days a week. That means they’re seeing a thousand cases per day and six days means 6,000 medical cases per week. I’m sorry, I don’t know any other medical paradigm that does that.

Now, some might argue, “Well, how can they possibly take a case in just 10 to 15 minutes?” Well, it’s because they have junior doctors who have taken a good portion of the case, gathered the information, looked at the x-rays, checked out the sonograms, blood tests, etc. So I don’t care what kind of medicine you practice. No doctor that I know, and I was living in that medical world for many years, takes that many cases. So there’s no data anywhere that can boast these numbers. Of course, what’s so great about numbers, well, it offers irrefutable evidence and this distills down to specific remedies for specific conditions. It’s clean, efficacious, and again I’m not going to say every time, but it often is efficacious and if nothing else, it’s indisputable.

Jendi: So if you kind of wrapped up everything we said so far, can you give us an overall picture?

Joette: Yes. The upshot of this message is this: Do what you need to do to get your family and self as far away from drugs as possible. I’m not saying we never use drugs. I want to make clear that people understand that. I also don’t mean that you just stop taking medications and flat out just start using another method. But the fewer drugs you take, the better off you and your family will be, generally speaking. I know it’s sweeping but it is generally correct. Employ botanicals, essential oils, whatever means to get a handle on keeping things simple. Get the protocols I teach in my blog, tuck them in your hip pocket, and start using homeopathy as often as you need.

Jendi: Thank you so much, Joette. I’ll keep my essential oils in my cupboard to use occasionally and keep learning about homeopathy as well.

Joette: Thank you for doing this with me, Jendi. I can’t resist alliteration so I’m going to put it this way. It’s my method of making mighty moms.

Thank you for listening to this podcast with Joette Calabrese. If you liked it, please share it with your friends. To learn more and find out if homeopathy is a good fit in your health strategy, visit joettecalabrese.com and schedule a free 15-minute conversation.

 

 

I am a homeopath with a worldwide practice working with families and individuals via Zoom. I'm also a teacher and most importantly, a mom who raised my now-adult children depending on homeopathy over the last 31 years. I lived decades of my life with food intolerances, allergies, and chemical sensitivities until I was cured with homeopathy, so I understand pain, anxiety, and suffering. You may feel that your issues are more severe or different than anyone else’s, but I have seen it all in my practice and in my work in India. My opinion is that nothing has come close to the reproducible, safe and effective results that my clients, students and I have achieved with homeopathy.

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Joette is not a physician and the relationship between Joette and her clients is not of prescriber and patient, but as educator and client. It is fully the client's choice whether or not to take advantage of the information Joette presents. Homeopathy doesn't "treat" an illness; it addresses the entire person as a matter of wholeness that is an educational process, not a medical one. Joette believes that the advice and diagnosis of a physician is often in order.


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40 thoughts on “Podcast 11 – Essential Oils and Homeopathy”

  1. Jerry Hewes says:

    Dear Jerry,

    “Ultimately it comes down to you having the tools to buck the system when necessary.”
    Can you cure diabetes? If so make me an appointment.
    Jerry Hewes

    1. Joette Calabrese, HMC, CCH, RSHom(Na) says:

      I don’t claim to cure anything.

  2. Tracy says:

    I would love it if you could include a transcript for your podcasts. I’m very interested in the information, but I don’t often have a long stretch of uninterrupted time to listen. Thank you for all your great work.

    1. Patrice says:

      I would also like to be able to read this. The sound was really low and I could barely hear it, even with my volume at the top.

  3. D . Smith says:

    Any help for high blood pressure? What about bladder/urinary tract issues and the like? Hormone help?

    Either essential oil or homeopathy related. I tried the aconitum (sp?) a while back for BP but it did nothing even after 6 weeks. Other suggestions?

    Also, I don’t know how others feel but I hate podcasts. Can’t these things just be in written form??

    Thanks for any information or links to the proper articles if you’ve already covered the issues I mentioned above.

    1. Joette Calabrese, HMC, CCH, RSHom(Na) says:

      Homeopathy has a history of dealing with each of the conditions you mention. 6 weeks on a remedy for a chronic condition is usually not long enough and the source of the heightened BP ought to be discovered so as to uproot the problem at its source.

    2. Joette Calabrese, HMC, CCH, RSHom(Na) says:

      I’m sorry you don’t like podcasts, and we’ll certainly consider your suggestion of including the transcripts.

      1. Pat Russell says:

        I too find it hard to listen to podcasts and would love transcripts

  4. 4Gand9 says:

    Podcast 8 was downloadable as a file. This is helpful to me as I’m on a really slow link, and listening “live” is difficult as my connection is always pausing to “get more”. Is it possible to have the other podcasts as downloadable files? Thanks.

    1. Joette Calabrese, HMC, CCH, RSHom(Na) says:

      They should all be downloadable. I’ll have someone look in to it to see what may have happened.

  5. Margo says:

    Thank you, Joette. I’d like to make the point that essential oil brands have varying levels of purity and potency. Just like the nutrient levels of a chicken egg can be vastly different if the chicken is conventionally raised on GMO feed in a confined cage without sunshine and fresh air compared to an egg from a chicken pasture raised on organic land and treated humanely.
    There are huge differences in the chemistry of essential oils based on the climate and soil conditions of where the plant is grown and how and when the oils are harvested and distilled.
    There are definitely essential oil brands that should not be put on the skin or taken internally because of the inferior nature of the oil itself, impurities not removed and substances added.
    I have used several brands of essential oils for over 15 years and there are no oils that can compare with DoTerra oils in purity and potency.
    I know homeopathy and DoTerra oils can work together and be great tools in our families’ health and wellness. I don’t think one should trump the other. It all depends on what the body needs at the time.

    1. Joette Calabrese, HMC, CCH, RSHom(Na) says:

      Thanks for mentioning this. Quality varies.

  6. Janelle says:

    Thanks so much for this podcast (and all of them really!) I have learned so much, and I love how Jendi interviews you because she asks a lot of my questions. This podcast specifically is what I needed to jump in to homeopathy with both feet. Ever since learning about homeopathy and EO’s I have been trying to figure out how to use both and this helped me reconcile the two. Thanks so, so much for caring about we moms and our families!

    1. Joette Calabrese, HMC, CCH, RSHom(Na) says:

      Its feedback like yours that spurs me on. I hope you’ll use my older blogs too. Warmly, Joette

  7. Gay says:

    Thank you Joette for sharing all of your wonderful knowledge! I love using essential oils. I have used them for almost twenty years but as I learn more from you I find myself using homeopathy more and more and essential oils less. I am finding homeopathy to be much more effective. Not to mention much less expensive! I have been concerned with the oils antidoting remedies so this podcast has been great for giving me some ideas of using the two together. Thank You!

  8. Eileen says:

    My children needed something, so I jumped into essential oils hoping that would be the missing link. There were a couple of oil blends and of course tea tree oil that really helped in a couple of situations, but the truth is, my essential oil time was short lived. (Unfortunately I was in it just long enough to spend a lot of money though! :))

    When I started EO I was assured that one specific blend would help my asthma, “it helped my son,” said the lady. But when I tried it, it only sent me into an asthma attack and then made my asthma worse. The same thing happened to my son, whose nasal passages are clogged all the time from year round allergies. The oils only made him worse.

    Then I learned about homeopathy, which has been a long slow process. So far homeopathy does work better. The oils could never stopped my son from his painful ear infections, my daughters warts, or stomach-aches or anything else.

    I was very nervous about trying homeopathy because I was afraid of side-effects and trying something without having a good base. But as I learned I slowly got the courage to try, one $6 dollar bottle at a time. Small successes gave me the courage to buy another, and another. In the end homeopathy helped lessen my son’s allergies at times, my daughter’s wart is gone, stomach-aches completely dissipated in minutes, rashes are less, and homeopathy stopped an ear infection before it could even start. (All because someone took the time write a blog so I could learn. Thank you!)

    But as I have learned more about homeopathy vs oils, homeopathy makes more sense to me. (I may be wrong), but homeopathy is diluted where as the oil is concentrated which if sensitive only makes a condition worse, as in our case. I get nervous using oils now, but in my slow experiments with homeopathy, I have chosen the wrong remedy plenty of times and we still have not gotten any negative side-effects.

    So in the end my family has a couple of really great oils that are used on occasion, and lots of bottles of remedies that we are learning how to use.

    This was a great pod cast. Thanks!

    1. Joette Calabrese, HMC, CCH, RSHom(Na) says:

      Eileen, Thanks for your thoughtful response. I agree wholly with your assessment.

  9. Rebecca says:

    I to have tried herbs, essential oils and now homeopathy. I am just now learning about homeopathy and am impressed with the results! But the best thing about the oils – they sure do make my house smell good when I use them in cleaning products! Thanks Joette for such an informative podcast.

  10. Kim W. says:

    Recently, a doctor (a DC, QN) suggested that my mom ingest essential oils for candida/mold related issues…peppermint, melaleuca and oregano. One of the caps “came back up”, and burned her throat badly and made her tongue swell.

    Now a month later, she still cannot speak correctly, and her sinuses and face are numb. Every doctor she goes to, MD’s and ENT’s, all say there’s nothing wrong with her. Even an MRI came back normal.

    I’ve been using homeopathy on my own family and children (ages 5,3 and 1) for 5 years now, and had considered adding EO’s to my apothecary, but I think I’ll keep those for scenting the air and dive harder into homeopathy.

    I’m saving up money to take your courses and I hope I can help my mom out because I believe homeopathy can do it! She’s already seen improvement from a few remedies we’ve tried, but still can’t speak correctly. Thanks for putting this info out there, I appreciate what you do.

    1. Joette Calabrese, HMC, CCH, RSHom(Na) says:

      One of my favorite remedies to help antidote the ill effects of drugs, EO’s and even poorly chosen homeopathic medicines is Camphor 200. It is a Banerji Protocol that I use and it is generally given one dose for one day only. Often the following days show lessening of ill effects.

      These are the kinds of tips I teach in my classes. Should you be interested in a payment plan for classes, feel free to contact Jill at our office.
      Best of health!

  11. Kim W. says:

    Thanks Joette! I’m listening to the podcast right now and just jotted that down about Camphor 200. I will definitely try it on her once I find it. Not sure the Boiron bank at our local store has that in 200c, have you heard of rxhomeo.com, or have a source you could point me toward? A family member is a patient of yours and I know she orders through Ohm, but they don’t sell outright to the public, right?

    I’m reading through all the class info and will contact Jill soon, looking forward to it! Thank you, thank you!

    1. Joette Calabrese, HMC, CCH, RSHom(Na) says:

      Camphor 200 can be purchased form Washington Homeopathics in West Virginia or Hahnemann Labs in CA.

      1. tellulah says:

        I’m officially a student, decided on Good Gut, Bad Gut, so I guess I can order from Ohm now? Having a little trouble getting onto the forums and into the course, I emailed Jill.

        1. Joette Calabrese, HMC, CCH, RSHom(Na) says:

          Yes, you may order from them and be sure to identify yourself as a student for your discount. Jill will help you.

  12. Rose says:

    This was a great podcast, and I totally agree. I am an advocate with a well known oil company. However, I have found that with chronic illness I quickly flare from the use of the oils. They are SO very potent and often it is suggested that they be used NEAT (undiluted), which I totally disagree with. I have found homeopathy to be much more gentle, and much more focused. I compare the two to shooting at a target with a patch over one eye vs shooting with 20/20 vision. That being said, I do love to diffuse the oils, clean my house with them, and use them on basic non-chronic issues for my family. I believe they can be very useful in mood, energy, and immune support when there are no chronic issues attached (which I believe is rare).

    One way I see an enormous difference in the two methods of treatment is best pictured with allergies. My husband has taken gelcaps and used oils for allergy issues the past two allergy seasons from the company I am with. We know for certain that when this season rolls around, we need a good stock of these items. They will keep him quite comfortable. However, as a new student of homeopathy, my goal is to route out the ROOT CAUSE of those allergies (I believe to be from growing up in a smoking home). When this is done, he won’t need to stock up on oils and gelcaps, and I believe other issues in his body will also be a thing of the past!

    Joette, keep up the great job of teaching us how to best take care of our families! I would love to see a podcast on your mention of seeing a stroke stopped in its tracks. I would love to know remedies to keep in my purse that might aid a heart attack or stroke victim.

    1. Joette Calabrese, HMC, CCH, RSHom(Na) says:

      Hi Rose, Thanks for your time in putting your thoughts down. I am, of course in full agreement with you regarding essential oils and homeopathy.

      Should you be interested, you might contact Jill, our Education Coordinator at 716.941.1045 8:30 AM -5PM EST and she can tell you about a course that I have produced and is available, but is not being sold on our site yet. It covers extreme situations such as cardiac and stroke conditions. Its called a Survivalist’s Guide to Homeopathy.

      Until then you might check out my article that was published in Weston A Price Foundation Journal titled My Dad and the Dead Cardiologists. http://www.westonaprice.org/holistic-healthcare/my-dad-and-the-dead-cardiologists/ I explain exactly what I do to help my father with cardiac conditions.

  13. Rose says:

    Thank you! What an excellent article!!! I have forwarded this, along with your name and info, to a dear practitioner friend who is scheduled for heart surgery next week in hopes that he might choose a different path! It is the best and most comprehensive article I have seen on dealing with cardiac issues. I plan to implement some of it on my 92 year old dad. I have had him off heart meds and bp meds for a few years but have not been able to get him to part with his aspirin, and yes, he is having definite gastro issues that we have been treating with diet. This info completes what I feel is needed for him! You are a true blessing to those of us seeking to regain our health without drugs. Thank you from the bottom of my heart!

    1. Joette Calabrese, HMC, CCH, RSHom(Na) says:

      I’m very happy that I can help and that this information will be useful to someone else as well.

  14. Barb says:

    Thank you Joette. I use essential oils and am learning homeopathy thanks to your materials and website.
    The information about waiting 15 min between remedies and using mint essential oils is what I have been looking for!
    I want to clarify, is camphor and camphora the same remedy? Also you said,Camphor 200 can work on the ill effects of previous drugs. Is that only for drugs recently taken or is it effective for drugs taken years ago?

  15. Barb says:

    Thank you Joette! the information was very helpful and what I have been wondering. Thanks to your materials and website I am learning about homeopathy. I do have 2 questions. Is Camphor and Camphora the same remedy? Also you stated that Camphor 200 can work on the ill effects of previous drugs. Do you open a case with Camphor 200 because it is effective for the ill effects of drugs taken years ago? Or is it only effective on recently taken drugs?

    1. Joette Calabrese, HMC, CCH, RSHom(Na) says:

      They are one in the same.

      Even old drugs may be counteracted with CAmphor 200. Its goal is to suspend the action of them.

  16. Barb says:

    I apologize for the duplication. I could not see that my first comment posted

  17. Azie says:

    Thank you for sharing this.
    I have been using homeopathy for my family for 6 years now.
    And as EO have grown so popular, wanted to know if it would work with homeopathy because of the scents.
    Glad that you’re suggesting it as a preventative measure.
    I’m considering diffusing EO for my kids who easily get a cold, aside from giving them the homeopathy remedies.
    Thank you again for sharing, Joette. 🙂

    -a mom all the way from Malaysia.

    1. Joette Calabrese, HMC, CCH, RSHom(Na) says:

      EO’s may be used as long as they’re not inhaled or placed directly on the skin so that they’re super concentrated.

  18. Vivi says:

    Very nice podcast, I could hear it very clearly. Thank you for the information Joette.

  19. Rachel Estabaya says:

    I loved this podcast. I’ve used EO’s for 8 years and left the modern world of Western medicine. I discovered homeopathy just over a year ago. I’ve been conflicted with using my beloved oils and the knowledge I’ve gained in all those years yet I can not deny what I’ve seen be healed through homeopathy. This was good info. Thank you.

    1. Joette Calabrese, HMC, CCH, RSHom(Na) says:

      The more homeopathy you learn, the less you’ll use other modalities. Welcome!

  20. Linda S says:

    Thank you so much, Joette, for all you do to help us get well and stay well so we can avoid taking synthetic chemicals (Rx drugs)! Homeopathy has been a godsend for my family and myself. It has cured food poisoning, long-standing depression, warts, high BP, itchy inner canthi, chronic fatigue and much more. No other medicine on Earth can match the power of homeopathy, in my opinion.

  21. Christy says:

    I am loving your podcast and have probably listened to 7 episodes today alone! You are a a wealth of knowledge! Thank you! In reference to Camphor, my 8 year old daughter has a lot of gut issues (gas, bloating, etc.) and she took multiple antibiotics when she was younger, and has suffered from impetigo. Could Camphor 200 help counteract the negative effects from the antibiotics, and if so how many doses would I need to give her?

    1. Joette Calabrese, HMC, CCH, RSHom(Na) says:

      Read this and it will get you started
      https://joettecalabrese.com/blog/homeopathy/stop-it-how-to-antidote-a-bad-drug-reaction/

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