Alli was more sick than I had ever seen her. She had a high fever and was listless and weak. I had tried several remedies and was getting confused and worried.
This was when I called Joette. We carefully walked through Alli's symptoms and I decided to give her Nux vomica due to the fact that the holidays had just passed and I thought her condition could have been brought on by the excitement and over indulgence the season usually brings.
The Nux vomica relieved Alli's tummy ache and her vomiting ceased, but it didn't change her overall state. It was the third day of Alli's being sick and I remembered a comment Joette had made in our conversation the night before, “Gelsemium often follows Nux vomica”.
When Alli didn't respond further to the Nux, I quickly started with Gelsemium. With one dose, the headache was gone, two and more sleep and the fever came down. By the next day, Alli was once again her old self. We had found the right remedy and just like that, the sickness was gone and this time it didn't come back.
Deb Ritchie, Native Offerings Organic Farm, East Otto, NY
