Homeopathy & AF

It's 2 pellets of 30c Arnica Montana. The instructions on the package say to take 5, but my homeopath says 2 is fine.

I just ordered them from Amazon ... what a great find. Thank you!! It comes in many strengths. I ordered the 30c per your suggestion. However, it is supposedly FANTASTIC for pain as well ... my husband always has pain issues with his knees from playing soccer! Thank you for the information!

Hi Jean, yes, it's 30c, 2 pellets. I haven't tried it without the Flec, but that's a good idea. It's been quite interesting today. I woke up, went into AF (which is rather unusual), then started feeling rather awful. I really think it was from the Flec; that kind of episode is stronger and more uncomfortable. I went through the usual checklist of how long might it last, should I still teach, etc., etc. After taking the Flec, Toprol, & Arnica, I rested and could feel my heart calm right down. I am so relieved that I've been in NSR all day and feel like my old self again.

Hi Jean, I tried starting with Arnica solo this evening when I slipped into AF & it did flip back to NSR within minutes. Then I had a spell of jitteriness, back and forth (“Unclassified” readings on my Kardia), AF again an hour or so later. I took the Flec, a little Toprol, more Arnica & was back in NSR in 10 minutes. It even lifted the Flex headache.

Hi Jean ... I am back!! We had a fab time ... Vienna, Budapest, mountain resort in Serbia ... Belgrade ... we had a blast! You can see my pics on Facebook (Jan Maree) ... no issues whatsoever ... l felt great the entire time! Thank you Dear Lord.

Yes, I've been a fan, too. It has worked wonders after the occasional jolt from a mild car accident.

I find homeopathy fascinating and feel very fortunate to have a lovely practitioner whom I've worked with for years. She's also a physician's assistant. She puts a lot of time and effort into studying the various remedies and discerning the best ones for me to try and i also one of the kindest people I've ever met.

Thanks, Vonnieruth. I'm trusting my homeopath on this one. Given everything I've been dealing with lately with the overpowering drugs and their wretched side effects that I've had to discover on my own or from folks in this forum, I'm fine with using Arnica in this way as long as it works.

I guess there are tradeoffs pretty much everywhere in dealing with AF, aren't there?

It's worth mentioning that I asked my homeopath if it might be helpful to simply take Arnica every day and she told me not to because my body would become used to it and it wouldn't be as effective.

Hi Vonnie..curious what your thoughts are 're taking arnica n stopping 2 baby aspirin per day. We think prevention . They think " doing the job right" Love the passion of both.....thinking holistically.

What's been very interesting today is both the immediacy of my heart going back into NSR (always a welcome relief!) and the complete lifting of the muck I feel with too much Flec, namely an awful depression, overall fatigue, and some fuzzy-headedness.

It simply vanished, like the Arnica somehow wiped it all out completely.

And herein lies the problem - the misunderstanding of how homeopathy works. With pharmaceutical drugs the mechanism is based on cause and effect so the amount of the drug you absorp needs to be of efficacious amount - something you can test that the drug has had the desired affect. Homeopathy on the other hand works on completely, some would say unproven, principles because the amount of active ingredient is so very diluted when taken orally, it cannot possibly have an efficacious affect - according to science - yet millions of people will swear that it does.

Hence no-one with any knowledge of homeopathy would worry about interactions with pharmaceuticals. Herbs and supplements of course are a completely different matter as there are some such as Valarian, St John’s Wort etc Which certainly do interact. Which is why it’s not a good idea to buy off the shelf products without the advice of a natureopath, Herbalist or other qualified practicitioner.

Please do go see a qualified homeopath before experimenting, it’s usually a one off appointment.

Hi veraloliver, I appreciate your enthusiasm, but I wouldn't presume to give anyone advice on what to do with any medication, supplement, herbal formulation, or homeopathic remedy.

I'd like to clarify the spirit of my post.

If something works in bringing me back to NSR quickly and doesn't cause wretched side effects, it's cause to celebrate! I love that this forum is full of kind, generous people to celebrate with.

If I notice a pattern of helpfulness, I find that even better....and simply very interesting! Especially if it's gentle, without the awful side effects of the heart meds.

If exploring the use of Arnica/homeopathy in general might turn out to be helpful to others, that would be great. Dealing with AF is so very tricky that I think it helps to learn as much as we all can.

I share in the spirit of "this has been helpful for me," and not "you should definitely do this!"

After facing the "medication police" at another forum, with their aggressive second-guessing and judgement about my medications (seriously, can you believe it?!), I feel even more strongly that one must respect that each person is different and may very well respond quite differently to various meds/supplements, etc. So I have the utmost respect for that individuality in treatment.

If you or anyone else feels inspired to explore trying Arnica, please connect with a skillful, experienced homeopath so that you can be guided by them. Please remember, too, that the main remedy I was given, after my homeopath had done extensive research, was Naja, which cleared out quite a lot in the Aggravation/Healing Crisis it triggered. While I was utterly miserable in the midst of it, she pointed out that this was actually a good sign that it was a good remedy for me. Just needed a little to clear out a lot. Arnica was suggested to settle things down after that clearing. So I'm guessing that the connection between the 2 remedies is significant, also.

If you or anyone is working with a homeopath and they'd like to speak to mine about this remedy and research, please message me and I'd be happy to put them in touch - but keep in mind that I'm in the US, not the UK.

Hope that helps!

Thanks, wilsond! Teaching is going well, so grateful that Arnica helped me feel like my normal self. Then teaching is great fun. Students from 14 different countries all in the same room.

Hi Sarah, I replied earlier, but somehow it didn't post.

I've had 2 ablations, last one didn't work. It would be dangerous for me now to have a third.

I'm doing all I can to minimize the drugs, which are both poisoning me and make me very depressed. I must be able to think straight to make good decisions. Working more with homeopathy and acupuncture. I may write another post on my acupuncture adventures. Interesting stuff!

Happy you found it helpful. I hope you'll read the other replies, too, for suggestions about follow up.

Really don’t think so, not in homeopathic doses, but please correct me if there are any trained naturopaths out there who have specialist knowledge. Unless your nurses are trained homeopaths, most medics have no knowledge or training. Ask a pharmacist, preferably one that dispenses homeopathic substances, as the will have access to knowledge and databases.

This not something you take regularly.

My sense is that it's important to follow my homeopath's guidance. The bottle instructs a 5- pellet dose; she says that's marketing and that 2 is sufficient.

Also, it's not wise to take it every day, as I mentioned above, because the body will get used to it.

Having the guidance of the homeopath is quite important.

But compared to higher doses of Flec, which can end up actually causing AF and other nasty side effects, it's not at all like that, so I see what you're saying.

I take the 200c remedies most of the time.

Exactly

We take Aconite at the first sign of a cold and they are quickly stopped.