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Top quality butter, yogurt. . . any dairy food. The night before remedy. Lucy began taking it every week. The

food plus a the party, she and her sisters had a small bowl of improvement began within the second month,
the store-bought ice cream as a pre-party treat. when Lucy’s menses weren't painful for the
well-chosen After the family went to bed, Lucy was called first time in years. Her family also noted that
homeopathic by the ice cream in the freezer. So she padded she wasn’t prickly around the usual time. She
remedy equals out of bed, rummaged up a fork (the best way to had obligingly committed to abstinence from
eat cold ice cream, in her estimation) and ate an ice cream for a few weeks, but admitted that she
well-adjusted entire quart. had succumbed in the last few days after cheer-
children. When the family awoke in the morning, no leader tryouts and had had a hot fudge sundae
one noticed the naked container, but they surely after not making the squad. The fact that no one
noted Lucy. She was, shall we say, “hormonal.” in the family knew about it was a testimony to
Screeching and demanding that everyone pay her increased ability to tolerate both dairy and
attention to her because her belly was upset, she disappointments. Months later Lucy subversively
whipped her long fair hair from side to side in a bought a quart of maple walnut ice cream (her
female frenzy, finally collapsing into a heap of favorite) and ate it over a period of days, again,
adolescent blubberings. without consequence. No belly aches, no tan-
At first her parents were overcome, but when trums.
everything settled in their minds, they realized It’s been nearly a year since she took her
this behavior had occurred in the past, just not to remedy and except for one outburst after a school
the same degree. When they recalled the back- friend shunned her, she’s been symptom-free, ice
biting tendency of their oldest daughter toward cream-saturated, and rather content.
her siblings, they remembered its association American homes are full of Bennys and
with other ice cream episodes. There was the Lucys. School cafeterias are laden with MSG,
time when Lucy vomited for hours followed by and ice cream is ever present. Stramonium, when
an evening of tears after the choir party when tailor-chosen, will uproot violent behavior in a
she had eaten more than a lady-like potion of ice certain number of these children. . . as long as the
cream. And her parents wondered if her recent “picture” fits. Pulsatilla will mitigate sufferings,
low-level discontent might be related to the larger often regardless of previous dairy allergies. Top
cream share to which they had recently commit- quality food plus a well-chosen homeopathic
ted with their farmer. remedy equals well-adjusted children. These are
Mrs. Jones knew that if she took Lucy to an the promises of a healthy family and a hormon-
allopathic doctor, the “solution” would likely be ally balanced childhood that make parenting a
antidepressants or synthetic hormones or both. wee bit easier during critical maturation years.
No way! She had a friend from church who had
learned some homeopathy and without revealing
the full extent of Lucy’s histrionics, asked the Joette Calabrese, HMC, CCH, RSHom (Na) is a
friend for some direction. classical homeopath who melds homeopathy with
The friend thought that Pulsatilla might WAPF principles. She meets with folks on Skype
suit Lucy since it was a remedy that’s chosen to help them return to health via these methods.
for girls who, in particular, have a craving for She also teaches families how to use homeopathy
and detrimental reaction to dairy products. It’s in her virtual classroom in her popular webinars,
also used for adolescents who can be demanding books and CDs. She is an expert presenter at
and petulant around hormonal shifts. This was WAPF conferences and throughout the U.S.
perplexing to Mrs. Jones, particularly since she To learn more about how homeopathy might fit
thought that raw milk products were wholesome. your lifestyle, contact (716) 941-1045 or www.
Well, of course they are, but Lucy needed a little JoetteCalabrese.com for a free fifteen-minute
homeopathic nudge to allow her body to utilize conversation with Joette.
dairy foods correctly.
Mrs. Jones ordered Pulsatilla from her local
health food store, since it’s a commonly used
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