The year is rapidly winding down to a close and if you’re like most of us, you’re frantically trying to finish work projects, while at the same time planning festivities with friends and family, but also worrying about family dynamics, stressing about buying the right gifts, trying to avoid crowded malls and navigating extra traffic.  Frankly, feeling festive seems a distant dream!

All this anxiety triggers the body to produce stress hormones cortisol, adrenaline and norepinephrine.  

Our heart rate and breathing increases, our blood pressure is raised, we get pale or flushed, our pupils dilate (for better vision to see where danger is lurking) and we may tremble (muscles tensed for action – fight or flight).  While we may not be in any physical danger, our mind is sending a message to our body to be on the alert, as if we need to prepare for a dangerous encounter. 

If this level of stress is prolonged (ie longer than a few hours) it can result in ‘out of character’ behaviour where you find yourself being snappy, irritable for ‘no good reason’ and easily triggered into anger. Your sense of wellbeing begins to suffer.

When excess stress hormones are released too often, your stress response forgets how to shut down. Your stress gains traction and suddenly you’re caught in a chronic cycle. This is known as over-adrenalization.
  
Pegasus Homeopathics is excellent for physical symptoms but it’s just as effective for mental and emotional symptoms and can help calm the nervous system during stressful times. 

Calming 30C can assist by taking the edge off stressful situations, helping to calm and steady your nervous system allowing you to be present and cope.

Calming 30C contains many of the elements in herbal remedies such as passiflora and valerian but in homeopathic doses. Calming 30C also contains chamomilla (referred to as the ‘opium of homeopathy’) The remedy calms and relaxes in a way which still allows you to be mentally alert and present when taken in the day time; and only induces ‘sleepiness’ when taken at night with the intention to sleep. 

It’s effective even for severe anxiety and panic attacks, is non-habit forming and won’t make you feel drowsy as a side effect.

If you’re prickly for no reason, finding yourself being irritable over minor events and feeling overwhelmed, then liver 30C  is very beneficial at this time.  Nux vomica 200C is a component of this remedy, and is especially helpful to the typical Type A personality type, usually a workaholic who drives themselves to accomplish results and also plays hard and resorts to stimulants such as caffeine to ‘pep up’ and alcohol to ‘reduce stress’ and sleep. Ideal for ‘Business Stress/Burnout’. 

 Liver 30C  works well in conjunction with sleep 30C for those struggling with feeling exhausted, restless sleep and feeling ‘tired but wired’. 

The sleep remedy is useful for all kinds of insomnia whether due to anxiety and worry, over-work, excessive mind-busyness or nervous exhaustion.

Best of all, you won’t wake up groggy and leaden as with many over-the-counter sleep medications. 

NO MORE STRESSED TUMMY

Gastric Plus 30C for when our tummies express our stress, relieves symptoms of indigestion, IBS (Irritable Bowel Syndrome) having a bitter taste in the mouth, nausea, vomiting and headaches. 

TRS – TRAUMA RESCUE SHOCK

Finally, TRS is available for acutely stressful situations. This remedy is the ideal emergency treatment.  It assists with physical trauma and shock as well the emotional aspect of any shock situation such as accidents, emotional upset and grief.

CALMING YOUR PETS

Pets’ calming 30C  is an excellent remedy to give your pets if there are lots of unfamiliar people around, fireworks and crackers, an imminent vet visit coming up or if they get nervous about travelling if you’re going on holiday.

Leaving pets in kennels or with a pet-sitter when you go away can cause separation anxiety in your pets.  

Take some Pets’ trs 200C ( trauma, rescue, shock) and put about 20- 30 pillules in a 2l ice cream container and let them drink only from that bowl. This is effective  for 12 hours.

It’s been a stressful, difficult year for many of us, not just on a personal level, but globally. It’s helpful to take a proper break from digital devices, media, TV and the news to stop the overwhelm of the chaos of the world and too much information.  Resting sends an important message of safety to your body, allowing your nervous system to re-regulate and relax.

So this is your permission slip to rest during the holidays.  Nature is a real healer in this respect – spending time with loved ones outdoors, walking on nature trails, picnics in your local park, swimming and family beach days expose you to natural sunlight, fresh air and connection with loved ones.

• Watch a funny movie with friends and family
• Prepare delicious meals together
• Play fun games
• Read that novel you’ve been meaning to read!

Make this festive time a true season of peace.