Tools & guides

Your homeopathy library.

Plain-English guides for using remedies at home, links to respected sources, and honest information about homeopathy.

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New here? Start with these, in order

Your first five steps.

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Homeopathy, explained

What it is

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Your first consultation

What to expect

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What healing looks like

After your remedy

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How to take your remedy

Taking and storing it

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Keeping notes

After your consultation

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Guide library

Guides for real family life.

Every guide in one place. Choose a topic to narrow the list.

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Using remedies

Choosing a remedy

Notice the whole picture and find the closest match. Includes a cheat sheet to save to your phone.

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Using remedies

Understanding potency

What 6C, 30C and 200C mean, and what a Fibonacci Homochord is.

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Acute remedy finder

Everyday moments from A to Z, with the remedies traditionally associated with each.

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Remedy library

The 50 remedies most used at home and in first aid kits, each with its symptom picture.

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Little ones

Teething and unsettled nights

Gentle ideas for the grizzly, wakeful seasons with babies and toddlers.

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Little ones

Back to school and daycare

A calm start to the term, from first-day nerves to the sniffles that go around.

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Little ones

At the first sign

The remedies I reach for when the kids seem to be coming down with something, led by Aconite and Ferrum phos, with the symptoms that tell them apart.

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Little ones

Big tonsils: looking for the why

Snoring, mouth breathing, sore throat after sore throat? What tonsils actually do, why they swell, and how homeopathy looks for the root cause.

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Big feelings: kids and behaviour

Kids are always doing their best. Tantrums, rage, clinginess and defiance, the remedy pictures behind them, and why this one is close to my heart.

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Complex kids

Meltdowns, rigid routines, big fears and a body that always seems on alert. How homeopathy looks at sensitive, complex children, and what I look for.

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Family life

Bumps, bites and beach days

A summer-ready guide for the knocks and stings of an Aussie summer.

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Family life

Holidays and road trips

Your top 12 suitcase remedies, how to travel with remedies, and what to pack for the car, the plane and the campsite.

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Everyday remedies

Homeopathy and pain

Bruised, shooting, stiff, cramping or throbbing? The top remedies for each kind of pain, and the clues that tell them apart.

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For women

New mums and the first year

Looking after you, as well as your baby, through the big first year.

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Pregnancy

Tissue salts in pregnancy

The month-by-month tissue salt program many homeopaths use in pregnancy, what each salt is traditionally for, and remedy pictures for scan nerves.

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For women

Busy minds and better sleep

Winding down when life is full and your mind won't switch off.

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Women's health

Perimenopause: your second puberty

Hot flushes, 3 am waking, shorter cycles and a shorter fuse? What is really happening in your forties, and the remedy pictures homeopaths think of.

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Homeopathy basics

Homeopathy for everyone

From newborns to great-grandparents, pregnancy to pets and even the vegie patch. Homeopathy for every living thing with a vital force.

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Using remedies

Single remedies or blends?

One remedy at a time, or a few in one bottle? The pros and cons of each, and how to choose.

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Going deeper

Why there's no one remedy for it

"What remedy do I take for…?" Why the answer starts with when it began, and why.

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Why every symptom matters

Symptoms are your vital force's language: why the small details matter, suppression in homeopathic philosophy, and how we watch your progress.

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What is a constitutional remedy?

The remedy that matches the whole you: what "constitutional" means, how it is found, and how it differs from an acute remedy.

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The body keeps the score

How the body holds on to stress and trauma, why homeopaths see the emotions come first, and what "dis-ease" really means.

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What is the vital force?

The life force at the heart of homeopathy, in plain words: what it is, what symptoms mean, and how to care for it.

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CLAMS: the complete symptom

How homeopaths turn a complaint into a complete symptom: Concomitants, Location, Aetiology, Modalities and Sensation, with a worked example.

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Strange, rare and peculiar

The odd little symptoms that point to the remedy: what SRP means, why Hahnemann valued it most, and some fun examples from the materia medica.

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Remedies and low self-confidence

Eight classic remedy pictures for low self-confidence, from the quietly unsure to the shy and the people-pleaser, with keynotes for students.

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The pillars of health

Six everyday foundations for your vital force, and how homeopaths look at what starts a problem and what keeps it going.

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Obstacles to healing

What Hahnemann called "obstacles to cure": the common things that can slow healing, and what we can do about them.

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Worry and anxiety

How homeopathy sees a busy, worried mind, how a remedy is matched to you, and when to book a consultation.

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Finding the pattern

Why the pattern matters more than the name, and the clues homeopaths use to find the right remedy.

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The bowel nosodes

Morgan, Gaertner, Dys Co, Proteus, Sycotic Co and more: what the bowel nosodes are, and how homeopaths use them.

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Why homeopathy can feel slow

Slow is smooth, and smooth is fast: why a gentle pace is part of long-lasting change.

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What are miasms?

The deeper patterns homeopaths look for: where the five miasms came from, the patterns linked with each, and the questions that help find them.

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The psoric miasm

The struggler: the oldest miasm, with its themes of "not enough", worry and effort.

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Where remedies come from

Plants, minerals, animals, nosodes, sarcodes and even sunlight: the surprising places homeopathic remedies come from.

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How remedies are made

From flower or mineral to the bottle in your hand: dilution, succussion, potency, where my remedies come from, and what is in the bottle.

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Ways to take a remedy

Neat drops, water dosing, pillules, a single dry dose, and some of Hahnemann's more surprising methods: every way to take a homeopathic remedy.

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Remedy basics

Tissue salts: the 12 cell salts

Twelve gentle mineral remedies, a 150-year-old idea, and the ones I reach for most. What each tissue salt is traditionally used for.

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A favourite book: Homeopathic Psychology

Philip Bailey's Homeopathic Psychology, one of my favourite books, and my top 10 constitutional pictures from it.

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The sycotic miasm

Too much of everything: the miasm of excess, covering up and building up.

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The syphilitic miasm

All or nothing: the miasm of intensity, breaking down and starting again.

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The tubercular miasm

The escape artist: the miasm of restlessness, change and the open road.

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The cancer miasm

The perfectionist: the miasm of high standards, holding it together and putting others first.

Trusted sources

Respected organisations and the books on my shelf. Always check the original source.

Books I learn from

The Complete Guide to Homeopathy

Dr Andrew Lockie and Dr Nicola Geddes. A clear, illustrated family guide.

Allen's Keynotes

H. C. Allen. A classic guide to the key features of each remedy.

Desktop Guide to Keynotes and Confirmatory Symptoms

Roger Morrison. A practitioner's reference to remedy keynotes.

Desktop Companion to Physical Pathology

Roger Morrison. A detailed practitioner's desk reference.

The Soul of Remedies

Rajan Sankaran. Remedy pictures from one of homeopathy's best-known teachers.

Homeopathic Psychology

Philip M. Bailey. The personality and emotional picture of the major remedies.

Children's Types

Douglas Borland. A short classic on remedy pictures in children.

Bowel Nosodes

Hilery Dorrian. A practitioner's guide to the bowel nosodes.

A Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica

John Henry Clarke. A huge three-volume classic, also free to read online.

Nature's Materia Medica

Robin Murphy. A modern, practical materia medica of over 1,000 remedies.

Homeopathic Medical Repertory

Robin Murphy. A clear, modern repertory, arranged A to Z.

Lotus Materia Medica

Robin Murphy. A detailed reference to the remedies, from the well-known to the rare.

Clinical Observations of Children's Remedies

Dr Farokh J. Master. Remedy pictures seen in children, from decades of practice.

Healing Complex Children with Homeopathy

Angelica Lemke. A modern guide to supporting children with complex needs.

The Homoeopathic Miasms: A Modern View

Ian Watson. A clear, practical guide to the miasms.

The Matridonal Remedies

Melissa Assilem's work on the remedies of motherhood, such as the milk and placenta remedies.

The Complete Homeopathy Handbook

Miranda Castro. A trusted family guide to everyday remedies.

Homeopathic Medicines for Children and Infants

Dana Ullman. A friendly guide for parents.

Organon of Medicine

Samuel Hahnemann. The founding text of homeopathy, and its principles.

Pocket Manual of Homoeopathic Materia Medica and Repertory

William Boericke. The classic pocket reference, still on every homeopath's desk.

Repertory of the Homoeopathic Materia Medica

James Tyler Kent. The repertory that most modern repertories are built on.

My training

Homeopathy, the asterisk.

Homeopathy is a complementary, whole-person approach. You are always welcome to ask me anything about how it works.

In 2015 Australia's National Health and Medical Research Council reviewed the evidence and concluded that there were no health conditions for which there was reliable evidence that homeopathy was effective. Many people still choose homeopathy and value the care and support they receive. You are welcome to read the review and make up your own mind.

Have a question? Just ask.

Wondering if Vibe Homeopathy is right for you? Book a free 15-minute discovery call. Need help choosing a remedy? Email me for a 20-minute acute consult.