Concussion - Some First Aid Dos and Don’ts

You can suffer from concussion if your body or headslow down the doses.
is violently jarred or if you bang your head onIf you have suffered in the past from concussion,
something hard and unyielding. You may suffer fromparticularly if you still have symptoms that started
altered consciousness (for example coma orafter the injury, then you will still probably benefit
amnesia), vertigo, nausea, altered breathing rate andfrom the use of Arnica. But now, you need to dose
or a weak pulse. Later you may suffer with ayourself slowly, maybe once a day, rather than
headache and/or blurred vision.every few minutes.
First aid treatment for concussion should be to keepAnd the symptoms will take longer to disappear.
quiet and lie down. Never take pain killers orKeeping a diary of your symptoms is an excellent
analgaesics after such a serious injury, as this canway to see if you are making progress. Daily
mask the severity of the condition, leading to ajournalling will show your progression, or lack of.
misdiagnosis.When you take homeopathic medicine, it’s
However, you can take the homeopathic medicinenormal for the symptoms to disappear without trace,
Arnica, as this medicine does not suppressleaving you to get on with life. Just as it should be.
symptoms. Rather, it works by resolving the effectsBut the down side is that you actually think nothing
of the injury. However, you are likely to need quite ahas happened. So by keeping a daily diary, you will be
few doses.able to see any results.
But, after each dose, you will be able to feel anConcussion is an area that is best treated by a
improvement, however slight. If the injury is recent,professional homeopath, but Arnica will do some
then dose every few minutes until relief is felt. Thenexcellent work for you, while you wait for help.