Medicine Moms: Reclaiming Our Children's Health Through Homeopathy and Common Sense

Vegetarian Baby and Child, Nov-Dec, 2002 by Carol LaLiberte

By Arlene Uhl, Kensington Publishing Corp., 2001, 204 pages

Are you frustrated by traditional medicine and tired of your children being put on antibiotics all too often? Are you considering homeopathy? If you answered "yes" to these questions, then Medicine Moms should be a reference book on your shelf.

Uhl is not a doctor, but a mother. She and others like her had grown weary of treating their children's ailments with risky traditional medicine. These "medicine moms" discovered that age--old homeopathy really did work for their kids, and began to research it, learning more about its application.

While the author states clearly that a certified homeopath should always be consulted in the uses of homeopathic remedies, in this book she explains in lay people's terms why homeopathy works, how it works, and for whom it works. I learned more from reading this book than from going to a homeopath for the past two years. I now understand--based on what I read in Medicine Moms--many of the remedies he suggested for various conditions.

As I read about how Medicine Moms came to be, I was reminded of the founders of La Leche League International. Mothers in search of information about and support for nursing founded what is today an international organization dedicated to breastfeeding. "Medicine Moms" is a term used by the author for mothers wanting a better course of action than traditional medicine for their kids. Through their own research and support, they began to share what they knew about homeopathy, and watched in amazement as their kids responded to homeopathic remedies for various ailments, without the side effects of prescription drugs.

This book is easy to read and gives the reader a basic understanding of the workings of homeopathy, its history, its philosophy, and its successes.