Chrysalis Original Integrative Homœopathy

15/02/2026

If you could only keep 8 pieces of health knowledge for the rest of your life… what would they be? Not products but actual skills.

Over the years I’ve taught workshops on becoming more self-sufficient at home. I’ve spoken about my first ever herbs-at-home workshop presented to an initially unimpressed CWA group in the early 90s. Let’s just say I had a room of converts within the hour.

Real, practical things people used to just know and now message me in a panic asking about, every single day. Little things like…

🟣Avoiding ED except when it is 100% unavoidable (most things are)
🟣The handful of herbs that quietly replace half a pharmacy
🟣DIY herbal solutions
🟣Why sprouting and fermenting change food completely
🟣The natural first-aid staples most homes don’t have anymore
🟣How to read labels so you stop buying clever marketing
🟣Creating a home dispensary instead of a product collection
🟣The “INSTEAD” mindset that changes how you make everyday health choices
🟣The foundations of raising resilient families with confidence
🟣Pædiatric care
🟣Pantry & dispensary setup
🟣Understanding fever & natural immunity
🟣MYO (Make your own)
🟣JIC (Just in case)
🟣ABC of health

So, how good is this guide? Well, before listing this on my website, I created a summary version and presented it to a small group of interested people. Not one attendee was an existing patient; I didn’t know any of them. It went for over 3 hours and the feedback was crazy! Even kids and toddlers got involved.

That single workshop generated so much interest, that it funded the relaunch of Chrysalis Original and helped me hit the ground running. From one workshop.

I turned all 8 workshops into one simple learn-at-home guide because people kept asking where to start. Practical knowledge we somehow lost. With so much wrong information being shared today at the hands of influencers, this is as timely as it gets.

If you want to feel calmer, more prepared and less dependent on the constant cycle of buying new “solutions”, this is exactly why I made it. In fact, in my early days, fresh out of nursing and wading my way through herbal medicine, organic farming & horticulture, then homœopathy and acupuncture, I did as many electives as possible including massage, cupping, moxa, reflexology, colour therapy, iridology, tongue & nail diagnosis - with the vow that I would discern what works and what does not, so that others didn’t have to.

I’ve spent my entire career teaching; both clinically and as a lecturer/writer of professional works. If I have one complaint from patients it is that I give too much homework - that is how conditioned we have become, expecting our doctors to do it all and handing over our autonomy so we don’t have to bother!

I don’t want to be on call 24/7. So, I teach this knowledge so you can be.

If you want to be equipped for a healthy life for your family but don’t know where to start, this is it. Many homeschooling families (including teens) have included this guide into their curriculum to become not only self sufficient on the land, but with their lives.

My 8-in-1 Self-Sufficient Healthy Living guide is the ‘big’ one, available for an insane $50. Let’s break that down. I keep seeing basic health workshops online, for around $500! One workshop, one event, one topic. The contents of this guide come from EIGHT workshops, professional knowledge gleaned over 40+ years. Do the maths. And you have this guide as a reference for life, not just a few hours.

And it’s just a portion of what is available in the Earth Wisdom range on my website. Other offerings include understanding homœopathy, healthy eating, life transformation tips, all affordably priced.

https://www.chrysalisoriginal.com/kits/p/workshop

A comprehensive, downloadable natural health guide for all ages. Learn homœopathic first aid, herbal remedies, DIY care, pantry & dispensary setup, and more. Physician-created with over 40 years' experience in orthodox and integrative care. 100% online, Australia-wide, with bonus content include

15/02/2026

🔔🔔🔔A small but important request🔔🔔🔔

I have recently been told by long-time followers that they are no longer seeing my posts, and some are struggling to even find this page despite it still being active.

With over 500 followers, only a small number regularly see or engage with posts, which suggests many simply are not being shown the content.

A perfect example of how posts disappear in busy feeds: I will often share information about a specific topic or remedy, and later receive messages asking about that exact same thing.
It really shows how many posts simply are not reaching the people who would find them helpful.

For now, this page plays a real role in the survival of Chrysalis Original. Social media is not forever, but it is currently an important way people discover my work.

If you do see this post, the most helpful thing you can do is interact with the content you value.

✅LIKE
✅COMMENT
✅SHARE
✅REVIEW

- this genuinely makes a difference to whether others see the page at all. Comments such as ‘I can see it’ don’t make a difference unfortunately as it won’t alert others to CO’s existence. And it doesn’t tell me if content is what you want to see.

Thank you to everyone who quietly supports this space. But we need to get LOUD if CO is to make a real difference. We know this is a FB trick as they tend to support anything to get your attention away from what is truly important.

I wonder, can we change the status quo?

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15/02/2026

If you are in the habit of using antiseptics, mouthwash, fluoride toothpaste or unfiltered tap water, STOP NOW. These disrupt the oral and gut microbiome that your immune system, hormones, brain and blood vessels depend on.

If you are not taking a quality multi-strain probiotic, START NOW. Pre & probiotics are among the most important additions to a health routine. Pre-biotics mean fibre: psyllium, lentils, pulses and high-fibre PLANT foods that feed beneficial bacteria.

If you rely on frequent antibiotics, STOP NOW. Repeated use can devastate microbial diversity for years. Many people never fully recover their microbiome, which helps explain the rise in chronic illness across generations.

Most probiotics contain only one or two strains. That is rarely enough. The body hosts multiple microbiota communities with hundreds of strains working together. A broad multi-strain probiotic is one of the few supplements I consistently recommend.

Microbiome health influences immunity, mood, metabolism, inflammation, hormones, nutrient absorption and nitric oxide production. When even children are developing cardiovascular disease, Alzheimer’s, cancers and diabetes, we know the real pandemics are being overlooked.

It’s not just about digestive health!

It is time to move away from disease management and back to genuine health restoration. As previously mentioned, once funds allow, I do plan to stock a very select range of whole supplements which work well alongside my remedies for optimal health (not beholden to any one company) but in the meantime, I urge you to set up an iHerb account if you do not yet have one.

I have recommended supps on my iHerb professional page but am always happy to guide your remedy choice, and it is automatically included in my online consultations.

https://au.iherb.com/pr/swanson-dr-stephen-langer-s-ultimate-16-strain-probiotic-with-fos-60-vegan-embo-caps-ap/109007

14/02/2026

Why I NEVER recommend so-called natural crystal deodorants.

Waking up with swollen and uncomfortable armpits is surely a worrying sign to any woman…
Most people do not realise that “crystal” deodorants are made from aluminium salts.

Research has shown:

• Aluminium applied to the underarm sits close to breast tissue and lymph nodes.
• Aluminium can disrupt DNA, epigenetic and hormone processes.
• Aluminium can mimic oestrogen and interfere with hormone signalling.

These are not fringe ideas. They are published scientific concerns. Young girls, pregnant women and menopausal women are being urged to use these deodorants??

Your lymphatic system lives in your armpits. And what we apply daily is killing us.

‘Integrative’ practice means alongside your main professional fields, you never stop learning; you study and research all you can to support your main body of work. For me, that includes herbal, natural nutrition, supplements (orthomolecular), acupuncture in all its fields, iridology & tongue diagnosis, and low to no-tox lifestyle. The rest I refer to.

Out of habit, I question everything; I am possibly the world’s greatest health skeptic until an idea or theory is proven otherwise.

But don’t take my word for it:

National Library of Medicine. (n.d.). PubMed record 16045991. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16045991/
Elsevier. (n.d.). Aluminium and oestrogenic activity research article. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0162013405001613
National Library of Medicine. (n.d.). Aluminium exposure near breast tissue review. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16045991/

13/02/2026

Homœopathy has always sat in a strange place politically, opposed by medicine, science and the church yet deeply woven through their history.

I grew up in the church and trained as a nurse, and the backlash when I decided to change path was intense, from public shaming to professional isolation.

Yet the founders of The Salvation Army, William Booth and Catherine Booth, were devoted users in the UK and Australia.

Homœopathy supported suffrage and women and children’s rights, welcomed women practitioners long before medical schools did, and helped shape the foundations of the NHS.

It fought for contraception, exposed the hypocrisy of men in regards to prostitution and protected children from such abuse.

Many doctors who embraced homœopathy were ostracised for doing so, yet their records showed more healing success and less suffering from their new work than before.

Many ’science’ discoveries were actually made by homœopaths, especially when it comes to the effects of poisons. The wine industry owes its existence and survival to homœopathy (see story in link).

When I say I love natural healing, and speak about herbs, homœopathy & acupuncture especially, it’s not because I turned my back on medicine; it’s because I believe all healing should - and must - work together if we truly want health and healing as a common goal. And no one should be exempt from access to the best of care. This was always the intention from the start.

It is a remarkable history that still resonates today. May we see an end to the resentment and exclusion of this gentle and powerful healing tradition.

https://www.chrysalisoriginal.com/history-of-homeopathy

13/02/2026

How cool. An interesting fact: women were qualifying as homœopathic doctors (officially MDs) before they were qualifying in simply modern medicine. And in a time where African American men were being banned from studying medicine, women were becoming fully fledged doctors which meant they were like our GPs but specialised in homœopathy!

In Australia, Dr Harriet Clisby was our first ever doctor and first ever female homœopath! More on her later.

Homeopathy in History...
In 1870, Dr. Susan Smith McKinney Steward became the first African American woman to earn a medical degree in New York—and the third in the nation.

She ran her own private practice and co-founded the Brooklyn Women’s Homeopathic Hospital and Dispensary.

12/02/2026

You may have seen me use the term lay people or lay healer in my writing. It’s a phrase I first encountered during my herbal training, and over time I’ve watched it become misunderstood and misused.

Before the modern medical system took shape in the late 1800s and early 1900s, most healing knowledge was passed down through families and communities.

In many traditions it was lineage based, intuitive and experiential. I have met people like this throughout my career; some who never sought the role, yet carried extraordinary instinctive & profound understanding of healing.

Every culture had its healers and for the most part, witch hunts drove them into hiding. Despite the way history sometimes dismisses this as superstition, much of it was grounded in practical, effective care using herbs, clays, smoke, touch, energy and deep observation. Some of the most famous figures in history were lay healers.

Apprenticeship and long training were the pathways to knowledge. A great deal of this wisdom has been lost.

The word layperson once described people deeply engaged in caring for their families and communities. Today, the term is often diluted. There is a difference between genuine self education and simply repeating information found online, from a MLM company or AI-penned book, claimed as their own knowledge.

A true modern layperson is curious, careful, and committed to learning. They read widely, listen deeply and take responsibility for their family’s wellbeing.

I have met such people in remote Australia and while in South Africa; individuals with profound respect for healing, even without formal titles. Things I could never explain and historically, driven out by those in power.

At the same time, we are seeing a rise in self appointed “experts”. This is why I encourage everyone to read the fine print. Look at backgrounds. Look at experience. Be cautious of product driven advice presented as expertise.

And be very careful of the rise in product promotion with thousands of reviews instantly, yet with a deeper look, the website has zero ‘about’ information and a lot of blurb that rolls on and on, without any real expertise or fact.

The flip side of this is that we should never stop learning; be it for our own personal knowledge or to decipher fact from fiction. We all can and should continue education throughout life.

Taking all of this into account, under no circumstances should anyone who has just happened to be healed by someone with the right background & advice, or perhaps done a ‘healing at home’ or first aid or whatever course, call themselves any kind of practitioner other than lay person.

We are seeing this way too much right now, including professional looking websites with fake qualifications and fake titles. This serves no purpose other than to erode healing arts and rob existing practitioners of recognition. I would estimate 50% of my former peers no longer practice, simply because of the ongoing struggle and difficulty in earning a living. Some never even recoup the cost of their education!

Hobbyist? Maybe. Lay healer? Possibly. But telling the world they are practitioners is just not on; those who are actively pushing for removal of natural healing will focus on such self proclaimed healers and put us all into the same basket as ‘untrained pseudo professionals.’

12/02/2026

A significant part of my work over the years has involved carefully evaluating health claims; separating what holds up from what does not.

This is not new, but the volume of misinformation since the rise of the internet has become overwhelming. Trends move quickly, yet not everyone has the luxury of waiting years to see the consequences.

Please be mindful of where your health advice comes from. It is concerning when even practitioners adopt popular trends without adequate scrutiny. Earning a living should never come at the expense of someone’s health.

If you regularly use copper cups or bottles, it may be worth reconsidering. Take time to review the potential effects and reflect on whether any symptoms resonate. Consider your wider exposure as well; copper plumbing, copper jewellery and other daily sources.

Copper is required only in very small amounts. Promoting excessive exposure risks undermining the credibility of natural health and the trust people place in it.

Back in the day, when plumbing was clay, it was okay to cook some things with copper pots. Today, even supplements can contain many times the RDA and that is alarming.

More information in the article but in a nutshell -

Mood swings, anxiety, insomnia
Migraines and headaches
Fatigue and poor wound healing
Frequent infections and autoimmune tendencies
Thyroid and adrenal dysfunction
Skin issues (eczema, acne, dermatitis, dry skin)
Premature greying and poor tanning ability

- and so much more are linked to excess copper exposure/intake. If you are concerned, I have been detoxing heavy metals for decades now; it’s simple, very effective and something we should do regularly simply because our world today carries such a heavy toxic burden.

Remember, MANY diagnoses exist because pyroluria is overlooked.

Known by names such as Pyrrole disorder and Kryptopyroluria, this condition has been recognized for over 50 years. Despite its association with numerous psychological and physical health issues affecting society today, it continues to be largely overlooked by the global medical community.But what ex...

12/02/2026

For almost 40 years I have attempted to promote natural healing - as an ex nurse it was not as a replacement but integrated into the existing health model; around 2000, I waged a major effort to awaken the public and my patients to be vocal about the erosion of natural health. It didn’t go well.

Few listened and as a result of what had begun as a deliberate goal of eradicating all natural healing, around 90% of our colleges are gone, our provider numbers revoked and many can no longer legally practice. This could have possibly been avoided.

The good news is that something is moving; there is momentum growing to not only reinstate our fields but move us back into medicine.

Please please please don’t ignore me this time. It takes a few minutes to fill this survey; you never know, you could make a huge difference!

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11/02/2026

A winter reality check ❄️

Historically, during epidemics and pandemics of the past, homœopathic hospitals and practitioners repeatedly reported significantly lower mortality rates than conventional care of the time. These statistics exist in the historical literature, even if they rarely make it into modern conversation.

What I noticed moving from nursing into practice is this: people should not be dying from seasonal influenza in the modern world, yet every winter we watch it happen. The difference I see year after year is preparation.

The families who move through winter best are not the ones who never get sick. They’re the ones who recognise the first whisper of imbalance; throat tingle, sudden fatigue, the “I just feel blah” moment — and respond immediately.

Prevention and early support will always be easier than trying to rebuild health once the immune system is depleted.

This is why every household should have a home dispensary. Not just remedies for coughs and colds, but everyday first aid and the foundations of immune support. Waiting until you’re already unwell is the hardest path.

I’ll place the immune kit link in the comments (it includes the booklet and symptom chart). If a full kit isn’t possible right now, start small: Lumen, Argent, Stratos and Lava are a solid beginning. Add Ague, Aureus and Osmosis as you can.

The pattern is clear every single year: the best outcomes come from the homes that are prepared.

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/dr-ravpreet-singh-m-d-108018102_homeopathy-dr-drravpreetsingh-share-7427284470799540224-2sO8?utm_source=social_share_send&utm_medium=member_desktop_web&rcm=ACoAAANlj2gBmoTHnXqJlXaYNdSxA0ZFJ0a0zlw

A FORGOTTEN CHAPTER OF HOMEOPATHY- 1918 SPANISH FLU- Spanish flu infected 1/3rd of the World - - 50 Million Deaths - No Antivirals - No Antibiotics - No Vaccines Medicine faced one of its Greatest Tests. Conventional Care Relied mostly on - - High Dose Aspirin - Quinine - Supportive care This was NO...

11/02/2026

I have a very good friend/mentor who has helped guide me so much over the years. He has been hounded, placed under house arrest and eventually jailed, where he is now. The official reason is that he is dangerous but the real reason is that he is healing people where no one else can.

I have lost contact with him but was sent a video of his latest warning re the ‘new ^!ru$’ - it’s a concerning warning but I believe him because he was not wrong last time and has paid the price.

If you would like to see the video please email me at health@chrysalisoriginal.com as I do not believe it will safely send via messenger. I deliberately keep topics that are too controversial off this page as it has been affected badly in the past.

I do have a telegram channel if anyone would like to receive such updates. But in the meantime if you would like to know more, please let me know.