Susan McCarthy Lic ISH Homeopath

15/04/2026

13/04/2026

Cina is one of the main homeopathic remedies for the propensity to worms or parasites. While the remedies do not kill the worms/ parasites, they do alter the gut to make it a less hospitable environment for them to persist and multiply.

I've noticed this remedy being needed lately for persistent coughs with digestive disturbance and irritability. When the usual digestive remedies failed, this addressed the symptoms of the cough and the digestive symptoms. It is a remedy that can be helpful for children, if you notice that they are itching or grinding their teeth at night which would be an indication for the presence of worms. This remedy is made from the plant Artemesia or Wormseed, the clue is in the name. It can also be used for pets as a preventative for worms.

If there is a chronic tendency to worms, it is always best to attend a Homeopath for a constitutional consultation as this will also address the susceptibility.

09/04/2026

Resilience

Our bodies are innately resilient and given the right impetus, this resilience can be strengthened. Often those who use Homeopathy constitutionally, will see that they are less prone to acute illnesses or if they do come up, they resolve quickly.

The built in intrinsic immunity that is always present and active in each of our bodies, responds rapidly to pathogens, works as an intercellular barrier and blocks viral replication. Our innate immunity then scopes out the pathogens that we come into contact with and mounts a specific defence on learning how they operate.
It’s an incredible system that we have, setting us up for resilience to whatever comes our way. When this system is recognised by us, it can allow for an understanding of the innate wellness that we are capable of.

Given the right conditions, nutrition, light, warmth, care etc our systems can operate optimally and allow us to live fully. It’s when we suppress its function with excess medication or by constant stress that we become stuck and Homeopathy can then be helpful to get us back on track.

Homeopathy brings possibility and an openness to understanding the underlying energetic patterns that may be causing an imbalance in the overall system. We are incredibly well designed in the way that we take in and receive what comes into our environment, the slightest impetus in the right direction can often bring us back on track and allow our system to do its work.
Kids are the greatest at showing our immune system at work. They move through a fever, cold, cough quickly and often you will see that afterwards they have a developmental leap afterwards. They are working with their immune system and their bodies to set themselves up with a more fortified system. Our bodies can work for us and be less of a fearful place to live in.

07/04/2026

Inner Value

Often, we don’t notice that we have lost touch with ourselves. That we have stopped living from a place of inner value. Trying to stay afloat and live from authentically amidst everything that is happening in the world can be difficult.
Homeopathic remedies offer a connection back to self.

Staphysagria is a homeopathic remedy which addresses a state of held in emotion. Emotions are swallowed back down and unexpressed so as not to displease others. In this state, it is hard to find a sense of self worth as everyone else’s needs come first. Grief, anger, indignation are held in and come out in short bursts.

As this tension occurs at the inability to express, physical symptoms start to arise. A sensation of discomfort is felt in the throat, cystitis or bladder irritation with a burning sensation can occur, joint stiffness and much more make up the picture of this remedy. It is one of the main remedies for an addiction to smoking, the energy of suppression needing to be alleviated somehow.

Feeling bombarded, undervalued, attacked emotionally by others, all exist within the sphere of this remedy. The opportunity of this remedy is liberation, a shoring up of inner value as the energetic pattern of this state begins to be addressed.

07/04/2026

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18/03/2026

Homeopathic consultation offers an opportunity to check in with yourself. As we go with the flow of life, getting on with everything we need to do, preparing and planning, it can be hard to see how your really feel. This space offered allows you to recognise the emotions and bodily experiences that may have faded into the background of your life as you look after everything in the external world.

If there is an unmet feeling in you, it can often lead you to feel stuck in some part of your life which can feel restrictive. Through consultation and the support of the remedies afterwards, a gentle unravelling takes place where the core of your experience is met. A breathing space is offered for your unmet self and a way through. Your own resolution can come out of it.

There is a time for nervous system regulation and then there is a time for resolution. Life never leads you astray. There will always be an ebb and flow to our experience but at the right time the moment will come for release. With the impetus of a homeopathy remedies that is an opportunity to let go of that which may be long held.

17/02/2026

Many people are struggling with residual congestive sinus symptoms that they can't quite shake since December.
There are ways to support your system to clear this congestion with tissues salts. Made by New Era, these are remedies that you can purchase in any health shop. Kali Mur and Kali Sulph are particularly helpful for nasal congestion as they work together to help you body to expel and heal.

If you notice that you are experiencing colds symptoms often, or have just come out of one only to come down with another, then a Homeopathic consultation may be helpful. Constitutional treatment with homeopathy supports the entire system and the immune system benefits from this.

24/11/2025

Homeopathy is never more visible in its action than when you experience an acute shock or pain and it vanishes with the help of a remedy. Whether you are in shock, and Aconite brings you swiftly back to earth. Or you are experiencing pain & the correct remedy comes to the rescue.

It’s easy to think that this should then happen for a chronic condition that maybe we have had for many years. However, this is where the real magic is. When the constitutional remedy begins to work away in the background of your life, slowly unravelling what it has taken some time for the processes in your body to weave into an illness. Homeopathy goes to the core of our response to life events and to the environment around us.

When someone comes back for a follow up, it’s interesting to see where the vital force has put the weight of its action. It often breaks off or softens our reaction to people or things that may have been a source of pain before. It nestles its way into old symptoms that have come and gone before & returned for one last examination before they disappear into the ether.

Silently working away, these remedies do their job with little applause at times, as the awareness has shifted on. The recipient may have forgotten their troubles and started to focus their attention on creativity or a new project once again. The work of the remedy has brought out a state of balance, often resolving the physical as well as the emotional trigger that has resided behind it.

Silent wonders, in open communication with your inner knowing to bring resolve. It often feels like a shoring up of the person has taken place, they are now free to be themselves with ease. The next layer may arrive on but the impetus for resilience is now very much present as if a pattern has been learnt.

17/09/2025

We can have a narrowed perspective on health, through experience and the way the world has always been presented to us. But there is much that is available to us, that we might not see just yet. So many ways of addressing issues with autonomy and care for ourselves and those around.

Health and healing is a process that can be worked through should we have the openness and willingness to approach it differently if needed. There is far more than just one path or one doorway to go through in regard to our health.

We can move through layers of ourselves with insight and sometimes with the skillful help of practitioners and those willing to listen in this capacity and guide us on our way.

There is far more available to us than we will ever realise and we can use our own discernment to find our way towards that which will lead us to our greatest growth. The willingness comes first and then the doors will open.

15/09/2025

If we ask ourselves what is bothering us at any given time, we can come up with a plethora of issues within our bodies. We can provide lists of longstanding issues that have seemingly arisen out of nowhere and have no correlation with each other. It’s hard to disentangle our sufferings as they are happening within us and seemingly don’t have a beginning or end. However, sitting in a space where you are listened to can bring you to the heart of the matter. This is why Homeopathy is so important.

Of course, the remedies that are produced in Homeopathy give you an overall picture and context of what may arise for each person due to their symptom picture but it goes far deeper than that.

Just sitting in Homeopathic consultation often brings insight to the person themselves as to the real matter that underlies their symptoms. The heart of the matter may be simple and disentangle these woven webs of suffering that we exist in at times.

I will often go to my own Homeopath, very clear as to what I want to say or what I feel needs to be addressed only to be brought down into the heart of the matter by the simple experience of having space. We run away from silence so much, our thoughts are left to run amuck. Gently moving these aside through the simple act of authentic presence can bring you so much more benefit than you could imagine