Loss can be experienced in so many ways. We may lose people a beloved one through death, a friend trough misunderstanding, our beloved animal pet. We also experience a sense of loss of our children as they grow up and leave home (empty nest syndrome).

Such loss can feel like a our heart is being ripped apart, like part of us had died.

isarray of emotions such as

SHOCK, DENIAL, ANGER, BARGAINING, DEPRESSION.

These are NORMAL responses and there is no RIGHT or WRONG way in how these are expressed. However, to heal the immense pain.

How long does it take to get over a loss varies from person to person. Some people who have the ‘Metal Element’ predisposition may take longer.

Grief is also very personal. It’s not very neat or linear. It doesn’t follow any timelines or schedules and it can catch us unaware. It can be triggered by sensory trigger such as smell, sound, colour, taste that reminds us of that which we lost. Scenery as such will be a trigger, daily rituals, other people will remind us. . Our grief is also triggered by a sense of emptiness we feel inside.

What is that we grieve?

Understanding what is that the person we lost represented can help us o deeper healing.

OBSTACLES TO HEALING from Loss

LETTing go

‘Letting go’ is the term that we may use when it comes to grief. But what are we letting go off

attachment

The gift of the loss

is to resolve our attachment, come into our sovereignty

attending to that is important.

We do so through the process of GRIEVING.

Nostalgia

We may become consumed with grief that feels like

Resulting grief can have a big impact on how we feel, our day to day functioning.

We may also mourn the loss of our homes, childhood we did not have, possessions that we have lost, a position in work, family…. Such losses can feel

HOMEOPATHIC REMEDIES FOR GRIEF

There are 235 rubrics for Emotional and Mental ailments from grief in sorrow in my homeopathic repertory. I share some of these here:

SHOCK

Unconsolable: Ignatia

Shock from unexpected loss: Aconite, Opium,

Ailments from sudden news: Gelsemium

Anxiety from Grief: Cyclamen, Tarantula

Unable to cry: Carcinosin, Gelsemium, Natrum muriaticum

Grief experienced in the body:

Anxiety from grief felt

• in the heart: Naja

• in the chest: Ignatia

Headaches: Ignatia, Staphisagria, Aurum, Calc, Phos as, Phos, Pulsatilla

Forgetfulness after grief: Conium

Time of the day:

Grief on waking: Lac-c, Lach, Alum

Grief worse in the afternoon: Tarantula

Grief worse in the evening: Graphites

Impact of grief on long term health

Sudden grief as well as long term unresolved grief can impact our mental health and can lead to earlier death, depression and anxiety. Physical health can suffer too. In TCM (traditional Chinese medicine) grief is linked to lungs and large intestine. Onset or exacerbation of asthma, COPD; stress that comes with it gets our body in a state of inflammation that can lead to cancer.

LUNGS

HEART

Conium mentij oned above is really well indicated where a a person may go into a sudden onset of dementia following the loss of a loved one. Particularly if they enjoyed helpful sexual relationship.

Grief and anxiety related to loss of health: Ignatia, Pulsatilla