Mother-Well

morellalascurain — Sat, 09 Jun 2007 09:37:49 +0000

“I recommend to those who have perineal tears, episiotomies or haemorrhoids to use Mother-Well’s Sitzzz Bath as soon as possible after the birth to aid healing. My clients who have used it report relief and a soothing feeling after using the product, and their perineums have become more comfortable within a week.”
Ruth Nicholson, midwife.

morellalascurain — Sat, 09 Jun 2007 09:37:24 +0000

“Stretchy Belly Oil has proven to leave me stretch mark free and has been a great way of bonding with our unborn baby. I have also enjoyed being massaged with So Sublime (what a gorgeous scent!) and it’s wonderful to know it’s safe to use throughout pregnancy.”
Julie Wilson, pregnant.

morellalascurain — Sat, 09 Jun 2007 09:37:01 +0000

I want to thank you as I have been using your range of products since I got bubs home from hospital and they are fantastic. To know that they are really made from pure herbal ingredients is wonderful. I found in the past that some so called “natural products” have hidden chemicals that are only mentioned right down at the bottom of the ingredient list in the smallest letters much to my disappointment. My little darling Bella is now 3 months old and everything is going great, “Blissful Babe” and “Tiny Tangerine” smell divine and did the trick with her dryish skin a month back. I also have both “Yippee Nappy” and “The Bottyguard” which are great. Again thank you, I have extremely allergic skin and ezcema, your products have been a god send as they don’t irritate my skin and are wonderful for little Bella too.
Emma Atkins, mother of one

morellalascurain — Sat, 09 Jun 2007 09:36:30 +0000

“Cap it Off is fantastic. My daughter had had cradle cap for 3 years since birth. We had tried heaps of things but nothing worked. One application of Cap it Off and it never came back.”
Saffron Wright, mother of two.

morellalascurain — Sat, 09 Jun 2007 09:36:06 +0000

“Yippee Nappy contains beautiful ingredients and has the best formulation of a nappy balm I have seen. I recommend it to all my clients who have babies with nappy rash.”
Stephanie Watson, naturopath, mother of one.

Eczema

morellalascurain — Sat, 09 Jun 2007 09:05:05 +0000

A 9-month-old boy came to see us with a diagnosis of atopic dermatitis (eczema). He had bleeding, raw skin on both cheeks and his chest, back, groin and bottom were covered with crusty, weeping lesions. Some of them were infected. He also had deep cracks behind the ears and the neck. He had scratch marks over his whole body, and could not sleep at night due to the itching.

The skin condition had started 1 week after birth. At his age, he was exclusively breastfed because he was allergic to many foods, and had gone into anaphylactic reactions (allergic shock) in 3 occasions. As a result, he was failing to thrive and looked like a 5-6 month old child.

Starship had been seeing him since the age of 3 months. Scratch tests revealed he was allergic to certain foods the mother started avoiding but the symptoms persisted. He was prescribed a high-dose steroid cream and continuous series antibiotics to treat the infections.

The naturopath analysed the mother’s diet looking for allergenic foods. Mother, father and child were hair tested for foods, additives and environmental agents that could possibly be causing the allergies.

The father turned out to be sensitive to all protein, dairy, soy, eggs, sugar and pollens, even though he did not have any symptoms as an adult. The child came up with the same, plus a couple of other ones. Note that most of these foods were not positive in the skin tests from Starship.

He was slowly started on solids while avoiding those foods to which he was allergic, and was prescribed omega-3 oils, herbs and Bach flowers. Oils and a cream made from natural ingredients were applied externally.

The child was seen or followed-up on the phone every 2 weeks. His last visit was at 15 months.

He had put on weight and was walking, had had no anaphylactic shocks and had become tolerant to foods he was allergic to initially. No lesions at all were apparent on his skin.

Morning sickness

morellalascurain — Sat, 09 Jun 2007 09:04:41 +0000

A 26 year old female patient came to see us at 9 weeks of pregnancy. She had had permanent nausea and 4 to 5 episodes of vomiting a day for 5 weeks. The only foods she seemed to tolerate a bit better were potatoes and white bread. In the previous two weeks, she had also developed heartburn and the discomfort was becoming unbearable.

Our acupuncturist diagnosed low Qi in the stomach and liver and proceeded to treat her.

On her second visit, two days later, she no longer had nausea or vomiting, only mild heartburn when lying down.

She had a total of four acupuncture sessions, at the end of which all her symptoms had disappeared, her appetite was normal, and she was feeling much happier.

In her feedback form she stated that she had never used natural therapies before but was very impressed by the effectiveness of the treatment for her morning sickness.