With so many friends traveling in India right now, I am feeling left out. Just joking, I got my India fix this past year. However, I have been frequently passing along research I did on traveling to India with children and no conventional vaccines to friends who were wanting to know how I kept the three of us healthy, naturally. I chose homeopathic vaccines over the conventional inoculations because in my opinion they are much safer in terms of heavy metal and other toxin exposure. After receiving a hep A vaccine several years ago before traveling abroad, I felt completely wiped out for about a month after. With so much current research that links vaccines to autism, I made the choice to pursue natural alternatives to conventional vaccines.

It is a weighted decision as our entire western medical system discredits the effectiveness of homeopathy and homeopathic vaccinations. To choose homeopathy over conventional medicine requires a lot of research and I’d like to share a few resources that helped me make an informed choice. I would be delighted to see more research conducted on homeopathic remedies so they could gain more credibility in the west. They are just so safe and effective that they could put the pharmaceutical industry in jeopardy…

a must read

a must read


The World Travelers’ Handbook to Homeopathy by Dr. Colin B. Lessell is a must read. It breaks down all potential illnesses by country and explains how they are contracted, which I found helpful for prevention. The homeopathic treatments were easy to follow and made me feel like I could set up a comprehensive kit to travel with that would be able to treat most potential ailments.

The only obstacle is finding the actual homeopathic remedies. You can’t walk into your local pharmacy and request homeopathic Tetnus and Malaria nosodes. Dr. Jon Matsen from the Northshore Naturopathic Clinic has devoted his practice to educating the damaging effects of vaccines and heavy metal accumulation in the body. His website has some great articles on Vaccines and Autism, check it out. I was able to get a list at his clinic with the homeopathic nosode schedule to the conventional protocols (DPT, MMR, ect) as well as pick up most of the remedies. For the few that they didn’t carry, I was able to order them from Riverdale Homeopathics.

Don’t forget when you consult with your Homeopathic Practitioner or Naturopathic Dr. to ask them to write you a letter, so you don’t have to have your remedies go through the x-ray machine every time you board a plane & safe travels!

healthy in South India

healthy in South India

currently drinking lemon & ginger tea with agave…